bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Métodos contraceptivos e de prevenção da transmissão/reinfecção do vírus entre portadores de HIV/aids
Authors: da Cunha Gilmara Holanda , Gimeniz Galvão Marli Teresinha
Published: February 2023

O objetivo deste estudo foi identificar os métodos contraceptivos e de prevenção da transmissão/reinfecção do vírus em portadores de HIV/aids atendidos num hospital universitário em Fortaleza-CE. Utilizou-se método transversal e descritivo, com aplicação de questionário a 51 pacientes entre agosto de 2006 e janeiro de 2007. A maioria dos pacientes foi do sexo masculino, faixa etária de 31 a 40 anos, casados, da categoria de exposição heterossexual e com parceiros sorodiscordantes. Houve uso do preservativo masculino regularmente (72,5%), abstinência sexual (4,0%), preservativo masculino de forma irregular associado aos anticoncepcionais orais e injetáveis (4,0%) e laqueadura tubária (11,7%). Pelo teste exato de Fisher, o uso do preservativo foi significantemente maior entre os homens (p = 0,0002). Alteração da atividade sexual após diagnóstico ocorreu em 80,4% dos indivíduos. Os achados sugerem a necessidade de orientação para uso regular do preservativo feminino e masculino, pois previnem a gravidez e as doenças sexualmente transmissíveis.
Aprendizagem de professoras de ensino fundamental em oficinas educativas na saúde do adolescente
Authors: Sousa Itamara da Costa , Sousa Machado Maria de Fátima Antero
Published: February 2023

Esta pesquisa buscou verificar o processo de aprendizagem de professoras, a partir de oficinas educativas no que se refere à promoção da saúde dos adolescentes. Trata-se de um estudo qualitativo, realizado com oito professoras do ensino fundamental no ano de 2009. Usou-se um formulário para coletar os dados referentes ao conhecimento adquirido pelas professoras nas oficinas educativas e o Discurso do Sujeito Coletivo para analisá-los. Evidenciou-se a compreensão de saúde como requisito para qualidade de vida e a educação em saúde como ferramenta para conscientizar e transformar. Sobre as drogas, as professoras ampliaram o conhecimento sobre suas consequências, e sobre as transformações biopsicossociais dos adolescentes, apresentaram satisfatório entendimento sobre as principais mudanças ocorridas nesta fase. Acredita-se que o processo educativo desenvolvido foi importante para futuras práticas dos professores junto aos escolares.
Situação vacinal e sorológica para hepatite B em profissionais da Estratégia Saúde da Família
Authors: Oliveira Valéria Conceição de , Guimarães Eliete Albano de Azevedo , Souza Débora Aparecida Silva , Ricardo Renata Aparecida
Published: February 2023

O presente estudo buscou descrever a situação vacinal e a realização de sorologia em profissionais de saúde. Este estudo epidemiológico descritivo foi realizado em 15 Equipes de Saúde da Família do município de Divinópolis — MG/Brasil, em 2010. Foram aplicados 108 questionários aos profissionais de saúde. Entre os 108 investigados, 89,4% foram vacinados com o esquema de três doses da vacina contra a hepatite B. Detectamos que 81% dos trabalhadores não realizaram o teste sorológico; 54,7% têm contato com material perfurocortante e 60,4% dos trabalhadores relataram que nunca realizaram capacitações sobre biossegurança. Isto aponta alta cobertura vacinal contra a hepatite B e baixa adesão à sorologia. Neste sentido, a vigilância da situação vacinal e o monitoramento da realização de sorologia entre os profissionais de saúde são essenciais para garantir a imunidade à doença.
Desempenho no estabelecimento do vínculo nos serviços de atenção à tuberculose
Authors: de Figueiredo Tânia Maria Ribeiro Monteiro , Pinto Mayrla Lima , Cardoso Maria Aparecida Alves , Silva Valkênia Alves
Published: February 2023

Objetivou-se investigar o desempenho no estabelecimento do vínculo entre profissional e doente de tuberculose atendido nos serviços de saúde do município de Campina Grande/PB/Brasil. Estudo descritivo, transversal, tipo inquérito, com abordagem quantitativa. A população do estudo foi constituída por 79 doentes, para coleta das informações foi utilizado um instrumento componente do Primary Care Assessment Tool. A análise dos dados foi realizada por meio do Programa SPSS 13.0. Dos entrevistados, 43,04% foram atendidos no Ambulatório de Referência e 56,96% nas Unidades Básicas Saúde da Família. Os sujeitos do estudo seguiram o mesmo padrão: sexo masculino, faixa etária produtiva e baixa escolaridade. Quanto à criação do vínculo, os dois serviços apresentaram desempenhos favoráveis. O estudo revelou desempenho satisfatório quanto à efetividade do vínculo profissional-doente em ambos os serviços que desenvolvem ações de controle da tuberculose.
Articulação com Atenção Primária à Saúde na perspectiva de gerentes de Unidade de Pronto-Atendimento
Authors: Randow Roberta Mendes Von , Brito Maria José Menezes , Silva Kênia Lara , Andrade Angélica Mônica , Caçador Beatriz Santana , Siman Andréia Guerra
Published: February 2023

