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A Theoretical Framework on Sustainable Supply Chains: Barriers to Measuring Performance
Authors: Pérez-Velázquez Alexei , Moya-Rodríguez Jorge Laureano
Published: July 2021

The direction for the construction of a sustainable supply chain concept has an evolution and contribution of multiple disciplines that have been elaborated by academic and business bias. From this point on, defining a concept of this subject represents an issue that demands an interpretative effort, since several factors and theoretical approaches influence this category. The objective of this article is to demarcate a theoretical framework on sustainable supply chains and relate it to the barriers present in the measurement of sustainable performance. The method applied in this assessment combines systematic literature review, qualitative analysis of content and bibliometrics, through interconnected steps, which allow a detailing of the dimensions and under dimensions of the sustainability in the supply chain and the identification of the barriers that are associated with the measurement of performance. The material considered is supported through theoretical and empirical studies, which approached the formulation of the concepts and their applicability at different levels of the supply chain. This allows the content analysis to demarcate certain stages of development and the different theoretical approaches that respond and assist the concept. The results contribute to the definition of a roadmap to measure of sustainable performance, an issue that is the basis of future studies over this theme.
WSPÓŁPRACA TRANSGRANICZNA POLSKI I NIEMIEC W ZAPEWNIENIU BEZPIECZEŃSTWA WSPÓLNEGO ODCINKA GRANICY
Authors: Lubimow Joanna
Published: July 2021

Swobodne poruszanie się i przekraczanie granicy w ramach „obszaru bez granic” potrzebuje zintensyfikowanych kontroli na granicach zewnętrznych oraz niewidocznego nadzoru na wewnętrznych granicach. Organy odpowiedzialne za bezpieczeństwo transgraniczne w Polsce
i w Niemczech to podmioty współdziałające w celu identyfikowania i przeciwdziałania zagrożeniom migracyjnym. Zdefiniowanie wzorca współpracy służb granicznych zapewniających ich ochronę, to działanie skomplikowane z powodu zróżnicowania obszarów granicznych. Wynika to z różnorodności i specyfiki państw, które sąsiadują ze sobą, ich kultury i historii. Zdaniem badaczy przedmiotu, trudno jest kategorycznie rozstrzygnąć o tym, czy możliwe jest stworzenie i zastosowanie jednego uniwersalnego modelu w przypadku wszystkich pograniczy UE, dlatego tym bardziej eksploracja problematyki prowadząca do wypracowania w praktyce wytycznych dla modelu efektywnego zarządzania konkretną granicą wewnętrzną, stanowi o wartości praktycznej rozważań. Celem artykułu jest analiza i prezentacja zagadnień dotyczących współpracy transgranicznej Polski i Niemiec, w zakresie ochrony wspólnego odcinka granicy, wskazanie na specyfikę wewnętrznej granicy UE jaką jest odcinek między Polska a Niemcami oraz ewolucji współdziałania, w kierunku wypracowania efektywnego modelu kooperacji na rzecz bezpieczeństwa granic. Uzyskanie odpowiedzi na tak postawiony problem, możliwy będzie dzięki wykorzystaniu metody empirycznej badania obrazującej aspekt funkcjonalny współpracy państw w zakresie zapewnienia bezpieczeństwa transgranicznego oraz metod teoretycznych, tj. analizy i wnioskowania.
SOLIDARNOŚĆ SPOŁECZNA WOBEC IMIGRANTÓW W PERSPEKTYWIE POSTRZEGANYCH ZAGROŻEŃ W OBSZARZE BEZPIECZEŃSTWA SOCJALNEGO I KULTUROWEGO W POLSCE
Authors: Budzyński Łukasz
Published: July 2021

W artykule została podjęta analiza roli postrzeganych zagrożeń ze strony imigracji w obszarze bezpieczeństwa socjalnego oraz kulturowego na preferencje typów solidarności społecznej. Przyjęto, iż można wyróżnić dwa typy idealne solidarności społecznej. Pierwszym będzie solidarność pierwotna, w której dominują mechanizmy ekskluzywne wobec grup odmiennych
od grupy dominującej. Drugim będzie solidarność obywatelska, w której dominują mechanizmy inkluzywne wobec grup odmiennych od grupy dominującej. W artykule założono, iż preferencje solidarności pierwotnej będą wzrastać w kontekście postrzeganego zagrożenia w obszarze bezpieczeństwa socjalnego oraz bezpieczeństwa kulturowego. Analiza statystyczna w oparciu
o dane European Social Survey potwierdziła to założenie. Postrzeganie zagrożenia w obszarze bezpieczeństwa socjalnego będzie zwiększać szanse na społeczną preferencję solidarności pierwotnej w stosunku do imigrantów niezależnie od ich pochodzenia Z kolei postrzeganie zagrożenia w obszarze bezpieczeństwa kulturowego odgrywa większą rolę w przypadku imigrantów innej rasy lub grupy etnicznej niż w przypadku imigrantów tej samej rasy lub grupy etnicznej.
POSTĘPOWANIE ADMINISTRACYJNE SZCZEGÓLNE W SPRAWIE PONOWNEGO POCHÓWKU EKSHUMOWANYCH ZWŁOK LUB SZCZĄTKÓW LUDZKICH – OFIAR TOTALITARYZMÓW I CZYSTEK ETNICZNYCH
Authors: Dytko Jan
Published: July 2021

