bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Implementacija sovjetskih ekonomskih metoda u jugoslovensku privredu: industrija i rudarstvo (1945−1947)
Authors: Rakonjac Aleksandar
Published: August 2021

The end of the Second World War in Yugoslavia opened a number of issues related to the organization of the economy. Regarding the concept of building the economy and society, the Yugoslav communists had a clear vision of the future structure even before the end of the war. Strong political reliance on the Soviet Union, determined by the war alliance and ideological closeness, decisively influenced the choice of the economic model that was to be implemented in Yugoslavia. The transition to the Soviet-type command economy, with the aim of mastering and applying Soviet experiences in Yugoslav conditions, took place with the wholehearted help of the USSR. This paper will analyze how the methods from the Soviet economic practice were implemented in industry and mining during the two-year period of economic restoration.
Presentation for ICAS 2021 - The South China Sea Disputes: A Systematic Review
Authors: Nguyen Hong-Kong T.
Published: August 2021

Since its first emergence as a flash point in the Asia-Pacific region in the late 1970s, the South China Sea disputes have become more complicated and attracted significant attention from both academics and policymakers worldwide. This study notes the voluminous research on the topic as well as the absence of a systematic review of the research landscape over the years. Upon an extraction of 457 articles sourced from the Web of Science database on the concerned topic between 1970 and 2020, the study manually screens for relevant articles, conducts a full-text reading of 344 articles, and categorizes their contents along three dimensions: environment, law, and security, in addition to evaluating the methods of data collection and data analysis. The aims of this systematic review are threefold: (i) to map major research trends, themes, different research areas and changes over the years, (ii) to identify the potential gaps, convergence, or divergence of ideas, and (ii) to note the turning points in research on the South China Sea dispute and relate academic publishing with the actual unfolding of the conflict.
Ekoleksikal dalam Tradisi Rembah Kulau Sebagai Salah Satu Pemeliharaan Ekosistem
Authors: Surbakti Ernawati Br
Published: August 2021

Penelitian deskriptif kualitatif ini bertujuan untuk mengetahui bentuk leksikon pada rembah ku lau budaya Karo dan mendeskripsikan nilai budaya serta kearifan lingkungan. Teknik pengumpulan data dari dokumen tertulis, wawancara mendalam, dan observasi partisipan. Tradisi rembah kulau menggunakan bahan utama/leksikon nomina tumbuhan biotik dan abiotik. Pemahaman leksikon nomina guyub tutur bahasa Karo mengalami penurunan pada generasi 15-21 tahun. Ekosistem yang digunakan tradisi rembah ku lau adalah sungai dan pancur, tanpa sungai dan pancur yang bersih maka mustahil acara ini dapat hidup dan terwaris bagi generasi Karo berikutnya. Kegiatan budaya ini salah satu kearifan lingkungan yang saling terkait antara lingkungan dan budaya. Nilai-nilai budaya dan kearifan lingkungan yang terkandung dalam tradisi rembah ku lau budaya Karo adalah (1) nilai kedamaian, (2) nilai religius, (3) nilai sosial dan budaya, (4) nilai kesehatan, (5) nilai kesejahteraan dan gotong-royong.
The Influence of Knowledge, Compensation for Documentation Upbringing Treatment through Motivation Nurse in Mamuju Regional General Hospital
Authors: Umanailo Muhamad Chairul Basrun , Yusriadi Yusriadi , Tamsah Hasmin
Published: August 2021

This study aims to know (1) The direct influence of Knowledge, Compensation on motivation, (2) The direct influence of Knowledge, Compensation, and motivation on documentation, (3) The Effect of Knowledge, Compensation on documentation through motivation. This research was conducted at the Mamuju Regional General Hospital from 15 September to 15 October 2019. This type of analysis used a quantitative study by using a descriptive design with a path analyst approach. This study's sample was all nurses who documented nursing care and had a minimum education of D3 Nursing, totaling 147 respondents with total sampling. Data was taken by using a questionnaire. This research concludes that there is a direct effect of Knowledge and compensation on motivation, the immediate effect of Knowledge, reward, motivation on documentation, and the indirect impact of the experience, payment on documentation through motivation.
Walking on sunshine: Pairing electric vehicles with solar energy for sustainable informal public transport in Uganda
Authors: Booysen MJ , Abraham Chris , Rix Arnold , Ndibatya Innocent
Published: August 2021

Minibus taxi public transport is a seemingly chaotic phenomenon in the developing cities of the Global South with unique mobility and operational characteristics. Eventually this wide-spread fleet of minibus taxis will have to transition to electric vehicles. This paper examines the impact of this inevitable evolution on a city-wide scale in Kampala, Uganda. We present a generic simulation environment to assess the grid impact and charging opportunities, given the unique paratransit mobility patterns. We used floating car data to assess the energy requirements of electric minibus taxis, which will have a knock-on effect on the region's already fragile electrical grid. We used spatio-temporal and solar photovoltaic analyses to assess the informal and formal stops that would be needed for the taxis to recharge from solar PV in the region's abundant sunshine. The results showed energy demand from a median of 224 kWh/day to a maximum of 491 kWh/day, with a median charging potential (stationary time) across taxis of 8 h/day to 12 h/day. The potential for charging from solar PV was 0.24 kWh/m^2 to 0.52 kWh/m^2. Our simulator and results will allow traffic planners and grid operators to assess and plan for looming electric vehicle roll-outs to the most-used mode of transport in Africa.
Social emotions are governed by a common grammar of social valuation: Theoretical foundations and applications to human personality and the criminal justice system
Authors: Scrivner Coltan , Sznycer Daniel , Lukaszewski Aaron , Al-Shawaf Laith
Published: August 2021