Trata-se de estudo de caso qualitativo que buscou analisar a visão de gerentes de Unidade de Pronto-Atendimento (UPA) sobre a articulação com a Atenção Primária à Saúde (APS). Foram sujeitos do estudo vinte e quatro gerentes de oito UPAs, no município de Belo Horizonte, Brasil. A coleta de dados foi realizada por meio de entrevista com roteiro semiestruturado no período de fevereiro a maio de 2011. Os resultados indicam que a UPA é percebida como observatório do sistema de saúde. Para a articulação entre as UPAs e APS, os participantes evidenciam como desafios as condições estruturantes da APS; dificuldades na gestão e organização da rede e a concepção de saúde hegemônica na sociedade. Entre as possibilidades de articulação, destacam-se as pactuações em curso, bem como o reconhecimento da complementariedade e interdependência entre os diferentes serviços.
Condições sociais e de saúde de idosos acompanhados pela Atenção Primária de Sobral —CE
Authors: Linhares Jamilly Cruz , Oliveira Eliany Nazaré , Eloia Sara Cordeiro , Lima Freitas Cibelly Aliny Siqueira de , Shinkai Hirok , Lira Tâmia Queiroz
Published: February 2023

A transição demográfica faz com que as questões relativas ao envelhecimento ganhem interesse, desencadeiem estudos e pesquisas e mereçam destaque no cenário mundial. A pesquisa objetiva traçar o perfil das condições sociais e de saúde da população idosa acompanhada pela Atenção Primária de Sobral — CE, Brasil tem caráter exploratório — descritivo com abordagem quantitativa e abrangeu 200 idosos. Identificou-se que 72,5% são mulheres, 40,5% possuíam idade entre 70 e 79 anos e 57% não eram alfabetizados; 61% possuíam algum tipo de dependência e 48% fazem uso de 02 a 03 medicamentos diariamente. 52% apresentaram boa dinâmica familiar, com maior presença do filho como cuidador. A maioria manifestou depressão leve e 34% relataram estado de saúde bom. Dessa forma, os dados permitem observar que são requeridos investimentos que priorizem a prevenção de doenças e controle de condições de cronicidade que permita aos idosos um viver com qualidade.
HiperDia: adesão e percepção de usuários acompanhados pela Estratégia Saúde da Família
Authors: Carvalho Filha Francidalma Soares Sousa , Nogueira Lídya Tolstenko , Viana Lívia Maria Mello
Published: February 2023

Estudo descritivo, avaliativo, com abordagem quantitativa, realizado nas Unidades Básicas de Saúde de Caxias-MA, com o objetivo de avaliar o Programa de Hipertensão Arterial e Diabetes (HiperDia) na perspectiva dos usuários. Os dados foram coletados entre novembro de 2010 e junho de 2011, com um plano amostral de 1.024 sujeitos. Constataram-se vários obstáculos no desenvolvimento das ações de controle da hipertensão e do diabetes que vão da falta de insumos necessários ao tratamento, como os medicamentos, até a não realização de atividades de educação em saúde pelos profissionais da Saúde da Família. Apesar disso, a avaliação feita pelos usuários acerca da assistência recebida foi muito favorável. O HiperDia é um primoroso dispositivo de acompanhamento aos pacientes e a pesquisa demonstrou grande importância, sugerindo ações conjuntas da instância municipal, das Coordenações da Atenção primária em Saúde e do Programa HiperDia, dos profissionais da Saúde da Família e usuários envolvidos na assistência.
L-DOPA Assay of Polyphenol Oxidase (PPO) for Varietal Identification in Rice (Oryza sativa L.)
Authors: Kumar Shahil , Chakrabarty S.K.
Published: February 2023

A phenol colour response test on the grain is used to identify varieties of wheat and rice. It is a harmful, damaging procedure due to the carcinogenic properties of phenol. The activity of polyphenol oxidase (PPO) provides the basis for the phenol colour reaction. The goal of this
research was to assess a method similar to the phenol colour reaction, by determining where the polyphenol oxidase activity threshold lies for classifying rice types into different groups. The new PPO assay was applied to commercially available rice varieties with the intention of classifying
those that ranged from extremely high to extremely low PPO levels into manageable categories. Substrates such as phenol, L-tyrosine, catechol and 3,4-dihydroxyphenylalanine (L-DOPA) were tested. Twenty cultivars cultivated under identical conditions were put through a screening using a standard
assay [1.5 mL of 10 mM L-DOPA in 50 mM 3-(N-morpholino) propane sulphonic acid (MOPS) buffer, pH 6.5, with 3 to 5 seeds constantly rotated in a 2-mL microcentrifuge tube for 0.5 or 1 hour at room temperature]. At 30 minutes, PPO levels were assessed. Based on the PPO values, the varieties
belonging to phenol colour groups such as black, dark brown, brown, light brown or no colour matched perfectly. Considering easiness in estimation and other advantages of PPO activity, L-DOPA is proposed as a means of identifying rice varieties instead of the phenol colour reaction test.
Distortion in transmission of pathogenic SDHB- and SDHD-mutated alleles from parent to offspring
Authors: Davidoff Dahlia F , Lim Eugénie S , Benn Diana E , Subramaniam Yuvanaa , Dorman Eleanor , Burgess John R , Akker Scott A , Clifton-Bligh Roderick J
Published: February 2023

