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Morbidity pattern at the National Youth Service Corp camps in Nigeria
Authors: Emorinken Airenakho , Aikhuomogbe Onosegbe , Eigbe Bezaleel , Usman Sarah , Isuekebhor Cynthia
Published: November 2022

Background: The National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) was designed to foster shared bonds among Nigerian youths and promote national unity. The orientation course is one of the program’s key initiatives. Even though camping promotes socialization and self-confidence, campers may be exposed to a variety of diseases and injuries. This study aimed to evaluate the pattern of diseases seen in the NYSC orientation camps.Methods: This was a descriptive cross-sectional study conducted in NYSC orientation camps in Delta, Abia, and Katsina States. The demographic information and diagnoses were extracted from the camp clinics' registers. The data was analysed with SPSS, and the level of significance was set at p<0.05.Results: A total of 2231 cases were seen. There were 299 cases (13.4%) seen in Delta state camp, 1076 (48.2%) from Abia, and 856 (38.4%) from Katsina state. There were more males (51.7%) than females (48.3%). The mean age was 25.10±2.67 years. The most common diagnoses were upper respiratory tract infection (23.4%), malaria (22.5%), acid-peptic disorders (12.1%), gastroenteritis (6.9%), musculoskeletal disorders (4.7%), and allergic diseases (4.7%). Fatigue/myalgia, headache disorders, and malingering accounted for 4.3%, 3.8%, and 1% of cases, respectively. Bronchial asthma and sexually transmitted infections were significantly more common in females than males (p<0.001).Conclusions: This study indicated that orientation camps are home to a variety of diseases, with upper respiratory tract infections and malaria being the most prevalent. This information is essential for resource allocation, planning, and policy formulation.
Knowledge, attitude, and perception of monkeypox among medical/health students across media space in Nigeria
Authors: Ugwu Stephen E. , Abolade Sodiq A. , Ofeh Augustine S. , Awoyinka Temitope B. , Okolo Bartholomew O. , Ayeni Eunice T. , Kolawole Eniola O.
Published: November 2022

Background: Monkeypox is a rare disease caused by infection with the Monkeypox virus (MPXV). Although monkeypox existed and declined in the past, its re-emergence is simultaneous with the rise in cases recently.Methods: This study utilized a non-interventional, anonymous, self-administered web-based survey through a descriptive cross-sectional design to collect data from medical/health students (undergraduate, graduate, and postgraduate students). The E-questionnaire was administered from 22nd July to 5th August through social media, and the data collected and extracted through an excel spreadsheet was analyzed using IBM SPSS Statistics 26.0.Results: A total of 203 respondents were obtained from 22nd July to 5th August, out of which 109 (53.7%) were females, 92 (45.3%) were males with 18-25 years (63.5%), 25-30 years (26.6%), <30 years (7.4%) and <18 years (2.5%) age groups. Of the total respondents, 94.1% have heard about monkeypox before, 59.1% believed that monkeypox could be managed, 80.8% believed that monkeypox is zoonotic but can be transferred from human to human, and the majority (60.1%) are aware of the symptoms of monkeypox.Conclusions: Medical/health students across social media show a relatively high knowledge of the Monkeypox virus with significant knowledge gap regarding the evolving epidemiologic and clinical manifestations, and the variety of components implicated in monkeypox transmission. Nonetheless, the knowledge is to be sustained and reinforced through continued awareness on social media and in rural areas with a high percentage of basic internet coverage and literacy. In order to direct proper surveillance, data collecting, readiness, and response operations, public health/surveillance capacities in Nigeria must be urgently developed.
The design of growth and development children's monitoring application: a user-centered approach
Authors: Siswati Tri , . Nurhidayat , . Tjaronosari , Widyawati Herni Endah , Rialihanto Muhammad Primiaji
Published: November 2022

Background: Due to pandemic COVID-19, intergrated health services post (Posyandu) was disrupted affecting child growth monitoring. A minimum monitoring approach for the health of children is required. The objective of this study was to design a growth and development children's monitoring application.  Methods: We applied research and development methods to define and design the app. The Focus Group Discussion (FGD) was conducted to identify user need, including storyboards, content, features, flow, and performance of android application. We also collaborate with technology information expertise to design an app. The research was carried out in Yogyakarta from May to June 2021.Results: The result showed that users needed a comprehensive app based on Android with a minimum data storage space including growth and child development monitoring, considering storyboard design, menu interface, nutritional and developmental children's milestones, interpretation, and recommendation. The growth monitoring interface includes identity, a child’s health history, and anthropometry, while the development monitoring interface contains stimulation and the child’s developmental achievement. We also provide interpretation and recommendations according to children's health.  Conclusions: As a conclusion, we indicate that by following the proposed user-centered framework, we successfully design android applications to monitor growth and development in children, namely DEPA 2.1, abbreviation of design and development of anthropometry and development children's applications.
Are we contented with achieving universal health coverage in treating dengue patients in Sri Lanka?
Authors: Perera Nadeeka D. , Prathapan Shamini , Silva Amala De , Wass Dulshika A. , Wijewickrama Ananda
Published: November 2022

