bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Visions of lexicography of a semantic European
Authors: Reichmann Oskar
Published: November 2021

In this essay, it is assumed that the languages of Latin Europe do have many semantic features in common, which contradicts the prevailing view of a general semantic particularity of every individual language and thus the exploitation for national-political purposes arising from that view. However, the proposition made here requires a summary and the assessment of different semantic concepts led by the idea of commonality. By means of individual cases that can be understood as relevant examples, a vision of lexicography will follow that aims at replacing the biologistic concept of a genetic explanation for contrastive semantics by the concept of a comparative semantics that is based on socio-historical, cultural-historcial and textual-historical arguments. In doing so, a historiography relating to the subject-matter of “semantics” will be suggested that assigns a semantic bridging function to Late Antiquity / Early Medieval Latin in relation to all languages of Latin Europe. The logic of the argument implies that a new era of semantic history begins upon the development of a structure of national languages in Europe, whose historical basis can still be recognised in the semantic communalities.
Interlinguality in historical conceptography
Authors: Bär Jochen A.
Published: November 2021

The article deals with theoretical and methodological questions raised by the idea of a multilingually oriented lexicography of discourse. The fact that words often cannot be translated exactly, but are to be seen in different lexical field contexts in each individual language will be treated as well as the phenomenon of interlingual influence (especially in cases of active multilingualism shown by single discourse actors). After some introductory remarks and general observations, a proposal will be developed (based on a historical example: the discourse of European Romanticism) as to how a discourse lexicography that crosses language borders could be structured.
A Portuguese 18th-century dictionary rescued from oblivion
Authors: Villalva Alina , Cardeira Esperança
Published: November 2021

The first Diccionario da Lingua Portugueza was published in 1783 by Bernardo de Lima e Melo Bacellar. This title became very successful, as many subsequent dictionaries demonstrate; but the work was a flaw, utterly ridiculed and systematically ignored. This unusual fate for a dictionary may be the outcome of a combination of factors: on one hand, the author himself – a nonconformist clergyman who became a persona non grata in the Portuguese ecclesiastic hierarchy; and on the other hand, his original lexicographic ‘method’ that aimed to provide more information than what was achieved by his predecessors. In this paper, we will present what we know about Bacellar’s biography and describe his dictionary by examining some landscape entries. Finally, we will discuss the role of this dictionary for research within the framework of the LandLex project. About LandLex, see Villalva/Williams (2019: 15–25).
Bats can reach 3626 m a.s.l. in Papua New Guinea: altitudinal range extensions for six rainforest bat species
Authors: Amick Pita K. , Sam Katerina , Drumo Gendio , Toko Pagi S. , Novotny Vojtech
Published: November 2021

Bats represent an important, but poorly known component of mammal diversity in Papua New Guinea (PNG). Our surveys in two altitudinal rainforest gradients recorded 43 bat species of which six (Dobsonia minor, D. praedatrix, Hipposideros calcaratus, H. maggietaylorae, Miniopterus australis, Miniopterus sp.) fell outside of their known altitudinal ranges. This enlargement could reflect the lack of past sampling, or a genuine range extension, potentially in response to climate change. Our study highlights the importance of baseline data on the altitudinal distribution of vertebrates, including bats, in PNG for the monitoring of their response to climate change and anthropogenic disturbance.
Crystal structure of [2,2′-{azanediyl)bis[(propane-3,1-diyl)(azanylylidene)methylylidene]} bis(3,5-dichlorophenolato)-κ2O,O′]-isothiocyanato-κN-iron(III), C21H19Cl4FeN4O2S
Authors: Duan Rui , Guojun Yu , Tian Hui , Wang Man , Wu Qiong
Published: November 2021

C21H19Cl4FeN4O2S, monoclinic, P21/c (no. 14), a = 16.304(2) Å, b = 11.1675(15) Å, c = 14.1041(16) Å, β = 109.322(4)°, V = 2423.3(5) Å3, Z = 4, R

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de facto
: pluricentric Portuguese in post-colonial Cabo Verde
Authors: Bermingham Nicola , DePalma Renée , Oca Luzia
Published: November 2021

In Cabo Verde, Portuguese is the official language, while Kriolu is the first language of virtually all the population. The schooling context clearly reflects this diglossic situation: while the vast majority of children speak Kriolu at home, Portuguese continues to be the exclusive language of instruction. Thus, Portuguese in Cabo Verde represents a post-colonial language that has maintained its de jure status but has not entered de facto domains of use. The research described in this article is based on discourse analysis of legislative and policy documents and extended semi-structured interviews with politicians, educators and language activists. Our results in this former colonial context invite us to reconsider traditional understandings of pluricentricity, as they suggest that Cabo Verdean Portuguese is not (yet) associated with local identity and has not (yet) been accepted by its speakers as a legitimate, standardised variety.
Pluricentric communication beyond the standard language paradigm: perceptions of linguistic accommodation between speakers from Argentina and Spain in a mobility context
Authors: Amorós-Negre Carla , Kailuweit Rolf , Tölke Vanessa
Published: November 2021

