bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Empathic Design in Engineering Education and Practice: An Approach for Achieving Inclusive and Effective Community Resilience
Authors: Afroogh Saleh , Esmalian Amir , Donaldson Jonan , Mostafavi Ali
Published: April 2021

In this paper, we argue that an inclusive and effective community resilience approach requires empathy as a missing component in the current engineering education and practice. An inclusive and effective community resilience approach needs to be human-centric, individual- and communal-sensitive, justice-oriented, and values-based consistent. In this paper, we argue that three kinds of empathy, namely cognitive, affective, and conative, play a central role in creating and sustaining an inclusive and effective approach to community resilience. Finally, we discuss empathetic education through learning theories and analytics skills to cultivate empathy in engineering education. Cultivating empathy in engineering education could help advance the impact and contribution of engineering to well-being.
A Tool for the Evaluation of Energy-Environmental Retrofit Interventions on Opaque Walls Using ETICS
Authors: Fiore Pierfrancesco , Donnarumma Giuseppe , Falce Carmelo
Published: April 2021

Buildings in Europe are the largest consumers of energy, since they are responsible for 40% of energy consumption and 36% of pollutant gas emissions. The energy efficiency, the consequential economic savings and the reduction of environmental impacts must necessarily consider the design of improvements that affect the opaque vertical envelope of a building. The vertical envelope generally constitutes the largest dispersing surface. In this paper, a comparative evaluation of different ETICS (External Thermal Insulation Composite System) solutions through the application of a multicriteria decision support method is proposed. The criteria at the basis of the procedure relate to the energy, environmental, indoor comfort, and economic aspects. Through the application to the case study, consisting of two types of vertical walls with reference to three different climate zones, the ETICS alternative that achieves the best compromise between the various evaluation criteria is highlighted and the solidity of the method itself is tested. The potential of the methodology in the analysis of the alternatives in adherence to individual subcriteria and the possibility of implementation with additional indicators as the needs change are also highlighted. The social impact is undoubtedly one of the expected effects of the application of the method, since a better performance of the building envelope leads to an increase in comfort and liveability of indoor spaces. Moreover, all studies aimed at increasing the performance of the building or parts of it, consequently, lead to greater accessibility by the most vulnerable members of society, in line with the principles of sustainability and inclusiveness of the United Nations 2030 Agenda.
The Effects of External and Internal Factors on Competitive Advantage—Moderation of Market Dynamism and Mediation of Customer Relationship Building
Authors: Cheraghalizadeh Romina , Olya Hossein , Tumer Mustafa
Published: April 2021

Using a resource-based view and dynamic capabilities approach, this study investigates both the internal and external factors influencing competitive advantage in the hotel industry. For this purpose, we examine how organizational capabilities may lead to customer relationship building and in turn to competitive advantage. We further test the moderation role of market dynamism on the relationship between organizational capabilities and customer relationship building, and also investigate the mediation effect of customer relationship building on the association between organizational capabilities and competitive advantage. A questionnaire-based study was conducted among hotel employees in Northern Cyprus to test the conceptual model. A set of approaches was applied to detect common method bias and test the validity and reliability of the questionnaire. Correlation and regression analyses were conducted to evaluate the relationships between the variables, and bootstrapping analysis was applied to assess the mediation and moderation effects. The results revealed that organizational capabilities enhance customer relationship building and competitive advantage. Market dynamism as an external factor moderates the relationship between organizational capabilities and customer relationship building. There is also an indirect association between organizational capabilities and competitive advantage through the mediation of customer relationship building. The theoretical and practical implications of the findings are discussed.
Matching and Mismatching of Green Jobs: A Big Data Analysis of Job Recruiting and Searching
Authors: Song Kyungho , Kim Hyun , Cha Jisoo , Lee Taedong
Published: April 2021

Creating green jobs tackles two crises: the economic downturn and environmental degradation. Responding to the economic downturn, some governments have declared a “green new deal” to remedy unemployment and the economic crisis. Job creation has been suggested as a driving force for sustainable economic development and climate change action. However, the question of how many and what types of green jobs are required has not been systematically examined. Are green job openings and searches matching each other in terms of timing, sectors, regions, and salary? This study aims to explore the degree of matching between green job supply and demand using a big data analysis (BDA) of online job market recruiting services in South Korea from 2009 to 2020. The BDA of the Ecojob website reveals that green jobs are concentrated in Seoul and Gyeounggi-do metropolitan areas. The number of water- and air-quality-related jobs is high within these sectors. Job searches in the water quality sector outnumbered job openings. The findings imply that green job creation policy should reflect timing, regional, and sectoral demand and supply data. Creating and matching green jobs is expected to reduce environmental harm, enhance environmental quality, and reduce unemployment.
Digital Divide in Advanced Smart City Innovations
Authors: Shin Seung-Yoon , Kim Dongwook , Chun Soon Ae
Published: April 2021

