bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Rhizomatic Learning in Action: A Virtual Exposition for Demonstrating Learning Rhizomes
Authors: Brailas Alexios
Published: January 2021

In this paper, we developed a virtual exposition as a model to visualize and demonstrate the dynamic and non-linear affordances of a learning rhizome. Virtual expositions are non-linear multimodal web installations that facilitate the creation of interconnections through which the research as practice and the practice as research are highlighted and communicated more effectively. Through a specific virtual exposition platform, we created a visual and performative representation of a rhizomatic learning course, allowing visitors to experience the complexity, multiplicity, unpredictability, and multivoicedness of such an approach in an isomorphic way. A complex learning rhizome is a performative confluence of human and non-human actors that engages people, resources, processes, and contextual parameters. As such, it is impossible to be represented in any representational format. The virtual exposition developed here attempts to offer a fair approximative model of rhizomatic learning which is far better than text-only linear representations. This paper offers a new view to rhizomatic learning as an applied practice that can enhance teaching and catalyze learning through complex synergies and dynamics. The originality of this paper lies in its attempt to bridge linear with non-linear academic research formats in order to offer a multimodal and performative model of rhizomatic learning. Theoretical and practical implications for learning and teaching are discussed.
Em Tempos de COVID-19
Authors: Gilson Soares Feitosa
Published: January 2021

O Editorial trata do dia-a-dia de todos os profissionais da saúde do Hospital Santa Izabel durante os meses de pandemia no Hospital em 2020.
The Reduction of Cardiac Patients in the Coronary Care Unit of the Santa Izabel Hospital During the COVID-19 Pandemic
Authors: Gilson Feitosa  , Leandro Cavalcanti  , Amanda Fraga  , Milana Prado  , Gilson Feitosa Filho  , Joberto Sena  , Antonio Carlos Sales Nery  , Paulo Barbosa  , José Carlos Brito
Published: January 2021

The coronary care unit by Santa Izabel Hospital (Salvador, Bahia, Brazil) made a comparison of admitted patients with coronary disease cases admitted between two equivalent periods ranging from April through July in 2019 and 2020. There was a striking reduction in 2020 of cases of ST-elevation myocardial infarction (39%); non-ST elevation myocardial infarction (19%); and unstable angina pectoris (21%). This occurred in parallel with what happened in many parts of the world and hampered offering the best treatment strategy to these patients with an acute coronary syndrome such as invasive stratification and myocardial revascularization.
Links between foreign and security policy and historical memory: the case of Serbia – Kosovo relations
Authors: Jagiełło-Szostak Anna
Published: January 2021

The article aims to analyse the impact of historical memory on foreign and security policy using the example of the Serbia – Kosovo relations in the period of 2014-2019. Historical memory is a burden, challenge and opportunity for foreign and security policy, and has a considerable impact on bilateral relations between countries which used to be in conflict. Historical memory generates numerous research questions – who is the architect of memory? what are the actors? what are the mechanisms, tools and instruments of its creation? how is it used to maintain power and what are its effects? – to name but a few. In the example analysed, leaders use historical memory to create separate identities and gain power, whereas NGOs do it to commemorate victims. Historical memory is present in celebrating important dates, historical places, monuments and events, and creating national heroes. It also draws attention to the stereotypes in school textbooks and to transitional justice. The most important space for historical memory in the analysis is Kosovo and the role of an international organisation – the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO). Historical memory has an important function in the process of regional reconciliation, which is an essential condition for cooperation and security in the Western Balkans.
Czeskie rozliczenia z komunizmem po 1989 roku. Rozwiązania prawne i instytucjonalne
Authors: Ukielski Paweł
Published: January 2021

The collapse of the communist regime in Czechoslovakia in 1989 required settlement with the past on many levels. This applies especially to settlements with communism. In the first years after change of the regime, many legal solutions were adopted to align accounts with the past, but in parallel the communist party was allowed to function. Only very few communist functionaries responsible for crimes were sentenced, however, many symbolic changes were carried out. It took more time to create the institutional framework - institutions dealing with the period 1948-1989 in Czech history. In recent years, the importance of this topic in Czech public life has increased again. The purpose of this article is to analyze legal, formal and institutional solutions and their functioning in the practice of the Czech Republic. The legal acts, institutions as well as the effects of their functioning and actions in the last 30 years have been examined.
The Impact of Training Sessions on Job Performance of Employees at Income Tax and Sales Department in Irbid Province
Authors: Alwedyan Adnan Mohammad
Published: January 2021

The paper aims to determine the impact of training sessions on job performance of employees at Income Tax and Sales Department in Irbid Province. The researcher used the descriptive analytical method due to its appropriateness with the study nature by returning to previous references and sources that dealt with the study topic, and through the preparation of a questionnaire to collect data from the study sample by distributing it on (53) trained employees. Results showed a statistically significant impact related to the content of training sessions on job performance, where F-value amounted to (32.006). The researcher recommends that Income Tax Department should focus on developing the different skills of employees in the department, due to its positive impact on job performance.

