bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Effect of Religiosity and Spirituality on Employees Prosocial Behavior With the Mediatory Role of Humanism and Ethics
Authors: Wasim Aneeqa , Siddiqui Danish Ahmed
Published: December 2020

Purpose - People belongs to different religious groups found prosocial with each other instead of having different religious beliefs and practices, but the reason is less known about why it is so. This paper aims to answer this question by proposing a theoretical framework, hypothesizing that religiosity inculcates the spirit of humanism and ethics, that would turn individual into prosocial, religiosity also tends to make people more spiritual, in turn, make them more humane and ethical.Design\methodology - A well-structured framework is developed, and the PLS-SEM two-step approach is used to generate results by using SmartPLS3. Data is collected through the primary data collection technique and a survey based on 1000 questionnaires is conducted out of which 356 responses were received.Findings - The empirical result shows that religiosity has a significant positive impact on prosocial behavior directly, as well as through Humanism and ethics. Whereas spirituality has an insignificant impact on prosocial behavior directly but has an indirect effect through both humanism and ethics. It is also found that religiosity also has a significant impact on spirituality.Limitations - Data is limited to upper and middle-level employees of well-performing organizations of Karachi.
Apparent wh-in-situ in Bellunese: Microparametric variation in the locus of subject clitic inversion
Authors: De Cia Simone
Published: December 2020

The paper investigates wh-in-situ in Lamonat and Sovramontino, two understudied varieties of the Bellunese super-dialect area (Munaro 1998; 1999; Munaro et al. 2001; Poletto & Pollock 2004; 2009; 2015), from a new perspective, whereby patterns of non-canonical wh-constituent order are dictated primarily by discourse-pragmatic needs and only secondarily by morpho-syntactic constraints. I propose that the canonical vs. non-canonical position of the wh-element is determined by three factors: (i) the discourse-pragmatics of the wh-item, (ii) its morpho-syntactic status as clitic or tonic, and (iii) the height of verb movement that targets the split C-domain (Rizzi 1997) and assures the well-formedness of root interrogatives across North-Eastern Italian Dialects (abbreviated NEIDs). By comparing Bellunese with Friulian (a neighbouring NEID) with respect to the formation of wh-questions, I argue that the special in-situ position of wh-elements in Bellunese is only apparent: it is the result of a deeper micro-parametric variation in the left-peripheral projection targeted by T-to-C movement in questions across NEIDs, which can be either ForceP or FinP. In Bellunese root interrogatives, the left-peripheral head targeted by T-to-C movement, Force°, is higher than the left-peripheral position occupied by the wh-element, SpecFocP, generating apparent wh-in-situ and the rigid constituent order: verb, wh-item, subject. Finally, I put forward the hypothesis that, in root interrogatives, such micro-parametric variation is a V2 reflex; in fact, Wolfe (2016) argues that, across medieval NIDs, V2 could be satisfied either in FinP or ForceP.
The Degree of Academic Leaders’ Practice of Excellence Management in Jordanian Public and Private Universities from the Faculty Members' Viewpoint
Authors: Abu Shakra Rawan Khader
Published: December 2020

This study aimed to identify the degree of academic leaders’ practice of excellence management in public and private Jordanian universities (Yarmouk University, University of Science and Technology, Al Al-Bayt University, Irbid National University, Jadara University, and Jerash University) from the faculty members’ viewpoint. The descriptive survey method was adopted and to achieve the objectives of the study, a questionnaire was built to measure the degree of practicing excellence management consisting of (32) items distributed into (4) areas: leadership (10) items, policies, and strategies (5) items, human resources (5) items, and partnerships and resources (12) items. The study population consisted of all the (2077) faculty members in the Jordanian public and private universities in the first semester of the academic year 2020/2021. Where the study sample consisted of (405) academics who constitute (19%) of the study population. and were selected by a random stratified method. The results showed that the overall degree of academic leaders' practicing of excellence management in the public and private Jordanian universities was moderate, and the order of the areas on the scale was respectively as follows; Partnerships and Resources, leadership, Policies and strategies, and human resources, and that all of these areas came at a moderate degree. The results also showed that there were statistically significant differences at the level of statistical significance (α = 0.05) between the estimates of respondents in all areas (leadership, policies and strategies, human resources, partnerships, and resources) attributable to the difference in; the gender variable in favor of males, academic rank in favor of the professor, and the type of university in favor of public universities. Regarding these results, the researcher recommends giving more attention to the Department of Excellence, especially in the field of leadership, as well as the inclusion of Excellence Management as a basic criterion of performance quality standards in Jordanian public and private universities.
Ductility of unconfined masonry shear walls
Authors: Priestley M. J. N
Published: December 2020

Relationships defining the ductility capacity of rectangular unconfined masonry shear walls are developed. The limit to ductility is imposed by an ultimate strain of 0.0025 and the shape of a recently proposed stress-strain curve for unconfined masonry, Results are presented in the form of simple charts, suitable for design use, giving displacement ductility capacity in terms of material strengths, reinforcement ratios, axial load and aspect ratio. Options open to the designer when the charts indicate insufficient ductility is available for the design seismic base shear are discussed. A method for extending the applicability of the charts to non-rectangular sections is suggested.
Establishment of a freely accessible GIS database containing the results of groundwater tracing and possibilities of its use
Authors: Petrič Metka , Ravbar Nataša , Gostinčar Petra , Krsnik Petra , Gacin Marina
Published: December 2020