A smart city aims to become a citizen-centered city where citizens actively engage in urban operation and share urban data within a high-tech ICT infrastructure. It premises ‘smart citizens’ who can understand and utilize digital technology to adapt well to the various infrastructure of smart cities. In reality, however, not only tech-savvy citizens but those who are not likely to coexist in a smart city. Disadvantaged groups with relatively insufficient awareness and the necessity of technologies might be excluded from smart cities’ various benefits. The smart city innovations need to encompass diverse social groups’ engagements to claim their legitimacy and sustainability from a long-term perspective. In this light, this study examines the potential digital divide in the advanced technologies used in the emerging 5G smart city era. Using survey data, we investigate if the smart citizens’ social and technical readiness in terms of the use experience and necessity of new technologies can predict the adoption and use of the emerging 5G smart city innovations. The empirical results from this study can inform the digital divide between the general public and technology-disadvantaged groups. The findings can also guide policymakers in prioritizing technologies that are accessible and beneficial to all potential residents of smart cities in the future. Finally, the results yield specific policy implications for practitioners who design more inclusive and sustainable smart cities in the 5G era.
The Budget as a Basis for Ecological Management of Urbanization Projects. Case Study in Seville, Spain
Authors: Ruiz-Pérez María Rocío , Alba-Rodríguez María Desirée , Rivero-Camacho Cristina , Solís-Guzmán Jaime , Marrero Madelyn
Published: April 2021

Urbanization projects, understood as those supplying basic services for cities, such as drinking water, sewers, communication services, power, and lighting, are normally short-term extremely scattered actions, and it can be difficult to track their environmental impact. The present article’s main contribution is to employ the project budgets of public urbanization work to provide an instrument for environmental improvement, thereby helping public procurement, including sustainability criteria. Two urban projects in Seville, Spain are studied: the first substitutes existing services, and the second also includes gardens and playgrounds in the street margins. The methodology finds the construction elements that must be controlled in each project from the perspective of three indicators: carbon, water footprints, and embodied energy. The main impacts found are due to only four construction units: concrete, aggregates, asphalt, and ceramic pipes for the sewer system, that represent 70% or more of the total impact in all indicators studied. The public developer can focus procurement on those few elements in order to exert a lower impact and to significantly reduce the environmental burden of urbanization projects.
The Additive Input-Doubling Method Based on the SVR with Nonlinear Kernels: Small Data Approach
Authors: Izonin Ivan , Tkachenko Roman , Shakhovska Nataliya , Lotoshynska Nataliia
Published: April 2021

The problem of effective intellectual analysis in the case of handling short datasets is topical in various application areas. Such problems arise in medicine, economics, materials science, science, etc. This paper deals with a new additive input-doubling method designed by the authors for processing short and very short datasets. The main steps of the method should include the procedure of data augmentation within the existing dataset both in rows and columns (without training), the use of nonlinear SVR to implement the training procedure, and the formation of the result based on the author’s procedure. The authors show that the developed data augmentation procedure corresponds to the principles of axial symmetry. The training and application procedures of the method developed are described in detail, and two algorithmic implementations are presented. The optimal parameters of the method operation were selected experimentally. The efficiency of its work during the processing of short datasets for solving the prediction task was established experimentally by comparison with other methods of this class. The highest prediction accuracy based on both proposed algorithmic implementations of a method among all of the investigated ones was defined. The main areas of application of the developed method are described, and its shortcomings and prospects of further research are given.
A Sentinel Serological Study in Selected Zoo Animals to Assess Early Detection of West Nile and Usutu Virus Circulation in Slovenia
Authors: Kvapil Pavel , Račnik Joško , Kastelic Marjan , Bártová Eva , Korva Miša , Jelovšek Mateja , Avšič-Županc Tatjana
Published: April 2021

Monitoring infectious diseases is a crucial part of preventive veterinary medicine in zoological collections. This zoo environment contains a great variety of animal species that are in contact with wildlife species as a potential source of infectious diseases. Wild birds may be a source of West Nile virus (WNV) and Usutu (USUV) virus, which are both emerging pathogens of rising concern. The aim of this study was to use zoo animals as sentinels for the early detection of WNV and USUV in Slovenia. In total, 501 sera from 261 animals of 84 animal species (including birds, rodents, lagomorphs, carnivores, ungulates, reptiles, equids, and primates) collected for 17 years (2002–2018) were tested for antibodies to WNV and USUV. Antibodies to WNV were detected by indirect immunofluorescence tests in 16 (6.1%) of 261 animals representing 10 species, which were sampled prior to the first active cases of WNV described in 2018 in Slovenia in humans, a horse, and a hooded crow (Corvus cornix). Antibodies to USUV were detected in 14 out of 261 animals tested (5.4%) that were positive prior to the first positive cases of USUV infection in common blackbirds (Turdus merula) in Slovenia. The study illustrates the value of zoological collections as a predictor of future emerging diseases.
Simono Daukanto BUDĄ Senowęs-Letuwiu Kalnienu ĩr Ƶamajtiu (1845) šaltiniai
Authors: Bončkutė Roma
Published: April 2021

