bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
El chontaduro
Authors: Ambrosio Annamaria Filomena , Guerrero Ortiz María Alejandra , Salgado Sánchez Alex Fernando , Sotelo Díaz Luz Indira , Vernot Diana
Published: November 2020

El chontaduro es una palma que se da en América tropical de forma silvestre y, también, se ha domesticado por diferentes comunidades. Este capítulo muestra su desarrollo ecológico en Colombia y su producción en los departamentos de Caquetá, Cauca, Chocó, Nariño, Putumayo y Valle del Cauca, entre otros. Tradicionalmente, se puede encontrar en preparaciones como cremas y jugos y, generalmente, se consume el fruto cocido. Se destaca su contenido de 40 % en almidón, 6 % de proteína y 10 % de grasa. Desde el punto de vista sensorial se describe como fibroso, oleoso/grasoso, frutal y astringente.
El coco
Authors: Ambrosio Annamaria Filomena , Guerrero Ortiz María Alejandra , Salgado Sánchez Alex Fernando , Sotelo Díaz Luz Indira , Vernot Diana
Published: November 2020

El cocotero es una palma pantropical. En Colombia, su desarrollo ecológico y de domesticación se ha centrado, principalmente, en los departamentos de Córdoba, Cauca, Magdalena, Antioquia, Sucre, La Guajira, Valle del Cauca, Bolívar y Chocó. Las adivinanzas han tenido importancia simbólica para las comunidades que lo cultivan. El fruto se utiliza en la cocina no solo para preparaciones con leche de coco y su afrecho, sino que también su cáscara y estopa se utilizan como combustible. En su composición puede alcanzar hasta el 70 % de agua, el 40 % de grasa y el 4 % de proteína. Se destaca, entre sus características sensoriales, el sabor frutal y dulce, y la textura oleosa/grasosa y viscosa.
Aporte calórico estimado de las preparaciones
Authors: Ambrosio Annamaria Filomena , Guerrero Ortiz María Alejandra , Salgado Sánchez Alex Fernando , Sotelo Díaz Luz Indira , Vernot Diana
Published: November 2020

Como aporte dentro de la responsabilidad que tiene la gastronomía en los los servicios de alimentación y con la sociedad, fue estimado el valor nutricional de cada receta a partir de cálculos realizados con información nutricional de la Tabla de Composición de Alimentos Colombianos del Instituto Colombiano de Bienestar Familiar (ICBF), y la base de datos de alimentos del departamento de agricultura de los Estados Unidos (USDA).
Emotion and Critical Pedagogy: Community Art Workshops for Women at Midlands Shelter as Critical Emotional Praxis
Authors: Kwon Hyunji
Published: November 2020

Community-based art education (CBAE) projects are closely related to critical pedagogy as many work with underserved populations for their knowledge production and both individual and sociocultural changes. However, critical pedagogy in CBAE has been associated with reason over emotion, which can have ethical and emotional ramifications. In response to these concerns, in a CBAE project with women residing in a shelter, the researcher employed critical emotional praxis as a form of emotionally charged and socially critical pedagogy. The researcher will discuss her implementation of three pedagogical strategies for critical emotional praxis in her CBAE project in the form of action research, including pedagogical discomfort, mutual vulnerability, and strategic empathy.
Analyzing Impact of a Crisis on Bank Financial Ratios
Authors: Nal Osman , Cai Andrew
Published: November 2020

In this study we provide a practical framework and methodology for analyzing the effects of banking shocks (economic or financial in nature) on bank fundamentals, that avoids the use of complicated econometrics methods. For this, we focus our attention to the effects of the 2007-2008 global financial crisis on the four largest US banks and examine the variation of trends in the select financial ratios for those institutions using quarterly regulatory data running from 2002-Q4 to 2020-Q2. We start by plotting time series charts of those financial ratios for each bank and compare the before-crisis, transition and after-crisis periods. For this, we simply fit trend lines with three parameters of shift, slope, and volatility to the banking data. The shift parameter describes the level change of the variable when before- and after-crisis periods are compared. The slope parameter pronounces the difference in steepness of the trend lines, while the volatility parameter is associated with all three periods and describe the variation in the data during each period. Our results indicate that capital ratios, an important regulatory financial ratio, are higher across the board in the after-crisis period compared to before-crisis period, suggesting a positive shift. We don’t see significant changes in slope parameter for the capital ratio series leading us to suggest the use of dummy variable regression model where slope is treated as a fixed constant. We further show that pre-crisis and transition periods are characterized by higher volatilities that ultimately subside in the after-crisis period. Lastly, we conclude by suggesting that financial practitioners use the shift, slope and volatility parameters in understanding trends in financial time series data since it is easy to implement and interpret the results compared to more sophisticated econometric models.
Ambulation of hospitalized patients: Knowledge, values, and barriers of direct care providers
Authors: Tomassy Melissa , Moore Aline "Lynn" , Peacock Ashley , Wright Justin , Ward-Smith Peggy
Published: November 2020