Tracing with artificial tracers is a research method that gives very good results in examining the direction and characteristics of groundwater flow in karst aquifers. The first mention of such experiments in Slovenian karst dates back to history and the beginnings of their use in the water resources management process in the first years of the 20th century. From that point on, more than two hundred tracer tests were carried out in Slovenian karst. Unfortunately, their results often remain hidden in internal reports in the archives of implementing organisations and are very difficult to access. The search for published results is also a time-consuming process, despite the possibilities of the use of search engines and key words. Due to the need for a systematic and rapidly accessible digital inventory of the tracer tests results, such inventory was designed and is now freely accessible in the Environmental Atlas (Atlas okolja), the spatial information system of Slovenian Environment Agency. In the database the results of 231 available tracer tests have been assembled, arranged and georeferenced. The article describes the data set concept, the process of collecting, verifying and evaluating data and the method of their transformation into a GIS database. Two points layers (injection site and sampling site) and one line layer (linear connection between both sites) were created. Symbology of line layer varies with different type of connection between injection and sampling site. By clicking on an individual element, selected data on the tracer test are displayed, and most of them are also accompanied by a copy of the data source (articles, reports). In this way it is possible to obtain more detailed information about the tracer test and its results. The database also provides a possibility of various comparative analyses. The article shows results of some of the basic statistical analyses in which the purpose and implementation of tracer tests, used tracers, characteristics of injection and sampling sites, and characteristics and velocities of groundwater flow connections were compared. It also provides an overview of the results of the tracer tests carried out within individual groundwater bodies. On the basis of the status identified, the locations for new tracer tests are proposed.
Lower Cretaceous heteromorph ammonites (Ancyloceratina) from Leše near Prevalje (North Karavanke Mts. NE Slovenia)
Authors: Križnar Matija , Bricman Andrej , Ocepek Ivan
Published: December 2020

The paper deals with newly discovered Valanginian-Hauterivian fauna of heteromorphic ammonites (Ancyloceratina) from locality south of the village of Leše above the Meža River valley (North Karavanke Mountains). Fossils were recovered from the pelagic limestone. Among the studied heteromorphic ammonites are Lower Cretacaoeus species Himantoceras trinodosum (Upper Valanginian) and Crioceratites cf. nolani (Hauterivian). Based on the accompanied ammonites (Ammonitina) from the outcrop, we biostratigraficaly confirm the presence of Lower Cretaceous ammonites fauna in the Northern Karavanke Mountains. This is also the first report on heteromorphic ammonites in Slovenia.
DNA methylation as an epigenetic biomarker in imprinting
disorders
Authors: Jurkiewicz Dorota , Ciara Elżbieta , Krajewska-Walasek Małgorzata , Chrzanowska Krystyna
Published: December 2020

Epigenetic modifications control gene expression and enable the same genotype to lead
to various phenotypes, thus exhibiting extensive variability in human cells function.
DNA methylation is one of the most often investigated epigenetic modifications, playing
a key part in genomic imprinting. Genomic imprinting is an epigenetic process by which
the male and the female germ cells confer specific marks (imprints). Maternal chromatin
marks differ from paternal ones, leading to expression of specific genes from only one allele.
Disturbance in imprinting process results in epimutations, which are epigenetic defects,
including DNA methylation changes. These abnormalities are identified in a group of imprinting disorders, associated with abnormal growth, development, behaviour and metabolism.
Epimutations can occur spontaneously without any accompanying variant in DNA
genomic sequence (a primary epimutation), whose defect can be a result of environmental
factors. They can also be caused by changes in DNA sequence of genes involved in imprinting
process (a secondary epimutation). DNA methylation in imprinting control regions is
a very useful epigenetic biomarker and its detection is applied in the diagnostics of imprinting
disorders. At present, various techniques for DNA methylation analysis are employed,
which allow for investigations of one to several imprinted loci or the whole genome. DNA
methylation studies are important not only in medical molecular diagnostics but are crucial
in the search for therapies that would restore normal epigenetic status in patients.
ESPIRITUALIDADE E NATUREZA
Authors: Andrade Júnior Péricles Morais de , Pessoa Silvério Leal
Published: December 2020

Esta pesquisa tem como objetivo compreender o Festival Ilumina enquanto experiência religiosa constituída por uma comunidade cíclica. O artigo associa-o ao circuito neo-esotérico brasileiro. O Ilumina é compreendido como uma comunidade que estabelece, através das novas ressignificações e reinvenções dos signos das religiões legítimas, uma ecoespiritualidade constituída pela visão holística da relação entre a humanidade e o planeta, o que implica numa sacralização do meio ambiente, que passa a ser concebido como a casa comum de todos os seres existentes. Através da observação participante, a investigação demonstra como o Festival propõe uma ecoespiritualidade aos seus participantes, com ampla oferta regular de bens e serviços tangenciados por vários tipos de terapias espiritualizantes alternativas ou não convencionais, articulados com diversos movimentos, práticas e campos de atuação na contemporaneidade. Enquanto evento neo-esotérico o Ilumina incorpora os discursos de qualidade de vida e de autoconhecimento e aperfeiçoamento individual e propõe aos participantes atividades e reflexões centradas no cultivo da mente e do espírito. Mas, sobretudo, centra-se na valorização da alimentação saudável através do consumo vegano, o que simbolicamente associa-o aos seus adeptos um lugar místico de contato com natureza.
POLÍTICA E ECONOMIA NO PERSONALISMO DE EMMANUEL MOUNIER
Authors: Cugini Paolo
Published: December 2020

