bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Hip Fusion Takedown with Subsequent Hip and Knee Arthroplasty. Case Study
Authors: Poboży Tomasz , Konarski Wojciech , Hordowicz Martyna
Published: January 2021

There is no uniform standard of treatment for patients with hip fusion and accompanying symptomatic osteoarthritis of the ipsilateral knee. Fusion takedown is associated with an increased risk of complications, and often the results are not satisfactory for patients. Therefore, each case should be considered individually. We present a case report regarding a 70-year-old patient with hip fusion as a result of tuberculosis at a young age who underwent hip fusion takedown with total hip arthroplasty followed by total knee arthroplasty as a second step. The 70-year-old patient with end-stage renal failure and hip fusion as a complication of tuberculosis in adolescence complained of increasing pain in the left knee. After taking into account his comorbidities and discussing with the patient possible treatment options and their limitations, he was qualified for 2-step surgery involving hip replacement and total knee replacement spaced 5 months apart. At the last follow-up visit the patient did not report any pain, with a hip joint mobility of 110° flexion and -10° extension and internal and external rotation of 35° each. The range of knee flexion was 110°. On a VAS scale, the patient’s quality of life was rated 85/100 vs. 30/100 preoperatively. In patients with hip fusion, satisfactory results can be achieved with 2-stage hip and knee replacement, even despite significant co-morbidities. However, this requires careful intraoperative planning and management of patient expectations.
ERPS AS AN INDEX OF IMPAIRED COGNITIVE CONTROL IN AN ISCHEMIC BRAIN STROKE APHASIC PATIENT
Authors: Cielebąk Ksenia , Grzywniak Celestyna
Published: January 2021

Stroke is a sudden-onset neurological deficit resulting from focal vascular lesions. This is either due to a clot-induced obstruction of a vessel (ischemic stroke) or a rupture of a vessel causing haemorrhage (hemorrhagic stroke). The appropriate diagnosis of brain stroke aphasic patients is a major public health problem one so important for effective rehabilitation. Here an important role is played by the diagnosis of impaired cognitive processes. The aim of the research was to find the index of impaired cognitive control with the use of ERPs in a patient following an ischemic stroke with aphasia.

A male patient, aged 69, after an ischemic brain stroke experienced 4 months previously with resulting naming problem, was admitted to the Reintegrative and Teaching Center of the Polish Neuropsychological Society. In the neuropsychological evaluation three neuropsychological tests were employed: (a) the Boston Naming Test-Polish version, to evaluate the naming and word finding problem; (b) the nonverbal Bell test to ascertain a selective, visuospatial and strategic attentional evaluation; (c) the Digit Memory test to evaluate working memory capabilities; (d) ERPs as a neurophys- iological index of impaired cognitive control. Significant changes were observed in testing. All cognitive functions including naming, non- verbal, visuospatial and strategic attention, along with the digit memory deviate substantially from the norm. The patient obtained a lo wer score, compared to the norm (p <0.05). Boston Naming Test (patient = 21< Mean-Norm = 57.29; SD= 0.52). Bell test (patient = 23 < Mean-Norm = 31.29; SD= 2.52). Digit Memory Test scores: Forward digit span (patient = 3 < Mean-Norm = 7.65, SD = 0.49). Backward digit span (patient = 2 <Mean-Norm = 6.51, SD = 0.7). Significant changes were observed also in neurophysiological testing: behavioral parameters (except RT) deviate substantially from the reference. EEG spectra show clear abnormalities on the left side within the left Rolandic fis- sure. The deviations include excessive mu-rhythm and beta activity, which means that this area is inhibited.

The ERPs show no difference between GO and NOGO conditions in the patient in comparison to the norm from HBI database indicating poor cognitive control. ERPs could be treated as an index of impaired cognitive control in the ischemic stroke aphasic patient.
Struktura rodziny młodych dorosłych a funkcjonowanie w bliskich związkach interpersonalnych
Authors: Walęcka-Matyja Katarzyna
Published: January 2021

Pierwszym celem badań było określenie czy struktura rodziny pochodzenia wiąże się z rodzajem bliskiego związku interpersonalnego młodych dorosłych. Drugi cel badań dotyczył sprawdzenia czy w zakresie stylu przywiązania oraz wymiarów zaangażowania interpersonalnego w związku występują różnice w grupach młodych kobiet i mężczyzn pochodzących z rodzin o zróżnicowanej strukturze.
Badaniami objęto grupę 150 osób, znajdujących się w okresie wczesnej dorosłości, tj. od 20. do 35. r.ż. Z rodzin monoparentalnych z matką pochodziło 77 badanych (29 kobiet, 48 mężczyzn), natomiast w rodzinach pełnych wychowało się 73 badanych (46 kobiet, 27 mężczyzn). Zastosowano następujące narzędzia badawcze: Kwestionariusz Stylów Przywiązaniowych M. Plopy (2008), Kwestionariusz Zaangażowania Interpersonalnego w adaptacji I. Janickiej, W. Szymczaka (2017) oraz ankietę.
Rezultaty badań wskazują, że młodzi dorośli pochodzący z rodzin monoparentalnych istotnie częściej decydowali się na związek kohabitacyjny niż młodzi dorośli z rodzin pełnych. Mężczyźni z rodzin monoparentalnych uzyskali wyższe wyniki średnie w zakresie stylu lękowo-ambiwalentnego oraz unikowego niż mężczyźni z rodzin pełnych. Kobiety z rodzin monoparentalnych otrzymały wyższe wyniki średnie w zakresie stylu lękowo-ambiwalentnego niż kobiety z rodzin pełnych. Mężczyźni z rodzin monoparentalnych uzyskali niższe wyniki średnie niż mężczyźni z rodzin pełnych w wszystkich trzech wymiarach zaangażowania interpersonalnego.
Wnioski z badań konfirmują występowanie zależności między zróżnicowaną strukturą rodziny pochodzenia a wybranymi aspektami funkcjonowania młodych dorosłych w bliskich związkach interpersonalnych.
DOGS WITH A PURPOSE SAINT FRANCIS SERVICE DOGS: ASSISTING PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES
Authors: Willoughby Carol B.
Published: January 2021

