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The Impact of Value, Employees Performance and the Integration of Healthcare Services on Loyalty toward Community Pharmacies in Saudi Arabia: A Structural Model
Authors: Garrouch Karim , Alshemas Abdullah
Published: June 2021

With the focus of the scholars and literature on the importance of customer value, the emphasis has been paid to this concept in a great number of retailing specialties, but it was neglected in the case of community pharmacies. This research focuses on the service value, trust and employee performance as factors explaining loyalty to pharmacies and adds the verification of the impact of the integration of primary healthcare services as a way to enhance or sustain the level of loyalty to the initial pharmacy or switching intentions toward other pharmacies which integrate this kind of service. Thus, an original conceptual model is proposed and tested. A survey was distributed electronically via a social media application (WhatsApp) to participants based on the convenience sampling technique. 492 respondents submitted the survey. Results show that perceived value, employee performance and trust influence initial loyalty. In addition, the integration of Primary Healthcare services sustains this loyalty, but initial loyalty does not prevent switching intentions in case other pharmacies integrate primary healthcare services.
Results of study yield and grain quality of spring wheat varieties
Authors: Serchin Batbold , Bodisad Ganbaatar , Ganbaatar Urtnasan
Published: June 2021

The study was provided in IPAS during 2016-2019. The objective of this study was to determine the grain quality characteristics of spring wheat varieties based on bread making quality related parameters. Results of study shown early maturing varieties Darkhan-160, Darkhan-172 have 0.5-2.1 cn/ha more yield than Darkhan-131 and middle maturing varieties Darkhan-74, Altaiskaya-325, Altaiskaya-70 have 0.3-2.5 cn/ha more yield than Darkhan-131. Comparing grain protein content of favorable and drought condition early maturing varieties were reduced protein content by 2.0%, middle maturing – 1.8% and late maturing – 1.3%. By ranking grain quality parameters wheat varieties Darkhan-160, Buryatskaya ostistaya, Arvin, Darkhan-144 and  Darkhan-181have a good quality.

Буудайн сортуудын ургац ба чанарыг судалсан дүн

Монгол оронд нутагшсан, үйлдвэрлэлд зонхилон тариалагдаж буй буудайн нийт 16 сортуудыг ургац ба чанарын үзүүлэлтүүдээр харьцуулан судалж арвин ургацтай, чанар сайтай сортыг илрүүлэх зорилгоор судалгааг 2016-2019 онд УГТХ-ийн Үр тарианы селекцийн туршлагын талбайд явуулсан. Судалгааны дүнгээр эртийн болцтой Дархан-160, Дархан-172 сортууд (ХХБЗ05=0.5 ц/га) жишиг Дархан-131 сортыг, Дархан-160, Дархан-172 сортууд дунд эртийн болцтой Алтайская-325, Алтайская-70 сортууд (ХХБЗ05=1.2 ц/га) жишиг Дархан-34 сортыг бодитой давсан нэмүү  ургац тус тус  бүрдүүллээ.  Харин дунд-оройн болцтой Дархан-181 сорт (ХХБЗ05=1.5 ц/га) жишиг Дархан-144 сортоос 1.5 ц/га бага ургацтай байсан боловч энэ нь алдааны түвшинд байв. Чийгтэй жилийн уургийн агуулалтыг гантай жилийнхтэй харьцуулахад буудайн сортуудын уургийн агуулалтын бууралт нь эртийн болцтой бүлэгт 2.0%, дунд эртийн болцтой бүлэгт 1.8%, дунд оройн болцтой бүлэгт 1.3% байлаа.  Уургийн агуулалт эртийн болцтой бүлгээс Дархан-160 (12.6%), дунд эртийн болцтой бүлгээс Дархан-74 (5.9%), дунд-оройн болцтой бүлгээс Дархан-144 (7.2%) зэрэг сортуудад хамгийн бага буурсан. Буудайн сортуудын гурил, талхны чанарын нэгдсэн дүнд ранкын үнэлгээ өгөхөд Дархан-160, Бурятская остистая, Дархан-144, Арвин, Дархан-181 сортууд шалгарч байна. Эдгээр сортууд нь арвин ургац бүрдүүлдэг, хүнсний буудайн улсын стандарт шаардлагын I, II ангиллыг хангадаг, гурил, талхны чанар сайтай учир зах зээлд өрсөлдөх чадвартай, хүнсний аюулгүй байдлыг  хангах чухал нөөц болно.

 Түлхүүр үг: ургац, уураг, цавуулаг, гурил, талх, ранк
Effect of crop rotation in soil microorganisms
Authors: Otgonbayar Sunjidmaa , Nyamdorj Oyundalai , Erdenetugs Enkhmaa
Published: June 2021

The aimed of this study was to effect of crop rotation on soil microorganisms activity, that’s soil biological indicator. Plots are Fallow-Wheat-Pea and Green manure fallow-Wheat-Oat+Melilotus of 3 fields rotation type. The study was conducted to determine the effect of crop rotation in soil biological indication is microbial active. Total number of microorganisms and nitrogen fixing bacteria determined in soil of three field rotation (Fallow-What-Peat, Green manure fallow-Wheat, Oat and Melilotus). The results of study in 2016-2019 in three field rotation – Peat, Wheat, Fallow were 85.6-96.9x106 CFU/g microorganisms. There were 87.5-89.3% bacteria and 10.6-12.4% actinomycetes. Rotation  fields of Oat and Melilotus, Green manure fallow, Wheat were 91.7-92.4 CFU/g microorganisms of it 82.1-84.4% bacteria and 15.5-17.8%-actinomycetes.

