bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
IFITM1 is differentially expressed in the blood of patients with Crohn’s Disease.
Authors: Mamoor Shahan
Published: March 2020

The interferon pathway (1) is an innate immune signaling system that evolved to protect multicellular organisms from viral infections (2). The expression of multiple gene families is expressed following activation of interferon signaling (1); one of these is the antiviral interferon inducible transmembrane proteins, or IFITM gene family (3). Using publicly available datasets (4, 5), we identified the interferon induced transmembrane protein 1, IFITM1 (6-10), as a differentially expressed gene in the whole blood and CD4+ CD25+ regulatory T-cells of patients with Crohn’s Disease. IFITM1 was expressed at significantly higher levels in the whole blood and Treg of patients with Crohn's Disease than in non-affected control subjects. We previously reported that changes in gene expression of the double stranded ribonucleic acid sensor, 2’-5’-oligoadenylate synthetase, OAS2, were among the most significant quantitive differences in the gene expression of monocyte-derived macrophage and regulatory T-cells from patients with Crohn’s Disease when compared to those not affected. Together, these data suggest that a primary defect in the coordination of the host response to viral infection in the hematopoietic compartment, through nucleic acid sensing and subsequent interferon signaling may be fundamentally linked with the pathogenesis of Crohn’s Disease.
Study Of Law Number 9 Off Regarding FreedomOf Speech In Publice
Authors: Satriawan KMS Novyar
Published: March 2020

Student demonstration is an expression of expressing an opinion or idea. Demonstrations are expected to improve social life because theyare not as expected. holding demonstrations can end up being anarchist and out of control, despite strict rules. This study was conducted for theimplementation of student demonstrations in the city of Indragiri Hilir Regency with Law No. 9 of 1998 concerning Freedom of Expression in the Public with a sociological approach. The results of the analysis in this article found that demonstrati ons by students in the town of Indragiri Hilir Regency werenot yet effective according to Law No. 9 of 1998. Students did not notify the demonstration plan to the police, demonstrations that exceed the specifiedtime limit, student demonstrations turned into naughty and tend to be anarchist. The obstacles encountered in carrying out the demonstration were due to time constraints in expressing their opinions in public, and the demonstration did not follow the rules of reporting the action plan, rough security wasnot responsible for the intervention of the security forces. resulting in physical conflict, securing abusive acts, and destr uctive / confiscation / takeover ofactions.
Retrieval practice promotes long-term retention irrespective of the placement
Authors: latimier alice , Rierget Arnaud , Ly Son Thierry , Ramus Franck
Published: March 2020

The current study aimed at comparing the effect of three placements of the re-exposure episodes on memory retention (interpolated-small, interpolated-medium, postponed), depending on whether retrieval practice or re-reading was used, and on retention interval (one week vs one month).
Prosodic Focus
Authors: Wagner Michael
Published: March 2020

This chapter provides an introduction to the phenomenon of prosodic focus, as well as to the theory of Alternative Semantics. Alternative Semantics provides an insightful account of what prosodic focus means, and gives us a notation that can help with better characterizing focus-related phenomena and the terminology used to describe them. We can also translate theoretical ideas about focus and givenness into this notation to facilitate a comparison between frameworks. The discussion will partly be structured by an evaluation of the theories of Givenness, the theory of Relative Givenness, and Unalternative Semantics, but we will cover a range of other ideas and proposals in the process. The chapter concludes with a discussion of phonological issues, and of association with focus.
The Structure of Deception: Validation of the Lying Profile Questionnaire
Authors: Makowski Dominique , Pham Tam , Lau Zen Juen , Raine Adrian , Chen SH Annabel
Published: March 2020

The conceptualization of deception as a dispositional trait is under-represented in the literature. Despite scientific evidence supporting the existence of individual differences in lying, a validated measure of dispositional deception is still lacking. This study aims to explore the structure of dispositional deception by validating a 16-item questionnaire to characterize individuals' lying patterns. Our findings suggest four distinct latent dimensions: frequency, ability, negativity, and contextuality. We establish the convergent validity of our measure by showing significant relationships with social desirability, malevolent traits, cognitive control deficits, normal and pathological personality traits, as well as demographic variables such as sex, age, and religiosity. Overall, the present study introduces a general framework to understanding deception as a dispositional trait.
Conception and Origination of folk tune in Long March Cantata(长征组歌)
Authors: Tian Siyu , Tan Huibing
Published: March 2020

Thoughtful introduction of Chinese choral repertoire, the Long March cantata is contemporarily highly recognized music heritage of large-scale choral work of 10 movements last century in China. The cantata is composed to commemorate 30th anniversary of Long March. The journey of the Long March covered 11 provinces over 4,000 miles and crossed 24 rivers and 18 mountain ranges for over 370 days. The libretto is a set of narrative poetry by General Hua Xiao in Sept, 1964. "Long March Cantata" is conceptually composed based on "Where to go and where to say, when you hear the melody, the audiences will realize that it’s Guizhou, Yunnan, North Shaanxi ... Wherever the music is performed, it should restore the imaging of local feeling". This article mainly discusses its absorption of Chinese folk music based on Chinese pentatonic scales in music composition. Among them, movement one "Farewell (Leave the Base Area)" uses Jiangxi folk tunes, and the movement three "The Zunyi Conference, the Brilliance" use Guizhou tunes according to composers. For examples, in the movement four " Raid of Four times Cross Red Water ", Yunnan tunes are used, and in the movement seven "Arrive Wuqi Town", the northern Shaanxi tunes are used. In movement eight “Cheers" and movement nine "Annunciation", the tune of Changsha in Hunan and Northeast Jiangxi were selected to salute the southeast soldiers respectively. With the instrumental accompaniment of the full western orchestra, bel canto and national folk style signing (non-classical voicing) are well balanced. In order to match folk tune and regional congruency, Chinese traditional musical instruments, erhu (二胡), pipa (三弦), zhudi (bamboo flute, 笛子), suona (Chinese trumpet唢呐), kuaiban (bamboo castanets, 快板) as well as other Chinese percussion etc. were used with the western symphony orchestra according to historical context.
The Rise and Fall of Clean Air Act Climate Policy
Authors: Richardson Nathan
Published: March 2020

