bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
La diversidad y la multitemporalidad de procesos de lectura en Condiciones Extremas
Authors: Acuña-Zumbado Eduardo
Published: May 2020

La multitemporalidad cumple una función importante en la novela “Condiciones Extremas” (1998, 2000 y 2005) del colombiano Juan B. Gutiérrez. Este texto es una hipernovela que presenta una organización narrativa temporal desfamiliarizadora anclada en las tendencias temáticas y estrategias textuales generales de las obras de ciencia ficción. La dispersión de la subjetividad de los personajes se observa en la narrativa y en la representación del texto como un hipermedia adaptable en donde la manipulación del elemento temporal es un aspecto esencial en la interpretación de la narrativa digital. En la presentación y estructuración de su narrativa, “Condiciones Extremas” utiliza Literatrónica en su última versión. Éste es un motor de inteligencia artificial que preselecciona vínculos para que el lector-usuario siga en la construcción de la(s) historia(s) de la obra. Literatrónica trata de evitar la posible dispersión del sujeto-lector que se asocia con las múltiples alternativas de navegación de un hipertexto, proporcionándole a su lector-usuario una narrativa coherente, al estilo de las narrativas no-virtuales, presente desde el principio. De tal forma que cualquiera que sea la ruta de navegación por la que el lector-usuario opte, no se va a impedir una experiencia narrativa “completa” de la novela.
Analisis dan Perancangan Sistem Informasi Pemetaan Potensi Ekonomi Kewilayahan di Kota Bandung
Authors: Shandi Yusup Jauhari
Published: May 2020

Kota Bandung saat ini menjadi kota yang banyak diminati oleh para wisatawan baik domestik maupun mancanegara karena daya tarik akan keindahan alam, bangunan heritage, kuliner, destinasi budaya dan kesenian serta bidang fashion yang menjadikan kota Bandung sebagai Paris van Java.

Bidang pariwisata menjadi peluang besar Kota Bandung untuk meningkatkan pendapatan daerah. Sistem pemetaan potensi ekonomi yang dimiliki oleh kota bandung per kecamatannya diharapkan mampu menjadi alat pendukung dalam hal penyampaian informasi kepada wisatawan khususnya dan masyarakat pada umumnya agar mengenal lebih banyak lagi potensi ekonomi beserta wilayah atau lokasinya.
Perencanaan Strategis Sistem Informasi Klinik Kecantikan dengan Pendekatan Ward And Peppard Model (Studi Kasus: PT Virgina Estetika (Farina Beauty Clinic))
Authors: Pranata Andi
Published: May 2020

PT.Virgina Estetika (Farina Beauty Clinic) merupakan organisasi atau perusahaan yang bergerak di bidang penyedia jasa pelayanan perawatan kulit wajah dan tubuh. Untuk bisa mendapatkan keunggulan bersaing dan dapat bertahan dalam persaingan yang ketat, strategi yang dapat dilakukan Klinik kecantikan adalah dengan differentiation dan cost reduction. Salah satu hal yang bisa dilakukan untuk cost- reduction adalah dengan menjadikan proses bisnis yang ada di Klinik Kecantika menjadi lebih efisien, salah satu hal yang bisa dimanfaatkan untuk efisiensi adalah SI/TI. Secara garis besar penelitian ini merupakan upaya untuk membangun suatu perencanaan strategis sistem informasi beserta portofolio aplikasi di PT. Virgina Estetika (Farina Beauty Clinic) yang bisa memberikankontribusi yang optimal, terintegrasi dengan baik dan inovatif yang bisa menyatukan keseluruhan aspek pendukung dalam pencapaian strategi bisnis klinik untuk meningkatkan nilai kompetitifnya dalam jasa pelayanan kesehatan.

Dalam penyusunan kerangka kerja perencanaan strategis sistem informasi menggunakan pendekatan Ward and Peppard Model dan dalam mengevaluasi penjabaran perencanaan strategis sistem informasi dan strategi bisnis menggunakan Balance Scorecard IT. Beberapa metode analisis seperti, Value Chain Analysis, SWOT Analysis, PEST Analysis dan Five Force Model Analysis digunakan untuk menganalisis lingkungan bisnis internal dan eksternal. Strategic Grid McFarlan Analysis digunakan untuk memetakan portofolio aplikasi. Pada akhirnya penelitian ini menghasilkan sebuah rekomendasi untuk organisasi berupa prioritas pembangunan yang terbagi menjadi dua hal- hal terkait, pembentukan unit SI/TI dan pengembangan portofolio aplikasi yang akan mendukung keberlangsungan proses bisnis PT. Virgina Estetika (Farina Beauty Clinic) Karawang.
PENGEMBANGAN E-MODUL DENGAN MODEL TUTORIAL PADA MATA KULIAH TEKNOLOGI SEPEDA MOTOR
Authors: Jatmoko Dwi , Primartadi Aci
Published: May 2020