Хөрсний бичил биетний идэвхид сэлгээний нөлөөг судалсан дүн

Хөрсний биологийн илтгүүр болох бичил биетний идэвхид таримлын сэлгээний үзүүлэх нөлөөг судлах зорилгоор 3 талбайт Уринш-Буудай-Вандуйн, Ногоон бордуурт уринш–Буудай–Овъёос+Донник бүхий таримлуудын сэлгээний хөрсөнд нийт бичил биетний тоог зүйлийн бүрэлдэхүүнээр, мөн азот шингээгч ашигтай бактерийн тоог тус тус тодорхойлов. 2016-2019 оны судалгааны дүнгээр ЭТС-ийн 3 талбайт Вандуй, Буудай (цуулбар) – Уринш хувилбарын 1 г хөрсөнд 85.6-96.9 сая.ш бичил биетэн, үүний 87.5-89.3%-ийг бактери, 10.6-12.4%-ийг актиномицет, 3 талбайт О+Д-НБУ-Буудайн сэлгээний 1 г хөрсөнд 91.7-92.4 сая.ш бичил биетэн, үүний 82.1-84.4%-ийг бактери, 15.5-17.8%-ийг актиномицет эзэлж байна.

 Түлхүүр үг: азот шингээгч, бактери, актиномицет, мөөгөнцөр
Retraduir Sòfocles
Authors: Casas Joan
Published: June 2021

En Feliu Formosa i jo som els autors d’un volum de versions en vers de Sòfocles. En el cas dels textos teatrals clàssics, la retraducció és, tot sovint, el primer cas amb vista a una nova posada en escena, i el treball, en aquest cas, es fa en unes condicions molt particulars. Potser el problema de les retraduccions que vam fer en Feliu Formosa i jo va ser que no tenien aquesta destinació, sinó només la de ser el fonament d’un possible treball pedagògic. Tot i que generalment la recepció crítica de les traduccions és escassa, aquestes van ser objecte d’un sòlid article que no les tractava amb gaires miraments. Sense discutir les raons del crític, apuntarem, tanmateix, algunes precisions.
Análise da utilização das tecnologias da Indústria 4.0 nos modelos de negócios de PMEs do setor metalmecânico
Authors: Fucks Gustavo , Lerman Laura Visintainer , Benitez Guilherme Brittes , Ferreira Lima Mateus José do Rego , Frank Alejandro Germán
Published: June 2021

Este artigo explora os conceitos e tecnologias da Indústria 4.0 ao analisar o modelo de negócios de empresas de pequeno e médio porte do setor metalmecânico brasileiro. O objetivo é identificar o quanto as empresas estão preparadas para a transformação na forma de fornecer serviços e produtos, além de apontar quais tecnologias podem auxiliar no desenvolvimento em direção à Indústria 4.0. Entre os passos metodológicos, estão um questionário aplicado em indústrias do setor metalmecânico e, como resultado, a elaboração de um framework que sintetiza o desenvolvimento tecnológico das empresas e direciona as tecnologias 4.0 que devem ser priorizadas para transpor as dificuldades encontradas nos modelos de negócios. O estudo apontou que tecnologias voltadas para digitalização e integração de processos tendem a oferecer maiores benefícios ao setor e devem ser priorizadas para o desenvolvimento das PMEs.
Whale Optimization Algorithm with Applications to Power Allocation in Interference Networks
Authors: Du Yongwen , Zhang Xiquan , Zhang Wenxian , Wang Zhangmin
Published: June 2021

Power allocation plays a pivotal role in improving the communication performance of interference-limitedwireless network (IWN). However, the optimization of power allocation is usually formulated as a mixed-integernon-linear programming (MINLP) problem, which is hard to solve. Whale optimization algorithm (WOA)has recently gained the attention of the researcher as an efficient method to solve a variety of optimizationproblems. WOA algorithm also has the disadvantages of low convergence accuracy and easy to fall into local optimum.To solve the above problems, we propose Cosine Compound Whale Optimization Algorithm (CCWOA).First of all, its unique cosine nonlinear convergence factor can balance the rate of the whole optimization processand prevent the convergence speed from being too fast. Secondly, the inertia weight and sine vector canincrease the probability of jumping out of the local optimal solution. Finally, the Archimedean spiral can reducethe risk of losing the optimal solution. A representative benchmark function is selected to test the convergencerate of CCWOA algorithm and the optimization performance of jumping out of local optimum. Compared withthe representative algorithms PFP and GAP, the optimization effect of CCWOA is almost consistent with theabove two algorithms, and even exceeds 4% - 6% in numerical value. The advantage of CCWOA is that it haslower algorithm complexity, which has a good advantage when the network computing resources are fixed. Inaddition, the optimization effect of CCWOA is higher than that of WOA, which lays a good foundation for furtherapplication of swarm intelligence optimization algorithm in network resource allocation.
Recht und Politik in der Zeit der Demokratiekrise: Soll man Carl Schmitt heute lesen, und wie?
Authors: Kervégan Jean-François
Published: June 2021

