bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
STUDENTS’ COLLABORATIVE STORY WRITING PROJECT IN AN EXTENSIVE READING PROGRAM
Authors: Hadiyanto Anita Kurniawati
Published: December 2020

As the nature of Extensive Reading (ER) emphasizes the reading activity, most ER follow up activities are developed to support the act of reading. This might neglect the fact that reading can also be a stimulus for creative and imaginative writing. Although ER has a potential role to develop students’ L2 writing, not many have explored it. This preliminary study investigates a writing project undertaken as a post-ER activity. This project was done at the end of an ER program in an EFL context. In this project, the students worked collaboratively to write a 1,000-word short story. The study examined how the ER teachers and ER students in the study perceived the story writing project. Data were gathered from semi-structured interviews with three ER teachers and six ER students. Findings showed that both the teachers and students perceived the story writing project as beneficial to enhance the students’ creativity and imagination. They also agreed on the connection between reading and writing. The quality of the story was perceived to be significantly influenced by the students’ reading behaviors. Practical suggestions on how to integrate this project into an ER program were also offered.
COGNITIVE DIVERSITY AMONG EFL LEARNERS: IMPLICATIONS FOR TEACHING IN HIGHER EDUCATION
Authors: Elyas Tariq , AlHashmi Bayan , Fang Fan
Published: December 2020

With a theory-driven interest in the factors that make some language learners more successful than others, this study attempts to measure the cognitive diversity level of EFL learners at a Saudi university. To achieve this purpose, the Ehrman and Leaver’s questionnaire of learners’ cognitive profiles (Ehrman & Leaver, 2003) was adapted, translated into Arabic, and then randomly distributed to foundation year students taking English as a Foreign Language as a main course. The overall results reveal that the cognitive diversity among students is considerable. It ranges between moderate to high, according to the Simpson Diversity Index (Simpson, 1949). On this account, several implications are suggested to improve the quality of EFL teaching at the university level. These implications and recommendations are mostly directed to the committees concerned with qualification assurance or professional development.
CAN TED TALK TRANSCRIPTS SERVE AS EXTENSIVE READING MATERIAL FOR MID-FREQUENCY VOCABULARY LEARNING?
Authors: Hsu Wenhua
Published: December 2020

Schmitt and Schmitt (2014) labeled the first 4000 to 9000 word families as mid-frequency words and stressed their importance based on Nation's (2006) estimate that for adequate comprehension of a variety of authentic texts, knowledge of the first 9000 word families is necessary. Subsequent to this vocabulary goal is to determine what can be read extensively to increase vocabulary progressively since most words cannot be mastered through only one exposure. This research aimed to investigate how much TED talk transcripts input is needed to encounter most of the first 9000 word families for learning to occur. It first measured the vocabulary levels of TED talks for their potential as extensive reading material for mid-frequency word learning. The results show that TED talks reached the 5th to 6th 1000-word-family level at 98% lexical coverage. Corpus sizes of 0.3 to 4.8 million words of TED transcripts provided an average of 12+ repetitions for most of the words from the first 4th to 9th 1000 word families. The figures may serve as a reference for learners in extensive reading programs to decide how much effort they should make to read TED talk transcripts voluminously to reach a certain vocabulary goal.
TRACES OF CRITICAL SPIRITUAL PEDAGOGY IN INDONESIAN EFL TEACHERS’ CHRISTIAN-BASED CLASSES
Authors: Puspita Aurelia Melinda Herka , Mambu Joseph Ernest
Published: December 2020

The incorporation of critical pedagogical (CP) perspectives into ELT classrooms has been widely discussed in ELT literature, but how English language teachers in Indonesian schools integrate them in their lessons has not been sufficiently documented. This study aims to investigate to what extent CP perspectives are integrated within the learning process to teach four basic English skills, although the teachers were not familiar with CP. Two in-service English teachers from a private junior high school in Central Java, Indonesia, filled in a questionnaire designed to identify their pedagogical identity. They were also interviewed and observed to further investigate their responses in the questionnaire and to explore the realization of the CP practice. The data was classified based on the components of critical language pedagogy proposed by Crookes (2013). The results showed that as students’ wholeness was acknowledged, the learning process integrated cultural and critical contents to teach a particular language feature. During the learning process, there was a great deal of the inclusion of spiritual values as a way of demonstrating the students’ criticality.
A sympathetic gut connection drives the metabolic benefits of Roux-en-Y gastric bypass
Authors: Hankir Mohammed K.
Published: December 2020

Surgery is regarded by many as the go-to treatment option for severe obesity; yet how physically altering the gastrointestinal tract produces such striking results on body weight and overall metabolic health is poorly understood. In a recent issue of Cell Reports Ye et al. (2020) compare mouse models of Roux-en-Y gastric bypass (RYGB) and sleeve gastrectomy (SG), the two most commonly performed weight loss surgeries in the clinic today, to show that the former reconfiguring procedure selectively increases resting metabolic rate through splanchnic nerve-mediated browning of mesenteric white fat. More significantly, they demonstrate that this effect for RYGB is required for the maintained negative energy balance and improved glycemic control that it confers.
Loucita: Etymological Notes on a Female Name from the Norico-Pannonian Onomastic Landscape
Authors:   University of Ljubljana, Repanšek Luka
Published: December 2020