Tujuan dari penelitian ini adalah untuk mengembangkan modul sebagai media pembelajaran elektronik dengan tutorial model pembelajaran dengan situs web tentang teknologi sepeda motor dalam Pendidikan Teknik Otomotif di Universitas Muhammadiyah Purworejo. Penelitian ini dilakukan di Fakultas Keguruan dan Ilmu Pendidikan Program Studi Pendidikan Teknik Otomotif dengan menggunakan metode Penelitian dan Pengembangan. Pendekatan penelitian yang digunakan adalah pembuatan e- module (Research and Development). Pengumpulan data dilakukan dengan menggunakan kuesioner, sedangkan metode yang digunakan untuk menganalisis data adalah teknik analisis eksperimental. Tahapan dalam penelitian ini terdiri dari: (1) analisis kebutuhan, (2) pengembangan desain pembelajaran, (3) pengembangan desain produk, (4) evaluasi produk, (5) implementasi dan evaluasi produk yang direvisi. Hasil penelitian ini adalah skor validasi yang dilakukan oleh satu ahli materi 82% dan skor pakar media 83%. Subjek uji coba terdiri dari: tiga siswa menerima skor rata-rata 79%, skor rata-rata delapan siswa untuk uji coba kelompok kecil 80%, dan skor dua puluh lima siswa untuk uji coba kelompok besar mendapatkan 82%. Pengumpulan data menggunakan kuesioner untuk aspek strategi pengiriman, kegunaan, desain modul, prosedur praktik Teknologi Sepeda Motor, dan operasi e-modul online yang diperoleh tes analisis prasyarat. Dari hasil penelitian yang dilakukan dapat disimpulkan bahwa media e-module efektif untuk penggunaan pembelajaran teknologi sepeda motor. Kata kunci: Metode Pembelajaran Tutorial, Teknologi Sepeda Motor, Website, E-Module
PENGKAJIAN KOMPARATIF PROSES PEMBELAJARAN MODEL ISLAMIC FULL DAY SCHOOL TINGKAT SEKOLAH DASAR
Authors: Nazudi Nif’an , Hermawan Hermawan
Published: May 2020

Pelaksanaan model Islamic full day school di sekolah dasar terdapat perbedaan signifikan, meskipun sama dari sisi waktu proses pembelajarannya. Dari sinilah penulis berkeinginan untuk mengkaji secara komparatif terkait perbedaan-perbedaan dalam proses pembelajaran model Islamic full day school tingkat sekolah dasar di tiga SD, yaitu SD Muhammadiyah Kutoarjo, SDIT Ulul Albab Purworejo, dan SDIT Salsabila Purworejo. Adapun rumusan masalah dalam penelitian ini adalah: (1) Bagaimana hasil pengkajian komparatif proses pembelajaran model Islamic full say school tingkat sekolah dasar di Kabupaten Purworejo? (2) Apa saja kelebihan dan kekurangan proses pembelajaran model Islamic full day school tingkat sekolah dasar di Kabupaten Purworejo?. Metode penelitian yang akan digunakan adalah deskriptif kualitatif dengan pendekatan komparatif (perbandingan), dengan tahapan: (1) Studi pendahuluan (pustaka dan lapangan), (2) Perbandingan atau mengkaji perbedaan-perbedaan temuan data kemudian dianalisis dan ditarik kesimpulan, (3) validasi ahli, dan (4) publikasi ilmiah dan membuat produk berupa panduan pembelajaran model Islamic full day school berdasarkan pengkajian komparatif model Islamic full day school. Hasil dari penelitian ini adalah: 1) pembelajaran dengan model Islamic full day school di tiga SD tempat penelitian terdapat perbedaan dalam alokasi (jadwal) waktu pembelajaran, di SD Muhammadiyah Kutoarjo pembelajaran dimulai pukul 06.45-13.00, di SDIT Ulul Albab dimulai pukul 07.00-14.00, sedangkan di SDIT Salsabila dimulai pukul 07.00-15.00. Pembelajaran di tiga sekolah tersebut memadukan kurikulum Depdiknas dan kurikulum yayasan yang menaunginya. 2) Adapun kelebihan dari model Islamic full day school adalah adanya keseimbangan aspek religi dan ilmu umum, waktu lebih berguna bagi siswa, lebih mudah untuk mendidik karakter siswa. Sedangkan kekurangannya adalah rasa lelah dari para guru dan siswa, kurangnya fasilitas, sarana dan prasarana. Kata kunci: proses pembelajaran, Islamic full day school
ANALISIS PROSES BERPIKIR MATEMATIS PESERTA DIDIK DALAM MENYELESAIKAN MASALAH APLIKASI TURUNAN
Authors: Astriyani Arlin
Published: May 2020

Setiap peserta didik memiliki kemampuan yang berbeda-beda dalam memecahkan masalah  tergantung dari jenis kecerdasan yang dimilikinya. Tujuan penelitian ini adalah untuk menganalisis proses berpikir matematis peserta didik menyelesaikan  masalah aplikasi turunan. Penelitian ini menggunakan jenis penelitian kualitatif deskriptif. Subjek penelitian ini terdiri satu orang peserta didik yang dengan rerata hasil belajar paling tinggi. Hasil penelitian menunjukkan bahwa proses berpikir proses berpikir matematis peserta didik dalam menyelesaikan masalah aplikasi turunan menggunakan beberapa tahap penyelesaian berupa : (1) menggaris bawahi apa yang diketahui dalam soal cerita, (2) menghubungkan apa yang diketahui dalam soal dengan apa yang ditanyakan, (3) Mengolah informasi yang diperoleh dari soal, sehingga akan lebih mudah dalam menyelesaikan masalah aplikasi turunan.
Microsimulation for demography
Authors: Lomax Nik , Smith Andrew
Published: May 2020