Instytut Pamięci Narodowej prowadzi poszukiwania miejsc spoczynku osób poległych w walkach o niepodległość, zwłaszcza osób, które straciły życie wskutek narzuconego systemu totalitarnego lub czystek etnicznych. Odkrycie zwłok lub szczątków takich osób uzasadnia ich ekshumację, a po przeprowadzeniu stosownych badań dokonanie ponownego pochówku. Może on odbyć się na tym samym cmentarzu, na którym dokonano ekshumacji, ale w innym miejscu, a w przypadku zamknięcia tego cmentarza na innym cmentarzu. O miejscu ponownego pochówku orzeka wojewoda w drodze decyzji administracyjnej, od której przysługuje odwołanie do ministra właściwego do spraw administracji publicznej. Decyzja w sprawie ponownego pochówku poprzedzona jest rokowaniami, które obejmują miejsce pochowania lub budowy albo odtworzenia nagrobka. W rokowaniach uczestniczą małżonek, zstępni, wstępni lub inne osoby, które pochowały osoby zmarłe, a przy braku takich osób krewni boczni do trzeciego stopnia pokrewieństwa. Są oni także stronami postępowania pochówkowego, które ma charakter szczególnego postępowania administracyjnego. W postępowaniu tym posiłkowo stosuje się przepisy Kodeksu postępowania administracyjnego. Celem opracowania jest prezentacja i analiza materiału normatywnego regulującego zagadnienia związane z ponownym pochówkiem, poprzez akcentowanie następujących po sobie czynności, które zamykają się w postać szczególnego postępowania administracyjnego.
A CRITICAL STUDY OF THE KEY CHALLENGES OF TRADE UNIONISM IN NIGERIA’S FOURTH REPUBLIC
Authors: Okolie Ugo C. , Akbefe Sebastian
Published: July 2021

Trade unions are basically an integral part of liberal democratic society. They are an im-portant part of the fabric of the Nigerian society, providing social, economic, political and psychological benefits for their members as well as the platform for participation in mana-gerial functions in government and work industry. It is worrisome that in recent times, trade unions in Nigeria are witnessing serious challenges that tend to militate against their performance. This paper therefore examines the challenges in Nigeria’ fourth republic, using the Marxist theory of class conflicts as theoretical framework of analysis. A qualita-tive research method was adopted and was content analyzed in relation to the scope of the paper. The paper observes that lack of committed leadership, lack of internal democracy, government intervention, tribalism and nepotism, internal factionalism, apathetic attitude, poor economic climate and non-affiliation with foreign union are the major challenges that trade unions in Nigeria currently face. The paper recommends among others that trade unions should imbibe the tenets of democracy in their internal administration.
DETERMINATION OF THE APPLICATION OF CONTRADICTOIRE DELIMITATIE PRINCIPLES IN COLLECTING PHYSICAL DATA IN THE MAGETAN NATIONAL LAND AGENCY OFFICE (STUDY IN MAGETAN DISTRICT)
Authors: Puriani Wahyu Dwi , Handayani I Gusti Ayu Ketut Rachmi , Karjoko Lego
Published: July 2021

Land certificate is the proof of ownership of land rights. Moreover, the certificate making must implemented with the successive procedure in accordance with UUPA (Basic Agrari-an Law) within the renewal rules that are always updated by government. The determina-tion and stipulation of appropriate limits with the principle of Contradictoire Delimitatie becomes the main key before implementing the land measurement. Because, without a boundary agreement between the land owners adjacent to the registered land, it will be-come a time bomb in the future, lawsuit could arise which results in re-measurement and even the cancellation of the certificate. This research is normative research type (doctrinal research) with statute approach and conceptual approach. This research focuses to the literature study; data which becomes the research source is secondary data. This will give the answer that the mechanism for determining and stipulation boundaries in land registra-tion has applied the principle of safety, so the land owner get the legal certainty of owner-ship of their rights. The law consequence if the determination and stipulation boundaries in land are not accordance with the fact in the field resulting in the absence of legal cer-tainty for the certificate of land rights. Conclusion and suggestion in this research is in determination and determination of land plot boundaries in order to achieve legal certainty must in accordance with PP (Government Regulation) No. 24 of 1997 and PMNA/KaBPN No.3 (Regulation of the Minister of Agrarian and Spatial Planning/Head of BPN) of 1997. Magetan Regency National Land Agency Office before implementing the measurement activities must be more thoroughly in the process of determination of land plot boundary in order to reaches the law certainty so that it can be accounted for.
A Comparison of BPMN and UML 2.0 Activity Diagrams
Authors: Peixoto Daniela C. C. , Batista Vitor A. , Atayde Ana P. , Borges Eduardo P. , Resende Rodolfo F. , Pádua Clarindo Isaías P. S.
Published: July 2021