Formed in 1996, Saint Francis Service Dogs is a non-profit organization working to improve the lives of children and adults with disabilities through partnership with a service dog. The organization is also committed to promoting the use and acceptance of service dogs through public and professional education, providing advocacy for service dog partners, and supporting the growth of the service dog industry on a national level. The organization’s training center is located in Roanoke, Virginia USA, and is the largest service dog organization in the state. The Saint Francis Training Center includes a state-of-the-art kennel facility to house young dogs that are going through the training program. A recently-established program places service dogs with United States military veterans who have combat-related injuries. Co-founder Carol Willoughby credits her first service dog, Booker, with changing her life. He ultimately inspired her to form Saint Francis Service Dogs so that others in need could benefit from professionally trained service dogs. Today, Carol’s life is brightened by her Saint Francis Service Dog, Midas. While providing valuable assistance, Midas also helps Carol promote awareness and appreciation for service dogs and the amazing difference they make in so many lives.
APPRAISAL OF THE USE OF SOCIAL MEDIA AS TOOLS FOR PUBLIC RELATIONS PRACTICE IN TERTIARY INSTITUTIONS. A STUDY OF FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY, MINNA AND NIGER STATE COLLEGE OF EDUCATION, MINNA
Authors: Ende Terna , Shekwaga Chebawaza , Ugboaja Stanley U. , Okonkwo Chizoba P.
Published: January 2021

The use of social media tools for public relations practice in Nigerian tertiary institutions has witnessed tremendous revolution in the areas of information dissemination and two-way communication process between tertiary institutions and their publics. This study appraises the use of social media as tools for public relations practice in tertiary institutions with focus on the Federal University of Technology, Minna and Niger State College of Education, Minna. The dialogic theory of public relations was used as theoretical basis for this research work. Survey method of research was adopted with three hundred and ninety seven (397) questionnaire administered to respondents in Niger State, Nigeria. It was found that the Federal University of Technology, Minna has adopted the various social media tools as a channel of communication between the institution and its publics more than Niger State College of Education, Minna. It was also found that both the Federal University of Technology, Minna and Niger State College of Education, Minna mostly used Facebook to communicate with their publics. Therefore, this study recommends the need for public relations practitioners to be well trained on the use of various social media tools for the purpose of information dissemination between their organizations and target audience/publics.
A Study on The Determinants of Singapore Polytechnic Students’ Choices in A Hospitality and Tourism Program
Authors:   School of Business and Management, Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology University, Pang Justin Matthew
Published: January 2021

The hospitality and tourism industry in Singapore is rapidly growing and all polytechnics in Singapore are offering hospitality courses so that they can help sustain the economy with the necessary manpower. However, the new generation of Singapore millennial students choosing hospitality programs assess choice factors differently and give different priorities of importance to these factors. Factors have been grouped according to ‘Personal’, ‘Institution – Academic’, ‘Institution – Others’, and ‘Curriculum’, and students rated these on their own perceptions and against those perceptions from the faculty when designing hospitality programs to attract potential students. It has been noted that the ability to get a job after graduation is of the highest importance to both parties and that parents' and peers' influence do not matter in their choice of hospitality programs or polytechnics. With this understanding, educational institutions would need to relook at their strategies on enticing students to join their programs. This study will also grant a precursory insight into how students from developing Asian countries will select hospitality programs, using Singapore as a model in the future.
Prevenção quaternária em saúde mental
Authors: Pulhiez Gabriel Calixto , Norman Armando Henrique
Published: January 2021

Este artigo questiona a hegemonia da visão biologicista que predomina no cuidado em saúde mental. Ele fornece uma reflexão crítica e construtiva da abordagem em saúde mental de modo a favorecer um alinhamento com os princípios da medicina de família e comunidade (MFC) e da prevenção quaternária (P4). Essa reflexão crítica está organizada da seguinte forma: (a) breve contextualização da psiquiatria moderna; (b) questionamento sobre a definição de doença mental; (c) diferenças entre o modelo centrado na doença e o modelo centrado na droga na abordagem em saúde mental; e (d) modelo centrado na droga como ferramenta para a prática da prevenção quaternária nos problemas de saúde mental (PSM). Ao questionar as bases conceituais da psiquiatria e problematizar as questões relativas à saúde mental sob a perspectiva da psiquiatria crítica, pode-se instrumentalizar os MFC a desenvolver uma abordagem desmedicalizante, individualizada e contextualizada frente as pessoas em sofrimento mental.
OS CONTRATOS EMPRESARIAIS E A POSSIBILIDADE DE ERRO ENQUANTO VÍCIO DE CONSENTIMENTO
Authors: Durizzo de Oliveira Raul
Published: January 2021

