bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Monitoring the dynamic vulnerability of an Arctic subsistence food system to climate change: The case of Ulukhaktok, NT
Authors: Naylor Angus W. , Ford James D. , Pearce Tristan , Fawcett David , Clark Dylan , van Alstine James
Published: September 2021

Vulnerability to climate change is highly dynamic, varying between and within communities over different timescales. This paper draws upon complex adaptive systems thinking to develop an approach for capturing, understanding, and monitoring climate vulnerability in a case study from northern Canada, focusing on Inuit food systems. In the community of Ulukhaktok, Northwest Territories, we followed 10 hunters over a 2-year period, asking them to document their harvesting activities and discuss their lived experience of harvesting under changing environmental and societal conditions. GPS monitoring and participatory mapping sessions were used to document 23,996km of trails (n = 409), with conversational bi-weekly semi-structured interviews and secondary instrumental weather data used to contextualise climate change within a nexus of other socioeconomic, cultural, and political stressors that also affect harvesting. Our results demonstrate that climate change has considerable potential to affect harvesting activities, particularly when its impacts manifest as anomalous/extreme events. However, climate change impacts are not necessarily the most salient issues affecting harvesting on a day-to-day basis. Instead, factors relating to economics (particularly financial capital and the wage-based economy), social networks, and institutions are found to have a greater influence, either as standalone factors with cascading effects or when acting synchronously to augment the impacts of environmental change.
Molecular dynamics and protein frustration analysis of human fused in Sarcoma protein variants in Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis type 6: An In Silico approach
Authors: Bonet L. F. S. , Loureiro J. P. , Pereira G. R. C. , Da Silva A. N. R. , De Mesquita J. F.
Published: September 2021

Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) is the most frequent adult-onset motor neuron disorder. The disease is characterized by degeneration of upper and lower motor neurons, leading to death usually within five years after the onset of symptoms. While most cases are sporadic, 5%-10% of cases can be associated with familial inheritance, including ALS type 6, which is associated with mutations in the Fused in Sarcoma (FUS) gene. This work aimed to evaluate how the most frequent ALS-related mutations in FUS, R521C, R521H, and P525L affect the protein structure and function. We used prediction algorithms to analyze the effects of the non-synonymous single nucleotide polymorphisms and performed evolutionary conservation analysis, protein frustration analysis, and molecular dynamics simulations. Most of the prediction algorithms classified the three mutations as deleterious. All three mutations were predicted to reduce protein stability, especially the mutation R521C, which was also predicted to increase chaperone binding tendency. The protein frustration analysis showed an increase in frustration in the interactions involving the mutated residue 521C. Evolutionary conservation analysis showed that residues 521 and 525 of human FUS are highly conserved sites. The molecular dynamics results indicate that protein stability could be compromised in all three mutations. They also affected the exposed surface area and protein compactness. The analyzed mutations also displayed high flexibility in most residues in all variants, most notably in the interaction site with the nuclear import protein of FUS.
eIF4A, a target of siRNA derived from rice stripe virus, negatively regulates antiviral autophagy by interacting with ATG5 in Nicotiana benthamiana
Authors: Zhang Xiangxiang , Yin Yueyan , Su Yunhe , Jia Zhaoxing , Jiang Liangliang , Lu Yuwen , Zheng Hongying , Peng Jiejun , Rao Shaofei , Wu Guanwei , Chen Jianping , Yan Fei
Published: September 2021

Autophagy is induced by viral infection and has antiviral functions in plants, but the underlying mechanism is poorly understood. We previously identified a viral small interfering RNA (vsiRNA) derived from rice stripe virus (RSV) RNA4 that contributes to the leaf-twisting and stunting symptoms caused by this virus by targeting the host eukaryotic translation initiation factor 4A (eIF4A) mRNA for silencing. In addition, autophagy plays antiviral roles by degrading RSV p3 protein, a suppressor of RNA silencing. Here, we demonstrate that eIF4A acts as a negative regulator of autophagy in Nicotiana benthamiana. Silencing of NbeIF4A activated autophagy and inhibited RSV infection by facilitating autophagic degradation of p3. Further analysis showed that NbeIF4A interacts with NbATG5 and interferes with its interaction with ATG12. Overexpression of NbeIF4A suppressed NbATG5-activated autophagy. Moreover, expression of vsiRNA-4A, which targets NbeIF4A mRNA for cleavage, induced autophagy by silencing NbeIF4A. Finally, we demonstrate that eIF4A from rice, the natural host of RSV, also interacts with OsATG5 and suppresses OsATG5-activated autophagy, pointing to the conserved function of eIF4A as a negative regulator of antiviral autophagy. Taken together, these results reveal that eIF4A negatively regulates antiviral autophagy by interacting with ATG5 and that its mRNA is recognized by a virus-derived siRNA, resulting in its silencing, which induces autophagy against viral infection.
Paranoid viewers and the ‘already knowing’ of YouTube’s coming out genre
Authors: Heggestad Jon
Published: September 2021

