bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Participation in Occupation in Adults With Cerebral Palsy (CP) During Middle Adulthood: A Qualitative Exploration
Authors: Bagatell Nancy , Carrol Amanda , Chan Dara
Published: July 2020

Date Presented 03/28/20

Adults with CP are experiencing physiological changes earlier than adults without CP. This study examines how these changes impact participation in occupation. Findings indicate that adults with CP experienced significant changes in routine, social networks, and identity and received little support for managing these changes. These findings are significant for OTs, who can support these adults and promote continued participation in occupation.

Primary Author and Speaker: Nancy Bagatell

Additional Authors and Speakers: Amanda Carrol

Contributing Authors: Dara Chan
Cross-Lagged Panel Approach to Understanding Depression and Functional Status in the First Year After Stroke
Authors: Wong Alex , Wang Jiayu , Fong Mandy , Baum Carolyn , Ottenbacher Kenneth , Lenze Eric
Published: July 2020

Date Presented 03/28/20

We present evidence from a one-year longitudinal study of the prospective associations between depression and functional status in 1,219 stroke survivors after hospital discharge. Cross-lagged analyses found reciprocal relationships between depression and functional status over time. Our results not only aid in the identification of targets for intervention, but they also offer insight into how and when to intervene for stroke survivors transitioning to community settings.

Primary Author and Speaker: Alex Wong

Contributing Authors: Jiayu Wang, Mandy Fong, Carolyn Baum, Kenneth Ottenbacher, Eric Lenze
Usability and Reliability of the Pediatric Evaluation of Disability Inventory–Patient Reported Outcome (PEDI-PRO) Software Interface for Youth With Developmental Disabilities (DD)
Authors: Loeper Tara , Schwartz Ariel , Kramer Jessica , Greenberg Kimberly
Published: July 2020

Date Presented 03/28/20

The PEDI-PRO is a self-report of functional performance designed for transition-age youth with DD ages 14 through 22. We evaluated the usability of the PEDI-PRO software in clinical practice and established the reliability and accessibility of the PEDI-PRO user interface with transition-age youth with DD. Clinicians report high usability, and the accessibility features appear to support reliable reporting of daily activities, social and cognitive, and mobility function by youth with DD.

Primary Author and Speaker: Jessica Kramer

Additional Authors and Speakers: Tara Loeper, Ariel Schwartz, Kimberly Greenberg
"It Takes a Village to Get Through Cancer ”: A Photovoice Study Exploring the Lived Experiences of Community Cancer Survivors
Authors: Polo Katie , Ragle Amy , Ingram Gabrielle , Scholl Nicole , Mather Tamzyn , Welch Taylor
Published: July 2020

Date Presented 03/28/20

Researchers introduce a unique finding, a cultural shift, that occurs during cancer survivorship. This shift includes “funneling effects, ” such as changes in client factors, changes in perspective, and the experience of distress, all of which influence occupational engagement. Specifically, occupations were either lost, gained, or modified. Understanding the impact a cultural shift has on occupational engagement during survivorship underpins OT’s ability to build client-centered interventions.

Primary Author and Speaker: Katie Polo

Additional Authors and Speakers: Amy Ragle, Gabrielle Ingram, Nicole Scholl, Tamzyn Mather, Taylor Welch
Theory-Based Digital Interventions to Improve Psychosocial Outcomes in People With Neurological Disorders: Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis
Authors: Lau Stephen , Bhattacharjya Sutanuka , Fong Mandy , Lenze Eric , Baum Carolyn , Wong Alex W.K.
Published: July 2020

Date Presented 03/29/20

We conducted a systematic review and meta-analysis to evaluate the effectiveness of theory-based digital self-management interventions in people with neurological conditions. Results support the use of theory-based digital self-management interventions to reduce depression, fatigue, and anxiety and to enhance self-efficacy.

Primary Author and Speaker: Stephen Lau

Contributing Authors: Sutanuka Bhattacharjya, Mandy Fong, Eric Lenze, Carolyn Baum, Alex W.K. Wong
Changing characteristics of atmospheric CH4 on the Tibetan Plateau, records from 1994 to 2017 at Mount Waliguan station
Authors: Liu Shuo , Fang Shuangxi , Liu Peng , Liang Miao , Guo Minrui , Feng Zhaozhong
Published: July 2020