Phaeochromocytoma and paraganglioma are highly heritable tumours; half of those associated with a germline mutation are caused by mutations in genes for Krebs’s cycle enzymes, including succinate dehydrogenase (SDH). Inheritance of SDH alleles is assumed to be Mendelian (probability of 50% from each parent). The departure from transmission of parental alleles in a ratio of 1:1 is termed transmission ratio distortion (TRD). We sought to assess whether TRD occurs in the transmission of SDHB pathogenic variants (PVs). This study was conducted with 41 families of a discovery cohort from Royal North Shore Hospital, Australia, and 41 families from a validation cohort from St. Bartholomew’s Hospital, United Kingdom (UK). Inclusion criteria were a clinically diagnosed SDHB PV and a pedigree available for at least two generations. TRD was assessed in 575 participants with the exact binomial test. The transmission ratio for SDHB PV was 0.59 (P = 0.005) in the discovery cohort, 0.67 (P < 0.001) in the validation cohort, and 0.63 (P < 0.001) in the combined cohort. No parent-of-origin effect was observed. TRD remained significant after adjusting for potential confounders: 0.67 (P < 0.001) excluding families with incomplete family size data; 0.58 (P < 0.001) when probands were excluded. TRD was also evident for SDHD PVs in a cohort of 81 patients from 13 families from the UK. The reason for TRD of SDHB and SDHD PVs is unknown, but we hypothesize a survival advantage selected during early embryogenesis. The existence of TRD for SDHB and SDHD has implications for reproductive counselling, and further research into the heterozygote state.
Strengthening Cooperation among Intelligence Agencies in the Enforcement of Law on Terrorism: The Case of Indonesia
Authors: Wahyudi Rizki , Syauqillah Muhammad
Published: February 2023

The development of global, regional and national situations related to terrorism is dynamic and complex affecting national stability and security. It requires optimal and effective action from the government. The complexity of counter-terrorism requires the synergy of all parties. Strengthening cooperation between intelligence agencies can solve the current threat of terrorism. This article aims to propose intelligence cooperation and present the concept of intelligence synergy within the framework of law enforcement in combating terrorism in Indonesia. The article is descriptive qualitative research. It employs in-depth interviews and literature study as a data-gathering technique. Using collaborative governance theory, the article argues that to realize synergy between intelligence agencies, all Indonesian intelligence agencies need to conduct joint action procedures and hold joint terrorism countermeasures exercises, and related activities aimed at creating a common perception and eliminating rivalry among the agencies.
Notes on the Accuracy of Google Earth Pro Heading Information for Archaeoastronomy and Landscape Archaeology Studies
Authors: Romain William F
Published: February 2023

Google Earth Pro (GEP) is a powerful tool that can be used for archaeoastronomic and landscape archaeology assessments. Of potential concern, however, is the accuracy of the GEP ruler tool and, in particular, the accuracy of heading information. In the present paper the accuracy of GEP heading information is evaluated. Comparative assessments are made using GEP imagery, airport runway diagrams and ground survey data derived from total station solar observations. These analyses indicate that the accuracy of GEP heading data is largely dependent on spatial resolution of the GEP image and length of the line being measured.
Figures in the Rock? Experiencing the Avebury Cove at the Midsummer Sunrise
Authors: Darvill Timothy
Published: February 2023

Despite published accounts suggesting the absence of solstitial alignments built into the architecture of the stone circle complex within the classic henge at Avebury, north Wiltshire, UK, empirical observations show that the group of stones and the space between them known as the Cove opens towards the midsummer sunrise. Although the window of visibility looking out from the Cove is broad, the sunrise position, on Monkton Down, is central to the field of view. A dip in the henge bank and the presence of a round barrow on the skyline serve to emphasise the point on the horizon where the Sun first appears. Looking inwards, the Cove provides a defined stage-like setting with the shadows of anyone performing there cast sharply onto the massive backstone for a period of about 30 minutes after sunrise. Comparisons are drawn with practices linked to animistic ontologies where rock surfaces become porous doorways into other realms during defined ceremonial observances.
sense of displacement
Authors: Calvi Giordano
Published: February 2023

Olde Throne is a solo black metal project created by Harrison McKenzie, a young musician from Christchurch. The main theme of his music production is Scottish and Irish history and mythology, more generally themes related to Celtic culture. After spending time in 2019 in Scotland, Harrison McKenzie became increasingly interested in the history and mythology of this land far from his native home. He felt a strong emotional connection to the past of Scottish people, in fact his surname is influenced by this ancestry. His passion for Norwegian black metal, developed in his teenage years, was linked to the search for his past, giving rise to Olde Throne’s musical proposal. This ‘Riffs’ article, developed from a textual and musical analysis and corroborated by an interview with the musician of Olde Throne, attempts to highlight how nostalgia for a past, more imagined than lived, conceals a sense of displacement that finds its way out through the aggressive and extremely emotive sounds of black metal, a musical category little practised in Christchurch. Europe, as the cradle of Scottish and Irish cultures and as an ideal place to play and experience black metal, takes shape imaginatively in the sonic and lyrical coordinates of Olde Throne’s music.
What have we learnt from the COVID experience? Lessons for the future
Authors: Griffiths Carol
Published: February 2023