The desire to ambulate hospitalized patients is tempered by their risk of falling. Research articulates the health-related benefits of ambulation, yet routinely providing this intervention is challenging. This descriptive survey-design study obtained data from consented licensed and unlicensed direct-care providers, which assessed their knowledge, values, and perceived barriers associated with routine ambulation of patients receiving care in a hospital setting. Analyses of these data conclude that the subjects were knowledgeable about and value ambulating patients. The most frequently cited barrier to routine ambulation was an inadequate staff number, followed closely by an unexpected rise in volume and patient acuity. Interventions aimed at improving the ambulation of patients should include the results of this study.
Undergraduate student-faculty collaborative research: A pilot study exploring care of a family member with dementia
Authors: Kesseler Theresa A. , Rayman Lynette
Published: November 2020

Objective: Caregivers for a family member with dementia experience subtle but long-term role changes that can be attenuated with successful coping strategies. The aim of this paper is to describe an effective research initiative managed by an undergraduate student-faculty collaborative team to assess the physical, emotional, and financial effects of caregiving and identify the impact of using an adult day service.Methods: Using the collaborative model, undergraduate nursing students led a mixed method, pilot study. Eight students, mentored by two faculty, held weekly meetings to manage the research design. After reviewing literature evidence, students developed the methodology and carried out the research. The convenience sample included 10 caregivers, each having a family member with dementia, who attended an adult day center in a rural/suburban city in the Midwest. The Kingston Caregiver Stress Scale (KCSS), a 10-item assessment of caregiver stress using a 5-point Likert scale, measured quantitative data. Two focus groups were conducted to collect qualitative data.Results: Participants included 6 males/4 females ranging in age from 46-72 (M = 65, SD = 10.58). Participants provided care an average of 4.2 years (SD = 6.0) and reported moderate levels of caregiving stress on the KCSS (M = 30.5, SD = 9.7). Four themes emerged from focus groups: (a) common emotional responses, (b) benefits of adult day services, (c) overwhelming impact on daily life, and (d) caregiver social isolation.Conclusions: Respite services promoted resilience through opportunities to manage self-care, to perform daily tasks, and to decrease emotional burden. Undergraduate nursing students effectively planned and implemented the research. As future practitioners, they may be more inclined to participate in best practice because of their experience on a student-faculty collaborative team.
Occurrence of Babesia vogeli, Mycoplasma spp., Ehrlichia canis and Anaplasma spp. in a hospital dog population of western Paraná
Authors:   Universidade Estadual de Londrina, Bahiense Carla Rodrigues , Matos Aldair Calistro de ,   Universidade Estadual de Londrina, Abate Hugo Luca ,   Universidade Estadual de Londrina, Santos Nelson Jesse Rodrigues dos ,   Universidade Estadual de Londrina, Vidotto Odilon ,   Universidade Estadual de Londrina
Published: November 2020

Ehrlichia canis, Anaplasma platys, and Babesia vogeli are frequently detected in the veterinary routine with varied pathogenesis that can lead to death, mainly in co-infections. Although canine hemotropic mycoplasmas are considered of low clinical importance, they have recently gained prominence in molecular research. The present study aimed to analyze two hospital populations of dogs, randomly selected from the year 2013 and 2015, from the municipalities of Toledo (n=68) and Cascavel (n=107). Direct examination of blood smears, serology, and PCR were used to detect the presence of E. canis, A. platys, B. vogeli and Mycoplasma sp. Direct blood smear examination was negative for the investigated agents in all samples. Serum immunochromatography (SensPERT ™, VetAll Laboratories, Korea) in 175 animals showed that only 4% (n = 7) had anti-E. canis antibodies, while 60% (n = 105) were positive for Anaplasma sp. All PCR samples were negative for E. canis, while 18.28% (n = 32) were positive for A. platys, 3.42% (n = 6) positive for Babesia vogeli, and 7.41% (n = 13) positive for Mycoplasma sp. The study revealed the presence of A. platys in Toledo and Cascavel by PCR, which accentuates the need to monitor vector populations and usual hosts and to evaluate the potential risk of infection in humans.
Effect of rehydration with whey and inoculation with Lactobacillus plantarum and Propionibacterium acidipropionici on the chemical composition, microbiological dynamics, and fermentative losses of corn grain silage
Authors:   Universidade Estadual Paulista, Souza William Luiz de , Cidrini Iorrano Andrade ,   Universidade Estadual Paulista, Neiva Júnior Arnaldo Prata ,   Instituto Federal de Educação, Ciência e Tecnologia do Sudeste de Minas Gerais, Silva Mateus Diniz ,   Universidade Federal de Viçosa, Gervásio Jéssica Rocha Sousa ,   Universidade Estadual Paulista, Abreu Mateus José Inácio de ,   Instituto Federal de Educação, Ciência e Tecnologia do Sudeste de Minas Gerais, Nascimento Davison Costa ,   Universidade Federal de Lavras
Published: November 2020