While viewing LGBTQ+ coming out narratives within speech act theory is certainly nothing new, social media platforms (and YouTube, specifically) have created new opportunities for enacting these performances. Drawing on Eve Kosofsky Sedgwick’s method of paranoid reading, this article highlights the relationship between LGBTQ+ YouTubers, the coming out narratives they produce and their viewers’ engagement. After looking to YouTube as a platform frequently employed for sharing this genre of performative rhetoric, this article analyses individual video uploads alongside the viewer comments they have garnered to illustrate the paranoid phenomenon of ‘already knowing’ – i.e., viewers’ refusal to be surprised by acts of coming out. While this paranoid approach is complicated through reparative readings and a breakdown of the paranoid/reparative binary, recent offerings of coming out videos uploaded to YouTube also suggest diverging trajectories for the genre’s future.
Colourblind coverage: Mainstream media erasure of intersectionality in large-scale cases of anti-LGBTQ violence
Authors: Krakoff Isabel L.
Published: September 2021

Despite extensive critique calling for greater acknowledgement of intersectionality, the LGBTQ community in North America continues to foster a White, upper- and middle-class, gender-normative culture. Media discourse has perpetuated these narratives by downplaying the racism inherent in events centring homophobic violence against racialized LBGTQ people. Through a content analysis and discourse analysis of national and local news sources in the United States and Canada, this study explores the hesitation of journalists to explicitly acknowledge the intersectionality of race and LGBTQ identity in two North American instances of large-scale anti-LGBTQ violence targeting predominantly racialized members of the community. The Bruce McArthur case in Toronto, Ontario involved the serial murder of mostly racialized gay men, while the Pulse nightclub shooting in Orlando, Florida was a mass shooting that took place on Latinx night at an LGBTQ nightclub. In both cases, despite superficial acknowledgement of the victims’ demographics, journalists minimized the racial aspect of the violence in order to present more palatable politicized narratives.
Surrogacy and the Reproduction of Normative Family on TV, Lulu La Vey (2019)
Authors: Fryett Sarah E.
Published: September 2021

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La pesca de esturión en el reino de Valencia, Aragón y Cataluña (siglos XIV-XV)
Authors: Alcover Cateura Pablo José
Published: September 2021

Comer esturión era un claro indicador de rango social elevado. Su ingesta era utilizada para diferenciar las mesas de las clases altas de las no privilegiadas. Por ello, su pesca suscitó el interés de las élites, desde reyes a jurados y consejeros de ciudades y villas, quienes controlaron su captura. Los estudios de este pescado se han centrado en analizar su papel dentro de los sistemas alimentarios, su precio en las pescaderías y los restos óseos hallados en yacimientos arqueológicos. Sin embargo, no hay estudios que analicen su pesca, debido sobre todo a la escasez de fuentes escritas. El presente trabajo pretende realizar una primera aproximación a su captura dentro de la historiografía de la Corona de Aragón. El presente artículo selecciona las principales aportaciones en torno al esturión en el medievo y aporta nuevas fuentes cuya interpretación permite obtener las características generales de la pesca del selecto pescado. Además, se realiza una aportación desde la interdisciplinariedad, combinando resultados de la investigación en archivos y los más relevantes estudios de arqueofauna ibérica. Finalmente, se pretende llevar a cabo un estudio comparativo entre la captura de esturión en aguas fluviales de la Corona de Aragón con la del Reino de Inglaterra, de Hungría y Croacia y los Comuni para constatar elementos comunes.
Ríos Conejero, A. (2020). La caballería villana del Teruel bajomedieval. Aproximación al estudio de la élite urbana en la extremadura aragonesa (siglos XIII-XV). Teruel: Instituto de Estudios Turolenses. 198 pp. ISBN: 978-84-17999-24-7
Authors: Villagrasa-Elías Raúl
Published: September 2021

Reseña: Ríos Conejero, A. (2020). La caballería villana del Teruel bajomedieval. Aproximación al estudio de la élite urbana en la extremadura aragonesa (siglos XIII-XV). Teruel: Instituto de Estudios Turolenses. 198 pp. ISBN: 978-84-17999-24-7.
A puericultura na atenção primária a saúde uma revisão integrativa
Authors: Dantas Marta Coêlho Bezerra , Sousa Allex Alves Sobral de , Dantas Lucas Bezerra , Sousa Carmelita Maria Silva , Nobrega Joanacele Gorgonha Ribeiro , Silva Iasmin Belém , Santana Willma José de , Luz Dayse Christina Rodrigues Pereira
Published: September 2021

Introdução: A puericultura é a ciência que envolve conhecimentos básicos dos parâmetros normais de uma criança. Objetivo: Evidenciar a puericultura na atenção primária a saúde. Método: A pesquisa foi realizada nas bases de dados Portal Regional da BVS, utilizando como bases de dados Literatura Latino-americana e do Caribe (LILACS) e MEDLINE (PubMed) e a plataforma do Scientific Eletronic Library Online (SCIELO). Os critérios de inclusão foram artigos publicados em linguagem vernácula, no período compreendido entre 2010 e 2020. Resultados e discussão: No estudo fica concluído que o programa de puericultura deve ser informado e divulgado a comunidade brasileira, nos seus vários municípios e nos lugares mais longínquos. O PSF deve providenciar estratagemas para a educação a saúde alcançar as residências familiares, medidas essas que podem ser estratégias de aproximação de famílias com o programa de puericultura e sua importância para a saúde da gestação até o nascimento do bebe e seu acompanhamento. Considerações finais: A consulta de puericultura tem o papel de acompanhar a criança saudável na expectativa de reduzir a incidência de enfermidades, elevando as oportunidades para alcançar todo o potencial por meio do crescimento e desenvolvimento.
Detailed morphological analysis of axolotl sperm
Authors: Keskin İlknur , Gürgen Duygu Gürsoy , Avinca Didem , Özdemir Ekrem Musa , Keskin Suat Utku , Karabulut Seda
Published: September 2021