Interest in evaluating Business Process Modeling Languages has widespread, in part due to the increase of the number of languages available for this purpose. Several works on the evaluation of BPMLs are available. Their evaluation are mainly based on perspectives centered in modeling experts. In this paper, we address the readability perspective of two BPMLs (UML 2.0 and BPMN) for people not familiar with process modeling. The UML can be tailored for purposes beyond software modeling and offers Activity Diagrams for business process modeling. BPMN was designed for modeling business process and has a primary goal of being understandable by all business stakeholders. We compared undergraduates (freshmen) understanding of business process modeled in BPMN and UML 2.0 Activity Diagrams. Our results are interesting, since we were able to find that these two languages do not have significant differences, despite BPMN readability design goals.
Desenvolvimento de um Processo de Software Aderente à ISO 9001:2000 Baseado no Processo Ágil Scrum
Authors: Dos Santos Jr. Antônio F. , Da Silva Vandermi J. , Lucena Jr. Vicente F. de
Published: July 2021

Este artigo descreve como o departamento de pesquisa e desenvolvimento de uma empresa de dispositivos móveis desenvolveu um processo aderente à ISO 9001:2000 para uso em projetos que utilizam o processo Scrum no desenvolvimento de software, baseando-se na experiência e histórico do uso desse processo ágil em projetos antigos, mantendo seu sistema da qualidade aderente à ISO 9001:2000, obtendo a certificação neste padrão e melhorando o desempenho de seus projetos.
Utilização de SPI e CPI no acompanhamento estatístico de projetos de desenvolvimento de software
Authors: Freitas Renata L. , Moreira Sandra C. , Suzuki Cintya C. Corgosinho , Moreira Lucilia V. , Romeu Priscilla N. , Xavier Rosana V. , Leal Jr. Pedro Lopes da Rocha
Published: July 2021

Este relato descreve a experiência da Spread Systems – Unidade MSA-Infor em utilizar os indicadores SPI e CPI, definidos pela técnica de Análise de Valor Agregado, no acompanhamento de projetos de desenvolvimento de software. São apresentadas as necessidades de adaptação do SPI e CPI, a utilização de ferramentas estatísticas de controle de processo no acompanhamento destes indicadores, os resultados obtidos, principais dificuldades e lições aprendidas.
Independent Test Verification: Consolidated Experience Report
Authors: Silva Nuno , Lopes Rui
Published: July 2021

Independent verification and validation (IV&V) has been a key process for decades, and is highlighted in several international certification standards. One of the activities described in the “ESA ISVV Guide” is independent test verification (stated as Integration/Unit Test Procedures and Test Data Verification). This activity is commonly overlooked since customers do not really see the added value of checking thoroughly the validation team work. This article presents the consolidated results of a large set of independent test verifications, including the main difficulties, results obtained and advantages/disadvantages for the industry of these activities. This study will support customers in opting-in or opting-out for this task in future IVV contracts since we provide factual results from some real case studies.
Bioactive Peptides from Agriculture and Food Industry Co-Products: Peptide Structure and Health Benefits
Authors: Yongsawatdigul Jirawat , Hamzeh Ali
Published: July 2021

Co-products from food processing are typically disposed or turned into low value animal feed. Proteinaceous co-products can be converted to bioactive peptides exerting health benefits, which can lead to development of nutraceuticals and functional foods. This is an effective means for valorization of these co-products. The release of encrypted peptides exhibits various bioactivities, including antihypertension, antioxidant, immunomodulatory activities among others, in vitro, and some activities have been demonstrated in vivo. Structure modification of bioactive peptides occurring under gastrointestinal digestion and cellular transport remains the important factor determining the health benefits of bioactive peptides. Understanding peptide transformation in gastrointestinal tract and in blood circulation before reaching the target organs would shed some lights on its bioavailability and subsequently ability to exert physiological impact. In this chapter, the potential health promoting properties of peptides encrypted in various sources of co-products will be reviewed based on evidence on in vitro, in vivo and clinical trial studies. Structural changes of bioactive peptides under physiological condition will also be discussed in relation to its bioactivities.
Environmental and Education Trials for Mangrove Ecosystem Rehabilitation in China
Authors: Li Ruili , Chai Minwei , Shen Xiaoxue , Shi Cong , Qiu Guoyu , Koike Takayoshi
Published: July 2021

Based on Chinese ecological policy, we have been studying mangrove ecosystems in southern China, especially from the perspective of pollutants deposition in mangrove wetlands, physiological ecology of mangrove species on the impact of heavy metal pollution and seeking ecosystem restoration. For these, we explored in three aspects: 1) pollutants distribution and ecological risk in main distribution of mangrove, China, 2) eco-statistics and microbial analyses of mangrove ecosystems (including shellfish) in representative locations where mangrove plants are well developed, especially in Shenzhen, a rapid developing economic city in Guangdong Province, 3) ecophysiological experiments on a representative species of mangrove for evaluating combination effects of major nutrient elements and heavy metal pollution on growth and physiological responses of the seedlings. Based on the results, we proposed how to rehabilitate mangrove ecosystem in China under rapidly changing environmental conditions, with a view to our future survival and to provide nature-based solution as well as the public with more ecosystem services.
Complications of Minimally Invasive Left Ventricular Assistance Device Implantation
Authors: Sobhi Mleyhi , Rim Miri , Raouf Denguir
Published: July 2021