SOURCES OF SIMONAS DAUKANTAS’S BUDĄ SENOWĘS-LËTUWIÛ KALNIENÛ ĨR ƵÁMAJTIÛ (1845) The article investigates Simonas Daukantas’s (1793–1864) BUDĄ Senowęs-Lëtuwiû Kalnienû ĩr Ƶámajtiû (The Character of the Lithuanian Highlanders and Samogitians of the Old Times, 1845; hereafter Bd) with regards to genre, origin of the title, and the dominant German sources of the work. It claims that Daukantas conceived Bd because he understood that the future of Lithuania is closely related to its past. A single, united version of Lithuanian history, accepted by the whole nation, was necessary for the development of Lithuanian national identity and collective feeling. The history, which up until then had not been published in Lithuanian, could have helped to create the contours of a new society by presenting the paradigmatic events of the past. The collective awareness of the difference between the present and the past (and future) should have given the Lithuanian community an incentive to move forward. Daukantas wrote Bd quickly, between 1842 and May 28, 1844, because he drew on his previous work ISTORYJE ƵEMAYTYSZKA (History of the Lithuanian Lowlands, ~1831–1834; IƵ). Based on the findings of previous researchers of Daukantas’s works, after studying the dominant sources of Bd and examining their nature, this article comes to the conclusion that the work has features of both cultural history and regional historiography. The graphically highlighted form of the word “BUDĄ” used in the work’s title should be considered the author’s code. Daukantas, influenced by the newest culturological research and comparative linguistics of the 18th–19th centuries, propagated that Lithuanians originate from India and, like many others, found evidence of this in the Lithuanian language and culture. He considered the Budini (Greek Βουδίνοι), who are associated with the followers of Buddha, to be Lithuanian ancestors. He found proof of this claim in the language and chose the word “būdas” (character), which evokes aforementioned associations, to express the idea of the work.
Adamo Mickiewicziaus įsavinimas tarpukario Lietuvos mokykloje: Mykolo Biržiškos indėlis
Authors: Šeina Viktorija
Published: April 2021

CLAIMING ADAM MICKIEWICZ AS THEIR OWN IN INTER-WAR LITHUANIAN SCHOOLS: MYKOLAS BIRŽIŠKA’S CONTRIBUTION The society of the first Republic of Lithuania was not homogenous in its national and cultural self-perception. Although most intellectuals associated national culture exclusively with the cultural heritage of ethnic Lithuanians and Lithuanian-language writing, a part of the Lithuanian society’s elite opposed the ethno-linguistic approach to Lithuanian culture. One of the most prominent opponents of cultural ethno-nationalism in the first half of the 20th century was the literary historian Mykolas Biržiška. As the basis of national literature, he considered the society of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania (and that of the first half of the 19th century) to be more important than language and therefore, he developed a multilanguage conception of Lithuanian literature as an alternative to the ethno-linguistic one. At the center of the canon of national literature, as formed by Biržiška, is the work of the world-famous poet Adam Mickiewicz. Realizing that in order to spread the concept of national literature to the public, it was necessary to first introduce it into schools. Biržiška made an effort to develop the national curriculum for Lithuanian literature according to the model of the history of Lithuanian literature that he created. To this end, he participated in the preparation of the curriculum for Lithuanian literature and made efforts to ensure Mickiewicz’s canonical position there. Biržiška also produced methodological material for schools (including selected works of Mickiewicz).
Complementación de la Ley 026 para evitar la vulneración de los Derechos Políticos de las Mujeres
Authors: Ramos Soliz Alam Patrick
Published: April 2021

La desigual en la participación política de las mujeres en Bolivia a generado consecuencias para la sociedad. Este estudio tuvo como objetivo proponer la complementación de la Ley del Régimen Electoral en el Inciso a) del artículo 11 sobre la equidad de género en las elecciones nacionales para la presidencia y vicepresidencia. La metodología que se usó fue del tipo cualitativo y cuantitativo, el diseño fue descriptivo, explicativo del tipo documental y de campo, uso los métodos análisis, síntesis Inducción y Deducción, entre otros. La técnica e instrumento usado fue entrevista y cuestionario. La población y muestra se conformo por abogados y Asambleístas, estudiantes de la Universidad Privada Domingo Savio Potosí, Universidad Autónoma Tomás Frías y la Universidad del Valle. Como resultado se obtuvo; la propuesta para la complementación de la Ley 026 para evitar la vulneración de los Derechos Políticos de la mujer. Permitirá dar un avance en la sociedad boliviana.
El emperador cristiano y la ciudad pagana: la relación legendaria entre Constantino I y Bizancio
Authors: Casamiquela Gerhold Victoria
Published: April 2021

Las tradiciones legendarias bizantinas acerca de la fundación de Constantinopla por Constantino siempre recuerdan que la capital cristiana fue construida sobre la ciudad pagana de Bizancio. Sin embargo, estas tradiciones no siempre se muestran de acuerdo al momento de definir la relación entre el emperador cristiano y la ciudad pagana o la forma en que la memoria de Bizancio influyó sobre la historia de Constantinopla. El presente artículo analiza la información que se conserva al respecto y ofrece una interpretación del rol desempeñado por las diferentes tradiciones en la definición simbólica de Constantino y de Constantinopla.
El encadenamiento de los diálogos a través de los sentimientos: clave de lectura en la Homilía VIII de Germán de Constantinopla
Authors: Ferrer Elisa
Published: April 2021