Social emotions appear to be behavior-regulating programs built by natural selection to solve adaptive problems in the domain of social valuation—the disposition to attend to, associate with, defer to, and aid target individuals based on their probable contributions to the fitness of the valuer. For example, shame functions to prevent and mitigate the costs of being socially devalued by others, whereas anger functions to correct those people who attach insufficient weight to the welfare of the self. Here we review theory and evidence suggesting that social emotions such as guilt, gratitude, anger, pride, shame, sadness, and envy are all governed by a common grammar of social valuation even when each emotion has its own distinct adaptive function and structure. We also provide evidence that social emotions and social valuation operate with a substantial degree of universality across cultures. This emotion-valuation constellation appears to shape human sociality through interpersonal interactions. Expanding upon this, we explore how signatures of this constellation may be evident in two spheres of human sociality: personality and the criminal justice system.
Redesigning the User-Interface: The Use of Colours in nopE-Commerce Enterprise Software
Authors: Siyanbola Afeez Babatunde , Oluwambe Akinmoye
Published: August 2021

This paper appraises the relevance of e-commerce enterprise software in contemporary business management. Enterprise packages are technological applications that automate business activities and improve efficiency in the business workflow. The study enunciated the critical role of administrating the backend of enterprise software to manage the front-end which is accessible to users. The user interface of e-commerce enterprise backend is essential in enhancing user’s performance on the software. The study explores the psychological and physiological properties of colours in redesigning the nopE-commerce enterprise software for the backend user interface to enhance the efficiency of the administrators. The objectives of the study are to download the existing the backend of nopE-commerce enterprise software, to recreate the backend of nopE-commerce enterprise software and to introduce colours into the redesigned user interface backend of nopE-commerce enterprise software. The redesigned user-interface was subjected to the evaluation of one hundred (100) selected back-end administrators working in Lagos. The responses of participants were analysed using the 5-point Likert Scale to generate mean results. The results indicated that colours stimulate actions and feelings, user interface colours in virtual environment determines the efficiency of the system and the creative interplay of orange and blue colour in e-commerce back-end user interface enhances the performance of backend managers.
Dialectics of Trauma in the Short Stories of Alice Munro
Authors: Das Shruti , Routray Deepshikha
Published: August 2021

This paper argues that difficult relationships in human life followed by memories, introspection, retrospection, foreshadow, flashback, and awful remembrances are coloured by pain and trauma. Unresolved trauma affects the way one perceives others and oneself in relation to others, which has a significant impact on relationships and often results in behaviour that is not conducive to healthy relationships. Complicated, disordered feelings and distressing emotions that give rise to anxiety find an expression in relationships, either overtly or covertly. This paper will focus on how the characters, suffering from anxiety due to stressed relationships, in the short stories in The Progress of Love, written by Alice Munro, employ defence mechanisms to repress their trauma and project a different version of themselves as responsible individuals who are capable of leading a normal life. The dialectic of trauma covertly present in the narrative will be unravelled using Judith Herman’s theory of trauma. Further, this analysis will investigate and foreground how the underlying trauma finds indirect expression in complicated relationships.
The Nature-Human Relationship: An Ecocritical Reading of Self in Keats’ Poem
Authors: Gautam Rajiv
Published: August 2021

This study analyzes the fusion of self and nature in John Keats's ode "Ode to a Nightingale" from ecocritical perspective. To do so, the ecocritical insights envisioned by Arne Naess, Bill Devall, George Sessions and Timothy W. Luke have been used as theoretical parameters to analyze the primary text. As the focus of the deep ecological trend, the uniformity between the human self and nature is represented in this text. This uniformity restores the significance of realizing the self with nature. This realization leads to the fusion. The fusion combines harmonious relationship between the self and nature to form a single entity. Due to this process, the selected primary text merges human beings and natural sublimity by means of a nightingale bird. When human beings cannot make positive attitude towards nature and act accordingly, their self does not get chance to be attached with nature. Nature is essential for all entities. The destruction of natural world causes the destruction of self. This destruction gets a solution only when there arises symbiotic bonding between human beings and nature. This bonding adds new knowledge in the existing scholarship being itself different from the previous research works.
Arundhati Roy’s The God of Small Things as the Story of Childhood: Children’s Perspective of Traumatic Experiences
Authors: Dhami Prem Bahadur
Published: August 2021

This paper analyzes the novel The God of Small Things written by Arundhati Roy, which is the childhood reflection of her own. The novel reflects the seduction and solicitation and its psychological impacts on the characters as they are affected by the society, especially by the elite people and the government officials. The novel is analyzed using the concepts of childhood studies – particularly Joseph L. Zornado’s concept of “Black Pedagogy” as the tool for textual analysis. The self-cited statements of the characters provide additional strength to the tool. Roy by the help of various characters like Estha, Velutha, Ammu and Rahel depicts the suffering due to the caste and class differences among the society and the high profile people.
Women as Subalterns in Jhumpa Lahiri’s “The Treatment of Bibi Haldar” and “A Real Durwan”
Authors: Sapkota Muna
Published: August 2021

