bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Kościół pomiędzy negacją a akceptacją świata
Authors: Dola Tadeusz
Published: November 2022

Artykuł przedstawia problem relacji Kościoła do świata. Chrześcijanom stale towarzyszyła świadomość, że zostali posłani do świata, by głosić Ewangelię, co przynosiło w konsekwencji dążenie do przekształcania świata tak, by mogło się w nim urzeczywistniać królestwo Boże zapoczątkowane przez Chrystusa. Tak pojęta misja uczniów Chrystusa musiała wiązać się z angażowaniem się w otaczającą ich rzeczywistość w jej wymiarze społecznym, politycznym, kulturowym, ekonomicznym. Przedmiotem niniejszego przedłożenia było przedstawienie sposobu, w jaki chrześcijanie rozumieli i realizowali swój udział w kształtowaniu ludzkiego świata. W trakcie prowadzonych dociekań okazało się, że chrześcijanie zawsze stali i stoją także dziś wobec dylematu, który można nazwać: Kościół pomiędzy negacją a akceptacją świata. Wpływ na rozwikłanie tego dylematu miały głównie dwa czynniki. Pierwszym było oczekiwanie na koniec czasów, który miał nastąpić wraz z ostatecznym przyjściem królestwa Bożego. Ten motyw w kształtowaniu postawy chrześcijan wobec świata odgrywał rolę decydującą w pierwszych pokoleniach uczniów Chrystusa, choć i w wiekach późniejszych nie pozostawał bez znaczenia. Drugim był status prawny chrześcijaństwa przede wszystkim w Imperium Rzymskim, gdzie chrześcijaństwo najgłębiej zapuściło swoje korzenie i najszerzej się rozprzestrzeniało. Mając na względzie te wstępne założenia, została w artykule najpierw rozpatrzona kwestia nadziei chrześcijan na rychłe nadejście królestwa Bożego, co miało istotny wpływ na ich aktywność w doczesnym świecie. W kolejnym etapie rozważań przebadany został okres, w którym dokonała się radykalna zmiana statusu prawnego chrześcijaństwa w czasach Konstantyna Wielkiego i jego następców. Te przekształcenia w zasadniczy sposób zmieniły relację Kościoła do świata, a ukształtowana wtedy prawno-społeczna pozycja Kościoła zaważyła na całe wieki na sposobie obecności Kościoła w świecie. Konsekwencje przemian, dokonanych w erze konstantyńskiej, przetrwały właściwie do czasów współczesnych. Zbadanie tej kwestii stało się przedmiotem ostatniego punktu artykułu.
Fullness of Life in Mae Enga Traditional Religion and Christ the Life
Authors: Dlugosz Miriam Maria
Published: November 2022

The Mae Enga are friendly, hospitable, strong of character and different from the other groups of Papua New Guinea. Through a brief reflection on the traditional world-view centered life and on evaluation of their concept of life, the study forms a foundation for dialogue and inculturation.

The material used in this article, beside the literature, is data collected during my research in 2020, via one-on-one interview (30 women and 30 men) and group discussions (10 women and 10 men) from two villages: Par and Yampu). A qualitative method was employed.

The findings of the research show that the whole life of the Mae Enga is oriented towards reciprocal relationships with the entire universe to experience abundant life here on earth, within one’s own clan community. Despite the socio-cultural changes that influence their values, beliefs and attitudes, the “life” remains the central value but the ways of obtaining life have changed. The traditional religion is giving space to Jesus Christ the Life, who takes Mae Engans “beyond” their own clan and offers to them a new identity as followers of Christ, Ktaisanya Tata (Tribe of Jesus Christ).

The presented reflection creates a space for dialogue between Christianity and culture. Jesus Christ enters the present Mae Enga socio-cultural reality in order to transform it, to offer a new identity and a new dimension in their search. In turn, the Mae Enga offer to the world the “Face of Christ” with its own cultural features and values, with its ways of worship and reconciliation.
Complementary Paradigms in Cultural Anthropology
Authors: Mich Tadeusz
Published: November 2022

Two of the competing ways of knowing in cultural anthropology are the paradigms of interpretation as presented in the work of Clifford Geertz and the scientific model as represented by Roy Rappaport. This article studies the similarities between the two paradigms in anthropology by comparing mythical and scientific ways of interpreting the cosmos with the interpretative and scientific ways of interpreting ways of knowing in anthropology. To this purpose I have selected one version of a creation myth, the Kaypulaquena myth of the Yucuna Indians from the Amazon and one scientific model of interpreting the universe, the Big Bang Theory. The problem I address is how myth and science approach the world. The study focuses on similarities between the Yucuna mythical way of interpreting the world and the Big Bang Theory way of approaching the cosmos. My assumption is that in both paradigms there are similarities in the use of epistemological assumptions and metaphors.
DIÁLOGOS ENTRE HISTÓRIA E LITERATURA NA OBRA GUERRA NO CORAÇÃO DO CERRADO, DE MARIA JOSÉ SILVEIRA
Authors: Torre Michelle Márcia Cobra
Published: November 2022

