bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
DIVERSIDADE E DEFICIÊNCIA: DISCURSOS DA COMUNIDADE ESCOLAR SOBRE O PROCESSO DE INCLUSÃO EM ESCOLAS DE ENSINO COMUM
Authors: Moreira Dias Érica Fernanda , Peres Gonçalves Josiane , Villa de Araujo Tucunduva da Fonseca Mirella
Published: December 2020

O objetivo do estudo é refletir sobre as representações sociais de familiares, professores e gestor de uma escola sul-mato-grossense que atende alunos com necessidades educacionais especiais, nos anos iniciais de Ensino Fundamental, sobre o processo de inclusão desses alunos. O referencial teórico inclui discussões sobre diversidade, desigualdade e representações sociais. A coleta de dados foi realizada a partir da elaboração de roteiros semiestruturados, que serviram de base para a realização de entrevistas, que foram gravadas em áudio, transcritas e finalmente analisadas. Os resultados apontam que, apesar de as pessoas entrevistadas serem a favor da educação inclusiva, esse processo deve ser mais bem planejado para atingir aos objetivos. Os familiares de crianças com deficiência denunciam que é preciso vencer o preconceito dentro da escola, para que não se torne um empecilho no processo de ensino e aprendizagem desses alunos especiais que estão inseridos em classes de ensino comum.
Is Intravenous Morphine Alone Effective for Postoperative Analgesia in Bilateral, Single-port Video-Assisted Thoracoscopic Sympathectomy Performed in the Supine Position?
Authors: Uğuz Semih , Yapıcı Davud
Published: December 2020

INTRODUCTION: The method of operation carried out by clip application in the supine position and using a single port for thoracoscopic sympathectomy has been defined in recent years. Since lesser tissue damage occurs with this method, lower perception of pain may be anticipated. The aim of this study is to investigate whether intravenous morphine alone provides effective postoperative analgesia in thoracoscopic sympathectomy performed with clips method using a single port with the patient in the supine position. METHODS: Files of 28 patients who underwent thoracoscopic sympathectomy between January 2017-December 2019 were retrospectively screened. Intrathecal morphine was administered to a group at a dose of 0.6 mg in 3 mL physiologic saline (Group ITM, n=14), and the other group received IV morphine in the same doses only by the PCA method (Group PCA, n=14). Both groups received postoperative Patient Controlled Analgesia (PCA) with IV morphine, as 1 mg bolus within 30 min-lock- in time. VAS values and postoperative IV total morphine consumption were recorded at the time of extubation and at the 6th, 24th and 48th hours postoperatively RESULTS: Any statistically significant difference was not detected between patient groups as for demographic, and operative data. After extubation and at postoperative 6th hour, pain scores were statistically significantly lower in Group ITM than the Group PCA. Total IV morphine consumption at the postoperative 24th and 48th hours was statistically significant in the Group that did not receive ITM. In the postopoperative 48-hour follow-up, no VAS>4 value was observed in any one of the patients. Any intergroup difference was not detected as for length of hospital stay and complications associated with the method of analgesia used. DISCUSSION AND CONCLUSION: In conclusion, even though an adequate analgesia is ensured through ITM in thoracoscopic sympathectomy operations realized using clips method and a single port with the patient in the supine position,we think that admiinistration of morphine using IV PCA method may provide clinically acceptable analgesic efficacy, and a regional administration may not be required in patients who will be operated with this surgical technique.
Nurturing Intellectual Warriors: A Nationalistic Approach
Authors: Saraswathi Swami Veereshananda
Published: December 2020

Man enjoys his intellect more than an animal enjoys its senses. Thirst for knowledge is inherent in man and no one likes to be ignorant. Knowledge alone can remove ignorance. Sir Julian Huxley, renowned biologist defines the new goal of evolution at the human level as refinement of intellect which gives fulfilment. It is easy to train and purify our impure intellect, if we know the different aspects and functions of Buddhi. The pure intellect has many characteristics such as – Alertness, Discrimination, Determination, Subtlety, Steadiness, Maturity, Vastness, Simplicity, Sharpness, and Positivity. The intense and purer the intellect (Buddhi), the greater the perfection attained. That country is great which can produce more intellectual people in different fields. Intellectual strength (buddhibalam) alone can play a vital role in a nation’s progress. We need to process our psychic energy into - creative, constructive and making for happiness and all-round welfare. This kind of development is what makes education a blessing to society. That is the goal of India in our present condition when we are developing into a constructive, developed nation.
English Language Teaching, Vol. 14, No. 1, January 2021
Authors: Yu Gavin
Published: December 2020

English Language Teaching, Vol. 14, No. 1, January 2021
Reviewer Acknowledgements for International Business Research, Vol. 14, No. 1
Authors: Duran Kevin
Published: December 2020

