bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
A New Mystery: Phantosmia after COVID-19 Infection
Authors: Erdogan Banu Atalay , Eldahshan Anas
Published: September 2022

Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) has developed as a pandemic and has caused millions of deaths worldwide. Multiple studies have implicated anosmia and ageusia as symptoms associated with COVID-19. In this case report we present the cases who suffer from phantosmia after COVID-19 infection. As the prevalence of the virus increases, the symptomatology profile continues to be updated. More studies are needed to better understand this disease.
Initial study of application of Neural Networks to predict flow patterns in multiphase flow
Authors: Rodrigues Neyra Jair , Da Silva Moura Thiago Rafael
Published: September 2022

The study of flow patterns in multiphase flow is widely used in the oil industry. Many tools are being developed to help predict these flow patterns. Artificial Intelligence is a tool with high performance and great use to characterize physical phenomena and can be used to predict these flow patterns in multiphase flow. We developed an Artificial Neural Network to recognize and predict the flow patterns of multiphase flow using an experimental database. In addition to using the neural network, data processing was also carried out to improve the tool's effectiveness. For a complete analysis, we trained the network with several combinations of the patterns, the patterns being: intermittent, annular and stratified. We did not use the bubble pattern due to the difference in the amount of data available between this and the other patterns. The net was up to 90% effective in some combinations of the analysis between flow patterns. Analyzing the 3 patterns together, the network showed an efficiency of approximately 67%. We analyzed the results of the net error behavior during its training and the hit rate after training. In this article, we used the artificial neural network as a tool to predict the flow pattern in the multiphase flow, with the maximum available flow parameters.
Random walks with memory profile of the κ-exponential: a first measurement of diffusive regimes
Authors: De Barros Reis Andrew Nunes , Dos Santos Carvalho Antônio Adrielson , Leal Alessandra Brito , Moura Thiago Rafael da Silva
Published: September 2022

A new class of random walks, Elephant Random Walks (ERW) in the memory type, non-Markovian, was proposed by Schütz and Trimper characterized by diffusive regimes typical of anomalous diffusion. Following this line, we proposed a model of random walks guided by the principle of kinetic interaction (KIP), where, according to KIP, the temporal evolution of the distribution function of identical particles subject to binary collisions leads us to an ever-increasing functional with time, satisfying the statement of the irreversibility of the second law of Thermodynamics. We derived a distribution of the exponential  that is discrete. In the limit , the distribution of the -exponential falls into the ordinary exponential distribution, where we found the typical Brownian diffusion. In the upper limit of anti-equilibrium ( ), we found a transition from the ordinary diffusive regime to the super-diffusive regime. Additionally, moving away from the anti-equilibrium region, we found the ERW’s diffusive behavior. Our results are yet another case of anomalous transport in complex systems, which are associated with particle diffusion for which the variance spreads non-linearly with time.
A random walk model to qualify echolalias
Authors: Moura Thiago Rafael da Silva
Published: September 2022

Some neurodevelopmental disorders such as Tourette syndrome, Asperger syndrome, autistic spectrum disorders (ASD), persistent vocal tic disorder, transient vocal tic disorder, psychotic disorder due to another medical condition, catatonia associated with another mental disorder, etc; may represent speech fluency problems characterized by the presence of pathological repetition of speech, prolongation of consonants or vowels, broken words, symptoms of communicative disorders called echolalia. Observing this context, this work presents a model of random walks to qualify echolalia using the representation of information entropy. The model presents results consistent with the different types of echolalia, namely, interactive, non-interactive, delayed and non-delayed, including combinations of these echolalia that characterize comorbidities in some patients, such as non-delayed and non-interactive echolalia, non-delayed and interactive echolalia, delayed and non-interactive echolalia, and delayed and interactive echolalia. Each of these types of echolalia was quantified using random walks, measuring the information entropy for each one of the cases which can range from mild, moderate to severe.
CBP Is Required for Establishing Adaptive Gene Programs in the Adult Mouse Brain
Authors: Lipinski Michal , Niñerola Sergio , Fuentes-Ramos Miguel , Valor Luis M. , del Blanco Beatriz , López-Atalaya Jose P. , Barco Angel
Published: September 2022

Environmental factors and life experiences impinge on brain circuits triggering adaptive changes. Epigenetic regulators contribute to this neuroadaptation by enhancing or suppressing specific gene programs. The paralogous transcriptional coactivators and lysine acetyltransferases CREB binding protein (CBP) and p300 are involved in brain plasticity and stimulus-dependent transcription, but their specific roles in neuroadaptation are not fully understood. Here we investigated the impact of eliminating either CBP or p300 in excitatory neurons of the adult forebrain of mice from both sexes using inducible and cell type-restricted knock-out strains. The elimination of CBP, but not p300, reduced the expression and chromatin acetylation of plasticity genes, dampened activity-driven transcription, and caused memory deficits. The defects became more prominent in elderly mice and in paradigms that involved enduring changes in transcription, such as kindling and environmental enrichment, in which CBP loss interfered with the establishment of activity-induced transcriptional and epigenetic changes in response to stimulus or experience. These findings further strengthen the link between CBP deficiency in excitatory neurons and etiopathology in the nervous system.