The Clean Air Act has proven over nearly fifty years to be one of the most successful and durable statutes in American law. After the Supreme Court’s 2008 decision in Massachusetts v. EPA, there was great hope that it could be brought to bear on climate change, the most pressing current environmental challenge of our time. Massachusetts was fêted as the most important environmental case ever decided, and upon it the EPA under President Obama built a sweeping program of greenhouse gas regulations, aimed first at emissions from road vehicles, and later at fossil fuel power plants. It was the most ambitious federal climate policy in American history. Now, twelve years after Massachusetts was decided, that program is in ruins, largely repealed or weakened by the climate-skeptic Trump administration. Massachusetts has not provided a foundation for durable climate policy. The roots of Clean Air Act climate policy’s failures lie not just in changes in political leadership, but with a majority on the Supreme Court increasingly skeptical of not just climate regulation specifically, but of the administrative state in general. This and other barriers will persist regardless of who is in the White House. This article explores why climate regulation under the Clean Air Act has been so much more fragile than other regulations under the statute, who bears responsibility for its failures, and what prospects remain for future federal climate policy.
Navigating Gendered Space with Special Reference to Lil Bahadur Chettri’s Mountains Painted with Turmeric
Authors: Swain Tamishra , Shah Shalini
Published: March 2020

It is rightly put by the French philosopher Simone De Beauvoir in her book ‘Second Sex’ that “one is not born but made a woman”. So, women are treated secondary as compared to men for a long time. Similar view has been propounded by Judith Butler in her book ‘Gender Trouble’ that female identity has been created by repetitive performances and further, gender identity is not fixed rather it is created. There are certain agencies through which these ideologies came in to function. One of such agencies is “space” which is not necessarily physical and fixed but can be mental/psychological and fluid. This space can also use as subversive technique to control certain part of the society. This paper tries to analyze a Nepali fiction ‘Mountains Painted with Turmeric’ by Lil Bahadur Chettri to understand the subversive practices of space and how it controls gender identity.
लेखनाथ पौड्यालको आध्यात्मिक पर्यावरणवाद Lekhnath Poudyalko Aadhyatmik Paryabaranvad
Authors: उपाध्याय Upadhyaya गोविन्दशरण Govindasharan
Published: March 2020

प्रस्तुत लेख नेपाली साहित्यमा कविशिरोमणि पदवीले सम्मानित कवि लेखनाथपौड्यालका कृतिको दार्शनिक समीक्षामा आधारित छ । लेखमा कविशिरोमणिपौड्यालका रचनालाई आध्यात्मिक पर्यावरणवादी दृष्टिकोणबाट हेरिएको छ । वेदउपनिषद तथा शास्त्रहरुप्रति आस्था राख्ने कवि पौड्यालले उपर्युक्त आस्थाकाआधारमा पर्यावरणवादी विश्वदृष्टिकोणलाई आफ्ना रचनामा कसरी अवलम्बनगरेका छन् भन्ने तथ्यलाई यो लेखले उजागर गर्छ ।
NAJNOWSZA LITERATURA ROSYJSKO-IZRAELSKA. ZARYS ZAGADNIENIA
Authors: Michalska-Suchanek Mirosława
Published: March 2020

NAJNOWSZA LITERATURA ROSYJSKO-IZRAELSKA. ZARYS ZAGADNIENIA

Najnowsza rosyjsko-izraelska literatura utraciła cechy literatury marginalnej, peryferyjnej (chociaż zarówno w rosyjskiej, jak i izraelskiej przestrzeniach kulturowych nadal — mimo zmian — jest tak odbierana). Dzieje się tak przede wszystkim dzięki dynamicznie przebiegającemu w ostatnich dwóch dekadach wieloaspektowemu procesowi demarginalizacji (koncepcja Romana Katsmana). Powoli zyskuje status literatury autonomicznej, która działa w ramach odrębnego, własnego kulturowego świata, poza strukturą wyznaczaną przez centra i peryferie.
Ludmiła Mnich, Шекспир в русской теории первой половины ХХ века, Wydawnictwo Naukowe Instytutu Kultury Regionalnej i Badań Literackich im. Franciszka Karpińskiego, Siedlce 2019,
Authors: Łucewicz Ludmiła
Published: March 2020

recenzja książki Ludmiła Mnich, Шекспир в русской теории первой половины ХХ века, Wydawnictwo Naukowe Instytutu Kultury Regionalnej i Badań Literackich im. Franciszka Karpińskiego,  Siedlce 2019.
Fabrication and Application of Cationic Polyacrylamide
Authors: Su Geng , Jiang Ya-Jie , Ju Hong-Bin , Wang Ya-Kui , Yu Shui-Xin , Luo Ye-Yuan , Geng Tao
Published: March 2020