Abstract. A 24-year long-term observation of atmospheric CH4 was presented at Mt. Waliguan (WLG) station, the only WMO/GAW global station in inland of Eurasia. Overall, during 1994–2017, continuously increase of atmospheric CH4 was observed at WLG with yearly growth rate of 5.1 ± 0.1 ppb yr−1, although near-zero and even negative growth appeared in some particular periods, e.g., 1999–2000, and 2004–2006. The average CH4 mole fraction was only 1805.8 ± 0.1 ppb in 1995, but unprecedented elevated ~ 100 ppb and reached a historic high of 1903.8 ± 0.1 ppb in 2016. The seasonal averages of atmospheric CH4 at WLG were ordered by summer, winter, autumn and spring, and the correlation slopes of ΔCO/ΔCH4 showed a maximum in summer and minimum in winter, which was almost opposite to other sites in the northern hemisphere, e.g., Mauna Loa, Jungfraujoch, and was caused by regional transport. Strong potential sources at WLG were predominately identified in northeast (cities, e.g., Xining, Lanzhou) and southwest (the Northern India), and air masses from west and northwest regions were accompanied with higher CH4 mole fractions than that from city regions. What is interesting is that obviously changes appeared in different observing periods. Generally, (i) the amplitudes of diurnal or seasonal cycles were continuously increasing over time, (ii) the wind sectors with elevated CH4 moved from ENE- ... -SSE sectors in early periods to NNE- ... -E sectors (city regions) in later years, (iii) the area of source regions was increasing along with the years, and strong sources gradually shifted from northeast to southwest, (iv) the annual growth rates in recent years (e.g., 2013–2016) were significantly larger than that in early periods (e.g., 1998–2012). We conclude that the site was more and more affected by regional sources along with the time. Northern India was possibly becoming the strongest source area to WLG rather than city regions before. The case study in the Tibetan Plateau showed that the atmospheric CH4 observed in Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau changed not as expected, the annual growth rate was even larger than that in city regions in some period (e.g., 7.3 ± 0.1 ppb yr−1 in 2013–2016). It is unambiguous that the anomalously fluctuations of atmospheric CH4 in this region are a warning to the world, its increasingly annual growth rate may be a dangerous signal to global climate change.
Validation of reanalysis Southern Ocean atmosphere trends using sea ice data
Authors: Hobbs William R. , Klekociuk Andrew R. , Pan Yuhang
Published: July 2020

Abstract. Reanalysis products are an invaluable tool for representing variability and long-term trends in regions with limited in-situ data, and especially the Antarctic. A comparison of 8 different reanalysis products shows large differences sea level pressure and surface air temperature trends over the high latitude Southern Ocean, with implications for studies of the atmosphere's role in driving ocean-sea ice changes. In this study, we use the established close coupling between sea ice cover and surface temperature to evaluate these reanalysis trends using the independent, 30-year sea ice record from 1980–2010. We demonstrate that sea ice trends are a reliable validation tool for most months of the year, although the sea ice-surface temperature coupling is weakest in summer when the surface energy budget is dominated by atmosphere-to-ocean heat fluxes. Based on our analysis, we find that surface air temperature trends in JRA55 are most consistent with satellite-observed sea ice trends over the polar waters of the Southern Ocean.
A homogenized daily in situ PM2.5 concentration dataset from national air quality
monitoring network in China
Authors: Bai Kaixu , Li Ke , Wu Chengbo , Chang Ni-Bin , Guo Jianping
Published: July 2020

Abstract. In situ PM2.5 concentration observations have long been used as critical data sources in haze related studies. Due to the frequently occurred haze pollution episodes, China started to establish the national ambient air quality monitoring network in 2012 but without providing a data download interface to the public. In this study, a five-year long homogenized daily in situ PM2.5 concentration dataset was generated on the basis of discrete data records retrieved from the China National Environmental Monitoring Center (CNEMC) via a web crawler. A set of methods for the purposes of gap filling, data merging, homogeneity test, and bias correction were geared up seamlessly to improve the data integrity and to make essential adjustments to the inherent discontinues detected in each PM2.5 concentration record. After excluding those records with limited temporal coverage, a dataset including 1,309 long-term coherent PM2.5 concentration time series at a daily resolution between 2015 and 2019 was carefully compiled. This is the first thrust to homogenize in situ PM2.5 observations in China. The trend estimations derived from the homogenized dataset indicate a spatially homogeneous decreasing tendency of PM2.5 across China at a mean rate of about −7.6 % per year from 2015 to 2019. Compared with the raw PM2.5 concentration dataset, the homogenized dataset not only has a complete temporal coverage but is more consistent over space and time. This homogenized daily in situ PM2.5 concentration dataset is publicly accessible at https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.917557, which can be used as a significant data source for satellite-based PM2.5 concentration mapping, population exposure risk assessment, and air quality monitoring and management.
Bilinear pressure diffusion and termination of bilinear flow in a vertically fractured well injecting at constant pressure
Authors: Pérez Donoso Patricio-Ignacio , Ortiz Rojas Adrián-Enrique , Meneses Rioseco Ernesto
Published: July 2020

Abstract. This work studies intensively the flow in fractures with
finite hydraulic conductivity intersected by a well injecting or producing at
constant pressure, either during an injection or production well test or the
operation of a production well. Previous investigations showed that for a
certain time the reciprocal of flow rate is proportional to the fourth root
of time, which is characteristic of the flow regime known as bilinear flow.
Using a 2D numerical model, we demonstrated that during the bilinear flow
regime the transient propagation of isobars along the fracture is
proportional to the fourth root of time. Moreover, we present relations to
calculate the termination time of bilinear flow under constant injection or
production well pressure as well as an expression for the bilinear
hydraulic diffusivity of fractures with finite hydraulic conductivity. To
determine the termination of bilinear flow regime, two different methods
were used: (a) numerically measuring the transient flow rate in the well and
(b) analyzing the propagation of isobars along the fracture. Numerical
results show that for low dimensionless fracture conductivities the
transition from bilinear flow to another flow regime (e.g., pseudo-radial
flow) occurs before the pressure front reaches the fracture tip, and for high
dimensionless fracture conductivities it occurs when the pressure front
arrives at the fracture tip. Hence, this work complements and advances
previous research on the interpretation and evaluation of well test analysis
under different reservoir conditions. Our results aim to improve the
understanding of the hydraulic diffusion in fractured geologic media, and as
a result they can be utilized for the interpretation of hydraulic tests, for
example to estimate the fracture length.
Highlights.
The reciprocal of flow rate is proportional to the fourth root
of time. The migration of isobars in the fracture is proportional to the
fourth root of time. For low dimensionless fracture conductivities, bilinear flow
ends before the pressure front reaches the fracture tip. For high dimensionless fracture conductivities, bilinear flow
ends when the pressure front reaches the fracture tip. Isobars accelerate when they approach the fracture tip.
Doing Marginalized Motherhood: Identities and Practices among Incarcerated Women in Mexico
Authors: Sandberg Sveinung , Agoff Carolina , Fondevila Gustavo
Published: July 2020