SIGNIFICANCE STATEMENTHow environmental conditions and life experiences impinge on mature brain circuits to elicit adaptive responses that favor the survival of the organism remains an outstanding question in neurosciences. Epigenetic regulators are thought to contribute to neuroadaptation by initiating or enhancing adaptive gene programs. In this article, we examined the role of CREB binding protein (CBP) and p300, two paralogous transcriptional coactivators and histone acetyltransferases involved in cognitive processes and intellectual disability, in neuroadaptation in adult hippocampal circuits. Our experiments demonstrate that CBP, but not its paralog p300, plays a highly specific role in the epigenetic regulation of neuronal plasticity gene programs in response to stimulus and provide unprecedented insight into the molecular mechanisms underlying neuroadaptation.
The Absence of Texas-Mexican Musics at the South by Southwest Festival
Authors: Bauer Erin E.
Published: September 2022

Following the conclusion of the Mexican-American War and continuing through the first half of the twentieth century, the ethnically Mexican population in Texas suffered discrimination and ethno-racial segregation from the dominant, Anglo-Texan community. This systemic structure induced the Texas-Mexican community to create separate, Spanish-speaking social spaces. Tejano and conjunto music were influenced by these inequitable policies. Separate performance outlets, with distinct priorities and procedures, maintained a musical community outside of mainstream recording practices. This Texas-Mexican musical community—separate and distinctive from the hegemonic industry—has been maintained in contemporary practices, as demonstrated by the absence of Texas-Mexican artists at the annual South by Southwest Festival (SXSW) in Austin, Texas. From its beginnings in 1987, SXSW has drawn a diverse assortment of record labels, booking agents, promoters, managers, artists, and audiences. Although the festival started with a regional focus, billed as a means to bring together Texas music and the rest of the world, Tejanx participation is sparse, indicating a continuing separation between these two communities. Yet, SXSW has strategically attracted international artists and historically Black American genres. This paper uses statistical and ethnographic evidence to examine this selective absence of Tejano musics at SXSW.
Daily struggle
Authors: Coggins Owen , Geidel Molly
Published: September 2022

This article investigates representations of gender and work in the hit 2016 song “Rockabye” by Clean Bandit featuring Sean Paul and Anne-Marie in relation to a new orientation toward care labor and feminine performance we call “feminist realism.” Feminist realism, we argue, is a sensibility that calls attention to the disproportionate labor entailed, and risk undertaken, by performances of femininity, while despairing of structural fixes for these problems. The article assesses these issues of gender, sex and work in relation to music and dance in the “Rockabye” song and music video, arguing that the song’s depictions of exploited feminine and reproductive labor, reflected in its Nordic-British-Jamaican nexus of production, provide a particularly insightful articulation of feminist realism; we also analyze fan reviews to argue that this message resonated with audiences. Finally the article explores Sean Paul’s role as a featured artist on the track and video, drawing out the relationship between his attentiveness to the unsung labor of Jamaican musicians in creating the contemporary dance-pop scene and his support for similarly undervalued women in service work in their “daily struggle” for survival.
Diagnostics of the Translator’s Professional Competence Formation with Regional Component Included
Authors:   Nizhny Novgorod State University named after N. I. Lobachevsky, Ermakova Ermakova , Tsvetkova Svetlana Yevgenyevna ,   Nizhny Novgorod State Pedagogical University named after K. Minin
Published: September 2022

In the context of the development of international contacts, high requirements are placed on the professional competence of a translator. At the same time, an important task of professional language and translation training is to take into account the regional content component. The purpose of the article is to describe the stages, methods of control, diagnostics and results of experimental training, which allow us to confirm the working hypothesis about the effectiveness of the model for the formation of the professional competence of an interpreter, taking into account the regional component. The article presents an overview of the scientific and methodological literature on the problem of improving the quality of language and translation training, taking into account the intercultural / regional component; a brief description of the research methods and stages of the pedagogical experiment is given. The results provide a description of the main stages of experimental training; the methods of control and criteria for assessing the professional competence of a translator are considered; methods of statistical data processing, as well as the results of diagnostic and control testing, confirming the hypothesis about the effectiveness of the author’s didactic model. In conclusion, the main conclusions of the study are made; the obtained scientific and methodological results are listed.
Improving fly ash whiteness and the influence of modified fly ash on the physical strength of paper
Authors: Fan Huiming , Wang Shuo , Liu Jianan , Long Jun
Published: September 2022

In order to improve the whiteness of fly ash, the particles were coated by in-situ precipitation of calcium carbonate. After different mass ratios of calcium oxide to fly ash were mixed into water, a certain amount of carbon dioxide was bubbled into the mixture to form a precipitated calcium carbonate deposit on the surface of fly ash. With the help of scanning electron microscopy (SEM), the process and the coating mechanism of the unmodified and modified fly ash were studied. The results showed that when a 1:1 mass ratio of calcium oxide to fly ash was implemented, the whiteness of fly ash was increased from 30.3 (the original fly ash) to 74.0 (the modified fly ash). After appropriately controlling for the rate of carbon dioxide, the whiteness was improved to meet the standard for filler in the papermaking industry, and also great advantages in paper physical strength were demonstrated.
Effect of drying pretreatment on the acetylation of nanofibrillated cellulose
Authors: Žepič Vesna , Poljanšek Ida , Oven Primož , Škapin Andrijana Sever , Hančič Aleš
Published: September 2022