The objective of this study was to compare rehydrated corn grain silages using water or whey and inoculated (Lactobacillus plantarum and Propionibacterium acidipropionici) or not. We also verified whether rehydration with whey associated with the bacterial inoculant improves material conservation. The treatments were as follows: silages rehydrated with water without inoculant (SWa); silages rehydrated with water and inoculated (SWaI); silages rehydrated with whey without inoculant (SWe); silages rehydrated with whey and inoculated (SWeI). A completely randomized design was used, with three replications, treatments in a 2 × 2 factorial scheme (RE: rehydration with water or whey, and IN: inoculation or addition of water without chlorine), during the following storage periods (T): 0, 4, 8, 16, 32, and 64 days. There was an RE x IN x T interaction (P < 0.001) for dry matter (DM), with lower values over time for SWe and higher values in SWeI. An interaction between RE x IN (P < 0.001) and IN x T (P < 0.001) was observed for pH, with higher values for SWe at 64 days of storage and a reduction from the first days of ensiling for SWaI and SWeI. The microbiological variables showed an RE x IN x T interaction (P < 0.001), with the highest counts of lactic acid bacteria for SWaI and SWeI up to 8 days of storage and subsequent higher counts in SWa and SWe. Higher counts were obtained in SWe. For the variables of fermentative losses, there was an RE x IN x T interaction (P < 0.001), with SWeI showing lower losses. The inoculation associated with whey for rehydration of corn grain improved the fermentation profile of the silage, with lower pH values and reduced losses.
Ingestive behavior and movement patterns of steers grazing sorghum and supplemented with concentrate
Authors:   Universidade Federal de Santa Maria, Silva Viviane Santos da , Brindani Ivan Luiz ,   Universidade Federal de Santa Maria, Alves Filho Dari Celestino ,   Universidade Federal de Santa Maria, Colvero Perla Cordeiro de Paula ,   Universidade Federal de Santa Maria, Moura Amanda Farias de ,   Universidade Federal de Santa Maria, Doingues Camille Carijó ,   Universidade Federal de Santa Maria, Silva Mauren Burin da ,   Universidade Federal de Santa Maria, Silva Marcelo Ascoli da ,   Universidade Federal de Santa Maria
Published: November 2020

The present study was developed at the Beef Cattle Laboratory of the Federal University of Santa Maria and evaluated the effect of three levels of concentrate supplementation (S 0.8, S 1.0, and S 1.2, corresponding to 0.8%, 1.0%, and 1.2% of bodyweight, respectively) on the ingestive behavior and movement patterns of 24 steers grazing on sorghum. The experiments were performed using a completely randomized block design in a 3 ? 3 factorial arrangement (three levels of supplementation ?three experimental periods), and the grazing time was evaluated using a 3 ? 24 factorial arrangement (three levels of supplementation ? 24 hours of observation). The steers fed S 0.8 presented longer(P=0.009) grazing time in the morning (241 min day-1) compared to animals fed S 1.2(172 min day-1). The number of bites per feeding station was higher (4.05) during the second experimental period, and the number of bites min-1 increased from 25.4 to 31.4 from the first to the second experimental period. The changes in sward structure during the growth stages of sorghum affected the number of bites per feeding station and the number of bites per minute.
Co-supplementation of colostrum powder on performance, intestinal morphology, blood biochemical parameters and antioxidant status of broilers in heat stress
Authors:   Islamic Azad University, Parapary Momammad Hussein Gorbannejad , Nobakht Ali ,   Islamic Azad University, Mehmannavaz Yousef ,   Islamic Azad University
Published: November 2020