The present work seeks to expose, by means of bibliographic, doctrinal and legislative analysis, the concepts of legal business and consent defects, notably the error, and dissect the business contract, conceptualizing it and pointing out the interpretive criteria applicable to it, with the purpose of examining whether it is possible that manifestations of will in the commercial pacts are riddled with error, leading to the annulment of the business. Thus, it seeks to characterize the entrepreneur as a decision maker at the head of the company and to list which vectors should be used to understand a business relationship. Considering that the business contract essentially seeks profit and, therefore, is involved in risk, as well as that the entrepreneur who signs it is not any individual, but a presumably qualified person, the error is not a subterfuge to request the annulment of the bargain.
Um aplicativo mobile para auxiliar a Gestão de Riscos no Brasil: lições aprendidas em uma perspectiva sociotécnica
Authors: Figueiredo Ana Luiza Ferreira , Horita Flávio
Published: January 2021

O mapeamento de áreas vulneráveis a riscos geológicos requer dados geológico-estruturais atualizados. O processo de coleta e análise de dados observado é lento e pouco eficaz, devido à falta de mecanismos tecnológicos apropriados. Está sendo desenvolvido um aplicativo mobile para suprir essa necessidade. Este artigo discute, a partir do conceito de abordagem sociotécnica, seu processo de desenvolvimento e as metodologias adotadas
Teorias e Ferramentas de apoio a Reparação de Alinhamento de Ontologias
Authors: Santos Miriam , Mello Carlos , Classe Tadeu
Published: January 2021

O compartilhamento e a interoperabilidade de informações são cruciais em várias áreas de conhecimento. Uma ferramenta útil para isso são as ontologias, as quais permitem alinhar termos de um mesmo domínio, visando interoperabilidade de informação. Contudo, processos de alinhamento automáticos nem sempre produzem resultados satisfatórios, necessitando de especialistas de domínio para corrigir as inconsistências. Este trabalho objetiva apoiar os especialistas no processo de reparação e revisão de alinhamento de ontologias, através de técnicas de visualização de informação, em um ambiente colaborativo. Esta pesquisa usa Design Science Research Methodology para conceber um sistema de informação que seja capaz apoiar os especialistas no processo de reparação e revisão de ontologias, permitindo analisar como e quais técnicas de visualização foram mais eficientes. A avaliação da proposta será feita através de abordagens quali-quantitativas, coletando métricas de reparação de ontologias e log de navegação dos usuários, além de um survey com a resposta dos participantes.
Apresentação de denúncias sobre acessibilidade de serviços de governo eletrônico por pessoas com deficiência: uma análise à luz da Teoria do Comportamento Planejado
Authors: Siqueira Monique , Freire André
Published: January 2021

Este trabalho buscou compreender os fatores que influenciam a intenção de comportamento de pessoas com deficiência em relação à apresentação de denúncias sobre barreiras de acessibilidade em portais governamentais, com base na Teoria do Comportamento Planejado. Para isso, foi realizada uma triangulação de métodos, por meio de entrevistas com pessoas com deficiência e com promotores de justiça, e aplicação de questionários as pessoas com deficiência. O estudo trouxe resultados relevantes para mostrar a necessidade de aumentar a conscientização de pessoas com deficiência sobre seus direitos no uso de sistemas digitais, e sobre a utilização dos meios de fiscalização e apresentação de denúncias.
Recommendation System for Knowledge Acquisition in MOOCs Ecosystems
Authors: Campos Rodrigo , Santos Rodrigo , Oliveira Jonice
Published: January 2021

In recent years, students face difficulties in choosing the best content from the online distance learning of MOOCs (Massive Open Online Courses). The emerged recommendations systems to solve this problem do not identify the student's prior knowledge broadly. From this problem, the main contribution of this work is the identification and reduction of the students' knowledge gap in MOOCs. As such, in this Master's thesis, we model and analyze the MOOCs ecosystems and propose a solution for recommending parts of courses. Based on a set of three experiments, we verify that our recommendations are accurate, useful and reliable. We also present new content to fill the knowledge gap of users as the main contribution of this work to the state of the art.
DevGo: Um Modelo para Governança de Desenvolvedores em Ecossistema de Software Móvel a partir de Developer Relations
Authors: Fontão Awdren , Santos Rodrigo , Dias-Neto Arilo Claudio
Published: January 2021

Organizações que mantêm ecossistemas de software móvel (MSECO), como Apple e Google, têm investido em estratégias de governança de desenvolvedores com a formação de um time de Developer Relations (DevRel). Busca-se, com DevRel, estabelecer sinergia entre expectativas das comunidades de desenvolvedores externos e objetivos da organização. Porém, isto não é trivial: se a estratégia for insustentável, pode-se incorrer na “morte” do ecossistema. Por meio de estudos secundários na literatura, estudos primários envolvendo 68 profissionais de DevRel e estudos de mineração de repositórios de software, foi desenvolvido na tese um modelo para a governança de desenvolvedores em MSECO a partir de DevRel – DevGo (do inglês, DEVeloper GOvernance). O DevGo é composto por: áreas de foco, fases de avanço do desenvolvedor, estágios, facilitadores e objetos de transferência de valor. Além disso, um conjunto de lições aprendidas de profissionais de DevRel associadas a estágios do DEVGO, categorias de repositórios e motivações para uso deles com foco em monitoramento.
Play Your Process - Uma Método de Design de Jogos Digitais Baseados em Modelos de Processos de Negócio
Authors: Classe Tadeu Moreira de , Siqueira Sean Wolfgand Matsui , Araujo Renata Mendes de , Xexéo Geraldo Bonorino
Published: January 2021