This paper aims to investigate the hysteric tendencies, inconsistent speeches and silences of woman in Jhumpa Lahiri’s two short stories “The Treatment of Bibi Haldar” and “The Real Durwan.” The paper addresses this objective through the application of subaltern perspective: subaltern cannot speak. More specifically, single, poor and helpless women’s position and their inability to speak in need are analyzed in the light of subaltern studies. These two stories expose the issue of hysteric woman and an elderly street woman with different stories, respectively. The disadvantaged women’s inability to speak – parallels the subaltern’s inability to speak. This paper analyses hysterical tendencies, inconsistent behavior of Lahiri’s protagonists as the outburst, thus, the subtle ways of resistance. Thus, the paper draws the conclusion that Lahiri’s stories demonstrate economically and socially marginalized woman who lack the act of protest as they cannot speak, tending to develop the different verbal and physical inconsistencies.
USE OF SOCIAL MEDIA AND PHUBBING BEHAVIOR AGAINST FEAR OF LOSING
Authors: Rifayanti Rina , Alma Yorinda  , Zakki Abdallah Alkatiri  , Muhammad Qori' Hasan
Published: August 2021

The emergence of fear will lose among the millennial generation due to the influence of smartphones in an era that is increasingly developing with technological advances in social media. The widespread use of social media, Instagram, phubbing behaviour that appears is why someone often ignores the natural interlocutor in front of them. This study analyses the effect of using social media Instagram and phubbing behaviour on the fear of loss in Sungai Kunjang District on the millennial generation in Sungai Kunjang District. The sample of this study was 104 people using the nonprobability sampling technique with the purposive sampling method. The data collection used is a scale of fear of loss, social media, Instagram and phubbing behaviour. The four scales are arranged using a Likert model. The collected data were analyzed by using SPSS 25.0 for the Windows program. This study indicates a significant effect between social media Instagram and phubbing behaviour on the fear of losing. There is a positive and significant effect of using social media Instagram on the fear of losing. There is no effect between phubbing behaviour on fear of loss.
THE ADMINISTRATIVE LIABILITY UNDER ART. 24, PAR. 2 OF THE ADMINISTRATIVE VIOLATIONS AND SANCTIONS ACT
Authors: Plamen Rusev
Published: August 2021

The article examines the administrative penal liability of employees and managers of enterprises, institutions and organizations under article 24, par. 2 of Administrative Violations and Sanctions Act (AVSA). The general character of the responsibility and the relation between the institutes of the criminal and administrative law in connection with the application of art. 24, par. 2 of the law are discussed. The paper analyzes the preconditions of the responsibility under art. 24, par. 2, as well as admission and abetment as forms of responsibility of the heads of enterprises, institutions and organizations. It is concluded that the setting of additional requirements to the responsibility of the heads of organizations, as well as its direct connection with the guilty administrative violation by the respective employee, complicates the implementation of the administrative penalty and withdraws the administrative bodies from the application of article 24, par. 2 of the Administrative Violations and Sanctions Act.
CURING OF DIGLYCIDAL ESTERS OF BISPHENOLS WITH ACID HARDENERS
Authors: Givi Papava  , Nora Dokhturishvili  , Nazi Gelashvili  , Ia Chtrekashvili  , Ketevan Papava  , Ketevan Archvadze
Published: August 2021

The unique properties of epoxy polymers have led to their wide application in various fields of modern technology. The influence of the structure of bisphenols on the properties of epoxy polymers, especially thermal ones, is known. However, the chemical structure of the hardener also affects the properties of cured epoxy polymers. As hardeners, we used acid hardeners of various structures: anhydrides of maleic, phthalic, pyromellite, methyltetrahydrophthalic and other acids. The following hardeners give high results in heat resistance: pyromellite and methyltetrahydrophthalic anhydrides. Polymers obtained by curing with these hardeners are deformed in the temperature range of 220-245°C. The use of these hardeners gives high results in terms of thermal stability. These polymers are formed by curing these components. It is known that the properties of epoxy polymers depend on the chemical structure of the glycide ether. There was some interest in investigating the influence on the properties of epoxy polymers as a chemical structure, as well as the nature of hardeners. For this purpose, diglycidal esters based on bisphenols were synthesized.
ULTRASTRUCTURAL CHARACTERISTICS OF THE LARYNGEAL MUCOSA AND CARTILAGE RAT IS NORMAL
Authors: Ivasivka K. P.
Published: August 2021

In our work, the aim was to conduct a fundamental study of the issue concerning the ultrastructural characteristics of the mucous membrane and cartilaginous corset of the rat larynx in the norm.This information in the future will make it possible to form a base that will be used to compare the components of the mucosa and laryngeal cartilage in the norm with the dynamics of their changes as a result of experimental opioid exposure.
РАЗРАБОТКА И ИСПЫТАНИЕ СОЛНЕЧНОЙ УСТАНОВКИ С ПОЛИКАРБОНАТНЫМ ПОКРЫТИЕМ ДЛЯ СУШКИ ПРОДУКТОВ СЕЛЬСКОГО ХОЗЯЙСТВА
Authors: Ketevan Archvadze  , Ilia Chachava  , Ketevan Papava  , Nanuli Khotenashvili  , Riva Liparteliani  , Zurab Tabukashvili
Published: August 2021