O presente artigo tem como objetivo apresentar a reflexão política e econômica elaborada pelo filósofo francês Emmanuel Mounier e confluída na corrente filosófica apelidada de personalismo. A cidade futura poderá ser realizada somente através de pequenas comunidades, feitas de pessoas responsáveis e maduras, que vivem ativamente a inserção na comunidade, fugindo, dessa forma, do anonimato que marca a vida nas grandes aglomerações. A análise mounieriana da política é intrinsicamente ligada à perspectiva econômica do personalismo, que tem como ponto de partida a crítica do sistema capitalista e do homem burguês. A economia capitalista mortifica a pessoa e, por isso, necessita formalizar uma economia do rosto novo, um rosto personalista. A passagem de uma economia do dinheiro para uma economia da pessoa exige uma firme ruptura. É em defesa dos valores da pessoa que Mounier conduz uma batalha contra a ética do capitalismo, para substituí-la por uma ética do personalismo. Mounier esboça um modelo econômico na perspectiva da pessoa, cuja socialização substitui toda forma de estatização, desenvolvendo a vida sindical para uma conquista da dignidade da pessoa de cada trabalhador.
RELIGIOGRAFIA DAS PESQUISAS SOBRE A SECULARIZAÇÃO NAS TESES E DISSERTAÇÕES DOS PROGRAMAS DE PÓS-GRADUAÇÃO EM CIÊNCIAS DA RELIGIÃO NO BRASIL
Authors: Silva Maurílio Ribeiro da
Published: December 2020

A secularização da sociedade é um processo histórico e social de fundamental importância na formação das sociedades modernas e nos processos subjetivos de autonomia, racionalização e emancipação do indivíduo e das instituições político/jurídicas. Ela não extinguiu a religião, entretanto, a religião e seus símbolos sagrados perderam a capacidade de ordenamento e legitimação da realidade. A secularização além de definir fenômenos religiosos, passou a definir fenômenos sociais, culturais, econômicos, históricos e psicológicos. Essa polissemização do termo gerou inúmeras pesquisas e discussões científicas. Essa comunicação apresenta o estado da arte das pesquisas sobre secularização no Brasil obtido através da pesquisa religiográfica da produção discente de teses e dissertações nos PPGCR nacionais sobre a temática da secularização. São apresentados os resultados obtidos na elaboração da dissertação Secularização à Brasileira: uma investigação sobre o estado da arte da discussão sobre a secularização a partir das teses e dissertações dos programas de pós-graduação em Ciências da Religião no Brasil de 1978 a 2012.
NOTAS SOBRE O CONCEITO DE VERDADE
Authors: Cruz Eduardo Rodrigues da
Published: December 2020

Descrevem-se aqui as teorias tradicionais de verdade, desde aquela por correspondência até a por consenso. O construtivismo é então apresentado como alternativa para as ciências humanas, que apresentam um caráter emancipatório, e isto entra na composição de seu conceito de verdade. No caso da religião, a verdade é mais experiencial, mas a teologia precisa seguir os critérios de verdade das demais ciências. Assim, a crítica dos neo-ateus não se sustenta, pois abordam a religião só em seu conteúdo cognitivo. Eles têm sua razão, no entanto, dada a propensão humana ao engano e ao autoengano (ilusão), os quais, no entanto, se referem a todas as esferas de conhecimento. A teologia também tem de se questionar sobre que tipo de evidências empíricas dispõe para embasar suas afirmações. A pluralidade religiosa (e, portanto, de reivindicações de verdade) surge como problema, mas o entendimento das raízes comuns da religião, fornecido pelas ciências evolutivas, fornece uma base importante para se lidar com o problema. Em resumo, o que se apresenta aqui é um esboço de defesa do realismo em teologia.
Erosion Mechanism and Sensitivity Parameter Analysis of an innovative shaped Curved Pipeline
Authors: MO Li , WANG Zhiyuan , FENG Shulu , DU Jiadai , YI Hao , TANG Jiahui
Published: December 2020

In the process of natural gas transportation, it is unavoidable for particles to collide with the wall, which will cause erosion of curved pipeline. Reasonable curved pipeline structure can effectively avoid the erosion failure. In this paper, an innovative shaped curved pipeline formed by extrusion of cylindrical indenter is presented. The erosion mechanism and sensitivity parameter analysis of the innovative shaped curved pipeline is studied by numerical simulation and compared with that of ordinary elbow. In addition, the effects of extrusion parameters and particle parameters on erosion of innovative shaped curved pipeline were also studied. The results show that the dent can effectively reduce the maximum erosion rate of elbow. With the increase of dent depth, the maximum erosion rate of elbow is decreasing. With the increase of indenter diameter, the ability to reduce the maximum erosion rate decreases. Under the harsh conditions of large particle diameter and high particle velocity, the dent has a better ability to reduce the maximum erosion wear rate, and the maximum erosion rate can be reduced by 26.8%.
Investigation of fluid flow velocity within the intervertebral disc
Authors: MIKUCKYTĖ Sandra , OSTAŠEVIČIUS Vytautas
Published: December 2020