O artigo tem o objetivo de discutir as relações entre história e literatura no romance Guerra no coração do cerrado, da escritora brasileira Maria José Silveira. Para isso, o trabalho se baseia nos seguintes referenciais teóricos, o filósofo Paul Ricoeur e o crítico Hugo Achugar. Defende-se que, ao colocar em diálogo os discursos do passado, o romance traz à tona discursos que são inacabados, pois são contemporâneos ao leitor e propõem uma reflexão sobre a questão do território indígena no Brasil. Além de sugerir a discussão contemporânea acerca desses temas, a narrativa, no que tange a relação da história com a ficção, borra as fronteiras do histórico com o literário, oferecendo sua versão da liderança indígena Damiana. Nesse sentido, o artigo defende que o romance histórico contemporâneo é escrito em nome da atualidade, sendo uma forma de reestruturar o passado em função das necessidades do presente, permitindo compreender que o passado não é fixo, mas que pode ser reelaborado constantemente. Em consequência, os discursos com os quais se interpreta a história, bem como as identidades e os papéis desempenhados por grupos diversos também podem ser reelaborados.
DISSENSÕES E VÍNCULOS ENTRE LITERATURA E FILOSOFIA
Authors: Vilarouca Cláudia Grijó
Published: November 2022

Este artigo apresenta uma investigação, não exaustiva, acerca das divergências e elos entre literatura e filosofia com base em duas perspectivas: a primeira, da disputa pelo poder enquanto discurso válido; a segunda, pela discussão acerca dos regimes de verdade. Para tal, com base, sobretudo, nas reflexões de Philippe Sabot, William Marx, Benedito Nunes e Jeanne Marie Gagnebin, este artigo propõe um breve percurso que inicia pelas primeiras dissensões, na Grécia antiga, segue pela exposição de alguns exemplos, concentrados no âmbito da literatura francesa, de hierarquizações entre esses discursos ao longo da história e finaliza com uma consideração sobre questões metodológicas envolvidas na constituição dos vínculos entre ambas as áreas.
LETRAMENTO CRÍTICO CULTURAL, LEITURA DE MUNDO E FORMAÇÃO DA CIDADANIA
Authors: Vieira Wellington Neves , De Souza Licia Soares
Published: November 2022

Objetivo do artigo é demonstrar a contribuição da teoria crítica cultural para constituição de um letramento de caráter crítico cultural para a formação da cidadania. Essa pesquisa foi desenvolvida no contexto da pandemia do Covid-19 em aulas remotas e a metodologia empregada foi bibliográfica, explicativa e descritiva de abordagem qualitativa, para embasar a noção do letramento, utilizou-se os trabalhos de: (STREET, 2003); (KLEIMAN,1995); (SOARES, 2002); (ROJO, 2009), já no âmbito da Crítica cultural: (SANTOS, 2016); (VIEIRA, 2016); (SEIDEL, 2008); (RICHARD, 2002). Na proposta didático-metodológica foram esquematizados roteiros de estudos e diários de bordo. Os estudos que abordam os letramentos e a crítica cultural estão relacionados a um projeto de emancipação do sujeito. Entre as principais contribuições do referencial, destaca-se a construção de um conceito para o letramento crítico cultural. Participaram das aulas remotas, quinze (15) estudantes e dez (10) fizeram o diário de bordo. A teoria Crítica Cultural aplicada nos encontros remotos tem mostrado como resultado uma proposta promissora para se pensar no projeto humano de emancipação, pois durante os encontros e anotações colhidas dos diários de bordo foram comprovadas ações como: protagonismo juvenil envolvidos no ato de reconhecimento das fragilidades locais e dos poderes locais, de falar em nome das minorias e de se posicionar pelo reconhecimento de valores universais, como ética, liberdade, democracia e justiça social. Esses resultados de mediação e intervenção crítico cultural abre caminhos para a formação da cidadania e formação de leitor crítico do mundo.
AS CONTRIBUIÇÕES SOCIAIS NA OBRA O TURISTA APRENDIZ, DE MÁRIO DE ANDRADE
Authors: Oliveira Cristiano Mello
Published: November 2022

A obra O turista aprendiz foi elaborado entre os anos de 1928 e 1930, em forma de diários de anotações e crônicas de viagens. Em um primeiro momento, o escritor paulista publicou originalmente esses escritos no jornal Diário Nacional, nas mesmas datas. Nessa mesma época, Mário quase concomitantemente desempenhou a função de redator instantâneo sobre esses escritos e os enviou ao próprio jornal. No entanto, a publicação oficial do livro saiu após os textos serem publicados no jornal, em edição organizada por Telê Ancona Lopez, quase cinquenta anos adiante, em 1976. Na verdade, articulando e utilizando basicamente os fragmentos que comprovam melhor sua aproximação do social – mote maior desta pesquisa –, amparada nos textos do escritor modernista, a investigação aqui realizada busca um panorama das “contribuições sociais” que mais enfatizou Mário de Andrade durante seus escritos. Outrossim, acreditamos que, por esse caminho, conseguiremos atingir um caráter do ineditismo desse assunto, tendo em vista que outras investigações não seguem esse percurso nem se preocupam com abordar tais vertentes. Como lastro teórico, dialogaremos com os autores: CANDIDO (2000); LOPEZ (1972); SANTIAGO (2006), dentre outros para a contemplação do tema.
ESTUDO SOBRE A EXPRESSÃO ANTIFA QUANDO ENUNCIADA POR DONALD TRUMP EM SUA CONTA NO TWITTER
Authors: Mesquita André Campos , Barzotto Valdir Heitor
Published: November 2022