Background: The preventive and curative services for dengue illness cause a significant financial burden on the state health sector. Household costs and out-of-pocket expenditure (OOPE) too are important cost components embedded with dengue illness. The objective was to estimate the household costs and out-of-pocket expenses incurred due to dengue infection among adults who received institutional care in Colombo district, Sri Lanka.Methods: A longitudinal study was conducted from July to December 2018. Fifty patients recruited from dengue fever (DF) and dengue hemorrhagic fever (DHF) categories. Adults residing in the Colombo district for more than six months prior to dengue illness were recruited based on systematic sampling. Data was collected via an interviewer-administered questionnaire on the day of discharge from the hospital and followed up for two weeks. Unit cost per patient was calculated. Household costs were calculated for 3 phases: ambulatory, during, and post-hospitalization. These components were described using mean, median, standard deviation and inter-quartile range, and OOPE.Results: The median age in the DF group was 38.5 years and in the DHF group was 28.5 years. The average household cost was US$ 127.69 (SD=93.32) and US$ 134.71 (SD=94.31) for DF and DHF patients respectively. Among DF patients 98.03% were borne using OOPE and among DHF patients it was 95.57%.Conclusions: If an adult member is hospitalized with dengue infection the OOPE is high, which is nearly 25% of a family’s monthly income. Strengthening dengue control programme is the key to universal health coverage (UHC).
Impact of COVID-19 on routine immunization at immunoprophylaxis clinic of tertiary care center of central India: a cross-sectional study
Authors: Kamble Sukanya S. , Joshi Shubhra S.
Published: November 2022

Background: The global COVID-19 pandemic is overstretching existing health systems. The COVID-19 pandemic has prompted the world to implement drastic prevention methods based on limiting population movements that have an impact on public health policies such as vaccination. This study aimed to assess the impact of COVID-19 on routine immunization at an immunoprophylaxis clinic of the tertiary care centre.Methods: a record-based cross-sectional study was carried out during the 4 months, (February to May) 2020 in the Immunization Clinic of Tertiary Care Center of central India. Vaccines included in the study were OPV, IPV, ROTA, PENTA, MR, and DPT. Data analysis was done by using software open EPI, p<0.05 was considered to be statistically significant.Results: The study showed a prominent decline in the percentage of children who came for immunization during the period of lockdown due to the COVID-19 Pandemic. This downward trend continued from the month of February, as the months progressed and till May arrived, the fraction of children vaccinated in 2020 as compared to 2019 saw a very significant reduction, (p<0.000). individual vaccine-wise immunization status of under 5 children also shows a downward trend in the year 2020 as compared to the year 2019.Conclusions: There was a sharp decline in the utilization of immunization services in a tertiary care center in central India.
Antibiotic self-medication-prevalence and trends among adults attending an urban health centre in South Kerala
Authors: Mohanlal Jathavedus , Eliza Sharon Raj , Nair Aswathi , Anilkumar Angitha
Published: November 2022

Background: Antibiotics acts as an essential tool, especially in the developing world where infectious diseases are the major cause of mortality. But widespread inappropriate use of antibiotics has been identified as the major reason for antimicrobial resistance. Objectives were to estimate the prevalence of antibiotic self-medication among adults attending an urban health centre in South Kerala and to assess the trends of antibiotic self-medication in the study groupMethods: This cross-sectional study was conducted among community dwelling adults attending the health centre which covers the urban field practice area of Pushpagiri institute of medical sciences, Tiruvalla. Data was collected using interviewer administered questionnaire from adults aged 18 years and above using consecutive sampling methodResults: Out of 236 participants, 138(58.5%) were females and 98 (41.8%) males. The mean age of the study population was 50.10±18.27 SD. Overall prevalence of antibiotic self-medication among the study group was 12.7%. In our study, age group (p<0.001), education (p<0.001) and socio-economic status (p<001) were significantly associated with antibiotic self-medication. The most common drug among study population was azithromycin (66.7%).Conclusions: Even though the overall prevalence of antibiotic self-medication was low among community dwelling adults in South Kerala, higher rates were seen in a certain stratum of the population. The study necessitates the need for better understanding of the effects of antibiotic self-medication which can be done through effective strategies like behavior change communication and promoting further research into the cause and effects of antibiotic self-medication
Sleep disturbances and its associated factors among the college students in Tamil Nadu- a cross sectional study
Authors: N. Rama Swathika , P. Kalyani , Felix A. John William
Published: November 2022