This experiment was conducted to investigate the effects of different levels of colostrum powder on performance, intestinal morphology, blood biochemical parameters and antioxidant status of broilers in heat stress. In this experiment 224 Ross-308 broiler chicks were used from 1 to 42 days in 5 treatments and 4 replicates (12 birds per replicate) in a completely randomized design. Treatments included: 1) control (without using colostrum), 2) 0.5% of colostrum, 3) 1% of colostrum, 4) 1.5% of colostrum, and 5) 2% of colostrum powder. Colostrum powder was added in first 10 days of broilers breeding period in their diets. Colostrum powder had significant effects on performance, carcass traits and intestinal cells morphology of broilers in heat stress (P < 0.05). In grower period the highest amounts of final body weight and body weight gain were obtained with 2% of colostrum powder. Colostrum powder in contrast to control improved the percentages of gizzard, liver, bursa of fabricious, thighs and breast (P > 0.05). The highest villies, the lowest crypts and the highest ratio of villies/crypts were obtained with colostrum powder adding (P > 0.05). Colostrum powder had no significant effects on blood biochemical parameters and antioxidant status of broilers. The overall resulted showed that in broilers in heat stress condition using colostrum powder up to 2% in starter period has beneficial effects on performance, carcass traits and intestinal morphology of broilers.
Control of postharvest gray mold of ‘BRS Nubia’ table grape under cold storage
Authors:   Universidade Tecnológica Federal do Paraná, Colombo Ronan Carlos , Carvalho Deived Uilian de ,   Universidade Estadual de Londrina, Cruz Maria Aparecida da ,   Universidade Estadual de Londrina, Sumida Ciro Hideki ,   Universidade Estadual de Londrina, Ahmed Saeed ,   Universidade Estadual de Londrina, Shahab Muhammad ,   University of Swabi, Roberto Sergio Ruffo ,   Universidade Estadual de Londrina
Published: November 2020

The demand for high-quality nutritional products has increased fruit consumption, as grapes, for this reason postharvest techniques are required to prevent losses, to preserve quality, to extend shelf life, and to attend to consumer needs. In this way, the objective of this study was to evaluate strategies to control gray mold caused by Botrytis cinerea in ‘BRS Nubia’ grapes during cold storage and shelf life periods. Grape bunches were harvested from a commercial vineyard in Marialva, Parana, Brazil. Grapes were subjected to the following treatments: cold storage at 2 ºC (control), cold storage at 2 ºC with SO2-generating pads, cold storage at 2 ºC and inoculated with B. cinerea suspension, and cold storage at 2 ºC with SO2-generating pads and inoculated with B. cinerea suspension. The experiment was conducted in a complete randomized design with five replications per treatment using four bunches per experimental unit. A factorial arrangement (absence/presence of SO2 pads × absence/presence of Botrytis inoculation) was applied. At the end of 30 days of cold storage and 7 days of shelf life (22 ºC), gray mold incidence, shattered berries, and physicochemical parameters were evaluated. The gray mold incidence on ‘BRS Nubia’ grapes decreased when SO2-generating pads were used during cold storage. Berry weight loss was greater in the treatments without SO2-generating pads after 30 days of cold storage followed by 7 days of shelf life. Berry firmness, soluble solids content (SS), total acidity (TA), SS/TA ratio, and anthocyanins concentration were not negatively affected by SO2-generating pad treatments. However, a slight increase in the shattered berries percentage was recorded for the SO2-generating pad treatments. No significant quality loss of ‘BRS Nubia’ grape was evident after 30 days of cold storage followed by 7 days of exposure at room temperature. In this context, SO2-generating pads can be used to control the gray mold incidence on ‘BRS Nubia’ table grapes during cold storage.
The Sociocultural Function of Translation: A Study of Simin Daneshvar’s Stories Sociocultural Aspects
Authors: Maghami Nazanin , Salmani Bahloul
Published: November 2020

The term “gender” is a load concept in translation studies. The present study focuses on stories written by Simin Daneshvar (1921-2012), a contemporary Iranian female translator and novelist, in order to explore how the visibility of women in the Iranian culture and community after a long patriarchal era has changed the community’s thoughts about women. The method used for this study was qualitative with the interpretive approach. The corpus consisted of five Persian stories, Wandering Island, Wandering Cameleer, The Quenched Fire, Ask from Birds of Passenger and Suvashun by Daneshvar, who has contributed to the promotion of Iranian women’s sociocultural status during the contemporary era. The results proved that women translators and novelists had endured the hardships of sociocultural changes and made it possible for the modern Iranian women to make themselves visible in their social context.
Effects of Computer-Mediated Communication (CMC) Peer Review in an EFL Writing Course
Authors: Lin Yiwen
Published: November 2020

This study aims to investigate the effects of the two-step blended computer mediated communication (CMC) peer review process (Word commenting followed by Zoom discussion) in an English writing course for 29 Chinese EFL learners, and their perceptions of this mode. Compared with previous studies, the findings of this study are encouraging: 1) the proportions of revision-oriented comments students gave reached at a high level of above 85% of the total comments; 2) students gave more local comments, but the ratio of revision-oriented comments in global areas to revision-oriented comments in local areas was more balanced (approximately 40% vs 60%); 3) the adoption rates of revision-oriented comments in text revision were also at a high level (63%-73%). What’s more, most students held positive attitudes toward this mode, perceiving it useful in their text revision and development of writing ability. 65% of them expressed their willingness to attend this mode of review activities in the future. This study reveals that the two-step CMC peer review process with Word commenting followed by discussion via online video conferencing system can be used as a useful tool in EFL writing class. This study contributes to the current research on CMC peer review since most previous studies investigated effects of peer review using text-based CMC tools and little research has been done on speech-based tools.
Measuring Students’ Perceptions of Teacher Involvement in Mathematics Homework Assignments: A Scale Development
Authors: ÖZCAN Bülent Nuri
Published: November 2020

