bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
constituição intelectual não canonizada de José Veríssimo
Authors: Pamplona Alessandra Greyce Gaia
Published: March 2020

Resumo: Este artigo objetiva apresentar a constituição intelectual de José Veríssimo Dias de Matos (1857-1916) a partir de um conjunto de textos publicados, mas que foram desconsiderados por ele e pela historiografia literária. Considera-se a bibliografia formada pela fortuna crítica e pelos próprios textos do escritor na análise, a qual demonstra que uma variedade de fatores interferiu para o apagamento de um perfil que, se não representava o ideal de crítica, foi decisivo para a entrada do autor no mundo das Letras oitocentistas. Esses documentos indicam que se o crítico foi canonizado pelo livro, foi na imprensa cotidiana que ele se consagrou.
Palavras-chave: José Veríssimo; constituição intelectual; cânone.
Long-term results of the stretta procedure in patients with gastroesophageal reflux: A single-center experience
Authors: GÖK Mehmet , GENÇDAL Genco
Published: March 2020

Background and Aim: Gastroesophageal reflux disease is a common disease that is usually treated with medications. A group of patients who is unresponsive to lifestyle changes and medications or does not want to use long-term medications is referred for endoscopic treatments and surgery. In this study, we aimed to present the results of our patients who were followed up after the diagnosis of gastroesophageal reflux disease and Stretta treatment in our clinic. Materials and Methods: The study included a total of 25 patients with gastroesophageal reflux diseasewith ages between 18 and 80 years who underwent the Stretta procedure. Patients were followed up for 4 years. Results: Of 25 patients, 16 were men (mean age: 38±7.59 years) and 9 women (mean age: 38.2±7.74 years). The heartburn scores were 3.7±0.66 and 1.6±1 (p <0.05) in women and 4±0.70 and 1.68±1.19 (p <0.05) in men before and 12 months after the procedure, respectively. In the 4th year, there was a significant improvement in the reflux symptoms and quality of life of the patients, and 15 (60%) of 25 patients continued their life without using proton pump inhibitors. Conclusion: The Stretta procedure may be a good alternative for patients who do not respond to medicines or respond but refuse to take continuous medications.
Ciencias del Deporte
Authors: Vargas Olarte Carlos Eduardo
Published: March 2020

En Latinoamérica, la discusión sobre el deporte como objeto de estudio se caracteriza por la insuficiencia del debate teórico científico y su relación con los contextos ideológicos y políticos en los que han surgido determinados enfoques y desarrollos que inciden sobre la concepción e ideales de humano y corporalidad, así como sobre los motivos, formas de organización, niveles de rendimiento en relación con el juego, el aprendizaje de movimientos lúdicos y técnicos deportivos, el ejercicio, el entrenamiento, la competencia, la diversión y la actividad física. En el transcurso de las dos primeras décadas del siglo XXI llama la atención cómo dentro del espíritu libertario de la “Globalización” en este campo del conocimiento hace carrera el valor de uso/ pragmatismo / de los términos, sin recurrir a una mayor fundamentación teórico científica, como tampoco a mayores elaboraciones conceptuales. Esta discusión guarda una gran importancia en el desarrollo de las ciencias del deporte en general, como para las disciplinas de las ciencias del deporte en particular. La investigación plantea la importancia del conocimiento de los procesos evolutivos desde contextos históricos, ideológicos y políticos, así como de la consideración filosófica y teórico científica para establecer posibilidades de diferenciación frente a la naturaleza, esencia y caracterización del hecho deportivo, sea denominado cultura física, actividad física y/o que su estudio se aborde desde la educación física, las ciencias aplicadas o las ciencias del deporte.
OPTIMIZATION OF A SMALL SCALE CONCENTRATED SOLAR POWER PLANT USING RANKINE CYCLE
Authors: BOUGUİLA Ahlem , SAİD Rachid
Published: March 2020

A system for the exploitation of the available energy of the sun is proposed in this paper. The system involves a collector, a heat reservoir, a vapor generator, a set of direction control valves and a turbine. These components can be combined to form four closed different cycles in order to generate electricity or store heat according to the outdoor environment. An optimization method is proposed to optimize the energy collected at the shaft of the turbine for a given input sun power. The method establishes a functional relationship between the optimal mass flow rate through the collector, the sun input power and the optimal collected power at the shaft of the turbine. A similar functional relationship is established between the optimal temperature of the working fluid and the sun input power. The collected optimal energy is computed as a function of the sun input power for different temperatures of the vapor generator. The effect of the heat transfer coefficient and coefficient of radiation of Stefan-Boltzmann and the temperature of the vapor generator on the output optimal energy are investigated.
INVESTIGATION OF WASTE HEAT ENERGY IN A MARINE ENGINE WITH TRANSCRITICAL ORGANIC RANKINE CYCLE
Authors: KAYA İbrahim , KARAKURT Asım Sinan , ÜST Yasin
Published: March 2020