Background: Microsimulation consists of a set of techniques for estimating characteristics and modelling change in populations of individuals.
Aims: To demonstrate how microsimulation can be used by demographers who want to undertake population estimates and projections.
Data and methods: We use data from the 2011 United Kingdom (UK) Census of population to create a synthetic population by age, sex and ethnic group. Static and dynamic microsimulations and the visualisation of results are undertaken using the statistical package R. The code and data used in the static and dynamic microsimulation are available via a GitHub repository.
Results: A synthetic population in 2011 by age, sex and ethnicity was produced for the East London Borough of Tower Hamlets, estimated from two Census tables. A population projection was produced for each of these age, sex and ethnicity groups to 2021. We used a projection of the Bangladeshi population to visualise population growth by Middle-layer Super Output Area (MSOA) and to produce a population pyramid of estimates in 2021.
Conclusions: We argue that microsimulation is an adaptable technique which is well suited to demography, for both population estimation and projection. Although our example is applied to the East London Borough of Tower Hamlets, the approach could be readily applied in Australia, or any other country.
A whole-of-government approach to population policy for Australia
Authors: Allen Liz
Published: May 2020

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Calculating a deprivation index using census data
Authors: Norman Paul , Berrie Laurie , Exeter Daniel J
Published: May 2020

Background  Deprivation indexes have widespread use in academic research and in local and national government applications. It is useful for people to understand their construction and to be able to calculate their own measures. Aims  We provide an overview of the background to area based deprivation measures. We detail and explain a series of steps taken to calculate a deprivation index for small areas in Australia. Data and methods  We use data from Australia’s 2016 Census of Population and Housing for the SA2 level of geography. After defining the set of variables used as inputs, we emulate the steps taken to calculate other census based deprivation indexes. Results  The resulting scheme correlates closely with an official, but more sophisticated deprivation measure, suggesting that simple schemes have utility. Conclusions  There are choices to be made for input variables and for some of the detail of the calculations. Researchers can follow the steps we describe to develop their own measures.
Changing education, changing fertility: a decomposition of completed fertility in Australia
Authors: Gray Edith , Evans Ann
Published: May 2020

Background The expansion of education in Australia, particularly for women, is one of the most significant social changes of the last five decades. The relationship between education and fertility has been widely studied, showing that increases in higher education for women are consistently associated with lower fertility. Given the close link between education and fertility, this paper questions what effect the changing educational profile of Australian women has had on overall fertility trends. Aims This paper investigates the effect of the increase in education on completed fertility by decomposing the change in overall completed fertility into two components: (1) change in completed fertility as a result of the proportion of women in different education categories and, (2) changes in completed fertility of women in each education category. Data and methods The study uses 2016 Census data on the number of children ever born of five cohorts of women born between 1952 and 1976. Decomposition is used to distinguish the effects of the two components. Results The educational composition of women in these cohorts is dramatically different, with an increasing number of women having completed tertiary education in later cohorts. Completed fertility has also changed across successive cohorts. We find that for the earliest cohorts most of the decline is due to declines in completed fertility within education categories, but for later cohorts the decline is attributable to increases in the proportion of women with higher levels of education. Conclusions Despite tertiary education becoming much more common, fertility within this group remains lower than other education groups. While other countries have seen a narrowing of the gap in fertility rates between education groups, this pattern is not found in Australia.
Residential concentration patterns of immigrant groups in Australia’s major cities
Authors: Arringer Renee , Sigler Thomas , Charles-Edwards Elin
Published: May 2020

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Shoulder pain syndrome in patients engaged in physical culture and sports: modern aspects of rehabilitation
Authors: Buylova T.V. , Balchugov V.A. , Severova E.A.
Published: May 2020

The aim of the study was to estimate rehabilitation efficiency in the sportsmen and physical culture professionals with a shoulder pain syndrome. Materials and methods: 980 patients with a shoulder pain syndrome undergo rehabilitation treatment. The reasons of acute or chronic shoulder pain syndrome were: acute trauma (7% of cases) or chronic microtraumatization (93% of cases) of shoulder tissues during the physical culture activities and sport. Rotary cuff pathology was diagnosed in 88% of patients, long head of biceps pathology - in 5%, acromioclavicular joint pathology - in 4%, the subacromial bursitis in 2% of cases, damage of the glenoid labrum (Bankarta) in 1%. Clinical methods (including the quality of life questionnaire -DASH) and instrumental methods (USD and MRI) were used. The differentiated rehabilitation programs (with the use of modern physical therapy methods) were recommended considering features of shoulder pathology, a patients clinical condition and their physical (including sports) activity. Results: Excellent and good results were stated in 98% of patients with a shoulder pain syndrome. 2% of patients were directed for the surgical intervention (rotary cuff and glenoid labrum restoration). Compensation of a shoulder pain syndrome was stated in 82% of patients; in 16% of patients the pain syndrome had significantly decreased. In 87% of patients function of the injured shoulder joint was restored, in 11% of patients - it significantly improved. Strength of shoulder muscles and a humeroscapular rhythm were restored and the quality of life (according to the DASH questionnaire) improved in 98% of patients. Conclusion. Use of the differentiated programs of rehabilitation using modern physical techniques allows to receive excellent and good results in all patients with a shoulder pain syndrome involved physical culture and sport.
IDENTIFYING CRITICAL ELEMENTS OF ROAD INFRASTRUCTURE USING CASCADING IMPACT ASSESSMENT
Authors: Rehak David , Patrman David , Brabcová Veronika , Dvořák Zdeněk
Published: May 2020