Enhancing fluid flow velocity within the intervertebral disc may allow to increase solute transportation rates and improve disc nutrition as the sufficient supply of the nutrients to cells of intervertebral disc is a key factor in order to avoid or delay processes of disc degeneration. Poroelastic finite element model of lumbar intervertebral disc is used to calculate fluid flow velocity with the intervertebral disc due to flexion, extension, lateral bending and axial rotation. When comparing the average of flow velocity, the highest values are calculated when flexion and extension moments were applied to the disc, but lateral bending induces the highest value of velocity component in Y direction in nucleus pulposus, yet the assumption that lateral bending could be more beneficial in order to improve nutrients supply to intervertebral disc cannot be substantiated only by this data, as calculated values of velocity component Y are significantly lower that total velocity values.
Health Benefits of Aqueous Extract of Black and Green Tea Leaves
Authors: Khudhur Ahmad Al-Mahdi Zainab , M.J. Ewadh Ruqaya , Khazal Kadhim Hindi Nada
Published: December 2020

Tea, next to water, is the beverage humans consume. Drinking the beverage tea is great for joining and collecting family members and public communities since ancient times. Tea plant Camellia sinensis has been cultivated for thousands of years, and its leaves have been used for medicinal purposes. Various studies suggest that polyphenolic compounds present in green and black tea are associated with beneficial effects in prevention of cardiovascular diseases, particularly of atherosclerosis and coronary heart disease. Anti-ageing, antidiabetic and many other health beneficial effects associated with tea consumption are described. Evidence is accumulating that catechins and theaflavins, which are the main polyphenolic compounds of green and black tea, respectively, are responsible for most of the physiological effects of tea. This review describes the evidence from clinical and epidemiological studies in the prevention of chronic diseases like cancer and cardiovascular diseases and inhibits pathogenic bacteria and general health promotion associated with tea consumption.
New Fraud Star Theory and Behavioral Sciences
Authors: Monteverde Vicente
Published: December 2020

The purpose of this document is to establish the fraud star theory and the formulation of its microeconomic model, based on the behavioral sciences. The methodology is a practical exploration, first in the convergence of the fraud economy and the behavioral sciences, and based on these tools, the new theory of the Fraud Star is formulated, formulating its microeconomic model. This chapter is a new model of the fraud star theory and its microeconomic modeling. There are no limitations on the model. The practical implications are applying the new fraud star theory and calculating your income, in different scenarios. The social implications are knowing the income for the crime of fraud, according to the level of regulations, control, and effective punishment. The present work is original; there is no new theory of the fraud star, nor its microeconomic model, in the academic field, only in this work.
Ferroelectric Glass-Ceramic Systems for Energy Storage Applications
Authors: Ziedan Khalf Abdulkarim
Published: December 2020

An overview of ferroelectric glass ceramics, some literature review and some of the important previous studies were focused in this chapter. Nanocrystalline glass–ceramics containing ferroelectric perovskite-structured phases have been included. All modified glasses having ferroelectric ceramics which prepared by different methods are discussed, that producing nanocrystalline glass–ceramics. Then particular tested to their use as dielectric energy storage materials. These materials exhibit promising dielectric properties, indicating good potential for high energy density capacitors as a result of their nanocrystalline microstructures. The results of the analysis are summarised in this chapter to provide an overview of the energy storage characteristics of the different materials produced during the study.
Lecanicillium spp. for the Management of Aphids, Whiteflies, Thrips, Scales and Mealy Bugs: Review
Authors: Gangireddy Eswara Reddy Sajjalavarahalli
Published: December 2020

Lecanicillium spp. are potential microbial bio-control agent mainly used for the management of sucking insect pests such as aphids, whiteflies, scales, mealy bugs etc. and gaining much importance at present for management of pests. Due to indiscriminate use of chemical pesticides which results in development of resistance, resurgence, outbreak of pests and residue problem, the farmers/growers are forced to use bio-pesticides for sustainable agriculture. Lecanicillium spp. is promising biocontrol agent against sucking insect pests and can be used as one of the components in integrated pest management (IPM). However, optimum temperature and relative humidity are the major environmental factors, for the performance of Lecanicillium spp. under protected/field conditions. The present review is mainly focused on nomenclature of Lecanicillium spp., mode of infection, natural occurrence, influence of temperature and humidity on the growth, factors influencing the efficacy, virulence/pathogenicity to target pests, substrates used for mass production, safety to non-target organisms, compatibility with agrochemicals and commercially available products. This review is mainly useful for the researchers/students to plan their future work on Lecanicillium spp.
Suffering as a Diagnostic Indicator
Authors: Rózycki Marek , Tobias Robert
Published: December 2020

Pain is the subjective sensation closely related to disease and treatment. Very often its diagnosis is more an expression of the diagnostician’s experience than a description of the patient’s actual condition. In particular, orthopedic and neurological patients who develop Complex Regional Pain Syndrome are misdiagnosed because the intensity of their sensations is disbelieved. Based on case studies, it seems appropriate to introduce an additional category of patient experience that will enable prompt recognition and appropriate treatment. The misdiagnoses under evaluation also exhibit frequent improper practitioner responses to patients’ experience, ranging from open expressions of disbelief, through indifference, to helplessness and pessimism. This article presents case studies in which patients’ expressions of suffering were not used to modify the treatment. Rather, medical professionals accepted the pain as normal under the circumstances and resulting from tissue damage. However, in these cases, the pain was a symptom of a new disease entity, in development since the original diagnosis. With improved patient communication and treatment procedures, such oversights can be avoided and new disease entities will be more readily diagnosable.
Self-Renewal Pathways in Acute Myeloid Leukemia Stem Cells
Authors: Yang Jonason , Hassan Nunki , Xiang Franklin Chen Sheng , Datuin Jayvee , Y. Wang Jenny
Published: December 2020