The increasing of fuel prices and global energy demand and enactment of new restrictive emissions regulations require more efficient and environmentally friendly engines to be designed. In this context, conversion of waste heat to useful energy is necessary to design more energy efficient vessel including using more efficient main engines and auxiliary engines. The aim of this study, thermodynamic characteristic of recovery of a ship's main engine waste heat is determined parametrically for waste heat recovery system (WHRS). Naturally, heat exchangers are used for waste heat recovery. Because of that reason, firstly shell–and–tube heat exchanger will be investigated parametrically. In order to make a more accurate calculation, it is important to reflect the pressure and enthalpy variations in the heat exchanger to the heat transfer calculations. After that the Transcritical Organic Rankine Cycle (TORC), which is recommended by many authors for the recovery of waste heat sources at low and medium temperatures, will be examined parametrically. The results show that increasing the number of pipes in the heat exchanger at a certain value may result in a decrease in system performance parameters that is The Net Power and Thermal Efficiency due to decreasing velocity of the mass flow in tubes. Moreover, The Net Power and Thermal Efficiency curves behaved differently with variable mass flow rate. Therefore, we will define performance parameter being important for WHRS.
Histopathology of bladder carcinomas: an eight year retrospective study at Lagos state university teaching hospital, Ikeja, Nigeria
Authors: Sanni Daniel A. , William Oluwaseun O. , Soyemi Sunday S. , Abolarinwa Abimbola A. , Popoola Abiodun O.
Published: March 2020

Background: This study was undertaken to evaluate the histological types, frequency, age and sex distribution of bladder carcinoma in Lagos State University Teaching Hospital (LASUTH), Ikeja, Lagos state. This study aims to classify bladder carcinoma in this centre according to the World Health Organisation/ International Society of Urological Pathology.Methods: An eight-year retrospective study of all bladder carcinomas specimens that were sent to the department of Pathology and Forensic Medicine, LASUTH between 1st January, 2011 and 31st December, 2018 was done. Relevant data consisting of the age and sex distributions as well as histopathological types were extracted from the departmental information system and filed documents. The data was analysed using the IBM-SPSS version 25.0.Results: There were 87 cases of bladder tumours, out of which 55 (63.2%) were bladder carcinomas. The mean age at diagnosis of bladder carcinomas was 56.9±13.9 years. Sex distribution has male to female ratio of 1: 1. Urothelial carcinoma predominates as the most common histological type.Conclusions: Bladder carcinoma presents most frequently at the 5th decade of life, with a slight male preponderance.
Epidemiological study of road traffic injury victims attending a tertiary care centre in Hyderabad
Authors: Shadan Taj Qurat Ul Ain , Anil Kumar Karmakonda
Published: March 2020

Background: Increased vehicular traffic on roads has now begun to cause road traffic accidents. Road traffic injuries will rise to become the fifth leading cause of death by 2030. In India every year road traffic accidents (RTA) accounts for over 1,00,000 deaths, 2 million hospitalization and 7.7 million minor injuries. The objective of the study was to study the socio-demographic profile and the epidemiological factors related to RTA.Methods: It is a cross-sectional, hospital based descriptive study done on all road traffic injury victims admitted at Owaisi hospital attached to deccan college of medical sciences between April 2013 and July 2014. 573 RTA victims were interviewed using a predesigned questionnaire.Results: Majority of the victims were from the age group of 25 to 39 years (38.4%). Majority are males (85.5%). Majority victims had a primary level of education (29.3%), followed by illiterates (20.6%). Majority victims were from upper lower socio-economic class (34.5%) and lower class (30.4%). Majority of the accidents occurred on weekends (57%). Maximum road traffic accidents (45%) occurred during rainy season. Majority of the road user victims were drivers (47%). Motorised two wheelers (43%) were the leading road users among the victims.Conclusions: Majority of the victims being in the productive age group. Public should be sensitized about the raise in road traffic accidents especially in peak hours and weekends. Motorcyclists being the leading road users among victims must be counselled regularly regarding proper road safety measures.
A comparative study of clinical and radiological outcome between cages and morselized bone graft in transforaminal lumbar interbody fusion surgery: a hospital-based study
Authors: Jain Amit , Chandra Abhishek , Agarwal Aakanksha , Meena Ramesh Chandra , Agarwal Mudit
Published: March 2020

Background: Degenerative spinal diseases resulting in neuropathic backache are managed by nerve root decompression with instrumented interbody fusion is the treatment of choice for these groups of patients when not managed conservatively.

Methods: Hospital based, comparative, retrospective study was carried out in such patients who underwent transforaminal lumbar interbody fusion (TLIF) with either cage with bone graft or stand-alone autologous morselized bone graft. The clinical and radiological outcomes were compared in these two methods of interbody fusion to assess any significant difference between them. A total of 20 patients with lumbar canal stenosis and degenerative grade 1/2 spondylolisthesis who failed conservative management were operated by TLIF approach and were evaluated for post-operative improvement in Oswestry disability index (ODI) and interbody fusion on imaging at 6 months and 1 year postoperatively. Vertebral level of surgical intervention, intra-operative blood loss and duration of surgery were recorded for each patient along with complications, if any.

Results: In our study there was no significant difference in the clinical and radiological outcome between the two methods of interbody fusion. Although the group which was offered morselized bone graft with cage showed slightly better clinical outcome at 6 months of follow up, both showed no significant difference in ODI at 1 year of follow up.