This study examines the mothering practices and identities of incarcerated women in Mexico. Data gathered from repeated life-story interviews with 12 women, were analyzed to describe mothering practices in the different phases of incarcerated women’s’ lives. We argue that knowledge of the Latin American context is crucial to understand their experiences of motherhood. In a society based on familism and marianismo identities that suffers from a lack of welfare institutions, motherhood provided a way for socially and economically excluded women to escape destructive family environments and gain autonomy. Motherhood also provided a way to cope with the stigma of delinquency. Using the framework of Southern Criminology, we explore the importance of marginalized motherhood in this tradition. The results reveal the tragic paradox of motherhood for incarcerated women and the importance of studying marginalized mothering beyond the Global North.
n. 33 - POLÍTICAS PÚBLICAS DE FORMAÇÃO DE PROFESSORES E EDUCAÇÃO A DISTÂNCIA: UM CAMINHO PARA O CUMPRIMENTO DO PNE (?)
Authors: Braga Daniel Santos , Pereira Isabella Adriane Martins
Published: July 2020

O objeto de reflexão deste artigo são as possibilidades de usos da educação a distância como instrumento para o cumprimento de metas e estratégias do Plano Nacional de Educação (2014-2024) relativas à formação de professores. Foi realizada análise de conteúdo da legislação em vigor e uma discussão sobre as especificidades da educação a distância. Foi feito também um levantamento de informações sobre essa modalidade no Censo da Educação Superior. Os principais achados da investigação são que essa modalidade de oferta educacional é considerada pelo legislador como um instrumento que pode ser utilizado para políticas de formação de professores. Além disso, foi possível constatar empiricamente que, de fato, a modalidade tem sido recorrentemente utilizada nos últimos anos, com destaque para o nível superior. No entanto, a educação a distância, a despeito das suas potencialidades, também apresenta limites para o cumprimento efetivo das metas nacionais para a formação docente.
Application of the SERVQUAL Model for the Evaluation of the Service Quality in Moroccan Higher Education: Public Engineering School as a Case Study
Authors: GOUMAIRI Ouissal , AOULA Es-Saâdia , SOUDA Souad BEN
Published: July 2020

The quality of higher education systems currently represents a major challenge for the development of societies. In Morocco, engineering education is at the heart of this development, it is a major and necessary lever which, due to an increasingly demanding job market, faces several challenges. According to Moroccan Directorate for Strategies and Information Systems (2018) these challenges are classified into two categories: quantitative (low rate of Moroccan engineers compared to global figures; 1.57 graduates in engineering per 10,000 inhabitants in 2016) and qualitative (adaptation of the academic curriculum to the needs of the job market). However, little work has been done on the introduction of service assessment tools in higher education in Morocco (Akrim, Figari, Mottier-Lopez, & Talbi, 2010).In our article, we are interested in the SERVQUAL method (SERVice QUALity-Quality of Service). This approach, initially designed to measure customer satisfaction in a company, allows, when applied to higher education, to measure student satisfaction at the university. Based on a bibliographic research, we have identified the five dimensions of the model that impact the quality of service.Through the application of this model to a sample of students from a public engineering school, we have been able to determine that tangible elements and physical installations have the biggest impact on service quality with a negative quality gap (-2.0275). As a result, more efforts are needed in these dimensions to improve service quality.In conclusion, the SERVQUAL model, applied to the educational system and more precisely higher education, allows to quantify the non-quality by measuring the gap between the perception of the students and their expectations for a good service. It has the advantage of helping decision-makers take corrective actions needed to improve the service quality provided by universities as a part of a process of continuous improvement to achieve higher degree of excellence.
Demandas de décadas da Enfermagem se sobressaem no enfrentamento à Pandemia COVID-19
Authors: Peruzzo Simone
Published: July 2020