This article reports on a study conducted at a university in North Cyprus which aimed to gather empirical evidence regarding both teachers’ and students’ perceptions of the advantages and disadvantages of online learning as experienced during the COVID pandemic. The study discovered that both teachers and students were aware of both advantages and disadvantages of the system which had been thrust upon them. Overall, most of the teachers favoured the development of some kind of blended/hybrid methodology, while a majority of the students favoured a return to in-class learning. Both teachers and students recognized a need to focus on physical and mental health, on assessment issues, and on issues of technology and connectivity. A major conclusion from the study is the urgent need for teacher education, both pre-service and in-service, to help teachers develop the digital knowledge and skills required for a successful blended/hybrid learning/teaching environment.
‘I think that I am fossilized’
Authors: Nazari Mostafa , Mansouri Behzad , Behzadpoor Seyyed-Foad
Published: February 2023

In the process of becoming a teacher, novice teachers are likely to experience multiple tensions that shape their sense of professionalism. Despite their importance, novice teacher identity tensions have rarely been studied in second language pedagogy. The present study reports the role of tensions in a novice Iranian EFL teacher’s (Mina) identity development during her first year of teaching and three years later. Data were collected from three rounds of semi-structured interviews, online narratives, classroom observations, and post-observation conversations. Detailed analyses of the data indicated four major themes underlying Mina’s identity development vis-à-vis the tensions she experienced: (a) tensions between imagined and enacted identities, (b) tensions between claimed and assigned identities, (c) excessive emotion labor, and (d) resisted identities. Although tensions primarily functioned as negative mechanisms that created multiple identity conflicts for Mina, they partly made her renegotiate and restructure her identity in relation to various stakeholders in the long run. The findings are discussed in light of particularities of teaching and power relations that (re)define novices’ effective identity construction.
Zarys systemu kontroli administracji publicznej w Polsce
Authors:   Instytut Nauk Prawnych, Uniwersytet Rzeszowski, Polska, Łaskawski Grzegorz
Published: February 2023

The process of control is inextricably linked with all manifestations of organised human activity, and therefore it mainly concerns the functioning of the state. The most important purpose of existence of the control system in the state is to ensure the proper performance of tasks by the public administration by verifying the methods of their implementation. Due to the fact that control is a concept with a very broad meaning, many definitions can be found in the literature. In the common sense, it primarily means comparing the existing state with a specific desired state of affairs. On the basis of administrative law, the institution of control is recognised in a functional and systemic sense. The first concerns the entirety of activities undertaken in the control process, including the methods of its conduct and the criteria used in it. On the other hand, the systemic approach boils down to presenting the characteristics of separate organs performing inspection activities.
Przedawnienie roszczeń z umów konsumenckich po nowelizacji Kodeksu cywilnego
Authors:   Wydział Prawa i Administracji, Uniwersytet Gdański, Polska, Strugalski Tomasz
Published: February 2023

The article concerns amendments to the Polish Civil Code in respect of limitation of claims. The overall objective of this analysis is to take into account the new legal situation of subjects to the civil law, in particular the new situation of the consumer oriented at limitation of claims which may be brought against him. Moreover, article is also focused on the possibility of waiving a plea of the claims being time barred by the consumer. Subsequently, when it comes to the conclusion, our domestic regulations currently seem to be insufficient to fulfill the directive of clarity of the legal system.
Służebność mieszkania jako rodzaj służebności osobistej we współczesnym prawie polskim i prawie rzymskim
Authors:   Instytut Nauk Prawnych, Uniwersytet Rzeszowski, Polska, Krzyśko Bartłomiej
Published: February 2023

The subject of this paper is to present the servitude of habitation in the current state of the law, taking into account the servitude of habitation in Roman law. The subject is discussed in light of the current legislation under the Law of April 23, 1964, the Civil Code and certain other laws. The presentation of the essence of the servitude of habitation leads to the conclusion that it is a mechanism that allows one to take care of loved ones as well as oneself. Passing an apartment to relatives, allows one to secure one's rights to the premises, and this security for the future is precisely the servitude of habitation as a type of personal servitude. This right is even broader, as it provides the opportunity to take care of relatives, such as minor children, spouses, persons supported, and persons needed to run the household. The provisions of the Civil Code allow for the care of people who for some reason, whether it be age or illness, are unable to support themselves. The legal provisions that regulate the servitude of habitation were analysed. In particular, the focus was on the interpretation of the legal provisions. Legal commentaries helped in this. In analysing the above, the question arises as to whether the servitude of habitation should be further developed to make it even clearer in some way.
Analiza pozycji ustrojowej kierownika budowy
Authors:   Instytut Nauk Prawnych, Uniwersytet Rzeszowski, Polska, Wiklański Bartłomiej
Published: February 2023