 

Received: 6 October 2020 / Accepted: 28 December 2020/ Published: 17 January 2021
Suspension of Treaties: An Analysis of This Institute and Its Necessity
Authors: Shqarri Fjorda , Rusi Nadia
Published: January 2021

The treaty suspension is an institute of the international right and especially of treaty law which has a great importance and is directly related to the implementation of internationally concluded agreements between the subjects of this law. Although of particular importance, it should be said that the suspension seems to have been left a little in the shadows in terms of its treatment as often being treated together with termination of treaties it seems as if the latter has somewhat eclipsed it. This article aims that through a qualitative methodology based on the study of literature and relevant legislation, to analyze the institute of suspension of treaties, cases and arrangements made by the Vienna Convention as well as the procedure followed by states in this regard. An important aspect that is mentioned in this paper will be the case of suspensions of human rights treaties referring to the situation caused by Covid -19 in this regard. Also included in the paper is the case of Albania, legislative provisions and cases of temporary withdrawal from the European Convention on Human Rights.

 

Received: 7 October 2020 / Accepted: 12 December 2020 / Published: 17 January 2021
Structuring Youth Councils in Saudi Arabia: A Forecast Study
Authors: Alkohaiz Mohammed Abdurahman , Bin Shalhoub Haifa Abdulrahman
Published: January 2021

Youth is one of the most substantial pillars of community development. The study investigates the optimal structure of youth councils in Saudi Arabia. And it establishes the necessary regulations by setting targets, tasks, conditions of membership, and developing a unified proposal for these councils. The primary study tool was a questionnaire developed by researchers were used to assess the studied parameters. They were distributed to (413) young men at King Saud University in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, aged (18-34) years. According to the analytical approach, it is a forecast study. The study results showed that the optimal structure of these councils' includes: First, the prince of the region or the governor as a president. Second, the rector as a vice-president. Finally, the commission is equally male and female. While the council objectives: First, take advantage of youth proposals, capacities, and intellectual property. Secondly, youth participation in the discussion, determination of their requirements, and decision-making. Also, it identified a set of tasks: Encouraging creative and talented youth to achieve national accomplishment and motivating them to take on their responsibilities in serving their community. As for the terms of the Council's membership, members must be between 18 and 30 years, and the name of the office shall be two years and nominated by government educational bodies.There should be a responsible body for structuring youth councils regions, increasing youth councils, and meetings between them in a periodic manner among different countries to exchange experiences and improve performance.

 

Received: 27 October 2020 / Accepted: 10 December 2020 / Published: 17 January 2021
A Conceptual Framework on IT Governance Impact on Organizational Performance: A Dynamic Capability Perspective
Authors: Harguem Saida
Published: January 2021

Recent years have seen substantial growth in Information Technology Governance (ITG) research. However, the influence of ITG on organizational performance has been less covered and very little theorized. To address this gap, the purpose of this paper is to build a conceptual framework to provide a better understanding of ITG contribution to organizational performance. Based on an extensive literature review on ITG and guided by the dynamic capabilities perspective, the proposed conceptual framework analyses the ITG – Organizational Performance relationship through the lenses of the dynamic capability perspective and generate a set of five research propositions. The proposed framework suggests that the effectiveness of ITG mechanisms (structures, processes, and relational mechanisms), contribute to the development of a dynamic ITG competence which has an impact on the development of IT management capabilities and their evolution. Moreover, the proposed conceptual framework suggests that ITG is more likely to lead to better organizational performance when IT management capabilities are developed in line with business strategy.

 

Received: 30 August 2020 / Accepted: 28 November 2020/ Published: 17 January 2021
The Value-Added Effects of Exchange Rates on Global Trade
Authors: Choi Myoung Shik , Lee Hun Dae
Published: January 2021

This study is an investigation of view about the gross, bilateral, and value-added trades adjusting to exchange rate and income within global value chains. Various difference between aggregate and value-added trade flows is introduced. We adopt the traditional trade models and test them using time-series analysis on value-added exports and imports. We find that currency depreciation has negative effects on gross exports in the US and Korea due to intermediate goods imports, but positive effects on value-added exports in Japan and Korea. On the other hand, currency appreciation has negative effects on gross imports in the US, China, Japan and Korea due to intermediate goods exports, but positive effects on value-added imports in Japan. All income effects are positive as we expect. Also, we find the similar effects of exchange rate on bilateral trade flows. On the whole, depreciation has negative effects on gross exports but positive effects on value-added exports while appreciation has negative effects on gross imports but positive effects on value-added imports. With this study, the main contribution is further evidence on the value-added trade analysis. Practical implications reducing uncertainty could be an important policy objective to achieve higher growth.