Acute myeloid leukemia (AML) is a difficult-to-treat blood cancer. A major challenge in treating patients with AML is relapse, which is caused by the persistence of leukemia stem cells (LSCs). Self-renewal is a defining property of LSCs and its deregulation is crucial for re-initiating a new leukemia after chemotherapy. Emerging therapeutic agents inhibiting aberrant self-renewal pathways, such as anti-RSPO3 monoclonal antibody discovered in our recent study, present significant clinical potential that may extend beyond the scope of leukemogenesis. In this chapter, we provide an overview of normal and malignant hematopoietic stem cells, discuss current treatments and limitations, and review key self-renewal pathways and potential therapeutic opportunities in AML.
Genetic Determinant of Familial Dilated Cardiomyopathy and Genotype-Targeted Therapeutic Strategy
Authors: Zhong Jing , Li Li-Ping , Zhou Jian-Feng , Ding Yong-He
Published: December 2020

Dilated cardiomyopathy (DCM) is a myocardium disease characterized by left ventricular dilation and systolic dysfunction. Genetic susceptibility contributes significantly to the disease progression in familial DCM. Mutations in more than fifty different genes have been identified to cause DCM, accounting for up to 50% of familial DCM cases. Elucidation of genetic basis for the remaining familial DCM probands promises to substantially increase the efficiency of genetic testing for early disease diagnosis and intervention. Dissecting genetic pathways linked to DCM and related pathogenic mechanisms can provide valuable insights into the understanding of disease pathophysiology that can be leveraged for development of genotype-targeted therapeutic strategy. Here, we review genetic variants, with a focus on affected genes most commonly implicated in DCM, and highlight their underlying pathophysiological mechanisms of action. We discuss recent progress on gene-based therapeutic strategy which holds the opportunities to implement individualized medicine and ultimately to improve patient outcome in the future.
Health Effect of Biomass Fuel Smoke
Authors: Fehintola Awopeju Olayemi
Published: December 2020

Almost half of the world population rely on solid (biomass fuel and coal) for cooking, heating and lightning purpose. The resultant exposure to fine particulate matter from household air pollution is the seventh-largest risk factor for global burden of disease causing between 2.6 and 3.8 million premature deaths per year. The health effect ranges from cardiovascular, respiratory, neurocognitive and reproductive health effect. The most important are cardiovascular and respiratory health effects; others are the risk of burns and cataract in the eyes. Biomass fuel is any living or recently living plant and animal-based material that is burned by humans as fuels, for example, wood, dried animal dung, charcoal, grass and other agricultural residues. Biomass fuels are at the low end of the energy ladder in terms of combustion efficiency and cleanliness. Incomplete combustion of biomass contributes majorly to household air pollution and ambient air pollution. A large number of health-damaging air pollutants are produced during the incomplete combustion of biomass. These include respirable particulate matter, carbon monoxide, nitrogen oxides, formaldehyde, benzene, 1, 3 butadiene, polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs), and many other toxic organic compounds. In this article, health effects of biomass fuel use will be described in details highlighting the most affected systems and organs of the body.
Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia in Adolescents and Young Adults
Authors: Alvarado-Ibarra Martha , Antonio De la Peña Celaya José , Luz Arana-Luna Luara , Hernández-Ruiz Eleazar , Luis Alvarez Vera José , Eugenia Espitia Ríos María , Manuel Pérez Zúñiga Juan
Published: December 2020

When diagnosed with ALL the age group between 18 and 45 years old (AYA, adolescents and young adults) do not have the good prognosis factors generally observed in children with this diagnosis. For a long time, it was undetermined whether they should be treated with continuous and sustained chemotherapy as children or whether receive sustained chemotherapy, but with longer rest periods like old adults. The medical care of adolescents and young adults with neoplastic diseases, grouped between 15 and 45 years of age, became an emerging research field of treatment in hematological diseases. Outcomes have asses complete response disease-free survival, and overall survival as markers of response, with very poor results reported. Relevant challenges have been identified in the AYA group with ALL that have drawn attention to the need to increase research in this area, particularly in the care of the population under 45 years of age with hematological malignancies.
Evaluating if an Advance Care Planning Intervention Promotes Do-Not-Resuscitate Orders by Facilitating Accurate Prognostic Awareness
Authors: Wen Fur-Hsing , Chen Chen Hsiu , Chou Wen-Chi , Chen Jen-Shi , Chang Wen-Cheng , Hsieh Chia-Hsun , Tang Siew Tzuh
Published: December 2020