Atualmente as organizações são desafiadas na tentativa de fazer com que seus clientes se aproximem e possam contribuir na inovação e melhoria de seus processos de negócio. Neste contexto, percebeu-se que estas melhorias passam pela compreensão dos processos pelos clientes tornando-os aptos a contribuir. Esta pesquisa explorou o design de jogos digitais como alternativa atrativa para que as pessoas possam compreender como um processo de negócio de prestação de serviço é executado. Através da Design Science Research Methodology (DSRM) o método Play Your Process (PYP) foi concebido, tendo como objetivo guiar o game designer na construção destes jogos. Com o método PYP foi possível desenvolver e demonstrar os jogos digitais baseados em processos de negócio em diferentes contextos, sendo estes, avaliados com o público (cidadãos) quanto a sua qualidade e a ferramenta para promover a compreensão do processo de negócio (serviço). Assim, o método usa modelo de processos de negócio como base para a criação do jogo, e ao mesmo tempo o jogo digital busca representar o modelo de processo de negócio para a compreensão do jogador. O método PYP demonstrou ser útil para isso, ao fornecer suporte ao projeto de jogos digitais baseados em processos de negócio.
Processamento de conteúdo, proficiências, deficiências e de interações sociais para a preparação para o Exame Nacional do Ensino Médio
Authors: Arrais Marcos , Oliveira Jonice
Published: January 2021

Milhares de estudantes no Brasil necessitam de estudos complementares ao ensino formal para atingir boas pontuações no Exame Nacional do Ensino Médio-ENEM e garantir o ingresso no ensino superior. Esse trabalho tem por objetivo o desenvolvimento de um método para mensurar as proficiências e deficiências dos alunos e orientá-los na construção de novos conhecimentos. O artefato desenvolvido é uma ferramenta adaptativa, cujo engajamento é baseado em conceitos de gamificação. A metodologia utilizada foi Design Science Research. A avaliação do artefato foi feita através de Estudo de Caso e os resultados demonstram a efetividade do método proposto.
Erfolgsfaktor „Employee Voice“
Authors: Singh Maurizio
Published: January 2021

How do you turn organisations into learning organisations and how do you implement structures that make learning possible?

In this publication a concept is presented that can easily be realised by concrete measures. Every manager can introduce structures and processes in individual departments or even in the entire company, who will enable employees to express their opinions to the management. It is proven that these expressions of opinion are suitable for promoting processes of organizational learning.
Seitenwechsel aus der Politik in die Wirtschaft
Authors: Tenner Jan T.
Published: January 2021

Are politicians, especially members of the government, allowed to work in the private sector without a waiting period after their term of office? After all, such a change goes hand in hand with the "bad appearance" that the politician sells his internal knowledge from his tenure to the highest bidder, or had already aligned his actions to the interests of his future employer during his tenure.

Legislators reacted to such discussions in the course of Gerhard Schröder's or Ronald Pofalla's post-official work in summer 2015. The present work analyzes whether the revision was necessary, but also whether it was sufficient, and tests the standards found on the basis of an empirical survey.
Socio-cognitive Determinants of Plagiarism Intention Among Kermanshah University of Medical Sciences Students: A Cross-sectional Study in 2018
Authors: Mirzaei-Alavijeh Mehdi , Jalili Cyrus , Rezaei-Zadeh Pedram , Jalilian Farzad
Published: January 2021

Background: Plagiarism is one of the most common and important misconducts in the educational and research environment. Plagiarism means transcribing the works or ideas of others without authenticating the source and the original author and assigning them to self. Objectives: The current research aimed to investigate the socio-cognitive constructs associated with plagiarism among Kermanshah University of Medical Sciences (KUMS) students using the theory of planned behavior (TPB). Methods: This cross-sectional study was done at KUMS, the west of Iran, among 231 medical university students in 2018, which were selected randomly to participate voluntarily. Students filled out a self-report questionnaire that included the demographics and TPB variables. Data gathered were analyzed by the Statistical Package for Social Sciences (version 16) using a t-test, Pearson correlation, and linear regression. Results: The determinants of attitude, subjective norms (SN), and perceived behavioral control (PBC) accounted for 15% of behavioral intention (BI) to plagiarism. Linear regression showed that SN (beta = 0.229; P = 0.001) and PBC (beta = -0.217; P = 0.001) were the most influential predictors of plagiarism intention. Conclusions: According to the result, it seems that planning programs to increase perceived behavioral control against doing plagiarism and reduce subjective norms encouraging plagiarism may be useful for the prevention and reduction of plagiarism among university students.
The Efficacy of Boswellia carterii Oleogel in Pain Relief and Functional Improvement Among Patients with Carpal Tunnel Syndrome: A Triple-Blind Randomized, Controlled Trial
Authors: Karimi Mehrdad , Rohani Setareh , Ghahvechi Akbari Masood , Kargozar Elham , Zargaran Arman , Rahimi-Dehgolan Shahram , Namiranian Parva , Emami Razavi Seyede Zahra
Published: January 2021