Conclusions: With this study, we can conclude that both the methods have similar clinical and radiological outcome with similar patient satisfaction and can be interchangeably employed for interbody fusion according to surgeon’s and patient’s preferences.
Dificuldades na implantação da norma de desempenho em construtoras de médio e pequeno porte no oeste de Santa Catarina
Authors: Pagliari Claudivana Sistherenn , Amaro Louise Chiarello , Lantelme Elvira Maria Vieira , Pilz Silvio Edmundo , Costella Marcelo Fabiano
Published: March 2020

A presente pesquisa teve como objetivo avaliar a implantação da norma em dez construtoras com o auxílio da lista de verificação da norma de desempenho proposta por Costella (2018). A lista de verificação foi aplicada em um grupo de dez empresas construtoras localizadas no oeste de Santa Catarina, as quais foram acompanhadas por um período de oito meses, sendo aplicada a lista de verificação na primeira e na última visita, visando avaliar a evolução das empresas e detectar as principais dificuldades de adequação à norma. Dentre os resultados obtidos, destaca-se que as principais dificuldades estão nos requisitos de desempenho estrutural, estanqueidade, desempenho acústico e durabilidade e manutenibilidade. Além disso, a empresa com maior evolução no cumprimento dos requisitos de desempenho passou de 16,36% para 40,61% de conformidade, o que ainda não representa a metade do cumprimento dos requisitos da norma. O presente trabalho contribuiu com a discussão da implantação da norma de desempenho no setor da construção, além de auxiliar na identificação e discussão das principais dificuldades enfrentadas por empresas de pequeno e médio para a aplicação da norma.
Avaliação da sustentabilidade do Bairro Camobi, Santa Maria, RS
Authors: Gabriel Helena Reginato , Warpechowski Laura Elisa Hansen , Zambonato Bruna , Grigoletti Giane De Campos
Published: March 2020

O aumento acelerado da densidade demográfica levou a um crescimento excessivo e desorganizado das cidades a partir da década de 1950, causando problemas urbanos perceptíveis até hoje. Como resposta, surgem novos métodos de planejamento urbano mais sustentáveis. Este artigo apresenta uma avaliação do bairro Camobi, em Santa Maria, RS, sob a ótica do urbanismo sustentável. O bairro apresenta características típicas de áreas suburbanas de cidades brasileiras. O objetivo desta análise é reconhecer potencialidades e fragilidades do bairro, possibilitando a criação de diretrizes para torná-lo mais amigável às pessoas. A metodologia baseou-se em instrumentos e parâmetros que abordam a análise do terreno, completude do bairro, permeabilidade ao pedestre, preferências dos usuários e análise da forma. Como principal conclusão têm-se a inadequação do bairro às necessidades dos pedestres principalmente no que diz respeito a mobiliário urbano, infraestrutura de passeios e conexões. Os resultados apresentados podem auxiliar no planejamento de novos bairros suburbanos de cidades brasileiras bem na proposição de estratégias de readequação de bairros existentes.
Tezy do problemu historii filozofii
Authors: Noras Andrzej J.
Published: March 2020

Artykuł jest próbą systematyzacji poglądów na temat historii filozofii. Punktem wyjścia analiz są koncepcje występujące w filozofii pokantowskiej, w której ujawniają się znaczące różnice w rozumieniu historii filozofii. Może ona być rozumiana jako doksografia, jako historia pojęć, jako historia idei, jako historia problemów czy wreszcie jako filozoficzna historia filozofii. Autor prezentuje główne założenia każdego z przywołanych ujęć historii filozofii, wskazując jednocześnie na szczególną wartość historii filozofii ujętej jako historia problemów oraz jako filozoficzna historia filozofii. Dodatkowo odwołuje się do polskich badaczy problemu, a mianowicie Kazimierza Twardowskiego, Zbigniewa Kuderowicza czy Mieczysława Gogacza. Osobną pozycję w zaprezentowanych analizach zajmuje hermeneutyka i charakterystyczna dla niej krytyka stanowiska zaprezentowanego przez Wilhelma Diltheya.
The Philosopher as the Therapist: A Lesson from the Past
Authors: Hołub Grzegorz
Published: March 2020

Filozof jako terapeuta — lekcja z przeszłości

Artykuł dotyczy filozofa, który może pełnić funkcję terapeuty. W pierwszej części ukazane są tendencje do postaw terapeutycznych dostrzegane w środowisku filozofów współczesnych zaangażowanych w tzw. ulepszanie człowieka. Wykorzystując najnowsze osiągnięcia genetyki, inżynierii genetycznej i farmakologii, filozofowie ci oferują terapie ukierunkowane na „ulepszenie” ludzkiej kondycji. W drugiej części artykułu ukazane są wybrane idee dotyczące terapii filozoficznej w postaci, jaką praktykowali niektórzy filozofowie starożytni. Ich propozycje opierały się zasadniczo na kontakcie osobowym, rozmowie i radach o charakterze mądrościowym. W kolejnej części artykułu te dwa podejścia są skontrastowane i porównane. Stanowiska współczesne podkreślają wagę nowych, technicznych metod ingerencji w życie człowieka, ale są ślepe, jeśli chodzi o ujęcie istotnych celów i dóbr ludzkich. Pomimo wielu poważnych różnic kulturowych współczesna terapia może się wiele nauczyć od tej rozwijanej w starożytności. Jeśli istota ludzka ma być poddana terapii praktykowanej przez filozofa, konieczne jest wzięcie pod uwagę jej integralnego obrazu. Oznacza to, że tak jej wnętrze, również jej zewnętrzność powinny stać się przedmiotem ewentualnego oddziaływania terapeutycznego.
Znaki boskiej rzeczywistości: Interpretacja i krytyka koncepcji teistycznych znaków naturalnych Charlesa S. Evansa
Authors: Ruczaj Stanisław
Published: March 2020