Globalisation and late-modernity have brought profound socio-political, economic, cultural as well as linguistic transformations. An intensification of mobility and transnational migration around the globe has added a complexity to linguistic interactions and repertoires that can be better analysed with non-essentialist approaches. With this in mind, the aim of this article is to expand the research agenda on pluricentricity beyond the standard language paradigm, which is based on the western conceptualisation of languages as clearly definable and discrete entities. In this respect, we address pluricentricity from the speaker’s perspective as opposed to the traditional perspective focused on standard-setting centres and peripheries. In this article, we adopt a communicative-based perspective on pluricentricity and focus on the potential accommodation behaviour of Spanish speakers from Argentina and Spain in mobility contexts. We conducted 39 semi-structured interviews to access perceptions and attitudes regarding the possible negotiations of short-term convergent norms and the creation of a spontaneous translanguaging space. We assume that awareness of one’s own repertoire as well as tolerance towards the perceived markers of the respective interlocutors’ repertoire are necessary conditions for successful pluricentric communication.
The Ideology and Agency of Kosovar Albanian Marxist Groups in the Demonstrations of 1981
Authors: Myrtaj Mrika Limani
Published: November 2021

The author explores the ideological underpinning and political goals of Kosovar Marxist-Leninist groups and examines their role in the 1981 demonstrations in Kosovo. She contextualizes these events against the backdrop of theories of revolutionary violence that were prevalent in Kosovar Albanian Marxist groups. Describing the position of Albanians within socialist Yugoslavia, she traces the formation of these groups of dissidents and their support of Hoxhaism—following the political views of the Albanian leader Enver Hoxha. Hoxhaist propaganda shaped anti-Yugoslav dissidence to a certain extent, and the author throws light on the nationalist incentive to support Hoxhaism. She contextualizes Yugoslavia’s response to the demonstrations as an act of coercive violence aimed at stemming events that the Yugoslav officials perceived to be both counter-revolutionary and to presage the rise of nationalism.
Sub-Yugoslav Identity Building in the Enciklopedija Jugoslavije (1955–1990): The Case of the Albanian Question
Authors: Mujadžević Dino , Voß Christian
Published: November 2021

The Encyclopedia of Yugoslavia (Enciklopedija Jugoslavije, EJ) was the flagship project of socialist Yugoslav nation-building in the fields of culture and academic knowledge. The first edition of the EJ was published in one Serbo-Croatian version (1955–1971), but the unfinished second edition of the EJ (1980–90) appeared in Slovenian, Serbo-Croatian in Latin and in Cyrillic script, Macedonian, Hungarian, and Albanian versions. The EJ was transformed from a staunchly federalist Yugoslav cultural platform of the 1950s, which supported Yugoslav unitarism, to one that strongly affirmed the nation-building(s) of the republics and autonomous provinces, thereby reflecting the decentralist remodeling of Yugoslavia from the late 1960s onwards. Using the examples of the two articles on “Albanians” and “Albanian-Yugoslav relations” in the EJ in their 1955, 1980, and 1983 versions, the authors elaborate on the political struggles within the Yugoslav ruling elite and within academia.
Heimat – Pädagogische Perspektiven auf einen umstrittenen Begriff
Authors: Borst Eva
Published: November 2021

Im Zentrum dieses Essays steht die Frage, inwieweit der Begriff der Heimat jenseits seiner faschistischen Instrumentalisierung für pädagogische Theorie und Praxis von Interesse sein kann. Im Anschluss an den marxistischen Philosophen Ernst Bloch und den Bildungstheoretiker Heinz-Joachim Heydorn entsteht eine Vorstellung von Heimat, die der Humanitas verpflichtet ist und im Rahmen einer ideologiekritischen Aufarbeitung Raum für emotionale Beheimatung bietet, ohne einer rechten Dogmatik das Wort zu reden. In diesem Zusammenhang avanciert Heimat zu einer Utopie der Menschlichkeit.
Improving the student learning experience through the student-led implementation of interactive features in an online open-access textbook
Authors: Sharma Tanya , Lukose Rini , Shiers-Hanley Jessica E. , Hinic-Frlog Sanja , Laughton Simone
Published: November 2021

This case study highlights the work of Students as Partners (SaP) as a balanced approach for implementing and evaluating an online open-access textbook in introductory animal physiology at the University of Toronto Mississauga. Started in 2017 with an eCampus Ontario grant, the project involved undergraduate and graduate students developing and improving an open-access e-textbook to support student learning in a second-year undergraduate introductory animal physiology course. This case study focuses on the 2019–2020 academic term and the work of two undergraduate students working alongside faculty and two librarians. As part of their research, the partners consulted the literature and gathered feedback from students taking the course in which the open e-textbook was used. Student partners added updates and new interactive features to create a more engaging educational resource to support student learning. The partners also reflected on their role in the open educational resource development process.
Students as partners in China: Investigating the potentials and possibilities for growing practices across universities
Authors: Liang Yifei , Matthews Kelly E.
Published: November 2021