Cationic polyacrylamide (CPAM) was prepared in aqueous solution by free radical polymerization of methacryloyloxy ethyl trimethylammonium chloride (DMC) and acrylamide (AM). A redox initiator system was used. The structure of CPAM was characterized by IR and 1H NMR. The intrinsic viscosity and cationicity of CPAM were measured by an Ubbelohde viscometer and titration experiments, respectively. It was found that at the same concentration, the intrinsic viscosity decreases as the cationicity increases. The antistatic properties of CPAM on polyester fabric, the combability of hair, the flocculation on diatomaceous earth in a simulated sewage system and the thickening effect in solution were investigated. The results show that the higher the concentration, cationicity and intrinsic viscosity of CPAM, the better the thickening effect and the better the combability, the antistatic and flocculation properties. Therefore, the production of CPAM with high intrinsic viscosity and cationicity is important for an enhanced application performance.
Composition and Solubilization of the Microemulsion Systems Containing Triton X-100: Effects of Aqueous Composition and Oil-Water-Ratios
Authors: Song Miaomiao , Wang Qian , Liu Wenjiao , Wang Jiao , Chai Jinling
Published: March 2020

The composition and solubilization of the optimum microemulsion systems containing Triton X-100/pentan-1-ol/aliphatic hydrocarbon/water were studied with the ∊-β fishlike phase diagram method. The solubilities of the alkanol (S
A), the mass fractions of the alkanol in the interfacial layer (AS
) and the optimum solubilization parameters (SP∗) of the microemulsion systems with different aqueous phases (salt, acid, alkali) and with different α values were obtained and discussed. The SP∗ values increase significantly with the cation radius of the chlorides (NaCl, KCl, CsCl), but decrease slightly with the anion radius of the sodium halides (NaCl, NaBr, NaI). However, SP∗ values decrease with the increased salinities and NaOH contents. The trend was reversed for the acid systems. When the oil-water ratio (α) increases, the S
A and A
S values significantly increase, while the SP∗ values increase slowly. As the length of the carbon chain of the alkane molecules increases, both the S
A and A
S values increase, while the SP∗ values decrease significantly.
Pour une recherche en management connectée aux enjeux d’aujourd’hui
Authors: Berry Michel
Published: March 2020

Le monde change vite, et la recherche en stratégie et management paraît plus occupée par des considérations de ranking que d’interagir avec des praticiens, qui n’ont pourtant jamais eu autant besoin de comprendre la complexité des enjeux auxquels ils doivent faire face. Pour plagier la célèbre phrase conclusive de Jacques Chirac sur le climat « notre maison brûle ... », on pourrait dire : « notre société est en ébullition et les chercheurs en management regardent ailleurs ». Un tel diagnostic ressemble à ce qui était dit sur la recherche en management américaine, durement mise en cause au début des années 1990 avant que la mondialisation ne masque le problème. Faudra-t-il quitter le système académique pour développer des recherches ajustées aux enjeux de l’époque ? Pas forcément, si l’on sait créer des espaces de liberté et d’inspiration, ce que le système français est paradoxalement plus apte à faire que le système américain.
Vers une recherche pauvre
Authors: Moriceau Jean-Luc , Paes Isabela
Published: March 2020

Pour prendre la parole, il faut d’abord se constituer une voix. Or la recherche est souvent trop riche de dispositifs et de formes, ce qui nous détourne de son essence : de la rencontre avec le terrain et de l’adresse aux lecteurs, animés par une sincère volonté d’apprendre et de comprendre. En résonance avec l’approche de Grotowski pour le théâtre, les auteurs explorent ce que peut être une recherche pauvre, où le corps, la réflexivité et l’expérience du chercheur sont au cœur de l’exigent parcours de constitution d’une voix. Parcours fait d’expositions, d’individuations et de prises de parole.
Extension du domaine de la prédation
Authors: Coussi Olivier , Moinet Nicolas
Published: March 2020

En 2014, la branche énergie du groupe Alstom est cédée à General Electric, provoquant nombre de tribulations au plus haut niveau des sphères institutionnelles françaises et la création d’une commission d’enquête parlementaire ainsi qu’une enquête judiciaire. Ce cas d’école invite à une analyse des évènements au prisme théorique du couple agilité/paralysie stratégique. L’étude approfondie des mécanismes à l’œuvre révèle un nouveau mode de prédation économique dont le bras armé, l’extraterritorialité du droit américain, se conjugue avec des comportements culturels persistants liés à l’arrogance.
From behind stall doors
Authors: Field Amy Leigh
Published: March 2020

Animal husbandry, a major part of the contemporary German economy, is the subject of politically and morally charged discourses about the effects of the industry on the nation’s landscape and its role in economic globalization. German politicians and activists often discuss industrialized animal husbandry practices as abusive and polluting. This article analyzes how these debates are imbricated in forms of concern about nonhuman animals that tend to be differentiated geographically by urban-rural boundaries. I argue the privileging of animals as moral entities causes interpersonal friction between those who rely on animals for a living and those who do not, and expresses fundamental tensions about the rural landscape as a space of industrialized agricultural production, as opposed to a space dedicated to the conservation of the natural environment.
Neither Shadow nor Spectre
Authors: Borja Anthony Lawrence
Published: March 2020