The aim of this study was to evaluate the effect of different morphologies of solvent-exchanged (NFCSE), spray-dried (NFCSD), and freeze-dried (NFCFD) nano-fibrillated cellulose on the susceptibility to surface modification with the acetic anhydride/pyridine system. The degree of substitution (DS), morphology, degree of crystallinity (Icr), hydrophobicity, and thermal stability of acetylated products were examined. Acetylated NFCSD and NFCFD had higher DS than acetylated NFCSE, suggesting that drying pre-treatment increased the susceptibility of NFC for acetylation. The morphology of acetylated NFCFD and NFCSD with higher DS was different from unmodified samples, while that of NFCSE was not affected by acetylation. Microspheres of acetylated NFCSD started to dissolve when the highest DS was reached. As opposed to unmodified NFCFD, the nanofibrillar units of acetylated NFCFD became individualised at lower DS. Acetylated samples had lower Icr than the unmodified samples. A significant increase in the contact angle was observed at higher DS of acetylated NFC samples. Acetylation markedly elevated the thermal stability of the acetylated NFC samples.
Production of bioethanol from sweet potato tubers with different storage times
Authors: Tian Shuang-Qi , Zhao Ren-Yong , Zhao Jun-Lan
Published: September 2022

To meet the demands for screening sweet potato tubers for bioethanol production, 12 genotypes of sweet potato tubers were collected from Henan, Shandong, Anhui, and Jiangsu Provinces, China. Based on the optimized determination method of the percent dry content, the nutritional composition and fermentation properties were studied. There were differences in the compositions and their correlations among the sweet potato varieties. The results showed that the starch content was weakly correlated with other ingredients, while the percent dry content and fermentable sugars contents had a close correlation with starch content. The percent dry content significantly and positively correlated with the flour and fermentable sugars contents. The percent dry content and starch contents had a significantly positive correlation, with a correlation coefficient that reached 0.96.
Characterization of moderately thermostable α-amylase-producing Bacillus licheniformis from decaying potatoes and sweet potatoes
Authors: Ashraf Muhammad Adnan , Arshad Muhammad Imran , Rahman Sajjad-ur , Khan Ahrar
Published: September 2022

Bacillus licheniformis is an endospore-forming bacterium that is commonly present in soil. The aim of the present study was to isolate and characterize local strains of α-amylase producing B. licheniformis. Soil samples were collected from the decaying surfaces of potatoes and sweet potatoes. The samples were identified by Gram staining, spore staining, and motility testing under aerobic conditions. Twenty-three isolates were found to be from the Bacillus genus and six of those (26%) were found to be B. licheniformis. Two representative samples were run on API 20E and API 50 CH biochemical kits, and 16S rDNA polymerase chain reaction. The isolates were confirmed to be B. licheniformis by the API-web program and molecular detection. Partially purified α-amylase was characterized to determine the effect of the incubation period, temperature tolerance, and pH stability. The activity peaked at 740 mU/mL after 42 h of culturing. The relative activity reached a maximum at 55 °C and a pH of 8.0. The decaying surfaces of potatoes and sweet potatoes are promising sources of α-amylase-producing strains of B. licheniformis that can tolerate both a high temperature and drastic pH level.
Management of Hepatic Sarcoidosis
Authors: Sollors Janina , Schlevogt Bernhard , Schmidt Hartmut J , Woerns Marcus Alexander , Galle Peter R , Qian Yuquan , Antoni Christoph , Weis Cleo-Aron , Hetjens Svetlana , Bergner Raoul , Ebert Matthias P , Teufel Andreas
Published: September 2022

Background and Aims: Liver involvement in sarcoidosis may occur in up to 60% of all patients. As many patients experience only minor symptoms, a high number of undiagnosed cases must be assumed. In order to successfully identify patients with hepatic sarcoidosis, a throughout characterization of these patients and their course of disease is necessary.

Methods: We collected 40 patients from four German centers to evaluate current treatment standards and course of disease. All of our patients underwent liver biopsy with histologically proven granulomatous hepatitis.

Results: Detailed characterization of our patients showed an overall benign course of disease. Treatment was very diverse with glucocorticoids for 1 year in 55% (22/40), 5-10 years in 18% (7/40), and permanently in 18% (7/40). Other treatments included disease-modifying anti-rheumatic drugs (DMARDs), the conventional non-biological type in 53% of all patients (of these 81% received azathioprine, 46% metotrexate, 10% hydroxychloroquine, 10% mycophenolate mofetil and 10% cyclophosphamide and biologicals in 8%. Despite these very diverse treatments, patients generally showed slow progression of the disease. Two patients died. None of our patients received a liver transplantation.