There is a small but growing body of literature about engaging students as partners (SaP) in Asian countries. To further collective understanding of learner-teacher partnership practices in China, we invited undergraduate students and academics from three Chinese universities to complete a survey on their involvement in, and sense of importance of, 17 practices that align with SaP activities. The 402 students and 85 academic staff who engaged in the survey reported high levels of agreement about the importance of such practices that foster learner-teacher interactions although levels of involvement were lower. The findings demonstrate that SaP practices are unfolding in Chinese universities with evidence of a desire for growth of such activities. Our findings reveal potentials and possibilities for growing such practices in Chinese universities while raising questions about the underlying drivers and values motivating increased interest in learner-teacher interactions that warrant further qualitative research.
The partnership co-creation process: Conditions for success?
Authors: Smith Susan , Akhyani Kimiya , Axson Dan , Arnautu Andre , Stanimirova Ilina
Published: November 2021

Staff-student partnership activity continues to increase across the higher education sector, expanding to encompass a broad range of initiatives. Numerous frameworks and typologies have been proposed to help organise the literature and facilitate comparisons among different types of partnerships. The research reported here draws on a case study of a quality-enhancement staff-student partnership to identify the stages of the partnership co-creation process. It argues that the establishment of partnership values is intertwined with the stages of the co-creation process and is critical to the partnership’s success. This research contributes to practice and the literature by offering a practical approach to managing a staff-student partnership, adding to work on quality enhancement partnerships, and extending prior work evaluating partnership activity from the perspectives of multiple stakeholders.
Existence of Functional Connectome Fingerprint during Infancy and Its Stability over Months
Authors: Hu Dan , Wang Fan , Zhang Han , Wu Zhengwang , Zhou Zhen , Li Guoshi , Wang Li , Lin Weili , Li Gang ,   UNC/UMN Baby Connectome Project Consortium
Published: November 2021

The functional connectome fingerprint is a cluster of individualized brain functional connectivity patterns that are capable of distinguishing one individual from others. Although its existence has been demonstrated in adolescents and adults, whether such individualized patterns exist during infancy is barely investigated despite its importance in identifying the origin of the intrinsic connectome patterns that potentially mirror distinct behavioral phenotypes. To fill this knowledge gap, capitalizing on a longitudinal high-resolution structural and resting-state functional MRI dataset with 104 human infants (53 females) with 806 longitudinal scans (age, 16–876 d) and infant-specific functional parcellation maps, we observe that the brain functional connectome fingerprint may exist since infancy and keeps stable over months during early brain development. Specifically, we achieve an ∼78% individual identification rate by using ∼5% selected functional connections, compared with the best identification rate of 60% without connection selection. The frontoparietal networks recognized as the most contributive networks in adult functional connectome fingerprinting retain their superiority in infants despite being widely acknowledged as rapidly developing systems during childhood. The existence and stability of the functional connectome fingerprint are further validated on adjacent age groups. Moreover, we show that the infant frontoparietal networks can reach similar accuracy in predicting individual early learning composite scores as the whole-brain connectome, again resembling the observations in adults and highlighting the relevance of functional connectome fingerprint to cognitive performance. For the first time, these results suggest that each individual may retain a unique and stable marker of functional connectome during early brain development.

SIGNIFICANCE STATEMENTFunctional connectome fingerprinting during infancy featuring rapid brain development remains almost uninvestigated even though it is essential for understanding the early individual-level intrinsic pattern of functional organization and its relationship with distinct behavioral phenotypes. With an infant-tailored functional connection selection and validation strategy, we strive to provide the delineation of the infant functional connectome fingerprint by examining its existence, stability, and relationship with early cognitive performance. We observe that the brain functional connectome fingerprint may exist since early infancy and remains stable over months during the first 2 years. The identified key contributive functional connections and networks for fingerprinting are also verified to be highly predictive for cognitive score prediction, which reveals the association between infant connectome fingerprint and cognitive performance.
Health Outcomes Before, During and After the Great Recession in Canada: A Longitudinal Analysis
Authors: Latif Ehsan
Published: November 2021

Using panel data from Canadian National Population Health Survey (2006-2011), this study examined what happened to individuals’ self-reported health during and in the aftermath of great recession of 2008-2009. The study used different methods such as ordered probit method, ordinary least square method and panel fixed effects method. Once individual specific fixed effects are controlled for, the results show that great recession had no statistically significant detrimental impact on self-reported health status. The results further show that health status in the aftermath of great recession did not significantly differ from the health status before the great recession.
Secular stagnation and Google Trends – can we find out what people think?
Authors: Schmidt Katarzyna , Gajtkowski Mateusz
Published: November 2021