The undoubtedly Gaulish personal name Loucita, attested in the Norico-Pannonian onomastic area, is particularly interesting from the point of view of its word formation. Unambiguous parallels for such a derivative are difficult to find in Celtic onomastic material, the only possible but very uncertain candidate being a Goidelic river name Ἀργίτα, recorded by Ptolemy. Outside of Celtic, the name of a Germanic seeress Vel(a)eda, if it goes back to *u̯elētā- (which is a probable but not the only possibility), is a potential case in point, which would then unavoidably imply that Loucita < *leu̯k-ēt-ā- must somehow be based on the oblique stem with a generalised length of the suffixal vowel (*leu̯k-ēt-) taken over from the nominative singular, where it was inherited. Since the category of lexicalised, synchronically unproductive dethematic *-et-stems in Celtic typically displays exactly that phenomenon, this etymological interpretation cannot be dismissed as ultimately improbable. Another reasonable possibility, however, would be to start from a feminine abstract *lou̯k-i-/*leu̯k-i- ‘brightness, lustre’ (itself based on the thematic possessive adjective *leu̯k-ó- by external derivation), to which Loucita could then represent a barbātus-type adjectival derivative *leu̯k-i-to- ‘having lustre,’ exactly parallel to the type seen in Indo-Iranian colour adjectives. It is argued that the latter type probably does not represent thematic possessives of t-abstracts to i-stem adjectives but, contrary to the communis opinion, rather goes back to to-possessives of i-stem abstracts. Under both analyses, however, the name is an important addition to the Proto-Indo-European type of derivative in *-ito-, so far unambiguously identified only within Indo-Iranian.
Karelian Written Documents as a Source for Studying Deanthroponymic Settlement Names
Authors:   Petrozavodsk State University, Kyurshunova Irina A. ,   Institute of Language, Literature and History, Karelian Research Center of the RAS
Published: December 2020

The paper examines one group of Russian-language place names of Karelia, namely those containing possessive forms of anthroponyms. The study builds on published and manuscript sources representing four Zaonezhsky pogosts (Kizhi, Tolvuisky, Chelmuzhsky, Shungsky) with occasional reference to the materials of other Karelian areas, used for comparative purposes. Another informative source of the historical toponymy of Karelia are the comparative tables of settlement names compiled by Mikhail Vitov and other researchers for the purpose of historical, geographical, and ethnographic description of the region. Together, these data feeds serve to explicate the structural changes in the toponymic system of the region, its historical variation and standartisation. The author uses cross-sectional approach to show the evolution in the number of name components and the factors of possessive formants choice. It is noted that the scribes played a major role in the way geographical objects were documented, by creating apellations that hardly reflected the real toponymy of the area. As the analysis showed, one of the components of a name (most likely, the possessive element) tended to gain more weight over time due to the change in the residents’ vision of the named place. Quantitatively, the share of names motivated by landscape features is considerably less than those referring to the name of the owner or the first settler. However, in terms of word-formation, the choice of possessive elements (-ov/-ev, -in, -sk-, -shchina) has been unstable for quite a while. The structural “stability” of this type of toponyms begins at the end of the 17th — early 18th centuries, although the spread of some toponymic patterns of this kind was geographically restricted.
Prerevolutionary Names of Mining Sites of the Beryozovsky Gold Deposit
Authors:   Perm State National Research University, Kostylev Yuri S.
Published: December 2020

The article deals with the proper names of mines, veins, digging pits, and other natural and artificial mining sites located on the territory of the Beryozovsky Gold Deposit (Middle Urals, Russia). The vast majority of these onomastic units appeared in the 18th–19th centuries, in the course of the mining development (since its start in 1745 and until 1917), and are still in more or less active use today. The study aims to identify the motivation for the toponymic objects in the area and to trace the systemic features of them as a naming system. The analysis comprises 268 units retrieved from specialized works on the history of gold mining, the Middle Urals, and specifically the Beryozovsky Deposit. To meet the goals of the study, these are considered in the motivational aspect and in terms of their systemic relations. It appears that a significant part (up to 50%) of names is the result of formal or semantic derivation and are “inherited” from other sites by metonymic transfer or due to the reorganization of previously existing mining facilities. In the motivational aspect, deanthroponymic derivatives tend to predominate. A large number of these names have a memorial character, and their eponyms are often indirectly related to the territory under consideration. In other cases, the toponyms may refer to work managers or owners of specific sites. The religious vocabulary is another important motivation source. There are relatively few names that are motivated by the essential properties of the named objects. Incidentally, these can point to the estimated gold content of the vein or to its geographical location. All these features clearly demonstrate the artificial nature of the analyzed onomastic system. On the extralinguistic side, its formation is driven by the consistent development of the field territory which required administrative regulation of naming.
Performative Interactions between Brand Names and their Slogans in Chrematonomastic and Communicative Perspective
Authors:   University of Łódź, Gałkowski Artur
Published: December 2020

The paper aims to present the results of a chrematonomastic research on the interactions between brand names and their slogans which, when used together, form specific advertising units that shape the identity of the branded product. Such complex structures (“brand name + slogan”) are referred to as performative brand interactions (PBI) or, more generally, as performative textual nodes (PTN). Through the lens of communication theory, these PBI/PTN constructions may qualify as “conversational contributions ” (CC) or “moves” according to the “dialogical moves ” theory. Methods of corpus analysis serve to study the usage frequency of slogans accompanying brand names. The article explores the structural, as well as the semantic, and pragmatic aspects of performative interactions that enhance the communicative potential of a brand name by placing it in a specific context. The study results in a classification of the “brand name + slogan” units considered as having a twofold scope, both textual (interaction between the brand name and the slogan) and communicational (interaction between PBI/PTN and the target audience or the marketed product).
The Hagionym Khyzir-Ilyas in the Local Traditions of Tatars
Authors:   Kazan State Institute of Culture, Khaziyeva Guzaliya S.
Published: December 2020