Background: The current study aimed at investigating the effectiveness of a topical herbal extract, Boswellia carterii (BC), on pain relief and functional improvement in patients with carpal tunnel syndrome (CTS) versus placebo in a randomized, controlled trial (RCT). Methods: The current study was conducted on 36 patients with mild or moderate levels of bilateral CTS (both hands were involved in all the subjects). Subjects were randomly assigned into two groups receiving either topical oleogel of BC or placebo for six weeks. All the patients were instructed to use wrist splinting; 29 subjects completed the study. The efficacy of topical BC in symptom relief and functional improvement of CTS was evaluated two and six weeks after the intervention using the Visual Analogue scale (VAS) for pain, pain-free grip strength (PFGS), nerve Conduction study (NCS), and Boston CTS questionnaire (BQ). Results: The subjects in both groups had similar demographics and baseline clinical features. The topical use of BC oleogel led to a significant improvement in VAS scores, symptoms severity score (SSS), functional status scale (FSS), and PFGS in comparison with the baseline level. The baseline VAS score of the intervention group was 5.7 ± 2.9, which decreased to 3.4 ± 1.5 two weeks and 2.7 ± 2.1 six weeks after the intervention (P-value = 0.001). SSS decreased from 29.53 ± 9.4 to 20.93 ± 6.4 and 18.80 ± 6.8 in the same follow-up time points, respectively (P-value = 0.001). The corresponding figures related to FSS were 18.35 ± 6.1, 15.07 ± 7.0, and 12.93 ± 3.79, respectively (P-value = 0.007). PFGS was 6.9 ± 2.6 at pre-intervention, which increased to 7.29 ± 1.7 and 7.65 ± 1.8 two and six weeks after treatment, respectively (P-value = 0.01). Except for grip-strength, the improvement was significantly superior to that of the placebo group. Both VAS and SSS indicated that the topical oleogel of BC achieved a better symptom relief than placebo. On the other hand, no remarkable preference was observed between the two groups in terms of improvement in electrodiagnostic parameters (P ⟩ 0.05). Conclusions: According to the current study findings, the topical application of BC oleogel among patients with CTS improved pain and functional status, remarkably more than placebo. However, no significant changes were observed in electrodiagnostic parameters.
Factors Impacting Clinically Relevant RNA Fusion Assays Using Next-Generation Sequencing
Authors: Ramani Nisha S. , Patel Keyur P. , Routbort Mark J. , Alvarez Hector , Broaddus Russell , Chen Hui , Rashid Asif , Lazar Alex , Lucas Francis A. San , Yao Hui , Manekia Jawad , Dang Hyvan , Barkoh Bedia A. , Medeiros L. Jeffrey , Luthra Rajyalakshmi , Roy-Chowdhuri Sinchita
Published: January 2021

Context.—

RNA-based next-generation sequencing (NGS) assays are being used with increasing frequency for comprehensive molecular profiling of solid tumors.

Objective.—

To evaluate factors that might impact clinical assay performance.

Design.—

A 4-month retrospective review of cases analyzed by a targeted RNA-based NGS assay to detect fusions was performed. RNA extraction was performed from formalin-fixed, paraffin-embedded tissue sections and/or cytology smears of 767 cases, including 493 in-house and 274 outside referral cases. The types of samples included 422 core needle biopsy specimens (55%), 268 resection specimens (35%), and 77 cytology samples (10%).

Results.—

Successful NGS fusion testing was achieved in 697 specimens (90.9%) and correlated positively with RNA yield (P < .001) and negatively with specimen necrosis (P = .002), decalcification (P < .001), and paraffin block age of more than 2 years (P = .001). Of the 697 cases that were successfully sequenced, 50 (7.2%) had clinically relevant fusions. The testing success rates and fusion detection rates were similar between core needle biopsy and cytology samples. In contrast, RNA fusion testing was often less successful using resection specimens (P = .007). Testing success was independent of the tumor percentage in the specimen, given that at least 20% tumor cellularity was present.

Conclusions.—

The success of RNA-based NGS testing is multifactorial and is influenced by RNA quality and quantity. Identification of preanalytical factors affecting RNA quality and yield can improve NGS testing success rates.
Development of Tempus programme at the University of Priština settled in Kosovoska Mitrovica
Authors: Lazić Goran , Đurić Igor
Published: January 2021

Higher Education reform and modernization processes in Serbia were initiated by the overall 'Europe of knowledge' project, which encompassed Bologna and Lisbon declarations aiming to enroll Western Balkan countries into unique European Higher Education Area. By the adoption of the Law on Higher Education in 2005, these processes obtained their legal ground in Serbia and regulated implementation of the principles of both declarations, while Tempus (Trans-European Mobility Programme for University Studies) as the European Union programme for reform and modernization of Higher Education additionally supported internationalization of Higher Education Institutions in Serbia and harmonization of their curricula with highest European educational standards. This essay gives an overview on development of Tempus programme at the University Pristina temporarily settled in Kosovska Mitrovica since 2009, when the university for the first time applied for this kind of donation until its official closure and completion of implementation of all its projects where university was involved.
Gas control in TG motor region in longwall gassy mines
Authors: Tanguturi Krishna , Balusu Rao , Belle Bharath
Published: January 2021