Road transport is a key means of transporting people and cargo on land. Its particular advantages are speed and operability, which are balanced, however, by dependence on road infrastructure. Road infrastructure reliability is an important factor in its functioning. If some elements of road infrastructure are disrupted or fail, the function of dependent infrastructures, such as the integrated rescue system or industry, are also impaired and may fail. These important elements of road infrastructure should be identified as critical and be given greater attention when identifying weaknesses and implementing subsequent security measures. This article introduces the Identifying Critical Elements of Road Infrastructure (ICERI) method, which was designed to make use of Cascading Impact Assessments (CIA). The use of CIA allows critical elements to be identified through impact escalation analysis. These impacts can therefore be monitored not only in road transport infrastructure but also across the entire critical infrastructure system.
Constraints on Nonlinear Tides due to p–g Mode Coupling from the Neutron Star Merger GW170817
Authors: Reyes Steven , Brown Duncan A.
Published: May 2020

It has been suggested by Weinberg et al. that an instability due to the nonlinear coupling of a neutron star’s tide to its p- and g-modes could affect the gravitational-wave phase evolution of a neutron star binary. Weinberg suggests that this instability can turn on as the gravitational waves pass through the sensitive band of ground-based detectors, although the size of the effect is not known. The discovery of the binary neutron star merger GW170817 provides an opportunity to look for evidence of nonlinear tides from p–g mode coupling. We compute Bayesian evidences that compare waveform models that include the p–g mode coupling with models that do not. We find that the consistency between GW170817 signal and the p–g mode model reported by Abbott et al. is due to a degeneracy between the phenomenological waveform used to model the effect of nonlinear tides and the standard post-Newtonian waveform. We investigate the consistency of the GW170817 signal with regions of the parameter space where the effect of nonlinear tides is not degenerate with the standard model. Regions of the nonlinear tide parameter space that have a fitting factor of less than 99% (98.5%) are disfavored by a Bayes factor of 15 (25). We conclude that regions of the parameter space where nonlinear tides produce a measurable effect are strongly disfavored and improved theoretical modeling will be needed if future observations are to constrain nonlinear tides from p–g mode coupling in neutron stars.
Thirty Years of Radio Observations of Type Ia SN 1972E and SN 1895B: Constraints on Circumstellar Shells
Authors: Cendes Y. , Drout M. R. , Chomiuk L. , Sarbadhicary S. K.
Published: May 2020

We have imaged 35 yr of archival Very Large Array observations of the nearby (d
L = 3.15 Mpc) Type Ia supernovae SN 1972E and SN 1895B between 9 and 121 yr post-explosion. No radio emission is detected, constraining their radio luminosities to be L

ν,8.5GHz < 6.0 × 1023 erg s−1 Hz−1 45 yr post-explosion and L

ν,8.5GHz < 8.9 × 1023 erg s−1 Hz−1 121 yr post-explosion, respectively. These limits imply a clean circumstellar medium (CSM), with n < 0.9 cm−3 out to radii of a few ×1018 cm, if the SN blast wave is expanding into uniform density material. We also constrain the presence of CSM shells surrounding the progenitor of SN 1972E. We rule out essentially all medium and thick shells with masses of 0.05–0.3 M
⊙ at radii between ∼1017 and 1018 cm, and thin shells at specific radii with masses down to ≲0.01 M
⊙. These constraints rule out swaths of parameter space single and double degenerate progenitor scenarios, including recurrent nova, core-degenerate objects, ultra-prompt explosions, and white dwarf (WD) mergers with delays of a few hundred years between the onset of merger and explosion. Allowed progenitors include WD–WD systems with a significant (>104 yr) delay from the last episode of common envelope evolution and single degenerate systems undergoing recurrent nova—provided that the system has been in the nova phase for ≳104 yr, such that a large (>1018 cm) cavity has been evacuated. Future multi-epoch observations of additional intermediate-aged SNe Ia will provide a comprehensive view of the large-scale CSM around these explosions.
A Small-scale Filament Eruption Inducing a Moreton Wave, an EUV Wave, and a Coronal Mass Ejection
Authors: Wang Jincheng , Yan Xiaoli , Kong Defang , Xue Zhike , Yang Liheng , Li Qiaoling
Published: May 2020

With the launch of the Solar Dynamic Observatory, many extreme ultraviolet (EUV) waves have been observed during solar eruptions. However, joint observations of Moreton and EUV waves are still relatively rare. We present an event in active region NOAA 12740 wherein a small-scale filament eruption simultaneously results in a Moreton wave, an EUV wave, and a coronal mass ejection. First, we find that some dark elongated lanes or filamentary structures in the photosphere that exist under the small-scale filament drift downward; this manifests as the small-scale filament emerging and lifting up from the subsurface. Second, combining simultaneous observations in different EUV and Hα passbands, we study the kinematic characteristics of Moreton and EUV waves. Comparable propagation velocities and similar morphologies of the Moreton and different-passband EUV wave fronts were obtained. We deduce that Moreton and different-passband EUV waves are the perturbations in different temperature-associated layers induced by a coronal magnetohydrodynamic shock wave. We also find refracted, reflected, and diffracted phenomena during the propagation of the EUV wave. By using power-law fittings, the kinematic characteristics of unaffected, refracted, and diffracted waves were obtained. The extrapolation field derived by the potential field source surface model manifests as an interface between different magnetic systems (magnetic separatrix), resulting in the refraction, reflection, and deviation of the EUV wave.
Intrusion of Magnetic Peninsula toward the Neighboring Opposite-polarity Region That Triggers the Largest Solar Flare in Solar Cycle 24
Authors: Bamba Yumi , Inoue Satoshi , Imada Shinsuke
Published: May 2020