Este artículo espera demostrar que los topoi de la pena y de la alegría sostienen la estructura narrativa de la Homilía VIII de Germán de Constantinopla. Junto a la alternancia de discursos que se intercalan en el relato principal se reconoce también una alternancia en las reacciones que ellos suscitan. Se revisará la organización de esos parlamentos en su relación con el hilo principal, y se analizará la respuesta producida por cada uno de ellos. Se pretende confirmar que la alternancia de sentimientos que las diversas voces generan constituye la clave de lectura del texto, con el que Germán aspira a promover el fortalecimiento de una verdad de la fe cristiana y una esperanzada adhesión a la misma en aquellos a quienes se dirige.
Algunas consideraciones sobre la función narrativa de las intervenciones autorales en Hero y Leandro de Museo: el caso de la sentencia
Authors: Gutiérrez Daniel G.
Published: April 2021

Hero y Leandro es la única obra atribuida a Museo (siglo V d. C.). En este epilio tardoantiguo –o protobizantino– el autor presenta una trama formal compuesta por elementos épicos y novelescos, lo cual pone de manifiesto la naturaleza narrativa de la obra. Atendiendo al plano de la organización discursiva del material narrado, resulta significativo el hecho de que la voz del poeta intervenga en distintos momentos del relato, posicionándose como enunciador de sentencias o moralejas que contribuyen al desarrollo de la trágica historia de amor que se está narrando.
La mujer en los mosaicos bizantinos raveneses (siglos V – VII)
Authors: Rigueiro García Jorge
Published: April 2021

La técnica musivaria como mecanismo decorativo y narrativo era usada desde la Antigüedad y el Cristianismo abrevó ampliamente en ella con la finalidad de desarrollar ciclos iconográficos propios de propaganda, trasladándola a muros y techos, narrando de mil maneras diversas el mensaje cristiano en templos y palacios, apoderándose de recursos estéticos y narrativos romanos, de manera tal que el mosaico superó largamente a la pintura entre los siglos IV y VIII. El principal objetivo de este artículo es analizar a las mujeres retratadas o comitentes en mosaicos raveneses entre los siglos V y VII, fuesen santas, nobles, plebeyas, pecadoras o virtuosas.
Workplace Deviance in Public Sector Organizations: Evidence from Pakistan
Authors: Shah Syed Arif Hussain , Shah Tazeem Ali , Ullah Abrar , Yasir Muhammad
Published: April 2021

Deviant workplace behaviors have become an important area of research due to the recent revelation of high-profile corporate scandals. Scholars view that deviant workplace behaviors can be controlled when the factors that affect workplace deviance are properly understood. Therefore, this study is having two sections. Section one identifies the level of workplace deviance prevailing in the public sector hospitals of Pakistan, for which data was collected from 219 respondents in the understudy sector. Findings of this study show that workplace deviance exists in the understudy sector at a moderate level. Section two describes the factors that have the ability to influence the emergence of deviant workplace behaviors. Thus, this study searched for workplace deviance related articles available at the academic research databases such as Scopus and Web of Science. The keywords that were used for searching articles were “workplace deviance”, “organizational deviance”, “deviance” and “deviant behaviors”. This study outlines twenty-five factors that affect workplace deviance, thereby highlighting how workplace deviance can be minimized. Lastly, implications and suggestions for further research and practice are highlighted.
An empirical analysis of altruistic consumer behaviour and economic welfare of households in pakistan
Authors: Saeed Saira , Saboor Abdul , Hameed Gulnaz
Published: April 2021

The recent literature supports the fact that choices of individual are not always rational. They are bounded rational not just because of lack of complete information but due to involvement of individual personal attributes in decision making. This study is aimed at evaluating the effect of altruistic behaviour on the welfare of some selected households. Cluster-based sampling has been used with a sample size of 1000 household covering 36 major districts of Punjab. The analysis revealed that the traditional utility maximization model positively impacted charitable donations on household welfare. This study found a high tendency of altruistic consumer behaviour among households. Altruism on the model of an individual to individual connection can improve community welfare in the long run. In this regard, the benefits of giving charity should be widely demonstrated through a formal government system, which will help improve the social welfare of society. By Publicizing the services of charity for donor, the contribution will increase across all income groups. The government needs to develop specific policies that can use charity for community development. By mobilizing individuals' donations, the burden on the part of the government can be shared in terms of projects based on the social safety net.
Estudio de la evolución de C: N: Chl en microalgas verdes considerando la irradiación solar a través de un modelo dinámico
Authors: Guzmán-Palomino Abraham , Aguilera-Vázquez Luciano , García-Vite Pedro Martin , Mendoza-Martínez Ana María
Published: April 2021