O enfrentamento da pandemia de COVID 19 está expondo de forma excepcional as demandas históricas da Enfermagem em relação às más condições de trabalho, a falta qualiquantitativa dos Equipamentos de Proteção Individual e o subdimensionamento da equipe de enfermagem Entre outras lutas defendidas pelas organizações da profissão, que aguardam há mais de duas décadas, a devida aprovação de Projetos de Lei pelo congresso nacional O que pensar quando determinada autoridade afirma que nossas reivindicações não podem ser atendidas porque somos muitos, se comparados ao quantitativo de outras profissões? Sentimentos como decepção, desvalorização, insensatez, incoerência, discriminação e o desconhecimento da natureza da nossa profissão, colaboram para a incredulidade É hora de a sociedade apoiar a categoria perante esses desafios, reconhecendo a especificidade da profissão e o protagonismo que a Enfermagem exerce, oferecendo a ela condições de consolidar a prática social com qualidade e segurança
Predictors of long-term renal function after kidney surgery for patients with preoperative chronic kidney disease
Authors: Silagy Andrew , Zabor Emily , Mano Roy , DiNatale Renzo , Marcon Julian , Kashani Mahyar , Blum Kyle , Reznik Eduard , Jaimes Edgar , Coleman Jonathan , Hakimi A. Ari , Russo Paul
Published: July 2020

Introduction: We evaluated the trajectory of estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR) after kidney surgery in patients with kidney cancer and chronic kidney disease (CKD).

Methods: We identified 1204 consecutive patients in our institutional database with preoperative CKD undergoing partial or radical nephrectomy from 1998–2016. Postoperative eGFR was tracked, with patients censored when receiving dialysis or kidney transplantation. A multivariable mixed-effects models assessed associations between preoperative baseline patient and tumor characteristics, and longitudinal eGFR. The Kaplan-Meier method and multivariable Cox regression were used to estimate overall survival, cancer-specific survival, and cumulative incidence of dialysis.

Results: Preoperatively, 892 (74.1%), 271 (22.5%), and 41 (3.4%) patients had CKD stage 3a, 3b, and 4/5, respectively. There were 55 patients dialyzed and 355 deaths (99 from kidney cancer). Median followup was 8.1 years, with 25 781 postoperative eGFR measurements. Factors associated with decreasing eGFR postoperatively included radical nephrectomy, male gender, older age, increased body mass index (BMI), and cardiovascular risk factors. We observed a significant interaction effect between time from surgery and preoperative CKD stage: the eGFR of stage 3a patients improved, while stage ≥3b declined (p<0.001). The two- year and five-year cumulative incidence of dialysis was 1.8% (1.1–2.6%) and 3.1% (2.2–4.2%), respectively. The cumulative incidence of dialysis, with death as a competing event, significantly differed by preoperative CKD stage.

Conclusions: Preoperative CKD stage ≥3b is independently associated with a higher risk of declining renal function, dialysis, and mortality. With careful selection, patients with preoperative CKD withstand kidney surgery with low rates of dialysis.
A scoping review of the clinical efficacy and safety of the novel thulium fiber laser: The rising star of laser lithotripsy
Authors: Gao Bruce , Bobrowski Adam , Lee Jason
Published: July 2020

Introduction: The holmium:yttrium-aluminum-garnet (Ho:YAG) laser is the gold standard for intracorporeal lithotripsy. Preclinical reports suggest the thulium laser fibre (TFL) may possess advantages over the Ho:YAG laser, including improved lithotripsy efficacy, enhanced safety, and lower costs. Although the TFL is well-characterized in vitro, there are no reviews examining TFL lithotripsy in a clinical setting.

Methods: A review of the literature was conducted using a systematic search of MEDLINE, PubMed, and Embase, yielding a total of 130 manuscripts published up to May 2020. Two independent reviewers selected studies for screening, eligibility, and inclusion into the scoping review. Following the title, abstract, and full-text review, 14 articles were analyzed.

Results: Within these articles, there were 13 prospective cohort studies and one case series. The average sample size was 100 participants. Study followup durations ranged from four weeks to three months. TFL had comparable stone-free rates to Ho:YAG lasers and improved operating time. TFL was subjectively favorable in terms of stone retropulsion, stone fragmentation, endoscopic maneuverability, and endoscopic visibility. TFL appeared clinically safe and did not result in any major complications. Many studies were underpowered and non-peer-reviewed, demonstrating the need for additional research in this field.

Conclusions: The TFL has the potential to catalyze a paradigm shift in laser lithotripsy. While the objective of this scoping review was to describe the contemporary landscape of the literature, it is important to consider that inferences posed by the studies described herein must be tempered by the low quality of available evidence.
The Relationship Between the Digital Game Dependence and Violence Tendency Levels of High School Students
Authors: Göldağ Battal
Published: July 2020

The aim of this study is to investigate the relationship between digital game dependence levels and violence tendency levels of high school students. In the present research, relational survey model has been used. The population of the study consists of 9th, 10th, 11th grade students in the high schools in Battalgazi and Yeşilyurt districts of Malatya in the spring term of 2018-2019 academic year. Simple random sampling method has been used for our sample selection. Digital Game Addiction Scale (DGAS-7) was used to determine the level of digital game addiction, and Violence Tendency Scale (VRS) was used to determine the levels of violence tendency. DGAS-7 was developed by Lemmens et al. (2009). To determine the problematic digital game behaviors of adolescents between the ages of 12-18. It has been developed by Haskan and Yıldırım to measure the tendency of violence among adolescents.