 

Received: 23 October 2020 / Accepted: 16 December 2020 / Published: 17 January 2021
Exploring the Motivation of Pupils towards the Implementation of QR Codes in Pronunciation Learning
Authors: Tan Kim Hua , Chee Kar Mei
Published: January 2021

The implementation of Quick Response (QR) codes in education has become increasingly popular. Previous studies proved that it can increase the motivation of pupils in learning. Hence, this research investigates the difference of pupils’ motivation levels in learning pronunciation after the implementation of QR codes. We examine the motivation of pupils in terms of four aspects: interest, competence, perceived choice and sense of belonging. Accordingly, we propose a QR code model, which is linked to Google Forms that contain audio recordings for pronunciation practice. With the proposed QR code activity, the pupils can record their versions of audio recordings of pronunciation and submit to their teacher for feedback. The participants are 90 year 4 pupils from a sub-urban Chinese primary school in Johor. We employ a pre-experimental research design in this research. We collect our data by using 2 research instruments: survey questionnaires and observation checklist. We administer the survey questionnaires before and after the implementation of QR codes to find out the changes in the motivation of pupils. We also utilise an observation checklist to examine the attitude of the participants during the implementation of QR codes in pronunciation learning. The findings of this research reveal a significant change in the pupils’ motivation towards the implementation of QR codes in pronunciation learning. Specifically, we find an increment of motivation in learning pronunciation as the pupils show interests in learning.

 

Received: 6 October 2020 / Accepted: 12 December 2020 / Published: 17 January 2021
Problemas de historia del tiempo presente: violencia política, opinión pública y prensa en méxico en los años setenta
Authors: Sánchez Parra Sergio Arturo , Gil Pérez Anderson Paul
Published: January 2021

El objetivo es analizar el proceso de construcción de opinión pública sobre la violencia política en México en los inicios de la década de 1970. El tipo de metodología que se utiliza es principalmente cualitativo con apoyo en el método histórico-crítico y la revisión por coyunturas de fuentes documentales de prensa, en particular de El Sol de Sinaloa, diario perteneciente a la Cadena García Valseca. Para desarrollar el objetivo se despliegan tres momentos. El primero, tiene que ver con la exploración de los problemas de Violencia Política (Aróstegui, 1996) y Opinión Pública (Habermas, 1985; Noelle-Neumann 1995) en una perspectiva de Historia del Tiempo Presente; el segundo, refiere a la revisión del contexto de la violencia política en México a comienzos de la década de 1970, observando las tendencias en los discursos publicados en la prensa para influir en la opinión pública; para avanzar en un tercer momento de conclusión donde se proponen algunas recurrencias entre pasado y presente.
The Effect of Therapeutic Exercises of Degree and Severity of Tear Tendon Muscle Tendon Rupture and Some Physical and Functional Variables for Athletes
Authors: Ahmed Atshan Abdulradha
Published: January 2021

The research problem included in the injury of the rotator cuff tendon rupture and the study aimed at - thenumber of therapeutic exercises severely and the degree of injury to qualify for the injury of the rotator cufftendon rupture and some physical and functional variables for athletes - knowledge of the effect of therapeuticexercises severely and the degree of injury to qualify for injury to the rotator cuff tendon rupture and somevariables.As for the research method, the researcher used the experimental method and by designing theexperimental group with one pre-measured, middle, and dimensional measurement for its suitability and thenature of the problem.
Indications and Complications of Tracheostomy in Pediatric Age group in Hilla, Babylon province, Iraq: Cross sectional Study
Authors: Safaa Hussain Alturaihy
Published: January 2021

Background: The procedure tracheostomy involves making an opening in the airways and introductionof tube into tracheal rings in order to bypass obstruction and allowing air to reach the lungs. The survivalof neonates and children witnessed substantial improvement following implementation of such procedure;therefore, the rate of performing tracheostomy in children has become high. Little information is availableabout complications of tracheostomy in Hilla general teaching hospital.Aim of the study: to highlight the main indications and complications in association with tracheostomy inpediatric age group in Hilla, Babylon province, Iraq.Patients and methods: The current prospective study included 41 children less than 12 years of age formthe pool of patients admitted to intensive care unit at Hilla General Teaching Hospital and the intensive careunit at Babel Pediatric and Maternity Teaching Hospital. The study extended from March 2018 to September2019. All those children underwent tracheostomy for a variety of reasons. They were followed up for oneyear for recoding any possible complication in association with tracheostomy procedure.Results: After one year of follow up, the time until decannulation was ranging between 45 to 365 days with amean of 61.73 days. Upper air way obstruction was seen in 12 cases while assisting ventilation in prolongedintubation was seen in the majority, 30 cases. Causes of upper airway obstruction were Craniofacial anomaly,Subglottic stenosis, Laryngotracheal stenosis, Vocal fold paralysis and Subglottic hemangioma. The reasonsfor prolonged intubation included Neuromuscular disease, Postoperative period following major surgery,Respiratory failure, Trauma and Subglottic hemangioma.Conclusion: The main indications for tracheostomy in children were congenital upper air way obstructionand the need for prolonged mechanical ventilation and the main complications are either intermediatecannula loss or late subglotic obstruction.
The Effect of Sports Forums within Population Centers on Physical Abilities and Results of School Table Tennis for Students
Authors: Maytham Hadi Mahdi
Published: January 2021