As in the book “Was tun mit Carl Schmitt?”, we try here to provide a decontextualized account of some Carl Schmitt’s arguments, in order to evaluate their possible fertility. This concerns what “political theology” implies for law, the critique of “normativism”, the dialectic of legality and legitimacy, and Schmitt's “energetic” conception of politics.
Carl Schmitt, schillernd
Authors: Kaiser Anna-Bettina
Published: June 2021

In her contribution, Anna-Bettina Kaiser first asks the sociological question whether Schmitt’s wide reception is a testament to the topicality of his thought or whether it is also to an important degree due to an influential group of students. Kaiser shares Jean-François Kervégan’s recommendation to take up Schmitt’s positions in a modified, liberal way. She argues, however, that the way Schmitt analysed and treated problems firmly belongs to the context of his time and pleads for a careful historicization of his positions.
Bluetooth Low Energy Applications in MATLAB
Authors: Mischie Septimiu
Published: June 2021

This chapter presents Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) applications in MATLAB. Through these applications we acquire measurement data from BLE compatible sensors to PC. The sensors are CC2541 Keyfob and CC2650 Sensor Tag. The first one contains an accelerometer and a temperature sensor while the second one contains more sensors, but inertial sensors and magnetometer are invoked. The PC should be equipped with a general USB BLE adapter. The most important steps for implementing a BLE application are presented: scanning, connecting, configuring and data reading. Following this, more detailed applications are presented: a wireless sensor network for temperature measurement with three Keyfob-based nodes, an application that displays in real time accelerometer data and a heading computed method using either the gyroscope or the magnetometer of CC2650 Sensor Tag. The most important MATLAB elements that are used to implement these applications are different types of variables such as structure, table and object, methods to implement endless loops and real-time display of acquired data and using quaternions to handle 3D orientation of a device.
A Ball-Type Passive Tuned Mass Vibration Absorber for Response Control of Structures under Harmonic Loading
Authors: Náprstek Jiří , Fischer Cyril
Published: June 2021

Ball-type tuned mass absorbers are growing in popularity. They combine a multi-directional effect with compact dimensions, properties that make them attractive for use at slender structures prone to wind excitation. Their main drawback lies in limited adjustability of damping level to a prescribed value. Insufficient damping makes ball-type absorbers more prone than pendula to objectionable effects stemming from the non-linear character of the system. Thus, the structure and design of the damping device have to be made so that the autoparametric resonance states, occurrence of which depends on system parameters and properties of possible excitation, are avoided for safety reasons. This chapter summarises available 3D mathematical models of a ball-pendulum and introduces the non-linear approach based on the Appell–Gibbs function. Efficiency of the models is then illustrated for the case of kinematic and random excitation. Interaction of the absorber and the harmonically forced simple linear structure is numerically analysed. Finally, the chapter provides examples of typical patterns of the autoparametric response and outlines possibilities of applications in practical engineering.
Electrospun Nanofibers: Characteristic Agents and Their Applications
Authors: Hiremath Lingayya , Sruti O. , Aishwarya B.M. , Kala N.G. , Keshamma E.
Published: June 2021

This study aimed to introduce antibacterial nanofibers, produced by electrospinning as a novel technique in constructing nanostructured materials. The large size and less bioavailability due to impenetrable (or partial/improper penetration) membrane has resulted in production of nanofibers. These nano sized Fibers were successful in delivering the active ingredients and served the purpose of using plants for its cause. Some of the active ingredients include antimicrobial compounds that are incorporated into various products to prevent unwanted microbial growth. As higher bioavailability is one of the most crucial parameters when it comes to medical solutions, electro spun nanofibers are highly preferred. This method is preferable for organic polymers as they have high flexibility, high specific surface area and surface functionalization. Electrospinning technology has been used for the fabrication and assembly of nanofibers into membranes, which have extended the range of potential applications in the biomedical, environmental protection, nanosensor, electronic/optical, protective clothing fields and various other fields.
Medicinal Plants and Traditional Practices of Baiga Tribe in Amarkantak Region of Eastern Madhya Pradesh
Authors: Kumar Ahirwar Ramesh
Published: June 2021

The present ethnobotanical study was carried out in Amarkantak region eastern part of Madhya Pradesh during January 2018 to January 2019 to document the medicinal plants used by the Baiga tribes. Traditional medicinal plants used by the Baiga tribes of 37 plant species belonging to 35 genera and 28 families used to menstrual disorder, piles, sore throat, respiratory disorder, haematuria, miscarriage, jaundice, fever, insanity, leucorrhoea, bleeding during pregnancy, spermatorrhea, infertility in women, motiabind, scorpion bite, wounds of animals, stomach disorder, intestinal worms, diabetes, leukoderma, rheumatism, scabies, wart and easy delivery etc. and other various unreported medicinal plants are reported here.
Programmed Cell Death (PCD) in Plant: Molecular Mechanism, Regulation, and Cellular Dysfunction in Response to Development and Stress
Authors: Mondal Raju , Antony Sreya , Roy Sovan , Kumar Chattopadhyay Sanjib
Published: June 2021

Programmed cell death (PCD) or apoptosis is a genetically programmed cellular process. Though in the plant, a true caspase system is lacking, still PCD can occur throughout the life cycle at any cell type, tissue, and organ part in response to a wide range of stimuli. Here we have discussed the current understanding of plant PCD in terms of different pathways, cellular dysfunction, regulation, and signaling mechanisms. Our present study discussed how and to what extent PCD is involved in pre-zygotic and post-zygotic plant life cycle and emphasized to what extent PCD modulated in response to abiotic and biotic stress. Additionally, the expression profile of different PCD-associated genes that are modulated by developmental stage, biotic-abiotic stress, cellular metabolites are also elucidated. Hence, this study will be helpful for understanding the molecular and structural instincts of PCD in different stages of plant growth and development, response to biotic/abiotic stimuli, and cellular dysfunction.
Patents - Understanding the Facts
Authors: Bondalapati Ojeswini
Published: June 2021