Indication of Ventricular assistance is advanced cardiac failure with maximal medical and surgical treatment has been used. The ventricular assistance has two main purposes: first, to maintain circulation by discharging the ventricle (s) untill to recovery, or to ensure patient survival by replacing cardiac function permanently or transitionally for patients waiting for heart Transplantation. The encouraging results of the partial or total artificial heart and the miniaturization of these devices allow their use in permanent implantation for patients with heart failure that is not eligible for heart transplantation. In left mono-ventricular assistance, blood is taken from the apex of the left ventricle (LV) and reinjected in the ascending aorta. The classic surgical approach is a total median sternotomy. Other minimally invasive approaches for the implantation or explanation of left ventricular assist devices have been published and have shown encouraging results. These alternatives currently play an important role in certain indications and in patients with heavy medical history. Nevertheless, the complications of the ventricular assistance even by minimally invasive approaches might be serious and represent a turning point in the life of the patients. In this chapter, we describe the implantation technique of left ventricular assistance device (LVAD) and we discuss its advantages and disadvantages including possible complications.
The Role of Apoptosis as a Double-Edge Sword in Cancer
Authors: Farghadani Reyhaneh , Naidu Rakesh
Published: July 2021

The pathogenesis of many diseases is most closely related to inappropriate apoptosis (either too little or too much) and cancer is one of the situations where too little apoptosis happens, leading to malignant cells that highly proliferate. Defects at any points along apoptotic pathways may lead to malignant transformation of the affected cells, tumor metastasis, and resistance to anti-cancer drugs. Several major molecular mechanisms are involved in the evasion of apoptosis in cancer initiation and progression. Bcl-2 family of proteins and caspases are the central players in the apoptotic mechanism and regulate cell death. Their imperfections cause to the deficient apoptotic signaling and thereby the inadequate apoptosis in cancer cells and eventually carcinogenesis. Strategies targeting these master regulators in carcinoma cells has been a major focus of interest in cancer studies. Therefore, despite being the cause of problem, apoptosis can be targeted in cancer therapy. This chapter provides a comprehensive review of apoptotic cell death and how deficiencies in apoptotic master regulators, caspases and Bcl-2 family proteins, influence carcinogenesis and can be targeted in cancer treatment.
Employment as a Social Determinant of HIV Care and Prevention Outcomes
Authors: Conyers Liza , Yung-Chen Chiu Jen , Rueda Sergio , Misrok Mark , Lynn Vickie , McKinney-Prupis Erin
Published: July 2021

Advancements in HIV medicine have led to an increased desire and/or need to work for many people living with HIV. Despite the importance of work, relatively little attention has been devoted to specifically examining employment status as a social determinant of health. Unemployment/underemployment are associated with societal circumstances known to increase both the risk for acquiring and prevalence of HIV and other co-morbidity. Research indicates that being employed and use of vocational services is associated with positive physical and mental health outcomes. However, these positive outcomes can dissipate under poor or unstable work conditions. Transitions into or out of the workforce can also increase the risk of poor health associated with stress and potential disruptions or loss of access to critical health care. Given that individuals disproportionately impacted by HIV are also impacted by labor market discrimination, social exclusion, and poverty, there is an emerging sense of urgency to better respond to the employment needs of people living with HIV. This book chapter (a) reviews research related to employment as a social determinant of health, (b) provides an overview of the client-focused considering work model, (c) highlights key employment services, and (d) discusses implications for policy, service delivery and research.
Ergonomic Evaluation of Thermal Stress in a Tunisian Steel Industry
Authors: Omrane Amira , Khalfallah Taoufik , Bouzgarrou Lamia
Published: July 2021

This work aims to assess thermal stress based on the various measurable thermal stress parameters (wet bulb temperature, air speed, radiation temperature, black globe temperature…). A cross-sectional study was carried in a steel company. The evaluation of thermal stress was made by physical parameters measurment (air temperature, relative humidity, air velocity, globe temperature, clothing insulation, metabolism of work) and analyzed according to the International Standard Organization (ISO) 7933 “Analytical determination and interpretation of heat stress using calculation of the predicted heat strain”. Eighty male workers were mean ageed of 37.9 ± 9.25 years. The climatic conditions category was three (meaning a Long-term stress) in 68.18% of the workers and four (Short-term stress meaning the occurrence of health problems within 30 to 120 minutes of exposure) in 30.3% of workers. The long and short-term thermal stress identified in this study spearhead a prevention strategy (automation of manufacturing processes, improvement of the organization of tasks, and the strengthening of medical surveillance of workers).
Sustainability Features of Jeddah Traditional Housing
Authors: Attia Maged
Published: July 2021

Sustainability is clearly represented in Jeddah old city where traditional builders have developed unique practices that promote environmental, social and economic qualities. The urban form and buildings proved efficiency towards the conservative society, the pattern of life and the prevailing hot-humid climate. The open space system, characterized by narrow walkways and wider intersections, provided shaded and ventilated places for walking and communicating. Houses were configured according to social traditions that imply the separation between private and public life. Walls were constructed of locally coral stone blocks known by its thermal insulation ability, then finished with white color which acts on reflecting sunlight and reduces the heat absorption. Large wooden latticed windows admit daylight but control heating and ventilation, while providing privacy for the family. Moreover, rainwater was collected and stored in basement reservoirs. However, attempts to record these manifestations of sustainability have always been subjective. Therefore, based on long experience of academic work in relation to historic Jeddah, the present chapter intends to reintroduce previous knowledge but supported by evidence whenever possible hoping that it can help formulating guidelines for effective and sustainable alternatives. This is of great benefit to current professionals.
A world unsafe for democracy? China and the shaping of global order
Authors: Foot Rosemary
Published: July 2021