Celem artykułu jest interpretacja i krytyka koncepcji teistycznych znaków naturalnych (TZN), przedstawionej przez Charlesa S. Evansa. TZN to charakterystyczne doświadczenia lub własności świata, które sprawiają, że jednostka, która się z nimi zetknie, formuje pewne podstawowe, uzasadnione przekonania o istnieniu Boga i jego naturze. W artykule proponuję dwie interpretacje tego, jak funkcjonują TZN, odwołujące się do kategorii percepcji i pośredniej identyfikacji percepcyjnej. Przedstawiam także dwa argumenty krytyczne wobec koncepcji TZN. Po pierwsze, wskazuję, że nie wyjaśnia ona zadowalająco, dlaczego TZN są niejednoznaczne, tj., mogą być odczytywane na różne sposoby. Po drugie, zauważam, że pewne doświadczenia można potraktować jako „ateistyczne znaki naturalne”. Istnienie takich doświadczeń daje rację do przypuszczenia, że Bóg jest zwodzicielem.
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints and Its Doctrine: A Philosophical Approach
Authors: Ptaszek Robert T.
Published: March 2020

Kościół Jezusa Chrystusa świętych w dniach ostatnich i jego doktryna z perspektywy filozofii

W artykule pokazuję, jak za pomocą realistycznej filozofii religii można dokonać wstępnej weryfikacji prawdziwościowych aspiracji doktryny konkretnej wspólnoty religijnej. Pierwszym elementem doktryny religijnej możliwym do filozoficznej oceny jest jej niesprzeczność. Dlatego w tekście rekonstruuję doktrynę konkretnego ruchu religijnego i pokazuję, jak na drodze filozoficznych analiz można wykazać, że nie spełnia ona tego kryterium. Jako przedmiot badań wybrałem główne elementy doktryny Kościoła Jezusa Chrystusa Świętych w Dniach Ostatnich (nazywanego w skrócie Kościołem Mormonów), ponieważ uważam go za szczególnie interesujący alternatywny wobec chrześcijaństwa ruch religijny.

Spośród działających obecnie ruchów religijnych Kościół Jezusa Chrystusa Świętych w Dniach Ostatnich wyróżnia się pod kilkoma względami. Przede wszystkim wspólnota ta korzysta z wielu różnych źródeł objawienia. Ponadto ich „święta opowieść” to licząca kilkanaście wieków historia, która choć rozpoczyna się w Izraelu, w większości dzieje się na kontynencie amerykańskim. Wreszcie Kościół Mormonów przedstawia wizję „ziemi świętej” oraz koncepcję zbawienia, które w istotny sposób różną się od koncepcji przyjmowanych przez inne wspólnoty religijne bazujące na Biblii.

Oryginalność koncepcji zbawienia mormonów, którą nazywają „planem wiecznego postępu”, dotyczy zarówno celu tego planu, jak też możliwych form jego realizacji. Jeśli chodzi o cel, to według mormonów ludzie mogą stać się bogami i zaludniać swoim potomstwem kolejne światy.

Przeprowadzona z punktu widzenia filozofii religii rekonstrukcja i analiza głównych elementów doktryny mormonów pokazuje jej liczne słabości, niespójności i uproszczenia. Z tej perspektywy „świętą opowieść” mormonów trudno uznać za coś więcej niż tylko barwny i interesujący mit. Natomiast odpowiedź na pytanie, dlaczego mormoni wciąż wierzą w tak niespójną doktrynę, wykracza poza zakres podjętych w artykule rozważań.
Antecedentes y perspectivas para el manejo integrado de Tuta Absoluta Meyrick 1917 (Lepidoptera: gelechiidae)
Authors: Herrera Maria Piedad , Rodríguez Caicedo Daniel , Cantor Rincón Fernando
Published: March 2020

En los últimos años se han realizado diversos avances en términos de investigación para un manejo adecuado de Tuta absoluta, una de las principales plagas de tomate en el mundo. En los cultivos convencionales, el método de control químico ha sido el más utilizado.  Actualmente se buscan estrategias sostenibles, para ser implementadas en el manejo integrado de plagas (MIP). Apanteles gelechiidivoris parasitoide especifico de Tuta absoluta, encontrado de forma natural en Colombia, es considerado como una estrategia promisoria para su implementación en un programa de manejo integrado en tomate. A pesar de esto, exposiciones a pesticidas pueden afectar su efectividad de control dentro del cultivo. La evaluación de los efectos de la exposición a estos pesticidas sobre los enemigos naturales permite anticipar sus perspectivas de éxito. Dentro de los ensayos realizados frecuentemente para determinar la compatibilidad, se llevan a cabo evaluaciones de dosis letal media DL50, exposición directa y exposición indirecta. En la actualidad también se realizan trabajos sobre aspectos que van más allá de la mortalidad inducida directamente sobre los individuos, pero que afectan la biología de los controladores como, por ejemplo: evaluaciones de fecundidad, emergencia de adultos, capacidad parasítica, longevidad y proporción sexual. En este trabajo se revisan los avances más significativos en el control de Tuta absoluta mediante el empleo de A. gelechiidivoris y se discuten aspectos relativos a la necesidad de adelantar estudios de compatibilidad del parasitoide con estrategias de manejo químico.
Diversidad de la ictiofauna de la quebrada La Batalla, municipio de Florencia, Caquetá, Colombia
Authors: Escobar Manuel Fernando , García Andrés Ricardo , Pimentel-Parra Gustavo Adolfo , Chaves-Moreno Luis Carlos , Murcia-Ordoñez Betselene
Published: March 2020