Background: The key building block of good health is sleep. According to sleep foundation the term sleep disturbance is defined as a disruption in sleep that causes arousal or awakening. Sleep disturbances is a widespread common health problem among university students who are entering into adulthood. The present study was done with the objective of finding the prevalence of sleep disturbances among the college students studying in university of Tamil Nadu.Methods: This was a cross sectional study done among 536 participants, whose sleep disturbances were assessed using pre-tested, pre-designed questionnaire. Descriptive and Analytical statistics were used. Analytical statistics was done using Chi-square test and binominal logistic regression.Results: Out of 536 students, 299 (55.78%) were suffering from sleep disturbances among which 70.9% were females and 83% of them had less than 1 hour time gap between screen time and their regular sleep. There was a significant association between sleep disturbances and repeated worrying about lots of tests, feeling lost something in life, felt badly about pandemic/online teaching, felt isolated and often taking food out of hostel/home.Conclusions: This study showed that majority of college students suffer from sleep disturbances, as their stress levels goes up and their physical activity goes down.
Inhalation anaesthetics: types, mechanism of action and adverse effects
Authors: Bogari Ahmed Fouad , Aldakhil Ibrahim Abdulkareem , Alsuwaidan Maram Fahad , Alhassani Nawaf Meshal , Alroudan Dhari Ali , Aljuaid Omar Eid , Alqarni Mohammed Ali , Alzahrani Osama Ali , Alolayan Areej Jafar , Jawhar Zahra Hassan Abu , Saba Ahlam Essam , Badri Sultan Mohammed
Published: November 2022

Inhalational anesthetics have been used to induce and maintain general anaesthesia for more than 150 years. These anaesthetic agents are commonly used in the surgical and clinical practice solely and as a conjugant with other anaesthetics. Since inhalational anaesthetic agents develop amnesia, loss of awareness, and reduce reactions to painful surgical stimuli, they are an essential part of general anaesthesia. The choice of anaesthetic agent is based on the procedure's duration and type, patient characteristics, the attending anaesthesiologist’s preferences, and occasionally on institutional protocols. These medications are administered to the patient through the anesthetic circuit using a special vaporizer. The purpose of this research is to review the available information about inhalation anaesthetics: types, mechanism of action and adverse effects. Nitrous oxide is one of the earliest anaesthetic agents while isoflurane, sevoflurane, and desflurane are three commonly used inhalational anaesthetics. The low-solubility inhalation anaesthetics desflurane and sevoflurane have several clinical advantages over isoflurane, including rapid induction and faster recovery after prolonged treatment. However, isoflurane can sometimes be used effectively enough to match the induction and recovery times of other drugs. Inhalation anaesthetics work by suppressing inhibitory signals such as chloride channels and potassium channels and enhancing excitatory signals such as acetylcholine, muscarinic and nicotinic receptors, glutamate and serotonin in the central nervous system. Certain side effects including nausea, vomiting, malignant hyperthermia, post-operative cognitive impairment is associated with their use. More research is needed to further enhance the safety profile of available inhalation anaesthetics and can further lead to discovery of new, safe anaesthetics.
A study on rice and buckwheat based diet and its role in celiac disease: an overview
Authors: Abid Junaid , Ayub Muhammad Usama , Ahmed Saleha , Ali Hafiz Umair , Zeb Maria , Zahid Rana Shahzaib , Khan Shahrukh
Published: November 2022

Celiac disease results in inflammatory damage to the small intestine mucosa that is immunologically mediated. The nutritious value of the diet and how well it treats diseases like gluten sensitivity have drawn the attention of health professionals. By reviewing the literature we aim to prepare a clear image of the current justifications behind the use of gluten-free diets for celiac disease, as well as the role of rice and buckwheat based gluten-free diet and its development. Rice and buckwheat flours don’t possess gluten, therefore can be used in gluten-free products formulation and are suitable and safe ingredients for celiac patients. Both rice and buckwheat have prominent nutritional value with number of health benefits and has been used since long period of time in gluten-free and non-gluten-free diets. Different processing strategies have also been developed to reduce the gluten content of flours that include gluten and enhance the rheological characteristics of products that don't contain gluten.
Are citizens of Delhi willing to stop using private vehicles for their daily office commute in order to reduce air pollution and related ailments? A protocol for a contingent valuation study
Authors: Ray Shomik , Singh Ranjana , Pathak Sukanya
Published: November 2022

Background: Increased vehicular traffic is associated with higher levels of air and noise pollution which in turn causes high morbidity and mortality. Governments, including Delhi have invested high amounts in setting up and running public transport systems in order to rationalize road usage and limit vehicles on road. This study proposes to assess the willingness of the citizens to give up their private vehicles in favor of public transport and will provide specific policy recommendations.Methods: This study will be conducted in Delhi/NCR along the Delhi metro route. A systematic review and cross-sectional community survey will be carried out to meet the study objectives. Data will be captured through computer aided personal interviews (CAPI) using contingent valuation methods (CVM). This study will provide information on the perceptions and attitudes of commuters towards the current public transport system and the economic value placed by them on private transportation and provide an estimate of the welfare gain associated with it. Specific objective wise outputs have been framed. This will be the first study using contingent valuation methods (CVM) in a similar setting in India.Conclusions: The result will provide an evaluation of the public transport system of Delhi NCR from a user perspective. The willingness to pay values will provide a monetary value to the health benefits arising from shift from private to public modes of transport along with workable models of interventions for policy makers.
On Pointwise Smooth Dendroids
Authors: Macías Sergio
Published: November 2022