Conclusions: Patients received diverse treatments and generally showed slow progression of the disease. Based on our experience, we proposed a diagnostic work up and surveillance strategy as a basis for future, prospective register studies.
A agenda educacional do Banco Mundial para pessoas com deficiência e o caso brasileiro
Authors: Pereira João Márcio Mendes , Pletsch Márcia Denise
Published: September 2022

RESUMO Este artigo analisa a agenda educacional do Banco Mundial para pessoas com deficiência, relacionando-a às diretrizes gerais de reforma educacional e ao programa político da instituição. Inicialmente, discutem-se aspectos relevantes da história do Banco Mundial e de sua configuração institucional, seu programa político e a agenda educativa da entidade. Em seguida, analisa-se a agenda do Banco Mundial para a educação de pessoas com deficiência, com base no Relatório Mundial sobre a Deficiência, para avaliar em que medida essa agenda específica converge com o programa político mais geral do Banco Mundial. O texto também questiona as recomendações do Relatório Mundial sobre a Deficiência à luz da experiência brasileira no que diz respeito à institucionalização de direitos sociais e educacionais das pessoas com deficiência.
Traumatologia: Indicaciones de uso de tutor externo
Authors:   Hospital del Día, Moyano Collaguazo Héctor Danilo ,   Clínica Metropolitana, Maldonado Cornejo Jorge ,   Universidad Central del Ecuador,   Pontificia Universidad Católica del Ecuador, Burgos Ruiz Mery Pastora ,   Peaje Puerto Inca Naranajal médico de ambulancias y emergencias, Morales Zúñiga Jéssica Mireya ,   Hospital Básico de Sucúa
Published: September 2022

Un fijador externo es un armazón metálico que se utiliza para fijar los huesos en su sitio. Dispone de unos tornillos que atraviesan la piel y llegan hasta el hueso. El fijador externo que se usa para alargar las extremidades, dispone de unas barras o tubos que se giran para alargar y realinear lentamente el hueso, se los utiliza básicamente en: Fijación de fracturas abiertas o con graves daños en las partes blandas. Estabilización de fracturas en politraumatizados, incluyendo las de pelvis. Tratamiento mínimamente invasivo de fracturas articulares. Alargamientos óseos.
Extraction organic complex-forming reagents and their complexes with metal ions in systems based on mixtures of anionic and cationic surfactants
Authors:   PSU, Denisova Svetlana A. , Khomutova Alina O. ,   PSU, Elokhov Aleksandr M. ,   PSU
Published: September 2022

The work investigates the distribution patterns of organic complexing reagents in the potassium bis (alkylpolyoxyethylene)phosphate (oxyphos B) – alkylbenzyldimethylammonium chloride (catamine AB) –water and oxyphos B – tertiary oxyethylated amine of coconut oil acids (ethomeen C / 15) – water systems, and also proposed a method for the extraction-spectrophotometric determination of thorium with arsenazo III. The composition of resulting complex compound and its stability have been determined.
Impedance of the hydrogen evolution reaction via the Volmer-Heyrovsky mechanism with different forms of coverage dependence of the heat of hydrogen adsorption
Authors:   PSU, Kichigin Vladimir I.
Published: September 2022

The steady-state polarization curves and overpotential dependences of the equivalent circuit elements (R1, R2, C2) were calculated for the hydrogen evolution at nonlinear variation of the free energy of hydrogen adsorption DGadswith increasing coverage q. It was shown that the polarization curves depend weakly on the function g(q) = DGads/RT while the values of the Faradaic impedance parameters depend markedly on g(q). When DGads is coverage-dependent, the following differences from Langmuir adsorption are observed: (i) inductive behavior of impedance at small rate constant of the Heyrovsky reaction compared with rate constant of the Volmer reaction and at equal transfer coefficients of the steps; (ii) logR1–h curve is off parallel with logR2–h curve at high cathodic polarizations.
Blote vertroue en die voorwaardes daarvoor
Authors: Heyns M
Published: September 2022

Hoe belangrik is vertroue vir menswees? Sedert die Verligting is dit mode in sekere kringe om menswees tot rasionaliteit te reduseer. Rasionalisme word daarvan verdink dat dit vertroue óf ombou om rasionaliteit te reflekteer, óf dat dit 'n mindere plek in menslike bestaan aan vertroue toeken. Daar is egter tekens in ons tyd van 'n toenemende besef dat rasionaliteit grense het en dat menswees veel meer prominente kruissnydende aspekte en faktore veronderstel as wat 'n rasionalisme sal wil toegee. Te midde van hierdie meer akkommoderende konteks vir vertroue is die fokus van hierdie artikel die stel van 'n standpunt dat vertroue as menslike aspek van ander aspekte onderskei moet word, dat vertroue verdien om met prominensie in die moderne kultuur behandel te word en dat die interaksie tussen vertroue en ander aspekte 'n belangrike plek in menslike bestaan inneem.
Target reliability for new road bridges in South Africa
Authors: Way A C , de Koker N , Viljoen C
Published: September 2022

Currently, there are no recommendations of target reliability for new-build road bridges tailored to developing countries. Target reliabilities in existing international literature reflect the economic and social circumstances associated with developed countries and may not be economically or societally acceptable for South Africa. This research determines target reliability for new-build road bridges specifically for a South African context. Economic cost optimisation and a societal risk approach are considered. Cost optimisation considers the cost of safety and consequences of failure. The life quality index methodology is used to consider limits on target reliability from a societal risk perspective. Additionally, the effect of structural redundancy on target reliability in bridges is investigated. Target reliabilities from cost optimisation are shown to be slightly higher than those from SANS 10160-1 and correspond with those from ISO 2394:2015. Recommendations of annual target reliability for new-build road bridges in South Africa are proposed - a typical value of β = 4.2 is recommended. Societal limits on target reliability correspond with target reliability from cost optimisation for bridges with minor consequences of failure and do not govern new-build bridges in South Africa. Target reliability reduces with increasing measures of bridge redundancy; a means by which to consider the effect of structural redundancy on target reliability is also proposed.
Quantifying MyCiTi supply usage using Big Data and Agent-Based Modelling
Authors: Willenberg D , Zuidgeest M , Beukes E
Published: September 2022