Increasing the use of solar irradiation by the photosynthetic metabolism of green microalgae is necessary to exploit its potential as a source of lipids, carbohydrates, pigments or aromatic compounds as a source of biofuels or products of interest. Microalgae exposed to sunlight are able to adapt by synthesizing a greater amount of pigment to dissipate the incident light energy, controlling the supersaturation of cellular photosystems but reducing the efficiency of the use of light. The photoacclimation is described by the content of chlorophyll mass in relation to the carbon content in the biomass (g Chl / g C). In an outdoor photobioreactor, irradiance depends upon geographical location, time of year and atmospheric conditions. In the present proposal, the generation of biomass is established as a dynamic function of the nutrients, represented as C: N:Chl and the primary assimilation of nutrients as Nitrate (N) and Ammonium (A). The results of this research show an evolution of G: C, N: C, Chl: C and biomass as C (carbon) in different scenarios of parameterization showing consistent results.
Desarrollo de aplicación móvil para generar competencias en los alumnos de la Universidad Tecnológica de San Juan del Río
Authors: Valencia-García Alejandro César , González-Martínez Carlos Daniel
Published: April 2021

Statistics tell us that at the end of 2017 there is a record of approximately 8 million applications on Google Play, Android in 2016 showed a total of downloads of applications of 90 billion; therefore users use an average of 9 applications per day and 30 applications per month. With the above statistics, the development of a Mobile Application on Android was carried out, which consists of randomly generating questions by selecting a grade with their respective response options, if correct, 5 points are awarded, otherwise 3 will be subtracted. The methodology applied was SCRUM, the project was carried out in 5 phases which were: planning meeting, daily scrum, development work during the sprint, sprint review and sprint retrospective. It was developed with programming languages JSON, JAVA, PHP and SQL database integration. In the end we got an apk that can be used on any device with Android 7.0 and above.
Aplicación móvil para el seguimiento de los cursos de la plataforma de Ambiente Virtual de Aprendizaje
Authors: Rafael-Pérez Eva , Morales-Hernández Maricela , Miramón-Santiago Diana del Carmen , Hernández-Ábrego Anayansi Cristina
Published: April 2021

Currently, mobile applications have increased their use in all areas of daily life. Among other things, the above is due to the ease in the exchange of information. The Institute Technologic de Oaxaca proposes a mobile application that complements the Virtual Environment Platform for Professor Training. This application allows the connection with the platform, enter the course where the user is registered; and in this way, the user receives notifications of important dates such as dates of delivery of tasks and activities. The above is possible, since the application links directly to the Google calendar. With these functions, as an extension of the virtual platform, it facilitates the course participant to develop the activities in a timely manner. The application is developed based on incremental model.
Aplicación Web como plataforma de gamificación para una asignatura de licenciatura a través de una red social
Authors: Hernández-Báez Irma Yazmín , Nieto-Yáñez Alma Delia , López-Díaz Roberto Enrique , León-Sosa Sandra Elizabeth
Published: April 2021

In our days, social networks are used daily for a huge amount of people, which are used for communication and socialization. Some of these people, are university students, reason why those technologies can be used in education. In present work, the use of Facebook API in the development of a web application, is presented. This application allows to share class related content, to set challenges, peer evaluation activities and others. The purpose of the application is to support professor in teaching-learning process, using a gamification technique helping in the acquisition of knowledge taking advantage of the ludic approach of the technique, generating a positive experience in the students. The combination of the above and the use of one of the favorite social networks motivates students, generating a greater commitment to the subject. The development of the software application included the use of PHP, JavaScript, Bootstrap and MySQL. The developed application was used in a course obtaining favorable results, due to the raising in the level of participation of the students.
Aplicación Web para la Gestión de la información en la Red Integral de Bienestar Social
Authors: Mena-Castillo Lilia Margarita , Molina-Cepeda Isaac Neftali
Published: April 2021

Information has become a fundamental resource in companies and, being accompanied by Information and Communication Technologies, it has become more significant to use them, since great changes can be achieved in companies. Through its management through technological tools, decisions can be made more easily, since there are different ways of representing information, to make it more clear and objective, as well as to access it from any place in a reliable manner. This work shows the development of a website that was made to the association Integral Social Welfare Network (RIBS), which works with 20 other associations and needs to have a closer communication and feedback with them in terms of public information and private, as the case may be. The scrum methodology was used, for the development of the website and the programming language was PHP, using the Laravel framework and for the management of the information the MySQL manager was used.
Narconovela: un análisis crítico a la telenovela del narcotráfico en Colombia, su aparición y continuidad en la primera década del siglo XXI
Authors:   , Vera Castro Wilmer
Published: April 2021

Esta es una tesis que trata sobre la telenovelas del narcotráfico en Colombia. Se escogen las narconovelas: La viuda de la mafia y El Capo. sobre éstas versa el análisis de contenido y los estudios de caso que son vértebras del ejercicio de investigación. Con sus ocho capítulos, la tesis pone en contexto un análisis crítico de este tipo de telenovelas, las pone en tensión con los discursos de la telenovela tradicional, presentando los nuevos formatos desde donde se presentan, y valorando las nuevas convergencias tecnológicas. La decisión de trabajar el tema de la telenovela del narcotráfico obedece a la necesidad de aportar, analizar y estudiar la representación del mundo mafioso desde las producciones de narconovela para entender algunas perspectivas de su universo: su funcionalidad, sus estereotipos creados, sus mitos y su realidad, vistos desde las lógicas de la televisión y las nuevas pantallas, pasado por la estética de la telenovela. Se investiga también el narcotráfico, porque su aparición y su continuidad han modelado la historia del país, ha sido, de alguna manera, la epítome del calvario que el pueblo ha vivido por décadas. También es un moderador que ayuda a regir los destinos de la sociedad: crea y recrea situaciones de zozobra, unta el aparato político, decide nombres en el poder y define parte de la economía de algunos lugares del territorio. Además de ello, el análisis o investigación del narcotráfico que indirectamente resulta de este estudio, obedece a la armonía que hay entre novela-narcotráfico, dado el tema seleccionado. El narcotráfico como núcleo de las narconovelas, obliga ser recogido y estudiado para entender que su presencia en el país es un asunto cultural, político, económico y de entretenimiento, que requiere estudio desde cualquier discurso que lo mencione.
Mineralogy of bloomery slags of the Shuvakish ironworks plant (outskirts of Yekaterinburg, Sverdlovsk oblast)
Authors: Erokhin Yu.V. , Zakharov A.V. , Leonova L.V.
Published: April 2021