The article examines the hagionym Khizir-Ilyas featured in the Tatar folk culture. The study of folklore and ethnographic data, primarily texts of charms, suggests that there are several other local variants of this name: Gөzer-Ilyas, Kozer-Ilyas, Khuzer-Ilyas, Khser-Ilyas, Khyzyr-Ilyas, Kodyrata, Kydyr ata, Kodyrat babai. An ethnolinguistic analysis enables to restore the folk image of the corresponding character by revealing its functional traits, individual features and background. In the texts of local Tatar traditions, Khyzyr-Ilyas is the spirit of the road, a mysterious invisible stranger helping those in need. In addition to patronizing travelers, Khizir-Ilyas also performs other functions: he serves as an intermediary between man and Allah, protects people from illness and misfortune, provides them with prosperity and good luck. The most essential attributes of Khizir-Ilyas are his white clothes and a whip, which is a symbol of the expulsion of all evil. According to popular beliefs, Khyzyr-Ilyas lives in fields, and appears in person on Fridays, which is a distinctive temporal mark. The study traces the parallels of the image of Khyzyr-Ilyas in the cultures of some other Turkic-speaking peoples.
Fundamental approach to building a holistic concept of security psychology at Sochi state university
Authors:   Sochi State University, Teslya Svetlana
Published: December 2020

Relevance of the problem: the need to develop a new field of knowledge-security psychology, which could rely on the basic philosophical and psychological concept of security, methodologically, theoretically and practically able to provide a new field of knowledge integrative character. The purpose of the research: development of security psychology as a direction of fundamental socio-philosophical and psychological research. Hypothesis: it is possible to substantiate the psychological status of the concepts of "danger" and "security", which will give grounds to talk about their interdependence and as an experience-living; the "subjectivity model", "psychological model of subjectivity of a social subject", and "psychological model of security", which have never appeared before, can be introduced into the scientific plan of consideration, and set as the Central theme for the entire basic concept of security. Discussion of the results is divided into three blocks: (1) Deepening the methodological foundations of security psychology as a direction of socio-psychological research: approaches, principles, methods; (2) Formation of the conceptual framework of security psychology as a new field of knowledge; (3) Major problems that have been put forward and justified throughout the research. Conclusions: based on axiological, cultur-antropological, contextual, subjective, and synergetic approaches, a theoretical scheme of security psychology and its basic concept is constructed; seventeen key concepts were developed, with the help of which a thematic correction was made concerning the security issues and the formalization of security psychology; the diagnostic tools are developed that allow to conclude about the state of psychological security model of the social subject; a method of self-diagnosis of the ratio of their resources with the resources of significant others has been developed; a frame analysis of local variable functions of 4 subjectivity codes is presented; a model for diagnosing the content of the psychological model of subjectivity at the stage of acquiring a specific professional identity is presented; a resource concept of security and its empirical application to the problem of professional burnout is developed.
Behavioral responses to the pandemic
Authors:   Sochi State University, Dubovitskaya Tat’yana , Shashkov Aleksandr ,   Sochi State University, Katan Ekaterina ,   Sochi State University
Published: December 2020

The article contains a description of the author's questionnaire, which allows identifying the types of behavioral response to the pandemic, developed in accordance with the terminology of Elizabeth Kübel-Ross. The article presents the results of a comparative study of behavioral responses to the pandemic (denial, anger, bargaining, depression, humility, fear) in men and women, citizens of Russia and Belarus. The interrelation of behavioral reactions and coping strategies of the individual is established.
Personal features of persons with addictive behavior
Authors:   Sochi State University, Bazaleva Lyubov’ , Saltovskaya Anastasiya ,   Sochi State University
Published: December 2020

The article is devoted to the study of the personality determinants of persons with addictive behavior. The aim of the study is to identify the personality determinants of persons with addictive behavior. Research hypothesis - in persons with addictive behavior, there are differences depending on gender, length of use, the period of being in rehabilitation for certain personality traits. To write the article, empirical methods were used - free observation, analysis of isolated cases, conversation, questionnaires, testing according to the methods: the five-factor personality questionnaire McCrae - Costa ("Big Five"), the Shmishek questionnaire. Methods of statistical processing of empirical data were used to process the research results: comparative analysis of mean values and nonparametric statistical tests Mann-Whitney U and Kruskal-Wallis. The study sample consisted of 20 clients of the rehabilitation center: men and women who use various psychoactive substances, with different experience of using substances and different periods of stay in rehabilitation. The article draws conclusions about the peculiarities of personal determinants in persons with additive behavior.
Effects of anxiety in the context of personal security
Authors:   Sochi State University, Bogusheva Diana
Published: December 2020

Basic directions of psychological correction of anxiety of students are examined in this article. Principles are distinguished, methods of correction work with students schools.
Features of economic rationality and psychological well-being of the individual during the pandemic
Authors:   Gymnasium 9 named after N. Ostrovsky, Pushkareva Anastasiya
Published: December 2020