This study deals with the issue of the position of the construction manager in the current legal order and it contains an indication of the effects of the proposed changes under the "Polish Deal". The discussed change is a postulate to limit the role of the construction manager in the construction of houses up to 70 square meters. For this purpose, the study has been divided into six subsections. The introduction to the discussed topic presents the position of the construction manager in the legal order. Next, a polemic is conducted with the thesis presented in the introduction. The study ends with a summary containing an answer to the problems raised in the article.
Strategi Dakwah Majlis Dakwah Hamzanwadi II di Lombok
Authors: M. Gufran  , Hassan Zaeni
Published: February 2023

This article discusses the da'wah strategy of Tuan Guru Lalu Gede Muhammad Zainuddin Atsani through Majlis Dakwah Hamzanwadi II in increasing adherents' understanding of the values developed by jam'iyah Nahdlatul Wathan (keNWan) as well as the Islamic teachings. By using a descriptive qualitative method, this study states that the Majlis Dakwah Hamzanwadi II uses the strategies of da'wah of tilawah, tazkiyah, dan ta’lim. Tilawah (recitation) strategy is found in the dissemination of da'wah messages through social media and during weekly sermons on Wednesdays. While tazkiyah strategy. found in preaching that focuses on aspects of soul purification. While the ta'lim strategy can be seen from da'wah activities through formal learning about hadith Arbain.
The Role of Distinguished People in Creating the Century-Old History of Pediatrics Department in the Astrakhan Medical University
Authors: Shaforostova Elena M.
Published: February 2023

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History of the Children Diseases Department of Ryazan State Medical University: the Way from the Past to the Present
Authors: Dmitriev Andrey V. , Fedina Natalya V. , Petrova Valeria I.
Published: February 2023

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The Establishment of Newborn Service in the Samara Region: Milestones and Fortunes
Authors: Koltsova Nadezhda S.
Published: February 2023

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Kobiety niepokorne, czyli o liderkach Narodowej Organizacji Kobiet. Szkic do portretu zbiorowego działaczek Narodowej Demokracji (1919–1929)
Authors: Mysiakowska–Muszyńska Jolanta
Published: February 2023

The significance and scale of Endek influence in the nineteenth and twentieth century were not the outcome of stricly party organizations. A social movement, which had been built up since the partition era, reflected the strength of the nationalist camp. Vigorous associations – both secret and conspiratorial – united both men and women of various social backgrounds, economic positions, and professionial affiliations. This included the National Organization of Women (NOK) – founded in 1919 – which was one of the largest and most influential women’s groups in the Second Polish Republic. The following article is an attempt to present selected aspects of the biographies of NOK leaders, which collectively make up a collective portrait of Natinal Democratic women of the late nineteenth and early twentieth century. The analysis includes such elements as: the intellectual climate of the era, the significance of the partitions in female political activism in indepent Poland, and the role of the Catholic faith (both in its individual and social dimensions). It is also indispensable to discuss the circumstances of the NOK’s founding and the motives propelling Polish women toward activism in the public sphere: first, in the electoral campaign to the Constituent Diet (1919) on behalf of the National Democratic movement, and, secondly, through involvement in the association’s actitivities. In this context, it is wortwhile to pose a question about the roles of men and women in the ranks of the National Democratic movement. This is an issue that deserves to be investigated since the members of NOK, in response to the needs of a newly-independent Polish state, rejected the notion of gender conflict, aiming instead to build a community in which the activism of men and women could be mutually complementary.
Żuławski – asocjacje
Authors: Kowalski Maciej
Published: February 2023

In my short essay, I wanted to address the issues of Andrzej Żuławski’s „Shamanka”. Especially in the context of critical voices that consider this work to be iconoclastic. I was especially interested in the issue of transgression, understood as the ability to defend against the system. The essence of taboo collapse, also seen in other artist- -directors, exploits the potential of primordial violence, coming closer to relations that are not conditioned by economics or matter, but purely Nature’s laws, based on predators and victims, whose sources of behavior and characteristics pass. To the next stages of human evolution, only in fuzzy clarity. Because of new environment conditions, caused by culture, then civilization. Hence the great metaphorical values of the heroes of Żuławski’s production, and above all the character of „Italians”. The film’s content is her relationship with the anthropologist Michal, fascinated by archaic epochs, but with a completely different approach to them. Similar transgressive meaning, though on a different personal background, can be seen in Italian director Paolo Pasolini’s reminiscence, which may be recalled during the screening. Equally controversial was his last venture – Salo 120 days of Sodomy – a free adaptation of the novel of the Marquis de Sade. I set up both films to signal the polemic approach of both directors to postmodern societies.
The role of the company's competencies in the process of international competition
Authors: Frolov Alexander
Published: February 2023