The mineralogy of slags of the Shuvakish ironworks plant is studied. The plant had been operated during the reign of Peter the Great from 1704 to 1716 years and was located within the present-day northwestern outskirts of Yekaterinburg. The slags are composed of fayalite aggregate with a signifcant content of hercynite and wustite and contain spherules of iron, glass, leucite and ferromerrillite. The chemical composition of rock-forming and ore minerals is determined on a JSM-6390LV (Jeol) SEM equipped with an INCA Energy 450 X-Max 80 EDS (Oxford Instruments) (Institute of Geology and Geochemistry UB RAS, Yekaterinburg). The slags formed as a result of bloomery iron production. Their formation temperature is estimated in a range of 1177 °С on the basis of eutectic crystallization of wustite and fayalite. The Shuvakish plant was supplied with marsh iron ore, which was most likely extracted in the nearest Moleben swamp located to the north from the plant.
CHANGESIN ANTIGEN-PRESENTING (LANGERHANS) CELLS OF ORAL MUCOSA IN PATIENTS WITH HPV INFECT
Authors: Kim Aleksandr , Voskanyan Oksana , Baranovskaya Irina , Ichenko Stanislav , Reva Ivan , Usov Viktor , Krasnikov Yuriy , Shindina Anastasiya , Tolmachev Valeriy , Slabenko Ellada , Reva Galina
Published: April 2021

Despite the fact that HPV infection is widespread among the population around the world, more than 150 strains of HPV viruses are known. At the present stage it is still unclear, why HPV-associated oral papillomas in dental patients either spontaneously undergo involution or become malignant. We investigated the quantitative dynamics of Langerhans cells depending on localization in the structure of such papillomas: in the peripapillary space, in the tissue of the oral mucosa in the presence of HPV infection, without a clinical picture of papillomas and in healthy tissue. It has been established that with long-term existing papillomas, antigen presentation is disturbed, and Langerhans cells can be an indicator of papilloma malignancy.
IMPROVED DIAGNOSISFOR ORAL MUCOSAL TUMORSIN THE DENTIST’S OFFICE
Authors: Postnikov Mikhail , Gabrielyan Alexey , Trunin Dimitry , Kerosirov Artur , Kaganov Oleg , Kirillova Valentina , Potapov Vladimir , Ganina Christina
Published: April 2021

Based on currently available literature, clinical examination remains the major method when handling cases of suspected malignancy. However, this method does not allow diagnosing cancer, due to which a large group of patients with possible oral mucosa cancer are referred to an oncologist. The search and use of affordable non-invasive methods for early diagnosis of oral mucosa tumors is an urgent issue facing the health system. The study involved analyzing 134 records of outpatients examined at the Samara Regional Oncological Clinic who were referred by dentists within 2014-2019 from the local polyclinic in Samara due to detection of tumors in oral mucosa and who underwent a biopsy. The patients were divided into two groups according to the examination methods. The inclusion criteria were: detection of various superficial oral mucosa neoplasms; referral from the dentist. The exclusion criteria were as follows: patients with submucosal oral cavity neoplasms referred to the oncologist by other medical specialists or self-referred patients. The control group included 63 patients who, after a conventional examination (including interview, examination, palpation), underwent an incisional biopsy followed by morphological examination at the oncologist’s office. In the major group, in 71 patients at their respective initial dental appointments a special examination algorithm was applied. This algorithm entailed an assessment of the identified risk factors. Indications for biopsy were identified using the histological verification index (HVI). Apart from the conventional examination methods (interview, examination, palpation), autofluorescence stomatoscopy was used, this being done for the purpose of differential diagnostics of inflammation, precancerous and malignant issues, depending on the glow type. In the main group, the initial stages of oral mucosa cancer were detected in 17 patients after biopsy; in the control group – in 4 patients (p=0.004). The developed algorithm used for scoring the patient’s clinical examination data combined with autofluorescence stomatoscopy allowed diagnosing accurately (90% of reliability) precancerous and cancerous diseases, as well as to use invasive research methods (biopsy) strictly following the indications. Aim of study: to improve diagnosis of oral mucosa neoplasms through improvement of the examination algorithm.
A METHOD FOR MODELING ARTIFICIAL DENTURES IN PATIENTS WITH ADENTIA BASED ON INDIVIDUALSIZES OF ALVEOLAR ARCHES AND CONSTITUTION TYPE
Authors: Domenyuk Dmitry , Al-Harazi Ghamdan , Shkarin Vladimir , Dmitrienko Sergei , Kochkonyan Taisiya , Domenyuk Stanislav
Published: April 2021