A number of longwall mines suffer significant gas delays due to high methane gas concentration levels (i.e. above 1.0% statutory limit for methane gas level) near the tailgate (TG) motor area of the longwall face. Therefore, in addition to development of effective goaf gas drainage and management strategies for highly gassy mines, development of face control strategies to minimize methane gas concentration levels near the tailgate motor of the longwall face is highly critical to achieve high production rates in high capacity longwall mines. To address this issue, detailed CFD models of longwall face were developed and extensive modelling simulations were carried out to investigate the effectiveness of various control options on gas concentration distribution near the tailgate motor area. To investigate the effect of mining and ventilation parameters on effectiveness of various control strategies, simulations were carried out with CFD models of Mine A. The details and results of all these studies are presented in this paper.
Proceedings for declaring a will ineffective in Austrian and Serbian legislation
Authors: Živojinović Dragica
Published: January 2021

The proceeding for declaring a will (testament) ineffective on the basis of facts presuming incompliance with the previously expressed last will of the testator, which is prescribed in several contemporary legislations, is distinct from the revocation of a testament as a strictly personal act by which the testator explicitly or tacitly expresses or manifests animus revocandi. The subject matter of this paper is the analysis of legal solutions regulating cases when the last will can be revoked in Austrian law (in case of cessation of partnership or kinship relations after making a last will and exclusion of the only child from the will due to the testator's misconception) and in Serbian law (in case of a substantial change of circumstances which were the testator's decisive motive to make the bequest of certain content at the time of making the will). After examining the facts which are the basis for the presumption of incompliance with the testator's last will and considering other conditions as prerequisites for the application of this institute, as well as their comparison, the author concludes that the legislator's intervention into the freedom of testation could be justified only if it is crucial for exercising this freedom. In other cases, such an intervention bears the risk of imposing additional restrictions, including the interference into testamentary freedom.
The judiciary system and the social care system policy on contractual capacity: Overview of research conducted in the City of Belgrade
Authors: Sjeničić Marta , Perić Sandra , Marčetić Dragana
Published: January 2021

Contractual capacity is the starting point for exercising most human rights. It entails the capacity to sign contracts and enter into the legal transactions, and it is a gateway to exercising a range of labour, voting, family, property, succession (etc.) rights envisaged by the law. The full deprivation of contractual capacity leads to the deprivation of most other capacities. Thus, a person is de iure and de facto excluded from societal life. The mechanism for deprivation of contractual capacity exists in both domestic and foreign jurisprudence, as a way of protecting individual rights. The deprivation of contractual capacity in adults is applicable when the competent authority determines one's mental or intellectual impairment. In the past, the prevailing approach to establishing such disability was the medical approach, which is largely the same today, while the social model is seldom applied. The issue of protection of the right to contractual capacity has seldom been comprehensively analyzed, either from the standpoint of social care services or from the standpoint of jurisprudence. Yet, they are both equally relevant in the process of assessing contractual capacity. This paper presents the results of research conducted in social care centers and courts in the territory of the City of Belgrade (Serbia). The research was aimed at establishing whether the status and position of social care service users has improved after introducing the legal mechanism authorizing the courts to assess (within a specific time limit) if there are reasons for continuing the imposed measure of deprivation of contractual capacity, as well as to analyze the major reasons for initiating the legal action for reassessment of contractual capacity.
Beneficial ownership of income as an antiabusive measure in Serbian Tax Law
Authors: Vasović Miloš
Published: January 2021

The Serbian Corporate Income Tax Act contains a provision on the beneficial ownership of income (hereinafter: the BO provision), which is one of the conditions for the application of the preferential tax rate on income tax after tax deduction, which is envisaged in Treaties for the avoidance of Double Taxation on income and capital (hereinafter: Double Taxation Treaties/ DTTs). The subject matter of research in this paper is the term "beneficial ownership", which is not defined in the Corportate Income Tax Act. It may ultimately lead to abusing the preferential tax rates from the DTTs in tax planning and "treaty shopping" through the use of conduit companies. Tax experts have different opinions on the legal nature of the BO provision, which is given the function of an anti-abusive measure (on the one hand) and a rule for the attribution of income (on the other hand). The author analyzes the current function of the BO provision envisaged in the Serbian Serbian Corporate Income Tax Act (CITA), and its inadequate application. The author advocates for enacting the BO provision as an anti-abusive measure, and examines the possible application of the BO provision in domestic tax law, with reference to Articles 10, 11, and 12 of the DTTs that Serbia contracted with other states, as well as Articles 10-12 of the OECD Model-Convention on Income and Capital (2017) and Commentaries on these articles. Such an application of the BO provision may preclude "treaty shopping". In final remarks, the author points out why the BO provision should be envisaged as an anti-abusive measure in Serbian tax law.
Ensuring the continuity of family law protection after the opening of succession estate in Russian law
Authors: Đokić Ivana
Published: January 2021

In modern Russian succession law, factual grounds (incapacity for work, maintenance and community of life with the testator, etc.) have a decisive influence on the construction of the legal and necessary hereditary order. Thus, the Russian legislator protected incapable persons who were, after the death of the provider, supported by the testator during his lifetime. By enacting such inheritance regulations, the legislator has remained faithful to the Russian legal tradition and the idea of subsistence (which is the basis of legal inheritance in Russian law), and successfully ensured the continuity of family law protection for incapacitated individuals. This paper focuses on the inheritance mechanism aimed at ensuring the continuity of family law protection to persons who are incapable to work, and who were supported by the testator during his/her lifetime. In light of current inheritance legislation of the Russian Federation and the views presented in the Russian legal literature and jurisprudence, the author points out that the continuity of family law protection of incapacitated persons who were supported by the testator may be effectively ensured through the institute of universal succession.
Stanislávski: sem censura nem cortes
Authors: Carnicke Sharon Marie , Carvalho Felipe Rodrigues
Published: January 2021