Reviewer Acknowledgements for International Business Research, Vol. 14, No. 1, 2021
Tourism Potential Assessment Model of the Monasteries of the Ibar Cultural Tourism Zone
Authors:   University in Priština-Kosovska Mitrovica, PETROVIĆ Dragan , VUKOIČIĆ Danijela , MILINČIĆ Mirolju , RISTIĆ Dušan ,   University of Belgrade
Published: December 2020

The aim of this study is to determine and highlight the tourism potentials of the Ibar cultural tourism zone monasteries, which is located in the southwest part of Serbia. In the assessment of tourism potential, a quantitative model consisting of two groups of indicators (resource values and state of development) conceived of seven sub-indicators that were ranked and evaluated by respondents in the field, was applied. The results of the study show that the total tourist potential of the Ibar cultural tourism zone is 0.756, which classifies it as an area with high potential. A substantial difference in grading can be noticed by comparing two groups of indicators. The value of the resource is 0.812, and the value of the development state is 0.700. The main value of the study is that for the first time, a model based on quantitative calculations is applied in order to determine the tourist potential of the Ibar cultural tourism zone monasteries. The study also highlights the advantages and disadvantages and contributes to better promotion and development of this area.
Player Experience Evaluation: a Brief Panorama of Instruments and Research Opportunities
Authors: Borges João Bosco , Juy Carmen Li , De Andrade Matos Izac Sidarta , Angelo Silveira Paulo Vitor , Darin Ticianne de Gois Ribeiro
Published: December 2020

The influences, metrics, and applications of User Experience (UX) have been investigated in various contexts and is acknowledged as a driving force to promote game development choices. Recently, there has been a grow­ing interest and need to explore the experience in the context of digital games, which require particular forms ofPlayer Experience (PX) components due to their interaction. These particularities of digital games bring some spe­cific models, characteristics and evaluation methods based on this field. Therefore, both industry professionals and researchers must make informed choices when planning these assessments. This research aims to provide a brief panorama on how PX have been evaluated, and discuss its related concepts, based on the analysis 58 PX evalua­tion instruments. The data analysis provides a glance on the directions the research on PX evaluation is taking and indicates future research opportunities.
A Conceptual Architecture and a Framework for Dealing with Variability in Mulsemedia Systems
Authors: Saleme Estêvão Bissoli , Santos Celso A. S. , Ghinea Gheorghita
Published: December 2020

The candidate’s thesis is within the emerging topic of mulsemedia systems, which encompass audiovisual content associated with multisensory effects, users’ quality of experience, and human-computer interaction. It presents a conceptual architecture and a framework that take into account the challenges and requirements for mulsemedia delivery systems identified from the gaps and shortcomings in related work. Furthermore, the work’s outcome brings multiple and valuable contributions relying on a complex and solid experimental setup, which have been shared and published in relevant journals and conferences.
Integrating Crowdsourcing and Human Computation for Complex Video Annotation Tasks
Authors: Amorim Marcello N. , Santos Celso A. S. , Tavares Orivaldo L.
Published: December 2020

Video annotation is an activity that aims to supplement this type of multimedia object with additional content or information about its context, nature, content, quality and other aspects. These annotations are the basis for building a variety of multimedia applications for various purposes ranging from entertainment to security. Manual annotation is a strategy that uses the intelligence and workforce of people in the annotation process and is an alternative to cases where automatic methods cannot be applied. However, manual video annotation can be a costly process because as the content to be annotated increases, so does the workload for annotating. Crowdsourcing appears as a viable solution strategy in this con- text because it relies on outsourcing the tasks to a multitude of workers, who perform specific parts of the work in a distributed way. However, as the complexity of required media annoyances increases, it becomes necessary to employ skilled labor, or willing to perform larger, more complicated, and more time-consuming tasks. This makes it challenging to use crowdsourcing, as experts demand higher pay, and recruiting tends to be a difficult activity. In order to overcome this problem, strategies based on the decom- position of the main problem into a set of simpler subtasks suitable for crowdsourcing processes have emerged. These smaller tasks are organized in a workflow so that the execution process can be formalized and controlled. In this sense, this thesis aims to present a new framework that allows the use of crowdsourcing to create applications that require complex video annotation tasks. The developed framework considers the whole process from the definition of the problem and the decomposition of the tasks, until the construction, execution, and management of the workflow. This framework, called CrowdWaterfall, contemplates the strengths of current proposals, incorporating new concepts, techniques, and resources to overcome some of its limitations.
REALM: A Framework to Explore Research Impacts by Social Network Analysis, Bibliometrics, and Altmetrics
Authors: Maia Luís Fernando Monsores Passos , Oliveira Jonice
Published: December 2020