The study aimed to prepare a questionnaire for a survey of forum goers and table tennis practitioners and toidentify the differences between them in terms of their physical abilities, skill performance, and results oftable tennis, and the researcher used the descriptive approach in a comparative study of the reasons and themethod of pre and post measurement for two groups equal to its suitability with the nature of this study, andchose a sample (415) students from the community of middle school in the holy Karbala, who are enrolledin the first semester of the academic year (2018-2019) and in an intentional way I choose (33) students fromtable tennis players participating in the school championship organized by the sports and scouting activityin the governorate.They were divided into two groups, the first group included (16) students from the regions inhabited byyouth forums, and the second group included (17) students from the residents of the areas where theseforums did not exist, and the researcher conducted special physical tests within the main experiment ofthe research, then the two groups left a period (8) Weeks later, the researcher conducted the post-test andthe results showed the effectiveness of the presence of forums in the housing areas and their effect onimproving elements Special fitness for volleyball, as well as the training contribution in the forums showedthe improvement of the skill performance of the first group by winning the school championship. It improvestheir physical fitness.
Occurrence and Dissemination of Antimicrobial-Resistant Salmonella Isolated from Diarrheic Stool Samples of Human
Authors: Abeer Mohammed Ali Al-garawyi
Published: January 2021

The current study was designed to isolate and identification of Salmonella from human stool using salmonellashigella agar, the diagnosis of Salmonella relied on cultural properties where the Salmonella colonies on S.S.agar revealed pale with black center. Out of 72 samples were collected 59.7% were positive to Salmonella.The antibiotic susceptibility test of all positive isolates for Salmonella performed by using disk diffusionmethodagainst numerous antibiotics, The result of this test presented that the Salmonella isolates werehighly resistant to Levofloxacin 43(100%), Amoxicillin/Clavulanate 40(93.0%), Streptomycin 22(51.2%),Tetracycline 19(44.2%), Imipenem 19(44.2%) and Amikacin 18(41.9%). While Salmonella isolates weremoderately sensitive to Kanamycin 9(20.9%). The current study refers to Salmonella gastroenteritistreatment can be use Kanamycinas first treatment option.
Factors Affecting Subjective Well-Being of the Middle-Aged Class
Authors: Hae Kyung Chang
Published: January 2021

Background/Objectives: The purpose of this study is to identify the factors influencing the subjective wellbeing of the middle-aged class and to identify the relative influence of the variables.Method/Statistical Analysis: The subjects of this study consisted of a middle-aged class group, aged 40 to64, among the panels of an online research company, and data was collected from a total of 196 subjects. Thecollected data were analyzed using descriptive statistics, t-test, ANOVA, post-test Scheffé test, Pearson’scorrelation coefficient and stepwise multiple regression using SPSS 22.0.Findings: The average score of the subjective well-being of the middle-aged class was 3.34. The differencein subjective well-being according to general characteristics was found to be significant according toeducation (F=4.89, p=.009) and economic status (F = 9.76, p<.001).Subject’s subjective well-being waspositively correlated with health status (r=.56, p<.001), meaning in life (r=.66, p<.001), generativity (r=.76,p<.001), self-efficacy (r=.62, p<.001), and social support (r=.57, p<.001). As a result of stepwise regressionanalysis, generativity (?=.424, p<.001), health status (?=-.209, p<.001), social support (?=.190, p=.001),and self-efficacy (?=.150, p=.014) were factors affecting subjective well-being, and the explanatory powerof these 4 variables was 62.6%. The most influential variable was generativity.Improvements/Applications: This study considered variables in various fields to provide nursingintervention to promote subjective well-being of the middle-aged class, and as a result, it will contribute topromoting a qualitative life by improving the health potential of the middle-aged class.
Yuepingia? sp., a ceratopygid trilobite from the upper Cambrian (Furongian) of Scandinavia
Authors: Weidner Thomas , Nielsen Arne Thorshøj
Published: January 2021

A single pygidium found in an ice-rafted loose boulder of coquinoid bituminous limestone represents an ‘exotic’ trilobite hitherto unknown from the Scandinavian Alum Shale Formation.
The limestone, found on the east coast of Jutland, Denmark, also contains Leptoplastus paucisegmentatus, Parabolina spinulosa and Orusia lenticularis and derives from the upper Cambrian (Furongian) Leptoplastus paucisegmentatus Zone of Västergötland, south-central Sweden. The ‘exotic’ pygidium shows closest resemblance to the ceratopygid Yuepingia glabra, described from Alaska, and is treated as Yuepingia? sp. The Laurentian Y. glabra occurs in the Ptychaspis-Prosaukia Zone which corresponds in age to the Scandinavian Leptoplastus Superzone.
The cyclic Rørdal Member – a new lithostratigraphic unit of chronostratigraphic and palaeoclimatic importance in the upper Maastrichtian of Denmark
Authors: Surlyk Finn , Stemmerik Lars , Ahlborn Morten , Harlou Rikke , Lauridsen Bodil W. , Thibault Nicolas , Rasmussen Susanne L. , Schovsbo Niels , Sheldon Emma
Published: January 2021

The Maastrichtian chalk of the Danish Basin has been referred to the Tor Formation of the North Sea, but this may not be tenable because this formation in its type area shows a much higher degree of redeposition than the Maastrichtian chalk of the Danish Basin. The onshore succession has not been lithostratigraphically subdivided due to its rather monotonous nature and the widely scattered outcrops.