Much recent analysis of a resurgent and influential China has focused on the country�s present and likely future role in shaping global order. A significant part of this deliberation has been built around two propositions: whether Beijing�s intentions are predominantly defensive � it seeks only a �world safe for autocracy� � or are offensive � it seeks to diminish the space that is needed for liberal democracies to thrive. This debate is in danger of becoming far too polarised. For those taking the �defensive China� route, it is important to reflect that Beijing seeks not just passive protection from harm, but also active approval of its politico-economic system, and that activism may have ideational and material consequences. For those painting a more offensive posture on China�s part, there are also examples of Beijing having moderated its position when there is resistance, and having accepted the need to compromise to gain external validation. Any investigation of China�s capacity to shape global order requires considerably higher levels of attention not only to the determination of Chinese strategic intentions, but also to how those with whom China interacts are responding to its policy positions.
Cvetko Crnjak and his associates: Police officers in the service of the party during the Second World War
Authors: Mirković Ena
Published: July 2021

During the Second World War, the connection between Belgrade and Zemun was very important for the illegal Communist movement. In this way all reports, materials and money were sent to the Provincial Committee for Serbia. On the other hand, the Provincial Committee for Serbia used this connection to send letters to the District Committee of Zemun and to transfer compromised illegals to liberated territory. Maintaining this connection was quite difficult and dangerous because this was the border "between two states", which had to be crossed with appropriate IDs and often with various illegal materials. All illegals had to be provided with passports or appropriate IDs, which they procured illegally. In order to fulfill these tasks, the Communist Party recruited police officers who were sympathizers of the Communist movement, as was the case with Cvetko Crnjak and his group. Cvetko Crnjak was a policeman who worked in the ship's police in Zemun. He became a sympathizer of the movement even before the beginning of the Second World War, and from 1941 he began to actively cooperate with the movement. He did not work alone, but was assisted by his fellow police officers Simo Crnjanski, Ljubiša Topalović and Sava Dragović. Crnjak was involved in several party actions during the war: procuring weapons for the Communist movement, spreading Communist propaganda, transporting illegals, procuring false documents. In 1943, he was elected to provide the secretary of the Provincial Committee on the way to Leskovac. This whole group was discovered in October 1943. After that, Ljubiša Topalović, Sima Crnjanski and Sava Dragović were sent to camps abroad, and Cvetko Crnjak was shot in Marinkova bara on April 27, 1944. All of them were forgotten after the war, and the Communist Party did not in any way acknowledge their work.
Tomato yellow leaf curl virus significance and control measures in tomato
Authors: Rakita Mina
Published: July 2021

Tomato yellow leaf curl virus is one of the most harmful viruses which damages tomato plants and causes significant yield losses. After its first appearance in the 1930s, it started to spread all over the world via infected tomato seedlings and vector, a whitefly Bemisia argentifolii. In order to stop the infections and preserve the health of cultivated plants, different measures are being conducted starting with maintaining the field and indoor space hygiene and quarantine measures, all the way to the vector suppression measures. Apart from that, there have been efforts in breeding resistant tomato plants. Sources of the resistance to the virus have been found in some wild tomato species. Additional research is needed so as to improve the existing methods of protection against TYLCV and create new resistant plants. It is also crucial to take into consideration the fact that more aggressive and virulent virus strains are likely to appear due to recombination events, as well as vector varieties resistant to insecticides.
The possibility of using bifenazate and pyridaben in control of the plum rust mite (Aculus fockeui) on sour cherry
Authors: Sretenović Marko , Tamaš Nenad , Miletić Novica
Published: July 2021

In the field trial conducted in 2020 at the locality of Mačvanski Metković (municipality of Bogatić, Serbia), the efficacy of products based on bifenazate and pyridaben in the control of the plum rust mite (Aculus fockeui) on sour cherry was examined. Product Acramite 480 SC (bifenazate) was tested in two application rates, 0.375 l/ha and 0.75 l/ha, while Sanmite 20 WP (pyridaben) was applied in an amount of 500 g/ha. The experiment was performed according to the standard, partially adapted EPPO method for testing the efficacy of acaricides in the control of spider mites in fruit orchards. Based on trial results, it can be concluded that the efficacy of bifenazate was different depending on the application rate of the product. The efficacy of this compound applied in the amount of 0.75 l/ha of the product Acramite 480 SC was very high and ranged between 94.85% and 98.96%, respectively. The same product in the amount of 0.375 l/ha showed low efficacy, which ranged from 55.27% to 88.22%, respectively. The efficacy of pyridaben was high in all evaluations (90.43% - 95.25%).
The importance of thought experiments
Authors: Ćorić Dragana
Published: July 2021