The article presents an overview of two areas of psychological well-being, economic rationality and economic thinking, as well as empirical research in the form of tests conducted during the pandemic. The topic of the work is formed at the junction of two disciplines: economic thinking and psychological well-being of the individual. The relevance of this work lies in identifying the relationship at the junction of these disciplines and in studying the experience gained to confirm the hypothesis.
The role of psychological security in the education of primary school children
Authors:   Sochi State University, Andreyeva Alina
Published: December 2020

The article discusses the concept of psychological safety of a younger student, as well as its importance in the development and formation of the younger generation. The ways of development of psychological safety in students of educational institutions are indicated.
Personal determinants of emotional states of somatic patients
Authors:   Sochi State University, Makarevskaya Irina , Kravchenko Lyudmila ,   Sochi State University
Published: December 2020

The article contains the results of a study of personality predictors of emotional states of persons with chronic somatic diseases. The aim of the study was to identify the personality determinants of the emotional states of the physically ill. The study involved persons who are on dispensary observation with a general practitioner with various chronic somatic diseases (N = 50 people). It is shown that personality traits, resilience, level of self-esteem, prevailing protective mechanisms and the temporal perspective of the personality can be considered as personal determinants of the emotional states of patients.
Problems of identity authenticity in the era of virtualization
Authors:   Sochi State University, Merkulova Anastasiya
Published: December 2020

Modern realities force us to exist in several spaces at the same time. The most pressing issue is psychological security in the virtual space. The purpose of this article is to highlight the problem of identity authenticity in the era of virtualization. It examines the possibility of preserving the integrity of the individual and the transfer of the role identity of the individual on the Internet, as well as the consequences of artificial self-presentation in the online space.
Psychological aspects of digitalization of education
Authors:   Lomonosov Moscow State University, Negriy Varvara , Lagutin Grigoriy ,   Lomonosov Moscow State University
Published: December 2020

The article substantiates the relevance of digitalization of education. The economic, technological and psychological reasons for this process in modern society are given in the article. The main types of training using digital technologies are considered. One of the ways to digitalize education, which is gamification, is presented in the article in detail.
Interconnection of self-attitude and eating behavior of women 30-35 years old in the positive period
Authors:   Kuban State University, Udachina Polina
Published: December 2020

The study is devoted to the problem of dependence of eating disorders in women on their psychological characteristics and indicators of self-attitude in particular. Empirical research has revealed the specificity of eating disorders and self-attitude indicators of women 30-35 years old, with children and are on maternity leave. The relationship of specific eating disorders with the components of self-attitude was also revealed.
Best leadership practices of nurses in hospital risk management: case study
Authors: Fusari Mônica Emanuele Köpsel , Meirelles Betina Hörner Schlindwein , Lanzoni Gabriela Marcellino de Melo , Costa Veridiana Tavares
Published: December 2020

ABSTRACT Objective: To highlight the best leadership practices of nurses who contribute to hospital risk management. Method: Single case study with two integrated units of analysis, with a qualitative approach. Data collected from April to November 2018, through focused interviews with nurse managers, non-participant observation and documentary research. Analysis using the analytical technique to the explanation construction. Results: Three thematic categories were evidenced, demonstrating that the best leadership practices involve technical and non-technical competencies anchored in behavioral development, scientific knowledge, guidelines for quality and patient safety and participatory management of the health team. Conclusion: The best leadership practices of nurses who contribute to hospital risk management pervade technical skills and/or formal positions, valuing each team professional in a unique way and emphasizing the importance of scientific knowledge and the professional reference model that the nurse exercises in hospitals.
Non-linear soil–structure interaction of multi-span reinforced concrete integral bridge
Authors: Verma Manoj , Mishra Shambhu Sharan
Published: December 2020

The response of the substructures and foundation of a multi-span reinforced concrete (RC) integral bridge (IB) was studied in this work. The non-linear action of soil was modelled using the Drucker–Prager yield criterion soil spring model. A five-span IB of length 156 m and having 30 m deep RC piles was considered for two different cases of soil layers. In the first cast case, a uniform soil layer was assumed throughout the entire pile depth and the abutment backfill. In the second case, soil data obtained from the targeted bridge site were used. For both cases, the pile responses due to maximum and minimum yearly and daily temperatures were analysed. A vehicle load of 100 t was coupled with the thermal load to analyse the cumulative response due to temperature, a moving load and non-linear soil behaviour. The results showed that temperature and vehicular load provide a significant contribution to the IB pile response.
Tai Tam Tuk reservoir dam in Hong Kong: historical background and site selection
Authors: Deng Katherine Y , Poon Sun W , Farrell Jonathan
Published: December 2020

Since 1842, the Hong Kong Colonial Government has been plagued with the perennial problem of deficiency in freshwater provision for an ever-growing population. A long-term solution to this was the start of the Tai Tam Waterworks Scheme on Hong Kong Island, with the Tai Tam Tuk reservoir dam, constructed between 1912 and 1917, being its largest and latest addition. This study drew its inspiration from a field trip during which the research team encountered several peculiar brick wells at Tai Tam Harbour. Driven by curiosity to learn their actual function, the team gleaned bits and pieces of archives scattered in Hong Kong and London, followed by in-depth interviews with senior residents nearby and a field study cum diving expedition in search of the remnants associated with the dam construction. Years of extensive research have paid off and led to the unveiling of the interlocking history of the wells with the Tai Tam Tuk reservoir. The findings contribute to a better understanding of the Tai Tam Tuk reservoir dam through a reconstruction of its history and an analysis of its site investigation process. The century-old remains of ground investigation constitute an illuminating testament to Hong Kong’s waterworks for engineers to understand time-tested engineering methodology.
Influence of soil density on performance of geocell-reinforced vertical anchor in sand
Authors: Choudhary A. K. , Dash S. K.
Published: December 2020