Cape Town's Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) system, MyCiTi, uses an Automated Fare Collection (AFC) system that generates large volumes of transactional data on a daily basis. This data can be considered Big Data. The AFC data in its raw format, however, is incapable of supporting supply and demand analysis (e.g. studying bus occupancy rates). Agent-Based Modelling (ABM) can be used to analyse such data for that purpose. This paper discusses the development and calibration of a MATSim-based ABM to analyse AFC data for Cape Town's BRT system. It is shown that data-formatting algorithms are critical in the preparation of data for modelling activities. Furthermore, the development of appropriate ABM calibration parameters requires careful consideration in terms of appropriate data collection, simulation testing, and justification, which are discussed. The paper furthermore shows that the calibrated ABM can generate outputs such as bus on-board volumes, a system-demand overview, and even individual commuter path choice behaviour. Finally, a validation exercise shows that the model developed for this study is able to provide good estimates of on-board bus volumes (R2 = 0.85). It is, however, recommended that further research be conducted into studying agent path choices through simulation.
Dry needling in triceps surae muscles and its influence on pressure pain threshold and lower limb posture in active elderly women: a randomized, blinded controlled clinical trial
Authors: Martins Camila Morábito , Ferreira Fernando Borges , Tozim Beatriz Mendes , Barbosa Pedro Marco Kazan
Published: September 2022

Background: Aging leads to the loss of anatomical structures and physiological processes such as postural stability. Poor postural control leads to a shift in the center of gravity, thus overloading the musculature. Muscles overloaded due to postural changes do not show enough muscle contraction, causing the appearance of trigger points (TP). Among the PG deactivation methods, the Dry Needling (DN) has been shown to be a good response method in clinical practice. Objective: To analyze the immediate effect of DN on pressure pain threshold (PPT) of latent trigger points of the sural triceps muscles, in order to verify whether there is improvement in the posture of the lower limbs of active elderly women. Methods: A randomized, controlled and blind clinical trial (patients) was carried out. The sample consisted of physically active elderly women from the community. Divided into two groups: DN Group (DNG) and Control Group (CG). Both groups underwent an initial assessment, treatment (DNG) or sham (CG), and reassessment. The tests were: pressure algometer and biophotogrammetry. Data were analyzed from Normality using the Shapiro-Wilk test. The characterization of the sample was analyzed by multivariate analysis of variance (MANOVA) for comparison between groups. For inter and intragroup analysis, mixed Anova with post hoc Bonferroni was used. The level of significance used was p<0.05. Results: The PPT showed an increase in the intragroup analysis for the right (14.03%) and left (14.92%) sides in the GDN group, as for the intergroup analysis, the results of the reassessment were higher in the DNG group compared to the GC. Regarding the posture of the lower limbs, there was no significant improvement in the intergroup and intragroup analyses. Conclusion: The present study demonstrated that the application of Dry Needling in PG in the sural triceps musculature presents an increase in the pressure pain threshold, however, only one session of the technique application was not enough to present a significant improvement in the posture of the lower limbs. of active elderly women. Search registered on the ReBEC (Brazilian Registry of Clinical Trials) platform under the number RBR-97sqsb.
Cardiac resynchronization therapy adjustment during the cardiopulmonary testing: Study protocol
Authors: Stutz Kelly Christine , De Tarso Jorge Medeiros Paulo , Bellotti Lopes Hugo , Vinicius de Oliveira Montesi Marcos , Alberto Cordeiro Hossri Carlos , Mirelli de Melo Viana Renata , Amorim Souza Leão Marilia
Published: September 2022

Background: Cardiac resynchronization therapy is known to promote symptom improvement, increased survival, and decreased hospitalizations for heart failure. However, one third of patients on cardiac resynchronization therapy may not achieve any clinical improvement. One of the factors for the lack of improvement is an inadequate adjustment of the cardiac device programming, because such adjustments are commonly made at rest.   Cardiac resynchronization therapy optimization can be done by adjusting the cardiac resynchronizer during cardiopulmonary exercise testing, this allow the program to align with the functional class of the patient, thus maintaining atrioventricular synchronism and biventricular pacing according to the chronotropic response to effort. However, there is a lack of protocols that propose device adjustment through cardiopulmonary exercise testing and that evaluate the response to its readjustment. Objective: To develop a cardiac resynchronizer readjustment protocol using cardiopulmonary exercise testing. Methods: This was a randomized controlled clinical trial to evaluate the effectiveness of device readjustment during maximal exercise. The variables used to measure the degree of response to readjustment will be: Functional capacity by the six-minute walk test, life quality by means of the Minessota questionnaire and sleep quality by means of the pittsburg. Participants will be divided into two groups (control and intervention group), then, the six-minute walk test will be applied, followed by life quality and sleep evaluation. The cardiopulmonary test will be the last proposed activity and will not be performed on the same day as the other evaluations. After three months, they will be submitted again to the same testes mentioned previously.  During the initial evaluation by cardiopulmonary testing, the components of the intervention group will undergo cardiac resynchronization readjustment by means of a protocol. Results: We hope that the intervention designed by the protocol can contribute to the improvement of functional capacity, quality of life and sleep.
Genç Tüketicilerde Etkili Kişi Algısı: Sosyal Medyadaki Pazarlama İletişimi Uygulamalarına Sosyal Karşılaştırma Perspektifinden Bir Bakış
Authors: ÇELİK Murat , BAKIR Uğur , BAZARCI Selçuk
Published: September 2022