Background: Issuing do-not-resuscitate (DNR) orders has seldom been an outcome in randomized clinical trials of advance care planning (ACP) interventions. The aim of this study was to examine whether an ACP intervention facilitating accurate prognostic awareness (PA) for patients with advanced cancer was associated with earlier use of DNR orders. Patients and Methods: Participants (n=460) were randomly assigned 1:1 to the experimental and control arms, with 392 deceased participants constituting the final sample of this secondary analysis study. Participants in the intervention and control arms had each received an intervention tailored to their readiness for ACP/prognostic information and symptom-management education, respectively. Effectiveness in promoting a DNR order by facilitating accurate PA was determined by intention-to-treat analysis using multivariate logistic regression with hierarchical linear modeling. Results: At enrollment in the ACP intervention and before death, 9 (4.6%) and 8 (4.1%) participants and 168 (85.7%) and 164 (83.7%) participants in the experimental and control arms, respectively, had issued a DNR order, without significant between-arm differences. However, participants in the experimental arm with accurate PA were significantly more likely than participants in the control arm without accurate PA to have issued a DNR order before death (adjusted odds ratio, 2.264; 95% CI, 1.036–4.951; P=.041). Specifically, participants in the experimental arm who first reported accurate PA 31 to 90 days before death were significantly more likely than their counterparts in the control arm who reported accurate PA to have issued a DNR order in the next wave of assessment (adjusted odds ratio, 13.365; 95% CI, 1.989–89.786; P=.008). Both arms issued DNR orders close to death (median, 5–6 days before death). Conclusions: Our ACP intervention did not promote the overall presence of a DNR order. However, our intervention facilitated the issuance of NDR orders before death among patients with accurate PA, especially those who reported accurate PA 31 to 90 days before death, but it did not facilitate the issuance of DNR orders earlier than their counterparts in the control arm.

ClinicalTrial.gov Identification: NCT01912846
Matching the missing links – Skills development in Nordic regions
Authors: Funch Michael , Lundgren Anna
Published: December 2020

This policy brief - based on the Nordregio report Skills Policies – Building capacities for innovative and resilient Nordic regions - focuses on how Nordic regions engage with skills development and skills matching as factors in regional development. It looks at the many points of linkage between the different actors involved, including the educational and business sectors, as well as the local and regional authorities.
De la clandestinidad al museo: la Collection de l’Art Brut en Lausanne
Authors: Pelayo González Laura
Published: December 2020

Este artículo se centra en la Collection de l’Art Brut en Lausanne, explorando su singularidad y el desarrollo de su colección. Además, se han introducido algunas experiencias previas del ámbito psiquiátrico que contextualizan esta propuesta, así como iniciativas coetáneas y posteriores al museo suizo que avisan de un aumento considerable en el número de entidades dedicadas al art brut y a otras prácticas artísticas afines.
Espacio doméstico, abismo y experiencia estética: el diseño del «Museo de las Casas Colgadas» de Cuenca
Authors: Panea José Luis
Published: December 2020

El Museo de Arte Abstracto Español, inaugurado en 1966, es el primer centro de arte contemporáneo de iniciativa privada en España. Localizado en Cuenca, una pequeña capital de provincias, y fundado por artistas, supuso una descentralización del tejido cultural del momento y la reactivación del centro histórico de la ciudad al emplazarse en su principal reclamo turístico, sus famosas «casas» (de ahí el popular apelativo «Museo de las Casas Colgadas»). El proyecto concedió una importancia inusitada a la convivencia entre obra y espacio expositivo, favoreciendo una experiencia estética íntima en las distintas estancias del edificio junto a las vertiginosas vistas de la peculiar geografía de una ciudad tallada en la roca. Analizando su historia, desentrañaremos las poéticas de esta imbricación entre arquitectura, arte y paisaje, la cual ha hecho de este un Museo reconocido internacionalmente.
Dionisos en la serranía. Los espacios expositivos de Fernando Buenache
Authors: Marín Torres Juan Manuel
Published: December 2020

En el presente artículo presentamos y analizamos la obra de Fernando Buenache a través de un recorrido por los tres sorprendentes espacios expositivos que el artista ha creado en su pueblo natal, Buenache de la Sierra: el Museo de Zoolitos, el Museo Etnobotánico; y el Parque de los Troncosaurios. Desde una perspectiva teórica, en las creaciones de Fernando Buenache se podrían descubrir muchos elementos del land art, los materiales y técnicas del arte povera y la fantasía del mundo surreal; incluso, en algunos momentos, el atrevimiento dadaísta. Sin embargo, por encima de todo ello, destaca la honestidad y la espontánea originalidad con las que este artista autodidacta realiza sus creaciones.
‘Who Can Sing the Song of MSF?’
Authors: James Myfanwy
Published: December 2020

This article explores the everyday practice of security management and negotiations for access conducted by Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) in North Kivu, in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). Based on ethnographic fieldwork, interviews and archival exploration, it examines the experience of MSF Congolese employees, who navigate a complex politics of humanitarian fixing and brokerage. Their role in MSF is simultaneously defined and circumscribed by their political and social situation. MSF’s security management relies on local staff’s interpersonal networks and on their ability to interpret and translate. However, local staff find themselves at risk, or perceived as a ‘risk’: exposed to external pressures and acts of violence, while possibilities for promotion are limited precisely because of their embeddedness. They face a tension between being politically and socially embedded and needing to perform MSF’s principles in practice. As such, they embody the contradictions of MSF’s approach in North Kivu: a simultaneous need for operational ‘proximity’, as well as performative distance from everyday conflict processes.
Varbūtības pieeja pasažieru izdzīvošanas novērtēšanai aviācijas negadījuma situācijā lidostas atbildības rajonā
Authors:   , Vinogradovs Leonīds
Published: December 2020