Influence of soil density on the performance of geocell-reinforced vertical plate anchors was studied through a series of model tests and numerical analyses. It is observed that the geocell-induced performance improvement is present over a wide range of relative density, varying from 30% (loose) to 95% (very dense). However, increase in load bearing capacity and stiffness of the anchor bed continues to increase with increase in density of the soil mass. Moreover, compared to the unreinforced case, the increase in anchor capacity due to increase in soil density tends to be greater with geocell reinforcement. This is attributed to the dilation-induced volume expansion that tends to mobilise enhanced resistance from the geocell reinforcement. In addition, the size of the rupture surface was found to increase with the increase in density of the fill soil, which indicates that, at higher density, a larger volume of soil mass has participated in sharing the anchor load, leading to the enhanced performance of the system. Numerical analysis using the computer program Fast Lagrangian Analysis of Continua was carried out. The computed results were found to be in good agreement with the observed ones.
Unsaturated behaviour and cation self-diffusion of geosynthetic clay liners in Antarctica
Authors: Acikel A. S. , Rowe R. K. , McWatters R.S.
Published: December 2020

The impact of time-dependent unsaturated behaviour of virgin and the impact of cation self-diffusion on the time-dependent unsaturated behaviour of exhumed geosynthetic clay liner (GCL) specimens were investigated using a chilled mirror hygrometer. Total suction values (after 7 weeks’ water homogenisation) are reported for ten virgin (six different bentonites) and one GCL exhumed after exposure to the thermo-hydro-mechanical (THM) conditions in Antarctica. The time-dependent unsaturated responses of four different virgin GCLs 1 day and 1 week after hydration are compared with the results at homogenisation and the implications discussed. For the suction (0.1–300 MPa) and water content range (5–140%) examined, the post-water homogenisation water retention behaviour of the GCLs is affected by bentonite characteristics. At a given gravimetric water content, the total suction of GCLs increased with increasing smectite content and total soluble salt content and decreased with increasing total bound cation content in the bentonite. Cation self-diffusion also increased the total suction in the GCL exhumed after exposure to Antarctic THM conditions. It is concluded that the impact of cation self-diffusion on the unsaturated behaviour of a GCL during its time in service before exposure to pollutants needs to be considered in designing hydraulic and gas barriers.
Utilização de Medidas Lineares da Epífise Proximal de Tíbias Secas de Adultos na Estimativa do Sexo e Idade
Authors: Oliveira Farias Lucas , Gomes Siqueira Junior Carlos Werneck , Santana Soares Lucas , Rezende Menezes Matheus , De Oliveira Menezes Erika , Prado Reis Francisco , De Almeida Junior Erasmo
Published: December 2020

A partir de exames periciais, o procedimento na identificação de pessoas tem sido relevante no que diz respeito ao esclarecimento de fatos no âmbito jurídico-social. O objetivo deste estudo é verificar o dimorfismo sexual e estimar a idade, examinando tíbias secas através de medidas lineares. Foram utilizadas 161 tíbias secas, sendo 63 do sexo feminino e 98 do sexo masculino, todas maiores de 20 anos de idade. Para o presente estudo foram tomadas as seguintes medidas lineares: distância côndilo medial ao côndilo lateral (cmcl), distância côndilo medial à tuberosidade tibial (cmt), distância côndilo lateral à tuberosidade tibial (clt) e uma área triangular a partir destas medidas (at). A análise de variância dos dados mostrou que os indivíduos do sexo masculino apresentaram médias das variáveis maiores que as do sexo feminino. De acordo com o teste t, ocorreu diferença significativa entre as médias de todas as variáveis (p:<0,0001). Através da Análise Discriminante houve índice de acerto da ordem de 76,60% para o sexo feminino e 66,33% para o sexo masculino, apresentando uma taxa total de acertos de 71,47%. Pela regressão logística, foi atingido um índice de concordância de 78,6%. De acordo com os dados, foi constatado que o modelo de predição da idade não foi significativo para as variáveis estudadas (p: 0,1358). Concluiu-se que a metodologia aplicada possa contribuir para o sucesso de pesquisas que norteiam a investigação do sexo e idade dentro do âmbito da Medicina Legal, principalmente ao ser associada com outras técnicas existentes na literatura.
Does the Prevention of Illegal Eviction From and Unlawful Occupation of Land Act of 1998 Provide Adequate Family Home Protection to Insolvent Debtors or Is It Still Pie in the Sky? (Part 1)
Authors: Boraine André
Published: December 2020