This study aimed to develop a scale to determine students’ perceptions of teacher involvement in mathematics homework assignments. An item pool (n = 30) was generated based on a literature review. Based on expert feedback, the number of items was reduced to 21 scored on a 5-point Likert-type scale. A draft named the “Scale of Teacher Involvement in Mathematics Homework Assignments (STIMHA)” was developed after the items were reviewed by a linguist. A pilot study was conducted with six middle school students to check for comprehensibility. The items were revised and finalized based on their feedback. The main study sample consisted of 751 middle school students from four schools in Demirci/Manisa in Turkey during the 2017-2018 academic year. Data were analyzed using the Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS 24.0) and Analysis of Moment Structures (AMOS 21.0). Validity and reliability were established.
Comparing Work-Related Correlates of Life Satisfaction for Combat Versus Non-Combat Military Veterans
Authors: Blau Gary , Miller Glen
Published: November 2020

Military veterans (n = 153) completed an on-line survey and were broken down into combat (n = 92) versus non-combat (n = 61) veterans. The combat veterans had higher life satisfaction, perceived occupational alternatives, and education level versus the non-combat veterans. Looking at correlates to life satisfaction, for both samples number of prior traumatic events (negative) and personal accomplishment (positive) were significantly related. In addition, for the combat veterans, highest education level and perceived occupational alternatives were significantly related to life satisfaction. A high percentage of both combat and non-combat veterans were currently going to school to further their education. Working with employed combat and non-combat veterans, those currently going to school to further their education had higher perceived occupational alternatives than veterans not going back. Working with a smaller group of combat versus non-combat respondents who did volunteer work, the non-combat veterans were higher on perceived meaningfulness of volunteer work than the combat veterans. Returning to school can be one way to help military veterans find rewarding meaningful work, through perceived occupational alternatives, which can help to increase their life satisfaction. If increased education is not an option, volunteer work may also lead to higher perceived meaningful work. As veterans transition from military to civilian life, military out-processing should continue to counsel/prepare transitioning veterans for: finding/interviewing for jobs as well as realistic new careers; identifying meaningful voluntary work opportunities; or finding resources for furthering one’s education.
Education as a hope to discover one’s self
Authors: Chrobak Stanisław
Published: November 2020

The education processes taking place in the reality of today’s particular world are at the same time expected to contribute to the realization of a newly designed future. The future is a chance and an opportunity, which needs to be filled with specific contents and values. The concept of ‘education’ applies not only to schooling or vocational training, the latter being important growth factors, but rather to a complete formation of a person. Therefore, the level and quality of education is an obvious prerequisite. Education is a continuous process of development of a human being, their knowledge and skills, but also their judgment and practical abilities. The intention is to integrate these objectives in the educational perspective, imposing a requirement to tend to one’s humanity throughout one’s life.
Selected issues of historical research in the field of Polish social pedagogy
Authors: Żukiewicz Arkadiusz
Published: November 2020

The article deals with the issue of historical research on social activities. This research is a part of the field of scientific activity of Polish social pedagogy, whose creator was Helena Radlińska. This researcher has developed a method of historical research for social pedagogues. It is worthwhile to use this methodological approach in modern scientific research from social pedagogy. Their effects will serve to restore the truth about the past of social activity and its representatives, their scientific and practical achievements. On the other hand, the effects of this research will serve as a signpost for those seeking new solutions for the practice of social activity in the present and future. For social pedagogues, historical research will also be an opportunity to shape their own disciplinary identity.
Jan Bosko’s pedagogy – the methodology of educational actions
Authors: Glier Joachim
Published: November 2020

Starting point in the methodology of educational actions of the Bosko’s pedagogy is getting to know the pupil. For this reason the educator has to contact with the pupil every day and talk to him (about his life, interests, likings, plans, dreams, learning). In the contacts with the pupil the educator shows him cordiality and goodwill, he tries to understand his problems and helps him to solve them. The educator also shows pupil respects that is due for human being. I this way the educator comes into emotional bond and acquires pupil’s confidence. Very important factor is family atmosphere and atmosphere of joy in relations between the educator and pupil. It is necessary to do everything the pupils to be healthy, strong, righteous, joyful and happy.
Keywords; getting to know, contacting, relation of cordiality and goodwill, confidence, family atmosphere, atmosphere of joy, health, righteousness, respects for human being.
English for Civil Engineering. Student's Book. Part II
Authors:   Editura Universitara, Ionitiu Ionela
Published: November 2020