The proposed solar drying system significantly reduces the drying time and improves the quality of the product, including the preservation of vitamins. When drying rosehip, a laboratory analysis for vitamin "C" showed that 28% of this vitamin is destroyed during natural drying, and 17% when using a solar dryer.The drying speed increases by 2.5 - 4 times compared to traditional outdoor drying.In the proposed installation, you can dry different agricultural products, you can change the coating of the solar drying unit. In S/D, the air temperature is higher than in the environment from about 13 to 32 degrees Celsius, depending on weather conditions.The drying process in the S/D apparatus allows you to ensure the purity of the products. S/D is covered and during the drying process the product is not contaminated with dust and rain, by influence of dew, is not damaged by birds, insects or wasps.This device is convenient for transportation, during the day it can be moved and rotated to align to the sun.The proposed solar dryer is easy to manufacture and can be widely used in large and small farms, private and subsidiary farms.
ENSINO SUPERIOR BRASILEIRO
Authors: Maria Enos dos Reis , Maria Zanezi Peres Sonia
Published: August 2021

RESUMO: Este artigo é resultado de pesquisa bibliográfica onde apresentamos o panorama da história da educação no Brasil, abordando como um direito social, sendo ela no seu nível mais avançado, chamada Educação Superior- ES. Para tanto realizamos uma busca na legislação brasileira iniciando no período republicano até os dias atuais, o que permitiu a compreensão do desenrolar da educação no Brasil. Embora tenhamos discorrido de forma muito breve sobre o surgimento da universidade no mundo e no Brasil, foi mesmo a questão da ES que ocupou atenção especial neste trabalho. Isso ocorreu de forma intencional em razão do atual momento que estamos atravessando no Brasil, onde a sociedade tem buscado cada vez mais as instituições de ensino superior em busca de formação nesse nível. A ES, é um nível educacional, cujo uma parcela muito pequena da sociedade tem tido acesso, o IBGE através do censo de 2010 constatou que apenas 11,3% da população adulta tinha formação superior. Neste sentido acreditamos ser de grande relevância buscar a compreensão de como tem ocorrido essa formação nos últimos anos, encontramos algumas respostas nas legislações e bibliografias consultadas, todavia sem a pretensão de abordar todas as condicionantes ligadas ao tema. A pouco mais de seis anos a sociedade civil organizada, os poderes constituídos junto da comunidade escolar atuaram na construção do Plano Nacional de Educação, buscamos também entender como foi tratado a formação superior neste documento.
Pemilihan Susu Formula Terbaik Untuk Usia Anak 1 - 3 Tahun Dengan Metode Simple Additive Weighting (SAW) Pada Distributor Aneka Susu Bekasi
Authors: Qudsiyah Qudsiyah , Mukhayaroh Anna , Samudi Samudi
Published: August 2021

Abstract

 

Breast milk is the best nutrition for toddlers, but not all babies and toddlers get breast milk from their mothers. Many factors cause children not to get breast milk from their mothers, therefore formula milk is created as a substitute for breast milk. Not all babies or toddlers are suitable for 1 type of formula milk, this is due to an allergic reaction or a child's incompatibility reaction to some of the content contained in formula milk, therefore parents need to be careful so that they are not mistaken in giving formula milk. The best step is to consult an expert regarding the child's condition. There are methods that can provide alternative choices for mothers in considering formula feeding their children. The Simple Additive Weighting (SAW) method is considered suitable for overcoming the problem of choosing formula milk, because this method can include several criteria at once, then a ranking of several selected alternatives is carried out. Of the 3 alternatives included in this study, 50% chose soy milk, 40% amino acid milk, and 10% effective hydrolyzed milk.

 

Keywords: Decision Support Systems, Formula Milk, Simple Additive Weighting.

 

Abstrak

 

ASI merupakan nutrisi paling baik untuk balita, namun tidak semua bayi dan balita mendapatkan ASI dari ibu mereka. Banyak faktor yang menyebabkan anak tidak mendapatkan ASI dari ibunya, oleh sebab itu diciptakan susu formula sebagai pengganti ASI. Tidak semua bayi atau balita cocok dengan 1 jenis susu formula, hal ini disebabkan karena adanya reaksi alergi atau reaksi ketidakcocokan anak terhadap beberapa kandungan yang terdapat pada susu formula, karenanya perlu ketelitian orang tua agar tidak keliru dalam memberikan susu formula. Langkah terbaik adalah dengan berkonsultasi pada ahli berkaitan dengan kondisi anak. Terdapat metode yang dapat memberikan alternatif pilihan pada ibu dalam mempertimbangkan pemberian susu formula pada anak mereka. Metode Simple Additive Weighting (SAW) dinilai cocok untuk mengatasi masalah dalam memilih susu formula, sebab metode ini dapat memasukkan beberapa kriteria sekaligus, kemudian dilakukan perangkingan dari beberapa alternatif terpilih. Dari 3 alternatif yang dimasukkan dalam penelitian ini diperoleh hasil sebanyak 50% memilih susu soya, 40% susu asam amino, dan 10% susu hidrolisis efektif.