Although some legal systems provide some protection of the homestead or family home for the debtor when his or her estate is insolvent, such direct protective measures are absent in South African insolvency law. Such protection during insolvency can be provided by means of some level of exemption of the family home or homestead of the insolvent like in the insolvency laws of the USA, or by providing protection of occupancy to the insolvents and his or her dependants as is the case in England and Wales.In view of the developments in light of the right to housing as provided for in section 26 of the Constitution concerning the protection of the primary residence of a debtor in South African individual debt collecting and execution procedures, the question will be posed in Part 1 of this article if the same principles should apply in the case of a court hearing an application for compulsory sequestration, especially if the debtor raises the point that the sequestration order may render him or her homeless, should also be considered by such court. In this respect, no direct authority for this proposition could be found yet. (Commentators have argued for some time that the position of the homestead of the debtor in insolvency needs attention of the legislature as well but there has not been real progress in this regard to date.)However, there are a few judgments where the applicability of the Prevention of Illegal Eviction from and Unlawful Occupation of Land Act 19 of 1998 (the PIE Act) after sequestration of the insolvent’s estate has been considered. Part 2 of the article will therefore be devoted to discuss developments in this regard and to consider what problems are encountered in applying the PIE Act during insolvency of the debtor and also if this Act provides sufficient protection to insolvent debtors to prevent them from being evicted from “their” homes where they cannot afford alternative accommodation.Against this background, the two parts of the article deal with different aspects of the issue under discussion. Ultimately the two parts are thematic to provide some answers to the pertinent question, namely if the PIE Act can provide effective interim and/or adequate protection to an insolvent debtor who may be evicted from his or her (former) homestead – in particular in the absence of direct measures in insolvency law, which protect insolvents and their dependants under these circumstances. In raising this question pertinent issues regarding the application of the PIE Act in insolvency also will be considered.
Reconciling Customary Law and Cultural Practices with Human Rights in Uganda
Authors: Mujuzi Jamil Ddamulira
Published: December 2020

Customary law has been part of Ugandan law for many years. Section 2 of the Local Council Courts Act, 2006 defines “customary law” to mean “the rules of conduct established by custom and long usage having the force of law and not forming part of the common law nor formally enacted in any legislation”. Ugandan courts have explained the relationship between customary law and other laws. In 1995, Uganda adopted a constitution that includes, among other things, a bill of rights that prohibits discriminatory and degrading laws and customs. This was informed during the making of the Constitution by the arguments of many Ugandans that discriminatory and degrading customary practices and laws should be abolished by the Constitution. In this article, the author illustrates the steps that have been taken by the drafters of the Constitution, Parliament (through legislation) and courts to outlaw discriminatory and degrading cultural practices. The author recommends ways in which some of these measures could be strengthened.
Analitik Hiyerarşi Prosesi (AHP) kullanılarak Pınarbaşı ilçesi (Kayseri) arazilerinin tarımsal uygunluk derecelerinin belirlenmesi
Authors: ŞAHİN Mine , TOROĞLU Emin
Published: December 2020

Çalışma sahası olarak Yukarı Kızılırmak bölümünde yer alan Pınarbaşı ilçesi idari sınırları seçilmiştir. Geniş arazi varlığı ve bol su kaynağına sahip ilçede nüfusun büyük çoğunluğunun tarımla uğraşıyor olmasına karşın kırsal fakirliğin yaşanması, halkın tarımsal verimden ve geçimden memnun olmaması toprakların potansiyeline uygun kullanılıp kullanılmadığı sorusunu akla getirmiştir. Bu nedenle Pınarbaşı ilçe topraklarının tarımsal uygunluk derecelerinin belirlenmesinin hedeflendiği bu çalışmada Çok Kriterli Karar Verme (ÇKKV) tekniklerinden Analitik Hiyerarşi Prosesi (AHP) ile Coğrafi Bilgi Sistemleri (CBS) birlikte kullanılmıştır. Tarımsal uygunluk derecelerinin belirlenebilmesi için literatürel bilgiler ve sahanın coğrafi koşulları dikkate alınarak ana kriterler ile bunlara ait alt kriter aralıkları belirlenmiştir. Her bir ana kriter ikili karşılaştırmalarla kıyaslanmış, öncelik değerleri ve tutarlılık oranları elde edilmiştir. Ulaşılan ağırlık değerleri ve alt kriter puanları kullanılarak katmanlar arası çakıştırma yapılmıştır. Elde edilen tarımsal uygunluk haritası Gıda ve Tarım Örgütü (FAO) kriterlerine göre tekrar sınıflandırılarak sonuç haritası üretilmiştir. Buna göre ilçe arazisinin %2,15’i tarımsal açıdan “son derece uygun”; %35,26’sı “orta derecede uygun”; %16,74’ü “marjinal olarak uygun” iken; %45,85’i ise tarımsal faaliyete “uygun değildir”. Tarımsal uygunluk haritası ile mevcut arazi kullanımı karşılaştırıldığında, saha için tarımsal anlamda yanlış arazi kullanımının olmadığı, tarımsal faaliyetlerin “son derece” ve “orta derece” tarıma uygun sahalar üzerinde yapıldığı sonucuna varılmıştır. Var olan problem durumunun sebebi ise sahanın olumsuz iklim ve toprak koşulları ile kullanıcı kaynaklı hatalardır. Bu durumu aşmak için toprak bünyesi dâhilinde yorulmadan kullanılmalı, uygun sulama yöntemleri tercih edilmeli ve ekonomik değeri yüksek alternatif tarım ürünleri seçilmelidir.
COVID-19 pandemisinin Türkiye havayolu ulaşımına etkisi
Authors: BAKIRCI Muzaffer
Published: December 2020