Patent is a well know term but, there is still uncertainty existing about the Patent system. Patents is a form of intellectual property (IP) that represent an invention, or it can be considered as one of the intangible assets which grants an exclusive right for exploitation of an invention for a limited period of time. There are few misconceptions existing around the patent terminology which is leading to a number of ineffective patents and more precisely, the importance of patents is less known even in academic and industry sectors. Patents are key to innovation which can lead in strategic management of economy. Big corporates are major players in the market who are reaping maximum benefits of the patent’s portfolio whereas, small scale entities even though they are striving to drive towards innovation, they are failing to protect their intellectual property in form of patents. Even if they are succeeding in protecting such ideas in form of inventions, still they are unable to benefit to maximum, due to lack of proper management of their IP portfolio.
Principles and Judgments in Rawls’s Theory of Justice
Authors: Furlan Timothy ,   Philosophy Documentation Center
Published: June 2021

In this paper I argue that the right to equal respect and consideration that Rawls incorporates into the original position by means of the veil of ignorance cannot provide support for his two principles of justice independently of an appeal to considered judgments. The trouble is that this right is intolerably vague. The crucial terms are neither transparent in meaning nor clearly definable, and so they can only be understood against a background of considered judgments. To the extent that the principle is kept vague, it places no constraints on the conditions of the original position. To the extent that its meaning is specified, its interpretation presupposes the very principles and considered judgments that are supposed to be independently justified by the device of the original position. Finally, I respond to Norm Daniels’s claim that “wide reflective equilibrium” provides a way to test moral principles independently of their respective considered judgments.
Christian Reconciliation through the Public Use of Reason
Authors: Vallier Kevin ,   Department of Philosophy, Florida State University
Published: June 2021

Christian political theologians have usually taken one of two approaches to the purpose of political order: agonist or perfectionist. Either political order should seek a civic peace between opposing forces or advance the full human good. Both approaches face difficulties, so I propose a middle-way: Christian reconciliationism. This political theology holds that political order should seek reconciliation between diverse moral perspectives. With perfectionism, reconciliationism aims to establish the political order as a moral order, but with agonism, reconciliationism rejects attempts to use the political order to promote the full human good. It thereby avoids the vices of both approaches.
Boulez's orientation towards understanding the beginnings of contemporary music: 'Mahler - our contemporary?'
Authors: Lazarević Anja
Published: June 2021

The central part of Orientations - the collected writings of Pierre Boulez is based on Boulez's mostly short texts about composers whom he considered relevant for his oeuvre and contemplations of music. In addition to other texts, in the part of the book entitled "Examples", Boulez wrote three chapters on the composer Gustav Mahler. Besides Orientations, Boules often spoke about Mahler in his interviews and at lectures he gave. His idea of Mahler was in fact the idea of the beginnings of contemporary music. Considering Boulez's sharp sentences, we come across a wealthy network of judgments about Mahler and his wide influence on twentieth-century music, and we acquire a better understanding of Mahler, who, according to Boulez's statements, could be understood only from the perspective of contemporary music.
From the sensation to the concept and back: Philo-aesthetic encounters between Pierre Boulez and Gilles Deleuze
Authors: Filipović Andrija
Published: June 2021

It is known that Deleuze and Guattari took the famous concepts of the smooth (lisse) and striated (strié) from the last chapter of A Thousand Plateaus from Boulez, who used them to describe the morphology of sound spaces, while Deleuze and Guattari used those concepts in an ontopolitical way - in order to invent an ontology abstract enough to describe the constitution of space and time within the conditions of the capitalist axiomatic and find the corresponding lines of flight. Another important point in the encounter between Boulez and Deleuze is the concept of difference. In Deleuze, difference is the key ontological concept, which (un)grounds the image of thought based on representation and leads to becoming the basic form of thinking the world. According to Campbell, in Boulez, difference appears in a number of ways - from heterophony as a virtual line, through an accumulative development to athematism as a virtual form. It should be mentioned that virtual (virtuel) is another important concept of Deleuze's philosophy, (un)grounded precisely through difference. Furthermore, there is a certain similarity between Boulez's concept of diagonal and Deleuze's and Guattari's concepts of deterritorialization and transversality in the sense that all three of these designate the creation of the new in movement between the already known coordinates. In the end, Deleuze translates Boulez's concepts of temps pulsée and temps non pulsée into the concepts of Chronos and Aion, where Aion designates the qualitative time of becoming, while Chronos the quantitative time of representative thought. The goal of this paper is to research these complex philosophical-aesthetic encounters between Boulez and Deleuze in order to shed light on the ways in which philosophical concepts are created based on art practices, and art practices on the basis of philosophy.
Past music, future music: Technology and music institutions in the 20th century
Authors: Maglov Marija
Published: June 2021