 

Kata kunci: Simple Additive Weighting, Sistem Penunjang Keputusan, Susu Formula.
Sistem Monitoring Berbasis Internet of Thing (IoT) Untuk Pengendalian Kualitas Air dan Pakan Ikan pada Budidaya sistem Akuaponik
Authors: Danih Danih , Sugiyatno Sugiyatno
Published: August 2021

Abstract

 

The Internet of Thing (IoT) based monitoring system for controlling routines in aquaponics systems aims to facilitate farmers in carrying out maintenance on cultivation such as feeding fish, checking and controlling water quality and monitoring temperature and humidity. This system uses an android application called Blynk which is connected using an internet connection with NodeMCU which also acts as a brain that processes input from sensors (pH, Turbidity and DHT11 sensors) and outputs in the form of commands for relays and data sent back to Blynk applications so that the Aquaponics farmers can see the conditions on their farm and control those conditions wherever they are.

 

Keywords: Aquaponics, DHT11, Internet of Thing (IoT), NodeMCU Blynk, Turbidity.

 

Abstrak

 

Sistem monitoring berbasis internet of thing (IoT) untuk pengendalian rutinitas pada budi daya sistem akuaponik ini bertujuan untuk mempermudah para petani dalam melakukan perawatan pada budi daya seperti pemberian pakan untuk ikan, pengecekan dan pengendalian kualitas air serta monitoring suhu dan kelembaban. Sistem ini menggunakan aplikasi android yang bernama Blynk yang tersambung menggunakan sambungan internet dengan NodeMCU yang bertindak juga sebagai otak yang memproses input dari sensor (sensor pH, Turbidity dan DHT11) dan output berupa perintah untuk relay serta data yang di kirim kembali ke aplikasi Blynk agar para petani akuaponik bisa melihat kondisi pada pertanian mereka serta mengendalikan kondisi tersebut dimanapun mereka berada.

 

Kata kunci: Akuaponik, DHT11, Internet of Thing (IoT), NodeMCU Blynk, Turbidity.
The Restoration Muslim Tangerines Caliban and Sycorax in Dryden-Davenant’s Adaptation of Shakespeare’s The Tempest
Authors: Alhawamdeh Hussein A.
Published: August 2021

This article analyses the filtering of Shakespeare’s The Tempest (1611) in the Restoration drama repertoire, showing the Restoration revision of the Shakespearean stereotypical delineation of the ‘half-moor’ Caliban in the light of Restoration England’s complex relations of admiration and trepidation with regard to the Muslim Moors and Turks. Dryden-Davenant’s The Tempest or The Enchanted Island (1667) complicates the figures of Caliban and Sycorax as Muslim Moorish friends or foes and possible subjects of Charles II’s English Tangier on the Barbary coast. Dryden-Davenant’s The Enchanted Island makes historical parallels and allusions to Charles II’s marriage to the Portuguese Catherine of Braganza and the English possession of Tangier as a part of the marriage dowry.
Clinical signs, interventions, and treatment course of three different treatment protocols in patients with Crouzon syndrome with acanthosis nigricans
Authors: de Planque Catherine A. , Wall Steven A. , Dalton Louise , Paternoster Giovanna , Arnaud Éric , van Veelen Marie-Lise C. , Versnel Sarah L. , Johnson David , Jayamohan Jayaratnam , Mathijssen Irene M. J.
Published: August 2021

OBJECTIVE

Crouzon syndrome with acanthosis nigricans (CAN) is a rare and clinically complex subtype of Crouzon syndrome. At three craniofacial centers, this multicenter study was undertaken to assess clinical signs in relation to the required interventions and treatment course in patients with CAN.

METHODS

A retrospective cohort study of CAN was performed to obtain information about the clinical treatment course of these patients. Three centers participated: Erasmus Medical Centre, Rotterdam, the Netherlands; John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford, United Kingdom; and Hôpital Necker-Enfants Malades, Paris, France.

RESULTS

Nineteen patients (5 males, 14 females) were included in the study. All children were operated on, with a mean of 2.2 surgeries per patient (range 1–6). Overall, the following procedures were performed: 23 vault expansions, 10 monobloc corrections, 6 midface surgeries, 11 foramen magnum decompressions, 29 CSF-diverting surgeries, 23 shunt-related interventions, and 6 endoscopic third ventriculostomies, 3 of which subsequently required a shunt.

CONCLUSIONS

This study demonstrates that patients with the mutation c.1172C>A (p.Ala391Glu) in the FGFR3 gene have a severe disease trajectory, requiring multiple surgical procedures. The timing and order of interventions have changed among patients and centers. It was not possible to differentiate the effect of a more severe clinical presentation from the effect of treatment order on outcome.
Clinical effectiveness of and family experience with telephone consultation in a regional pediatric neurosurgery center in the United Kingdom
Authors: Lo William B. , Herbert Katie , Rodrigues Desiderio
Published: August 2021

OBJECTIVE

Pediatric neurosurgery outpatient consultation is conducted face-to-face (FTF) conventionally. Reasons for not using telemedicine include the perceived difficulty with obtaining a reliable history and an inability to perform a physical examination. However, FTF consultation can cause distress and inconvenience to the child and family. In 2018, the authors’ department piloted a clinical nurse specialist–led telephone consultation (TC) for follow-up appointments. This was extended to the routine neurosurgery clinics in 2020. In this study, the authors evaluate 1) the effectiveness of TC, 2) families’ experience with TC compared with traditional FTF appointments, and 3) the factors associated with their preferences.