Currently, there is a big concern of governments and research institutes on evaluating the population awareness about scientific innovations, such as new food-production technologies and the development of drugs. Unmet demand is to fi nd new methods to measure the impact of scientific research and its social outreach. This work presents an Altmetrics-based framework to map the research impacts using alternative metrics based on the exchange of scientific knowledge on social media and online environments. This master thesis contributed to the ZIKAlliance consortium, enabling an online platform to monitor the scientific evolution and its social perception on the Zika epidemic.
ListeningTV: Accessible Video using Interactive Audio Descriptions
Authors: Vieira Alex de Souza , Guedes Álan Lívio V. , Moraes Daniel de Sousa , Madeira Lucas Ribeiro , Colcher Sérgio , Soares Neto Carlos de S.
Published: December 2020

People with visual impairments suffer from the incapacity to understand contextual information in videos, such as the place where characters are, or any other non-spoken actions in general. Some content creators address this issue by providing a secondary audio to describe such information, called Audio Descriptions (ADs). How- ever, some works in the literature have highlighted that people with visual impairment are usually not able to completely understand scene changes based only on characters’ voices or traditional ADs. Moreover, traditional ADs do not completely describe some of the important visual information, such as the background scenery (e.g. colors, furniture) and characters’ details (e.g. blond woman using a red dress). In this work, we propose incrementing the traditional AD techniques with the usage of interactive video features present in TV systems. More precisely, the proposed interactivity enables users to access specialized AD for different visual information (e.g., scene, scenario, character). To support the development of such interactive content, we present an application template, which helps to create the final interactive-enhanced video application. Asa proof of concept for our approach, we created an interactive AD for an independent video mainly composed of visual information, with only a few talks.
Avaliar: Sistema para Autoria e acompanhamento de recursos avaliativos
Authors: Elias Alana , Vanderlei Igor , Andrade Mariel , Gusmão Rodrigo , Teixeira Jean
Published: December 2020

Learning verification is the target of numerous studies that aim to transform it from its solely classificatory character, in a process of diagnosing the student's evolution in the learning goals of a subject. This research proposes a software for monitoring and authoring evaluative activities, modelled in order to support teachers and students in the learning verification process. For this, using the DSR methodology, a bibliographic study was carried out in the context of school evaluation to support the designing of the tool. The presented solution was validated through tests and questionnaires on user experience. The results demonstrated the potential of the tool to support the school evaluation process.
SDO: Simulador de Doenças Oculares
Authors: Sá Rafael Avilar , Façanha Agebson , Viana Windson , Gomes George A. M.
Published: December 2020

In Brazil, 2010, more than 6.5 million people claimed to have some visual impairments. Software and Web accessibility are becoming first-class requirements to promote a better relationship between those people with visual impairments and the internet as well as with new digital technologies. However, designers and software developers need more empathy and knowledge about these groups’ issues to implement accessibility features into their digital products correctly (e.g., apps, games, Web sites). This paper has the goal of developing an eye disease simulator (SDO - Simulador de Doenças Oculares) for mobile devices, which could help better teach and illustrate the effects of these diseases. First, we investigated how to simulate the symptoms of each disease better and have developed the SDO mobile application. SDO is capable of both simulating different types of Colorblindness as well as other more dangerous eye illnesses (i.e. Glaucoma, cataracts). The current version also supports the use of Head-Mounted Displays to increase user immersion.
MCU e SFU integrados num sistema de videoconferência em software na nuvem
Authors: Roesler Valter , Gasparoni Júnior Mário , Cecagno Felipe , Valle Rafael , Husemann Ronaldo
Published: December 2020

This paper presents the final results of the development of an MCU module that can be integrated with the Mconf web conferencing service. The development took over three years: two to develop the MCU module in software and one to refine and integrate into the Mconf code. This article presents the main characteristics developed to obtain a viable product. Among them, we can mention the integration of architecture, audio and video web / MCU, document sharing, BFCP protocol, moderation interface, recording and registrar SIP. The paper also presents evidences of this successful integration, as well as load testing on the developed system.
Validation of the Moral Disengagement Scale among Some Iranian University Students
Authors: Azimpour Alireza , Karimian Navid , Mohammadi Nurallah , Azarnioushan Maryam , Rahmani Fatemeh
Published: December 2020

Background: Moral disengagement is a variable in the social cognitive theory of morality and includes eight cognitive, psychosocial mechanisms by which moral self-sanctions are selectively disengaged from inhumane conduct. Objectives: The aim of the present study was to validate a university student replica of the moral disengagement scale among some Iranian university students. Methods: This validation study was based on the confirmatory factor analysis (CFA) method. The statistical population consisted of 346 undergraduate students at the Salman Farsi University of Kazerun. Also, 44 other undergraduate students were participated to examine the test-retest reliability of the scale. Both samples were selected by convenient sampling. The main sample completed the 32-item Moral Disengagement scale and the Marlowe-Crowne Social Desirability Scale. CFA (by AMOS 24), stability coefficients, Cronbach's alpha, and multiple analysis of variance (ANOVA) (all by SPSS 16) were used to study gender differences. Results: The indices of CFA for the 32-item scale were not satisfactory, then an item in all subscales with the lesser beta was dropped, and the scale included only 24-items. The indices of CFA of the 24-item scale were satisfactory. The internal consistency for the whole scale was desirable (α: .817) and for the subscales were adequate. Test-retest correlations were not desirable for the whole scale (r: .693) and for the subscales. The total score and the scores of some subscales were negatively correlated with social desirability. The total score and the scores of some subscales also were greater in males. Conclusions: The satisfactory indices of CFA and also the higher scores of males in the 24-item scale confirmed its construct validity. However, correlations between the scale and social desirability did not confirm the ideal divergent validity. Thus, assessing the social desirability beside the scale can clarify interpreting the scores. The obtained test-retest reliability suggests that this scale cannot assess a stable variable, and according beside the social cognitive theory, it is better to consider moral disengagement as a changeable and inconstant variable.
The Duties of Immigrants and the Controversy Over Face Veils
Authors: Di Muzio Gianluca ,   Philosophy Documentation Center
Published: December 2020