The main aim of the study was to verify the thesis that the US economy is measured against the spectre of secular stagnation by determining the mood of American society using Google Trends. While performing the analysis, the authors used data on the American market for the years 2004-2018. The study comprised 42 entries, including 19 entries from the category “social” and 23 entries from the category “financial”. The analyses do not allow for a clear statement that the US economy is facing the spectre of secular stagnation, but they allow us to formulate the observation that the mood of the society is moderately pessimistic, which undoubtedly translates into economic activity and may be the cause of the persisting economic stagnation.
Stock Market Investment and Inflation: Evidence from the United States and Canada
Authors: Sami Janesh
Published: November 2021

This paper examines the long-run relationship between goods prices and stock prices to understand whether stock market investment can help hedge against inflation in the United States (US) and Canada. This study employed an autoregressive distributed lag (ARDL) cointegration test developed by Pesaran, Shin, and Smith (2001), and finds evidence of a positive long-run economic relationship between stock prices and goods prices in both economies over the sample period 1960 to 2019. The long-run elasticity is above one for both economies implying that the developments in the goods market significantly affect the stock market. We undertake a suite of sensitivity checks and find robust evidence that the stock market investment can help hedge against inflation in the United States and Canada.
Role of Social Media in Socioeconomic Development: Case of Facebook
Authors: Amrouche Nawel , Hababou Moez
Published: November 2021

To study the role of Information and Communication Technology (ICT) on countries’ socioeconomic development, the paper investigates the case of Facebook penetration on improving their standing as measured via GNI per capita PPP (Gross National Income per capita based on purchasing power parity). We use four macro factors categories (political, economic, demographic, and technological) in addition to Facebook penetration per capita in order to measure the potential influence of various factors on the socioeconomic level of countries. While the analyses of ICT effect on development has been the focus of many papers in the past, the specific analysis of social media is scarce. Compared to previous studies investigating social media role, we use a large dataset covering all classes of countries and examine holistically many types of determinants using different models. In addition, we distinguish our paper using the economic classification of countries according to the World Bank. Our study indicates that Facebook penetration has a significant positive role on the socioeconomic level of countries, but such role varies depending on the countries’ classification level. Besides, there is a decreasing marginal effect showing the importance for policy makers to assess the complex dynamic behind the characteristic of each country.
Where Should We Live?
Authors: Clark Andrew E.
Published: November 2021

One of the central topics in recent empirical work on subjective well-being is that of comparisons to a reference group, over a variety of domains of economic and social life. One such reference group is neighbours. Any resulting spatial spillovers that are identified have potential implications for the welfare-maximising degree of spatial segregation. In this paper, we summarise some recent findings with respect to geographical comparisons of income, unemployment, health and religion, and present some new results regarding spatial spillovers in marriage. The resulting predictions regarding spatial segregation differ sharply according to the domain under consideration. While work in this area remains very preliminary, subjective well-being data may well help to both identify spillovers from neighbours, and inform about individuals’ location decisions.
To Migrate or to Commute?
Authors: Gruber Stefan
Published: November 2021

In this paper, we investigate the agglomeration patterns in a New Economic Geography
model when commuting is allowed. The introduction of both commuting and housing
costs leads to a disentangling of the agglomeration of firms and people. Commuting allows
workers to continue living in agglomerations and enjoying the benefits of a larger
product variety, despite high housing costs, since they may choose to commute to another
place where they receive higher wages, which in turn enables them to cover high housing
costs at their place of living. This observation is especially true for skilled workers, who
generally are more mobile than unskilled workers.
Finance, Market, Globalization: Lessons from the 2007-09 Crisis
Authors: Rossi Salvatore
Published: November 2021

Never before has finance been regarded with the suspicion of these past three years. Yet money and credit are part of what enabled human beings to overcome the barbarism of immanence, the savagery of a life ruled by consumption for survival. The critical rethinking of finance involves the very notion of market economy and the globalized dimension it has reached. Who failed in this crisis, the State or the Market? The State, although by virtue of a paradox. Is globalization the culprit? No. A different financial system must emerge from the 2007-09 crisis: freed from the “idolatry of laissez-faire”, but not thrown back into obsolete technologies or permanently restrained by anachronistic “real socialism” bridles.
Stochastic Dominance and Comparative Risk Aversion
Authors: Biswas Tapan
Published: November 2021

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Non-optimality of the Myopic Decision Rule: The Case of a Two-Sector Open Economy
Authors: Biswas Tapan
Published: November 2021

This paper is concerned with optimal allocation of investment in a two-sector open economy with non-shiftable capital. We have assumed a stationary population and fixed terms of trade. It has been shown that, if the economy starts with a small amount of capital in each sector, the myopic decision rule under static expectations will not be compatible with the conditions of optimal investment allocation
How Powerful Was the National Policy? The Lesson of the Cotton Mills
Authors: Hinton Michael N.A. , Barbiero Thomas , Kim Min Seong
Published: November 2021