This is a survey paper on dendroids, smooth dendroids, and mainly on pointwise smooth dendroids based on the work of J. J. Charatonik and C. Eberhart (dendroids and smooth dendroids) and S. T. Czuba (pointwise smooth dendroids). We present several characterizations of pointwise smooth dendroids, including one using the strict point T-asymmetry property, defined by D. P. Bellamy.
Iraqi Paradigm E-Voting System Based on Hyperledger Fabric Blockchain Platform
Authors: Saeed Shatha H. , Hadi Suha M. , Hamad Ali H.
Published: November 2022

Voting is one of the most fundamental components of a democratic society. In 2021 Iraq held the Council of Representatives (CoR) elections in 83 electoral constituencies in 19 governorates. Nonetheless, several significant issues arose during this election, including the problem of logistics distribution, the excessively long period of ballot counting, voters can't know if their votes were counted or if their ballots were tampered with, and the inconsistent regulation of vote counting. Blockchain technology, which was just invented, may offer a solution to these problems. This paper introduces an electronic voting system for the Iraq Council of Representatives elections that is based on a prototype of the permission hyperledger fabric blockchain. An immutable, distributed ledger maintained by all members of a network is what blockchain technology is all about. By authenticating each voter, the system can prevent voting fraud by making votes traceable and verifiable, hence decreasing the chance of unlawful activities and fraudulent ballots. This work investigates the influence of E-voting, specifically the voting phase workload, on the performance of the hyperledger fabric blockchain platform in terms of latency and throughput by altering transaction send rates (tps), block size, and block timeout.
DIGITAL TECHNOLOGIES TO PROMOTE ENGLISH LANGUAGE TEACHING TO ESP STUDENTS
Authors: SHISHKINA Natalia
Published: November 2022

This study aims to explore and analyze approaches of using Information communication technologies in teaching a foreign language for non-linguistic universities. There are a wide variety of digital tools for teaching ESP discussed. Scientific novelty of the study lies in identifying the optimal ways to implement digital technologies for the development of learning foreign-language in a high school. As a result, there has been developed a specific way of using digital technologies to improve level of language of ESP students.
COVID-19 Special Section: Introduction. Targeted reflection, mutual understanding, and collaborative working. Building blocks for post‑pandemic models in higher education
Authors: Greere Anca
Published: November 2022

This introduction to the COVID-19 Special Section highlights the importance for targeted reflection on pandemic experiences, mutual understanding of perspectives and best practice sharing by and across stakeholder groups. Higher education, similar to other global sectors, has been profoundly shaken by the realities brought about since March 2020, and different stakeholders have felt the impact and consequences of the pandemic on a daily basis. Reports of challenges go a long way towards enabling understanding; however, unless these are combined with demonstrations of responses in context and analyses of their effectiveness, they remain at the level of awareness and cannot move towards action. Sharing the lessons learned, alerting to specificities and gaining perspectives have never been more timely, as higher education shapes future models for enhanced stakeholder experiences within increased quality parameters. Notwithstanding the disruptive effect on societies, COVID-19 must also be recognised as an accelerator for higher education, impacting digitalisation, accessibility and creating opportunities for new approaches to educational delivery and collaboration. The papers in this Special Section cover a variety of contexts, moving swiftly from Spain to Poland to the United States of America, India and Iran to return to Europe, i.e. Slovenia. Authors tackle specific challenges experienced by stakeholders, be they students, teaching and administrative staff, researchers or policy makers, and discuss lessons learned, highlight perceived benefits and recommend how these may be translated into policy and practice.
La relación interadministrativa de coordinación respecto de los entes locales. El problema de la tensión entre coordinación y autonomía
Authors: Belandria García José Rafael
Published: November 2022

En este escrito se hace una reseña crítica sobre el libro titulado Coordinación y autonomía en la Administración pública. Fórmulas para superar la tensión entre la relación interadministrativa de coordinación y la garantía de la autonomía local, y se resalta el gran valor de la referida investigación y de los importantes efectos que genera en nuestro ordenamiento jurídico. De este modo, se presenta un análisis sobre la relación interadministrativa de coordinación que se entabla a partir de la adopción de decisiones unilaterales y vinculantes de una Administración pública, para dirigir las competencias propias de los entes locales. Asimismo, se resalta lo fundamental que es el reconocimiento y garantía de la autonomía de tales entes.
Professional Activities of Practical Psychologists: Philosophical Counseling in the Context of Postmodernism
Authors: Chaika Yana , Patlaichuk Oksana , Stupak Olga , Lazareva Alla , Voitsekhovska Oksana , Shkil Liudmyla
Published: November 2022