The axolotl has extraordinary regeneration capacity compared to other vertebrates. This remarkable potential has been attributed to its life-long neoteny, characterized by the exhibition of embryonic characteristics at the adult stage. A recent study provided a detailed morphological analysis of the sperm morphology of the Ambystoma mexicanum using routine and detailed histological techniques. The primary purpose of the present study is to describe a simple and inexpensive method for evaluating the morphology of axolotl sperm. In this study, spermatophore structures were collected and spread on slides and air-dried. The slides were stained with periodic acid Schiff, toluidine blue, Masson’s trichrome, Giemsa, Spermac, and Diff-Quik dye for a morphological examination. The slides were coated with gold/palladium for a scanning electron microscopy examination. The sperm of the axolotl consisted of an elongated head, a neck, and a flagellum covered with an undulating membrane. The lengths of the midpiece, tail, and head were 8.575 µm, 356.544 µm, and 103.661 µm, respectively. In the flagellum part, the wavy membrane structure, whose function has not been explained, surrounds the tail. The data obtained from this study will constitute an important step in designing future research on the reproductive and regeneration capacity of the axolotl.
Mesenchymal chondrosarcoma in the maxillary gingiva of a Maltese dog: a case report
Authors: Yim So-Jeong , Lee Jinyong , Kim Jae-Hoon , Jung Ji-Youl
Published: September 2021

A 13-year-old castrated male Maltese dog was presented to a local animal hospital with an oral hemorrhage. An intraoral examination revealed an irregular proliferated lobular mass at the right side of the maxillary gingiva and hard palate. A surgically excised mass was requested for a histopathology examination. Histopathologically, the neoplastic foci were composed of biphasic morphologic patterns, such as primitive mesenchymal tissue and mature or immature cartilage tissue. Immunohistochemically, most of the neoplastic cells forming cartilaginous islands tested positive for S-100; the surrounding mesenchymal cells tested positive for vimentin. This paper describes a rare case of mesenchymal chondrosarcoma in the maxillary gingiva of a Maltese dog.
Detecting concealed language knowledge via response times
Authors: Lukács Gáspár , Kawai Claudia , Ansorge Ulrich , Fekete Anna
Published: September 2021

In the present study, we introduce a response-time-based test that can be used to detect concealed language knowledge, for various potential applications (e.g., espionage, border control, counter-terrorism). In this test, the examinees are asked to respond to repeatedly presented items, including a real word in the language tested (suspected to be known by the examinee) and several pseudowords. A person who understands the tested language recognizes the real word and tends to have slower responses to it as compared to the pseudowords, and, thereby, can be distinguished from those who do not understand the language. This was demonstrated in a series of experiments including diverse participants tested for their native language (German, Hungarian, Polish, Russian;n = 312), for second language (English, German;n = 66), and several control groups (n = 192).
Primed progressives? Predicting aspectual choice in World Englishes
Authors: Rautionaho Paula , Hundt Marianne
Published: September 2021

This corpus-based study focuses on the progressive:non-progressive alternation from a novel perspective, i.e. the effect of syntactic priming. We annotated a dataset of 5,000 progressive and non-progressive occurrences in ten different varieties of English from theInternational Corpus of Englishfor variables such as Aktionsart categories and elements related to priming and subjected the data to a generalized linear mixed methods tree analysis. The results indicate that the progressive is most likely to occur in situations that are durative in nature and when they are preceded by another progressive; overall, we find some evidence of probabilistic indigenization with regard to the use of progressives in different varieties. However, while syntactic priming seems to play a role overall in the choice of the progressive over the non-progressive, we do not find evidence supporting the idea that priming may explain the use of non-standard stative progressives.
Probabilistic and deterministic analysis of single diode model of a solar cell: a case study
Authors: Samadhiya Akshit , Namrata Kumari
Published: September 2021

The paper presents a probabilistic and deterministic analysis for parameterization of solar cells to study the electrical behavior based on single diode model. Estimation of electrical parameters is important in design, control, and delivery of solar power through a solar cell. Due to non-linearity and non-convexity of the parameterization problem, the single objective function is transformed into set of sub-problems through Pascoletti–Serafini Scalarization using ε -constraint method. Thus, each sub-problem is minimized to obtain a unique set of points on Pareto front. The results are compared with multi-variable Newton Raphson (NR), Particle Swarm Optimization (PSO), and Black Widow Optimization (BWO) based on convergence accuracy, precision and ability to trace non-convex region. Solarex MSX83 (36 cells) is considered as the test case for the validation of deterministic optimization models under Standard test Conditions (STCs). Electrical characteristics are plotted under STC (1000 W/m2, 1.5 A.M. spectrum, 25 °C) which shows fair agreement with the actual experimental curves present in the datasheet. The results obtained from the proposed bi-objective minimization algorithm shows a better convergence response with an additional benefit of tracing the convexity of the problem. Moreover, the proposed technique also ensures a good fit as suggested by the statistical means. Finally, a probabilistic model is proposed for single diode model of a solar cell in the presence of parametric uncertainty. Random samples of uncertain electrical parameters are obtained using Latin hypercube and Monte Carlo sampling methods to estimate the probability of the output response. It can be concluded that the objective function shows a bi-modal distribution under parametric variations which may arise due to measurement error, shading losses, surface defects, and manufacturing issues.
Experimental synthesis of partially coherent beam with controllable twist phase and measuring its orbital angular momentum
Authors: Wang Haiyun , Peng Xiaofeng , Zhang Hao , Liu Lin , Chen Yahong , Wang Fei , Cai Yangjian
Published: September 2021