The passing of the French law that prohibits face coverings, such as the Islamic burqa, in public places ignited a complex philosophical and legal debate. Participants in the debate have typically focused on the boundaries between individual and religious liberties, on the one hand, and state-imposed limitations on public behaviors, on the other. The author of this paper wishes to introduce a change in perspective by concentrating instead on the duties immigrants have to the citizens of the countries that host them. The author finds that, under certain circumstances, immigrants may have a moral duty to conform to the ethical preferences of the communities they have come to live and interact with.
Gadfly: A Lesson for the Ages
Authors: Lahaie Scot ,   Institute for Interdisciplinary Research
Published: December 2020

Envisioned as a cosmic Cabaret beyond ttie space-time continuum, Gadfly explores the power of the establishment to determine what we call accepted truth, and chronicles how it has historically been the outsider that has moved our understanding of truth forward. Special guests are invited to defend their teachings or actions, including Socrates, Luther, Copernicus, Galileo, Darwin, Einstein, Picasso, Beckett, and science philosopher William Dembski. These visitations are marshaled by a musical Poet Guide named Virgil (shades of Dante), who is backed by a British threesome with a ukulele and a squeeze box. Virgil keeps the action moving forward as the "Idols of the Institution" play judge and jury over the minds of history's greatest thinkers. The resulting journey beyond space and time sheds light on the present claims of science as compared to the claims ofthe greatest thinkers down through the ages. It is, above all else, an exoneration of contemporary scholars choosing to explore Intelligent Design as a legitimate discipline in the academy, both scientifically and philosophically.
Integrating Faith With Learning in a Postmodem Age
Authors: Mayer Lanney ,   Institute for Interdisciplinary Research
Published: December 2020

Modern educational traditions have used empirical parameters that presume faith and learning are incommensurate. Consequently, faith commitments and academic learning must be integrated after the fact. The postmodem critique challenges all educators to interrogate these dichotomies and offers a way for educators with faith in science or religion to initiate a project to construct ways of knowing that envision quantitative knowledge as part of a larger qualitative enterprise. This essay suggests that Mennonite communitarianism, Roman Catholic sacramentalism, and Jesus' parables provide opportunities for just such a project. They offer correctives to modernistic Reformation models and authenticate ways in which certainty, ambiguity, the social construction of knowledge, and the central role of ethics in epistemology are meaningfully represented both qualitatively and quantitatively. Educators within communities of faith have a unique opportunity to draw upon postmodern insights in ways that might prove foundational to such a more broadly conceived higher education.
Toward the Virtue-Based Business School
Authors: Langbert Mitchell ,   Institute for Interdisciplinary Research
Published: December 2020

U.S. business schools' commitment to positive social science has led to their excluding ethics from the core curriculum. In place of ethics, management scholars have adopted either nihilism or, more frequently, a subliminal virtue ethics. The nihilistic approach has influenced some executives, contributing to the business world's moral malaise. The literature on managerial competency is an important example of the subliminal approach. The competency-based approach to teaching management has gained increasing recognition as a research paradigm and a pedagogical tool. But it omits justice from its catalogue of virtues. Justice ought to serve as the foimdation of managerial competence. Because Aristotle's approach to ethics is compatible with the existing literature, it can be integrated with the instructional model adopted in some business schools. A competency-based ethics founded on justice and natural law would integrate ethics with the business curriculum and be more effective than positivism in fostering ethical business behavior.
In Search of a Theology of Mathematics
Authors: Lundberg Bruce N. ,   Institute for Interdisciplinary Research
Published: December 2020

The subjects of mathematics are gifts of the mind which help humans house, heal lead, feed, comfort, protect, and inspire each other. They can facilitate faithful agreements about nature and action across ages and cultures. Since mathematics is often entangled with truth claims, technologies, and theories of reality, both trivializations and apotheoses of mathematics can deform science, degrade nature, and diminish humans. The love of life compels the search for a theology of mathematics: an understanding of mathematical activities, artifacts, and auras in their relations to existence. This essay proposes a theology of mathematics which can say both "yes " and "no" to the reign of mathematics, to guard the dignity and humility of human thought, and support the stewardship and enjoyment of nature, culture, and community. In theology, the doctrine of the Trinity reveals both aptness and limits in mathematical understanding. In mathematics, Plato's "no one ignorant of geometry enter here,can either support or subvert Christ's "no one comes to the Father except through me."
Hans Jonas on Technology, Mathematics and Human Nature
Authors: Lundberg Bruce N. ,   Institute for Interdisciplinary Research
Published: December 2020