The current state of Ukrainian society is characterized by socio-economic instability, there are dynamic, unique processes in which each person is involved. In this connection, there are increasing demands on the professionalism of specialists in the field of practical psychology, their philosophical counseling in the context of postmodernism, aimed at helping people become the subject of their life, work, social and value relationships, to teach them to find meanings and maximize self-actualization. This is represented in the change of priorities in the professional development of practical psychologists, its focus on the development of specialists' subjectivity, their ability to independently solve professional and life tasks. An important role in enhancing the development of professionalism is the understanding of the essential characteristics of existential professional activity, expressed most often in professional meanings and values. The basis of a meaningful professional and personal life is the key ability of the practical psychologist to see and accept the needs of the profession and life and to find the most correct explanations for them. The purpose of the article is to investigate the importance and necessity of the activity of a practical psychologist, its peculiarities, the study of types of psychological aid: counseling, psychological rehabilitation, correction, psychotherapy, training, education and prevention; as well as the need to identify the main areas of professional activity of practical psychologists in the context of postmodernism.
Innovative Technologies in Physical Education: Adapting to a Postmodern Society
Authors: Pohrebniak Dmytro , Bolotnykova Tetiana , Farionov Volodimyr , Tomich Liliya , Beseda Nataliia , Anastasova Olha
Published: November 2022

The article highlights innovative technologies in the context of physical education as one of the main factors of postmodern society. The main features of innovative technologies as an effective way to develop personal competencies and the formation of value orientations are defined in the context of the study.  Physical education contributes to the development of individual personality traits, as well as forming the health-saving foundations of the development of society in the perspective of evolution. Postmodern trends in the formation of society are defined by new worldview manifestations, when people lose meaning in certain value aspects and realize that past achievements can be neutralized. The physical education of a person forms the idea of the value of health, both in the past and in the future. It is this principle that defined the research problem.

It is determined that innovative technology is a sign of a postmodern society, because innovation is one of the characteristic features of the postmodern. Innovative technologies are most effective both in educational activities and in physical education. The theoretical and methodological foundations of the concept of postmodern society and innovative technologies were analyzed in the course of the study. Also identified the main aspects of physical education in the context of the modern dimension. The article explores the peculiarities of the use of innovative technologies in the aspect of physical education.

In the course of the study we used methods of analysis and synthesis, descriptive method and method of content analysis. This study provided the basis for determining the conceptual basis for the effectiveness of innovative technologies as postmodern approaches in the process of physical education.
Aspects of Political Theology in the Spiritual Autobiography of Nicolae Steinhardt
Authors: Morariu Iuliu Marius
Published: November 2022

Important personality of the Romanian space, the Jew Nicolae Steinhardt that will discover the Christianity in prison and will be baptised in Jilava prison, will be not only an intellectual with ecumenical vocation, but also a writer that offers a rich testimony about the way how Communism from the Romanian space can not only ruin a life, but also make one to come closer to God and arrive to a deeper consciousness of the real values of life  and spirituality that will therefore be connected to the cultural space, seen as an alternative and a form of survival in the Prison life. Both the experience that he had as an imprisoned for political reasons, like the one after his release will be emphasized in his discontinuous journal and therefore aspects like political theology will come as outcomes of his experiences or as forms of presenting the conclusions of his lectures.
Contribution: Based on The diary of happiness, the most important and the most translated work of Nicolae Steinhardt (translated in 20 languages), that constitutes also an important part of the samizdat literature from Romania during the Communist period, the present research emphasizes the way how Steinhardt’s spiritual autobiography comes in contact with the political theology, bringing into attention the pillars of his conception.
Osnove turističnega vodenja: Učbenik
Authors: Rajner Igor , Gorenak Mitja
Published: November 2022

Učbenik Osnove turističnega vodenja predstavlja zbirko petih poglavji, v katerih se študentje seznanijo s povsem praktičnimi pristopi k turističnemu vodenju. Prvo poglavje se osredotoča na pripravo itinerarija, s tehničnim pristopom se tako razdeli besedno bogat turistični program v logistično rešitev primerno za turističnega vodnika ali vodnico. Drugo poglavje se osredotoča na pripravo materialov, kjer je poudarek na pravilnem pristopu k iskanju ustrezne literature. Ker so zgolj podatki lahko suhoparni dodajamo tretje poglavje, kjer iz podatkov tvorimo zgodbe, ki so za turizem še kako pomembne. Četrto poglavje predstavljajo podporni materiali vodenju, ki obogatijo izkušnjo potnikov na potovanju. Zadnje peto poglavje zaokrožuje celoto, saj dodaja vpogled v preštevilne situacije, ki jih ni mogoče predvideti a ravno v teh se mora turistični vodnik ali turistična vodnica še toliko bolj izkazati. Celoten učbenik je zasnovan tako, da so vsebine močno prepletene s številnimi vajami in primeri, ki bodo študentom omogočili poglobljeno razumevanje izbranih vsebin.
In Search of Penal Labour Citizenship: Prisoner-Workers Organize for Labour Rights in Canada
Authors: Aguiar Luis , Marten Tina , Noiseux Yanick
Published: November 2022

Do Canadian federal prison-workers have a right to unionize? This key question is investigated in a case study approach to an attempt, by prison-workers, to organize a union in a Canadian federal penitentiary in British Columbia. The authors analyze prisoner-workers penal labour citizenship position via-a-vis the State’s conceptualization of prison-workers as non-employees and difficulties in finding the appropriate Canadian jurisdiction to hear their case.
AVALIAÇÃO DA EFICIÊNCIA DOS CLASSIFICADORES DE IMAGEM DE SENSORIAMENTO REMOTO COM VARIAÇÃO NA RESOLUÇÃO ESPACIAL
Authors: Oliveira Warlen Librelon de , Morais Bárbara Roberta , Nero Marcelo Antônio
Published: November 2022