Twist phase is a nontrivial second-order phase that only exists in a partially coherent beam. Such twist phase endows the partially coherent beam with orbital angular momentum (OAM) and has unique applications such as in super-resolution imaging. However, the manipulation and the detection of the twist phase are still far from easy tasks in experiment. In this work, we present a flexible approach to generate a famous class of twisted Gaussian Schell-model (TGSM) beam with controllable twist phase by the superposition of the complex field realizations using a single phase-only spatial light modulator. The precise control of the amplitude and phase of the field realizations allows one to manipulate the strength of the twist phase easily. In addition, we show that the twist factor, a key factor that determines the strength of twist phase and the amount of OAM, can be measured by extracting the real part of the complex degree of coherence of the TGSM beam. The experiment is carried out with the help of the generalized Hanbury Brown and Twiss experiment as the generated TGSM beam obeys Gaussian statistics. The flexible control and detection of the twist phase are expected to find applications in coherence and OAM-based ghost imaging.
Живописные реминисценции в фильме Владимира Мотыля «Белое солнце пустыни»
Authors: ДИМЕШИ ЖУЖАННА
Published: September 2021

References to Fine Arts in Vladimir Motil’s Feature Film “White Sun of the Desert”. The Soviet feature film “White Sun of the Desert” (1970) by Vladimir Motil is considered a landmark in many ways. The circumstances of filming, screening, release, audience reaction, and the genre and formal language of the film itself all are significant. The article focuses on the filming process in the experimental studio ETO, the specificities of the genre called eastern and some features of the movie’s formal language, namely, the reminiscences of paintings by artists such as Korovin, Kuznetsov, Kustodiev, Larionov, Malevich, Sarian, Jakulov from the beginning of the 20th century.
Mađarsko stanovništvo u NDH – brojčano stanje i proces nestajanja u periodu između 1941. i 1945.
Authors: VÉGH ANDOR
Published: September 2021

Hungarian population in the Independent State of Croatia – demographic situation and the process of disappearance in the period between 1941 and 1945. Hungarians in Croatia are a minority group in the Carpathian / Pannonian Basin, compared to Hungarians from other neighboring countries, which after 1918 lost most of their members partly by emigration, partly by assimilation. The most intensive disappearances of this minority group from Croatian areas are the decades between the 1931 and 1948 censuses. In this paper, we deal with the issue of emigration and social relations of Hungarians within the borders of the Independent State of Croatia (NDH) and under the administrative area of the National Liberation Army of Yugoslavia (NOV). With the help of archival material, we try to reconstruct those social circumstances of the war years that caused the emigration of a large number of members of this community.
Hrvatsko-mađarske leksikografske veze između 1990.–2020. godine
Authors: BOCKOVAC TIMEA
Published: September 2021

Croatian-Hungarian dictionaries that have been published in Hungary and Croatia between 1990 and 2020. This paper showcases Croatian-Hungarian dictionaries that have been published in Hungary and Croatia between 1990 and 2020. In the line of publications examples of descriptive, prescriptive, normative, thematic dictionaries and glossaries are found. Monolingual and bilingual dictionaries, subject, dialectology, field-specific and terminology dictionaries are thematized and categorized synchronically and diachronically, furthermore, they are analyzed according to notion and meaning criteria and the structure of their entries and lemmas. The matter of e-lexicography and the digitalization of existing physical editions is discussed in tandem with the belonging of the field of lexicology in the education process and the modern curriculum.
Достоевский в игровом мире Б. Акунина
Authors: СНИГИРЕВА ТАТЬЯНА АЛЕКСАНДРОВНА , ПОДЧИНЕНОВ АЛЕКСЕЙ ВАСИЛЬЕВИЧ
Published: September 2021

Dostoevsky in the Game World of B. Akunin. The article identifies two types of inclusion of Dostoevsky’s legacy in the artistic world of B. Akunin: an open declaration of the work based on which the text is created, and intertextual game with Dostoevsky’s work as a whole. The research material was “A Provincial Detective, or The Adventures of Sister Pelagia” and the novel “F. M.” It is shown that B. Akunin in the trilogy about the Russian provinces directly names the sources (mainly Dostoevsky’s “great Pentateuch”), which removes intertextuality, since it manifests itself during the decoding operation. Study of the genre specificity of the novel “F. M.” leads to the conclusion about the existence of a metatext layer in the text, indicates an increased author’s self-irony and self-reflection, which is a sign of readiness to supplement the detective-adventurous direction of creativity with other artistic strategies.
La evaluación de tutores académicos universitarios: una revisión del estado de la investigación desde instituciones mexicanas
Authors: Ponce Ceballos Salvador , Aceves Villanueva Yaralin , Aviña Camacho Issac
Published: September 2021