Living in the world of legal norms seems to be easy: you have rules of conduct guiding you how to behave in a lot of life situations including the fact what will happen to you if you do not obey these rules. In a way, legal norms are predicting the future giving us the guidelines for living. Although the legal system together with its rules tend to cover all areas of social life, there are situations that couldn't be foreseen at the time of making a particular regulation. These gaps could be spanned by adopting subsequent rules of conduct. In order to predict an event that may occur, and to predict human behavior in these situations as well as a human response to punishment when someone violates a rule, it is good to conduct a thought experiment. The basis of a thought experiment can be a completely fictitious and even currently impossible event, or a variation of some of the known and possible events. The key question when formulating a thought experiment is "what if ". The answers to this question may start with "then it is possible", "then it will be", "it could be" or something similar. The answers will differ in terms of content only on the basis of the values, beliefs and attitudes of the one who answers the "what if" question. In our paper, we will briefly present the concept of a thought experiment, its internal structure, types and, by giving some examples, encourage readers to be more informed about this topic.
Participatory sustainability beyond techno-aestheticism and ecological modernisation
Authors: Marinović Goran
Published: July 2021

The dispersed interpretation of ecological issues in architecture creates grounds for the confusions and contradictions inherent in the sustainable challenges. The relationship between sustainability and its architectural representation remains a troubled one. In contemporary architectural praxis the term sustainability is frequently little more than a fashionable phrase or comfort word. Through analysis of the myriad of projects, articles, and books on the subject of sustainable design, it is evident that sustainable architecture has incorporated an unnecessarily limited and inappropriate conceptualisation of social ecology. In order to overcome this deductive logic of sustainable architecture this paper has two aims. First, it investigates different notions of ecological sustainability. The paper argues that we must fundamentally revise the focus and scope of the debate about sustainable architecture. Second, following the work of Chilean architects Elemental, this paper elucidates issues of design process in constructing residence units with respect to participatory practices of community members. It explores a design process of housing in relation to issues of socio-ecological aspects. Concretising the argument, this paper investigates competing interpretations of ecological and sociological features in architectural process of designing residence units.
Aesthetic consciousness in contemporary Serbian architecture: Bulevar oslobodjenja, Novi Sad, Serbia
Authors: Radusinović Nemanja
Published: July 2021

This paper intends to show that the presence of aesthetic consciousness in the architecture of selected examples implies the existence of aesthetic consciousness of the author and consequently the existence of creative processes of the author-creator. Furthermore, this paper presents and analyses an identified causal link: after an overview of observational aesthetic elements, it focuses on experiential aesthetic elements, which implicate the presence of the author's aesthetic consciousness, as well as the existence of the author-creator's creative processes in the object from the analysed architectural sample. More specifically, this paper explores the use of experiential aesthetic elements: 1) aesthetic intent, 2) intuition, 3) imagination, and 4) speculative thinking through a display, systematisation and evaluation of all 31 public buildings on Bulevar Oslobodjenja (Liberation Boulevard), an arterial road in Novi Sad, Serbia. An analysis of the given architectural and urban sample, along with an evaluation of the employed (experiential) aesthetic aspects, demonstrates not only the presence of aesthetic consciousness, but also its presence in the author himself and thus the presence of quality of the architecture and urban planning from the second half of the twentieth century through to the first decade of the twenty-first century in Serbia.
Technofeudalism illustrated by Trump's Twitter suspension and Australia vs. Google and Facebook dispute
Authors: Bojić Ljubiša , Zejnulahović Damir , Janković Miloš
Published: July 2021

Social media are becoming an indispensable communication tool today, including political communication. Therefore, technological companies running them have a great power. Every intervention they have in the public sphere may have far-reaching consequences. We will focus on two cases of the influence of technological companies on media, election and legislative processes as basic factors of democracy. We will consider the implications of the prohibition of Donald Trump's use of Twitter, as well as the conflict of Australia's media policy with Facebook and Google. We have reached the conclusion that in these cases technological companies took over the power that used to belong to the judicial and legislative branch of power, in terms of defining what hate speech, as well as media regulation is. Accordingly, this threatens the information system and sovereignty of the countries where these interventions are made. These events indicate that the world is entering a period of domination of technological companies, which may be called technocracy or technofeudalism. Further considerations should be directed towards defining social media as a public good that should be influenced by societies and not only technological companies as the owners of these communication platforms.
The crossroads of contemporary sociology and the crisis of its subject and vocational identity
Authors: Mitrović Ljubiša
Published: July 2021

Contemporary sociology is at a fateful crossroads. The paper points to some aspects of its crisis as a science and vocation, the forms of its cognitive pathology and the erosion of positive identity in the universe of sciences and the modern professional division of labour. Indicating the causes and consequences of this crisis, the author concludes that it cannot be overcome only by technical improvement of the methodology of empirical research, but requires profound efforts of the new generation of sociologists, and new answers. Otherwise, Peter Berger's pessimistic predictions about the obsolescence and bankruptcy of sociologists and sociologists might come true. The conclusions we reached in our problematization of this issue can be summarized as follows: 1) the need to redefine contemporary sociology in the spirit of globalization of its subject as a multicomplex science of the laws of structure and dynamics of the global world system and the theoretical-empirical study of phenomena and processes at all levels of social organization. macro, meso, micro) from the perspective of the methodological principle of dialectical concrete totality; 2) building a new theoretical synthesis in the form of a multidisciplinary integrated paradigm; 3) opening sociology through multidisciplinary and transdisciplinary research towards new challenging fields of the future that has begun; 4) redefining its vocation identity in the Mils-Bourdieu key as a martial discipline, radical-critical, reflexive-engaged, emancipatory and actionist sociology.
Extraction and characterization of natural fibres form Elettaria Cardamomum
Authors: Sumithra Murugesan , Murugan Gayathri
Published: July 2021