Historians have claimed that Canadian manufacturing grew in the nineteenth century largely because of the National Policy tariff. In the case of the cotton textile sector,  our findings cast serious doubt on the long-standing idea that the National Policy was indispensable to the growth of Canadian manufacturing before WWI.
On acoustic emission analysis in circular saw cutting beech wood with respect to power consumption and surface roughness
Authors: Svrzic Srdjan , Djurkovic Marija , Danon Gradimir , Furtula Mladen , Stanojevic Damjan
Published: November 2021

A sound or a noise that accompanies wood machining processes is introduced by the tool rotation itself, by the friction of moving machine parts, or by wood-tool interaction. The sounds generated during machining with a circular saw could be analysed in order to monitor and possibly control the cutting process. Applying altered cutting parameters while cutting beech wood (Fagus sylvatica L.), which is the most common wood species in the Republic of Serbia, caused acoustic emissions that could be analysed throughout corresponding spectra. As shown in previous studies, altering the cutting parameters, e.g., the feed speed and tool override, resulted in variations in power consumption, surface roughness, and acoustic emission (or acoustic pressure). The aim of this paper was to provide a possible correlation between the applied cutting parameters and the acoustic emission spectra with respect to consumed power and the state of the machined surface. Along with acoustic emissions, the power consumption and surface roughness data were also acquired in order to make a possible relationship. By associating the idle circular saw acoustic spectra with background noise and comparing them with those obtained during machining, it was possible to indicate spectrum areas of particular interest for further analysis.
Dynamic testing of the elastic modulus and shear modulus of full-scale laminated veneer lumber
Authors: Huang Yujie , Chen Si , Dauletbek Assima , Yang Xiaojun , Wang Jun , Sun Xian'e , Xie Wenbo , Wang Zheng
Published: November 2021

The feasibility of the dynamic testing was explored for the elastic modulus and shear modulus of full-scale laminated veneer lumber in batches at the production site. In order to do so, dynamic testing and analysis, involving a hammer blow and detection of frequencies, were carried out on the laminated veneer lumber free-plate placed in two ways: suspended and placed on a sponge. The results showed that the mode shape and modal frequency value of the suspended laminated veneer lumber free-plate obtained from the modal test were consistent with those of the specimens placed on the sponge. The elastic modulus and shear modulus values of the laminated veneer lumber free-plate obtained in sponge mode based on the transient excitation method were 3.99% and 3.08% higher than the elastic modulus and shear modulus values of the laminated veneer lumber obtained in suspension mode obtained based on the modal test method. The feasibility and reliability of the elastic modulus and shear modulus values obtained by the laminated veneer lumber free-plate in sponge mode were verified.
“Die deutsche Grammatica … von Charmyntes” (Berlin, 1713): Creation, Author and Readers
Authors: Kareva Natalia V. , Pivovarov Evgeny G.
Published: November 2021

The first printed German language grammar, created for Russians, “Die deutsche Grammatica <…> von Charmyntes” was published in Berlin, in 1713. The authors investigate its extant copies, paying particular attention to the variants, held in the Russian Academy of Sciences and the Russian National Library. They verify the assumption, stated by K. Koch (2002), that J. L. Frisch was the compiler of the manual, and discuss, why he might hide under the odd alias “Charmyntes”. The scholar’s biography and scientific legacy are succinctly outlined. Frisch’s role in the establishment of the first Russian-German coterie is considered. He taught several noble students from Russia (first — the Golovkins, especially Alexander, his long-time friend and collaborator; and then — “Moscowitische Prinzen oder Knaesen” — the Dolgorukies and Repnins). Frisch’s works were purchased for Russian private and public libraries. Some of them could be presented to the scholars (G. F. Müller) or aristocrats (tsarevna Maria Alekseyevna), visiting him. The authors suggest hypotheses, why Charmyntes did not want to reveal his real name and his possible encouragers: Muscovite acquaintances or German patrons. “Die deutsche Grammatica” was published in the year momentous for Prussian foreign affairs. The new king was establishing allied relations with Peter I. The country gradually waded into the Great Northern War.
Contemporary Belarusian Dialects in Lithuania (Vilnius Region)
Authors: Jankowiak Mirosław
Published: November 2021

The aim of the article is to present contemporary Belarusian dialects in south-eastern Lithuania (in the Vilnius region), which have been the subject of linguistic research but not comprehensive. The basis of the analysis is mainly the author’s own materials, materials taped by other dialectologists and dictionary entitled Слоўнік беларускіх гаворак паўночна-заходняй Беларусі і яе пагранічча. The structure of these Belarusian dialects (selected features in phonetics, morphology, syntax, vocabulary and phraseology) as well as the sociolinguistic aspect of their use in a multilingual environment are demonstrated in this article.