This article discusses the issue related to the study of the role of competencies owned by an organization in terms of the state of competition with other firms. The author describes the model of strategic management of the organization, highlights its main elements and subsystems, and also studies the issue of development and transformation of this concept. This article examines the current situation on the international market, in which companies have to constantly adapt to changing environmental conditions. In this regard, the role of competencies that an organization can apply increases.
An important place in this article is devoted to the study of the dynamic abilities of the organization, which represent the possibility of a quick transition from one position to another, as well as the transformation of individual elements. The author describes the mechanism of applying dynamic abilities as one of the most important competencies of an organization in international markets. In addition, this paper presents emergent strategies, the use of which contributes to the preservation of the organization's position in moments of instability and economic turbulence. Emergent strategies appear spontaneously; the article describes the advantages of this approach, among which one can note high flexibility and readiness for rapid changes, which is very important in times of crisis.
In the final part of the paper, the author describes the importance of the company's application of its competencies to improve its own efficiency and sustainability. Combining different approaches, for example, dynamic abilities and an emergent approach allows an organization to feel more confident in the process of competing with other organizations.
Large scale multilingual sticker recommendation in messaging apps
Authors: Laddha Abhishek , Hanoosh Mohamed , Mukherjee Debdoot , Patwa Parth , Narang Ankur
Published: February 2023

Stickers are popularly used while messaging to visually express nuanced thoughts. We describe a real‐time sticker recommendation (SR) system. We decompose SR into two steps: predict the message that is likely to be sent, and substitute that message with an appropriate sticker. To address the challenges caused by transliteration of message from users' native language to the Roman script, we learn message embeddings by employing character‐level CNN in an unsupervised manner. We use them to cluster semantically similar messages. Next, we predict the message cluster instead of the message. Except for validation, our system does not require human labeled data, leading to a fully automatic tuning pipeline. We propose a hybrid message prediction model, which can easily run on low‐end phones. We discuss message cluster to sticker mapping, addressing the multilingual needs of our users, automated tuning of the system and also propose a novel application of community detection algorithm. As of November 2020, our system contains 100k+ stickers, has been deployed for 15+ months, and is being used by millions of users.
On the care and feeding of virtual assistants: Automating conversation review with AI
Authors: Beaver Ian , Mueen Abdullah
Published: February 2023

With the rise of intelligent virtual assistants (IVAs), there is a necessary rise in human effort to identify conversations containing misunderstood user inputs. These conversations uncover error in natural language understanding and help prioritize improvements to the IVA. As human analysis is time consuming and expensive, prioritizing the conversations where misunderstanding has likely occurred reduces costs and speeds IVA improvement. In addition, less conversations reviewed by humans mean less user data are exposed, increasing privacy. We describe Trace AI, a scalable system for automated conversation review based on the detection of conversational features that can identify potential mis‐communications. Trace AI provides IVA designers with suggested actions to correct understanding errors, prioritizes areas of language model repair, and can automate the review of conversations. We discuss the system design and report its performance at identifying errors in IVA understanding compared to that of human reviewers. Trace AI has been commercially deployed for over 4 years and is responsible for significant savings in human annotation costs as well as accelerating the refinement cycle of deployed enterprise IVAs.
Will AI write scientific papers in the future?
Authors: Gil Yolanda
Published: February 2023

In this presidential address, I would like to start with a personal reflection on the field and then share with you the research directions I am pursuing and my excitement about the future of AI. In my personal research to advance AI while advancing scientific discoveries, one question that I have been pondering for some years now is whether AI will write scientific papers in the future. I want to reflect on this question, and look back at the many accomplishments in our field that can make us very hopeful that the answer will be yes, and that it may happen sooner than we might expect.
INTERFACIAL INSTABILITY ANALYSIS OF VISCOUS-VISCOELASTIC FLUID INTERFACE IN AN ANNULAR POROUS MEDIUM
Authors: Awasthi Mukesh Kumar , Shukla Atul Kumar , Singh Abhishek Kumar , Shukla Pankaj
Published: February 2023

The transport of mass and heat from one fluid to another fluid in a porous medium has numerous applications such as film boiling and heat exchangers. This paper reports the results of linear stability analysis of the capillary instability of viscoelastic liquid-viscous gas interface with heat and mass transfer. The viscoelastic liquid and viscous gas lie in an annular region enclosed by two rigid cylinders. The annular region is a saturated porous medium with constant porosity and permeability. The analysis is performed using the potential flow theory for viscoelastic liquid satisfying the Oldroyd-B model. A third-order polynomial in terms of growth rate is achieved and analyzed numerically. It is observed that porous media slows the growth of perturbations, but an increase in porosity makes the interface unstable. The interface goes towards stability when the transfer of heat-mass increases.
ONE FOOT OUT THE DOOR: INTERROGATING THE RISKY HIRE NARRATIVE IN STEM FACULTY CAREERS
Authors: White-Lewis Damani , Culpepper Dawn K. , O'Meara KerryAnn , Templeton Lindsey , Anderson Julia
Published: February 2023