Se presentan los resultados parciales de un proyecto de investigación que buscó caracterizar los instrumentos para evaluar a los tutores universitarios de instituciones mexicanas. Los resultados corresponden a una revisión de investigaciones en el plano de la evaluación de tutores académicos universitarios, siguiendo un proceso sistematizado apoyado en el análisis de contenido y diálogo intersubjetivo de participantes. El análisis tomó como estructura general el modelo para la evaluación de las competencias de tutores (García et al., 2016). Los resultados muestran evidencia sobre la procedencia, cobertura, alcance y objeto de los estudios, así como de las metodologías utilizadas. Las conclusiones señalan la importancia de diversificar las formas de evaluar, la pertinencia de los objetivos de evaluación, el uso de instrumentos válidos y confiables, además de la documentación y transparencia de los procesos de diseño y evaluación. Se recomienda avanzar en estudios de corte nacional que permitan ampliar el panorama de lo que ocurre en las diversas instituciones mexicanas.
Pots on mats: mat-impressed salt-extraction pottery at Chalcolithic Provadia-Solnitsata, Bulgaria
Authors: Andonova Mila , Nikolov Vassil
Published: September 2021

Evidence for both basket weaving and salt production is often elusive in the prehistoric archaeological record. An assemblage of Middle–Late Chalcolithic pottery from Provadia-Solnitsata in Bulgaria provides insight into these two different technologies and the relationship between them. The authors analyse sherds from vessels used in large-scale salt production, the bases of which bear the impression of woven mats. This analysis reveals the possible raw materials used in mat weaving at Provadia-Solnitsata and allows interpretation of the role of these mats in salt production at the site. The results illustrate how it is possible to see the ‘invisible’ material culture of prehistoric south-eastern Europe and its importance for production and consumption.
Formability Characterization of Fiber Reinforced Polymer Composites Using a Novel Test Method
Authors: Janicki Joseph C. , Egloff Matthew C. , Amendola Roberta , Ryan Cecily A. , Bajwa Dilpreet S. , Dynkin Alexey , Cairns Douglas S.
Published: September 2021

Fiber reinforced polymer composites are often used as a replacement for metal alloys because of the superior strength to weight ratio. However, a major drawback of these materials is the lack of formability caused by the low strain to failure ratio that does not allow the material to follow tooling contours into deep drawn shapes or tight radii. Composite materials have a multiscale hierarchical structure where micro and meso scale effects (fiber and tow scales) contribute to the macro structural response (laminate scale). In particular, during forming, different deformation occurs simultaneously at every scale. Currently, the amount of quantifiable and comparable forming data for both continuous and discontinuous fiber reinforced polymer composites, including a multi-scale understanding of the deformation response, is limited because of the lack of a testing system. This article proposes a novel test method and an apparatus called “the forming fixture” for testing the tow formability of fiber reinforced polymer composites by determining the required load to form an uncured resin impregnated fiber tow sample into a stretch drawn profile. Test results from forming of Hexcel (Stamford, CT) IM7-G continuous carbon fiber impregnated with Huntsman (The Woodlands, TX) RDM 2019-053 resin system, in the temperature range of 21°C–121°C, are discussed to demonstrate the use of the proposed apparatus including representative data. Results showed consistency and repeatability, validating the reliability of the novel method. The test aided in defining the forming behavior of the material in real time both visually (e.g. sample failure location) and as forming load versus displacement curves. A novel forming metrics, relating the maximum drawing depth with no failure and the maximum forming load, is defined to compare and select different fiber and resin formulations. Widespread adoption of the forming fixture will reduce reliance on a “trial and error” approach during the the forming process.
Realizing the Opportunities of REDD+
Authors: Mandawali June , Wadley David , Turia Ruth
Published: September 2021

This article aims to identify and realize opportunities for Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation (REDD) through consideration of gender issues during the development and implementation of Papua New Guinea’s first National Forest Inventory (NFI). To improve the planning and management of forests, the agenda is to achieve sustainability of ecosystem services, uncover economic and social values, and contribute to combating climate change and biodiversity loss at the global level. In the context of the NFI, we canvass three thematic areas of forest practice which, in assimilating women’s roles, knowledge, and interests, promise a positive impact on economic efficiency and development. They are (1) women fostering the reduction of emissions from deforestation, forest degradation, and other management objectives, which include conservation, sustainable management of forests, and enhancement of forest carbon stocks or REDD+; (2) women and sustainable forest management; and (3) women in community forestry. The conclusion gauges the general role of women in forestry and summarizes future research directions, through policy recommendations, and technological and institutional interventions.
Acromegaly in remission: a view from the partner
Authors: Fourneaux Rachel , Vermalle Marie , Albarel Frederique , Morange Isabelle , Graillon Thomas , Amodru Vincent , Cuny Thomas , Dufour Henry , Brue Thierry , Castinetti Frederic
Published: September 2021

Objective

A relative can be an asset in dealing with chronic illnesses, such as acromegaly, where quality of life (QoL) is altered even after remission. However, it has been shown that quality of life of caregivers can also be impacted. Our main objective was to compare the perception of acromegaly in remission in the patient–relative dyad.