According to the results obtained in our research; according to the monotetic format, 4.6% of the students participating in the research were addicted to digital games, while 95.4% were not dependent. According to the polythetic format, while 21.7% is addicted to digital games, 78.3% is not addicted. There was a statistically significant difference between female and male students in terms of digital game addiction and violence tendency in favor of female students. There was also a significant difference between the levels of digital game addiction and violence tendency according to mobile phone ownership. This difference is in favor of students who do not have mobile phones. There has been a statistically significant difference between the levels of digital game addiction in favor of the students who do not have mobile internet connection, but no significant difference has been found between the levels of violence tendency. There has been a statistically significant difference between non-dependent students in terms of violent tendency levels in terms of digital game addiction in monotetic and polythetic format. The level of violence tendency of non-dependent students is lower than that of dependent students. There has been a statistically significant difference between digital game addiction levels and violence tendency levels according to the duration of digital game play. This difference is in favor of students who play less time in a day. There has been a positive and moderate relationship between digital game addiction levels and violence tendency levels.
Estimating Smooth and Convex Functions
Authors: Lim Eunji , Kim Kihwan
Published: July 2020

We propose a new method for estimating an unknown regression function $f_*:[\alpha, \beta] \rightarrow \mathbb{R}$ from a dataset $(X_1, Y_1), \dots, (X_n,$ $Y_n)$ when the only information available on $f_*$ is the fact that $f_*$ is convex and twice differentiable. In the proposed method, we fit a convex function to the dataset that minimizes the sum of the roughness of the fitted function and the average squared differences between the fitted function and $f_*$. We prove that the proposed estimator can be computed by solving a convex quadratic programming problem with linear constraints. Numerical results illustrate the superior performance of the proposed estimator compared to existing methods when i) $f_*$ is the price of a stock option as a function of the strike price and ii) $f_*$ is the steady-state mean waiting time of a customer in a single server queue.
Review of the Evidence: The Interface between Poverty, Livelihoods, Institutions, and Community Development
Authors: Wubayehu Tadele Zemede
Published: July 2020

This paper seeks to critically review the existing literature on the links or interfaces between poverty, livelihoods, institutions, and community development. This discussion gives a clear understanding of how poverty is created and gives a clue of how sustainable policy intervention could be developed. The study adopted the Sustainable Livelihood Approach as an overall theoretical framework that guides this discussion. The reviewed literature shows that there are strong and complex interfaces between poverty, livelihoods, institutions and community development and they influence each other in several ways. The interfaces between these concepts influence the choices and nature of livelihood strategies that people employ to pursue their livelihood outcomes. The livelihood outcomes may be positive or negative and it is determined by how these concepts are linked together. For instance, the existing empirical evidences shows that having access to livelihood assets, investment in infrastructure, presence of enabling policy and institution result in positive livelihood outcomes whereas lack of access to assets, increased vulnerabilities, low investment in infrastructures, lack of popular participation, poverty and weak policy and institution together result in adopting of failed livelihood strategies which in turn resulted in negative livelihood outcomes. Thus, to formulate policies, strategies and programs that can effectively address poverty and result in sustainable development, policy makers should consider and understand the connection between these concepts before the formulation of policy, strategies or programs. Without understand this it is difficult to formulate policies, programs, and strategies that can positively contribute to poverty reduction and sustainable development.
De herstelrechtelijke reactie op extremistisch geweld
Authors: Rens Evelien , Lauwaert Katrien , Aertsen Ivo
Published: July 2020

The restorative justice response to extremist violence – A closer look at European initiatives

Organizing restorative justice practices around crimes involving extremist violence remains a difficult task. It is not self-evident to bring perpetrators with very specific and radical ideas into contact with their victims. Nevertheless, interesting initiatives have been made in a number of European countries. In Spain, Italy and Northern Ireland, among others, initiatives were taken in response to the extremist violence that these countries experienced at the end of the 20th century. These initiatives have a very specific context and praxis, initiated ad hoc with attention to the specific needs of those involved. In no case can they be considered standard models or generalized practices. This contribution describes some of these initiatives in Spain, Italy and Northern Ireland and reflects on the potential uses of these dialogues in general.
New forms of spirituality and the threat of sects in the context of religious security
Authors: Czura Tomasz , Mączka Ewelina, Anna
Published: July 2020

The presented article is an attempt to show the relationship between the emerging new forms of spirituality and the threat of sects. The authors analyze the contemporary cultural context in terms of widely understood spirituality. They then come to the conclusion that subjectivization of religion leads to destabilization of the religious life of a given community and gives rise to possibilities of abuse in the religious space.
At the same time, the authors are aware of the urgent need to free religion from ossification, passivity, the feeling of siege, excessive institutionalisation. However, they want to draw attention to the dangers resulting from the simplification that is increasingly being heard, which can be formulated as follows: Let us move religion into the private sphere, and the problems of religious conflicts and abuses connected with spiritual life will end. The authors draw attention to the fact that the problem is much more complex and requires coordinated action on religious security.
Threats of identity theft in cyberspace - case study
Authors: Jakubiec Wojciech
Published: July 2020