Etkili kişilerin alternatif pazarlama iletişimi stratejisi olarak giderek daha fazla kullanılıyor olması, bu kişilere dair sosyal karşılaştırma süreçlerini ve hedef kitleler tarafından bu kişilerin nasıl algılandığını belirlemeyi önemli kılmaktadır. Bu araştırmada, sosyal medyadaki etkili kişilerin takipçileri tarafından nasıl algılandığı ve bunun pazarlama iletişimi uygulamalarına olan yansıması sosyal karşılaştırma perspektifinden ele alınmaktadır. Nitel araştırma deseniyle gerçekleştirilen çalışma, sosyal medyayı aktif kullanan, asgari iki farklı etkili kişiyi takip eden, üniversite öğrencisi 16 katılımcıyla gerçekleştirilmiştir. Veriler, yarı yapılandırılmış görüşme tekniğiyle toplanmış, tümevarımsal yaklaşımla analiz edilmiştir. Görüşmeler sonucunda, katılımcıların etkili kişilere yönelik görüşleri “etkili kişilere yönelik algı ve motivasyonlar”, “etkili kişilere yönelik duygular ve sosyal karşılaştırma” ve “marka-etkili kişi iş birliği ve sosyal karşılaştırma” temaları altında toplanmıştır. Araştırma sonuçlarına göre katılımcılar, kendilerine yakın hissettikleri etkili kişilere karşı daha olumlu yaklaşmakta, katılımcılarda olumlu izlenimler daha çok yukarı yönlü asimilasyon olarak ortaya çıkmakta, sınırlı da olsa sempati, acıma gibi aşağı yönlü asimilasyon kodlarına rastlandığı görülmektedir. Ayrıca kıskançlık, haset gibi yukarı yönlü kontrast duygularla sıklıkla karşılaşılırken, etkili kişinin yetersiz görüldüğü durumlarda belirginleşen aşağı yönlü kontrast duygular da gözlenmektedir. Etkili kişi – marka iş birliği boyutuyla bakıldığında ise etkili kişinin, reklam içerikli paylaşımlarda benimsediği doğal akışın dışına çıkmasının tüketiciler tarafından olumsuz karşılandığı tespit edilmiştir.
Estimating Cross-Coupling in Site Response by Seismic Noise Interferometry: An Example from an Alpine Valley (Northeastern Italy)
Authors: Parolai Stefano , Laurenzano Giovanna , Garbin Marco
Published: September 2022

The assessment of site response is an important task for improved seismic hazard estimation. The standard tools and approaches, however, generally neglect the cross-coupling effect among the three components of motion due to heterogeneities in the underground structure. In this study, we propose a means to estimate cross-coupling effects by the inversion of the deconvolved wavefield derived from seismic noise analysis. These functions are obtained by deconvolving the three components of the ground motion recorded at a site with those recorded at a reference site. The proposed procedure is applied to a set of recordings collected in the Sarca Valley (northeastern Italy) by a temporary seismometric network. The results show that the cross-coupling components are not negligible, and are related to lateral variations in the bedrock surface and heterogeneities within the sedimentary cover.
Western U.S. Deformation Models for the 2023 Update to the U.S. National Seismic Hazard Model
Authors: Pollitz Fred F. , Evans Eileen L. , Field Edward H. , Hatem Alexandra E. , Hearn Elizabeth H. , Johnson Kaj , Murray Jessica R. , Powers Peter M. , Shen Zheng-Kang , Wespestad Crystal , Zeng Yuehua
Published: September 2022

This report describes geodetic and geologic information used to constrain deformation models of the 2023 update to the National Seismic Hazard Model (NSHM), a set of deformation models to interpret these data, and their implications for earthquake rates in the western United States. Recent updates provide a much larger data set of Global Positioning System crustal velocities than used in the 2014 NSHM, as well as hundreds of new faults considered as active sources for the 2023 NSHM. These data are interpreted by four geodetic models of deformation that estimate fault slip rates and their uncertainties together with off-fault moment release rates. Key innovations in the 2023 NSHM relative to past practice include (1) the addition of two new (in addition to two existing) deformation models, (2) the revision and expansion of the geologic slip rate database, (3) accounting for fault creep through development of a creep-rate model that is employed by the four deformation models, and (4) accounting for time-dependent earthquake-cycle effects through development of viscoelastic models of the earthquake cycle along the San Andreas fault and the Cascadia subduction zone. The effort includes development of a geologic deformation model that complements the four geodetic models. The current deformation models provide a new assessment of outstanding discrepancies between geologic and geodetic slip rates, at the same time highlighting the need for both geologic and geodetic slip rates to robustly inform the earthquake rate model.
LUZ E SOMBRA NUMA LIRA DE DIRCEU
Authors: Miranda José Américo
Published: September 2022