METHODS

In this prospective study using a survey methodology, TCs carried out by 2 consultant neurosurgeons and 1 nurse specialist over 8 weeks were evaluated. Based on clinical background, each patient was assigned to a TC or FTF appointment. Clinical and surgical details and home postal code were recorded. At the end of each TC, the clinician recorded whether the child required an FTF appointment within 3 months. In addition, patients/families answered 1) how the current TC compared with FTF consultation, and 2) their preference of TC or FTF for the next consultation.

RESULTS

A total of 114 TCs were included. No child required an FTF appointment within 3 months. Overall, compared with an FTF appointment, the TC was the “same/better/much better” for 101 families (89%), and “worse/much worse” for 13 (11%). Two-thirds of families preferred the next appointment to be a TC. Families attending a TC for new appointments preferred the next appointment to be FTF compared with those attending a follow-up TC (6/8 [75%] vs 31/106 [29%], p = 0.006). A high rating of the current TC was associated with a preference for a TC as the next appointment (p < 0.0001). Families preferring TC over FTF lived farther from the hospital (mean 38 vs 27 km) (p = 0.029).

CONCLUSIONS

From the clinicians’ perspective, TC is adequate in appropriately selected patients as either the primary mode of consultation or as a triage system. From a service users’ perspective, the majority of families felt that the appointment was the same/better than traditional FTF appointments. The findings suggested that 1) new patients should be offered FTF appointments; 2) follow-up TCs should be offered to families when possible; and 3) clinicians should develop their skills in conducting TCs. The authors’ results have led to a modification of our algorithm in delivering traditional outpatient service and telemedicine with telephone.
Malignant spindle cell tumors of the posterior fossa in children: case series and review of management
Authors: Gigliotti Michael J. , Mau Christine , Specht Charles S. , Lawson Cynthia , McNutt Sarah , Natarajan Shreela , Rizk Elias B. , Iantosca Mark
Published: August 2021

OBJECTIVE

The WHO Classification of Tumours of the Central Nervous System (2016) classifies nonmeningothelial malignant spindle cell tumors involving the extraaxial tissues of the posterior fossa as melanocytic tumors and malignant mesenchymal tumors (sarcomas). The objective of this study was to conduct a review of the literature pertaining to the management strategies of posterior fossa malignant spindle cell tumors in the pediatric population.

METHODS

The authors performed an institutional search of their pathology database for patients younger than 18 years of age who presented with posterior fossa malignant spindle cell tumors. A literature review was also performed using the PubMed database, with “posterior fossa” or “spindle cell tumors” or “Ewing sarcoma” or “high-grade” or “spindle cell sarcoma” or “leptomeningeal melanocytoma” as keywords. The database search was restricted to pediatric patients (age ≤ 18 years). Parameters reported from the literature review included patient age, tumor location, presenting symptoms, treatment modalities (resection, chemotherapy, and/or radiotherapy), leptomeningeal spread at or after the time of treatment, and follow-up length and resulting outcome.

RESULTS

The authors report 3 rare cases of posterior fossa malignant spindle cell tumors, including Ewing sarcoma in a 13-year-old male; high-grade spindle cell sarcoma, not otherwise specified in a 10-year-old male; and primary leptomeningeal melanocytoma in a 16-year-old female. All 3 patients underwent resection and radiotherapy and either chemotherapy or targeted immunotherapy. At the last follow-up, all patients were alive with either resolution or stable disease.

CONCLUSIONS

A review of these 3 cases and the existing literature support managing patients with intracranial malignant spindle cell tumors with multimodal therapy that can include a combination of resection, radiotherapy, and chemotherapy or immunotherapy to prolong progression-free and overall survival.
Arteriovenous malformation of the trigeminal nerve root presented with venous congestive edema of the medulla oblongata and upper cervical cord: illustrative case
Authors: Nagai Arata , Endo Hidenori , Sato Kenichi , Kawaguchi Tomohiro , Uchida Hiroki , Omodaka Shunsuke , Matsumoto Yasushi , Tominaga Teiji
Published: August 2021

BACKGROUND

Arteriovenous malformation (AVM) of the trigeminal nerve root (TNR) is a rare subtype of the lateral pontine AVM. Most of them are diagnosed when they bleed or exert trigeminal neuralgia. Venous congestive edema is a rare phenomenon caused by TNR AVMs.