An exception is the uppermost Maastrichtian exposed at Stevns Klint which is been referred to the Sigerslev Member, comprising rather benthos-poor, deep-water pure chalk, and the overlying mound-bedded, bryozoan-rich chalk which is placed in the Højerup Member. In addition, a thin marly chalk bed, the Kjølby Gaard Marl Member, containing Tethyan planktonic foraminifers is known from localities in northern Jylland and from water wells around Køge, eastern Sjælland.
The new Rørdal Member is a cyclic chalk-marl unit, about 10 m thick, sandwiched between pure white chalks. It is well exposed in the large Rørdal quarry in Aalborg, and is recognised in boreholes south of Aalborg and in the Stevns-1 and Karlslunde-1 boreholes south of Copenhagen. Coccolith and brachiopod data show that it belongs to the UC20b-cBP nannofossil zone of the North Sea scheme for the Upper Cretaceous Boreal province, and the semiglobularis-humboldt iibrachiopod zone, both indicating the lower upper Maastrichtian.
Isotope data show that it represents a distinct early late Maastrichtian cooling event. The member thus has a basinwide distribution and is an important isochronous marker.
Attentional bias induced by stimulus control (ABC) impairs measures of the approximate number system
Authors: Lindskog Marcus , Poom Leo , Winman Anders
Published: January 2021

Pervasive congruency effects characterize approximate number discrimination tasks. Performance is better on congruent (the more numerous stimulus consists of objects of larger size that occupy a larger area) than on incongruent (where the opposite holds) items. The congruency effects typically occur when controlling for nonnumeric variables such as cumulative area. Furthermore, only performance on incongruent stimuli seems to predict math abilities. Here, we present evidence for an attentional-bias induced by stimulus control (ABC) where preattentive features such as item size reflexively influence decisions, which can explain these congruency effects. In three experiments, we tested predictions derived from the ABC. In Experiment 1, as predicted, we found that manipulation of size introduced congruency effects and eliminated the correlation with math ability for congruent items. However, performance on incongruent items and neutral, nonmanipulated items were still predictive of math ability. A negative correlation between performance on congruent and incongruent items even indicated that they measure different underlying constructs. Experiment 2 demonstrated, in line with the ABC account, that increasing presentation time reduced congruency effects. By directly measuring overt attention using eye-tracking, Experiment 3 revealed that people direct their first gaze toward the array with items of larger individual size, biasing them towards these arrays. The ABC explains why the relation between performance on approximate number discrimination tasks and math achievement has been fragile and suggests that stimulus control manipulations have contaminated the results. We discuss the importance of using stimuli that are representative of the environment.
The ascent to methodology
(To the prehistory of Moscow Methodological Circle)
Authors: Rokityansky Vladimir
Published: January 2021

The paper is about the roots of one of the most impressive phenomena of Russian XX century thought, the Moscow Methodological Circle (MMC) for almost forty years led by G. P. Schedrovitsky. It is based on three hypotheses: (1) the development of the school took place as constructivization, operationalization and instrumentalization of Hegelian and Marxian logic the return to serious study thereof in the Soviet philosophy was connected to the name of E. V. Ilyenlov, (2) the key role in this movement was played by the thesis of A. A. Zinovyev on the “method of ascension from abstract to concrete” in the Capital by K. Marx, and (3) the main novelty of Zinovyev was his rejection of the principle of identity of thought and being, which is a sort of second (after Kant) “Copernican revolution” in thinking. The main body of the paper is a synopsis of the first chapter of the mentioned thesis of Zinovyev with our comments showing how seminal ideas of Zinovyev develop into a huge tree of the methodology of Schedrovitsky and the MMC. There is a comprehensive list of texts by Schedrovitsky, published and archival, which should be further studied to reconstruct the history of the MMC. In the end of the paper one of the controversial question is discussed – on the nature of an act of thinking (based on the texts by V. V. Davydov, a psychologist of the same mental circle, and on comments to it by Schedrovitsky).
Ars historica sive de historiae et historices natura historiaque scribende praeceptis commentatio
Authors: Vossii
Published: January 2021

The proposed text is a continuation of the translation of the book by the Dutch theologian, historian and philologist G. J. Fossius "The Art of the Historians", which began in No. 23–30 Vox. Chapter 13 defines war as direct action; describes in what conditions and how it is justified. This refers to the methods of waging war and its impact on society as a whole and on the condition of citizens.
Anselm’s apories
Authors: Olenich V.N.
Published: January 2021

This article deals with the analyse of “Proslogion” of Anselm of Canterbury and examines the apophatic aspects of “unum argumentum”. In the conclusion it shows a number of specific apories that characterize Anselm’s thought. It makes a suggestion about the role of the “fool” from 14th Psalm in the elaboration of this argument.
SOLVING NONLINEAR PDES USING THE HIGHER ORDER HAAR WAVELET METHOD ON NONUNIFORM AND ADAPTIVE GRIDS
Authors: Ratas Mart , Salupere Andrus , Majak Jüri
Published: January 2021