Havayolu ulaşımı, Covid-19 Pandemi sürecinde ilk kez küresel ölçekte neredeyse bütünüyle durma noktasına gelmiştir. Temel amacı, Covid-19 Pandemisinin Türkiye’de havayolu ulaşımı üzerindeki etkilerini analiz etmek olan bu çalışma, veri değerlendirme eksenli olarak yapılandırılmıştır. Çalışmanın temel veri setini, Türkiye İstatistik Kurumu (TÜİK) yıllık havayolu ulaşım verileri ile Devlet Hava Meydanları İşletmesi (DHMİ) tarafından üretilen aylık havayolu ulaşım verileri oluşturmaktadır. 2020 Ocak-Ağustos döneminde toplam yolcu taşımalarında önceki yılın aynı dönemine göre %62,8’lik bir düşüş meydana gelirken, yük taşımalarında ise toplam %45,4 gerileme ortaya çıkmıştır. Türkiye’de 2019 yılında en fazla taşıma gerçekleştirilen ilk 10 havalimanı esas alındığında, 2020 yılı Ağustos sonunda 2019 yılının aynı dönemine göre toplam yolcu ulaşımında en fazla oransal düşüşün Antalya Havalimanında olduğu (%80,1), yük taşımacılığında da yine en yüksek oranda gerilemenin Antalya havalimanında yaşandığı anlaşılmaktadır (%80,5). Pandemi nedeniyle Dünya genelinde 2020 yılı boyunca önceki yıla göre taşınan yolcu sayısında %53-60 arasında bir azalmanın olacağı öngörülmekte, mevcut veriler benzer bir durumun Türkiye’de de yaşanacağını göstermektedir. Yine Pandeminin 2020 yılı sonu itibariyle havayolu ulaşımında 352-390 milyar dolar arasında bir kayba neden olacağı öngörülmektedir. Pandeminin Türkiye’de de, 2019 yılı verilerine göre 205 bin olan havayolu istihdamını olumsuzetkilemesi beklenmektedir.
Bildiğimiz turizmin sonu mu? COVID-19’un Türkiye’deki turizm hareketliliğine etkisi
Authors: KERVANKIRAN İsmail , BAĞMANCI Mehmet Fatih
Published: December 2020

2020 yılının başlarında Çin’de ortaya çıkan ve daha sonra dünyanın geneline yayılan COVID-19 küresel salgını ulusal, bölgesel ve küresel ölçekteki birçok hareketliliği (insan, sermaye, mal, ticaret, göç vs.) etkilemiş, ancak bunlar içerisinde en fazla etkilenen ise turizm hareketliliği olmuştur. Turist akışının yasaklanması, ülke sınırlarının kapatılması, uçak seferlerinin durdurulması ve ulusal sınırlar içerisinde bile geçişlere belli bir süre izin verilmemesi, dünyanın birçok ülkesinde turizm hareketliliğini tamamen durma noktasına getirmiştir. Her ne kadar “Yeni Normal Dönem”e geçişle birlikte seyahatlerde kısmi bir artış görülse de, modern insanın alıştığı eski normal dönemin turizm hareketliliğine geri dönüşün zor olduğu, geçmiş yıllarda alışılmış olan turizm faaliyetlerini gerçekleştirmenin mümkün olmadığı, dolayısıyla önümüzdeki dönemde bildiğimiz turizm faaliyetlerinden daha farklı turizm pratiklerinin gelişeceği ve turizm hareketliliğinin de boyutunun, niteliğinin, kapsamının ve görünümünün değişeceği tahmin edilmektedir. Bundan dolayı turizmin değişen bu yeni formunu anlamanın yolu, eski normalin bilindik turizm hareketliliği ile yeni normalin görece kontrollü turizm hareketliliği arasındaki niceliksel ve niteliksel farkları ortaya koymak ve bu değişimin genel görünümüne bakmaktır. Ancak genel görünümü anlamak için hareketin tek yönüne değil, aynı anda milyonlarca insanın köken bölgelerden hedef bölgelere doğru döngüsel akışını incelemek gerekir. Bu çalışmanın amacı, COVID-19’un Türkiye’deki turizm hareketliliğine etkisini hem Türkiye’ye olan turist akışı hem de Türkiye’den yurtdışına olan seyahatler ile birlikte incelemek ve bu hareketliliği turizmin değişen boyutu içerisinde anlamaya çalışmaktır. Bu amaç doğrultusunda çalışmada Birleşmiş Milletler Dünya Turizm Örgütü (UNWTO), Ekonomik Kalkınma ve İşbirliği Örgütü (OECD) ve Dünya Bankası’ndan alınan veriler ile Kültür ve Turizm Bakanlığı ve Türkiye İstatistik Kurumu (TUİK)’ndan COVID-19 salgın süreci sonrasında seyahat amaçlı Türkiye’ye gelen ve Türkiye’den yurtdışına gidenlerin verileri kullanılmıştır. Elde edilen verilere göre, Türkiye’deki turizm hareketliliğinin COVID-19 öncesi ve sonrasının karşılaştırması yapılmış, karşılıklı gerçekleşen hareketliliğin değişen görünümü yorumlanmış ve Türkiye’deki turizm hareketliliğinin değişen bu yeni formu değerlendirilmiştir.
Риторика реакции: извращение, тщетность, опасность
Authors: Хиршман Альберт
Published: December 2020