Many faculty members believe that the racial demography of their disciplines afford highly qualified, racially minoritized scholars more power in the academic job market. As such, search committees may not offer faculty positions to candidates from these groups because they perceive them to be high risk and difficult to retain. One often cited study debunked this myth, showing that highly competitive racially minoritized candidates did not have more offers; however, the study was published over two decades ago and the narrative still remains. Using publicly available data from the National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship Program, we identified 671 awardees
and found no statistically significant differences in rates of early departure between highly qualified, racially minoritized scholars and other highly qualified racial groups across three different science, technology, engineering, and mathematics disciplines. We also used data from U.S. News and World Report university rankings, and the FY 2007 Survey of Research and Development Expenditures at
Universities and Colleges to understand whether early departing faculty members across all racial categories leave for more prestigious institutions, as is assumed. Those results indicate a slight trend of early departing faculty members leaving for more prestigious institutions than their previous one. We situate these findings within the faculty diversity discourse and offer implications for practice
and future research.
Using Wavelet Analysis and Deep Learning for EMG-Based Hand Movement Signal Classification
Authors: GÜNEŞ Harun , AKKAYA Abdullah Erhan
Published: February 2023

In this study; time series electromyography (EMG) data have been classified according to hand movements using wavelet analysis and deep learning. A pre-trained deep CNN (Convolitonal Neural Network-GoogLeNet) has been used in the classification process performed with signal processing, by this way the results can be obtained by continuous wavelet transform and classification methods. The dataset used has been taken from the Machine Learning Repository at the University of California. In the data set; EMG data of 5 healthy individuals, 2 males and 3 females, of the same age (~20-22 years) are available. Data; It consists of grasping spherical objects (Spher), grasping small objects with fingertips (Tip), grasping objects with palms (Palm), grasping thin/flat objects (Lat), grasping cylindrical objects (Cyl) and holding heavy objects (Hook). It is desired to perform 6 hand movements at the same time. While these movements are necessary, speed and power depend on one's will. People perform each movement for 6 seconds and repeat each movement (action) 30 times. The CWT (Continuous Wavelet Transform) method was used to transform the signal into an image. The scalogram image of the signal was created using the CWT method and the generated images were collected in a data set folder. The collected scalogram images have been classified using GoogLeNet, a deep learning network model. With GoogLeNet, results with 97.22% and 88.89% accuracy rates were obtained by classifying the scalogram images of the signals received separately from channel 1 and channel 2 in the data set. The applied model can be used to classify EMG signals in EMG data with high success rate. In this study, 80% of data was used for educational purposes and 20% for validation purposes. In the study, the results of the classification processes have been evaluated separately for first and second channel data.
Introduction
Authors: Mandic Danilo
Published: February 2023

Hearing is an intricate modality of sensory perception which is unceasingly involved in, and perceptive of, its environment. A delicate perception that similarly to sound – as its stimulus modality – informs the spatiotemporal dimension in which it takes place. It is a sense that mediates and connects, always situated but fundamentally overarching and extended into the open. Beyond its capacity for sensory perception, this chapter approaches hearing as an intrinsic quality to law’s functioning. In that sense, while it introduces hearing as a sense-making activity that adjudicates and informs the spatiotemporal acoustics of justice, it also questions and challenges law’s phenomenological and anthropocentric dimensions of hearing. The chapter concludes with outlining the contributions in this series and their engaging approaches to this end.
To Listen Differently, Away from Sonic Certitude: Some Propositions, Some Questions
Authors: Arthur Carson Cole , Kalulé Petero , Kanngieser AM
Published: February 2023

If listening is a technique or practice of the law, what would an abolitionary listening sound like? The state listens and demands a listening disposition, listening is critical to all processes of arrest, adjudication and incarceration. The voice of the witness, testimony, becomes evidence. Indeed, the act of listening to the witness becomes evidentiary. But these listenings assume and constrain possibilities for freedom. In this chapter, we move through propositions that invite an opening up to how, if at all, a listening otherwise might take place. The ‘we’ we use is intended to be multi-directional and polyphonic. It is a ‘we’ we use as authors, as readers, and as listeners. Our thinking with and listening to the ‘uncapturable’ seeks to unrepresent monological and univocal narratives of intelligibility, rationality, and social consensus. Rather than strain a hearing, we worry and listen to the very register and sonics of (a) hearing (determinacy, judgement, autonomy). Drawing from the writings and sonic articulations, undulations and intervallic cries of Billie Holiday, Nina Simone, Albert Ayler, Fred Moten and Dionne Brand we undo the certainty of voice and sound that the law predicates itself upon and surrender to unanticipated openness.
The Free Scene, A Free Acoustic
Authors: LaBelle Brandon
Published: February 2023

This chapter poetically captures a scene of social struggle, giving narrative to the ways in which hearing and being heard are vital to processes of recognition and solidarity. Through weaving together a number of scenarios that take guidance from the recent history of social movements as found in Greece, Spain and Chile, the chapter oscillates between the affective, micropolitical dynamics found in protest encampments and the political challenges surrounding confrontations with state governments. From attending to the embodied strain of illegal assembly to figuring precarious solidarities across sites and communities, the issue of collective agency is drawn out. While hearing and being heard become a fundamental ground for social recognition, the chapter ultimately considers acoustics, or acousticking, as impactful onto what comes to count as speech and action. In doing so, a question of acoustic care emerges, highlighting the work of listening as what affords greater forms of mutuality.
Sonic Coexistence: Toward an Inclusive and Uncomfortable Atmosphere
Authors: Di Croce Nicola
Published: February 2023