We can certainly say that identity theft on the Internet is a growing criminal phenomenon. The perpetrators’ actions are most often motivated by financial gain. The article discusses selected issues concerning so-called Internet fraudsters. In particular, it draws attention to the actions taken in cyberspace and the risks that accompany such decisions. I point out that the most vulnerable to identity theft are elderly people who do not even know basic security procedures. The article not only draws attention to the dangers themselves but also describes the way criminals act. It also states that in order to minimize the risks faced by network users, attention should be paid to training needs related to with security in cyberspace. An important aspect of this is to draw attention to the risks associated with personal data improperly stored on electronic media integrated into the Internet.
The role of length of asylum procedure and legal status in the labour market integration of refugees in Germany
Authors: Kosyakova Yuliya , Brenzel Hanna
Published: July 2020

This study examines the role of the length of the asylum procedure and legal status in the integration process among recently arrived refugees in Germany. In particular, we focus on the transition to the first German language course and the transition to first employment. For our empirical investigation, we rely on the newest data from the IAB-BAMF-SOEP-Refugee Sample and apply survival analyses techniques. The results show that both procedure length and legal status shape integration processes. First, lengthy asylum procedures impede investments in acquisition of the language of the host society and delay labour market entry. Second, having a decision on the asylum application (irrespective of the outcome) increases the transition rate to the first job and promotes entry into the first language course. Presumably, legal certainty and a corresponding residence permit (even with a shorter-term perspective) are more decisive for the take-up of employment or investment in host country language acquisition. Beyond the outcome and the length of the asylum procedure, the origin country matters: refugees arriving from countries whose citizens have rather high prospects of remaining are quicker to take up a language course, whereas refugees with poor staying prospects manage to enter the labour market promptly to eventually improve their prospects of staying in Germany. We conclude that policymakers should prioritize efficient asylum procedures to create timely legal certainty and to encourage refugees’ integration process.
Vom Raumklima der Demokratie
Authors: Böhmer Anselm
Published: July 2020

Gesellschaft und Wirtschaft erfolgen in sozialen Netzwerken. Die Freie Wohlfahrtspflege muss sich deshalb verstärkt um sozialräumliche Konzepte kümmern.
Fahrzeugdaten
Authors: Schreck Giuliana
Published: July 2020

Fahrzeuge stecken voller datenverarbeitender Sensoren. Im Falle eines Unfalls besteht zunehmend die Versuchung mit den Unfalldaten der Beweisnot zu begegnen. Möglichkeiten und Grenzen der Datennutzung im Zivilprozess sind Gegenstand der Arbeit. Da die Vorstellung über Art und Ausmaß der verfügbaren Daten für die rechtliche Würdigung unverzichtbar ist, werden zunächst die technischen Gegebenheiten dargestellt. Sodann widmet sich die Autorin der Frage, ob dem Halter ein materieller Auskunftsanspruch bzgl. der Unfalldaten zusteht und bejaht insoweit einen Anspruch aus Art. 15 DS-GVO gegen den Hersteller. Anschließend werden Fragen des Beweisantritts gem. §§ 371 ff. ZPO erörtert, wobei sich die Autorin mit der Grundsatzproblematik des Datenbesitzes befasst und das Bestehen materieller Ansprüche bzgl. der gegnerischen Unfalldaten prüft. Mit Blick auf das Auto der Zukunft und die hohe Zahl von Verkehrsprozessen widmet sich die Arbeit einer aktuellen und praxisbezogenen Fragestellung.
Die Umsetzung der Aktionärsrechterichtlinie (2007/36/EG) in Deutschland und Europa
Authors: Huprich Maximilian
Published: July 2020

The objective of the shareholder’s rights directive (2007/36/EC) is to allow shareholders to effectively safeguard their interests in the company across the borders of the entire European internal market. The directive therefore establishes minimum standards for shareholders’ meetings. The preparation, the execution as well as the follow-up process of the shareholders’ meeting are substantially affected by European law. The book outlines the specific measures and compares the implementation of the provisions in Germany, Austria and the United Kingdom. The comparison of the different jurisdictions draws conclusions for theory and practice, in particular as regards the interpretation of the specific provisions.
Dialogue in Universalism and Universalism in Dialogue
Authors: Allinson Robert Elliott ,   Polish Academy of Sciences
Published: July 2020

In this paper, I endeavor to penetrate to the heart of Janusz Kuczyński’s writings about his concept of universalism and to offer my own deliberations upon it based upon my previous writings concerning universalism and dialogue and on my considerations of necessary conditions for the possibility of universal dialogue taking place. To this end, I posit ten conditions for the possibility of entering into genuine universal dialogue. For clarification of Kuczyński’s concept of universalism, I analyze his concept into meta-universalism (M-Universalism) and holistic universalism (W-Universalism). I also discuss the important role of complementarity in the selection of the content of both types of universalism. Finally, I discuss how the phenomenological epoché can be employed to choose the basic values that constitute the shared values of universalism. In so doing, I make reference to Chinese philosophy to illustrate the universality of ethical values.
Post-Kantian Elements in the Intersubjectively Constituted Subject of Universalism as a Metaphilosophy
Authors: Krakowiak Józef Leszek ,   Polish Academy of Sciences
Published: July 2020