O objetivo deste artigo é analisar um enunciado feito pelo então presidente estadunidense Donald Trump, veiculado em sua conta no Twitter, no período compreendido entre os dias 31 de maio e 14 de junho de 2020, após o início das manifestações desencadeadas em diversas cidades norte-americanas pelo assassinato de Georg Floyd. Esse trabalho se justifica pelo propósito de demonstrar as relações de interdiscursividade entre Trump e seus seguidores e compreender como as postagens do presidente dos EUA contribuíram para construir um discurso que buscava deslegitimar os protestos dos grupos antifascistas nos EUA. Como método de análise serão mobilizadas a teoria dos atos de fala de Austin e a análise do discurso de linha francesa. Esta análise buscará compreender de que forma a expressão antifa é significada por Trump, quando ele a enuncia e de que forma esse enunciado dialoga com o conjunto de discursos de ódio na rede, ajudando a criar um conjunto de regras discursivas que buscam dar legitimidade a esses discursos.
TEORIA DOS CAMPOS LEXICAIS
Authors: Cruz Thyago José da
Published: November 2022

A noção de “campo”, nos estudos lexicais, parte de uma Semântica de base estruturalista. O início dessa discussão se desenvolveu antes mesmo da redação do Curso de Linguística Geral (CLG), de Ferdinand Saussure. Contudo, foi a partir de Coseriu (1981) que se pode notar um desenvolvimento de uma metodologia apropriada e de base majoritariamente linguística. Este artigo, portanto, busca elencar e discutir acerca desses estudos semânticos voltado à delimitação e à construção de campos lexicais, citando alguns antecessores de Coseriu até chegar aos postulados deste. Por isso, fez-se necessário definir sob este prisma termos como lexema, arquilexema, sema, campo associativo, rede semântica, campo conceitual, classe lexical, oposições e dimensões (embora algumas dessas concepções tenham se originado ou compartilham presença em teorias de outros pesquisadores, torna-se pertinente neste trabalho para a compreensão do recorte escolhido). Espera-se que os conceitos revisitados e os exemplos demonstrados corroborem para o entendimento desses postulados tão caros às pesquisas em Semântica Estruturalista e tão utilizados nela.
O DESENVOLVIMENTO DA ESCRITA CRIATIVA FANFICTIONAL EM INGLÊS COMO LÍNGUA ADICIONAL
Authors: Placido Carlos Eduardo de Araujo
Published: November 2022

A Escrita Criativa Fanfictional (ECF) tem sido pouco abordada nas pesquisas acadêmicas contemporâneas brasileiras. Por conseguinte, a Escrita Criativa Fanfictional em inglês como língua adicional tem sido abordada com menorfrequência ainda (MYERS, 2006; MORLEY, 2007; BLYTHE and SWEET, 2008; HEALEY,2009; OBERHOLZER, 2014). Segundo o Fórum Mundial Econômico (2015), a criatividade vem ganhando cada vez mais espaço e relevância na educação globalizada e no empreendedorismo social. Entretanto, há poucas pesquisas acadêmicas que abordam o desenvolvimento da criatividade em meios escolares tanto formais quanto informais. Isto pode indicar que a comunidade educacional não vem incentivando o desenvolvimento da criativa entre seus alunos ou mesmo não sabe como desenvolvê-la. Por esses motivos, o objetivo desta pesquisa foi o de identificar como os alunos da ECF podem desenvolver sua criatividade e redação criativa de textos em inglês como língua adicional (ILA). Desta forma, um curso extracurricular de ECF com inglês como língua adicional foi desenvolvido e ministrado na USP em 2016. A metodologia de pesquisa abarcou tanto a organização quanto a ministração do curso ECF baseado diretamente na teoria sociocultural vygotskiana (VYGOTSKY, 2004;2007). O enfoque desta pesquisa foi um estudo de caso (DUFF, 2008; DUFF, 2012; DYSON, 2005; STAKE, 2006). Como resultado, a produção textual da aluna selecionada mostrou que houve sinais de desenvolvimento acerca dos digitalscripts, fanwriting-creative writing techniques e fandom-paratextual scripts.
Beliefs about language learning and context: A case study of Turkish EFL learners at a Northern Cyprus University
Authors: Hadizadeh Abbas
Published: November 2022

Recently, the role of context as a determining force in shaping the beliefs and perceptions of language learners has been brought to the forefront in many studies. Although the language learning beliefs of Turkish students in the context of Turkey have been adequately investigated, lesser attention has been paid to the beliefs of Turkish students studying abroad. Thus, by adopting a mixed-method approach, the current study attempted to examine the learners’ beliefs of Turkish students in the context of Northern Cyprus. For this purpose, both quantitative and qualitative data were collected on a group of 56 Turkish-second language learners in the context under the study. The fındıngs indicated that Turkish students have varying beliefs toward language learning in the context under the study, which also varied from those of the Turkish students in the context of Turkey underscoring the dynamic, complex, and context-dependent nature of beliefs about language learning.
Keywords: Beliefs; context; language; language learners; perceptions.
The leading methodology for researching ideal methods in an ESP classroom
Authors: Fehaima Amaria
Published: November 2022