The higher order Haar wavelet method (HOHWM) is used with a nonuniform grid to solve nonlinear partial differential equations numerically. The Burgers’ equation, the Korteweg–de Vries equation, the modified Korteweg–de Vries equation and the sine–Gordon equation are used as model equations. Adaptive as well as nonadaptive nonuniform grids are developed and used to solve the model equations numerically. The numerical results are compared to the known analytical solutions as well as to the numerical solutions obtained by application of the HOHWM on a uniform grid. The proposed methods of using nonuniform grid are shown to significantly increase the accuracy of the HOHWM at the same number of grid points.
Life stages and morphological variations of Limnocythere inopinata (Crustacea, Ostracoda) from Lake Jiang-Co (northern Tibet): a bioculture experiment
Authors: Wang Can , Wang Hailei , Kuang Xingxing , Guo Ganlin
Published: January 2021

Limnocythere inopinata (Baird, 1843) is a Holarctic species, abundant in a number of Recent and fossil ostracod assemblages, and has many important taxonomic and (paleo)ecological applications. However, the life cycle and morphological characteristics of the living L. inopinata are still unclear. A bioculture experiment was designed to study life stages and morphological variations from stage A-8 to adult in this species. The living animals were collected from Lake Jiang-Co, in the northern Tibetan Plateau. Results reveal that this species possesses a special growth pattern with the maximum size increase occurring at the transition from the instars A-5 to A-4. The growth pattern deviates from Brooks’ rule and one population from Lake Dali, eastern Mongolian Plateau. This suggests that the life history of L. inopinata may be influenced by environmental factors. Some morphological differences between Lake Jiang-Co and European populations of L. inopinata are also uncovered. Therefore, a detailed morphological description of this population is provided, but refrain from erecting a new species at the present stage because those differences appear to be inconsistent.
A new Parazuphium Jeannel, 1942 species (Coleoptera, Carabidae) from the Zagros Mountains in Iran
Authors: Wrase David W. , Assmann Thorsten
Published: January 2021

Parazuphium weigelisp. nov. is described from the Zagros Mountains in Iran. The microphthalmic species was found in a subalpine site under a deeply embedded stone close to a snow field. It resembles P. salmoni Assmann, Renan & Wrase, 2015, but differs by shape of pronotum and its punctation, eye size, body proportions, and shape of median lobe of aedeagus and preputial sclerites. An identification key to the known species from Iran is given.
Epitokous metamorphosis, reproductive swimming, and early development of the estuarine polychaete, Neanthes glandicincta Southern, 1921 (Annelida, Nereididae) on the east coast of the Malay Peninsula
Authors: Azmi Siti Syazwani , Ibrahim Yusof Shuaib , Angsupanich Saowapa , Sumpuntarat Pornsan , Sato Masanori
Published: January 2021

The reproductive and developmental characteristics of the nereidid polychaete, Neanthes glandicincta Southern, 1921, commonly recorded in tropical estuaries in the Indo-West Pacific, were examined from Malaysia (the mangrove area of Kuala Ibai, Terengganu) and Thailand (the Lower Songkhla Lagoon) on the east coast of the Malay Peninsula. Epitokous metamorphosis of fully mature males and females and their reproductive swimming behaviour were recorded based on ten Malaysian epitokous specimens, which were collected at night during spring tides in a period of January 2018 to March 2019. Six Thailand epitokes were obtained in February and March 2006 by the laboratory rearing of immature worms. Epitokous metamorphosis is characterised by the enlargement of eyes in both sexes, division of the body into three parts and modification of parapodia with additional lobes in the mid-body of males, and replacement of atokous chaetae in the mid-body by epitokous natatory chaetae, completely in males and incompletely in females. The diameter of coelomic unfertilised eggs in females was 100–140 µm. After fertilisation, each egg formed a jelly layer, inside which embryonic development progressed. Trochophores hatched out of the jelly layer, entering a short free-swimming larval phase followed by demersal life at the early stage of 3-chaetiger nectochaeta one day after fertilisation. Then, the larvae entered benthic life as juveniles, crawling on the bottom, at the late stage of 3-chaetiger nectochaeta two days after fertilisation. The results indicate that N. glandicincta has an annual life cycle, which is usually completed within an estuary with limited larval dispersal ability.
Description of the male of Xystromutilla bucki Suárez, 1960 (Hymenoptera, Mutillidae), including new information on the biology of the genus
Authors: Cambra Roberto A. , Nepomuceno Queiros Caroline , Alves De Deus Jean P. , Williams Kevin A. , Bartholomay Pedro R. , Iantas Jucélia , Nether Michele C. , Nishida Kenji , Añino Yostin J. , Saavedra Daisy , Tunes Buschini Maria L.
Published: January 2021

The male of Xystromutilla bucki Suárez, 1960 is described and associated with the female based on couples reared from trap-nests occupied by Auplopus subaurarius Dreisbach, 1963 (Hymenoptera: Pompilidae). Information on the diapause of X. bucki and Pseudomethoca nr. chontalensis (Cameron, 1895) (Hymenoptera: Mutillidae) is presented. Seasonal and annual variation in the abundance of X. turrialba Casal, 1969 are also given.
Redovne in umetnostne povezave med Gamingom in kartuzijami v današnji Sloveniji s posebnim ozirom na memorio in likovno reprezentacijo Habsburžanov in grofov Celjskih
Authors: Oter Gorenčič Mija
Published: January 2021