This comparative essay about two kinds of interpersonal-centric humanism is dedicated to the memory of professor Janusz Kuczyński and his conception of dialogical universalism as a metaphilosophy, and shows Immanuel Kant’s thought as a ceaseless source of inspiration for all anti-conservatives and universalists. Kant’s philosophy gave man an unforgettable sense of freedom, because it not only posed the imperative of building a pan-human community of all rational beings, but also revealed the above-natural sense of the human species’ imposition of purposefulness upon itself, and the realisation of this purposefulness in the form of a republican federation of free states dedicated to co-creating eternal peace. Kantian ethics did not reach beyond the obligations people had towards one another, hence it was functionally anthropological and uninfluenced by religion, which re-situated philosophy with regard to scientific cognition and religious experience, giving rise to a metaphysics of anthropological responsibility for the condition of the spiritual freedom this ethic propounded. Kant revealed the existence of a metaphysical difference in the sphere of being—between the determinism of nature and the moral kingdom of freedom—without direct reference to the transcendental source of these two essentially different worlds. Kant was the first to set morality rooted in the autonomy and unanimous will of all rational beings—or true humanity—against legal and religious legalism. Kant laid weight on the processual character of man’s self-education to social life through the sense of commitment to self-improvement for the benefit of the solidary co-existence of all rational beings that he developed in himself as a rational being. Thus created freedom is founded on the selflesness of goodness and represents a new quality of being that only manifests itself and evolves in community, interpersonalcentrically. It is a universalistic approach capable of gradually neutralising the human inclination towards radical evil.My attempt to compare these two interpersonalcentric humanism conceptions aims to add some substance to this very delicate element in Kuczyński’s universalism as a metaphilosophy construct.
The Phenomenon of Fanaticism
Authors: Rosińska Zofia , Czemiel Grzegorz ,   Polish Academy of Sciences
Published: July 2020

The paper describes the model shape of fanaticism. It defines fanaticism as a willing enslavement of personality and analysed the following features of it: intentionality, missionary attitude, being in love, intolerance, ability to satisfy ambivalent desires for objectivization and for subjectivization, and ability to evoke ambivalent feelings: moral condemnation and the feeling of admiration.
The Sense of Existence in Marxism, Christianity and Liberal Mass Culture
Authors: Kuczyński Janusz ,   Polish Academy of Sciences
Published: July 2020

The paper presents reflections on human existence and the nature of human being. The author of the paper presents his own standpoint and compares it with other philosophical and religious conceptions of the human being, inter alia those formed in Christianity, Marxism and Cartesianism. The primary concern of the essay is the existential-anthropological significance of human being’s creativity.
Good as a Correlate of Community
Authors: Kuczyński Janusz ,   Polish Academy of Sciences
Published: July 2020

The paper analyses various conceptions of good and evil, as well as the bases of these two basic values. The author does not present these values in isolation but as elements of metaphysical conceptions and also of social systems.
Práxis da libertação: Figuras que animam a luta
Authors: Farias Tânia , Flores Paulo , Balardim Paulo , Recio Liliana Perez
Published: July 2020

Resumo: Em forma de entrevista, o grupo Ói Nóis Aqui Traveiz, de Porto Alegre, traz à pauta o contexto histórico e político de algumas das peças em que trabalharam ao longo dos anos, suas parcerias, referências e inspirações criativas. Como eixo das falas, sua relação com os recursos do teatro de animação utilizados em seus espetáculos e a potência transgressora que eles trazem.Palavras-chave: Ditadura militar. Alegorias. Bonecos gigantes. Teatro de rua. Censura.
Évaluation du projet pilote des caméras corporelles du Service de police de la Ville de Montréal
Authors: Boivin12 Rémi , D’Elia Maurizio
Published: July 2020

Les caméras corporelles sont souvent évaluées comme un outil pouvant amener les policiers et les citoyens à agir plus conformément aux attentes et normes sociales lorsqu’ils sont filmés. La Ville de Montréal a récemment mené un déploiement partiel de caméras corporelles afin d’évaluer la faisabilité et la pertinence d’équiper l’ensemble de ses policiers de cette technologie. Le présent article vise à évaluer l’impact quantitatif de l’implantation de caméras corporelles sur plusieurs indicateurs liés à la qualité des interventions police-citoyens à Montréal. Ces indicateurs proviennent de statistiques officielles, de sondages auprès de personnes ayant reçu un constat d’intervention et de données de la cour municipale de Montréal. Ces données ont été analysées en utilisant la méthode des doubles différences, c’est-à-dire en comparant les périodes avant et pendant l’implantation des caméras corporelles, pour le groupe expérimental et le groupe contrôle. Les résultats proposent que les caméras aient eu peu d’impact sur les interactions police-citoyens, principalement en raison du nombre de cas très limité ou d’un niveau de satisfaction à la base élevé qui rendaient improbable la détection d’un quelconque effet statistiquement significatif.
Los Centros Especiales de Empleo: configuración legal e incidencia y valoración de las últimas actuaciones normativas
Authors: Sánchez Pachón Luis Ángel
Published: July 2020