Promocijas darbs ir ugunsgrēka situācijas, kas rodas gaisa kuģa (GK) aviācijas negadījumā, modeļa izpēte, izvērtējot pasažieru izdzīvošanas iespējas un evakuācijas procesu. Izskatot pasažieru izdzīvošanas jautājumu aviācijas negadījumā lidostas atbildības rajonā, jāņem vērā divi galvenie aspekti: 1) cik ilgu laiku pasažieri var atrasties degošā lidmašīnā, ņemot vērā laiku, kas nepieciešams, lai glābtu visus pasažierus; tas ir laiks līdz brīdim, kad iet bojā pirmais cilvēks; 2) cik ātri no lidmašīnas var evakuēt visus pasažierus, izmantojot mūsdienīgus līdzekļus un tehnoloģijas, kas ir pieejamas civilajai aviācijai: borta un virszemes avārijas un glābšanas iekārtas, ekipāžas un avārijas un glābšanas dienestu personāla kvalifikācija. Matemātiskā modelēšana, kas ļauj skaitliski izvērtēt dažādus notikumu attīstības scenārijus, dod iespēju apzināt un salīdzināt kritisko apstākļu attīstības dinamiku degošas lidmašīnas salonā, bīstamības līmeni un iespējamo pasažieru bojāeju dažādās situācijās, noteikt no ugunsdrošības viedokļa īpaši bīstamos gaisa kuģu tipus un aviācijas kompānijas. Aviācijas negadījumu izmeklēšanas prakses analīze rāda, ka ar precizitāti, kas pieļaujama šā izmēģinājuma robežās, skaitlisko nozīmi kritisko apstākļu koeficientam degošas lidmašīnas salonā pieļauts noteikt ar eksperimentālās aprēķināšanas metodes palīdzību. Nosakot aviācijas negadījumu bīstamības līmeni, jāizvērtē avārijas situācijas faktoru ietekmi uz cilvēku. Ar šādiem uzdevumiem var saskarties ekspertu un apdrošināšanas organizācijas, kā arī kompāniju īpašnieki. Lai izvērtētu bīstamības līmeni, nepieciešami dati par aviācijas negadījumu sekām, cietušo skaitu, ekonomiskajiem zaudējumiem. Iespēja izdzīvot aviācijas negadījumā ar pēcavārijas ugunsgrēku ir zemāka nekā situācijā, ja ugunsgrēks notiek civilās celtniecības objektos. Izstrādātā modeļa ieviešana ļauj skaitliski aprēķināt ugunsgrēka bīstamības līmeni aviācijas negadījumā, balstoties uz piedāvāto metodi, apstrādājot statistiskos datus. GK avārijas situācijā ir svarīgas pasažieru evakuācijas iespējas, kas atkarīgas no rezerves avārijas izeju skaita, laika, kas nepieciešams to sagatavošanai darbam utt.
Methodological Solutions for the Implementation of Multi-Apartment Buildings Management and Administration Processes in the Context of Housing Policy
Authors:   , Pļaviņa Baiba
Published: December 2020

The Doctoral Thesis “Methodological solutions for the implementation of multi-apartment building management and administration processes in the context of housing policy” is an independent scientific study developed in the Department of Building Entrepreneurship and Real Estate Economics of Institute of Building Entrepreneurship and Real Estate Economics, Riga Technical University. The scientific supervisor of the Doctoral Thesis is Professor Dr. Oec. Ineta Geipele. The objective of the Doctoral Thesis is to develop a methodological solution for the implementation of the information exchange system processes of housing policy and multi apartment building (MAB) management and administration activities with the scope to improve economic, strategic planning processes of the state and municipal companies, as well as building management companies. The Doctoral Thesis consists of Introduction, three parts, nine chapters, four sub-chapters, conclusions, proposals, a list of literature and sources used, and 23 appendices. The introduction of the Doctoral Thesis comprises a description of the topicality of the chosen theme, hypothesis of the research, defined goals of the study and tasks to achieve them, the object and subject of the research, methodological description of the research, restrictions, theoretical significance and scientific novelty of the research, as well as approbation and practical application of the research results. In Part I of the Doctoral Thesis, theoretical aspects of planning of the MAB management and administration process are analysed. Within the framework of Part II, an analytical evaluation of problems with regard to the MAB management and administration process is presented. Part III presents the results of the study of interrelation between the housing policy and the MAB management and administration process impact indicators and proposes a methodological solution for the improvement of mutual information flow of the housing policy and MAB management and administration. In the conclusion of the Doctoral Thesis, conclusions and proposals for the solutions of the improvement of information flow for planning of the housing policy and MAB management and administration processes are provided.
Profissão farmacêutica em São Paulo: prática científica, ensino e gênero, 1895-1917
Authors: Bonaventura Isabella
Published: December 2020

Eis uma história de purificações e misturas ali onde purificar e misturar são o nome do jogo: a farmácia científica. No caso, a de São Paulo, entre 1895 e 1917. Seus ritos de institucionalização, operando fronteiras e alianças entre médicos e farmacêuticos, o científico e o não científico, a saúde pública e o comércio, instruem a narrativa de Isabella Bonaventura. A autora ainda combina duas perspectivas – a dos estudos de gênero e a dos Science Studies – que afrontam os cânones normalmente mobilizados nas fontes históricas. Entram em cena mulheres e não humanos, cujas atuações foram tão presentes quanto sombreadas pela produção dominante do conhecimento. E assim o foram pelas arraigadas premissas de que, por um lado, ciência não tem gênero (o que levou à prevalência do gênero não marcado, o masculino), e, por outro, de que as coisas ou subordinam-se às pessoas ou vice-versa.
The model of the magnetic mirror effect in the unbalanced magnetron sputtering ion beams
Authors: Mu Zong-Xin  , Li Guo-Qing  , Qin Fu-Wen  , Huang Kai-Yu  , Che De-Liang  ,   大连理工大学三束材料改性国家重点实验室,大连116024
Published: December 2020