V članku so predstavljene redovne in umetnostne povezave kartuzij na Slovenskem s kartuzijo Gaming. Raziskava je pokazala, da je do okrog leta 1500 potekala relativno pogosta izmenjava priorjev in menihov med Gamingom in slovenskimi kartuzijami. V večini primerov je šlo za prihode menihov iz Gaminga v slovenske kartuzije, redkejši pa so bili odhodi iz slovenskih kartuzij v Gaming. Tudi umetnostnozgodovinska primerjalna in slogovna analiza sta razkrili več doslej še neopaženih povezav. Povezavo razkrivajo tudi posamezni ujemajoči se kamnoseški znaki. V slovenskih kartuzijah izstopa umetnostno naročništvo grofov Celjskih. Ti bi se pri likovni reprezentaciji lahko zgledovali prav po načinih, ki so se jih z namenom memorie v Gamingu posluževali Habsburžani.
Ponovno o koprski Pietà
Authors: Štefanac Samo
Published: January 2021

Leseni kip Pietà v koprski stolnici, ki je bil leta 2016 v vandalskem napadu poškodovan, je bil podrobneje obravnavan že leta 2005 in pogojno označen kot beneško delo iz sredine 15. stoletja pod vplivom muranske slikarske šole. Novejše odkritje kaže, da gre po vsej verjetnosti za padovansko delo, prav tako iz sredine 15. stoletja. Doslej namreč ni bil opažen približno sočasni kip Pietà v Piove di Sacco, ki je nedvomno delo iste roke kot koprski in ga lahko povežemo s slikarstvom Squarcionejevega kroga.
Prednik ali kralj?
Authors: Vidmar Polona
Published: January 2021

Prispevek osvetljuje zanimanje Franca Jožefa kneza Dietrichsteina za zgodovino njegove rodbine, ki se je med drugim odrazilo v nakupu izvornega rodbinskega sedeža Dietrichstein na Koroškem leta 1838. Na podlagi še neobjavljene knezove korespondence z uradniki gospostev Dietrichstein in Gornji Ptuj, ki ju je rodbina podedovala po grofih Lesliejih, je analizirano njegovo iskanje sledi za predniki na Koroškem in Štajerskem, prikazani pa so tudi nakupi predmetov. Predstavljene so knezove težnje, da bi s podedovanimi, kupljenimi in naročenimi portreti poudaril pomen svoje rodbine in prednikov. Kot vzorčni primer recepcije portretov je izbrana serija štirinajstih portretov evropskih vladarjev, ki jo je Jakob grof Leslie v letih od 1669 do 1673 naročil za opremo dvorane ptujskega gradu. V inventarjih gradu Gornji Ptuj so od leta 1835 sedem portretirancev in portretirank kljub nedvoumnim rekvizitom, kot so krone, vladarska jabolka in žezla ter kronanjski plašči, prepoznavali kot člane in članice rodbine Leslie. Upo- dobljence je ustrezneje identificiral direktor knežje galerije Franz Kutschera leta 1857, tik preden so jih leta 1860 odpeljali na Dunaj in od tam v grad Frýdlant na Češkem. Prispevek osvetljuje tudi pomen knežjih uradnikov, zlasti Moritza Seehanna in Ferdinanda Raispa, za razcvet zanimanja za zgodovino in umetnostne spomenike na Ptuju v 19. stoletju.
Plečnikovi načrti za cerkev sv. Križa v Zagrebu
Authors: Prelovšek Damjan
Published: January 2021

Arhitekt Jože Plečnik je za zagrebške frančiškane iz province sv. Cirila in Metoda naredil več predlogov cerkve sv. Križa s samostanom, ki naj bi postala središče nove župnije istega imena. Prvotni prostor je bil Trg kralja Petra Krešimirja. Ker pa regulacija tega dela mesta še ni bila določena, je moral svoje načrte spremeniti. Gradnjo je preprečil začetek druge svetovne vojne, po njej pa je Plečnik svoj projekt dolge in ozke cerkve (1939) zamenjal s centralno stavbo (1946–1947), ki povzema zamisli njegove neuresničene sarajevske katedrale sv. Jožefa in sočasnega načrtovanja stavbe slovenskega parlamenta. Intenzivno ukvarjanje s tem naročilom označuje širok razpon tipoloških in ustvarjalnih možnosti.
DEEP CONVOLUTIONAL NEURAL STRATEGY FOR DETECTION AND PREDICTION OF MELANOMA SKIN CANCER
Authors: Dandu Ravi , Jayakameshwaraiah  , Ravi Kumar Y. B.
Published: January 2021