O artigo traça um panorama histórico e biográfico das últimas décadas de vida de Constantin Stanislávski para compreender em que medida sua imagem e a sua obra foram construídas, manipuladas e até modificadas, dentro e fora da Rússia. A professora Sharon Marie Carnicke resgata as complexidades e contradições às quais Stanislávski esteve submetido tanto na Rússia, frente ao regime de censura e propaganda materialista-dialética de Stalin, quanto nos Estados Unidos, através das turnês do Teatro de Arte de Moscou que promoveram o diretor no Ocidente mas, sobretudo, através do decisivo contrato editorial assinado com sua tradutora Elizabeth Hapgood.
Workshop report :
Authors: Bagchi Shelly , Marvel Jeremy , Zimmerman Megan , Aksu Murat , Antonishek Brian
Published: January 2021

This report details the second annual, full-day workshop exploring the metrology necessary for repeatably and independently assessing the performance of robotic systems in real-world human-robot interaction (HRI) scenarios. This workshop continues the motion toward bridging the gaps between the theory and applications of HRI, enabling reproducible studies in HRI, and accelerating the adoption of cutting-edge technologies as the industry state-of-practice. The second annual workshop, 'Test Methods and Metrics for Effective HRI', seeks to identify test methods and metrics for the holistic assessment and assurance of HRI performance in practical applications. The focus is on identifying the key performance indicators of seemingly disparate sectors, and to foster the community based on the principles of transparency, repeatability and reproducibility, and establishing trust. The goal is to aid in the advancement of HRI technologies through the development of experimental design, test methods, and metrics for assessing HRI and interface designs.
Vaporization and/or Centralization: On the (Self-)Portraits of Manet and Degas
Authors: Stoichita Victor I. , Bugslag James
Published: January 2021

Admiration réciproque, rivalité, incompatibilité caractérielle font partie du rapport entre Edouard Manet (1832–1883) et Edgar Degas (1834–1917). Puisque les sources écrites sont avares de renseignements à ce propos, il faudra interroger les oeuvres des deux maîtres elles-mêmes pour trouver les raisons de cette incompatibilité. On aura alors la chance de cerner deux positions inconciliables quant à l’art en général et l’art moderne en particulier. Les pages qui suivent se proposent de le faire, en partant de l’analyse des autoportraits des deux peintres et des rares portraits de l’un faits par l’autre. Une attention spéciale est vouée au tableau intitulé M. et Mme Manet, réalisé par Degas vers 1865 et découpé par Manet peu après l’avoir reçu comme cadeau de la part de son confrère.
Renoir, susceptibilités épidermiques
Authors: Dubreuil Nicole
Published: January 2021

Taking as its point of departure Renoir’s lifelong fascination with the representation of skin, this article explores how this motif, relinquished by many “pleinairistes” because of its incestuous links with traditional painting, expresses the very core of Renoir’s professional and personal idiosyncrasies and sustains his ambiguous position within modernism. Renoir’s foreword to a 1911 French re-edition of Cennino Cennini’s Libro del Arte sheds light on the anxieties which seemed to plague a decorator turned easel painter, and were incited by his avant-garde posture to shun academic training. Not only is the representation of skin related for Renoir to never-ending technical queries and problems; the fantasmatic conception of the female body in which it takes part, especially during the artist’s old age, reveals deeper fears connecting social positioning with sexual roles.
La mise en lumière des indépendants. Le mythe de l’artiste isolé chez les écrivains symbolistes français
Authors: Lucbert Françoise
Published: January 2021

Inspired by the thinking of art sociologists like Nathalie Heinich, Pierre Bourdieu and Dario Gamboni, this article examines how a particular group of writers on the rise, the symbolist generation active in the late nineteenth century, engaged in promoting a certain artistic ideal that would in return enhance and legitimize their own aesthetic agenda and position. The young novelists and poets writing art criticism in the small literary magazines that proliferated in symbolist circles became the champions of the new independent painters exhibiting outside traditional art institutions. Going against the grain of positivist thinking, that tied the art producer to his own historic, geographic and social circumstances, they resuscitated the romantic figure of the misunderstood solitary genius, at once a saint and a prophet, towering above the crowd and waiting to be discovered. This was, of course, the very image they wanted to project of themselves. That is why they remained faithful to this archetype, even in the face of professional success, their protégés’ and their own.
Paradigme ou modèle : les héritiers de Van Gogh et les paradoxes de l’authenticité
Authors: Heinich Nathalie
Published: January 2021

Vincent van Gogh is still considered today as the exemplary figure of the modern artist. His works and his distinctive fate are still the object of a veneration to which a considerable market value is linked. This article examines the paradox originating from the status given to van Gogh of the “grand singulier” – the great singularity – a status which remains by definition impossible to emulate. The imitation of van Gogh's art would, of course, bring about a loss of originality. Moreover, the imitation of his life as an unwilling martyr of art could only be accomplished with a loss of authenticity. This explains why allusions to van Gogh by contemporary artists such as Robert Motherwell, Gina Pane and Christian Boltanski are reduced to borrowing the distant forms of reserve, of parodic reference and of reflexive distance.
The Industry of Motherhood: Spring Hurlbut’s “L’ascension” and Julia Margaret Cameron’s Wings
Authors: Hammond Cynthia Imogen
Published: January 2021