The textbook is a compilation based on the authentic texts adapted from websites and magazines (USA, UK, Canada) and is intended for civil engineering students. One of the aims of this project has been to develop materials both for testing the foreign language competence of civil engineers and for teaching them the language that they need to require for their professional certification. I do not assume that my users will have an in-depth knowledge of civil engineering works. Therefore, the units have been devised to help students improve their knowledge and use of English in an engineering environment. Each unit covers vocabulary related to a certain topic area- ranging from basic civil engineering vocabulary to roads, architecture, bridges, types of foundations and so on- and is designed to reinforce and improve their communicative skills.
Biserici construite in judetul Constanta in perioada 1878-1923
Authors:   Editura Universitara, Carabas Dumitru
Published: November 2020

Lucrarea prezentata, purtand un titlu sugestiv: „Biserici construite in judetul Constanta in perioada 1878-1923”, implineste un gol resimtit in literatura noastra de specialitate cu privire la viata bisericeasca din Dobrogea anilor 1878-1923, supunand atentiei un subiect de reala actualitate nu numai pentru istoria crestinismului romanesc, dar si pentru istoria crestinismului sud-est european.
Start LR. Manual de limba romana pentru cetatenii straini
Authors:   Editura Universitara, Pricope Mihaela
Published: November 2020

Manualul START LR se adreseaza cetatenilor straini care studiaza limba romana si este conceput pentru nivelul A1 conform Cadrului European Comun de Referinta pentru Limbi Straine. Cartea contine 10 unitati tematice care ajuta la fixarea cunostintelor de baza de gramatica cat si la insusirea unui vocabular util in situatii reale de viata cum ar fi: la secretariat, in taxi, la doctor, la cumparaturi, etc. Manualul de fata vizeaza dobandirea competentelor de comunicare orala si scrisa in contexte variate si contine texte scrise si audio pentru practicarea intelegerii unui fragment. El poate fi utilizat de catre profesorii de limba romana ca limba straina sau pentru studiu individual.
Demons in him and outside of him: Final victory: Literary and psychological views on the character of Saint Peter of Kornisha in 'Teodosijevo Žitije'
Authors: Ćupić Zorana
Published: November 2020

The paper will present and analytically-sinthetically analyze Teodosije's hagiography of Peter of Korisha in the light of hermetic tradition. The center of research is the character of Saint Peter of Kornisha in the hermetic tradition of medieval literature, the duality of his nature and importance of struggle he takes on, going towards deification. In order to present the struggle of Saint Peter of Korisha in accordance with the spiritual, literary and psychological foundations, special attention will be paid to the correlation possibilities of reading medieval literature and literature of the 19th and 20th centuries. The combination of the miraculous and the realistic, as a feature of Teodosije's poetics, leads to the understanding of the Hagiography of Peter of Korisha outside the given framework of the old Serbian literature.
Determination of yarn length in a loop based on the technological parameters of the machine
Authors: Đorđević Miodrag , Stanković Viktorija , Ilić Ana
Published: November 2020

Yarn length in a loop is one of the most important technological parameters in knitwear structure analysis. Therefore, determination of the accurate values of yarn length in a loop is of great importance in knitwear structure parameters projection. This paper presents comparative results of the determination of yarn length in a loop based on the loop row height, loop row width and calculated yarn diameter, as well as determination of loop length based on machine technological parameters taking into account needle pace, platinum and needle diameter, platinum and needle curved radius, span angle of yarn with needle and platinum and projected cooling depths. The results obtained show various values of yarn length in a loop.
Finishing blend cotton/PES by combination of reactive resin and chitosan
Authors: Ristić Ivanka , Zdravković Aleksandar , Mičić Aleksandra , Ristić Nebojša
Published: November 2020

The tendency of textile materials to crease is reduced by the finishing process when cross-linked compounds are incorporated in the amorphous phase, which improve the recovery of material after the elimination of the pressure load. Because of adverse effects on human health conventional formaldehyde-based processing compounds are increasingly substituted by new compounds and by use of biopolymers. In the paper, examined is the possibility of using the biopolymer chitosan in combination with reactive resin to improve the physical properties of fabrics made of blended cotton/PES. The use of chitosan in combination with commercial reactant improves the physical characteristics of fabrics, because increasing the concentrations of biopolymer progressively increases recovery angle (a0), quality number (K) and the bursting strength of the treated fabric.
Determination of the load in different operation in sewing model of woman shirt
Authors: Trajčeva Milena , Risteski Sanja , Srebrenkoska Vineta
Published: November 2020