Compreender as características das feições terrestres no intuito de conduzir tomadas de decisão que causem o menor impacto negativo no ambiente é uma etapa inicial e fundamental. Esta pesquisa teve como objetivo avaliar o desempenho de cinco algoritmos de classificação de imagens para o mapeamento das classes de uso e cobertura da terra de duas regiões com características distintas de Belo Horizonte – MG. Para o processo de classificação foram utilizadas 2 imagens provenientes de ortofotos com resolução espacial original de 0,20 m e com base nestas, foram geradas 12 novas imagens através do processo de reamostragem de pixels. Para testar a significância estatística das classificações, foram utilizados a Acurácia Global, Índice Kappa e o Coeficiente de Correlação de Pearson (r). Os resultados obtidos apontaram para a necessidade de se abordar a interpretação de vários autores, bem como de outros índices de qualidade temática, além da necessidade de no futuro criar-se uma metodologia que pondere qualidade posicional e a temática em conjunto na avaliação final dos mapas.
OBTENÇÃO DE TERMOS SEMANTICAMENTE SIMILARES DE RELAÇÕES ESPACIAIS EM LINGUAGEM NATURAL
Authors: Fagundes Cristiane Kutianski Marchi , Delazari Luciene Stamato
Published: November 2022

As pessoas utilizam em sua linguagem natural falada ou escrita diferentes descrições de localização para uma mesma região, podendo utilizar mais de um termo de relação espacial. Com o avanço tecnológico, as relações espaciais tornaram-se fonte de estudos multidisciplinares. No entanto, grande parte dos estudos se refere a pesquisas com relações espaciais topológicas, enquanto em linguagem natural, as relações espaciais são muito utilizadas no cotidiano das pessoas e não correspondem somente a termos topológicos. Assim, o objetivo deste trabalho é investigar o uso de diversos termos de relações espaciais em descrições de localizações do cotidiano das pessoas e encontrar os seus termos semanticamente similares, no contexto de aplicações computacionais para análises espaciais. Além da coleta e do processamento dos dados, a metodologia consiste na elaboração e na aplicação de regras para identificar os termos semanticamente similares de relações espaciais. Os resultados mostram que essas regras serviram como filtragem dos termos e que facilitaram a análise final dos termos encontrados; e também podem ser aplicadas em outros idiomas.
Los ríos en invierno
Authors: Herbozo José Miguel
Published: November 2022

El poemario desarrolla la idea de los ciclos estacionales, que de alguna forma remiten a la muerte y a la regeneración.
Historiografía y nación en el Perú del siglo XIX
Authors: Dager Alva Joseph
Published: November 2022

En el Perú del siglo XIX se confeccionó una historiografía fundacional que tuvo relación directa con la construcción de la nación, pues elaboró retratos del pasado con el fin de resaltar rasgos que permitieran afianzar la conciencia de pertenencia a una comunidad. Esto resultó determinante para la noción misma del país. Historiografía y nación en el Perú del siglo XIX propone el concepto «confección» para definir a esa historiografía, pues este engloba tanto a la labor artesanal como al aspecto creativo que se utilizaron para elaborar una imagen homogénea del pasado. Fue una confección porque subrayó o descuidó diversos aspectos del transcurso histórico, pero no fue una invención libre del intelecto; fue artesanal porque pretendió reconstruir y dar cuenta de lo acontecido; y creativa porque se plasmó de acuerdo a la realidad histórica que vivieron sus autores. Esto explica que la historiografía del Perú del siglo XIX haya dejado de lado las marcadas desigualdades sociales y la explotación colonial y republicana. De esta manera, Joseph Dager, autor del volumen, propone una mirada rigurosa a etapas de la historia del país en el siglo XIX que marcaron, por su importancia, la construcción del Estado-nación. Así, aborda la relevancia de la concepción de nación como constructo cultural típico del siglo XIX; el papel del Mercurio Peruano, del proceso de Independencia y las élites republicanas en imaginar nuestra comunidad a la par de la construcción del Estado-nación. Asimismo, Dager nos confronta con el panorama del hacer historia en el Perú del siglo XIX y señala sus principales características, propuestas, carencias y contemplaciones. Por último nos encamina por la historiografía decimonónica llegando a verificar que los historiadores de aquel siglo sí lograron presentar una comprensión global del pasado
El hijo del oso: la literatura oral quechua de la región del Cuzco
Authors: Itier César
Published: November 2022

Este libro identifica las experiencias vividas y compartidas que dieron forma y sentido a los doce relatos de literatura oral quechua que se presentan aquí en versión original, acompañada de una traducción. Por medio de estos textos, se revelan las tensiones propias de una organización social, la del mundo rural de la región del Cuzco, al mismo tiempo que la personalidad y las preocupaciones de los narradores. Pastores monolingües de la alturas o migrantes instalados en la ciudad del Cuzco, todos hacen vivir, mediante relatos.
Macroeconomía: un marco de análisis para una economía pequeña y abierta
Authors: Mendoza Waldo , Herrera Catalán Pedro
Published: November 2022