The promise and perils of technology rightly provoke awe, thanks, and hope, but also the dread of man-caused natural and social disaster. Technology, and the remarkable mathematical view of nature upon which it is founded, are implicated in raging rifts among nations, rooted indiffering images of human nature, freedoms, and ends. The philosopher Hans Jonas achieved key insights into organic life in its relations to technology and mathematics, culminating in critical and cautionary calls for responsible use of technology. This essay explores Jonas' thought on mathematics, technology, and human nature, and its relevance for a critique of transhumanism's image of man and human transcendence. Inspired by Jonas, the essay sketches an alternative image of human nature and self transcendence in four theses on reason and value, the world, responsibility, and transcendence.
Novel Interdisciplinary Rhetoric
Authors: Davis Jeflfry C. ,   Institute for Interdisciplinary Research
Published: December 2020

A truly interdisdplinary approach to the topic of human enhancement requires input not only from the natural and social sciences, but also from the humanities. This interaction involves the reading of literary texts that raise retevant questions. H. G. Wells' The Island of Doctor Moreau is a text that artistically explores interspecies experimentation for the creation of chimeras. By examining the novel in relation to chimeras of ancient literary myth and their correlative scientific manifestations, important questions arid fresh insights may be gained, contributing to the conversation at large. Interdisciplinary aporoaches receive affirmatton increasingly among supporters of higher education, scientific experimentatton, and human enhancement, including Nick Bostrom, a leader in the transhumanist movement However, Brostom's rhetoric betrays itself and highlights the relevance of an authentic interdisciplinary interface drawing on the humanities and even science fiction.
Consciousness and Topology
Authors: Mills Eugene ,   Philosophy Documentation Center
Published: December 2020

Most philosophers of the self would take what David Barnett calls ‘The Datum’—that “pairs of people themselves are incapable of experience”—to merit its name. Barnett argues abductively from The Datum to Simplicity, the view that conscious beings must be simple. The truth of Simplicity would upend almost all materialist accounts of what we are, so Barnett’s argument and attempted rebuttals of it merit scrutiny. Rory Madden charges Barnett with overlooking a rival, better explanation, deriving from Integrity: the thesis that our naïve conception of a conscious subject demands that conscious beings be topologically integrated. The content of this naïve conception is supposed to be superior to Simplicity in explaining The Datum. I argue here that Madden is mistaken: the requirement of topological integration cannot explain The Datum, and Barnett’s argument survives Madden’s challenge.
The impact of human resource management on business process improvement: an analysis within the MSMEs of the textile and clothing industry
Authors: Dobrosavljević Andrea , Urošević Snežana
Published: December 2020

Business process improvement is necessary given the need to satisfy consumers by delivering value-added products and services. The textile and clothing industry in the age of consumerism of textile and clothing products is facing the challenge of the constant need to meet and exceed consumer expectations. Establishing the practice of continuous business process improvement, especially within the micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs) of the textile and clothing industry, as the largest group of companies, is of particular importance in resisting these challenges. As the textile and clothing industry is labor-intensive and a large number of processes operate on the basis of direct engagement of human resources, there is a need to examine the impact of human resource management on the establishment of the practice of business process improvement in MSMEs. Within this paper, the impact of human resource management on the improvement of business processes was examined by applying regression analysis.
Perspective of development of golf tourism in Croatia
Authors: Alkier Romina , Jerak Tonći , Milojica Vedran
Published: December 2020

Golf tourism represents an important part of a sports tourism offer of a destination. In the last couple of decades, it has been registering growth on European and world level. Golfers are characterized as tourists with high purchasing power which was an additional stimulus for tourist destinations to invest in developing golf tourism, in order to attract a large number of golf players, and that way increase the tourist turnover with particular emphasis on tourist consumption. The primary aim of this paper was to present the current state of golf tourism offer in Europe, as well as the state of golf tourism in the Republic of Croatia, as a European Union member with the use of data from secondary sources. Based on the findings the authors presented the developmental activities.
Uticaj autentične hrane kao odabir turističke destinacije
Authors: Janković Ivana , Ćirić Miloš , Vujasinović Vesna
Published: December 2020