Natural fibres are one of the good alternative sources for replacing synthetic fibres and reinforcing polymer matrices because of their eco-friendly nature. The present study was undertaken to investigate the fibres extract from Elettaria Cardamomum plant. The extracted Elettaria Cardamomum fibre was treated with NaOH for softening. Natural cellulose fibres extracted from Elettaria Cardamomum stems (ECS) have been characterized for their chemical composition and physical properties.The chemical composition of Elettaria Cardamomumstems (ECS) fi bres is, cellulose 60.44%, lignin 25.25%, wax 0.53%, ash 5.45%. Regarding physical properties of the fibres, single fibre strength was evaluated and the result was compared with cotton fibre and linen fibre.
A cut marker for aircraft seat cover
Authors: Jordeva Sonja , Anusheva Hristina , Golomeova-Longurova Sashka , Zhezhova Silvana , Dimitrijeva-Kuzmanoska Vangja , Mojsov Kiro , Kertakova Marija
Published: July 2021

A cut marker shows how pattern pieces should be cut from one or several layers of fabric and it has a direct impact on fabric consumption. In the confection industry besides clothes, items are made for other purposes. In this paper, an analysis of the making a cut marker for aircraft seat cover is made as well as a description of the materials needed. Aircraft seat cover is made from multilayer (laminated) materials and natural leather. Process of making the cut marker of headrest cover, the backrest cover and the legrest cover is especially considered in this paper. The cost of the material for the production of the aircraft seat cover is calculated with the help of the cut marker. The manufactured aircraft seat cover should be of top quality, which is an imperative today due to the serious competition in the market.
Vannier: La sociologie en toutes lettres
Authors: Rocquin Baudry
Published: July 2021

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Vannier, Patricia (Ed.) (2019) La sociologie en toutes lettres: L’histoire de la discipline à travers les correspondances. Toulouse: Presses Universitaires du Midi 284 pp.ISBN: 978-2810706228Price: €23,00
The creativity peculiarities of students majoring in psychology with different status of professional identity
Authors: Matyushina Marina Aleksandrovna
Published: July 2021

This article examines the problem of professional identity of modern students majoring in psychology, as well as the problem of creativity as one of the essential universal competencies of a modern specialist. The author reviews the question of the need for accompanying the process of formation of professional identity of the students majoring in psychology. The object of this research is the professional identity of such students, while the subject is the creativity peculiarities of students majoring in psychology with different status of professional identity. The article provides the results of one of the research stages on the role of creativity in formation of professional identity of psychology students. The sampling involved 155 students majoring in psychology from Novosibirsk State Technical University and Siberian State Transport University. The conducted empirical research reveals the creativity peculiarities of psychology students with different status of professional identity. The authors also assumed that the manifestations of imagery and verbal creativity differ among the students with different status of professional identity. The students with the dominant achieved status of professional identity demonstrate the highest indicators by the parameters of imagery creativity: degree of development and originality (20 circles). For the students with the dominant status of pseudo-identity, the manifestations of imagery and verbal creativity are not typical. The acquired results allow understanding the peculiarities of manifestation of creativity among psychology students with different status of professional identity on a deeper level.
Calponin-homology domain mediated bending of membrane-associated actin filaments
Authors: Palani Saravanan , Ghosh Sayantika , Ivorra-Molla Esther , Clarke Scott , Suchenko Andrejus , Balasubramanian Mohan K , Köster Darius Vasco
Published: July 2021

Actin filaments are central to numerous biological processes in all domains of life. Driven by the interplay with molecular motors, actin binding and actin modulating proteins, the actin cytoskeleton exhibits a variety of geometries. This includes structures with a curved geometry such as axon-stabilizing actin rings, actin cages around mitochondria and the cytokinetic actomyosin ring, which are generally assumed to be formed by short linear filaments held together by actin cross-linkers. However, whether individual actin filaments in these structures could be curved and how they may assume a curved geometry remains unknown. Here, we show that ‘curly’, a region from the IQGAP family of proteins from three different organisms, comprising the actin-binding calponin-homology domain and a C-terminal unstructured domain, stabilizes individual actin filaments in a curved geometry when anchored to lipid membranes. Although F-actin is semi-flexible with a persistence length of ~10 μm, binding of mobile curly within lipid membranes generates actin filament arcs and full rings of high curvature with radii below 1 μm. Higher rates of fully formed actin rings are observed in the presence of the actin-binding coiled-coil protein tropomyosin and when actin is directly polymerized on lipid membranes decorated with curly. Strikingly, curly induced actin filament rings contract upon the addition of muscle myosin II filaments and expression of curly in mammalian cells leads to highly curved actin structures in the cytoskeleton. Taken together, our work identifies a new mechanism to generate highly curved actin filaments, which opens a range of possibilities to control actin filament geometries, that can be used, for example, in designing synthetic cytoskeletal structures.
Localization, proteomics, and metabolite profiling reveal a putative vesicular transporter for UDP-glucose
Authors: Qian Cheng , Wu Zhaofa , Sun Rongbo , Yu Huasheng , Zeng Jianzhi , Rao Yi , Li Yulong
Published: July 2021