Revisa el estado actual de la teoría macroeconómica: el desarrollo de la macroeconomía dedicada al estudio de las economías cerradas y a la macroeconomía de las economías abiertas.
Twitter and the politics of representation in South Africa and Zimbabwe’s xenophobic narratives during the covid-19 pandemic
Authors: Hove Elizabeth
Published: November 2022

The article analyses xenophobic narratives on Twitter in South Africa and Zimbabwe during the Covid-19 pandemic from March 2020 to July 2021. The study uncovers the politics of representation through discourse analysis of purposively sampled tweets. The article argues that xenophobic views perpetuated on Twitter during the Covid-19 pandemic period had the potential to influence negative attitudes towards Zimbabwean and other immigrants in South Africa. I show that Twitter was used as a platform to disseminate negative representations of Zimbabwean and other immigrants in South Africa. Political leaders on both sides of the border also utilised these representations to maintain their power. On the other hand Twitter played a critical part in mending the rift between Zimbabwean immigrants and some South Africans as it opened up communication between mainstream culture and other cultures. Regardless of this, social media platforms such as Twitter must be monitored and researched to understand the dynamics of representation of others, registering the need to respect and honour the constitutionally recognised freedom of expression.
The roots of xenophobia in 19th century imperialism
Authors: Schraten Juergen , Maliehe Sean
Published: November 2022

The contribution provides an explanation of inner-African xenophobia as being rooted in the countermovements to 19th century imperialism. Distinctive property rights constituted different modes of production and notions of a common society among Basotho and Tswana people on the one hand and Trekboers on the other, which made them resist the incorporation into an imperial world market by the British Empire. Although the moderate expansive mode of Basotho and Batswana seemed more compatible with the free market approach of the Britons than the exclusive property concept of the Trekboer, the political result was different. We argue that finally the British expansion without conquest could be allied with the Trekboer conquest without integration due to the invention of SACU as the first customs union of the world, which began as Customs Union Convention in 1889. It allowed for a continuation of a pre-Enlightenment exclusionary property right that fuels xenophobia until today.
‘Strangers in their own country’: interpreting xenophobic symbology and gang subcultures in vulnerable coloured communities
Authors: Petrus Theodore , Uwah Chijioke
Published: November 2022

In South Africa, xenophobia is most used and understood in relation to people from different nationalities, cultures or languages other than South African. Xenophobia is often interpreted as South Africans exhibiting prejudice or discrimination against people of other nationalities. This article seeks to reconstruct this “externality” notion, by arguing that xenophobic attitudes can also be directed internally. Du Pre (1992) in Strangers in their Own Country provided a political history of the coloured people of South Africa. A dominant feature of his analysis is the stigmatisation and marginalisation of coloured people throughout their history. This article posits that the stigmatisation and marginalisation of vulnerable coloured communities continue, and should be regarded as xenophobia. With reference to gang subcultures, the article shows how this xenophobia manifests in vulnerable gang-affected coloured communities, not only from the outside, but even within coloured communities themselves.
Educational benefits of hackathon: A systematic literature review
Authors: Oyetade Kayode , Zuva Tranos , Harmse Anneke
Published: November 2022

Hackathons are said to promote a variety of innovative ideas and can be traced back to the idea of problem-solving. There is little research on the use of hackathons in classes to meet course-level learning objectives, despite the emphasis given to its advantages in other human efforts. By conducting a systematic literature review (SLR), this study uses the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses (PRISMA) statement criteria to better understand the advantages of hackathons in education. From an initial search result of 108 research publications obtained from Google scholar and Scopus databases and published between 2015 and 2022, 25 articles were reviewed. The findings point to three important educational advantages of hackathons: improvement of technical and soft skills, learning new things, and successful networking. The study has implications for academics and other interested parties in in adopting hackathons in an academic curriculum. It suggests a need to model and develop instruments to introduce hackathon-based pedagogies to support traditional classrooms.    
Keywords: Educational support, hackathon, students, systematic review, teaching pedagogy.
Artificial intelligence in the diagnosis of speech disorders in preschool and primary school children
Authors: Utepbayeva Aigerim , Zhiyenbayeva Nadezhda , Assylbekova Leila , Tapalova Olga
Published: November 2022

The research aims to analyse the effectiveness of diagnosing speech disorders in preschool children using computer methods. At the first stage, the sample consisted of 395 children without speech impairments and 120 children with speech impairments. They were tested for understanding complex logical and grammatical structures. At the second stage, the visual-spatial functions of children were assessed using the Rey-Osterrieth complex Figure test. The sample included 120 children with speech impairments, 44 children with special educational needs, and 41 children with a normal level of understanding of logical and grammatical structures. Cognitive functions and their level in each child were examined using the results of 18 tests. For 44 children with phonetic and speech disorders, an innovative method of computer animation was used to correct speech disorders. The results analysis using a computer programme showed improvements in phonemic hearing, sound analysis, and pronunciation.
PENGARUH HEDONIC SHOPPING, FASHION INVOLVEMENT, STORE ENVIRONMENT DAN PRICE DISCOUNT TERHADAP IMPULSE BUYING PADA STORE THREE SECOND DI LIPPO PLAZA MALL JEMBER
Authors: Irawan Bambang , Wulandari Gusti Ayu , Anggraini Nila Anindya , Subagio N. Ari , Indraningrat Ketut
Published: November 2022