Studying ESP involves more than simply learning a collection of technical linguistic words; it is about learning how to use English in a particular situation while also including the necessary skills and language learning objectives. The current study aimed to examine the rationale for employing the translation method to teach ESP to third-year computer science students at the University of Tlemcen. This study employed a case study approach. A questionnaire was administered to ESP the teachers in the department of Science and Technology, and classroom observations on third-year students of computer science were conducted. The study's findings indicated that students pursuing third-year computer science courses at Tlemcen University experience a range of difficulties while interacting with professional resources. The proposed translation method in ESP may be incorporated and adapted as an effective technique for ESP teachers and students to improve learners’ language skills related to their academic field.
Keywords: Content-based approach; ESP Context; ESP courses; ESP Students.
Assessing costa rican children speech recognition by humans and machines
Authors: Maribel  Morales-Rodríguez  , Marvin Coto-Jiménez
Published: November 2022

In recent years, an increasing number of studies on human-computer interaction is taking place, due to the pervasive speech interfaces implemented in systems such as cell phones, personal and home automation assistants. These studies include automatic speech recognition (ASR) and speech synthesis, and are considering a wider variety of conditions of the signals, such as noise and reverberation, and accents and age-related effects as well. For example, one of the key challenges is the development of ASR for children’s speech. Since the current systems have a dependency on language and accents, thus, to improve it, the investigations of speech recognition technologies suitable for children are needed. In this paper, we assess commercial ASR systems for the recognition of Costa Rican children’s speech, for users with ages ranging between three and fourteen years old. To establish a comparison and numeric validation of the ASR systems in recognizing children’s isolated words, we conducted a large subjective listening test that computes the differences and challenges that remains for the state-of-the art ASR systems. The results provide evident numeric differences between ASR systems and human perceptions, especially for younger children. Additionally, we provide suggestions for future research directions in the field.
Artificial Intelligence based Multi-sensor COVID-19 Screening Framework
Authors: Rakesh  Chandra-Joshi  , Malay  Kishore-Dutta  , Carlos M. Travieso
Published: November 2022

Many countries are struggling for COVID-19 screening resources which arises the need for automatic and low-cost diagnosis systems which can help to diagnose and a large number of tests can be conducted rapidly. Instead of relying on one single method, artificial intelligence and multiple sensors based approaches can be used to decide the prediction of the health condition of the patient. Temperature, oxygen saturation level, chest X-ray and cough sound can be analyzed for the rapid screening. The multi-sensor approach is more reliable and a person can be analyzed in multiple feature dimensions. Deep learning models can be trained with multiple chest x-ray images belonging to different categories to different health conditions i.e. healthy, COVID-19 positive, pneumonia, tuberculosis, etc. The deep learning model will extract the features from the input images and based on that test images will be classified into different categories. Similarly, cough sound and short talk can be trained on a convolutional neural network and after proper training, input voice samples can be differentiated into different categories. Artificial based approaches can help to develop a system to work efficiently at a low cost.
Application of Fischer semi discriminant analysis for speaker diarization in costa rican radio broadcasts
Authors: Roberto Sánchez Cárdenas  , Marvin Coto-Jiménez
Published: November 2022

Automatic segmentation and classification of audio streams is a challenging problem, with many applications, such as indexing multi – media digital libraries, information retrieving, and the building of speech corpus or spoken corpus) for particular languages and accents. Those corpus is a database of speech audio files and the corresponding text transcriptions. Among the several steps and tasks required for any of those applications, the speaker diarization is one of the most relevant, because it pretends to find boundaries in the audio recordings according to who speaks in each fragment. Speaker diarization can be performed in a supervised or unsupervised way and is commonly applied in audios consisting of pure speech. In this work, a first annotated dataset and analysis of speaker diarization for Costa Rican radio broadcasting is performed, using two approaches: a classic one based on k-means clustering, and the more recent Fischer Semi Discriminant. We chose publicly available radio broadcast and decided to compare those systems’ applicability in the complete audio files, which also contains some segments of music and challenging acoustic conditions. Results show a dependency on the results according to the number of speakers in each broadcast, especially in the average cluster purity. The results also show the necessity of further exploration and combining with other classification and segmentation algorithms to better extract useful information from the dataset and allow further development of speech corpus.
An experimental study on footsteps sound recognition as biometric under noisy conditions
Authors: Marisol  Zeledón-Córdoba  , Carolina  Paniagua Peñaranda  , Marvin Coto-Jiménez
Published: November 2022

The experimentation of footsteps as a biometric has a short history of about two decades. The process of identification of a person is based on the study of footstep signals captured when walking over a sensing area, and the registering of sounds, pressure, vibration, or a combination of these measures. Application of this biometric can emerge in security systems, that identify persons who enter or leave a space, and in providing help to elderly and disabled persons. In this paper, we are focused in the exploration of pure audio signals of footsteps and the robustness of a person’s classification under noisy conditions. We present a comparison between four wellknown classifiers and three kinds of noise, applied at different signal to noise ratio. Results are reported in terms of accuracy in the detection an users, showing different levels of sensibility according to the kind and level of noise.
The Effect of ICG and Capital Adequacy on the Value of the Company with ISR as a Moderating Variable
Authors: Muflikhah Khainun , Yudiana Fetria Eka
Published: November 2022