Methods

In this observational study, 27 patients in remission and relatives were first asked to complete QoL, anxiety/depression and coping strategy questionnaires. Then, the patient’s body image and self-esteem were evaluated from both the patient’s and the relative’s point of view using the same questionnaires with modified instructions.

Results

Relatives had overall an accurate estimation of patient body image using the Figure Rating Scale by Stunkard. However, there were wide variations between the patient’s and the relative’s responses regarding self-esteem and body perception. The QoL of relatives was not altered and was significantly higher in the social domain than for the patient.

Conclusions

Our results show that relatives require education concerning all the steps involved in the management of acromegaly, as they likely do not fully understand the sequelae of acromegaly.
Past, Present, and Future Potentialities of the Nova Scotian Education System
Authors: DeKwant Julia
Published: September 2021

By tracing the long history of the institutionalized racism experienced by Black Nova Scotians within the education system a connection can be drawn to contemporary educational barriers that seek to hold back marginalized students. This article builds its foundation on the substantial history of Nova Scotia’s statewide denial of full citizenship for its Black inhabitants. Whether through informal or formal mechanisms, contemporary Black students continue to face the ramifications of such history, experiencing high rates of suspension, low academic scoring, and disproportionate enrollment into non-university preparatory courses.
El Entorno y la Innovación Educativa
Authors: Martínez Bonafé Jaume , Rogero Anaya Julio
Published: September 2021

Este artículo propone una reflexión sobre el contexto socioeducativo en que se dan las innovaciones educativas, además de someter a revisión el propio concepto de innovación. Con frecuencia observamos políticas educativas distanciadas del contexto en que pretenden implementar su normatividad. Esto dificulta la necesaria relación que debería haber entre innovación y las condiciones contextuales tanto externas al centro educativo como internas. Se abordan tres cuestiones en la relación escuela-entorno. La primera es la penetración en la escuela de la compleja realidad cotidiana con sus códigos culturales, sus hábitos y comportamientos. La segunda considera que una educación emancipatoria hunde sus raíces en el territorio donde habita y desarrolla su proyecto educador. La tercera reconoce que fuera de la escuela, en la ciudad, también hay currículum y lo hace suyo. Las políticas públicas condicionan la institución escolar que, a su vez, también está condicionada por el momento en que se encuentra cada uno de los miembros de la comunidad escolar. Nuestro contexto global afecta directamente a nuestro entorno próximo, y cualquier propuesta innovadora en el proyecto social y cultural de la educación lo ha de tener en cuanta. Es imposible una innovación transformadora sin tener en cuenta el entorno sociocultural en que se propone y desarrolla.
Tecnologías Digitales y Cambio Educativo. Una Aproximación Crítica
Authors: Area Manuel , Adell Jordi
Published: September 2021

Este artículo analiza y reflexiona sobre el impacto de las tecnologías digitales en la transformación pedagógica del sistema escolar desde posicionamientos de la tecnología educativa crítica. Para ello, se comienza identificando los rasgos o efectos más destacables de lo que debiera suponer la disrupción pedagógica de la tecnología sobre la escuela. A partir de los mismos, se abordan y analizan cuatro temáticas o tópicos actualmente relevantes como son a) la Covid19 y el cierre de los centros escolares: el inesperado impulso de la enseñanza digital; b) la integración pedagógica y organizativa de las TIC en los centros escolares; c) la metamorfosis del material didáctico. De lo analógico a lo digital; y d) la competencia digital docente. El análisis se realiza entre las taxonomías de microhabilidades y los enfoques holísticos. Finaliza el artículo concluyendo que aún no se ha producido una disrupción digital de la institución escolar, pero que se avanza en dicha dirección. La misma no sólo debe innovar los métodos y estrategias de enseñanza, sino también el sentido, las metas, la organización académica, las funciones profesionales de los docentes, y en última instancia, la funcionalidad de la escuela en el contexto de la sociedad digital.
Catástrofes de la Educación o la Debacle que no Cesa: La Innovación como Lucha contra los Elementos
Authors: Moreno Juan Manuel
Published: September 2021

Tanto en los países con los sistemas educativos más desarrollados como, desde luego, en aquellos con los más frágiles, la educación tiende a percibirse como una suerte de catástrofe, como un sector fallido y atrasado casi por definición al que todos reclaman cambios profundos. Este artículo trata primero de identificar cuáles son las auténticas catástrofes de la educación –la persistente crisis de aprendizaje, la recesión de la democracia y sus efectos sobre la universalización de la educación, y el imparable ascenso de la educación en la sombra– que son anteriores a la pandemia de 2020 y a sus también catastróficas consecuencias. Estas catástrofes hacen de la innovación educativa una lucha contra los elementos y contribuyen a explicar por tanto las paradojas, desafíos y dificultades del desarrollo y el progreso de la educación y el aprendizaje en nuestro mundo. A continuación, y a partir de ese análisis de tendencias globales, se presenta evidencia seleccionada sobre las direcciones más sólidas de innovación en educación con un foco en los países en desarrollo. Las agencias de desarrollo, bilaterales y multilaterales, las fundaciones, ONGs, y otros actores que invierten miles de millones de euros en la educación de estos países, necesitan con urgencia esa evidencia para no malgastar sus recursos.
El Enfoque de Transpraxis en Educación Superior: Orientaciones Metodológicas a partir de un Estudio de Caso
Authors: Gutiérrez-Ujaque Daniel , Fernández-Rodrigo Laura
Published: September 2021