This chapter investigates urban atmosphere through the sonic environment. Exploring the centrality of sounds in shaping people’s everyday experiences and taking into account the affective intensities emerging from such experiences, it mobilises the notion of ‘affective atmosphere’ as the product of the interaction and mutual influence between humans, non-humans and matter. Within this framework, the chapter introduces the concept of ‘sonic coexistence’ as a speculative space where a new understanding of disturbing sounds can help shaping a more inclusive urban environment. It argues that sonic coexistence, rather than inviting a passive acceptance of other bodies’ voices, cries or vibrations, can inspire a critical encounter between distant species as well as diverse – and often conflicting – social and cultural formations. The chapter finally claims that, by resonating with disturbing sounds – by attuning to affective atmosphere – humans’ listening practice can unfold new political possibilities towards a multi-species sonic ecology. It supports the idea that exercising a political imagination informed by sound and listening can orient individuals as well as institutions to approach uncomfortable sounds and uncanny atmosphere toward a shared and inclusive sonic environment.
Howl Redux: On Noisific(a)tion
Authors: Chattopadhyay Budhaditya
Published: February 2023

After a solitary and austere winter in Copenhagen, sound researcher Budhaditya Chattopadhyay again meets media artist Budhaditya Chattopadhyay in Berlin. It is a small but cosy apartment turned film studio in the Alt Treptow area, just beside the canal where Rosa Luxemburg was assassinated in 1919. Summer is just sprouting between arrays of grey buildings; calm and domesticized balconies are listening to each other. The courtyard resonates with children safely grazing the greener grass and the buzzing neighbourhood leaves out shabby outsiders on the park benches, or under the bridge. One can hear the faint sounds of an opera aria played on a vinyl from a gentrified drawing room. As they sit opposite to each other in the kitchen, coffee is brewing. Following are the snippets of the ensuing intraaudition as it was scribbled. These inwardly contemplative discourses may reveal artistic research as a self-aware conversation between the artist and the researcher often present in the same body.
A Lexicon of Law and Listening
Authors: Parker James E. K.
Published: February 2023

This lexicon gathers a vocabulary and set of themes and methods for thinking the many relationships between law and listening: from A to Z and beyond. Rather than emphasizing depth of analysis, the text offers ‘shallow listening’ as a virtue instead. ‘Acoustics’, ‘bells’, ‘decibels’, ‘eavesdropping’, ‘noise’, ‘YouTube’, ‘zoning’… I hope the twenty-six entries will be read as a series of veins to be further mined and explored.
Planktoscope protocol for plankton imaging v2
Authors: Fabien Lombard
Published: February 2023

this protocol is for using planktoscope and collect usable result for quantitative imaging of plankton see also https://www.planktoscope.org/
Expression, purification and characterization of the GpC methyltransferase M.CviPI v1
Authors: Lapouge Karine
Published: February 2023

Methylation footprinting can be used to map protein-DNA contacts at the resolution of individual DNA molecules1. Enzymes with various nucleotide specificities have been successfully used to footprint genomes including GpC, CpG and A methyl-transfereases2–7. Among these M.CviPI methylate DNA in GpC context, that is distinct from CpGs that are endogenously methylated in mammals. This feature has been leveraged to profile nucleosome occupancy8,9; the binding of General Transcription Factors and RNA Pol II6; the co-occupancy of Transcription Factors (TFs)10 and the relation between TF binding and endogenous DNA methylation11. Here, we present a protocol for the production and purification of M.CviPI in E. coli. Our protocol routinely yields milligrams of protein at a quality and a concentration compatible with DNA footprinting applications. We characterize the purity and the activity of the purified enzyme, providing a benchmark for future production.
Research on preventive maintenance strategy of Coating Machine based on
dynamic failure rate
Authors: Dongwei Gu , Ruihua Nie , Wenbo Han , Guang Chen , Ligang Jia
Published: February 2023

In this paper, a dynamic preventive maintenance strategy is proposed for
the problem of high maintenance cost rate due to excessive maintenance
caused by unreasonable maintenance threshold setting when complex
electromechanical equipment maintenance strategy is formulated.
Increasing failure rate factor and decreasing service age factor are
introduced to describe the evolution rules of failure rate during the
maintenance of the coating machine, and the BP-LSTM (BP-Long Short
Term Memory Network, BP-LSTM) model is combined to predict the
failure rate of the coating machine. A Dynamic preventive maintenance
Model (DM) that relies on dynamic failure rate thresholds to classify the
three preventive maintenance modes of minor, medium and major
repairs is constructed. A dynamic preventive maintenance strategy
optimization process based on Genetic-Particle Swarm Optimization
(GPSO) algorithm with the lowest cost rate per unit time in service phase
is built to solve the difficult problem of dynamic failure rate threshold
finding. Based on the historical operating data of the coating machine, a
case study of the dynamic preventive maintenance strategy of the coating
machine was conducted to verify the effectiveness of the model and the
developed maintenance strategy proposed in this paper. The results show
that the maintenance strategy developed in this paper can ensure better
economy and applicability.