Quality control is a set of steps or guidelines designed to guarantee that a product or service meets certain performance standards. Quality control in textiles is concerned with being certain a product meets performance standards and customer expectations. In this paper one model of woman shirt is observed. For this model a working plan was made and the time that is required to perform the operations of sewing the model was also defined. The total time for each operation, the daily production capacity, the daily capacity per worker and the tact of the group were also calculated. The percentage of load per operation was also defined. The observation in the term of choosing the right operation for the operators was also done.
Digital Images + Interactive Software = Enjoyable, Real Mathematics Modeling
Authors: Ventress Andy
Published: November 2020

Mathematical modeling begins with a phenomenon, and what better way to represent a real-world phenomenon than with a digital camera? When a student records an image with a digital camera rather than doing an exercise from a textbook, that student becomes the owner of his own mathematical activity. Because the problem is now the student's, he or she has considerably more motivation to learn the mathematics.
« Se sentir chez soi »
Authors: Aria Matteo , Dei Fabio
Published: November 2020

Les objets ordinaires présents dans nos maisons peuvent être étudiés en tant qu’expression de catégories culturelles fondamentales : les relations familiales de filiation et de mariage, les formes de la distinction sociale et la construction d’identités sociales. On peut aussi voir dans ces objets l’engagement et le dévouement aux valeurs « sacrées » et aux « thèmes ultimes », au sens de ces termes dans la théorie de la « religion invisible » de Thomas Luckmann. Cet article propose de fusionner cette théorie avec les « new material culture studies » (« nouvelles tendances de la recherche en culture matérielle »), en analysant la « singularisation » (Igor Kopytoff) ou la « densification » (Annette Weiner) des objets ordinaires de la culture de masse. Plus précisément, certains résultats d’une recherche ethnographique menée dans des foyers de la classe moyenne et de familles populaires de certaines villes de Toscane sont discutés. En particulier, l’analyse se concentre sur les « objets d’affection » ou « reliques personnelles », sur les « archives de la mémoire » et sur les différentes manières dont les photographies sont présentées dans l’environnement domestique.
Ouvrir les fenêtres
Authors: Lambert Roseline
Published: November 2020

Cet article réflexif porte sur les deux ancrages de mon projet doctoral. D’abord, il présente une ethnographie de l’expérience de l’agoraphobie à Oslo, en Norvège, le pays européen avec la plus grande prévalence de ce trouble. Je porte attention à la matérialité et à la sensorialité de cette expérience de souffrance. En parallèle, je développe ma démarche en anthropologie de la poésie qui convoque à la fois ma propre écriture ethnographique et la mise en forme de poèmes sur l’agoraphobie et la panique. Je présente d’abord ma discussion des définitions de l’agoraphobie. Souvent défini en sciences sociales comme une « peur de l’espace public », ce trouble de santé mentale convoque un concept central : l’« espace ». Je porte plutôt mon attention sur les « choses » (au sens de Bruno Latour) avec lesquelles les personnes souffrant d’agoraphobie sont en relation dans les espaces qu’elles habitent ou traversent tout en m’inscrivant dans une anthropologie médicale des sensations telle qu’elle a été conçue il y a un peu plus de dix ans par Devon Hinton, David Howes et Lawrence Kirmayer (2008). Je fais également référence à un agoraphobe célèbre sur mon terrain, le peintre Edvard Munch (1863-1944), qui a vécu les trente dernières années de sa vie en isolement dans son atelier à Oslo.
“Outros” coletivos femininos: Lutas e Resistências que formam mulheres quilombolas na Amazônia
Authors: MIRANDA Ellen Rodrigues da Silva , Rodrigues Doriedson do Socorro
Published: November 2020

Analisamos, neste artigo, a relação entre trabalho e processos formativos demulheres quilombolas ao resistirem às ações do Capital, no contexto daComunidade Quilombola Tambaí-Açu – Mocajuba/PA, Amazônia. Para tanto, à luz do materialismo histórico dialético, consideramos entrevistas semiestruturadas com quatro mulheres e três homens. Assim, ao se fazer análise de conteúdo, entendemos que monocultivos introduzidos na Amazônia, como o da pimenta do reino, têm transformado o trabalho-cultura das comunidades tradicionais, a partir dos interesses do capital. Entretanto, contraditoriamente, as mulheres quilombolas, nos trabalhos dos mutirões, têm sido resistentes às ações mercadológicas. Nossas análises evidenciam, ainda, que os coletivos femininos das mulheres quilombolas estão inseridos no campo do debate de gênero, raça, patriarcado e classe, pois, a seus modos, suas lutas e resistências, no cotidiano dos quilombos, constituem-se como “outras” formas de lutas ao capital e fazem parte dos processos formativos das classes sociais, revelando-se como lutas sociais distintas de “outros” coletivos femininos, defendendo-se, no cotidiano de suas comunidades, o direito a ter direito, à terra, ao trabalho, educação, saúde; enfim, lutam pelo direito de produzir a vida, a partir de uma perspectiva histórica que toma os interesses de classe trabalhadora enquanto ser social quilombola, mas com amplitude para a vida em comum, quer de homens como de mulheres.
Las siete rebeliones de Gianni Rodari
Authors: Folck Jordi
Published: November 2020