The beating heart of democratic politics is a set of paradoxes revolving around the issues of popular identity and sovereignty. Populist ideology appeals to the sovereign people, consequently engaging the democratic paradox in a manner akin to either moving an immoveable object or catching something in constant flux. Marginal consideration has been given by scholars to populism’s relationship with the democratic paradox, with current notions of the former seeing it more as a result of the latter. Thus, by recasting the democratic paradox as a question and analysing its relationship with populist ideology, this article seeks to clarify the supposedly ambiguous relationship between populism and democracy. In analysing the transformative processes within populism by using early Peronism and Italian Fascism as case studies, it argues that as the ideological embodiment of the democratic paradox populist ideology preserves and expresses the paradox in the public sphere.
INFORMASI AKUNTANSI DIFERENSIAL SEBAGAI ALAT PENGAMBILAN KEPUTUSAN MENYEWA ATAU MEMBELI GEDUNG PADA PT. BPR MILLENIA KANTOR CABANG PAAL DUA
Authors: Kotambunan Miranda Ellora , Nangoi Grace B , Pontoh Winston
Published: March 2020

Decision making is the selection of one of the various alternative actions available. In choosing an alternative, management requires precise and accurate information to reduce the possibility of failure of decisions that will be taken by the company. Differential accounting information is very suitable to be used in the selection of several alternatives. The purpose of this study is to determine whether differential accounting information can be used as a decision-making tool so that companies can decide whether to rent or buy a building as a place to operate its branch offices. This research uses descriptive qualitative method by collecting data through interviews and documentation. The results showed that differential accounting information as a decision-making tool can be applied at PT. BPR Millenia Paal Dua Branch Office and the cost to rent a building is lower than buying a building.
REAKSI PASAR MODAL SYARIAH DAN KONVENSIONAL TERHADAP EVENT POLITIK DI BURSA EFEK INDONESIA
Authors: Lakoni Idham , Yansi Melvi
Published: March 2020

Penelitian ini membahas reaksi pasar modal syariah dan konvensional terhadap event politik di Bursa Efek Indonesia. Tujuan penelitian untuk mengetahui reaksi pasar modal syariah dan konvensional Indonesia terhadap event politik di BEI serta menguji perbedaan kinerja saham syariah dengan saham konvensional. Penelitian bersifat diskriptif dan komparatif. Data kuantitatif dengan sumber data sekunder dalam bentuk harian selama bulan April 2019 serta meggunakan metode purvosive sampling. Hasil penelitian menunjukkan bahwa selisih indeks pembukaan dan penutupan saat menjelang dan setelah pemilu menunjukkan perubahan yang signifikan terutama pada -3 dan +3. Persentase tertinggi sebesar 93,8% sedangkan pergerakan indek terendah terjadi diakhir bulan sebesar 6,3%. Market return selama periode penelitian yakni -8 dan +8 menunjukkan tidak ada volatilitas yang ekstrim. Indek JII sebelum maupun setelah pemilu serentak begitupun untuk ILQ45 menunjukkan ? lebih kecil dari nilai sig atau {0,05 < 0,11} sedangkan IHSG 0,05 > 0,007 artinya terdapat hubungan signifikan compare means paired sample ttes hasil menunjukkan JII thitung ? ttabel atau 4,814 > 2,447 Untuk ILQ45 0,394 < 2,447 maka Ho diterima dan Ha ditolak, jadi tidak ada perbedaan signifikan dan IHSG 1,732 < 2,447 maka Ho diterima dan Ha ditolak. Jadi Tidak ada perbedaan signifikan indeks IHSG sebelum maupun setelah pemilu serentak (Pileg dan Pilpres)
Laboratorio virtual de networking como infraestructura tecnológica estratégica para realización de prácticas de redes de computadoras y seguridad informática.
Authors: Victoria V.V. Cabañas , Castillo J. Vázquez , Estrada M. Blanqueto , Castilla L.Y. Dávalos
Published: March 2020

El presente trabajo propone una infraestructura de redes virtualizada como opción viable y factible para las Instituciones de Educación Superior que desean el reconocimiento por la buena calidad de sus programas educativos en el área de las tecnologías de información y comunicación. Un elemento importante de la evaluación es la infraestructura. Sin embargo, no todas las IES poseen una infraestructura física de redes (instalaciones, equipos de telecomunicaciones activos, bastidores, UPS, etc.) y requieren que los estudiantes accedan a estos recursos tecnológicos para realizar prácticas con equipos de cómputo, de conmutación, ruteo y uso de dispositivos de seguridad perimetral. La infraestructura virtualizada que se propone en este artículo tiene como principales características la escalabilidad y reconfigurabilidad para diversos escenarios de infraestructurasde red.

This paper proposes a virtual network infrastructure as a resource for universities and/or colleges aiming to obtain accreditation for their programs in information and communications technology. One of the most important aspects considered in the accreditation process includes the evaluation of available infrastructure. However, not all universities and/or colleges have a physical infrastructure of networks available (e.g., facilities, active telecommunications equipment, racks, and uninterruptible power supplies [UPS]). A second emphasis in evaluations is on students' access and use of technological resources to perform networking practices with computer equipment, switching, routing and perimeter security devices. The main characteristics of the virtual infrastructure proposed in this paper include the scalability and reconfigurability of multiple scenarios in network infrastructures.
Importancia de la evaluación del Saber Ser en la Educación Basada en Competencias en las UT's
Authors: Rodríguez R. Guerrero , Betancourt I. Ramos
Published: March 2020

Para las Universidades Tecnológicas al tener un modelo Educativo Basado en Competencias (Saber Ser, Saber Hacer, Saber), es prioritario establecer los criterios de evaluación que demuestren que el estudiante ha adquirido las capacidades planteadas en el objetivo de cada asignatura, determinado en los planes de estudio del perfil profesional de egreso. Por lo tanto, el docente tiene que implementar estrategias de evaluación en el proceso de enseñanza y aprendizaje para llevar a cabo una valoración y retroalimentación objetiva en donde se clarifique cuáles son los parámetros a cubrir para desarrollar la competencia profesional esperada por el sector empresarial. La evaluación del Saber Ser es una valoración de manera cualitativa, por ello, es importante que al alumno se le oriente hacia las habilidades personales, las características afectivas y psicológicas a desarrollar al momento de trabajar en equipo, enfocándolo en obtener los resultados planteados.