In his text Technology and the Composer Pierre Boulez writes about new technologies that emerged in the 20th century, primarily created for the purposes of music recording and reproduction, but also established as a means of innovation in electronic and electro-acoustic music practice. Boulez points to two directions where technology and music are in question: conservative historicism and progressive technology, enabling the development of new music material and innovation. By using Boulez's text(s) as a point of departure, the author considers the roles those new technologies had in the development of some musical institutions and questions how institutionalized discourse molds ideas on the roles music technology should have. The aim of the paper is to discuss how the music of the past was 'conserved' and how the music of the future was created in particular types of music institutions thanks to new technological possibilities.
Playing the game with aleatorics and narrativity: Linaia-Agon by Iannis Xenakis
Authors: Janković-Beguš Jelena
Published: June 2021

In this article I examine the piece Linaia-Agon for brass trio (1972) by Greek-French composer Iannis Xenakis, one of only three pieces by this composer, which are commonly referred to in literature as "game-pieces", from the perspective of Roger Caillois' typology of games, stemming from the social sciences, as well as from the framework of the mathematical game theory and its branch probability theory. Xenakis' "game pieces" belong to the field of controlled aleatorics, because they employ a certain level of indeterminacy; here I argue that it is precisely in this aspect of indeterminacy that their nature "as games" is revealed. I am concerned with the "translation" of the Ancient Greek legend about the musician Linos and the God Apollo - and of the mathematical calculations - into the language of the West European avant-garde music of the second half of the 20th century.
New critical thinking in musicology: What ideologies do contemporary musicologists speak from and for whom do they speak
Authors: Radoman Valentina
Published: June 2021

New critical thinking in musicology has been new for at least thirty years and yet it is still opposed by many musicologists or composers or performers who Adorno-like (Theodor W. Adorno) remain devoted to the idea that the function of art in society is to be without a function. The fact is, however, that even today such an attitude is legitimate, just as much as interdisciplinary, critically oriented musicological research, which points out that music, like other arts, often hides some inappropriate reverse behind its sensuous seductiveness. Today musicologists can, based on their intellectual, educational, sensuous, class, ethical and other potentials choose the position from which to talk about music. Unlike traditional musicology which, according to some musicians, mostly addresses musicologists themselves, and only in ideal cases performers and listeners, today's interdisciplinary critical musicology, in its good examples, is indispensable to everybody: art financiers (patrons or taxpayers), composers who are often victims of the market or serve as masks behind which oligarchs hide today, performers who choose what musical works to play and affirm and how to do it, and all listeners who are not professional musicians, but they need to be informed about various aspects of music art.
General standards of nursing interventions in care and treatment of diabetic patients with acute stroke
Authors: Đurović Olivera , Stanković Branislav , Budimčić Milenko , Stanković Snežana , Radovanović Snežana , Radević Svetlana , Mihaljević Olgica , Vlaisavljević Željko
Published: June 2021

Introduction. Diabetes mellitus is a common metabolic disorder with more than 1.7% of the world population. Diabetes mellitus affects 3% of Serbian population. Stroke is one of the major macrovascular complications of Diabetes mellitus. Aim. Determining what additional intervention, care and treatment of diabetic patients with stroke needs, when comparing patients with stroke who have other risk factors. Material and Methods. The research was conducted in the Specialized Hospital "Sveti Sava", at the Intensive Care B, during the period from the 1 November 2019 th to the 31 December 2019. Total number of patients was 40. Subjects were divided into two equal groups of 20 patients: the first group the experimental group with diabetic patients with acute stroke, and the second group the control, with patients with acute stroke who have other risk factors. The study was based on general standards of nursing interventions, and advanced standards in the care and treatment of diabetic patients with stroke were used. Results. According to "Nursing activities score" of basic nursing interventions: continuous monitoring was present in 13 (65%) patients in the experimental group whereas the control group had 5 (25%) patients. Monitoring of vital parameters and the number of nursing interventions were much higher in the experimental group. Conclusions. Using the common standards of nursing interventions in the care and treatment of diabetic patients with acute stroke is not enough. Their demands are highlighted and they require a longer time and the increased number of nurses for the implementation of the plan of care and treatment for these patients. Patients with stroke are complex and prone to numerous complications and serious approach to each patient individually is needed.
Assisted reproductive technologies in centers for biomedical assisted fertilization within and outside the network plans in the Republic of Serbia and their financing
Authors: Đorđević Biljana
Published: June 2021

INTRODUCTION: Assisted reproduction technologies (ART) are technologies that are used today, in the treatment of infertility, on human germ cells (oocytes and sperm) and embryos. Currently in the Republic of Serbia, there are various procedures of assisted reproduction technologies that are used to treat infertility in patients depending on medical indications. The availability of assisted reproduction technologies has been evolving over the years, and their application differs in biomedically assisted fertilization centers that are in the Network Plan (state institutions) and outside the Network Plan (private institutions). The aim of this article is to analyze available ART methods in Fertility centers within and outside the Network plan regulated by the Law on the Treatment of Infertility Procedures of Biomedical Assisted Fertilization (Official Gazette of the Republic of Serbia", No. 72/2009), their financing and availability to patients in the Republic of Serbia. METHOD:This article is assembled upon seeking documents using the Internet and based on analyzed literature available on the Internet. RESULTS: The results were gathered by analyzing official ART centers' websites and analyzing available external secondary data from the National health insurance fund and the Institute for public health "Dr Milan Jovanovic Batut". Fertility clinics in the Republic of Serbia have access to all the important technologies for ART. ART technologies funded by National health insurance fund include in vitro fertilitation, intracytoplasmic sperm injection and frozen embryo transfer. Patients whose medical indications require for some other technology may approach Fertility Centers outside the Network plan on their own budget. CONCLUSION: Based on the available and updated data we can conclude that Fertility centers in the Republic of Serbia have access to all the important technologies for ART. Fertility centers within the Network plan can implement only the technologies financed and invoiced by the Fund.
Step by step conversion to organic agriculture
Authors: Stancu Alina , Suvorov Nicolae
Published: June 2021