This study aims to test the influence of Islamic corporate governance and capital adequacy on the value of companies with Islamic social reporting as moderating variables. The data used in this study was obtained from islamic commercial bank data 2014-2020, using purposive sampling techniques obtained by 8 (eight) Islamic commercial banks that meet the criteria to be used as research samples. To test this research hypothesis, a multiple linear regression model was used with the help of the Eviews 10 program. Analytical techniques used in the study include stationarity tests, panel data regression tests, and classical assumption tests. Partial test results showed a positive and significant influence of Islamic Corporate Governance (ICG) and Islamic Social reporting (ISR) on the value of the company while capital adequacy had no significant effect on the value of the company. And the results of moderate regression analysis showed the result that ISR can moderate the relationship between ICG and company value whereas the relationship of capital adequacy with company value cannot be moderated by ISR.
A enfermagem na orientação do autocuidado de pacientes em hemodiálise
Authors: Gomes Sarah Simões , Gama Bernadete Marinho Bara De Martin , Pinto Paulo Sérgio , Godinho Marluce Rodrigues
Published: November 2022

Objetivo: conhecer a atuação da enfermagem na orientação do autocuidado de pacientes em hemodiálise. Método: estudo qualitativo descritivo e orientado pela Teoria do Autocuidado de Dorothea Orem. Foram realizadas entrevistas semiestruturadas com 18 profissionais de enfermagem de uma unidade de diálise renal. Resultados: a análise permitiu identificar duas categorias: demandas de autocuidado de pacientes em hemodiálise e a atuação da enfermagem na orientação do autocuidado de pacientes em hemodiálise. Conclusão: foi possível verificar que a equipe de enfermagem reconhece e realiza a orientação do autocuidado. Porém, essa ação ainda é permeada de desafios do próprio serviço, como a sobrecarga de trabalho e a dificuldade de inserir a orientação de forma organizada e sistematizada nos protocolos da assistência. Evidenciou-se, portanto, a necessidade de incentivo à educação permanente e da criação de protocolos e normas voltados para essa ação.
Wiedza z drugiej ręki i metodyczna nieufność
Authors: Leszczyński Damian
Published: November 2022

Contemporary man deals primarily with indirect knowledge, i.e. second-hand knowledge. This leads to the problem of trust in authorities providing information and the reliability of these authorities. Since it is difficult to provide sufficient criteria for believing someone else᾽s opinion, perhaps minimum criteria for distrust should be sought.
The truth below the surface
Authors: Niebuhr Oliver , Neitsch Jana
Published: November 2022

The recipient is a stimulus-external factor that has so far hardly been investigated in hate-speech research. However, addressing this factor is essential to understand how and why hate speech unfolds its negative effects and which characteristics of the recipient influence these effects. The present study focuses on the recipient. Building on previous findings from explicit ratings and initial successful replications of such ratings through biosignals, we are conducting the first large-scale, systematic, and cross-linguistic biosignal study on hate speech based on two EEG measures: the beta-alpha ratio associated with arousal and the frontal alpha asymmetry associated with valence. A total of 50 Danish and German participants took part and were presented with spoken and written hate-speech stimuli, derived from authentic hate-speech posts on Twitter. Results show that Danes reacted more sensitively than Germans to hate speech containing figurative language (swear words), while Germans reacted more sensitively to hate speech with Holocaust references than Danes. In addition, teachers and lawyers showed less negative reactions to hate speech than church employees, students, and pensioners. The effect of the presentation medium depended on the respective hate speech type. In particular, speaking out hate speech based on irony and indirectness attenuated its effects on recipients to such an extent that it is questionable whether the stimuli were still perceived as instances of hate speech at all. We discuss the results in terms of key tasks of future studies and practical implication for the punishment and management of hate speech on social media.
National Statehood in Central Africa: Gabon
Authors: Tur’inskaya K.
Published: November 2022

The article deals with the Gabonese history in the years of postcolonial development. The author also examines the current socio-political situation in Gabon, a former French colony and France’s stronghold in Central Africa. The Gabonese Republic celebrated sixty years of independence in 2020, as 1960 was proclaimed the “Year of Africa”. Given the controversial regional and international context, attention is drawn to Gabon’s peripheral and unequal status in the global economy and politics. Being rich in oil, gas, manganese, uranium, forests, water, other natural resources Gabon demonstrates deep economic and social imbalances. The country’s economy is showing symptoms of the “Dutch disease”: the discovery of significant reserves of natural resources has led to the outpacing development of the extractive industry to the detriment of other sectors, especially agriculture. Gabon occupies a relatively high position in the list of countries by the HDI though about a third of the Gabonese population is below the national poverty line. The article analyzes the problems of decolonization, regional integration, sovereignity, tribalism, nation-building, and the choice of the course towards capitalism, with almost no socialist ideas in Gabonese public discourse and, at the same time, flourishing concepts of “national unity” and “troisième voie”. The text also addresses the issues of statehood, ideology and institutions of power in independent Gabon while the France’s presence in the African and Gabonese economy and politics seems purely neo-colonial. The article examines the process of establishment and functioning of the Bongo family political regime as well as the phenomenon of dynastic rule in a system with formal democracy.
Investment behavior of enterprises in 2021–2022
Authors: Aukutsionek S.
Published: November 2022