87 persons of older age groups with complete adentia underwent somatometric (anthropometric) as well as biometric measurements with cast models of the toothless jaws. The linear and index somatometric parameters, and linear and index parameters for the upper jaw alveolar arches, were calculated. Alveolar arches were classified in view of the total sum of the diagonal dimensions (macro-, micro- and normodiagonal type), the arch index (brachy-, dolicho- and mesoarch type). Modelling the projected shape of the dental arch was based on the parameters of length (the sum of the alveolar arches diagonals multiplied by the 1.06 coefficient), width (the product of the width of the alveolar arches by a coefficient of 1.16). The depth of the dental arch frontal segment was calculated as the product of the diagonal by the incisor-canine angle sine, which in case of mesotrusion arches is 0.42 (angle value — 25°), for protrusion arches — 0.5 (angle value — 30°), for retrusion arches — 0.34 (angle value — 20°). Given the regularities of the circle geometry, the frontal segment dimensions served to determine the radius of the circle where the front teeth sat. The graphical method developed to construct the forecasted upper dental arch shape, based on the balance of the alveolar and dental arches major parameters, allows forecasting the optimal shape and size of the artificial dental arch, achieving a balanced relationship between the shapes of the teeth and the alveolar arches, as well as constructing a balanced articulatory relationship while achieving optimal functional and aesthetic results.
THEEFFICIENCY OF ORTHODONTIC TREATMENT OF CLASSII MALOCCLUSION IN CHILDREN WITH β -THALASSEMIA MAJO
Authors: Shadlinskaya Ramida , Novruzov Zaur
Published: April 2021

Aims: Evaluation of the effectiveness of orthodontic treatment of Class II malocclusion with the Twin-block appliance in children withβ-thalassemia major. Methods: The study was conducted with 49 patients with Class II malocclusion aged 10-14 years. The control group included 23 healthy patients. The main group included 26 patients with β-thalassemia major. Patients had received orthodontic treatment with a Twin-block appliance. The duration of orthodontic treatment was 1.5–2 years. Results: In both groups, a statistically significant increase in the SNB angle was observed. Subsequently, the ANB angle was normalized. The effective length of the maxilla growing and mandibular length increasing was observed. Overjet distance is decreased due to favorable torque changes. Pretreatment assessment revealed that overbite was smaller in children with β-thalassemia major. As the effect of orthodontic treatment, statistically, significant changes were observed on both overjet and overbite distances (p <0.001). Conclusions: Orthodontic treatment of β-thalassemia major of patients with Twin-block appliance in mixed dentition stage is effective in improving inter arch relationships and the orofacial functions.
ORTHODONTIC TREATMENT FOR CONGENITAL CLEFT LIP AND PALATE IN CHILDREN
Authors: Postnikov Mikhail , Abdurakhmonov Abdugafor , Pankratova Nataliia , Chigarina Svetlana , Yakubova Zulfiya , Postnikova Elizaveta
Published: April 2021

One in 1,000 newborns appears with a congenital maxillofacial anomaly, which accounts for about 0.04% of the world's entire population of the planet. Patients with cleft lip and palate have a significantly lower quality of life. Early orthodontic treatment (EOT) offered to children from the first days of life is a preparatory link in the preoperative period, laying favorable grounds for surgical intervention. EOT is a reasonable option to separate the oral cavity from the nasal cavity, to prevent consequent issues as well as to bring feeding back to the normal. This study involved clinical examinations and early orthodontic treatment of 84 children with congenital bilateral cleft upper lip and palate (CBCULP) from the first days of life and infants based on their referrals coming from all regions of the Republic of Tajikistan embracing the period of 2015 to 2019. Newborns with bilateral CULP within 5 days following birth, and infants who were referred for early orthodontic treatment, had their upper jaw cast model prepared using specially designed and modified spoons for taking impressions in case of cleft lip and palate. Within the study, unrelated marriages prevailed 3.4 times over related ones, which accounted for 22.6% of the cases examined. There were 1.58 times more boys than girls. Close relatives featured congenital maxillofacial abnormalities in 16.1% of the cases. The share of related marriages was 12.9%. Follow-up period — 2016–2017; the patients' age — from the birth period to 1 year. The children were divided into two groups. In the main group, EOT was performed using a dental obturator for orthodontic treatment of children with CBCULP prior to the surgery (n=43). In the comparison group, treatment was carried out in the conventional way (n=41). Before the surgery, all the children were examined through clinical, anthropometric and photometric methods. The statistical processing of the obtained data revealed that before the start of treatment, the studied groups were comparable with no statistically significant differences identified. After the treatment, the age, the weight, as well as the height of the children expectably changed in both groups (p<0.001).
COVID-MENTANDEMIC: COVID INDUCED MENTAL PANDEMIC
Authors: Vats Mayank Gyan , Khandelwal Deepa
Published: April 2021