Hrana je svakako jedan od veoma važnih elementa na svakom putovanju. Većina turista na putovanju priželjkuje da proba nešto novo i nesvakidašnje. Autentična hrana je nekim delom i predstavljanje nekog naroda kao i nekog regiona. Cilj ovog rada je da se uvidi u kojoj meri je turistima hrana bitan činilac u odabiru turističke destinacije i da li prilikom odlaska oni odnose sa sobom kako bi nekome još preneli deo gastronomske vrednosti koji su probali i konzumirali na toj turističkoj destinaciji. U radu su učestvovali turisti koji su posetili Srbiju (N=55). Podaci su obrađeni deskripktivnom metodom uz pomoć Spss programa. Na osnovu obrađenih podataka veliki broj ispitanika uglavnom bira turističku destinaciju zbog autentične hrane i kupuje proizvode koji su karakteristični za taj region, time nagoveštava da mu se svidela hrana i da će opet posetiti odredjenu turističku destinaciju.
Uticaj pandemije COVID-19 na industriju oglašavanja i sponzorstva u sportu
Authors: Dašić Dejan , Tošić Miloš , Deletic Velimir
Published: December 2020

Predmet ovog rada je uticaj pandemije kovid 19 na industriju oglašavanja i sponzorstva u sportu. U vremenu kada ravnodušnost javnosti postaje sve više nepremostiva prepreka za reklamnu industriju, ova grana industrije suočena je sada sa još većim problemom. Istovremeno, dok mnogobrojni sportisti i sportski subjekti u velikoj meri zavise od svojih sponzora, velika većina sportskih manifestacija u svetu, je otkazana. Pojedini sportisti višestruko više zarade od svojih sponzorskih ugovora nego od profesionalnih ugovora u svojim klubovima, takmičenja i sl. Gubitak prihoda od mečeva još je jedna velika briga za klubove i turnire, posebno one manje. Još uvek nije jasno na koji nači će sportska industrija previzići probleme izazvane  pandemijom, kao ni kakva  budućnost očekuje sport u eri post kovida19.
Antibacterial and antibiofilm activity of selected polyphenolic compounds: An in vitro study on Staphylococcus aureus
Authors: Kostić Marina , Ivanov Marija , Stojković Dejan , Ćirić Ana , Soković Marina
Published: December 2020

Staphylococcus aureus is a human pathogen that causes serious infections with high mortality rates. The antimicrobial activities of eight phenolic compounds (caffeic acid, chlorogenic acid, ferulic acid, morin, quercetin, isoquercitrin, rutin and hesperidin) were evaluated against planktonic and biofilm forming Staphylococcus aureus cells. Their ability to prevent biofilm formation via interference with bacterial cell adhesion and to reduce biomass of 24 h old biofilms has been addressed in this study. The antibacterial activities (MIC/MBC) were demonstrated using the microdilution method and the investigated compounds showed good activity against S. aureus isolates, with MICs in the range 0.05-0.4 mg/mL. Also, they exhibited promising antibiofilm potential in dose depended manner. Among all tested compounds, morin and quercetin showed the best antibiofilm activity at MIC values. The observed antimicrobial potential of the studied natural products can serve as a starting point towards development of novel plant-based therapeutics for the treatment of common infections such as the ones caused by S. aureus.
Public invitation to the heirs in probate proceedings and the State as an heir in Serbian law
Authors: Đurđević Dejan
Published: December 2020

If it is unknown to the court whether the decedent has any heirs, or if the court suspects that the person who has a claim on the inheritance may not be the only or the closest relative of the decedent, the court shall publish a notice inviting people who have a claim on the inheritance to report to the court within one year from the publication of the notice. The public notice or invitation to the possible unknown heirs represents a compromise between the investigative principle in the probate proceedings and the need to bring such proceedings to an end within reasonable time. Following the public invitation by the court, the consequences of failure to identify all possible remaining inheritors shall depend on the identity of the known heir(s). If the known heir is a private entity, the court will declare them as heir. But, if the sole inheritor is the State, it will only acquire the usufruct of the estate, not legal ownership, with the possibility of acquisition of a title or right to property by uninterrupted and undisputed possession for a prescribed term of three years for movables and ten years for real estate. Th ese time limits run from the moment of the decedent's death. After examining the practical consequences of these rules, the author concludes that, by prescribing a special regime of succession for the State as inheritor when the unknown heirs are invited by public notice, the legislator has put the State in a privileged legal position in comparison to private entities. Th e special regime facilitates the transition of the estate from private to public ownership, which is contrary to the principle of the private legal nature of succession. In addition, the rules for allocating inheritance to the State are legally and dogmatically deficient because they are contrary to the principle of universal succession and ex lege inheritance (since at the moment of the decedent's death no one becomes the heir and the legal owner of the estate) and with the general rules on the acquisition of property by acquisitive prescription (as the existing rules enable the usufructuary to become the owner after the passage of the prescribed time period).
The subsequent difficulty of performance in contract law
Authors: Karanikić-Mirić Marija
Published: December 2020