Este estudo analisa a lira n. 65 (numeração de Rodrigues Lapa), de Tomás Antônio Gonzaga. O poema é dividido em três partes, vistas como passos de um raciocínio lógico, com desenvolvimento de um argumento favorável ao poeta, que se achava preso, acusado de crime de inconfidência, quando compôs o poema.
Uma introdução ao livro Poemas de Ovídio Saraiva
Authors: Drumond Adriano Lima
Published: September 2022

Nascido no Piauí, o poeta neoclássico Ovídio Saraiva de Carvalho e Silva (1787-1852) ainda é um nome pouco conhecido no Brasil. Desde meados do século XX, a historiografia literária piauiense e alguns estudos acadêmicos regionais têm se dedicado à sua obra, sobretudo ao livro Poemas, publicado em 1808. A abordagem desses trabalhos, geralmente, desconsidera informações importantes sobre o contexto das relações socioculturais entre o Brasil-colônia e sua Metrópole, Portugal, e sobre as codificações e convenções da poética neoclássica. Este artigo se propõe a compreender o livro Poemas à luz dessas duas dimensões – histórica e estética – conforme o entendimento hoje dominante acerca da poesia luso-brasileira no Setecentos e no início do Oitocentos.
Academia Brasílica dos Esquecidos
Authors: Pinto Nilton de Paiva
Published: September 2022

Este artigo investiga e descreve o funcionamento da Academia Brasílica dos Esquecidos, fundada na colônia portuguesa na América, em 1724. As informações aqui reunidas foram colhidas nos códices que contêm as produções acadêmicas e em outras fontes bibliográficas. Esses códices foram publicados por José Aderaldo Castello entre 1969 e 1971. Essa Academia desempenhou importante papel histórico no desenvolvimento da organização de atividades intelectuais na colônia portuguesa, que viria, um século mais tarde, a ser um país independente, o Brasil. A Academia foi fundada para cumprir orientações emanadas da Academia Real de História Portuguesa, criada em Lisboa. Seu principal objetivo era a produção de uma História da colônia, dividida em quatro partes: natural, militar, eclesiástica e política. Além dos textos historiográficos, encomendados a quatro dos acadêmicos, os demais membros apresentavam produções poéticas em todas as sessões (sobre temas que lhes eram também encomendados). O acadêmico Sebastião da Rocha Pita, um dos mais importantes membros da Academia, foi objeto de algumas considerações ao longo do artigo.
ENTRE O BOSCO PARRASIO E OS PENHASCOS DO ITACOLOMI. PRESENÇA DA LÍNGUA ITALIANA NO ARCADISMO BRASILEIRO
Authors: Gialdroni Michele
Published: September 2022

O artigo surge de uma ampla pesquisa bibliográfica sobre a presença da língua e da cultura italianas na época do arcadismo mineiro, com especial foco nas tendências mais modernas da literatura italiana no século XVIII. A investigação se direciona a uma interpretação da significativa presença de poemas em língua italiana nas Obras de Cláudio Manuel da Costa e da experiência da Arcádia Ultramarina no contexto cultural e político de Vila Rica. Fundamentais para esta interpretação são os trabalhos de Monica Ferrando sobre o sentido político da tradição arcádica e os estudos de Cláudio Versiani dos Anjos sobre a história editorial das Obras. O resultado desta releitura da fase crucial da Arcádia Ultramarina em 1768 leva a reconsiderar o papel fundamental de Basílio da Gama quanto ao vínculo com a cultura italiana, filtrada pelo academicismo romano, e ao uso da língua italiana no contexto do arcadismo mineiro.
Instagram Brand Activation for Fashion Start Ups with Experiential Marketing
Authors: Prianka Dian
Published: September 2022

A lot of startup brands utilized Instagram to build their brand online and to raise awareness toward their brand. Fashion industry is one of the many industries that rely on Instagram heavily. Three Levels of Experiential Marketing was a new strategy that was built from 5 Strategic Experiential Modules (SEMs) from Schmitt such as Sense, Feel, Think, Act and Relate to make the 5 SEMs easily applicable to businesses in Instagram. To validate the application of those Three Levels of Experiential Marketing strategy, startup brands from Faculty of Creative Industry, in Fashion and Product Lifestyle Design program utilized the modules to help build their fashion brand from scratch. There are 20 subjects of students in Fashion and Lifestyle Product Design program in University of Surabaya. These subjects start their own fashion branding on Instagram and utilized the Three Levels of Experiential Marketing Strategy for 1 month. In conclusion, not every factor can be fully embedded, and factors under Sense, Feel and Relate SEMs are the most effective ones.
Development of Intensive Apprenticeship Models for Accelerating Certification
Authors: Isnandar Isnandar , Suwarno Eko , Ariestadi Dian , Umniati B. Sri , Al Ansyorie Mohammad Musthofa
Published: September 2022