The analysis of the collected material shows that the structure of Belarusian dialects in the study area is well-preserved. Belarusian dialectologists regard the Belarusian dialect in Vilnius Region as a south-western dialect, which should be described in detail. In the statement of interlocutors, one can note the phonetic, morphological and syntactic features typical for: the south-western dialect, the Central Belarusian subdialects, the Grodno-Baranavichy group of the south-western dialect and the two so-called dialectal zones: western and north-western. Local Belarusian dialects have been influenced by Baltic and Polish for hundreds of years and we can notice numerous borrowings from these and their dialects.
On uniform convergence of some classes of infinite products
Authors: Slepenchuk K.M.
Published: November 2021

We find necessary and sufficient conditions $\{ \alpha_k(x) \}$ must satisfy for the infinite product$$\prod\limits_{k=1}^{\infty} \bigl[ 1 + \alpha_k(x) u_k(x) \bigr]$$to converge uniformly under the condition that:1) the series $\sum\limits_{k=1}^{\infty} |\Delta u_k(x)|$ converges uniformly; 2) $\sum\limits_{k=1}^{\infty} |\Delta u_k(x)| = O(1)$.
La red de apoyo familiar y las relaciones intrafamiliares como predictoras de la satisfacción vital
Authors: Barraza Macías Arturo
Published: November 2021

Objetivo. Determinar la relación entre la red de apoyo familiar y las relaciones intrafamiliares con la satisfacción vital. Método. Se realizó un estudio correlacional, transversal y no experimental con una muestra de 314 estudiantes de dos instituciones de educación superior: 70 hombres (22.3%) y 244 mujeres (77.7%), con una edad promedio de 27.55 años (DT = 9.57). Resultados. Las variables predictoras de la satisfacción vital del individuo fueron: la cantidad de miembros de la red de apoyo familiar; la cercanía o intimidad de contacto entre esos miembros; además de la unión y apoyo y de la expresión mostradas en las relaciones intrafamiliares. .
SEXUAL EDUCATION OF INDIVIDUALS WITH MULTIPLE DISABILITIES: THEORETICAL-METHODOLOGICAL ASPECT
Authors: Georgieva D.
Published: November 2021

The sexual education of individuals with multiple disabilities holds a special place in the contemporary content of the subject of Special Education. The article is dedicated to the theoretical and methodological aspects of the discussed problem. The conceptual thesaurus of the presented thematic area is highlighted. Special attention is paid to the stages of human psychosexual development and the regularities of pubertal maturation. The main focus is placed on the sexual self-determination of the young people with intense and complex combinations of disabilities, the equal rights and conditions of functioning within the range of the opportunities available. The principles underlying the approach to the care of persons with multiple physical and mental limitations in the field of their sexual education are presented. There is a particular interest in the current and delicate problematic, which addresses the importance and conditions of sexual education for the development of sexuality, as well as the parents' attitudes towards the sexual relations of their children. An attempt has been made to identify the main areas of activity related to supporting people with multiple disabilities in finding their own way in the field of sexuality and partnership.
PRODUCT-MARKET PROFILE OF THE MAIN COMPETITORS IN THE OUTSOURCING SECTOR IN BULGARIA AS A KEY STRATEGIC INSTRUMENT
Authors: Radev R.
Published: November 2021

The main goal of the current publication is to represent a product-market profile as an essential strategic instrument in the companies from the outsourcing sector in Bulgaria. In this article, we use the product-market profile to identify competitors' profiles and to define the intensity of competition in the outsourcing sector in Bulgaria. There is a specific methodological framework that helps to complete this goal. It consists of three main steps. Firstly, thirty-five competitors fell within the sample of research. Secondly - based on the preliminary study, different categories` and subcategories BPO and ITO services were defined. After that, we determine the competitors' portfolios and the depth of BPO and ITO services they provide in Bulgaria. Thirdly - we identify aggregate service profiles for the outsourcing sector as a whole, which helps determine the intensity of competition for each service category. The intensity is a result of the number of companies offering one or another outsourcing service.
STRATEGIC GROUPING IN ITO SERVICES AS A MEAN OF IDENTIFYING THE MAIN COMPETITORS FOR HUMAN RESOURCES
Authors: Radev R.
Published: November 2021

This publication aims to present the strategic groups of competitors in the outsourcing sector in Bulgaria. In the core of strategic grouping presented here is the identification of the product-market profile of a sample of 35 main competitors. It is a part of the research of the HR capacity sustainability of Bulgaria as one of the leading destinations for providing outsourcing services. The methodology for the identification of the strategic groups consists of three main steps. The first step purpose is to identify the population of the main competitors. The vital part of this step is the definition of BPO and ITO services, which are of interest to the research. The second step refers to identifying individual companies, supplying one or another BPO/ITO service. For a more detailed assessment, it is also essential to define the depth of BPO/ITO services provided by every competitor. This profiling helps to determine the intensity of competition for each service category. The third step goal is to identify strategic groups of competitors that employ human resources with similar technical and language skills. This grouping helps companies to define appropriate human resources policies to make them more competitive in attracting and retaining the desired human resources.
Smart packaging : Modern way for reducing post-harvest losses of horticultural produce
Authors: Joshi Udit , Bisht T.S. , Rawat Laxmi , Mamgain Ajay
Published: November 2021