The largest X9.3 solar flare in solar cycle 24 and the preceding X2.2 flare occurred on 2017 September 6, in the solar active region NOAA 12673. This study aims to understand the onset mechanism of these flares via analysis of multiple observational data sets from the Hinode and Solar Dynamics Observatory and results from a nonlinear force-free field extrapolation. The most noticeable feature is the intrusion of a major negative-polarity region, appearing similar to a peninsula, oriented northwest into a neighboring opposite-polarity region. We also observe proxies of magnetic reconnection related to the intrusion of the negative peninsula: rapid changes of the magnetic field around the intruding negative peninsula; precursor brightening at the tip of the negative peninsula, including a cusp-shaped brightening that shows a transient but significant downflow (∼100 km s−1) at a leg of the cusp; a dark tube-like structure that appears to be a magnetic flux rope that erupted with the X9.3 flare; and coronal brightening along the dark tube-like structure that appears to represent the electric current generated under the flux rope. Based on these observational features, we propose that (1) the intrusion of the negative peninsula was critical in promoting the push-mode magnetic reconnection that forms and grows a twisted magnetic flux rope that erupted with the X2.2 flare, and (2) the continuing intrusion progressing even beyond the X2.2 flare is further promoted to disrupt the equilibrium that leads the reinforcement of the magnetic flux rope that erupted with the X9.3 flare.
Creation and Evolution of Impact-generated Reduced Atmospheres of Early Earth
Authors: Zahnle Kevin J. , Lupu Roxana , Catling David C. , Wogan Nick
Published: May 2020

The origin of life on Earth seems to demand a highly reduced early atmosphere, rich in CH4, H2, and NH3, but geological evidence suggests that Earth's mantle has always been relatively oxidized and its emissions dominated by CO2, H2O, and N2. The paradox can be resolved by exploiting the reducing power inherent in the “late veneer,” i.e., material accreted by Earth after the Moon-forming impact. Isotopic evidence indicates that the late veneer consisted of extremely dry, highly reduced inner solar system materials, suggesting that Earth's oceans were already present when the late veneer came. The major primary product of reaction between the late veneer's iron and Earth's water was H2. Ocean-vaporizing impacts generate high pressures and long cooling times that favor CH4 and NH3. Impacts too small to vaporize the oceans are much less productive of CH4 and NH3, unless (i) catalysts were available to speed their formation, or (ii) additional reducing power was extracted from pre-existing crustal or mantle materials. The transient H2–CH4 atmospheres evolve photochemically to generate nitrogenated hydrocarbons at rates determined by solar radiation and hydrogen escape, on timescales ranging up to tens of millions of years and with cumulative organic production ranging up to half a kilometer. Roughly one ocean of hydrogen escapes. After the methane is gone, the atmosphere is typically H2- and CO-rich, with eventual oxidation to CO2 rate-limited by water photolysis and hydrogen escape.
Vegetation affinity of species Typha shuttleworthiiin the western part of the Carpathians, with Typhetum shuttleworthii as a new association to Slovakia
Authors: Hrivnák Richard , Slezák Michal , Blanár Drahoš , Širka Pavel , Šumberová Kateřina
Published: May 2020

Typha shuttleworthii (Shuttleworth’s bulrush) is a rare species throughout its distribution range including Carpathians. However, a substantial increase in its finds has been noticed in the last twenty years. This study summarises the present knowledge and brings new data on vegetation with T. shuttleworthii occurrence from the western part of the Carpathians (Czech Republic, Slovakia, Poland and Ukraine) with the aims of evaluating the phytosociological affinity of this species and providing new information about the ecology of the relevant plant communities. We found that T. shuttleworthii mainly occurred in marsh vegetation (the Phragmito-Magnocaricetea class) including the Typhetum shuttleworthii association. Some plots also corresponded to transitional stands between marshes and wet meadows of the Molinio-Arrhenatheretea class (Molinietalia caeruleae order). Moisture and soil reaction were identified as principal factors responsible for variation in species composition of the vegetation. Typhetum shuttleworthii was recognised as new for the territory of Slovakia and confirmed in all other countries, Czech Republic, Poland and Ukraine. Our results could contribute to better preservation of the species and its habitats and thus be very important for practical nature conservation.
Flare Rate Thresholds for Patient Assessment of Disease Activity States in Gout
Authors: Taylor William , Dalbeth Nicola , Saag Kenneth G. , Singh Jasvinder A. , Rahn Elizabeth J. , Mudano Amy S. , Chen Yi-Hsing , Lin Ching-Tsai , Tan Paul , Louthreno Worawit , Vazquez-Mellado Janitzia , Hernández-Llinas Hansel , Neogi Tuhina , Vargas-Santos Ana B. , Castelar-Pinheiro Geraldo , Chaves-Amorim Rodrigo B. , Uhlig Tillman , Hammer Hilde B. , Eliseev Maxim , Perez-Ruiz Fernando , Cavagna Lorenzo , McCarthy Geraldine M. , Stamp Lisa K. , Gerritsen Martijin , Fana Viktoria , Sivera Francisca , Gaffo Angelo L.
Published: May 2020

Objective.

To determine the relationship between gout flare rate and self-categorization into remission, low disease activity (LDA), and patient acceptable symptom state (PASS).

Methods.