Книга выдающегося экономиста и историка идей Альберта О. Хиршмана (р. 1915) представляет собой попытку картографирования риторики, которая использовалась консервативными политиками, экономистами и публицистами — от Эдмунда Берка до Милтона Фридмана — для противостояния прогрессивным программам и реформам на протяжении последних двух столетий. Привлекая множество примеров реакции на идеи Великой французской революции и Декларации прав человека, демократизации и последовательного движения к всеобщему избирательному праву в XIX веке и государства всеобщего благосостояния в XX столетии, автор выделяет три основных структурных аргумента противников реформ: 1) тезис об извращении, согласно которому любое действие, направленное на улучшение политического, социального или экономического устройства, неизменно приводит к полностью противоположным результатам; 2) тезис о тщетности, в соответствии с которым любые попытки преобразования общества ни к чему не приведут; 3) тезис об опасности, который гласит, что предлагаемые реформы обойдутся слишком дорого и поставят под угрозу прошлые завоевания. В заключительной главе Хиршман показывает, что подобные риторические ходы нередко используются и сторонниками реформ против своих консервативных противников и представляют собой серьезное препятствие для ведения осмысленных демократических дебатов и политического диалога.
How to Assign CHARMM Parameters to Desmond-generated System with viparr4 v1
Authors: Lupyan Dmitry
Published: December 2020

You can use the Schrödinger software suite to prepare systems for molecular dynamics simulations, however, only the OPLS _2005 and OPLS3e force fields can be automatically assigned. This tutorial will show you how to use Desmond with third-party force fields like CHARMM, using the Viparr utility from D.E. Shaw Research. You will prepare a protein-ligand complex, generate custom CHARMM parameters for the ligand, and use the Viparr utility to convert the generated CHARMM parameters into a viparr-formatted template, that can be used for simulations. You can find the input files for this tutorial here:
Tissue Clearing Using CLARITY Method v1
Authors: Currlin Seth , Jorgensen Marda , Nick Jerelyn
Published: December 2020

This document covers the CLARITY protocol for volumetric tissue clearing. This method can be applied to many tissue types and is easily modified. The link below is very useful and should be reviewed before beginning any CLARITY process. http://wiki.claritytechniques.org/index.php/CLARITY_Technique
Light Sheet Fluorescence Microscopy Image Acquisition v1
Authors: Currlin Seth , Jorgensen Marda , Nick Jerelyn
Published: December 2020

The Zeiss Lightsheet 7 is used to quickly and efficiently scan large tissue volumes using laser light sheet illumination. The focused laser sheets and imaging plane are static while the tissue is moved throughout the selected volume for three dimensional image acquisition. This protocol will cover the procedures used for the day of light sheet image acquisition. Setting the acquisition volume: Large scanning volumes are composed of multiple z-stack being stitched back together based on overlapping edges of the scanning window. This requires setting an overall z-stack, which must include the entirety of tissue as covered by adjoining z-stacks. This becomes tricky when considering irregularly shaped tissues and their orientation relative to the various laser and imaging objectives. Dual-side light sheet alignment: To obtain a strong and clear image from large tissues it is helpful to illuminate the sample with both the left and right laser. Each laser sheet can be angled slightly within the focal plane to account for differences in the R.I. of the tissue and R.I. media (TDE). This is a manual tuning process and is not intended for major R.I. differences. Protocol Overview: - Refractive index matching of cleared tissue samples. - Mounting tissue onto sample holder. - Image acquisition in Zen 3.1 LS (black edition), including: - Setting the acquisition volume - Dual-sided light sheet alignment
Large Volume Immunostaining for Cleared Samples v1
Authors: Currlin Seth , Jorgensen Marda , Nick Jerelyn
Published: December 2020

This is a guide for immunostaining CLARITY-processed samples. dx.doi.org/10.17504/protocols.io.8jihuke These steps are meant to be a guide for immunostaining large samples and should be optimized to suit your particular tissues and reagents. Large tissue volumes and dense tissue types will require longer incubation and wash times. The parameters suggested below are for a piece of human tissue (thymus, spleen, or lymph node) approximately 5 mm3 in size. A useful link: http://wiki.claritytechniques.org/index.php/Immunostaining
Territorial Cohesion of What and Why? The Challenge of Spatial Justice for EU’s Cohesion Policy
Authors: Weckroth Mikko , Moisio Sami
Published: December 2020

Over the past two decades, both academics and policy makers have discussed the meaning of territorial cohesion in the context of the European Union (EU). This debate on the meaning and content of territorial cohesion is becoming increasingly important in a Europe that is facing multiple crises. This article contributes to the literature on EU’s territorial cohesion policies by tracing the ways in which territorial cohesion has been defined, framed and justified as an EU policy. We analyse public speeches made by the acting commissioners for Regional Policy and inquire into the Cohesion Reports from 2004 to 2017 produced by the European Commission. In particular, we interrogate both the meaning of the concept of territorial cohesion and the justifications for pursuing territorial cohesion. We conclude with some critical remarks on the relevance of economic production-based definitions and justifications for territorial cohesion policies. Accordingly, we argue that treating macroeconomic production as an indicator of territorial cohesion harmfully consolidates a narrow understanding of societal wellbeing and development and imposes on all regions a one-dimensional economic scale to indicate their level of development.