As a consequence of the rapid development of infrastructures, there is a scarcity of availability of skilled labor in construction services, so efforts are needed to accelerate the preparation of experts in the field of construction services. Intensive apprenticeship pattern is a program to accelerate the preparation of construction service workers in increasing the relevance of higher education to the world of work as a purpose in this study. Data analysis used comparative analysis and descriptive statistics. The results of the study show that the existing pattern of internship in the field carried out by the sample universities is that there are two things that have not been widely implemented, namely the provision of insurance and special facilities. While other items related to the implementation of internships have a percentage of more than 50 percent. The apprenticeship patterns that can be implemented include through the process of collaboration, socialization, participant registration, self assessment, matriculation, implementation of internships, appraisal, and granting certificates from the Construction Services Business Entity (CSBE/ BUJK). Whereas Certification is carried out in general through Pre-Internship, Internships, Judicium, Post-Judiciary, Graduation and Certification of Young Experts.
Integrating STEM into the Formal and Instructional Curriculum to Support Machine Construction Design
Authors: Sudjimat Dwi Agus , Romlie Maftuchin Romlie , Sudjono Imam Sudjono , Subandi Mahfudi Sahly
Published: September 2022

The design of machine construction is one of the subjects that often becomes a stumbling block for students of the Mechanical Engineering Education Study Program to graduate on time. Many factors cause it, including the weakness of students using STEM content in designing machine construction and the lack of contextual learning strategies for STEM-loaded courses with machine construction design tasks. This qualitative study aims to (1) identify the STEM content of the Scientific and Expertise Subject group, (2) describe the pattern of integrating STEM content in the formal and instructional curriculum, and (3) describe the learning pattern of the STEM content course. Research data were collected through document analysis, semi-open questionnaires, and FGD. The results showed (1) identified 15 scientific and skill courses containing STEM content that supported the work on machine construction design tasks, (2) integration of STEM-loaded courses in the formal curriculum was carried out by structuring their presentation before or at the same time as the presentation of the Mechanical Construction Design Course, being in the instructional curriculum is carried out by integrating learning experiences related to the design of machine construction in Lecture Event Unit, and (3) the learning pattern of courses containing STEM content should be carried out using a problem-based learning model where the problems are directly related to and or taken from machine construction design tasks.
Identification of Vocational High School Competency Based on Leading Potential of The Region in Batu City
Authors: Prabowo Tito Tri
Published: September 2022

The target of the synchronization program  are schools that have areas of expertise that are not in accordance with the potential of the superior map of the region, the difference is seen from the superior potential of the region synchronized with the distribution of areas of expertise in each province in Indonesia. This research aims to determine the competence of vocational skills in Batu City, based on the findings of the phenomenon of various regional potentials owned by each sub-district spread across Batu City with a Spectrum of Middle School Expertise Vocational High School (SMK) / Vocational Madrasah Aliyah (MAK), with the hope that graduates who are intended to be able to develop and cultivate the potential of the region properly. This type of research used qualitative descriptive, data collection methods conducted by interview, study of related documents, and observation of findings in the field to collect any data and facts scattered throughout the region sub-districts in Batu City (Kecamatan Batu, Bumiaji, Junrejo), as well as with data triangulation analysis techniques. Based on the findings in Batu District, there are 3 main potentials, namely the tourism sector, th e restaurant sector, and the tourism sector transportation and agriculture. Batu District has 4 main labour sector priorities, namely the restaurant, hotel sector, tourism and transportation service sector, and agriculture sector. Sync result Finding the potential of the Batu City area with a spectrum of vocational expertise competencies is expected to create competent human resources in developing the Batu City area.
Teaching Factory Learning Program at Telkom Malang Vocational High School During the Pandemic
Authors: Maula Putrinda Inayatul , Patmanthara Syaad , Elmunsyah Hakkun
Published: September 2022

Teaching factory is a learning concept that adapts the learning conditions in school to those in the industry. But the problem in vocational education today is the lack of absorbed practicum learning caused by the Covid-19 pandemic. Therefore, the focus of this research is the teaching factory learning program at Telkom Malang Vocational High School (TMVHS) during the pandemic. This research method uses a qualitative approach. The location of this research is in TMVHS. The results from the study showed that the preparation carried out by TMVHS was done by finding an industry that was following the competence of students' expertise as partners. The implementation of the teaching factory at TMVHS is the teacher becomes the primary instructor in helping students because learning is completely done online. In addition, there are inhibitory factors during the teaching factory learning process, especially in the pandemic season, namely reduced interaction between students and industry. But these inhibitory factors can be overcome by students who have the enthusiasm and high learning motivation.
Teaching Factory Learning Model as Income Generating Unit with Marketable Products in Public Vocational High School
Authors: Mentari Febiana Putri , Nurhadi Didik , Patmanthara Syaad
Published: September 2022

Vocational High School (VHS) is a vocational school intended to give students practical skills to create skilled graduates ready for jobs. To serve this purpose, Public Vocational High School (PVHS) 1 of Jenangan designs teaching factory learning model. Teaching factory is a learning model focusing on teaching students some practical skills with which to manufacture quality products up to industry standard. Hopefully, the educational outcome of this model can be Income Generating Unit (IGU) of software engineering study program in the school. This is descriptive and qualitative research using Miles ad Huberman’s data analysis model. The research found that using teaching factory as income generating unit with marketable products in software engineering study program is an effective strategy for the effort to provide quality human resources ready to perform jobs and create marketable products.