To the Technological Universities having a Educational model base on competitions (to know how to be, to know how to do, to know how to know), it’s a priority to establishing the evaluation criteria that shows that the student has acquired the skills in every subject, according to the student profile. Therefore the teacher has to implement evaluation strategies during the process of teaching process that has an objective evaluation and feedback in where the parameters are clear to develop a professional competition for the business sector. The evaluation for “To know how to be” is a qualitative assessment, therefore, it’s important that the student is guided towards personal skills, the psychological characteristics to develop while working in teams, focusing on obtaining results.
Sistema Administración Docente (SAD)
Authors: Navarrete P. Aguilar , González M.F.Y. Camacho , Cortés R.P. Benítez , Rodríguez J.C. Martínez
Published: March 2020

A partir de las visitas de evaluadores a la Unidad Académica de Economía de la Universidad Autónoma de Nayarit con la finalidad de validar los procesos académico administrativos que se realizan dentro del Programa Académico de Sistemas Computacionales, se detectaron áreas de mejora para la implementación de sistemas administrativos que apoyan a agilizar el manejo de la información en relación con los docentes, por lo que en este trabajo se presenta el análisis y desarrollo de un sistema informático para la administración de documentación de los docentes de los programas académicos de la Unidad Académica de Economía, como un apoyo para el control de la información, actualización y seguimiento de su labor académica y profesional.

Based on an evaluation to the School of Economics (Unidad Académica de Economía) of the Autonomous University of Nayarit (Universidad Autónoma de Nayarit), in order to validate the administrative-academic processes done in the Computer Systems Department (Programa Académico de Sistemas Computacionales), improvements were found for the administrative system implementations that manages faculty information; this work presents the analysis and development of an information management system of faculty documentation for the School of Economics' departments, as an aid for academic and professional information and work control, update, and tracking.
Proceso de obtención del Sello Euro-Inf de la Licenciatura en Tecnologías Computacionales de la Universidad Veracruzana
Authors: Rivera C. Ochoa , Godoy C. Mezura , Vega J. Escalante , Guerrero E. Beníte , Ortiz J. Méndez
Published: March 2020

El proceso de acreditación permite a una institución educativa reconocer la calidad de sus programas educativos, evaluando los programas desde varios niveles y perspectivas. Para una acreditación internacional, ANECA establece principios de evaluación en una Guía que comprende 9 Dimensiones las cueles permiten realizar la autoevaluación de manera cíclica y tiene como objetivo comprobar: 1) si el Programa Educativo se está llevando a cabo de acuerdo con los objetivos establecidos en su proyecto inicial y 2) si sus resultados son adecuados y contribuyen a la formación de los estudiantes y al logro de los objetivos previstos. El programa educativo de la Lic. en Tecnologías Computacionales de la Universidad Veracruzana, llevó a cabo en 2018, el proceso de autoevaluación para su acreditación para la obtención del Sello de Calidad Internacional otorgado por ANECA. En este trabajo presentamos nuestro caso de éxito en el proceso de acreditación internacional.

The accreditation process allows an educational institution to recognize the quality of its educational programs, evaluating the programs from various levels and perspectives. For an international accreditation, ANECA establishes principles of evaluation in a Guide that includes 9 Dimensions, which allow the self-evaluation to be carried out in a cyclical manner and aims to verify: 1) if the Educational Program is being carried out in accordance with the objectives established in its initial project and 2) if its results are adequate and contribute to the training of students and the achievement of the planned objectives. The educational program of Bachelor of Computer Technologies of the Universidad Veracruzana, conducted in 2018, the selfevaluation process for accreditation for obtaining International Quality Seal awarded by ANECA. In this paper we present our case of success in the international accreditation process.
Readmission within 30-Day as a Key Indicator for Academic Hospital Performance: Rate and Risk Factors
Authors: Fallatah Hind  I. , Bajunaid Nisreen  F. , Jawa Hani  A. , Qari Yousif A. , Bazarah Salem M. , Aljohaney Ahmed A. , Wali Siraj O. , Al Shareef Aisha A. , Ayoub Omar A. , Alshehri Abdulraheem M. , Almekhlafi Mohammad A. , Alkhayyat Shadi S. , AbuSanad Atlal M. , Alama Mohammed N. , Alghalayini Kamal W. , Alhejily Wesam A. , Alhozali Amani M. , Mosli Hala H. , Ghamri Kholoud A. , Binhasher Nawal N. , Alhozali Hanadi M. , Nablawi Rana A. , Al Beladi Fatma I. , Basheikh Mohammed A. , Alaama Tareef Y. , Al Zaben Faten N. , Jali Ibtisam M. , Sanosi Ayman K.
Published: March 2020

Background: Unplanned hospital readmission is concerning health care providers and is frequently used as a quality indicator for hospital care.

Objectives: This study was conducted in order to examine the rate and associated factors for 30-day readmission in internal medicine units at King Abdulaziz University Hospital, Jeddah.