OBSERVATIONS

An 82-year-old man was admitted with progressive limb weakness and dysphasia. Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) revealed extensive edema of the medulla oblongata and the upper cervical cord with signal flow void at the C3 anterior spinal cord. Vertebral angiography revealed a small nidus fed mainly by the pontine perforating arteries (PPAs). The anterior pontomesencephalic vein (AMPV) was dilated, functioning as the main drainage route. This suggests that venous hypertension triggered the brainstem and upper cervical cord edema. MRI with gadolinium enhancement showed that the nidus was located around the right TNR. Because the nidus sat extrinsically on the pial surface of the right TNR’s base, microsurgical obliteration with minimum parenchymal injury was achieved. Postoperative MRI showed disappearance of the brainstem and cervical cord edema with improved clinical symptoms.

LESSONS

TNR AVM is rarely associated with brainstem and upper cervical cord edema caused by venous hypertension of the congestive drainage system.
European experience of legal regulation of anti-corruption issues in the public sector
Authors: Slotvinska Nataliia
Published: August 2021

Elimination, neutralization or restriction of the social preconditions of corruption requires systemic changes in the main spheres of social life, first of all in the functioning of public authorities. Because corruption is a phenomenon associated with the abuse of certain opportunities provided by certain posts or official position of persons authorized to perform state functions, it is traditionally believed that anti-corruption measures should be aimed primarily at such persons. Public confidence and public accountability play an important role in preventing corruption. Preventing and combating corruption cannot be effective without preventive measures in the public sector, an area where those authorized to represent the state perform their professional duties. UN anti-corruption standards in the public sphere provide for the implementation of a set of measures aimed at preventing the commission of corruption offenses. These are, first of all, the require-ments for public officials to carry out their activities on an ethical basis, which can be established in special codes of conduct that help persons performing public functions to choose the right course of action in a situation where there is a high risk of corruption.
Técnicas de Atención Primaria de Salud en los procesos de aprendizaje
Authors: Álvarez Silva Luis Antonio , Villao-León María Fredelinda , Crofford-Vera Lissette Johanna , Santillán-Molina Laura Alexandra
Published: August 2021

Actualmente las computadoras se utilizan no sólo como equipos de soporte a diferentes diligencias humanas, sino como medio obtener información, a su vez la informática está presente en casi todos los campos de la vida moderna. El presente artículo aborda los delitos informáticos que logran ser considerados como crímenes electrónicos, tan graves que consiguen llegar a ser un genérico problema para el avance de la informática. Estos delitos tienen consigo lo que es fraude, robo, falsificación (documentos), etc. El ejemplo más claro es cuando una persona sea hombre o mujer consigue robar información y causar daños de servidores o computadores que llegan ser la mayoría virtuales para la información está de forma digital cuyo daño cada vez se vuelve más grande.
Situación social en aulas de clase la ciudad de Milagro
Authors: Zamora M. Rosalia
Published: August 2021

El objetivo general de este trabajo investigativo es de dar a explicar todo lo relacionado con el morbo callejero desde una perspectiva emitida por las mujeres milagreñas, quienes sufren a diario una vulnerabilidad a su integridad personal mediante actos como escuchar palabras obscenas, silbidos, en especial piropos con contenido sexual hacia ellas. El morbo callejero es una problemática actual que para muchas personas no tiene un nivel de importancia y simplemente ignoran algunas situaciones que ocurren ante este fenómeno social. Utilizamos una metodología mixta que implicó datos cualitativos y cuantitativos para poder entender de manera correcta las características relacionadas a esta problemática.
Los procesos de formación universitario y su impacto en la migración masiva
Authors: Zambrano Zeas Antonio
Published: August 2021

A diario muchos venezolanos dejan su país en busca de un mejor futuro, ya que actualmente Venezuela sufre una crisis económica, social y política lo cual es conocida como la narcodictadura de Nicolás Maduro. Muchos de los venezolanos que llegan a nuestro país se encuentran en estado ilegal, ya que no constan con la visa que les exigen para ingresar al territorio ecuatoriano, por ende, no pueden trabajar legalmente en un negocio. Por esta razón los emigrantes acuden a la alternativa de trabajar de manera informal y otros a cometer actos delictivos, por esta razón por objetivo general: identificar las consecuencias que trae la migración de los venezolanos a nuestro país “Ciudad de Guayaquil”, por medio del cual se utilizó el método: cualitativo, ya que se realizó una entrevista a un migrante venezolano que trabaja informalmente en la ciudad de Guayaquil, obteniéndose como resultado: que muchos de los extranjeros trabajan informalmente por la falta de documentos e incluso porque cuando trabajan en negocios no le pagan lo justo, concluyéndose: que a raíz de eso va en aumento el trabajo informal y la delincuencia en Guayaquil.
La multimedia y el aporte al aprendizaje en los niños entre 6 a 10 años
Authors: Gallo Macías Gina Gardenia
Published: August 2021