The article outlines the trends of 2021 – the first half of 2022 in the field of investment behavior of enterprises. There are examined: the level of investment activity both in terms of equipment purchases and total capital investment; the rating of factors limiting capital investment; the main sources of funds for investment and principal motives to invest; the features of borrowings from banks to finance investment.
Identification of Polymorphism Angiotensin Ii Type 1 Receptor (AT1) 1166 A/C Gene and Potassium Levels in Pre-Eclampsia among The Madurese Population
Authors: Zainiyah Zakkiyatus , Susanti Eny , Wulandari Novita
Published: November 2022

Pre-eclampsia is a hypertension disorder during pregnancy, significantly affects maternal morbidity and mortality worldwide. A Case-control research was done on 100 pregnant mothers as respondents: 50 case (pre-eclampsia) and 50 control groups (healthy pregnant mothers). Selected case the following characteristics: were patients that visited the Syamrabu Bangkalan Public Hospital; were third-generation Madura natives; aged between 20-40 years old; had a gestational age of over 20mgg; had blood pressure above 140/90mmHg; and single pregnancies. Control had the following characteristics: were healthy pregnant women without pre-eclampsia or chronic hypertension; were third-generation Madura natives; had a gestational age of over 20mgg; aged between 20-40 years; and without pregnancy complications. The results showed of those with PE, 45 had the AA genotype (homozygote) (90%), five had AC (heterozygote) (8%) and one had CC (homozygote) (2%). As for those without PE, 33 had the AA genotype (homozygote) (73.3%), 11 had AC (heterozygote) (26.7%), none had CC (homozygote) (0%). PE and non-PE cases mostly had the AA genotype (homozygote) and A alleles. AT1R 1166 A/C polymorphism was found to be a significant risk factor for pre-eclampsia, while potassium level had no significant effect on it. Meaning further research is needed on different ethnicities and races.
Profiling of G-protein Coupled Receptors in Adipose Tissue and Differentiating Adipocytes Offers a Translational Resource for Obesity/Metabolic Research
Authors: Al Mahri Saeed , Okla Meshail , Rashid Mamoon , Malik Shuja Shafi , Iqbal Jahangir , Al Ibrahim Maria , Dairi Ghida , Mahmood Amer , Muthurangan Manikandan , Yaqinuddin Ahmed , Mohammad Sameer
Published: November 2022

G protein-coupled receptors (GPCRs) are expressed essentially on all cells, facilitating cellular responses to external stimuli, and are involved in nearly every biological process. Several members of this family play significant roles in the regulation of adipogenesis and adipose me-tabolism. However, the expression and functional significance of a vast number of GPCRs in adipose tissue are unknown. We used a high-throughput RT-PCR panel to determine the expres-sion of the entire repertoire of non-sensory GPCRs in mouse white, and brown adipose tissue and assess changes in their expression during adipogenic differentiation of murine adipocyte cell line, 3T3-L1. In addition, the expression of GPCRs in subcutaneous adipose tissues from lean, obese, and diabetic human subjects was evaluated by re-analyzing RNA-sequencing data. We detected a total of 292 and 271 GPCRs in mouse white and brown adipose tissue, respectively. There is a significant overlap in the expression of GPCRs between the two adipose tissue depots but several GPCRs are specifically expressed in one of the two tissue types. Adipogenic differ-entiation of 3T3-L1 cells had a profound impact on the expression of several GPCRs. RNA se-quencing of subcutaneous adipose from healthy human subjects detected 255 GPCRs and obesity significantly changed the expression of several GPCRs in adipose tissue. Finally, we report sev-eral highly expressed GPCRs with no known role in adipose biology whose expression was sig-nificantly altered during adipogenic differentiation and/or in the diseased human subjects. These GPCRs could play an important role in adipose metabolism and serve as a valuable translational resource for obesity and metabolic research.
Analysis of The Effect of Speed on Seakeeping and Ship Motion
Authors: Sade Juswan , Syaifullah Muhammad
Published: November 2022

Ship motion is the ability of a ship to survive at sea under any conditions. Therefore this capability is an essential aspect in terms of ship design. The shape of the hull dramatically influences the characteristics of the movement and operability of the ship itself. Vessel operability is the time at sea when the structure can still operate according to the established criteria and its correlation to the wave height where the requirements will be exceeded. In this study, an analysis of 3 degrees of freedom of translational movement and rotation of heave roll and pitch was carried out on the planing hull type fast boat model at regular waves with the parameters of body mass, gyration radius, damping, and others presented in the form of a Response Amplitude Operator (RAO) graphic image.
Living Alone and Suicide Risk in the United States, 2008‒2019
Authors: Olfson Mark , Cosgrove Candace M. , Altekruse Sean F. , Wall Melanie M. , Blanco Carlos
Published: November 2022

Objectives. To evaluate the association between living alone and suicide and how it varies across sociodemographic characteristics.

Methods. A nationally representative sample of adults from the 2008 American Community Survey (n = 3 310 000) was followed through 2019 for mortality. Cox models estimated hazard ratios of suicide across living arrangements (living alone or with others) at the time of the survey. Total and sociodemographically stratified models compared hazards of suicide of people living alone to people living with others.