The controversial issue of genetically modified organisms and environmental pollution, which often leads to global warming, brings us face to face with the need to change the way agriculture leaves its mark on the ecological balance. If common efforts were focused on designing a multidisciplinary agricultural system that produces quantitatively and nutritionally sufficient food while protecting biodiversity and non-renewable resources, the problems that the agricultural sector generates would be greatly reduced. Paper provides introductory information linked to conversion from conventional to organic system of agriculture from the aspect of sustainable development. Familiarity with new eco-friendly practices is essential for exploiting the opportunities for the agricultural sector. In this context, the paper analyses the general consequences observed by some of globally recognized institutions involved in agriculture.
Consumption of organic products in Romania in 2020
Authors: Zapucioiu Luiza
Published: June 2021

As a production system, organic agriculture is linked to less intensive practices. Therefore, its main mission is to produce much more ecological products and services than conventional agriculture. It does not use potentially harmful technologies technological approaches and inputs of intensive agriculture, as are pesticides, synthetic nitrogen fertilizers, GMO crops or veterinary and anthelmintic antibiotics, thus reducing environmental and health risks. Consumption of organic products has been increased in last couple decades in Romania. The main paper goal is to analyse the consumers' attitudes toward the organic products, primarily agri-food products, as well as their buying motives and satisfaction with the existing offer in the national market. Used methodological framework contains an online survey conducted in the first half of 2020. Among achieved results next has been underlined that majority of respondents consume organic products so often. Their first choice is organic vegetable products, followed by organic animal products and in some cases organic cosmetics.
‘If you can’t beat them, be them’
Authors: Raats Tim , Evens Tom
Published: June 2021

Faced with heavy competition of global subscription-video-on-demand (SVOD) streaming services, along with increased pressure on fi nancing and distribution of domestic content, legacy media players are increasingly exploring the potential of local SVOD services as domestic alternatives to global platforms such as Netflix and Disney+, often in collaboration with other European broadcasters and/or distributors.This article presents an in-depth case study of Streamz, a domestic SVOD alternative launched in Belgium in September 2020. Building on scholarly work on media disruption and platform power, the case study examines the political and market context that shaped the existence of the platform, and critically analyses the strategies pursued by legacy media players in attempting to develop and emulate key competitive advantages of global SVOD players. The article demonstrates how a persistent policy push to collaborate in a small market resulted in an unusual joint venture and, at the same time, how diff erent market factors, most of them characteristic for small media markets, pose signifi cant challenges for domestic players to develop a profi table platform in Europe, let alone be able to stand achance in a highly competitive streaming market.
How streamification challenges the Royal Danish Library’s collection of cultural heritage
Authors: Ægidius Andreas Lenander
Published: June 2021

Danish legal deposit legislation mandates that the Royal Danish Library must collect contemporary culture for the benefi t of the public and researchers, now and in the future. In this article, I analyse how the move toward access models and the subsequent streamifi cation of media content challenges the collection of cultural heritage. I draw on empirical data from two central activities. The main empirical data stems from archival research and interviews with the library’s internal and external stakeholders. Th e second source of empirical data is the in-house testing performed by web curators when they analysed the collection of streaming-only content via an API from the Danish Broadcasting Corporation (DR). The analysis is followed by a discussion of the eff ects of streaming software and services on collection methods such as stream-ripping, screen capture (image or video), and research collaborations with the producers and distributors of born-digital content.
Hidroksiapatīta virsmas slāņa strukturālie defekti elektriskā potenciāla regulēšanai
Authors:   , Bystrova Anna
Published: June 2021

Promocijas darba mērķis ir noteikt hidroksiapatīta (HAp) defektu (piemēram, OH grupu, H, O vakanču, starpmezglu H atomu un to kombināciju) ietekmi uz HAp virsmas elektrisko potenciālu. Tas savukārt ietekmē HAp bioloģisko savietojamību un kontrolē šūnu adhēziju. HAp satur dažādas strukturālas nepilnības (defektus), un tā sastāvs nav stehiometrisks. Strukturālās nepilnības izraisa virsmas elektriskā potenciāla neviendabīgumu. Tomēr dažādo defektu – OH grupas, H, O vakanču, starpmezglu H atomu – loma un to kombinācija HAp virsmas polarizācijas veidošanā un to ietekme uz HAp virsmas lādiņu, enerģijas zonu struktūru un elektronu darba funkciju vēl nav pētīta. Šajā darbā pirmo reizi, lai izpētītu strukturālo defektu (OH, H, O vakanču, starpmezglu H atomu un ūdeņraža atomu, kas aizpilda nepiesātinātās ūdeņraža saites) ietekmi uz HAp elektriskajām īpašībām, tika izmantotas teorētiskās un eksperimentālās pieejas. HAp struktūru datorsimulācijas analizēja šo efektu īpašības. Tika izmantotas molekulārās mehānikas un kvantu mehānikas pusempīriskās metodes, kā arī blīvuma funkcionālās teorijas metodes. Eksperimentālie HAp virsmas elektrisko īpašību pētījumi tika veikti ar fotoluminiscences (PL) emisiju, sinhrotronu spektroskopiju, piesliekšņa fotoelektronu (PE) emisijas spektroskopiju. Pirmo reizi eksperimentāli tika pētīta atkvēlināšanas, hidrogenēšanas, mikroviļņu un gamma starojumu un to kombināciju ietekme uz HAp defektiem. Iegūtie rezultāti ir saskaņā ar skaitļošanas datiem.
РЕКОНСТРУКЦИЈА ГРАМАТИЧКИХ РУСИЗАМА КАО ЛИНГВОТЕКСТОЛОШКИ ПРОБЛЕМ (на грађи Његошевог Шћепана Малог)
Authors: Маројевић Радмило Н.
Published: June 2021