Most fresh horticultural commodities are highly perishable and thus require proper care and handling during and after harvesting. Hence, packaging (pre-packaging, primary, secondary and tertiary) becomes an essential operation in prolonging the shelf life of the processed or fresh horticultural produce. Packaging provides containment and protection to the product and convenience and communication about the inside product to the end consumer. Consumer requirements and demands and world wide shifting patterns such as expectation of life and companies putting money into the production and delivery of food are driving innovation in food and packaging. Smart packaging is a novel and fascinating technological area with a lot of positive feedback from today’s consumers. The two primary forms of smart packaging are active and intelligent packaging. Active packaging systems include active compounds put into sachets or pads and then placed in the package, as well as placed directly in the package or on the packaging material. Intelligent packaging comprises signs that describe the product’s safety and quality, history, and the environment surrounding the container. Packaging in the traditional sense functions as a passive barrier, delaying the detrimental impact of environmental factors on the food product. These new innovative packaging systems, on the other hand, allow the package to interact with the environment and food, as well as play a vital part in the preservation of horticultural commodities. Despite substantial study into the innovative packaging technologies, several of these innovations have yet to be successfully deployed in commercial horticultural produce packaging systems. Comprehensive awareness of their potential in horticulture product packaging applications will help with effective development and broad commercial introduction.
Electromagnetic Shielding Properties of Pack Borided MirraxTM Steel
Authors: ALTINSOY İbrahim
Published: November 2021

In this study, it was aimed to investigate the electromagnetic interference shielding (EMI-SE) as well as some physical and mechanical properties of pack borided Mirrax tool steel. Boriding process was carried out at 900, 950 and 1000°C for 2, 5,8h, respectively. Optical images showed that borides layer have smooth morphology and flat interface with matrix. XRD analysis revealed that main phases in the layer were FeB and Fe2B. Intensity of FeB phases increased with increment of process temperature and time. Depending on process time and temperature the thickness of borides layer was ranged from 10 mm to 87.80 um. Microhardness of layer was between 1700 and 2400 HV. EMI-SE measurements conducted within Ku band (12-20 GHz) indicated that EMI-SE efficiency increased by increasing of process time and temperature and it was ranged from 52dB to 75dB. It is possible to claim that borided Mirrax steel performed good EMI-SE and when boriding time reached to 5h, remarkable EMI-SE (electromagnetic interference shielding) (over 60dB) was observed on the sample borided even at 900°C.
Towards a Digital Resource Mobilisation Approach for Digital Inclusion During COVID-19 and Beyond: A Case of a Township School in South Africa
Authors: Mkhlze Themba Ralph , Davids Mogamat Noor
Published: November 2021

COVID-19 is affecting the functioning of most countries globally, creating a situation now described as the "new normal"-a time of unexpected educational change. The national lockdown, accompanied by the closure of educational institutions, brought economic hardship and deepened the digital divide between the rich and the poor. Educational institutions capable of transitioning to an online mode of delivery made that shift, while the majority of South Africa's schools remained excluded due to poverty and lack of technological infrastructure. The educational sector is at wits' end to find strategies to curtail the growing digital divide. This paper offers a digital resource mobilisation approach as framework to keep schools on the path to achieving the National Development Plan's aim of ICT capacitation. To consider developmental possibilities and respond to the digital exclusion of township schools, we asked the question: "What are the online teaching and learning experiences of school stakeholders?" Responses to this question assisted development of a digital resource mobilisation theory that is offered as a viable approach to digital inclusion and social change. Data were collected by telephonic interviews with three teachers, three learners, three school governing body parents, and one school principal. Based on the findings, recommendations for digital inclusion are suggested.
Review on biological degradation of biogenic amines in food
Authors: Jihao Zeng , Jinhong Wu , Huiyun Chen , Sui Ni
Published: November 2021

In this paper, the application of biological methods to reduce biogenic amine content in foods was introduced. Biogenic amine oxidase, a special protein that can degrade biogenic amine into acetaldehyde, hydrogen peroxide and ammonia, has been introduced in this paper, and two major amine oxidases and their degradation effects on different biogenic amines were briefly reviewed. In addition, various microorganisms that could produce amine oxidase were summarized in this paper, and their application in the fermentation was shown. This short review summarizes the important biological methods currently used to degrade biogenic amines and provides new theoretical guidance for removing or reducing the biogenic amines in foods.
Climate Change Challenge 26th Conference of Parties (COP26) climate summit is crucial but may be disappointing?
Authors: K Suresh
Published: November 2021