Methods: We retrospectively collected data for patients who had readmission within 30 days of hospital discharge from January 2010 to December 2013. We obtained the following information for all patients: patient demographics, admitting medical service, diagnosis at the first admission, presence of hypoxia, sepsis, and hospital length of stay at the first admission. We then compared the data for patients with 30-day readmissions to those who did not have readmission within 30 days

Results: Of the 3838 patients who had hospital admission within the study period, 678 (17.7%) had readmission within 30 days. The mean patient age was 52 years (SD, 21.2 years). Patients who had readmission within 30 days were more likely to be female; older than 65 years of age; diabetic; hypertensive; bed ridden; and to have a history of stroke, bed sores and/or sepsis (all P values ≤0.001, except for stroke, P=0.003).

Conclusion: Our study showed that about 18% of patients had readmission within 30 days. Those patients were of older age, with comorbidities like, diabetes or stroke or were bedridden.
Conduction Abnormalities: Types, Associated Factors and their Effect on Clinical Outcomes of Patients Admitted to the Coronary Care Unit at King Abdulaziz University Hospital
Authors: Ibrahim Nahla K. , Alghalayini Kamal W. , Milyani Asmaa A. , Neyas Afnan M. , Alturkistani Rahaf F. , Niazi Rahaf H.
Published: March 2020

Background: Since conduction abnormalities represent a major cause of sudden death and cardiovascular complications, with a high incidence of increased length of hospital stay, risk of disabilities and healthcare costs, the aim was to discern the influence of conduction abnormalities at the time of admission on the clinical outcomes of patients admitted at the Coronary Care Unit in King Abdulaziz University Hospital.

Method: The study adopted a retrospective-record review, episode-based design for a period of 2 years. All patients with sustained conduction abnormalities at the time of admission that had either self-terminated or required intervention were recruited. Statistical analysis was conducted by SPSS.

Results:  A total of 1763 admissions occurred during the study period, conduction abnormalities represented 11.5% of all these cases. The most common types were left bundle branch block and atrial fibrillation. Types that were significantly associated with the length of stay were atrial fibrillation (p = 0.045), ventricular tachycardia (p = 0.020), and ventricular fibrillation (p = 0.007) and complete heart block (p = 0.004). Right bundle branch block was the only conduction abnormality that was significantly associated with higher mortality (p = 0.011).

Conclusion:  Patients with right bundle branch block need close monitoring and optimal care to reduce risks of increased hospital stay and death. Further, it is imperative that attention should be directed in general to all patients admitted to the Coronary Care Unit with any kind of conduction abnormality in order to attempt to reduce their stay.
Pulmonary Manifestations of Systemic Lupus Erythematosus: Global and Saudi Arabian Populations
Authors: Bawazir Yasser Mohammed , Aljohaney Ahmed Abdulaziz
Published: March 2020

This paper reviews the pulmonary manifestations of systemic lupus erythematosus with particular focus on comparing global and Saudi Arabian populations. Dozens of articles addressing lupus complications in Saudi patients were published in recent years; to our knowledge, this is the first review focusing on pulmonary complications. In this narrative literature review, we conducted a systematic search of MEDLINE and Google Scholar using the words pulmonary complications of systemic lupus in Saudi Arabia. Th e search covered the period between 2000 and 2019. We found that the rate of pulmonary complications in Saudi lupus patients was consistent with that in global patients; exceptionally higher incidence of acute lupus pneumonitis was reported in Saudi patients. We hope that this study will inform clinicians about the important points regarding pulmonary complications in lupus patients, particularly in the Saudi population.
La reciente humanización del Derecho Civil Español: necesidades y retos en materia de discapacidad
Authors: Vivas Tesón Inmaculada
Published: March 2020

Hace más de veinte años –prefiero no decir exactamente cuántos– estudié mi carrera universitaria, en la cinco veces centenaria Facultad de Derecho de la Universidad de Sevilla, con un código civil hecho por y para hombres, adultos, propietarios, heterosexuales y sanos o normales –inaceptables términos con los que con más frecuencia de la debida se alude a las personas con discapacidad–. Creo que ello podría predicarse de todas las codificaciones civiles (europeas y latinoamericanas) pertenecientes a la familia del civil law que, herederos del derecho romano, siguieron la estela del code napoleónico.
La Gran Reforma Social de 1900. Filantropía social y emergencia de las primeras leyes obreras
Authors: Jiménez Martínez María Victoria
Published: March 2020

La obra titulada La gran reforma social de 1900 realiza un estudio sistemático sobre la aprobación de las primeras leyes laborales en 1900, destacando su especial incidencia económica y social. Este proceso se basaba en la necesidad de superar los efectos perniciosos del liberalismo clásico, mediante la intervención normativa en la cuestión social. Es justamente durante la Restauración cuando surge la problemática de la emergencia de una respuesta jurídica a las incipientes relaciones industriales claramente descompensadas, donde existía un claro antagonismo injusto entre el capital y el factor trabajo.
Debido proceso internacional
Authors: Justicia de la Nación Suprema Corte de
Published: March 2020

Debe acudirse a éste, si en el ámbito nacional no se ha desarrollado ampliamente lo necesario para el análisis de graves violaciones a los derechos humanos.
Caso Díaz Loreto y otros vs Venezuela
Authors: De Derechos Humanos Corte Interamericana
Published: March 2020