У раду се, на грађи Његошевог спјева Шћепан мали, разматрају питања идентификације граматичких русизама, и то: употреба партиципа у облику одређеног вида у полупредикативној функцији са субјекатским инструменталом и посесива с наставцима сложене придјевске деклинације [т. II], употреба копулативних синтагми с другом компонентом у инструменталу с предлогом с и копулативиних синтагми без везника [т. III] те синтагми с објекатском функци- јом [т. IV]. У раду се примјењује поредбена интертекстуална анализа с другим Његошевим дјелима (прије свега са спјево- вима Горски вијенац и Луча микрокозма), која се у завршном поглављу [т. V] проширује на проблематику атрибутивних и адвербијалних синтагми.
LATENTNA STRUKTURA SKALE OTPORNOSTI ZA ODRASLE (RSA)
Authors: ́Petronic Đorđe M.́ , Vujovic Gorjana D.́ , Wattles Isidora M.
Published: June 2021

Problem istraživanja je ispitivanje latentne strukture Skale otpornosti za odrasle (RSA). Skala je nastala u okvirima shvatanja konstrukta otpornosti kroz determinante koje do- vode do pozitivnog i uspješnog ishoda prilikom suočavanja sa stresorima. Cilj je bio ispitati da li je šestofaktorski model, koji je potvrđen u drugim validacionim studijama, validan i na uzor- ku iz Bosne i Hercegovine. Istraživanje je realizovano na pri- godnom uzorku od 224 učenika završnih razreda srednjih škola sa područja Republike Srpske. Instrument koji je korišten jeste Skala otpornosti za odrasle (Resilience Scale for Adults-Hjemdal, Friborg, Martinussen and Rosenvinge, 2001). Konfirmativna faktorska analiza pokazala je da se vrijednosti RMSEA nalaze u okviru preporučenih kriterijuma (>,8), kao i odnos hi-kvadrata i stepeni slobode (χ2/df3). Dobijeni rezultati su pokazali da je i na prigodnom uzorku iz Bosne i Hercegovine moguće govoriti o šestodimenzionalnom laten- tnom modelu RSA skale, što je u skladu sa rezultatima prethodnih validacionih studija.
КОРПУС КАО ОРУЂЕ ЗА ПРОНИЦАЊЕ ТАЈНИ МЕЂУЈЕЗИКА
Authors: Шућур Срђан Р.
Published: June 2021

Већ дуже од пола вијека корпусна лингвистика представља изу- зетно живу област лингвистичких истраживања. Разнолики електрон- ски корпуси, који наглу експанзију доживљавају захваљујући развоју модерних информационих технологија, пружају могућност квалита- тивних и квантитативних истраживања обиља језичких феномена, ко- ришћењем трансверзалних и/или (псеудо)лонгитудиналних метода. Шездесетих година прошлог вијека настају први корпуси писаног и говорног енглеског језика. Касније долази до формирања мноштва других и другачијих корпуса, како на енглеском тако и на осталим језицима. Временом постаје јасан значај корпуса и корпусне лингви- стике у настави и учењу страних језика, те се јавља потреба за успо- стављањем ученичких корпуса, тј. корпуса писмене и усмене продук- ције неизворних говорника на страном језику. Тиме постаје могуће проучавање комплексне природе међујезика, те међујезичког и уну- тарјезичког утицаја (односно трансфера у учењу страних језика) и сличних појава. Управо такав је и корпус ICLEv31 (енг. International Corpus of Learner English – Version 3), који ћемо, кроз пратећу публи- кацију наведену у парентези наслова и платформу на којој функцио- нише, представити у овом приказу.
Il ruolo dell’orientamento universitario in itinere per la prevenzione del drop-out e la promozione del successo formativo. Una rassegna di studi empirici recenti
Authors: De Vincenzo Conny
Published: June 2021

Guidance activities are considered as a valid support for the individual along his or her entire educational path, from the first years of school until the transition to the job market; in particular, the crucial function of this type of activity has been pointed out in the first phase of university studies. This paper presents a reasoned review of the literature on the main ongoing university guidance interventions, with particular attention to the prevention of drop-out and the promotion of academic success. Previous studies highlighted the role that ongoing guidance can play in the prosecution of studies and in reducing drop-out rates, as well as in favouring the integration of the subject in the academic context and raising awareness of his or her goals. Nonetheless, in the literature there is no univocal consensus regarding the fundamental characteristics of an effective guidance intervention. Starting from a critical analysis of some recent results, the main methodological issues of guidance research are illustrated, with particular reference to the strategies for evaluating the efficacy of interventions. In line with the main previous reviews, the need to conduct systematic studies guided by empirical evidence is emphasised, using rigorous research designs to identify the factors involved in the effectiveness of ongoing university guidance.
Terahertz physical mechanism of arsenic (III) restoring p53 mutant protein activity
Authors: Tang Chao , Zhang Guang-Xu , Hu Jun , Lü Jun-Hong ,   Key Laboratory of Interfacial Physics and Technology, Shanghai Institute of Applied Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai 201800, China,   Fundamental Interdisciplinary Research Center, Shanghai Advanced Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai 201210, China,   University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
Published: June 2021