Se determinó la diversidad de la ictiofauna en la quebrada La Batalla (Florencia-Caquetá), durante un periodo de diez días, estableciendo nueve puntos de muestreo de 50 m cada uno. La colecta se llevó a cabo utilizando artes de pesca combinados con arrastres continuos y capturas manuales en horas de la mañana, con esfuerzo de muestreo de cinco horas por cada punto. Se registraron variables de temperatura, pH, tipo de sustrato, ancho y profundidad del cauce. Se calculó la curva de acumulación de especies y se analizó la diversidad específica mediante los índices de diversidad de Shannon-Wiener, Margalef y equidad de Pielou. Con un total de 927 individuos, registrados en 6 órdenes, 13 familias, 20 géneros y 23 especies, donde el orden Characiformes fue el más diverso con diez especies con un 43.5 % del total de especies capturadas, seguido de los Siluriformes con 26.1 %, Gymnotiformes con 13 %, Perciformes con 8.7 % y por último Lepidosireniformes y Synbranchiformes con un 4.3 %.  A nivel de familia las más diversas fueron Characidae y Loricariide con 17.4 % del total de especies capturadas, y las especies más abundantes fueron Corydoras melini con 271 individuos y Hemigrammus pulcher con 173 individuos.  Los índices de diversidad permitieron establecer que la quebrada la Batalla presenta una biodiversidad baja, debido posibles  problemas de ganadería extensiva y a la pesca indiscriminada.
Eficiencia de un reactor biológico secuencial en el tratamiento de efluentes de una planta procesadora de productos cárnicos
Authors: Carrasquero Ferrer Sedolfo Jose , Rodríguez Ortiz Manuel Gregorio , Bernal Vergara Jose Alexander , Diaz Montiel Altamira Rosa
Published: March 2020

El agua residual proveniente de una planta procesadora de productos cárnicos está constituida básicamente por materia orgánica y altos contenidos de nitrógeno y fósforo. Es por ello, que esta investigación tuvo como objetivo evaluar la eficiencia de un reactor biológico secuencial en la remoción de materia orgánica y nutrientes, tratando efluentes de una planta procesadora de productos cárnicos ubicada en el estado Zulia, Venezuela. El reactor fue operado con tres tiempos de ciclo operacional (7, 10 y 12 h), un tiempo de retención celular de 25 días y una secuencia anóxica-anaeróbica/aeróbica/anóxica (Ax-An/Ae/Ax). Los parámetros medidos al inicio, durante y al final de cada ciclo evaluado fueron: demanda química de oxígeno total, demanda bioquímica de oxígeno, nitrógeno total, nitrógeno amoniacal, nitritos, nitratos, pH, alcalinidad total, fósforo total, color y turbidez. Los tratamientos aplicados a dicho efluente en el reactor biológico secuencial (SBR) permitieron obtener remociones de materia orgánica y nutrientes superiores al 92,6 % para la DQOT, 44,7 % para el NT y 52,6 % para el PT, debido a la flexibilidad del reactor para adaptarse a distintas condiciones de operación. La mayor remoción de materia orgánica, nutrientes, color y turbidez se alcanzó con los tiempos de ciclo operacional (TCO) de 10 y 12 h, generando un efluente que cumplió con lo establecido en la normativa venezolana para descarga en cuerpos de agua.
An Exploratory Study of Accomplished Librarian-Researchers
Authors: Kennedy Marie R. , Brancolini Kristine R. , Kennedy David P.
Published: March 2020

Abstract

Objective – This work explores potential factors that may contribute to a librarian becoming a highly productive researcher. An understanding of the factors can provide evidence based guidance to those at the beginning of their research careers in designing their own trajectories and to library administrators who seek to create work conditions that contribute to librarian research productivity. The current study is the first to explore the factors from the perspective of the profession’s most accomplished librarian-researchers.

Methods – This exploratory and descriptive study recruited 78 academic librarians identified as highly productive researchers; 46 librarians participated in a survey about their professional training and research environments, research networks, and beliefs about the research process. Respondents supplied a recent CV which was coded to produce a research output score for the past 10 years. In addition to fixed-response questions, there were five open-ended questions about possible success factors. All data were analyzed with descriptive statistics and tests of significance correlations.

Results – Accomplished librarian-researchers have professional training backgrounds and research environments that vary widely. None is statistically associated with research output. Those with densely connected networks of research colleagues who both know each other and do research together is significantly related to research output. A large group of those identified in the research networks are “both friend and colleague” and offer each other reciprocal support. In open-ended questions, respondents mentioned factors that equally span the three categories of research success: individual attributes, peers and community, and institutional structures.

Conclusion – The authors found that that there are many paths to becoming an accomplished librarian-researcher and numerous factors are conducive to achieving this distinction. A positive research environment includes high institutional expectations; a variety of institutional supports for research; and extrinsic rewards, such as salary increases, tenure, promotion, and opportunities for advancement. The authors further conclude that a librarian’s research network may be an important factor in becoming an accomplished librarian-researcher. This finding is supported by both the research network analysis and responses to open-ended questions in which collaboration was a frequent theme.
Amy Winehouse and the Mind of the Artist
Authors: Annus Amar
Published: March 2020

The link between great creativity and psychopathology remains highly debated, but still a firm- ly established finding by many studies during the last century. Whereas biographic evidence for psychotic affective disorders has often been reported for creative artists, the present study takes into account the recent discussions about the traits of autism spectrum and ADHD that are found in high creativity. The most recent book by the Irish psychiatrist Michael Fitzgerald, The Mind of the Artist serves as the frame of reference.The case under study is the British jazz singer Amy Winehouse (1983-2011). Two biographic narratives, one by each of her parents, are an- alysed for her cognitive and behavioural profile and personality traits. The cognitive strengths and weaknesses observed, as well as the descriptions of her social and non-social behaviours, closely match the ADHD and autistic symptoms. The identity diffusion that is a characteristic of highly creative artists according to Fitzgerald, also occurs as the prominent feature of singer’s persona with multifaceted ways of expression. Both autistic and ADHD traits were high in her persona which enhanced her creativity, but also caused problems in everyday life.
Identifying the Novel Pyrimidine-Based CDK2 Inhibitors as Anticancer Agents Using Text-Mining and Combined Molecular Modeling Approaches
Authors: SAHİN Kader , DURDAGI Serdar
Published: March 2020