A conventional magnetron and a coaxial electrosolenoid were used to construct an unbalanced magnetron sputtering deposition system for investigating its properties. At 02Pa, argon gas discharging, a shielded planar ioncollecting electrode was taken to measure the saturation ion beam flux density at the different axial positions. The saturation ion flux reached about 9mA/cm2. The magnetohydrodynamics was applied to analyse the influences of the magnetic mirror effect on the discharge properties caused by the solenoid. As a result, the comparisons of the theoretical calculations with the experiments indicated that the model described correctly the plasma properties in the unbalanced magnetron sputtering system.
Study on impedance transition of PEN thin film
Authors: Guo Feng  , Jiang Yi-Ming  , Xie Heng-Bo  , Wan Xing-Gong  , Hu Jing-Ping  , Li Jin  ,   复旦大学材料科学系，上海200433
Published: December 2020

PEN films were prepared by vacuum deposition. Their electrical bistable properties were studied under conditions of various circuit parameters.A decrease of time needed for impedance transition with increasing circuit current was observed. The film impedance showed a nonlinear characteristics and then data fitting was done for the nonlinearity. Furthermore, an energy effect was found during the transition, i.e. when the applied voltage exceeds a threshold, the energy consumption keeps invariable.
A theoretical study on symmetrical magnetostrictive/piezoelectric laminated composite
Authors: Wan Hong  , Shen Ren-Fa  , Wu Xue-Zhong  ,   国防科学技术大学航天与材料工程学院，长沙410073
Published: December 2020

The magnetoelectric (ME) effect is a product property of the composite material consisting of individual piezoelectric and magnetostrictive phases. Based on the constitutive equations of the materials, the ME coupling of a symmetrical magnetostrictive/piezoelectric laminated composite is modeled using a simple static elastic method. The ME coupling is also simulated by numerical technique employing the ANSYS 80/Multiphysics finite element software. It is found that the ME voltage coefficient in the static method is quite close to that in the equivalent circuit approach and increases with the increase of the magnetostricive/piezoelectric thickness ratio. Using the numerical modeling we can calculate the ME voltage coefficient of the magnetostrictive/piezoelectric laminated composite effectively.
Ion extraction and collection studied by parallel electrode method on considerin g sputtering loss
Authors: Xie Guo-Feng  , Wang De-Wu  , Ying Chun-Tong  ,   清华大学工程物理系，北京  100084
Published: December 2020

One-dimensional ion extraction and collection is studied by parallel electrode method using particle in cell_Monte Carlo collision (PIC-MCC) simulation. The e nergy and angle distribution of extracted ions is recorded and the sputtering lo ss is calculated. The results show that the extraction time and collision loss a re decreased by increasing extraction voltage, but the sputtering loss increases and collection ratio decreases. The extraction time is decreased and the collec tion ratio is increased by increasing electron temperature, while the extraction time is increased and the collection ratio is decreased by increasing initializ ed plasma density;and the collision loss is decreased and the collection ratio i s increased, if the target isotope concentration is higher. Improving the parall el electrode method leads to decreasing sputtering loss and increasing collectio n ratio greatly.
Wavelet transformation for magnetocardiography signal
Authors: Zhao Li  , Feng Ji  , Zhai Guang-Jie  , Zhang Li-Hua  ,   (1)中国科学院物理研究所,北京  100080; (2)中国科学院物理研究所,北京  100080;中国科学院研究生院，北京  100039
Published: December 2020

How to extract the magnetocardiographic (MCG) signals from the noisy background is the key of MCG　signal processing. In this paper, wavelet transformation is adopted to recover the MCG signals, acquired by using the high Tcc dc -SQUI D magnetometer developed at our institute. The results of this work show that t his method is much more effective than other methods used before and can be implemented in the MCG system for routing operation. This method can also be used in noise cancellation of other non-stationary signals.
Mechanism of the enhanced upconversion emissions in Yb3+/Er3+-codoped germanate-tellurite glasses
Authors: Yang Zhong-Min  , Zhang Qin-Yuan  , Liu Yue-Hui  , Jiang Zhong-Hong  ,   (1); (2)华南理工大学光通信材料研究所，特种功能材料制备新技术教育部重点实验室，广州  510641
Published: December 2020

The intensity of upconversion emissions of rareearth ions is determined by the maximum phonon energy of glass host. In this paper the intensities of upconversion emissions in Yb3+/Er3+codoped germanatetellurite glas ses upon the excitation of 980nm laser diode were extremely enhanced by replacing PbO wit h Bi2O3 and increasing the size of alkalimetal ions. Rama n spectra show tha t the maximum phonon energies of the glass hosts investigated keep unchanged, wh ile the maximum phonon density decreases on substituting Bi2O3 for PbO and i ncreasing the size of alkalimetal ions. Based on the nonradiative decay rate, it is found that the maximum phonon density is the main reason for the enhanceme nt of upconversion emissions in Yb3+/Er3+codoped germana tetellurite glasses.