Recovering the protein activity of p53 mutants through small molecule ligand binding (eg. arsenic) is an important strategy for tumor suppressor therapy. However, the mechanistic basis on the changes of collective dynamics and their roles of p53 protein in functional recovery process has not been fully elucidated. Herein, the normal mode calculations based on all-atom elastic network model are employed to characterize the terahertz low frequency motions of core DNA-binding domain (p53C) which is essential for p53 protein activities in transcriptional transactivation. We find that the lowest-frequency collective vibration mode of the p53C mutant is effectively restored by the binding of arsenic (III) ligand. In R249S mutant, the L1 loop is stabilized through restricting the swing-out movement. The results obtained from atomic backbone fluctuations suggest that the arsenic binding can significantly improve the L1 loop and L2 loop fluctuations. The statistical analysis of low frequency vibration mode reflects that the arsenic-bound R249S mutant has an apparent recovery of frequency shift in the terahertz range. The residue-residue motion correlation also suggests that structural components binding to arsenic are dynamically coupled. In the H2 helix with arsenic-binding residues, the motions of C124, C135, M133 and C141, are correlated with the arsenic recovery. These results provide the terahertz biophysical mechanism for the recovery effect of arsenic (III) on the p53 protein activity and new evidence for the coupling of the low-frequency vibration characteristics of protein structures with its function, thus giving a new physical insight into the p53 related cancer therapies.
Effects of Masai Barefoot Technology Footwear Compared with Barefoot and Oxford Footwear on Gait
Authors: Özdinç Sevgi , Uluçam Enis
Published: June 2021

Background

Shoes, with their biomechanical features, affect the human body and function as clothing that protects the foot. This study aimed to investigate the effects of Masai Barefoot Technology (MBT) shoes on gait in healthy, young individuals compared with bare feet and classic stable shoes.

Methods

The study was conducted in 67 healthy females aged 18 to 30 years. All volunteers walked barefoot, in Oxford shoes, and in MBT shoes and were evaluated in the same session. Kinematic gait analyses were performed. The three performances were compared using repeated-measures analysis of variance to study the variance in the groups themselves, and the Friedman and Wilcoxon paired two-sample tests were used for the intragroup comparisons.

Results

We found that the single support time and the swing phase ratio increased during walking in MBT shoes compared with walking in stable shoes, whereas the double support ratio, stride length, cadence, gait speed, loading response ratio, and preswing phase ratio decreased. However, it was found that the step and stride length, step width, and gait speed increased and the preswing phase extended during walking in stable shoes compared with walking barefoot.

Conclusions

These results support the hypothesis that MBT shoes facilitate foot cycles as they reduce the loading response and the preswing and stance phase ratios.
Effects of Different External Supports on Plantar Pressure-Time Integral and Contact Area in Flexible Flatfoot
Authors: Ünver Banu , Bek Nilgün
Published: June 2021

Background

Flexible flatfoot disturbs the load distribution of the foot. Various external supports are used to prevent abnormal plantar loading in flexible flatfoot. However, few studies have compared the effects of different external supports on plantar loading in flexible flatfoot. The objective of this study was to investigate the effects of elastic taping, nonelastic taping, and custom-made foot orthoses on plantar pressure-time integral and contact area in flexible flatfoot.

Methods

Twenty-seven participants with flexible flatfoot underwent dynamic pedobarographic analysis while barefoot and with elastic tape, nonelastic tape, and custom-made foot orthoses.

Results

Pressure-time integral percentage was higher with foot orthoses than in the barefoot and taping conditions in the midfoot (P < .001) and was lower with foot orthoses than in barefoot in the right forefoot (P < .05). Pressure-time integral values were lower with foot orthoses in the second, third, and fourth metatarsals and the lateral heel (P < .05). With foot orthoses, contact area values were higher in the toes; second, third, and fourth metatarsi; midfoot; and heel compared with the other conditions (P < .05). Pressure-time integral in the right lateral heel and contact area in the left fourth metatarsal increased with nonelastic taping versus barefoot (P < .05).

Conclusions

Foot orthoses are more effective in providing dynamic pressure redistribution in flexible flatfoot. Although nonelastic taping has some effects, taping methods may be insufficient in altering the measured pedobarographic values in this condition.
Improving Outcomes for Osteomyelitis After Partial Bone Resection: A Preliminary Report
Authors: Karr Jeffrey C.
Published: June 2021

Following partial bone resection for osteomyelitis, continued osteomyelitis in the remaining bone is common and problematic. Shortcomings in available surgical techniques to combat this also contribute to this problem. Presented are two case studies using a solution to this problem with a different type of bone void filler as a carrier vehicle for delivering antibiotics into the remaining infected bone to eradicate any residual bacteria in the remaining bone.