El enfoque de la pedagogía crítica abre las puertas a explorar el Enfoque de Transpraxis (ET) en Educación Superior (ES) como un elemento clave para promover la justicia social resolviendo problemas sociales y reales del entorno próximo. El objetivo de la investigación es describir principios metodológicos para la implementación del ET en ES. Se desarrolló un estudio de caso siguiendo un método de investigación-acción participativa en la Universidad de Lleida durante el curso 2018-2019 para implementar el ET en la metodología educativa de dos asignaturas de distintas disciplinas académicas, llevadas a cabo conjuntamente. Participaron 160 estudiantes: 78 del Grado de Educación Social y 82 del Grado de Ingeniería Industrial. Los veintisiete proyectos realizados por los estudiantes cooperativamente fueron analizados mediante la técnica del análisis de contenido a través de un sistema de categorías. Los resultados destacan la importancia del aprendizaje cooperativo y experiencial entre grados universitarios como generadores de situaciones curriculares que vaya más allá de las propias fronteras disciplinas y la fragmentación del conocimiento. Se concluye con el establecimiento de diez principios metodológicos para la implementación del ET en ES, que permiten abrir las puertas a comprender la formación universitaria como un elemento posibilitador y transdisciplinario que dé respuesta a problemas reales de manera reflexiva, crítica e inclusiva.
Sniego dangos rodiklių tyrimas nuotoliniais metodais lyguminėse teritorijose
Authors:   , Kilpys Justinas
Published: September 2021

Disertacijoje nagrinėjama ir plėtojama sniego dangos rodiklių nustatymo metodika iš įvairių palydovinių jutiklių. Palydovinių stebėjimų ir duomenų apimtys kasmet didėja, tačiau skirtingi palydoviniai jutikliai pasižymi skirtingais veikimo principais, skiriamąją geba ir stebėjimų dažniu. Norint gauti naudingos informacijos apie sniego dangą reikalingi specifiniai palydovinių duomenų apdorojimo algoritmai, kurie išnaudoja stipriąsias skirtingų jutiklių savybes. Šioje disertacijoje išplėtota metodologija, kaip: 1) naudojant pasyviųjų mikrobangų jutiklių duomenis nustatyti snygio atvejus; 2) iš regimojo spektro palydovinių sniego dangos duomenų pašalinti duomenų trūkius atsirandančius dėl debesuotumo; 3) panaudoti sintetinės apertūros radaro duomenis sniego dangos nustatymui skirtinguose žemės dangos tipuose; 4) padidinti vandens atsargų sniege palydovinių duomenų skiriamąją gebą. Tyrime detaliai nagrinėjama sniego danga Baltijos valstybėse, tačiau sudarytą metodiką galima taikyti bet kuriam vidutinių platumų regionui, kur vietovės aukštis mažesnis nei 500 m. Pastebima, kad rytiniame Baltijos jūros regione antžeminių sniego dangos matavimų apimtys mažėja, todėl palydoviniai duomenys gali būti naudojami užpildyti šią stebėjimų spragą. Disertacijoje pasiūlyta palydovinių duomenų apdorojimo metodika gali būti pritaikyta sezoninei sniego dangos stebėsenai ir ilgalaikių sniego dangos kaitos tendencijų nustatymui.
Final Palaeolithic of Zhytomyr Polissia
Authors:   DSc in History, Professor, Head of the Stone Age Archaeology Department, the Institute of Archaeology, the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, Zalizniak Leonid
Published: September 2021

Final Palaeolithic (Terminal Palaeolithic) — the last, final phase of the Upper Palaeolithic of Europe, dating from 13.5—10 kyr and has numerous paleogeographic equivalents — Dryas period, Late glacier, Late or Final glacial, Tardiglacial period, reindeer age. In Zhytomyr Polissia there are two main groups of different Final Palaeolithic monuments with different cultural and chronological characteristics. At the beginning of the epoch, Еpigravettian mammoth hunters lived in the region. In particular, on the Ovruch ridge at the beginning of the Final Paleolithic a separate variant of the Еpigravettian developed. The extinction of mammoths about 13 kyr and the onset of the reindeer era caused a change in population. During the Allerod warming about 12 kyr reindeer hunters of the Lyngby culture advanced from the South-Western Baltic region to Polissia. The spread of Lyngbian cultural traditions at the end of Allerod in the outwash plains from Jutland to the Neman, Prypiat, Upper Dnipro and Upper Volga laid the groundwork for the emergence 11 000 years ago areas of related cultures with arrowheads on blades. In addition to Lyngby, it includes the following cultures: Ahrensburg in Northern Germany, Swiderian in the Vistula, Prypiat and Neman basins, and Krasnosillia in the Prypiat, Neman and Upper Dnipro basins. The specificity of their flint inventory is the leading role of various tanged arrowheads on blades, while the cultural marker of Epigravettian complexes are a variety of micro-inserts with a backed edge. Genetically descended from the Lyngby culture population, Krasnosillian and Swiderian hunter groupes lived in the cold forest-tundra, hunting for herds of seasonally migrating reindeers. The sharp warming 10 kyr led to the migration of Krasnosillian and Swidrian groupes following the reindeer to the north of Eastern Europe, which they settled during the VIII millennium BC. On the Swiderian basis, the post-Swiderian Mesolithic was formed. It is Butovo and similar Mesolithic cultures of the forest belt of Eastern Europe from the Baltics to the Northern Ural. The Mesolithic Pisochnyi Riv culture of the Middle Desna, the Grensk culture of the Upper Dnipro, and the Ienevo culture of the Upper Volga were formed on the Krasnosillian basis. These Mesolithic communities of northern Eastern Europe in ethno-cultural terms were probably distant ancestors of the Finnish peoples.
New Hypothesized Musical Instruments of the European Neolithic
Authors:   PhD, the Museum of Natural History, Vienna, Pomberger Beate Maria , Kotova Nadiia ,   Dr hab., the Eneolithic-Bronze Age department, the Institute of Archaeology, the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, Stadler Peter ,   Dr hab., the Museum of Natural History, Vienna
Published: September 2021