Results. Annual suicide rates per 100 000 person-years were 23.0 among adults living alone and 13.2 among adults living with others. The age-, sex-, and race/ethnicity-adjusted hazard ratio of suicide for living alone was 1.75 (95% confidence interval = 1.64, 1.87). Adjusted hazards of suicide associated with living alone varied across sociodemographic groups and were highest for adults with 4-year college degrees and annual incomes greater than $125 000 and lowest for Black individuals.

Conclusions. Living alone is a risk marker for suicide with the strongest associations for adults with the highest levels of income and education. Because these associations were not controlled for psychiatric disorders, they should be interpreted as noncausal. (Am J Public Health. 2022;112(12):1774–1782. https://doi.org/10.2105/AJPH.2022.307080 )
Micro-scale Patterns and Drivers of Bird Visitation on Street Fig Trees in Delhi, India
Authors: Rawal Prakhar , Chatrath Deepali , Shahabuddin Ghazala
Published: November 2022

Street trees have been used as a means of mitigating the negative effects of urbanization on biodiversity, particularly bird fauna. Despite their widely acknowledged benefits for birds, studies so far have been largely limited to relatively coarse scales, with an understanding of the role of local environments and individual tree characters lacking. We studied the patterns of bird visitation at individual street Ficus (fig) trees, providers of keystone resources in tropical landscapes, in Delhi, India, and their drivers at different scales (tree characteristics, local and landscape variables). Three common fig species were surveyed for bird visitors across 3 sites with varying urban patterns. Fig trees were found to be a relatively common street tree choice, and the 106 trees surveyed were visited by 29 bird species, including 7 obligate frugivores. We found that reducing green cover in surrounding landscape and increasing noise did not deter birds from visiting these trees. Instead, variables at finer scales like tree canopy diameter, tree species and local resource density had sizable and significant effects on both species richness and abundance of bird visitors. Our results highlight how bird assemblages, guilds and individual species respond differently to a range of ecological variables, and an understanding of these responses at different scales is useful for maximising the value of street trees for urban birds. Thus, coarse-scale studies can provide insights into bird diversity of city landscapes, but micro-scale studies are important in helping make fine scale management decisions, like selection of street trees.
Molecular epidemiology of pregnancy using omics data: advances, success stories, and challenges
Authors: Rahnavard Ali , Chatterjee Ranojoy , Wen Hui , Gaylord Clark , Mugusi Sabina , Klatt Kevin C , Smith Emily R
Published: November 2022

Multi-omics approaches have been successfully applied to investigate pregnancy and health outcomes at a molecular and genetic level in several studies. As omics technologies advance, research areas are open to study further. Here we discuss overall trends and examples of successfully using omics technologies and techniques (e.g., genomics, proteomics, metabolomics, and metagenomics) to investigate the molecular epidemiology of pregnancy. In addition, we outline omics applications and study characteristics of pregnancy for understanding fundamental biology, causal health and physiological relationships, risk and prediction modeling, diagnostics, and correlations.
Overarching goal: To detail the utility of multi-omics approaches in the study of pregnancy physiology and disease.
Correlation analysis between body composition, serological indexes and the risk of falls in the elderly
Authors: Zhang Kexin , Ju Yanmin , Yang Di , Cao Mengyu , Liang Hong , Leng Jiyan
Published: November 2022

Objective: To study the risk factors of falls and explore the correlation between body composition, serological indexes and the risk of falls in the elderly.
Method: This is a cross-sectional study. The subjects were inpatients ≥ 60 years old in the cadre ward of the first hospital of Jilin University. The following information was obtained from the past comprehensive geriatric assessment database of the cadre ward. The body composition of the patients was measured by Bioelectrical Impedience Analysis (BIA) using the Inbody S10 device (Biospace, Seoul, Korea). We assessed according to the internationally used fall risk assessment tool (FRA), ≤ 2 points are divided into low-risk group, 3 - 9 points are divided into medium-risk group, and ≥ 10 points are divided into high-risk group.
Results: There were significant differences among the three groups in age, educational background, weight, cognitive impairment, malnutrition, ability of daily living, depression, systolic blood pressure, lower limb moisture, fat free weight, arm girth, body cell mass, skeletal muscle mass, limb muscle, red blood cell (RBC), hemoglobin (HGB), hematocrit (HCT), aspartate aminotransferase (AST), alanine aminotransferase (ALT), albumin (ALB), prealbumin (PA), anemia and hypoproteinemia (P< 0.05). Ordinal logistic regression analysis showed that, for each unit of decrease in educational background and hemoglobin, the probability of the fall risk increasing by one level is 7.64 times and 1.094 times higher than the original (OR= 7.64, 95%CI: 1.38 - 225.19, P= 0.027); (OR= 1.094, 95%CI: 0.102-11.693, P< 0.001), for each additional unit of age, cognitive impairment, malnutrition and right lower limb moisture, the probability of the fall risk increasing by one level is 13.531, 10.186, 2.936, 5.755 times higher than the original (OR= 13.531, 95%CI: 6.080-30.114, P< 0.001); (OR= 10.186, 95%CI: 3.854-26.924, P< 0.001); (OR= 2.936, 95%CI: 1.514-5.686, P= 0.001); (OR= 5.755, 95%CI: 1.775-18.672, P= 0.004).
Conclusion: Educational background, hemoglobin are significant protective factors, and age, cognitive impairment, malnutrition, right lower limb moisture are significant risk factors for falls in the elderly.
Distinct profiles of anhedonia and reward processing and their prospective associations with quality of life among individuals with mood disorders
Authors: Pizzagalli Diego , Whitton Alexis , Kumar Poornima , Treadway Michael , Rutherford Ashleigh , Ironside Manon , Foti Dan , Fitzmaurice Garrett , Du Fei
Published: November 2022