El 19 de noviembre de 2019, la Corte Interamericana de Derechos Humanos (en adelante “la Corte” o “este Tribunal”) dictó una sentencia mediante la cual declaró que el Estado de Venezuela era responsable por la vulneración al derecho a la vida (artículo 4 de la Convención Americana) en perjuicio de Robert Ignacio Díaz Loreto, David Octavio Díaz Loreto y Octavio Ignacio Díaz Álvarez por los hechos que llevaron a su muerte en manos de funcionarios policiales del estado Aragua. El Estado también fue encontrado responsable por haber vulnerado el derecho a la integridad personal y a la libertad personal (artículos 5 y 7 de la Convención Americana) en perjuicio de Robert Ignacio Díaz Loreto por los hechos ocurridos luego de que este fuera montado herido en un vehículo de la policía. Asimismo se indicó que el Estado había violado las garantía al debido proceso (artículo 8.1 de la Convención) y a la integridad personal de los familiares de Robert Ignacio Díaz Loreto, David Octavio Díaz Loreto y Octavio Ignacio Díaz Álvarez por no haber cumplido con su deber de investigar, por el sufrimiento que les ocasionó sus muertes y por los actos de amenazas e intimidaciones de los cuales fueron víctimas a raíz de estos hechos.
Caso Gómez Virula y otros vs Guatemala
Authors: Derechos Humanos Corte Interamericana de
Published: March 2020

El 21 de noviembre de 2019 la Corte Interamericana de Derechos Humanos (en adelante “la Corte” o “este Tribunal”) dictó sentencia mediante la cual declaró responsable internacionalmente a Guatemala por la violación de los derechos a las garantías judiciales y protección judicial de Alexander Yovany Gómez Virula, Antonio Gómez Areano y Paula Virula Dionicio. Por otro lado, la Corte concluyó que el Estado no violó el derecho a la vida, a la integridad personal, la libertad personal y libertad de asociación del señor Gómez Virula, ni el derecho a la integridad personal de Antonio Gómez Areano y Paula Virula Dionicio.
Colaboradores Revista 14, Derecho Global
Authors: Colaboradores Nuestros
Published: March 2020

Williams Aranguren, Edwin Carvajal-España, Julie Marcela Daza Rojas, Leandro Ezequiel Fusco, Johan Andrés, Nieto Bravo, Pablo Antonio Notaro, Thania Oberto, Dalia Perkumiené, Lenin Ruiz Hernández, Marlene Ruiz Piñera, Antonio Silva Sánchez.
Historiaa insinööreille nyt – tulevaisuutta varten
Authors: Männistö-Funk Tiina , Matala Saara
Published: March 2020

Suomalainen insinöörikoulutus on tällä hetkellä historiatonta. Tulevat insinöörit eivät opi juuri mitään oman alansa historiasta tai laajemmin tekniikan historiasta. Tässä kirjoituksessa esitetään, miksi tämä on ongelma, asetetaan suomalainen tilanne kansainväliseen ja historialliseen kehykseen uusimman aihetta käsittelevän tutkimuskirjallisuuden avulla sekä ehdotetaan korjausliikkeitä.
Vuorimiehen velkainen elämä
Authors: Björn Ismo
Published: March 2020

Kirja-arvostelu teoksesta: Kristiina Kalleinen (2019) Nils Gustaf Nordenskiöld – Vuorimiehen ja tiedemiehen elämä. Bidrag till kännedom av Finlands natur och folk 208. Societas Scientiarum Fennica.
Potencia, perspectivas y retos de la contabilidad del sector público. Una visión académica
Authors: Gómez Villegas Mauricio
Published: March 2020

La moderna contabilidad pública se ha venido consolidando como un vibrante campo de actuación profesional, políticas públicas, iniciativas multilaterales y desarrollo académico, cuya potencia permitirá cuestionar los fundamentos conceptuales y las perspectivas dominantes en la disciplina, a partir de múltiples diálogos interdisciplinarios. Este trabajo revisa críticamente las generalidades del campo de la contabilidad pública asumiendo una visión internacional de sus desarrollos académicos y enfatizando en el contexto latinoamericano y colombiano. Para conseguir su objetivo, identificamos la potencia académica de la contabilidad pública, luego caracterizamos las perspectivas presentes en el campo, y finalmente, presentamos algunos retos académicos que se vislumbran para la contabilidad pública en Colombia y Latinoamérica.
Más allá del enigma del medallón. Un descubrimiento histórico para reescribir la historia de Magdalena Ortega y Antonio Nariño
Authors: Suárez Pineda Jesús Alberto
Published: March 2020

El artículo es una aportación a la polémica histórica sobre la supuesta infidelidad de Magdalena Ortega de Nariño que suscitó la publicación del libro El enigma del medallón de Carmen Ortega Ricaurte (2000). La discusión de la evidencia utiliza el método iconográfico, aplicado en este caso particular, al estudio de dos grabados originales que aparecen pegados en un folleto impreso de 34 páginas, firmado de puño y letra de Antonio Nariño. El trabajo contó con la ayuda de expertos de la talla de Enrique Santos Molano, la mayor autoridad en Nariño en la actualidad. Los resultados de la investigación también presentan nuevas facetas del Precursor de la Independencia de Colombia en términos de su labor contable en el manejo de recursos públicos.
What school did you go to? Education and status in Edinburgh
Authors: McCrone David
Published: March 2020

The question ‘Which school did you go to?’ is an attempt to ‘place’ respondents in Edinburgh in terms of social status. This article examines the social and educational origins of fee-paying schools in a city with a significantly higher proportion of secondary pupils in such schools than elsewhere in Scotland. It asks what the perceived ‘pay-off’ is as regards social and educational mobility in the context of a significant decline since the 1960s in the numbers attending their ‘local’ university, and in a city with a much higher percentage of residents born furth of Scotland. The key question is to what extent being educated privately still makes a difference.
Pedestrian Detection Based on Two-Stream UDN
Authors: Wang Wentong , Wang Lichun , Ge Xufei , Li Jinghua , Yin Baocai
Published: March 2020