Patients with gout self-categorized as remission, LDA, and PASS, and reported number of flares over the preceding 6 and 12 months. Multinomial logistic regression was used to determine the association between being in each disease state (LDA and PASS were combined) and flare count, and self-reported current flare. A distribution-based approach and extended Youden index identified possible flare count thresholds for each state.

Results.

Investigators from 17 countries recruited 512 participants. Remission was associated with a median recalled flare count of zero over both 6 and 12 months. Each recalled flare reduced the likelihood of self-perceived remission compared with being in higher disease activity than LDA/PASS, by 52% for 6 months and 23% for 12 months, and the likelihood of self-perceived LDA/PASS by 15% and 5% for 6 and 12 months, respectively. A threshold of 0 flares in preceding 6 and 12 months was associated with correct classification of self-perceived remission in 58% and 56% of cases, respectively.

Conclusion.

Flares are significantly associated with perceptions of disease activity in gout, and no flares over the prior 6 or 12 months is necessary for most people to self-categorize as being in remission. However, recalled flare counts alone do not correctly classify all patients into self-categorized disease activity states, suggesting that other factors may also contribute to self-perceived gout disease activity.
Temps subjectif et culture du sud italien. Étude clinique à l’aide des méthodes projectives
Authors: Sola Tiziana , Marfisi Silvia
Published: May 2020

La temporalité est une dimension fondamentale de notre existence. C’est à travers le fil du temps que l’identité se développe, en prenant conscience du sens de sa continuité, de son devenir et de sa finitude : ce sont des expériences tracées sur le sillon d’une pluralité de rythmes différents où se croisent temps objectif, temps subjectif et temps culturel. Ces rythmes, harmonisés ou opposés entre eux, nous posent plusieurs questions : Comment le rythme linéaire du temps objectif se relie au temps subjectif ? Comment la nature atemporelle de l’inconscient s’y insère ? Comment le temps subjectif s’imbrique au temps culturel ? Provenant d’une culture méditerranéenne, historiquement scandée par la « lenteur » (Cassano, 1996), notre étude repose sur la tentative de vérifier telle spécificité méridionale du vécu du temps ainsi que les dynamiques psychiques éventuelles auxquelles elle donne lieu. À l’aide du Rorschach et du tat , nous étudierons les productions de sujets adultes tout venant du centre-sud italien pour évaluer, autant que possible, les traductions projectives de leur type d’inscription dans la temporalité psychique et éventuellement la présence d’une possible connotation culturelle. Nous nous appuierons, entre autres, sur la grille d’accès/barrage à la temporalité psychique, répertoriée par Azoulay et Emmanuelli (2014).
L’identité féminine à l’épreuve de l’intériorité corporelle
Authors: Gueniche Karinne
Published: May 2020

La fabrique du corps féminin par la médecine contemporaine interroge les enjeux psychiques de l’identité féminine inhérente à l’intériorité. Cette médecine actuelle permet-elle de faire advenir la femme sans aucun doute ? L’écoute analytique des patientes porteuses de pathologies gynécologiques rares : des troubles du développement du sexe ( dsd ) au syndrome de Mayer-Rokitansky-Kuster-Hauser ( mrkh ), vient éclairer ces questionnements. D’un côté le doute visuel sur les organes génitaux à la naissance qui nourrit le scepticisme et contamine parfois la constitution identitaire ; de l’autre, la découverte de l’absence des organes génitaux internes qui fait vaciller le sentiment tranquille d’être « fille en devenir femme ». Aux deux extrémités donc, le doute sur « l’être femme ». Au fond, fabriquées femme par la médecine, ces fillettes puis jeunes femmes n’en sont pas moins réduites à ne pas voir l’intérieur qu’on leur a construit. Aussi, ne serait-ce pas ce manque à voir leur intériorité restaurée, en regard d’un excès de voyeurisme médical dont elles se sentent être l’objet, qui charrie avec lui cette incertitude radicale ?
Are probiotics an appropriate treatment option for all women?
Authors: Rubas N.C.
Published: May 2020

The recently published article by P. Tsimaris et al. (2019) gave great prospective insight into non-traditional clinical applications of probiotic use as alternative and/or complementary therapeutics to traditional antibiotics for treatment of vulvovaginitis. However, these findings are too broad to be generalised as a treatment option for all women. The study design includes a cohort of Caucasian women and does not represent women of other ethnic groups.
Aflatoxins and the traditional process of nixtamalisation in indigenous communities from the Huasteca Potosina region
Authors: Rodríguez-Aguilar M. , Solís-Mercado J. , Flores-Ramírez R. , Díaz-Barriga F. , Zuki-Orozco A. , Cilia-López V.G.
Published: May 2020

Aflatoxins represent one of the biggest public health problems in food safety, due to their toxic potential for humans and animals. They can lead to serious threats, such as hepatotoxicity, teratogenicity and immunotoxicity. Maize is the most important cereal consumed in Mexico, with which tortillas, tamales, flours, toasts and other products are elaborated. The elaboration of tortillas begins with nixtamalisation, which is an ancient maize process, developed and applied by indigenous Mesoamerican population. Some studies have shown the effect of nixtamalisation in the inactivation of aflatoxins. The purpose of this research was to record the traditional nixtamalisation process (TNP) and to register the presence of the aflatoxin B1 (AFB1) in tortillas and the exposure to AFB1 in indigenous communities living in the Huasteca Potosina, in central México. To register the nixtamalisation technique, a questionnaire was given to women, to illustrate the process step by step. Digestion, extraction, purification, and identification of the adduct AFB1-lysine (AFB1-Lys) in serum were performed. The TNP was analysed by 51 surveys, 4% of the tortillas was above the maximum permissible levels, according to Mexican guidelines; however, all blood samples showed presence of AFB1. TNP done in indigenous communities in the Huasteca Potosina region is not efficient enough to eliminate aflatoxins present in contaminated maize. It is necessary to improve conditions of places in which the grain is stored and knowledge about the risk of exposure to aflatoxins in rural communities, as key steps for preventing exposure to this type of mycotoxins.
Experiencing Roman power at Greek contests: Romaia in the Greek festival network
Authors: Nijf Onno M. van , Dijk Sam van
Published: May 2020