La educación primaria a nivel mundial ha revelado un aumento del 6% en las tasas de matrícula entre los años 2000 y 2010; es decir, que muchos más niños tienen acceso a la educación primaria, y así mismo han disminuido en un 7% las tasas mundiales de repetición de año, durante este mismo periodo. Sin duda alguna, se evidencia el trabajo mancomunado de gobiernos y organizaciones interesadas en desarrollar políticas para mejorar el nivel de educación. Fortalecer mediante juegos multimedia educativos el proceso de aprendizaje en los niños/.Lograr que los alumnos de primer año de Educación Básica de la Escuela Fiscal “Efrén Avilés Pino” de Guayaquil sean capaces de asimilar y retener los contenidos curriculares de forma progresiva y significativa a través del uso de un CD multimedia educativo denominado “Juega y Aprende”. Para el presente proyecto investigativo se tomó como referencia la investigación de campo, bibliográfica, descriptiva y explicativa, lo que permitió analizar el grupo objetivo, el tipo y el medio de aprendizaje adecuado para niños en etapa escolar y la funcionabilidad de la propuesta. El núcleo familiar es el primer contexto de aprendizaje que se encarga del cuidado y protección del niño. En este entorno el niño realiza los aprendizajes sociales básicos que le ayudarán en su relación consigo mismo y con los demás. Con este trabajo se pretende aportar un Software como material de apoyo para utilizar en la enseñanza especial de los niños de primaria, que ayude a la prevención o disminución de las digrafías escolares en esos niños.
Comparative analysis of Russian and foreign regulatory requirements for vibration protection of a tractor operator
Authors: Godzhayev Z. A , Godzhayev T. Z , Lyashenko M. V , Shekhovtsov V. V , Iskaliyev A. I
Published: August 2021

The paper discusses the main requirements of Russian and foreign regulatory documents on vibration protection of the operator's workplace of wheeled and tracked vehicles. Their comparative analysis was performed. The normalization of the parameters of general vibration at the workplaces of operators of tractors and self-propelled agricultural vehicles in our country occurs in accordance with the requirements of SN 2.2.4 / 2.1.8.566-96, GOST 12.1.012-2004 and GOST 12.2.019-2015. The root-mean-square values of vibration accelerations for a certain period of exposure in each octave (one-third octave) frequency band are allocated as the evaluation criteria. They are compared for compliance with the regulated values from a specific standard. At the international level, the object of compliance is the ISO 2631-1: 1997 standard, which establishes the requirements for vertical and horizontal vibration with a certain exposure time on a person from 1 minute to 24 hours in the frequency range from 1 to 80 Hz. The article shows that the most stringent requirements for the level of local vibration are established in the Russian Federation. They provide clear regulation of the type of work performed, duration, magnitude, direction of existing loads, etc. Relatively soft requirements are in most European countries, except Poland, where the MPL is regulated taking into account the age, gender and condition of a person. In addition, in the regulatory documents of most foreign countries there are two and sometimes three indicators: threshold (upper and lower) values and MPL. When the threshold is reached, primary measures are usually initiated to counter harmful factors.
Selection of the characteristics of the suspension system of the high-speed tracked robot
Authors: Sarach YE. B , Tkachev YA. A , Krokhin M. E
Published: August 2021

Currently, the field of mechanical engineering is rapidly developing, including the creation of robotic high-speed vehicles. The design of suspension systems for such vehicles must be accompanied by the fulfillment of certain requirements, which are currently not formulated. Considering the thing that there is no person in the body of a high-speed robot, the application of the requirements for the suspensions of crew vehicles is not justified. In order to develop recommendations on the choice of characteristics of suspension systems for high-speed tracked robots, the research objects, which mass is in the range from 1000 to 10000 kg are determined. No suspension system is required for objects weighing less than 1000 kg. Objects weighing more than 10,000 kg will be created on the basis of existing serial vehicles. The study is based on the provision that the considered class of vehicles is not subject to restrictions on the range of natural frequencies of body vibrations. Considering that one of the main requirements remains for high-speed tracked robots - ensuring a high average speed, it is proposed to increase the suspension stiffness in order to exclude resonance from the range of possible travel speeds. Using the accepted provisions, a study of the suspension system of increased stiffness is carried out. The movement along the tracks of a harmonic profile in resonance mode and a broken dirt road is simulated. The results of the study show that the characteristics of the suspension system, selected according to the proposed method, make it possible to move along the line of the harmonic profile in the resonant mode without suspension breakdowns. The speed of movement on a broken dirt road is limited to a value, which exceeding leads to significant vibrations of the body and an increase in the load on the elements of the suspension system. The absence of breakdowns leads to a decrease in the loading of the suspension, which makes it possible to reduce the mass of its elements.
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Authors: Housecat Minerva
Published: August 2021

Throughout history, black cats have been interacting with the universe via psionic wave oscillations. Felinekind has nothing to lose. Reality has always been full of lifeforms whose brains are engulfed in inspiration.
Sustainable Development of Lantau City in Hong Kong through Enhancing the Cultural, Social and Economic Values
Authors: Choi Hee Sun (Sunny)
Published: August 2021

Sustainability is much more than simply protecting the environment. It requires a long-term vision for catalyzing the positive change that leads to sustainability in economic, social and environmental contexts. The current environmental problem is not simply related to the environment; rather, it encompasses the reconstruction of social and cultural issues in addition to economic policies that take into account natural capital as a resource. Considering the overall planning and design strategies in terms of sustainability, the most important fact is that the built environment is largely determined by the communities that dwell there and the buildings reflect the needs of the individuals and the various key actors, physical and social structure, and the physical location of the built structures. The current research is focused on the Lantau City in Hong Kong. It is a case study to determine the role of the cultural and social values in inducing sustainable development. The results showed that the consideration for the cultural and social capital, while moving away from political and economic ideologies, causes the success of sustainable development.