This paper purports to clarify the notion and the legal consequences of the subsequent difficulties in performance of a bilateral contract, which occur due to an unforeseeable change in circumstances under which the contract was concluded. A part of the paper deals with the conditions for invoking the change in circumstances pursuant to Serbian and comparative contract law. In addition, the paper attempts to distinguish subsequent difficulties in performance from the different types of impossibility, such as impossibility to fulfil the purpose of transaction, objective impossibility of performance, subjective impossibility of performance, practical impossibility, and economic impossibility. The difficulties in performance occur after conclusion of the contract and are assessed in relation to what the promisor knew, or was obliged to know at the time of conclusion. If a contract becomes excessively difficult to perform, but not impossible, the promisor would not be discharged on that account, but may be able to seek termination, or judicial adjustment of the contract. In contrast, the subsequent impossibility of performance may lead to contract termination, but cannot be the grounds for judicial adjustment of the contractual content. The subsequent difficulty in performance of a contract is not easily distinguished from the so-called practical impossibility. The performance is deemed to be practically impossible if it would be contrary to reason, good faith, or the principles of fair trade to require the debtor to perform as initially agreed.
GmbH and UG (Mini-GmbH): Protection of creditors in German law
Authors: Joksović Jovana
Published: December 2020

One of the most widespread forms of companies, not only in our, but also in other jurisdictions, are limited liability companies. This form gives clear advantages to its founders, but at the same time endangers the creditor's settlement. In this paper, the author lists and describes the ways of protecting the company's creditors in the German law, namely the creditors of GmbH and the newer UG (Mini-GmbH) with brief reviews of Serbian law and d.o.o. First of all, there is a possible liability of shareholders and directors of German companies in the very stage of establishment. Furthermore, payments to shareholders from the assets that are necessary to cover the share capital are prohibited. In addition to its legal minimum share capital of EUR 25.000, GmbH contains further institutes for adequate creditor protection, which makes it attractive not only to the founders, but also to its creditors. In 2008, with the Law on Modernization of the Rights of Limited Liability Companies and the Fight against Abuses (MoMiG), the German legal system introduced a new legal form of simplified GmbH (UG), which has the same nature with a few special characteristics. This is primarily the possibility of founding a company below the prescribed legal minimum of the share capital, namely 1 Euro. This legal form should be an alternative to the English "Limited", which was "flooding" the German market back then. This advantage brings certain restrictions, first of all in terms of capital maintenance rules. Due to the fact that d.o.o. has significant similarities with the general rules that apply to these legal forms of the German system, primarily due to similarities with UG in the form of a minimum share capital of 100 dinars, the characteristics and solutions of German law for the protection of creditors of this legal form will be analysed. At the end comes a brief review of the institute "piercing a corporate veil" in the German law system.
Impact of underground cables on ground impedance measurement implementing FSM concept in FOP measuring scheme
Authors: Kostić Vojin , Savić Dejan , Likić Miloš
Published: December 2020

Ground impedance measurement in medium voltage substations, designed to operate in a predominantly cable network, is a complex research task. Namely, the inability to consider all the factors that can affect the measured value, in a situation where one deenergized cable line is used to form the Fall-of-Potential (FOP) measurement scheme, is directly reflected to an adequate assessment of safety risks. This paper proposes an alternative measurement method so called Frequency Shift Method (FSM), which inherently guarantees "better" measurement than any of the conventional methods. By providing insight into the behavior of the active and reactive ground impedance components, and at the same time taking into account the topological structure of the existing cable network, the application of the FSM concept in the FOP measurement scheme points out to alternative paths of test current distribution, and in that way pointing to the illogicality of the obtained measurement results. Experimental verification was conducted under real operating conditions, and can serve as a guide for solving similar problems in practice.
PSICOLOGIA POSITIVA E COVID-19
Authors: Silva Narbal , Cugnier Joana Soares , Budde Cristiane , Farsen Thaís Cristine , Colares Cleria Flores Nunes
Published: December 2020

Desde o seu início, a pandemia de COVID-19 gerou alterações no cotidiano. Dentre as medidas adotadas foi a implementação da quarentena com o isolamento e o distanciamento social, que marcaram não somente a diminuição das interações humanas, mas o aumento de sentimentos e vivências por vezes negativas relacionadas à falta dela, ao medo e à dificuldade em se adaptar e implementar novos comportamentos. Pensando nisso, pesquisadores do Laboratório de Psicologia Positiva nas Organizações e no Trabalho (LAPPOT) da Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina (UFSC) desenvolveram um projeto de extensão com o objetivo de auxiliar a população por meio da disseminação de conhecimento e de estratégias de enfrentamento pautadas nos princípios da Psicologia Positiva. Este artigo tem por objetivo apresentar o relato de experiência com a descrição do projeto, do método, da execução e dos resultados obtidos com sua aplicação. O projeto ocorreu por meio da realização de lives em rede e mídias sociais do laboratório com o objetivo de disseminar os conhecimentos quanto à psicologia positiva para contribuição nas situações de isolamento e de distanciamento social em função da pandemia do Covid- 19. As ações realizadas pelo projeto de extensão auxiliaram o desenvolvimento de estratégias voltadas à promoção da saúde por meio de emoções, sentimentos, atitudes e comportamentos que favoreceram o bem-estar, a qualidade de vida e a felicidade das pessoas.
VIVÊNCIAS DE CAMPO DO CURSO EPIDEMIOLOGIA APLICADA AOS SERVIÇOS DO SUS – EPISUS FUNDAMENTAL:
Authors: Rocha Marta Souza , Lisboa Yuri Messias , Mattos Thais Santana , Santana Meire Núbia Santos de
Published: December 2020