The cycline-dependent kinase (CDK) protein is an important target used in anti-cancer drug designing studies. Pyrimidine is a crucial fragment which is used in many FDA-approved drugs including anti-cancer drugs. In the current study, a small molecule database (Specs SC) that includes more than 210.000 compounds were used in text mining studies and 6668 molecules that carry “pyrimidine” fragments were filtered. These compounds were then screened at the binding pocket of CDK-2 target using molecular docking and molecular dynamics (MD) simulations approaches. Binding free energies of screened compounds were also compared with pyrimidine-based FDA approved anti-cancer drug Abemaciclib which targets CDK. Based on comparison of docking scores of screened compounds, top-7 hits were used in 100 ns MD simulations. Same MD simulations protocol (100 ns) were also applied to Abemaciclib-bound CDK-2 complex structure. Average Molecular Mechanics/Generalized Born Surface Area (MM/GBSA) energies were then calculated. Our MM/GBSA results showed that 6 out of 7 compounds have better MM/GBSA scores than FDA approved compound Abemaciclib. Thus, together with combination of text mining and integrated molecular modeling approaches, we identified novel pyrimidine-based hits against CDK.
Cashless Policy and the Nigerian Payment System
Authors: John Nwani Jemima , Emmanuel Nwaimo Chilaka , Ikechi Kanu Success , Eke Chinonso Karen
Published: March 2020

Before the introduction of the cashless policy by the Central Bank of Nigeria in 2011, the Nigerian economy was heavily cash-oriented in its transaction of goods and services contrary to the global trends. With the aid of paired data samples between 2007 and 2017, this study evaluates the impact of cashless policy on the Nigerian payment system. The operations of a cashless economy were assessed based on the use of Cheques, funds transfer channels and Automated Teller Machines (ATMs). Analysis of data showed that the volume and usage of cheques as a means of financial settlement has failed and was partially replaced by electronic payment systems. Banks are getting more involved in the use of interbank fund transfers rather than a cash settlement. It was also ascertained that the use of ATM’s as a means of financial intermediation is increasing. It is anticipated that the use of ATMs will become even more popular in Nigeria in the near future. To some extent, the outcome of the study has justified the implementation of the cashless policy initiative in Nigeria. However, the innovation and operations of the policy are not without its related limitations. There are various challenges associated with its practice, ranging from poor infrastructural facilities and difficulty in imbibing the e-payment culture due to illiteracy. Other socio-cultural factors that constitute an impediment include celebrations like weddings, birthdays and festivals. On such occasions, Nigerians prefer to ”display or spray raw cash’’ rather than issuing cheques. Thus, more effort needs to be put in place by the regulatory authority to re-orientate the masses and to encourage the use of E–payments channels, cheques, funds transfer options and, owning/ operating of bank accounts. This will give a further boost to the development of the Nigerian payment system.
TOPLUMSAL SORUMLULUK YAKLAŞIMI VE GÜVEN BAĞLAMINDA MEDYA VE KAMUOYU ARAŞTIRMALARI ARASINDAKİ İLİŞKİ
Authors: GÜZ Nurettin , YANIK Hayrullah
Published: March 2020

Güven bireyler arası ilişkilerde ve bireyin kurumlarla olan ilişkilerinde büyük bir öneme sahiptir. Toplumun medyaya güven duyması medyanın demokrasilerde kendisine yüklenen işlevlerini yerine getirdiği ve etik ilkelere uyarak yayıncılık yaptığı anlamına gelmektedir. Ancak dünyada ve Türkiye’de medya toplum nezdinde itibar kaybına uğramıştır. Farklı haber kaynaklarına (gazete, televizyon, dergi, radyo, İnternet medyası/sosyal medya) güven düzeyi ve genel olarak medyanın diğer kurumlarla kıyaslandığında güven düzeyi düşüktür. Bununla birlikte medya için önemli bir haber kaynağı olan kamuoyu araştırmalarına duyulan güvenin de medyaya duyulan güven veya güvensizlikten etkilenmesi muhtemeldir. Medyanın toplumsal sorumluklarını yerine getirmesi için uyması gereken etik ilkelerin yanında ayrıca kamuoyu araştırmalarını yayınlarken uyması gereken ölçütler de bulunmaktadır. Medya bu etik ilkelere uymadığı ve demokratik sistemlerde kendisine yüklenen işlevleri yerine getirmediğinde hem medyaya hem de kamuoyu araştırmalarına toplumun duyduğu güven seyisinin düşük olması da muhtemeldir. Bu çalışma ile toplumsal sorumluluk yaklaşımı çerçevesinde ve güven bağlamında medya ve kamuoyu araştırmaları arasındaki ilişkinin literatüre dayalı betimsel bir analizle ortaya konması amaçlanmaktadır. Kuramsal zeminde bu amaca yönelik bir çalışmanın yok denecek kadar az olması bu çalışmayı litaratüre sağlayacağı katkı anlamında önemli kılmaktadır. Çalışma kapsamında geniş bir litaratür taraması yapılmıştır. Çalışmada, medya güvenilirliği kaynak, araç ve mesaj bağlamında ele alınmış, medya ve kamuoyu araştırmaları arasındaki ilişki ise araştırma sonuçlarının medyada yayınlanmasında uyulması gereken etik ilkeler çerçevesinde değerlendirilmiştir. Medya ve kamuoyu araştırmaları arasındaki ilişkinin boyutu, medyanın toplumsal sorumluluklarını yerine getirme oranı çalışmada ayrıntılı olarak ele alınmıştır. Medyanın ve kamuoyu araştırmalarının toplumda algılanan güven düzeyinin yükseltilmesine yönelik olarak medya kuruluşları ve kamuoyu araştırma şirketlerinin sorumlulukları çalışmada tartışılmıştır. Çalışma konusu olan medya ve kamuoyu araştırmaları güvenilirliği demokratik siyasal sistemin sağlıklı işleyişini de doğrudan etkilediği için önemlidir.
Ecologically adjusted human development index
Authors: Ryumina Elena V.
Published: March 2020