COVID–MENTANDEMIC, COVID induced socio-psychological, physical and financial stress are being faced globally and with consequent pandemic of stress, depression, anxiety and many more psychological disorders would increase and continue in near future and all governments should take necessary steps for avoidance of this COVID-MENTANDEMIC by controlling coronavirus spread, developing effective vaccine and to keep themselves ready for facing COVID MENTANDEMIC support psychologically for better mental health being over coming few years.
A fundamental study for long-distance noncontact shallow underground exploration technology by acoustic irradiation-induced vibration
Authors: Sugimoto Tsuneyoshi , Sugimoto Kazuko , Utagawa Noriyuki , Kuroda Chitose
Published: April 2021

A fundamental study was conducted to investigate the possibility of shallow underground exploration from a long distance by acoustic irradiation-induced vibration. To detect buried objects in shallow underground, our method is proposed to excite the ground surface directly from above with sound waves and measure the vibration velocity distribution with a laser Doppler vibrometer. From the experimental results, it was found that the detection frequency is inversely proportional to the size of the buried object, but does not change much even if the buried depth is changed. It was also clarified that the buried object can be detected even if the grazing angle of the laser is about 20 degrees, and that it can be explored even at a distance of about 20 m. From these experiment results, it became clear that there is a possibility of shallow underground exploration using an unmanned aerial vehicle equipped with a small sound source.
Principios y regulaciones que orientan la evaluación de ensayos clínicos patrocinados por la industria farmacéutica en Comités de Ética de Investigación en Panamá
Authors: Vergés Claude , Farinoni Noemí , Rojas Matilde
Published: April 2021

Se presentan los resultados de una investigación multicéntrica de evaluación de los Comités de Ética de Investigación (CEI) en Panamá, la cual busca mecanismos que ayuden a fortalecer su capacidad para evaluar, desde un enfoque de bioética y derechos humanos, los protocolos de los ensayos clínicos financiados por la industria farmacéutica o por los centros extranjeros de investigación, así como monitorear la implementación de los protocolos aprobados. Se revisó documentación suficiente y se hicieron entrevistas a miembros de cuatro CEI. A partir de ahí, se concluye que en Panamá los CEI respetan las normas internacionales de funcionamiento y de revisión de protocolos, y que los problemas encontrados guardan relación con su experiencia, el contexto social y la evolución de los intereses de las compañías farmacéuticas.
PREVALENCE AND RISK FACTORS OF OCULAR DISEASES AND INJURIES AMONG RUBBER TAPPERS IN A RURAL AREA IN KANYA KUMARI
Authors: Gopal Biju , Isaac I Anesha , Shankar Adithya , Banna KM Hasanul , Rajendran N
Published: April 2021

Rubber tapping is a major occupation in Kanya Kumari district and it significantly adds to the economy of the country.
There are nearly 126 rubber-based industries recognized by the District Industries Centre (DIC), providing
employment to 1874 people'' .This study aims at analyzing the prevalence and risk factors associated with ocular injuries
and diseases among rubber tappers in a rural area in Kanya Kumari. AIMS AND OBJECTIVES: 1. To assess the
prevalence of ocular diseases and injuries in rubber tappers related to their occupation 2. To evaluate the risk factors
associated with ocular diseases and injuries among rubber tappers METHODS: Rubber tappers attending the
Ophthalmology Out-Patient department in Sree Mookambika Institute of Medical Sciences between 1.10.2020 to
30.11.2020 were evaluated for ocular injuries and diseases.A detailed history was obtained and ocular complaints were
analyzed. After a thorough systemic and ocular examination, data was collected. The collected data were analyzed.
RESULTS: The study was conducted for a time period of 2 months. Data was collected from all the rubber tappers
attending the ophthalmology OPD in Sree Mookambika Institute of Medical Sciences. A total of 48 patients were
evaluated. Among which 17 had foreign body exposure, 4 had corneal abrasion, 1 had fungal corneal ulcer, 16 had
cataracts, 7 had refractive error,3 had pterygium. CONCLUSION: Occupation -related injuries are common amidst
rubber tappers. The population dependent on this occupation is way too high to be left unattended or their health
conditions ignored. The results obtained in this study throws light on the importance of awareness that needs to be
advocated among employers and employees involved in rubber plantation and tapping. The use of protective eye
goggles and other safety precautions must be propagated among the workers. The rubber tappers must be alerted
about the consequences of ignoring safety precautions, specifically how it may lead to severe morbidity, sometimes
even loss of vision.They must also be advised to undergo ophthalmic examination whenever necessary and on regular
basis,as poor vision due to aging or even physiological refractive errors itself may lead to injuries due to compromised
eyesight. After conducting this study,we came to the conclusion that the consciousness of the morbidity that may occur
due to poor safety measures at work among the rubber tappers is nearly a flat line. Hence creating awareness and
educating them regarding this becomes indispensable.
STUDY OF MATERNAL SERUM C REACTIVE ND PROTEIN IN 2 TRIMESTER OF PREGNANCY
IN PREDICTING PRETERM LABOUR
Authors: Anupama Anupama
Published: April 2021

AIM
To study the association between maternal serum C reactive protein in early 2nd trimester of pregnancy and preterm
labour.