Pedestrian detection is the core of the driver assistance system, which collects the road conditions through the radars or cameras on the vehicle, judges whether there is a pedestrian in front of the vehicle, supports decisions such as raising the alarm, automatically slowing down, or emergency stopping to keep pedestrians safe, and improves the security when the vehicle is moving. Suffering from weather, lighting, clothing, large pose variations, and occlusion, the current pedestrian detection still has a certain distance from the practical applications. In recent years, deep networks have shown excellent performance for image detection, recognition, and classification. Some researchers employed deep network for pedestrian detection and achieve great progress, but deep networks need huge computational resources, which make it difficult to put into practical applications. In real scenarios of autonomous vehicles, the computation ability is limited. Thus, the shallow networks such as UDN (Unified Deep Networks) is a better choice, since it performs well while consuming less computation resources. Based on UDN, this paper proposes a new deep network model named two-stream UDN, which augments another branch for solving traditional UDN’s indistinction of the difference between trees/telegraph poles and pedestrians. The new branch accepts the upper third part of the pedestrian image as input, and the partial image has less deformation, stable features, and more distinguished characters from other objects. For the proposed two-stream UDN, multi-input features including the HOG (Histogram of Oriented Gradients) feature, Sobel feature, color feature, and foreground regions extracted by GrabCut segmentation algorithms are fed. Compared with the original input of UDN, the multi-input features are more conducive for pedestrian detection, since the fused HOG features and significant objects are more significant for pedestrian detection. Two-stream UDN is trained through two steps. First, the two sub-networks are trained until converge; then, we fuse results of the two subnets as the final result and feed it back to the two subnets to fine tune network parameters synchronously. To improve the performance, Swish is adopted as the activation function to obtain a faster training speed, and positive samples are mirrored and rotated with small angles to make the positive and negative samples more balanced.
Detection Performance Regarding Sleep Apnea-Hypopnea Episodes with Fuzzy Logic Fusion on Single-Channel Airflow Indexes
Authors: Wu Ming-Feng , Huang Wei-Chang , Chang Kai-Ming , Lin Po-Chun , Kuo Chi-Hsuan , Hsu Cheng-Wei , Shen Tsu-Wang
Published: March 2020

Obstructive sleep apnea-hypopnea syndrome (OSAHS) affects more than 936 million people worldwide and is the most common sleep-related breathing disorder; almost 80% of potential patients remain undiagnosed. To treat moderate to severe OSAHS as early as possible, the use of fewer sensing channels is recommended to screen for OSAHS and shorten waiting lists for the gold standard polysomnography (PSG). Hence, an effective out-of-clinic detection method may provide a solution to hospital overburden and associated health care costs. Applying single-channel signals to simultaneously detect apnea and hypopnea remains challenging. Among the various physiological signals used for sleep apnea-hypopnea detection, respiratory signals are relatively easy to apply. In this study, a fusion method using fuzzy logic and two single-channel respiratory indexes was proposed. A total of 12,391 apnea or hypopnea episodes were included. The proposed algorithm successfully fused standard deviation of airflow signals (SDA) and amplitude changes of peaks (ACP) indexes to detect apnea-hypopnea events, with overall sensitivity of 74%, specificity of 100%, and accuracy of 80% for mild to moderate OSAHS. For different apnea-hypopnea severity levels, the results indicated that the algorithm is superior to other methods; it also provides risk scores as percentages, which are especially accurate for mild hypopnea. The algorithm may provide rapid screening for early diagnosis and treatment.
Improved Cost Computation and Adaptive Shape Guided Filter for Local Stereo Matching of Low Texture Stereo Images
Authors: Liu Hua , Wang Rui , Xia Yuanping , Zhang Xiaoming
Published: March 2020

Dense stereo matching has been widely used in photogrammetry and computer vision applications. Even though it has a long research history, dense stereo matching is still challenging for occluded, textureless and discontinuous regions. This paper proposed an efficient and effective matching cost measurement and an adaptive shape guided filter-based matching cost aggregation method to improve the stereo matching performance for large textureless regions. At first, an efficient matching cost function combining enhanced image gradient-based matching cost and improved census transform-based matching cost is introduced. This proposed matching cost function is robust against radiometric variations and textureless regions. Following this, an adaptive shape cross-based window is constructed for each pixel and a modified guided filter based on this adaptive shape window is implemented for cost aggregation. The final disparity map is obtained after disparity selection and multiple steps disparity refinement. Experiments were conducted on the Middlebury benchmark dataset to evaluate the effectiveness of the proposed cost measurement and cost aggregation strategy. The experimental results demonstrated that the average matching error rate on Middlebury standard image pairs is 9.40%. Compared with the traditional guided filter-based stereo matching method, the proposed method achieved a better matching result in textureless regions.
A General User-Friendly Tool for Kinetic Calculations of Multi-Step Reactions within the Virtual Multifrequency Spectrometer Project
Authors: Nandi Surajit , Ballotta Bernardo , Rampino Sergio , Barone Vincenzo
Published: March 2020

We discuss the implementation of a computer program for accurate calculation of the kinetics of chemical reactions integrated in the user-friendly, multi-purpose Virtual Multifrequency Spectrometer tool. The program is based on the ab initio modeling of the involved molecular species, the adoption of transition-state theory for each elementary step of the reaction, and the use of a master-equation approach accounting for the complete reaction scheme. Some features of the software are illustrated through examples including the interconversion reaction of hydroxyacetone and 2-hydroxypropanal and the production of HCN and HNC from vinyl cyanide.