The article offeres an approach to including ecological factor in the Human Development Index (HDI). HDI is aimed at reflecting the quality of life of population, which is defined along with other important characteristics and state of environment. However, there is still no ecological living conditions of population in the formalized representation of HDI. Two directions of constructing ecologically adjusted HDI are developed: introducing ecological index to HDR, and using ecologically adjusted GDP/GRP in income index. Ecological index reflecting the state of environment in the places of residence and recreation of population is constructed on the basis of indicators of the number of air/water samples exceeding the ambient standards, as a percentage of the total number of examined samples. This indicator is presented in the annex to the statistical handbook «Environment Protection in Russia» for all regions. It is offered to modify the index of income in HDI by subtraction of the economic damage caused by pollution from income, as this part of income does not go to growth of the population welfare, but only compensates for the damage. For implementation of this approach there is no official statistics, and in the study was used the database accumulated by the author over many years of ecological-economic research. As a result, there was calculated ecologically adjusted HDI for all 85 regions in comparison with the traditional HDI. In 14 regions with the best ecological situation the HDI value grew, in the others it decreased. Some of the regions formerly leading by the HDI value lost their positions. Comparing the impact on HDI of ecological index on the one hand, and of modifications of income index on the other, showed an incomparably greater role of the introduction of ecological index.
Financial situation and social support received by families with children in Ulyanovsk oblast
Authors: Grishina Elena E.
Published: March 2020

The aim of this work is to analyze the financial situation and the level of social support received by families with children in Ulyanovsk oblast on the basis of the data from household survey conducted in Ulyanovsk oblast. The study showed that the poverty rate among the surveyed households with children under 18 is significantly higher than the total poverty rate among the households. Many families with children cannot afford buying goods and services they need. In order to maintain their consumption level, a significant proportion of families with children have to take out loans. Analysis of the survey data shows that the coverage of families with children by social benefits is quite high. At the same time, even among the poor households with children, one quarter of households does not receive any social benefits. The surveyed families with children noted difficulties faced by them in obtaining information about social benefits and in collecting necessary documents, long waiting in queues when applying for benefits. The calculations show that provision of regional benefits, including targeted regional benefits, reduces the poverty rate among households with children only slightly. In general, regional benefits are more likely to reduce the extreme poverty of household with children. The analysis presented in the article allows determining possible directions for improving the social support system in Ulyanovsk oblast.
The Comparative Change of Self-Efficacy in Nursing Students After Verbal De-Escalation Education
Authors: Hostetler Tina
Published: March 2020

Background: The incidence of workplace violence has continued to occupy a significant place in healthcare at a rate nearly double that in other industries. Those providing direct bedside care are among the most vulnerable to violence, including nursing students. Many students report experiencing verbal or physical aggression prior to graduating from nursing school. Purpose: The purpose of this quantitative prospective experimental study was to measure the level of self-efficacy of nursing students’ verbal de-escalation skills before and after verbal de-escalation training, to see if the training made a measurable effect on the level of self-efficacy. Method: Seventeen nursing students in their psychiatric-mental health course rotation completed a pre- and post-intervention survey based on Thackrey’s Confidence in Coping with Patient Aggression scale (1987) to measure self-efficacy. The intervention included up to 90 minutes of interactive verbal de-escalation training. Result: A statistically significant increase in self-efficacy scores was noted from pre-intervention (M = 39, SD = 13.5) to post-intervention (M = 60.9, SD = 14.3), t (16) = 6.92, p < .001 (two-tailed). The mean increase in CCCPA scores was 21.8 with a 95% confidence interval ranging from 28.6 to 15.2. The eta squared statistic (0.46) indicated a large effect size. Conclusion: Verbal de-escalation training in all nursing programs is recommended.
Water as a critical issue for viticulture in southern Europe: sustainability vs competiveness
Authors: Costa Joaquim Miguel , Vaz Margarida , Escalona José Mariano , Egipto Ricardo , Medrano Hipolito , Chaves Maria Manuela
Published: March 2020

Water is a vulnerable resource in the Mediterranean region, but irrigation demands have been increasing to mitigate effects of environmental stress. Sustainable wine production involves the precise use of water in the vineyard and winery. Improved knowledge on grapevine ecophysiology and genetics, the use of sensors for soil and canopy monitoring, plant phenotyping and improved crop management can help save water. In the winery, best management practices and improved water metrics will promote water savings and decrease wastewater production.
Understanding Technological Socialization
Authors: Calderón Gómez Daniel
Published: March 2020