O presente artigo descreve o trabalho de campo vivenciado dentro do Programa de treinamento em Epidemiologia Aplicada aos Serviços do SUS – EpiSUS, o qual consiste em uma estratégia de educação permanente, com a finalidade de implantar no Brasil treinamentos em epidemiologia de campo, focado na prática dos serviços de saúde, resultando no aprimoramento dos trabalhadores da saúde e consequentemente no fortalecimento da capacidade de respostas das unidades de saúde nas ações de controle das doenças e agravos à saúde da população. O trabalho teve como objetivo relatar a experiência de descrição das etapas do ciclo da vigilância no contexto das vivências de campo do Programa de Treinamento em Epidemiologia Aplicada aos serviços do SUS. Trata-se de estudo descritivo, tendo como instrumento de coleta um formulário para entrevistar os integrantes da equipe de saúde da família localizada no Distrito Sanitário da Boca do Rio, na cidade de Salvador – Bahia, no período de agosto a outubro de 2018. Para a análise dos dados foram utilizadas a Matriz Swot e o Diagrama de Ishikawa. Conseguiu-se identificar os pontos fortes e fracos intrínsecos da unidade de saúde da família, bem como as ameaças e oportunidades que dependem de outras instâncias administrativas da saúde ou de instituições de outros setores para o funcionamento do ciclo da vigilância. Posteriormente, estratificou-se as possíveis causas de impedimento na operacionalização satisfatória do ciclo da vigilância epidemiológica, utilizando com parâmetro o déficit/ausência no monitoramento das doenças diarreicas agudas e por fim, classificou-se as circunstâncias de acordo com o grau de controle dos membros da equipe de saúde da família. Apesar das unidades de saúde da rede básica serem os espaços privilegiados para o desenvolvimento das ações de vigilância, observa-se nesse trabalho de campo que a sistematização dos dados epidemiológicos que deveriam ser interpretados e atualizados rotineiramente pela equipe de saúde, ainda são ações realizadas por técnicos de outras instância, seja por profissionais da vigilância epidemiológica do Distrito Sanitário ou da Diretoria de Vigilância à Saúde da Secretaria Municipal de Saúde de Salvador. Sendo, portanto, necessário investir em capacitações para superação das dificuldades encontradas, nesse sentido foi realizada uma roda de conversa com a equipe da unidade de saúde da família para devolutiva do trabalho, a fim de promover reflexão sobre as fases do ciclo de vigilância em saúde, bem como, apresentar recomendações para melhoria de qualidade das ações do mesmo.
Análise da utilização de abrigos termo-higrométricos alternativos para transectos móveis
Authors: Valin Júnior Marcos de Oliveira , Santos Flávia Maria de Moura
Published: December 2020

O método do transecto móvel é a realização de um percurso previamente determinado registrando as medições dos dados climáticos e é uma opção viável, especialmente na investigação de ilhas de calor. Mirando prover subsídios, técnicas e procedimentos aos estudos de clima urbano com utilização de transectos móveis é proposto como objetivo geral analisar o desempenho termo-higrométrico de abrigos micrometeorológicos de diferentes tipos para coletas de dados. Para o desenvolvimento da pesquisa foram identificados na literatura os tipos de abrigos termo-higrômetros já estudados e quantificados para análise; escolhidos 5 tipos de abrigos que foram construídos, juntamente com datalogger, os sensores foram calibrados para então serem realizados transectos e após validados os dados foram analisados estatisticamente. Os resultados da análise estatística da parte experimental indicou como significativas as interações: Temperatura e Turno; Temperatura e Período; Umidade e Turno; Umidade e Mês; Umidade e Estação; Umidade e Período. Já as interações não significativas foram: Temperatura e Mês; Temperatura e Estação; Temperatura e Ponto; Umidade e Ponto. O abrigo comercial adotado foi elencado como referência, pois é o possível de ser utilizado em trabalhos em qualquer parte do mundo. Para estudos de ilhas de calor realizadas no período noturno, todos os abrigos alternativos analisados foram eficientes. O modelo alternativo aqui denominado 'PVC horizontal' apresentou resultados totalmente favoráveis em todos os cenários e análises realizadas. O modelo impresso em impressora 3D foi eficaz em quase todas as situações. O modelo com 'pratos plásticos' e o de 'PVC vertical' não se mostraram eficientes.