The research work has focused on detection and prediction of melanoma which is done by subjecting to features extraction, where the features of an image consisting of melanoma regions are detected by analysis and this analysis is done by considering the features like color and texture-based features learning strategy. These features are extracted by combining color and texture-based features extraction with deep convolutional features representation learning strategy. The colors of images are extracted by representing the colors of different channels into red, green and blue channel information. The combination of texture features extraction with color-based features extraction in addition to Alex net features extraction learning has made the system more robust and efficient toward the segmentation and classification of images. Further, the erected method involves convoluting the features of extracted information with color and texture-based method which has led our system to full convolution neural networks with images features extraction. The melanoma is detected and segmented with watershed segmentation, these segmented features are subjected to the proposed features extraction method, where the features are extracted by combining the methods of texture with color-based information. These colors are made available to the proposed method by analyzing the regions of melanoma images. The erected method does the task of features extraction by Weber law descriptors in combination with red, green, blue channels information extracted from features representation learning. The proposed method has yielded an accuracy of 94.12% of segmentation accuracy and a classification accuracy of 94.32% with respect to various other classification techniques.
Exploring Institutional Behavioural Elements Needed to Support Knowledge Management in Higher Education Partnerships
Authors: Elezi Enis , Wood Robert
Published: January 2021

As market competitiveness in the higher education sector continues to grow, higher education executives and managers are exploring alternatives of maintaining and growing market share by forming partnerships with other higher education institutions. Collaborative initiatives amongst higher education institutions are driven by key stakeholders, higher education executives, managers, academics, and administrators, who are involved in a significant amount of knowledge exchange processes at institutional and departmental levels. Entering into a partnership and managing knowledge at intra-institutional levels becomes a very important, challenging, and complex task. This chapter argues that in order to develop effective higher education partnerships, executives and managers will need to channel their efforts and resources on four institutional, behavioural elements, which include institutional culture, trust, absorptive capacities and communication channels.
Valuing Intellectual Capital at the Postgraduate Level in Higher Education Institutions
Authors: Vargas Londoño Mayra Alejandra , Cardoso Espinosa Edgar Oliver
Published: January 2021

Knowledge management has become an essential part of today's society. Since organizations and society in general are starting to realize the importance of knowledge for the development of the economies, higher education institutions are appearing as the central tool to develop knowledge and consequently develop society. But normally, these institutions focus on teaching and learning as their main processes and give all of their attention to developing and improving these processes. Nonetheless, higher education institutions have recognized the importance of intellectual capital to respond to the new needs of society and to improve the quality of education, so they start talking about models to measure intellectual capital, although these models, as it was previously mentioned, are being developed for production companies. The objective of this chapter is to state the importance of developing models to value intellectual capital in higher education institutions, especially at the postgraduate level.
A Framework for Using Dynamic Modeling to Support Lean Sustainment in a Complex Setting
Authors: Haddad Marc , Otayek Rami
Published: January 2021

This chapter proposes a framework for integrating lean and systems thinking tools to explore the dynamics of lean implementations in manufacturing. The value of this integrated approach is in supplementing the operational level principles of lean with the strategic outlook of systems thinking to mitigate adverse impacts of operational complexity on system performance. In particular, the focus of the framework is to enable the sustainment of lean gains in the long-term, a major challenge in manufacturing settings. The application of the framework is illustrated with a case study of a lean implementation for reducing work-in-process (WIP) at a clothing manufacturer dealing with a number of operational complexities such as demand uncertainty, a high product mix and inefficient processes. The case study highlights the usefulness of system dynamics modeling in revealing counterintuitive system behaviors that could compromise the success of the lean initiative. The simulation results demonstrate the application of the framework for sustaining lean implementations in practice.
Multi-Object Tracking in Wireless Sensor Networks Using Swarm Intelligence
Authors: Ramadan Rabie A. , Elfouly Fatma H.
Published: January 2021

Wireless sensor networks (WSNs) may be described as a self-configured wireless networks that can be used to track physical objects or monitor environmental features, such as temperature or motion. The sensed data is then passed across the network to the main location or sink node, where the data can be processed and analyzed. Sensor nodes in WSN are fundamentally resource-constrained: they have restricted processing power, computing, space, and transmission bandwidth. Object tracking is considered as one of the major applications. However, many of the recent articles focused on object localization. In this chapter, the authors suggest an effective approach for tracking objects in WSNs. The aim is to achieve both minimal energy consumption in reporting activity and balanced energy consumption across the WSN lifetime extension of sensor nodes. Furthermore, data reliability is considered in our model. The chapter starts by formulating the multi-object tracking problem using 0/1 Integer Linear programming. In addition, the authors adopted the swarm intelligence technique to solve the optimization problem.
Hybrid Multi-Objective Grey Wolf Search Optimizer and Machine Learning Approach for Software Bug Prediction
Authors: Panda Mrutyunjaya , Azar Ahmad Taher
Published: January 2021

Software bugs (or malfunctions) pose a serious threat to software developers with many known and unknown bugs that may be vulnerable to computer systems, demanding new methods, analysis, and techniques for efficient bug detection and repair of new unseen programs at a later stage. This chapter uses evolutionary grey wolf (GW) search optimization as a feature selection technique to improve classifier efficiency. It is also envisaged that software error detection would consider the nature of the error when repairing it for remedial action instead of simply finding it either faulty or non-defective. To address this problem, the authors use bug severity multi-class classification to build an efficient and robust prediction model using multilayer perceptron (MLP), logistic regression (LR), and random forest (RF) for bug severity classification. Both tests are performed on two software error datasets, namely Ant 1.7 and Tomcat.