New finds from the Early Neolithic settlements in Austria and Hungary reconstructed as the first ceramic bells are published in the article. Modern copies of such bells were made and their sound was recorded.
Zoomorphic Images of the BII Stage Trypillia Settlements in the Middle Buh River Region
Authors:   PhD in History, Associate Professor, the Mykhailo Kotsiubynskyi Vinnytsia State Pedagogical University, Husiev Serhii
Published: September 2021

Widely known in Trypillia archaeological culture various zoomorphic images clearly represent multisided spiritual world of farmers of Eneolithic period, in particular the spread of domestic animals cult. While retaining common features of zoomorphism throughout the whole range of Trypillia, from the early to later stages, there are certain distinctive features for each region and time of existence. Their study allows us to understand the peculiarities of formation and development of the animal image, manners and styles of its performance. It is important to study the embodiments of the animal image in various types of archaeological materials of Trypillia settlements of the Middle Buh River region at BII stage (plastics, pottery, dwelling models) and determine the territorial and temporal features in comparison with other areas of the Trypillia spread. At the settlements of Voroshylivka, Sosny, Selyshche, Nemyriv and Karolina, the most found plastic items are statuettes of domestic animals, which were made in realistic or stylistic manners. Small and medium-sized figurines, which are classified as bovidae/ovis, dominate here. They had paired legs, small horns and a tail. Sometimes an udder or a penis was imitated, indicating the sex of the animal (cow, bull). Of particular interest are the statuettes and zoomorphic bowls, which had cross holes in their coupled legs. It is possible that they were supplemented with wheels and used in rituals as movable figurines. Common are zoomorphic bowls on four legs with a horned head and a tail on rims, as well as peculiar oval or rectangular bowls on four legs, reminiscent of cattle feeding troughs. They were painted in a zoomorphic ornament, resembling the spine or fur of an animal. It is important to note that no “dog”, “deer” or “bird” ornaments, known in other regions of the Trypillia culture, have been found on the tableware of the Middle Buh local group. There are also zoomorphic features on the cooking ware. The pots had four legs on the bottoms, and small horned heads were stuck on the rims. The zoomorphism can be traced on a well-known dwelling model from Voroshylivka, where the roof timbers above the front and back walls are designed like the horns of a domestic animal. Considering that the model had four high legs, it is reasonable to assume that it could have been used in rituals honoring the dwelling and livestock. The comprehensive analysis of zoomorphic images from the settlements of the Trypillia BII stage of the Middle Buh local group showed some regional differences as well as general trends in the development of ideological views of the ancient agricultural population of the Right-Bank Ukraine. The image of animals, especially cattle, deeply penetrated into consciousness of the holders of Trypillia culture, and the cult of the horned bull became one of the leading in their ideology.
Coins from the “Orient” Excavation Site of the Olbian Necropolis
Authors:   Junior Research Fellow of the Classical Archaeology Department, the Institute of Archaeology, the National Academy of Science of Ukraine, Ivchenko Andrii
Published: September 2021

Research on the “Orient” excavation site of the Olbian necropolis has been conducting for eleven years. During this time, 100 coins were found here in 47 different contexts, and 97 of them were clearly identified. The relatively small number of numismatic finds and archaeological contexts allowed a detailed analysis of the relationship between them. The following conclusions were obtained. On this territory, coins were used in funeral and memorial rites throughout the entire existence of the necropolis here (the middle of the 6th century BC — the end of the 2nd century AD). The composition of the coins by the dates of issue basically corresponds to the main stages of the Olbian coinage. An earlier type of coin (casted dolphin-shaped) and a later type (round minted) are fixated in approximately the same number in different layers of the excavation. The main layers of the excavation were formed mainly in a natural way. This situation makes it possible to assume a fairly active usage of the coin precisely in memorial rites. Coins in situ have been found in only four types of burial structures. The time of construction of the burial objects in which the coins were found in situ is clearly divided into two periods: the middle of the 5th — beginning of the 3rd centuries BC and the second half of the 1st—2nd centuries AD. In each period, coins were placed in the grave regardless of the date of burial, the type of burial structure, age and gender of the deceased. 4. The location of the coins within the boundaries of the burial object is not unified. Often found, but not predominantly, their position in the hand (it does not matter, right or left). All other cases are individual. In funeral and memorial rites, it was allowed using a coin that was no longer in active circulation. Some coins, close in date of issue to the date of burial, even during the life of the deceased served him as «amulets».