This paper explores how the Roman empire was perceived and experienced in the Greek world from c. 200 BCE to the early Principate, with a special focus on the Romaia, a festival with athletic and other contests in honour of the goddess Thea Romē. The Romaia were a driving force that played a crucial and active role in the cultural and political transformations that connected the loosely integrated Greek world to the new global empire. They were collective rituals that captured audience attention through spectacle. At the Romaia the power of Rome was experienced en masse, making them exceptional coordinating mechanisms for the rapid transfer of ideas and information at a local level. Moreover, network theory helps us to understand how festivals contributed to the spread of Roman influence. The Romaia linked Rome to the Panhellenic festival network, which played a major role in the constitution of an imagined community of Greeks.
Digitizing the Intangible
Authors: Protopapadakis Eftychios , Rallis Ioannis , Bakalos Nikolaos , Kaselimi Maria
Published: May 2020

Modelling and digitizing performing arts through motion capturing interfaces is an important aspect for the analysis, processing, and documentation of intangible cultural heritage assets. This chapter provides a holistic description regarding the dance preservation topic by describing the capture approaches, efficient preprocessing techniques, and specific approaches for knowledge generation. Presented methodologies take under consideration the existing modelling and interpretation approaches, which may involve huge amounts of information, making them difficult to process, store, and analyze.
An Overview on 3D Site Modelling in Civil Engineering
Authors: R. Muthuminal
Published: May 2020

In past decades, for developing a site, engineers used the process of creating a scale model in order to determine their behaviour and to sketch the details collected manually using the drafting process, which behaves as a referring material during the construction of structures. Due to the boom in technology and limitations in drafting, the drawings have been digitized using computer-aided design (CAD) software as a two-dimensional structure (2D). Currently, these drawings are detailed as a three-dimensional structure (3D) that is briefly noted as 3D modelling. Three-dimensional site modelling is an active area that is involved in research and development of models in several fields that has been originated from the scale modelling. In this chapter, the topic 3D site modelling in civil engineering is discussed. First of all, the basic concepts of scale modelling, architectural modelling, and structural modelling are discussed. Then the concept of virtual-based 3D site modelling, its importance, benefits, and steps involved in site modelling are briefed.
Improved Automatic Anatomic Location Identification Approach and CBR-Based Treatment Management System for Pediatric Foreign Body Aspiration
Authors: M. Vasumathy , Thirugnanam Mythili
Published: May 2020

In general, the diagnosis and treatment planning of pediatric foreign body aspiration is done by medical experts with experience and uncertain clinical data of the patients, which makes the diagnosis a more approximate and time-consuming process. Foreign body diagnostic information requires the evidence such as size, shape, and location classification of the aspired foreign body. This evidence identification process requires the knowledge of human expertise to achieve accuracy in classification. The aim of the proposed work is to improve the performance of automatic anatomic location identification approach (AALIA) and to develop a reasoning-based systematic approach for pediatric foreign body aspiration treatment management. A CBR-based treatment management system is proposed for standardizing the pediatric foreign body aspiration treatment management process. The proposed approach considered a sample set of foreign body-aspired pediatric radiography images for experimental evaluation, and the performance is evaluated with respect to receiver operator characteristics (ROC) measure.
Factors Determining E-Health Readiness by Higher Education Institution Students in an Emerging Country
Authors: Ntseme Onneile Juliet , Jokonya Osden , Chukwuere Joshua Ebere
Published: May 2020

Information and communication technologies (ICTs) are important for improving healthcare services worldwide. Using tools related to ICTs such as smartphones (cell phones), video conferencing, computers enhances the delivery of health services as well as electronic health (e-health). Therefore, this study's main objective is to investigate the e-health readiness for higher education institution students in an emerging country (Botswana). The study achieved this by identifying the readiness factors that affect the adoption of e-health using the conceptual framework (technology readiness and acceptance model for e-health). The study established that students' optimism, innovativeness, discomfort, and insecurity influence e-health perceived ease of use. However, only optimism and discomfort influence e-health perceived usefulness whereas innovativeness and insecurity did not influence e-health perceived usefulness. Additionally, the study found out that e-health perceived usefulness and e-health perceived ease of use have an influence on e-health adoption.
Integrated Continuous Healthcare Team Computer System Architecture
Authors: Jasnau Caeiro José , Oliveira Henrique , Goes Margarida , Lopes Manuel José , Fonseca César
Published: May 2020

A computer-based pattern recognition system architecture destined to collect and process geographically referenced data about integrated continuous healthcare teams (ECCI) is presented and discussed in the chapter. These teams are part of Portugal's National Network of Integrated Continuous Care (RNCCI). The system is designed to collect data about the displacement of each team during healthcare assistance. The pattern recognition system handles information about the costs related to the provided healthcare. The architecture is designed around open source software resources. Virtual machines and container-based technologies provide hardware independence. The Python programming language ecosystem is chosen for all the main components of the system.
Brain-Computer Interface and Neurofeedback for Brain Training
Authors: Bhatia Sheetal
Published: May 2020