El reconocimiento legal de los Centros Especiales de Empleo (CEE) se produjo en la Ley 13/1982, de 7 de abril. La Ley 5/2011, de Economía Social, incluyó a los CEE dentro de las entidades de economía social. El Real Decreto Legislativo 1/2013 dio una nueva definición de los CEE. La Ley 9/2017, de 8 de noviembre, de contratos del sector público, produjo un cambio significativo en la tipificación de los CEE, repercutiendo en las reservas de contrataciones del sector público. En el trabajo repasamos esta evolución normativa, nos centramos en la caracterización actual de los CEE y en el cambio significativo producido en la Ley de 2017. El cambio no deja de ser polémico. En los pocos años de vigencia de la reforma surgen conflictos en su aplicación, discrepancias interpretativas, desajustes o colisiones con otras instituciones de nuestro sistema jurídico y no faltan, tampoco, voces críticas que cuestionan sus objetivos.
Indicadores de empleabilidad: de la inclusión al desarrollo de las carreras laborales
Authors: Llinares-Insa Lucía , Córdoba-Iñesta Ana Isabel , Zacarés-González Juan José , González-Navarro Pilar
Published: July 2020

De la misma forma que la educación tiene la responsabilidad de fomentar la inserción laboral, la empleabilidad está reconocida como una competencia para el logro y mantenimiento del empleo, es por ello que, la empleabilidad es un eje central en la educación. En la Declaración de Incheon y el Objetivo 4 de Educación 2030 de Desarrollo Sostenible se destaca la importancia de las competencias básicas para hacer frente a la vulnerabilidad social y con el fin de conseguir el pleno empleo. Sin embargo, en la literatura científica sobre empleabilidad no hay acuerdo sobre los indicadores que la integran. Nuestro objetivo es delimitar qué indicadores resultan relevantes para el desarrollo de la empleabilidad. Para ello, analizamos los indicadores de empleabilidad que utilizan 30 empresas de inserción (EI) españolas para la realización de los itinerarios formativos de los trabajadores de inserción (PTI). Los resultados muestran una gran heterogeneidad de indicadores. La mayoría de ellos son características individuales, en menor medida hemos encontrado circunstancias personales y prácticamente inexistentes aparecen factores contextuales. Este artículo finaliza resaltando el vínculo formación-trabajo y la formación integral de la persona.
Las empresas de inserción en España en 2019
Authors: García Calavia Miguel Ángel
Published: July 2020

En el presente artículo, se ofrecen los resultados de una radiografía que se ha llevado a cabo de las empresas sociales de integración laboral en España, cinco años después de dada por finalizada la gran recesión de este siglo (2009-2014). Se trata de iniciativas ya consolidadas que han evidenciado su capacidad de innovación en la búsqueda de soluciones adecuadas tanto en lo que se refiere al entorno territorial como a los distintos grupos destinatarios.Además, en la investigación empírica se quiere profundizar en una de las funciones sociales básicas de este tipo de empresas: la de intermediarias de transición de grupos sociales desfavorecidos en el mercado de trabajo.Las fuentes de información para la radiografía provienen de documentación de FAEDEI y de entrevistas en profundidad a informantes cualificados, mediadores laborales de las WISE. Los resultados han permitido profundizar en el conocimiento de los procesos de inserción de las personas con serias dificultades para encontrar empleo y en riesgo de exclusión social.
Evaluation of knowledge, attitudes, and clinical education of dental students about COVID-19 pandemic
Authors: Ataş Osman , Talo Yildirim Tuba
Published: July 2020

Background

The novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) is a new viral respiratory illness, first identified in Wuhan province, China. Dental professionals and dental students are at an increased risk for these viruses from dental patients, as dental practice involves face-to-face communication with the patients and frequent exposure to saliva, blood, and other body fluids. Dental education can play an important role in the training of dental students, adequate knowledge and adopting attitudes regarding infection control measures. The aim of this study was to evaluate knowledge, attitudes, and clinical education of dental students about COVID-19 pandemic.

Methods

A total of 355 pre-clinical and clinical dental students (242 and 113, respectively, comprising 190 females and 165 males) at Fırat University Dentistry Faculty, in Elazığ, Turkey answered an online questionnaire about the biosafety procedures for and their attitudes to and knowledge of COVID-19. The study was conducted in March 2020, Turkey. The data gained were analyzed using descriptive statistical methods and chi-square test.

Results

Both the clinical and preclinical students were found to be afraid of infecting themselves and their environment with COVID-19, and the difference between them was statistically significant. Three quarters (74.9%) of the participants responded yes to the question of whether they thought that experiences related to COVID-19 affected them psychologically, with the differences between gender and clinical status were statistically significant. Responses to the question of which clinical rotation worried them more were 29.9% endodontics, 25.1% oral and maxillofacial surgery, 16.3% prosthesis, 15.2% periodontology, 6.8% restorative dentistry, 3.9% oral diagnosis and radiology, 1.7% pedodontics, and 1.1% orthodontics, with a significant difference between the preclinical and clinical students. Regarding the measures applied by the clinical students in their clinical rotation, the responses were 100% gloves and 100% mask (with 11.5% FFP3/N95 mask), 73.6% face protective shield and 37.1% safety glasses, and 49% bonnet and 16.8% disposable box, with 90.2% frequent hand washing, and 86.7% frequent hand antiseptic usage.

Conclusions

While students gave good responses regarding the standard measures they take to protect against transmission of COVID-19, their knowledge and attitudes about the extra measures they can take should be improved. For students to be least affected by fears associated with the disease, dental faculties should be ready to provide psychological services to those in need.