Vesicular neurotransmitter transporters (VNTs) mediate the selective uptake and enrichment of small-molecule neurotransmitters into synaptic vesicles (SVs) and are therefore a major determinant of the synaptic output of specific neurons. To identify novel VNTs expressed on SVs (thus identifying new neurotransmitters and/or neuromodulators), we conducted localization profiling of 361 solute carrier (SLC) transporters tagging with a fluorescent protein in neurons, which revealed 40 possible candidates through comparison with a known SV marker. We parallelly performed proteomics analysis of immunoisolated SVs and identified seven transporters in overlap. Ultrastructural analysis further supported that one of the transporters, SLC35D3, localized to SVs. Finally, by combining metabolite profiling with a radiolabeled substrate transport assay, we identified UDP-glucose as the principal substrate for SLC35D3. These results provide new insights into the functional role of SLC transporters in neurotransmission and improve our understanding of the molecular diversity of chemical transmitters.
Homo-oligomerization of the human adenosine A2A receptor is driven by the intrinsically disordered C-terminus
Authors: Nguyen Khanh Dinh Quoc , Vigers Michael , Sefah Eric , Seppälä Susanna , Hoover Jennifer Paige , Schonenbach Nicole Star , Mertz Blake , O'Malley Michelle Ann , Han Songi
Published: July 2021

G protein-coupled receptors (GPCRs) have long been shown to exist as oligomers with functional properties distinct from those of the monomeric counterparts, but the driving factors of oligomerization remain relatively unexplored. Herein, we focus on the human adenosine A2A receptor (A2AR), a model GPCR that forms oligomers both in vitro and in vivo. Combining experimental and computational approaches, we discover that the intrinsically disordered C-terminus of A2AR drives receptor homo-oligomerization. The formation of A2AR oligomers declines progressively with the shortening of the C-terminus. Multiple interaction types are responsible for A2AR oligomerization, including disulfide linkages, hydrogen bonds, electrostatic interactions, and hydrophobic interactions. These interactions are enhanced by depletion interactions, giving rise to a tunable network of bonds that allow A2AR oligomers to adopt multiple interfaces. This study uncovers the disordered C-terminus as a prominent driving factor for the oligomerization of a GPCR, offering important insight into the effect of C-terminus modification on receptor oligomerization of A2AR and other GPCRs reconstituted in vitro for biophysical studies.
Distinct synaptic transfer functions in same-type photoreceptors
Authors: Schröder Cornelius , Oesterle Jonathan , Berens Philipp , Yoshimatsu Takeshi , Baden Tom
Published: July 2021

Many sensory systems use ribbon-type synapses to transmit their signals to downstream circuits. The properties of this synaptic transfer fundamentally dictate which aspects in the original stimulus will be accentuated or suppressed, thereby partially defining the detection limits of the circuit. Accordingly, sensory neurons have evolved a wide variety of ribbon geometries and vesicle pool properties to best support their diverse functional requirements. However, the need for diverse synaptic functions does not only arise across neuron types, but also within. Here we show that UV-cones, a single type of photoreceptor of the larval zebrafish eye, exhibit striking differences in their synaptic ultrastructure and consequent calcium to glutamate transfer function depending on their location in the eye. We arrive at this conclusion by combining serial section electron microscopy and simultaneous ‘dual-colour’ two-photon imaging of calcium and glutamate signals from the same synapse in vivo. We further use the functional dataset to fit a cascade-like model of the ribbon synapse with different vesicle pool sizes, transfer rates, and other synaptic properties. Exploiting recent developments in simulation-based inference, we obtain full posterior estimates for the parameters and compare these across different retinal regions. The model enables us to extrapolate to new stimuli and to systematically investigate different response behaviours of various ribbon configurations. We also provide an interactive, easy-to-use version of this model as an online tool. Overall, we show that already on the synaptic level of single-neuron types there exist highly specialised mechanisms which are advantageous for the encoding of different visual features.
A CONSTRUÇÃO DE UM CURRÍCULO TRANSDISCIPLINAR PARA UM CURSO DE DIREITO
Authors: Josgrilbert Maria de Fátima Viegas , Suanno João Henrique
Published: July 2021

Os estudos tomaram como base as Diretrizes Curriculares Nacionais, o projeto do curso e as reuniões de professores e acadêmicos. O grupo focal foi o modelo de pesquisa escolhido, por contribuir com ideias oriundas de diferentes vertentes que vivenciam o processo, por possibilitar o entendimento do tema no cotidiano, por ser uma técnica rica para captar conhecimentos e informações que podem ser úteis para a complementação do trabalho e dos estudos subsequentes. A reconstrução do currículo permitiu o diálogo docente e a vivência do processo pedagógico, o que proporcionou a saída da clausura disciplinar.