Human activity is the main cause of climate change. People burn fossil fuels and convert land from forests to agriculture. Burning fossil fuels produces carbon dioxide, a greenhouse gas. Climate change due to vehicular movements, industries, and deforestation for creating newer inhabitations affects the environmental and social determinants of health. An effective public health response to climate change is involves preventing injuries and illnesses, escalating public health preparedness, and reducing risk of consequences of all listed climate change immediate support, manage health effects and outbreaks. The world leaders are gathering in Glasgow for COP26, today the October 31st, 2021, to carry forwards the unfinished agenda. The process is ruled by arriving at consensus, and the pace is set by the least willing countries. In 2019, developed countries provided $16.7 billion as a grant, that amounts to just $1 per month for climate finance. Developed countries can surely afford more than this. A credible climate finance plan from them is, therefore, crucial. The world’s 20 biggest economies recently endorsed a landmark deal on a global minimum corporate tax rate of 15% and will aim to implement the rules by 2023 for climate financing. The main reason why cop26 process matters is that the science, diplomacy, activism, and public opinion that support it make up the best mechanism the world currently must help it come to terms with a fundamental truth. Looking at the progress made since the imitation of COP so far and minimal groundwork that has been done to achieve them, most of the demands may not be met. India’s ambitious 450 GW renewable energy goal by 2030, its hydrogen mission, plan to move Indian railways to ‘net-zero’ emission by 2030, land degradation neutrality and massive programme to increase forest cover- natural carbon sink the key points the country will commit to drive home. Forty-five nations pledged to step up protection of nature and overhaul farming to cut greenhouse gas emissions, but major economies led by the US, Japan and Germany and developing nations such as India, Indonesia, Morocco, Vietnam, Philippines, Gabon, Ethiopia, Ghana, and Uruguay backed from commitments. The steps include leveraging over $4 billion of new public sector investment into agricultural innovation, including the development of climate-resilient crops and regenerative solutions to improve soil health. I think climate challenges will be met, not because of summits and global idealism but because of enormous sums likely to be spent on green innovation by profit-driven corporations, incentivised by modest government subsidies and mandates Material & methods: This article is a review of available literature on Impact of climate change on health and global Climate change efforts, in press and various government and UN agency documents.
Veterinary Clinical Practice and Diagnosis
Authors: Abdisa Tagesu
Published: November 2021

Clinical examination is a fundamental part veterinary diagnosis. It provides the veterinarian with the information to determine the disease or diseases producing the clinical abnormalities. Additionally, the information derived from the clinical examination should assist the veterinarian in determining the severity of the pathophysiological processes.
Regional or systematic clinical examination
Authors: Abdisa Tagesu
Published: November 2021

The clinical examination of head and neck can be undergone by further visual inspections and observations, before examination of head and neck the following question could be asked: [1]:
Preparation and administration of medicaments body weight of animals and drug dosage
Authors: Abdisa Tagesu
Published: November 2021

The body condition of a livestock is generally assessed by visual observation. The references to an animal being too thin, in good fl esh, or obese all relate to the animal’s weight. Therefore, the weight of an animal can be used as a measurement tool to determine its well-being, or the presence of problems which may threaten the health of the horse. The weight of small animalsand poultry may be carried out by balance by automatic balance machine several methods can be used to determine the body weight of livestock in an approximate scale.
Examination of urine
Authors: Abdisa Tagesu
Published: November 2021

Urinalysis usually is performed as a screening technique for acquiring a large amount of information about several body systems. It is studying the kidneys related to the detection of abnormal component in urine that may be of renal origins and relation of urine concentration ability to kidney function. Analysis of urine is conducted through collection of samples. Urine is normally yellow in all domestic animals.
Milk examination
Authors: Abdisa Tagesu
Published: November 2021

Milk production potential is a function of the number of mammary epithelial cells in the, gland, as well as the secretory activity of those cells [1,2]. Therefore, improved lactation performance can be achieved under conditions that enhance mammary cell proliferation (or decrease apoptosis), biochemical and structural differentiation of mammary epithelium, and synthesis and secretion of milk components [1].
Serological and immunological test
Authors: Abdisa Tagesu
Published: November 2021

Immunological and serological methods can detect the antibodies specifi c to a particular infection in serum or antigen in different body tissues or excretions or secretions. The animal diseases have been diagnosed by immunological and serological test since very long. The antibodies are produced in animal body as a result of body defense responses against the causative agents.
Amplicon sequencing of Primate Erythroparvovirus 1 B19V from clinical samples. v1
Authors: not provided pramadaprasad , S Darshan , George Anson , Pattabiraman Chitra
Published: November 2021

This protocol describes amplicon based sequencing of Primate Erythroparvovirus 1 (B19V ) from clinical samples using the MinION (Oxford Nanopore Technologies). The primers for amplification were designed using PrimalScheme (https://primalscheme.com/) with B19V genotype 3 virus as the template, however these would allow partial recovery of B19V genotype 2 genomes. The protocol was modified from the Zika and SARS-CoV-2 sequencing protocols (https://dx.doi.org/10.17504/protocols.io.bbmuik6w).
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Authors: Prior Glenn
Published: November 2021

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Real Money Vs Non-Real Money Gambling