Les rapports entre le travail, la maternité et la reproduction trouvent des expressions remarquablement diversifiées dans la production de l’artiste canadienne contemporaine Spring Hurlbut et de la photographe anglaise du XIXe siècle Julia Margaret Cameron. Dans cette étude, j’essayerai de montrer comment le travail des deux artistes se retrouve à l’intersection du poétique et du politique. Contrairement aux artéfacts d’Hurlbut, les images de Cameron sont des lieux d’inscription de sa propre créativité artistique au-delà des normes particulières de la féminité de la deuxième moitié du XIXe siècle. La photographe a choisi de résister au style pictorialiste alors en vogue, et aussi de s’opposer à l’idéal de la classe moyenne victorienne représenté par « l’ange à la maison ». Sa production n’échappe pourtant pas à son moment historique et elle n’essaie même pas de le faire. Issues de temporatilés fort différentes, Cameron et Hurlbut se seront toutes deux intéressées à définir conceptuellement la maternité dans leur art, la déconstruisant et reconstruisant pour mieux la représenter. Dans le travail d’Hurlbut, cette représentation revêt une forme artistique qui reste à la fois éphémère et douloureuse comme un mauvais souvenir. L’Ascension rappelle la profonde douleur des femmes de l’époque victorienne face à la mort de leurs enfants. Dans l’exposition, l’expérience du deuil est exacerbée par des références presque cliniques à ces instruments industriels d’aide à l’allaitement qui contribuèrent au haut pourcentage de la mortalité infantile. De leur côté, les images d’enfants ailés de Cameron expriment une grande tendresse pour l’enfant qui était – ou pourrait déjà être – perdu.

Les activités culturelles de Spring Hurlbut et Julia Margaret Cameron, lorsque considérées à l’aulne du paradigme victorien de la féminité domestique de la classe moyenne, créent une tension entre les concepts de travail et de maternité. Cette étude tente d’explorer l’art d’une femme par celui d’une autre et crée un lien féministe entre des époques, tout en conservant une approche matérialiste.
A Tale of Three Women: The Visual Arts In Canada / A Current Account/ing
Authors: Zemans Joyce
Published: January 2021

Cet article examine le statut de quelques femmes artistes canadiennes à la fin du XXe siècle. Il aborde la question sous divers aspects et, en particulier, sous celui de la nature institutionnelle de la discrimination et de son impact économique et idéologique sur la vie et sur les moyens de subsistance des femmes artistes. Il analyse aussi l’importance des pratiques et des politiques du musée, de la galerie, des agences subventionnaires et de l’environnement éducatif post-secondaire afin de comprendre comment les institutions appliquent ou transforment les hiérarchies de l’histoire traditionnelle de l’art. L’article se divise en deux parties : la première est une analyse qualitative où sont examinés trois cas de femmes artistes torontoises qui contestèrent le discours critique dominant à des périodes différentes du XXe siècle. Il s’agit de Kathleen Munn qui oeuvra principalement entre 1918 et 1935, de Joyce Wieland dont la carrière s’étend sur une trentaine d’années, soit de la fin des années cinquante à la fin des années quatre-vingt, et enfin de Vera Frenkel qui est à la fine pointe de la création artistique canadienne depuis le milieu des années soixante-dix.

La seconde partie analyse l’histoire du soutien institutionnel accordé aux femmes artistes d’un point de vue quantitatif. J’examinerai ici aussi trois cas : celui du Musée des beaux-arts du Canada, du Conseil des arts et de l’Ontario College of Art (la plus ancienne et la plus grande école d’art du pays). Je terminerai cet article en concluant que si les femmes se sont imposées de manière significative dans le monde de l’art canadien et que leur production a contribué de façon cruciale à la formulation des discours esthétiques postmodernes, les vieux préjugés qui accordaient au travail des femmes une valeur moindre qu’à celui de leurs vis-à-vis masculins, n’ont pas disparu : la production des femmes reste moins exposée et moins achetée que celle des hommes, celles-ci ont plus de difficultés à obtenir des subventions et des postes universitaires et elles gagnent, dans la plupart des cas, moins bien leur vie. Les faits indiquent que la réinsertion des femmes comme « Autre » ne suffit pas et que des stratégies novatrices sont requises pour remodeler les approches historiques et théoriques traditionnelles. Nous devons non seulement corriger les manuels d’histoire, mais aussi en élargir le cadre historique, exiger de nouvelles conceptions historiographiques qui transformeront le discours pour le rendre plus inclusif.
The Significance of Peter in the Artistic Patronage of Desiderius, Abbot of Montecassino (1058-87)
Authors: Gunhouse Glenn
Published: January 2021

Une analyse attentive des monuments-clés de la période de l’« Âge d’or » du Mont-Cassin semble montrer l’intérêt particulier de cette communauté pour la personne de l’apôtre Pierre. Cette attention pourrait confirmer leur volonté de se rapprocher du Saint-Siège, et surtout de participer au grand mouvement de la Réforme grégorienne dans sa tentative d’un retour vers les valeurs de l’Église primitive. Par contre, la sympathie des moines pour Pierre pourrait être aussi comprise comme un reflet de l’importance locale de Pierre au Mont-Cassin et de la grande influence que l’abbé Didier exerçait sar l’Église de l’Italie du sud.