In this article the author takes a socio-generational perspective in order to reconstruct young adults’ biographies of socialization in the use of Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) in the region of Madrid, presenting a Bourdieuan approach which includes two entangled dimensions of this process: material domestication of ICTs in daily activity and distinctive digital literacies internalized as dispositions towards practice. From a sample of thirty in-depth interviews structured by gender, age, education and type of digital accessibility, the author’s analysis results in a typology of four ideal techno-biographical trajectories (‘T1-pro-technology users’, ‘T2-practical users’, ‘T3-mobile users’, ‘T4- professional users’) which represent distinctive forms of appropriation of digital technologies into practice.
International Medical Knowledge Transfer as a Tool of Public Diplomacy
Authors: Daraboš Nikica , Radin Dagmar
Published: March 2020

The international dissemination of expertise in most transition countries is underdeveloped because of a number of developmental and practical challenges. Croatia’s overall educational and innovatory potential for health knowledge transfer remains above average when compared to what has been achieved by other new EU Member States, and it is dominated by public sector research institutes and universities. This unrealized potential could be improved further by enhancing the international dissemination of Croatian medical expertise using public diplomacy. The aim of this paper is to address the way in which the international dissemination of medical expertise in transition countries can serve as a tool of public diplomacy to improve its scope and success, in addition to advancing the scope of the knowledge transfer itself. The case of Croatia is used as an example. An effective communication strategy is an important element of public diplomacy that, by influencing public opinion, provides the necessary precondition for active societal support of the willing participants in the transfer of knowledge. Hence, at the beginning of this paper we present the concept of international knowledge transfer in general, and then proceed to present the example of the transfer of Croatian medical knowledge. The second part of this paper addresses elements of public diplomacy and different communication mechanisms and the potential for the international dissemination of domestic medical expertise, with the primary emphasis on Croatia. Finally, we present an overall analysis and an algorithm of public diplomacy activities that each country in transition can adopt to overcome failures associated with the international dissemination of medical expertise.
Understanding the Role of Key Point Mutations in Receptor Binding Domain of SARS-CoV-2 Spike Glycoprotein
Authors: Singh Bipin
Published: March 2020

The recent outbreak of novel coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2 or 2019-nCoV) and its spread to the whole world is currently posing one of the major threats to human health and the world economy. It has been suggested that SARS-CoV-2 is similar to SARS-CoV based on the genome sequence comparison. Despite the genomic similarity between SARS-CoV and SARS-CoV-2, the spike glycoprotein and receptor binding domain in SARS-CoV-2 shows considerable difference compared to SARS-CoV, due to the presence of several point mutations. We analyzed the receptor binding domain (RBD) from recently published 3D structure of spike glycoprotein of SARS-CoV-2 and compared with RBD of SARS-CoV. The observations highlight few important features of RBD in the light of the recently published findings from the 3D structures of spike glycoprotein and its complex with human angiotensin-converting enzyme 2 (ACE2) (Yan, R., et al. (2020); Wrapp, D., et al. (2020); Walls, A. C., et al. (2020)).
How to Further Reduce the Risk of Serious COVID-19 Infections: Exploiting the Fragile Viral Envelope and the Self-Cleaning Mechanisms of Our Respiratory System
Authors: Vogel Viola
Published: March 2020

Social distancing, washing hands and good hygiene are essential and currently the most potent methods available to curb down the unprecedented speed by which the new coronavirus is spreading across the globe. Even under lockdown, which is necessary to significantly reduce the number of people that get infected by an ill person, are there additional measures that each of us can embrace to even further reduce the risk of infection and the severity of the COVID-19 disease? Given the lack of licensed drugs that target SARS-CoV-2 specifically, we have to look into additional non-specific defense mechanisms that animals and humans evolved to protect themselves from pathogen invasions. The goal of this article is to describe how various of our non-specific defense mechanisms work, which actually precede the inflammatory response, and to discuss whether we can exploit the unique features of the coronavirus envelope and the self-cleaning machinery of the human respiratory tract to strengthen our self-defense. The challenge is to actively interfere with supportive measures during the short time window between getting exposed and before an inflammatory response gets initiated.
Survival of Patients Treated with Antibiotics and Immunotherapy for Cancer: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis
Authors: Petrelli Fausto , Iaculli Alessandro , Signorelli Diego , Ghidini Antonio , Dottorini Lorenzo , Perego Gianluca , Ghidini Michele , Zaniboni Alberto , Gori Stefania , Inno Alessandro
Published: March 2020

Antibiotics (ABs) are common medications used for treating infections. In cancer patients treated with immune checkpoint inhibitors (ICIs), concomitant exposure to ABs may impair the efficacy of ICIs and lead to a poorer outcome compared to AB non-users. We report here the results of a meta-analysis evaluating the effects of ABs on the outcome of patients with solid tumors treated with ICIs. PubMed, the Cochrane Library, and Embase were searched from inception until September 2019 for observational or prospective studies reporting prognosis of adult patients with cancer treated with ICIs and with or without ABs. Overall survival (OS) was the primary endpoint, and progression-free survival (PFS) was the secondary endpoint. The effect size was reported as hazard ratios (HRs) with a 95% confidence interval (CI), and an HR > 1 associated with a worse outcome in ABs users compared to no-ABs users. Fifteen publications were retrieved for a total of 2363 patients. In the main analysis (n = 15 studies reporting data), OS was reduced in patients exposed to ABs before or during treatment with ICIs (HR = 2.07, 95%CI 1.51–2.84; P<.01). Similarly, PFS was inferior in ABs users in n = 13 studies with data available (HR = 1.53, 95%CI 1.22–1.93; p<.01). In cancer patients treated with ICIs, AB use significantly reduces OS and PFS. Short duration/course of ABs may be considered in clinical situations in which they are strictly needed.