This study is purposed to examine the impact of hedonic shopping, fashion involvement, store environment and price discounts on impulse buying at the Three Second Lippo Plaza Mall Jember store. This study uses a sample of consumers who shop impulsively at the Three Second Lippo Plaza Mall Jember store, the side method used isnon-probability sampling with respondents as many as 96 consumers. The analytical technique used is multiple linear regression analysis. The results showed that hedonic shopping, fashion involvement, store environment and price discounts on impulse buying at the Three Second Lippo Plaza Mall Jember store in a positive direction. The business actors still maintain hedonic shopping, fashion involvement, store environment and price discounts in impulse buying.
Reinterpretasi Teater Tradisi Dalam Perspektif Patronase
Authors: Purnomo Heny
Published: November 2022

Traditional art theatre that is owned and attached to a community can be used to understand the culture of a society. This is true because traditional arts and theater reflect the personality and way of life of the broader community. Traditional theatrical productions that are held live and move from one location to another (tobong) are becoming increasingly rare and are currently on the verge of extinction. Additionally, every performance is always in competition with other arts that have been transformed by other technological media television. Many forms of presentation produced using stage visuals were influenced by ludruk tobong, which had its peak in the 1970s and 1980s. Ludruk Tobong, a traditional populist-based theater, was born and raised in a society that has served as its primary patron. Every staging of a play incorporates "actors and patrons" as a representation of life, and this is also true of the ludruk tobong performance. When entertainment in multiple media can alienate an audience, the ludruk tobong packaging is now regarded as outmoded and does not offer market benefits, making it more difficult to carry out regeneration, which causes a gradual fall in both supporters and perpetrators. It's interesting to investigate social dynamics that affect the continued existence of traditional populist arts or theater through a patronage-based reinterpretation. This qualitative study aims to describe various supporting factors and explain the reinterpretation and patronage perspectives in ludruk tobong performances as traditional theater. To analyze the results of the study, the concept of traditional art and the analogy of Goffman's performance or dramaturgy were used as well as the concept of patronage and various other concepts that were also supported by the results of interviews in the field.
Limitação e dependência: as lesões por pressão sob a perspectiva dos usuários de cadeira de rodas
Authors: Ferro Bruna Henkel , Zwirtes Tcheice Laís , Renner Jacinta Sidegum , Birk Magna Roberta
Published: November 2022

O objetivo deste estudo consistiu em compreender a percepção dos usuários de cadeira de rodas acerca da interferência das lesões por pressão na sua vida cotidiana. Esta pesquisa se caracteriza como aplicada, descritiva e participante, com análise e discussão de dados sob o paradigma qualitativo. O grupo de entrevistados foi constituído por 14 usuários de cadeira de rodas. Os dados foram analisados sob a perspectiva da análise de discurso, seguida de triangulação. Os resultados indicaram que os entrevistados têm ciência e entendem a complexidade do cuidado necessário diante do desenvolvimento de uma lesão por pressão, porém, nem sempre conseguem aplicá-la no cotidiano. A lesão não afeta apenas a saúde física do usuário, mas interfere profundamente no campo psicossocial, implicando em limitações e cuidados que o torna dependente de outras pessoas. Assim, nota-se a importância da realização de medidas preventivas que possam propiciar a melhora da qualidade de vida destes indivíduos.
ANALISIS PERCEIVED USEFULNESS DAN PERCEIVED EASE OF USE TERHADAP MINAT MENGGUNAKAN MOBILE PAYMENT (Studi pada Pengguna Aplikasi Pembayaran OVO)
Authors: Emi Amelia  , Hurriyati Ratih
Published: November 2022

Penerimaan teknologi baru telah menjadi salah satu bidang terpenting dalam bidang teknologi informasi Dampak rendahnya minat konsumen untuk melakukan sistem pembayaran non tunai (online) menjadi masalah penting karena berhubungan dengan proses keputusan seseorang untuk menggunakan sistem pembayaran non tunai. Saat ini konsumen belum menggunakan secara optimal layanan yang ditawarkan oleh mobile payment. Upaya untuk memprediksi minat seseorang atau perilaku konsumen dalam penerimaan teknologi diantaranya dilihat dari perceived usefullness dan perceived ease of use. 
Tujuan penelitian ini dilakukan untuk mengetahui gambaran behavioral intention, Perceived of Usefulness, perceived ease of use. menggunakan teknologi aplikasi mobile payment OVO oleh para konsumen. Jenis penelitian yang digunakan adalah deskriptif verifikatif, dan metode yang digunakan adalah explanatory survey dengan teknik purposive sampling dengan jumlah sampel 150 responden. Teknik analisis data yang digunakan adalah path analysis dengan alat bantu software komputer SPSS 18.0.