AT liberty and open correspondence is central to present day life. Human cerebrum PC interfaces (BCIs), which interpret estimations of the client's mind movement into PC directions, present developing types of without hands correspondence. BCI correspondence frameworks have since quite a while ago been utilized in clinical settings for patients with loss of motion and other engine issue and have not been executed with the expectation of complimentary correspondence between solid, BCI-gullible clients. Brain PC interface innovation speaks to an exceptionally developing field of research with application frameworks. Its commitments in therapeutic fields extend from avoidance to neuronal restoration for genuine wounds. Human intellect perusing and remote correspondence have their exceptional unique mark in various fields, for example, instructive, self-guideline, creation, advertising, security, just as games and excitement. It makes a shared comprehension among clients and the encompassing frameworks.
Activity Recognition System Through Deep Learning Analysis as an Early Biomarker of ASD Characteristics
Authors: S. P. Abirami , G. Kousalya , P. Balakrishnan
Published: May 2020

Autism spectrum disorder (ASD) is a very high-flying area of research in the current era owing to its limited and on-going exploration. This chapter aims to bridge the gap of such late realization of autistic feature through machine intervention commonly known as computer vision. In this chapter, basic summarization of important characteristic features of autism and how those features could be measured and altered before a human could recognize are proposed. The chapter proposes a model for activity identification of the autistic child through video recordings. The approach is modelled in a way that consists of two phases: 1) Optical flow method detects the unusual frames based on motion pattern. 2) Each of these detected frames are fed to convolution neural network, which is trained to extract features and exactly classify if the particular frame under consideration belongs to usual or unusual class. This examines the various activities, time delay, and factors influencing the motion of the autistic child under constrained scenarios proving maximum accuracy and performance.
Implementing English-Taught Programmes in Higher Education in Spain
Authors: Pavón-Vázquez Victor
Published: May 2020

The acceptance of English as the lingua franca of the academic world has triggered the flourishing of different approaches to promote the learning of English as a foreign language in higher education. Under the umbrella of supranational regulations (as in the case of Europe), the promise of linguistic gains runs parallel with the necessity to attract international students, to promote the international and institutional profile for the universities, and to enhance employability for graduates. At the university of Córdoba, studies or courses taught through a foreign language are part of a larger university policy, and the decisions were based on clear definition of content and language learning outcomes and human and material resources available. This chapter describes the implementation of bilingual programs at this university, offering a picture of the challenges and problems that emerged and of the initiatives that were adopted.
Lawyer's ICC as a Result of Integration of Linguo-Didactics, Linguoculturology, and Jurisprudence
Authors: Glumova Elena Petrovna , Sokolova Elena Gennadievna
Published: May 2020

In terms of the current complicated socio-cultural and economic situations in the global communication system, achieving international cooperation becomes a challenge for Russia. A lawyer carries out legal regulations of interstate disputes with peaceful measures in the process of foreign language professional communications. One of the most important factors of successful international activity in the legal sphere is to master lawyer's intercultural communicative competence (ICC), as knowledge of foreign linguocultural features of verbal and non-verbal lawyers' behavior contributes to mutual understandings in professional interactions. The structure and content of a lawyers' ICC indicates its integrative nature, which enabled the authors to recognize an ESP approach in the intercultural context as a modern and perspective variant of integrated foreign language teaching for future law bachelors. This study offers methodological recommendations to implement an ESP model aimed at the development of lawyer's intercultural communicative competence.
Discourse-Based Approach to Practicing L2 Prosody in a Workplace Communication Course
Authors: Tareva Elena , Polushkina Tatiana
Published: May 2020

This chapter looks at the current communicative needs of a modern engineer engaged in professional intercultural communication. To describe professional context, the analysis of the present-day engineering discourse was conducted. It was found that spoken communication is gaining more momentum in engineering practice. Therefore, more focus in language teaching should be placed on prosody skills. Since L2 prosody practicing has long been beyond the scope of ESP curriculum, it is hypothesized that a tailor-made teaching solution is called for. The prosodic profile of an engineering specialist served as a reference point for selecting content to teach prosody. In a verifying experiment, post-teaching scores of 80 Russian engineering students were assessed. The study reveals a correlation between the implemented teaching practice and the raise of students' L2 prosody skills and the effectiveness of the suggested instructional treatment. The methods discussed have implications for other professional contexts and aspects of language use.
Using “Plain Vanilla” Online Discussions to Foster Students' Learning
Authors: Zengilowski Allison , Schallert Diane L.
Published: May 2020

Rapidly, new technology is being introduced into educational environments, oftentimes, with little research to support its usage. This chapter is a review of the research on and consideration of students' experiences when using the antecedent to many of these newer burgeoning technologies: the online, fully text-based discussion. The claim explored is that written discussion can have important implications for learning and the creation of a learning community in a classroom. The chapter first describes the historical roots of the tool and students' experiences of being engaged in online discussion. Following this, the chapter explores four problems that students, instructors, and/or course designers may encounter with online discussions, followed by potential solutions. The problems include 1) discussions not helping students learn, 2) teachers' uncertainty about their role in discussions, 3) students feeling disconnected from their peers, and 4) the need to be sensitive to students' differing goals and experiences.