Leading professional health bodies have called for the wider adoption of Patient Reported Outcome Measures, such as quality of life, in research and clinical practice as a means for understanding why the global burden of depression continues to climb despite increased rates of treatment use. Here, we examined whether anhedonia – an often recalcitrant and impairing symptom of depression – along with its neural correlates, was associated with longitudinal changes in patient-reported quality of life among individuals seeking treatment for mood disorders. We recruited 112 participants, includingn = 80 individuals with mood disorders (58 unipolar, 22 bipolar) andn = 32 healthy controls (63.4% female). We assessed anhedonia severity along with two electroencephalographic markers of neural reward responsiveness (scalp-level ‘Reward Positivity’ amplitude and source-localized reward-related activation in the dorsal anterior cingulate cortex), and assessed quality of life at baseline, 3- and 6-month follow-up. Anhedonia emerged as a robust correlate of quality of life cross-sectionally and longitudinally among individuals with mood disorders. Furthermore, increased neural reward responsiveness at baseline was associated with greater improvements in quality of life over time, and this improvement was mediated by longitudinal improvements in anhedonia severity. Finally, differences in quality of life observed between individuals with unipolar and bipolar mood disorders were mediated by differences in anhedonia severity. Our findings indicate that anhedonia and its reward-related neural correlates are linked to variability in quality of life over time in individuals with mood disorders. Treatments capable of improving anhedonia and normalizing brain reward function may be necessary for improving broader health outcomes for individuals seeking treatment for depression. ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT01976975
Correlation of serum sodium，serum potassium concentrations and their ratios with blood pressure in elderly patients
Authors: Li Gang , Li Jing , He Le
Published: November 2022

Background
Several studies have investigated the relationship between dietary or urine potassium and sodium and blood pressure, but few have evaluated the relationship between serum potassium or sodium and blood pressure. Therefore, we evaluated the association between serum potassium and sodium and blood pressure in an elderly Chinese population.
Methods
A total of 241 elderly patients admitted to Hebei General Hospital were consecutively enrolled. 150 patients were divided into hypertension group and 91 patients were divided into normal blood pressure group. Correlation analysis and multiple logistic regression were used to analyze the relationship between serum sodium, serum potassium and their ratio with blood pressure. Receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curve was used to analyze the predictive value of serum sodium/potassium ratio for hypertension in this population.
Results
Serum potassium was negatively correlated with systolic blood pressure (r=-0.341, P < 0.001), serum sodium-to-potassium ratio was positively correlated with systolic blood pressure (r = 0.349, P < 0.001), and serum sodium was not significantly correlated with systolic blood pressure (r = 0.105, P < 0.001). Serum sodium/potassium concentration ratio (OR = 1.094, 95%CI 1.003–1.193, P = 0.043) was still an independent influencing factor of hypertension. The area under ROC curve of serum sodium-to-potassium ratio for predicting hypertension in elderly patients was 0.666 (95%CI 0.599–0.733, P < 0.001).
Conclusions
Serum potassium level is related to blood pressure in the elderly population, and serum sodium-to-potassium ratio is related to hypertension in the elderly patients, which is an independent risk factor for hypertension in this population.
Antimicrobial Profiles of Pathogenic Enteric Bacteria Isolated from Commensal Rodents and Cockroaches from Morogoro Region in Tanzania: An environmental vehicle for resistance transmission to human and animals
Authors: R Kimwaga. B. , Mzula Alexander , Mnyone Ladslaus.L
Published: November 2022

Background: Increase of antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is becoming the global health concern since it reduces the effectiveness of antimicrobials and threatening the health of human and animals. Rodents and cockroaches can play a significant role in the dissemination of resistance bacteria between the environment and humans. This study aimed at determining antimicrobial resistance profile of enteric bacteria isolated from cockroaches and house rats.
Methods: Cockroaches were manually trapped with surgical gloves and sealed in sterile plastic containers where by house rats were trapped with wire cages and transported to microbiology laboratory. Bacteria were isolated following standard Microbiological techniques and antimicrobial susceptibility testing was done using Kirby Bauer diffusion technique.
Results: A total of 159 isolates of three targeted bacterial species were isolated from the gut of 114 house rats and 57 cockroaches. Among isolated bacteria only 83 were subjected to antimicrobial susceptibility test, among the tested antimicrobials; Amoxicillin, Ciprofloxacin and Tetracycline showed the highest resistance. Moreover Multidrug-resistance (MDR) was also observed for 66.3%.
Conclusion: Therefore, necessary control measures need to be taken against the infestation of rodents and cockroaches around households so as to minimize transmission of pathogenic and resistance bacteria.