Este 2020 se conmemora el centenario del nacimiento de Gianni Rodari, escritor, periodista, pedagogo y aún un gran desconocido para muchos lectores. Como comisario del Año Rodari por la Diputación de Barcelona, comparto las aportaciones principales en el ámbito de la creatividad y la educación por las que considero que su figura debería recordarse todos los años y reivindicarse cada día en las aulas.
Application of Estimation of Model Parameters for Protective Automation of Transmission Lines
Authors:   , Zālītis Ivars
Published: November 2020

Transmission lines are indispensable part of power transmission system, which are highly exposed to fault risk factors of environmental and anthropogenic nature. Therefore, protection and control have to be robust and reliable as possible. Distance protection and some of fault location methods, used today for transmission lines, operate within a limited scope of available information that can result in errors and incorrect operation, especially when faults have high transient resistance. In order to overcome these drawbacks of one-terminal-based distance protection and fault locations methods it is proposed to use a technique of estimation of unknown power system model parameters, solving these problems as an optimisation tasks. The scope of available information is extended by incorporation of all measurements, available from the controlled substation, thus eliminating necessity of long-distance communication networks, and by a separate stage of parameter estimation during the pre-fault regime, which is similar to estimation of fault parameters but operates with a nonlinear model reflecting the influence of governors. The Thesis provides modelling tools for both pre-fault and different fault regimes based on symmetrical component and topological modelling methods to accommodate the increased measurement scope. The proposed method was extensively tested considering two different strategies for selection of measured parameters used by the optimisation. The proposed method and its results is not limited to the fault location or distance protection, as the developed technique was also used to create a new method of an adaptive single-phase automatic reclosing algorithm. The proposed method can be used as a base for creation of robust algorithms and devices for the fault location, distance protection and single-phase automatic reclosing. It can also be modified or directly implemented for different transmission line automation and protection problems. The modelling tools described in the Thesis can be used for a further analysis and development of relay protection and automation.
Mutual Recognition of Driving Licences in the EU – Current State of Integration and Perspectives
Authors: Schröder Meinhard
Published: November 2020

A driving licence is a document and an administrative act, which is, according to the principle of territoriality, only valid in the territory of the issuing State. This is incompatible with practical needs of international traffic, and mutual recognition helps to overcome the problem.
This article presents the development of mutual recognition of driving licences in the EU, from pre-existing public international law to current harmonising legislation and the relevant ECJ jurisprudence. It finds that once there was sufficient harmonisation, the ECJ promoted mutual recognition,
while the EU legislator had to close the loopholes for 'driving licence tourism' by amending the directives. Unlike in other areas of the internal market, primary law never played an important role for the mutual recognition of driving licences. Determining the current state of integration,
the article identifies a lack of information exchange between Member States and a lack of harmonisation of sanctions as main obstacles for full, unconditional recognition, and proposes ways leading towards an 'internal market of driving licences'.
Mutual Recognition and the Ever-incomplete Internal Market for Pharmaceuticals
Authors: Röttger-Wirtz Sabrina
Published: November 2020

This article examines the development of mutual recognition of marketing authorizations for pharmaceuticals, arguing that the sui generis approach to mutual recognition in this policy area is based, first of all, on the harmonisation of regulatory requirements. However, it additionally
also required the procedural integration of mutual recognition in trans-national administrative procedures, and institutional innovation. This has created a curious mix of centralized and decentralized authorisation routes with various stages of collaboration and arbitration. In this regard,
the creation of the complex, composite procedures in place to facilitate the mutual recognition of pharmaceuticals raises several questions with regard to the judicial and political accountability of the actors involved. The developments and problems described in this article with regard to
pharmaceuticals are also mirrored in other risk regulation areas, where mutual recognition seems to require the integration into administrative procedures on intra-administrative and/or EU level, leading to proliferation of sui generis approaches to mutual recognition.
Mutual Recognition versus Transnational Administration in Tax Law: Is Fiscal Sovereignty Still Alive?
Authors: Dorigo Stefano
Published: November 2020

This paper analyses the evolution of the concept of mutual recognition in tax matters. For many decades, the prevailing idea was that a state's fiscal sovereignty prevented the recognition of a foreign tax decision. Now, however, the situation is changing, especially following the economic
crisis of 2008 and the proliferation of international tax avoidance phenomena fed by multinational enterprises. As a consequence of these recent developments, tax decisions have often become the result of the contribution of several national authorities (sometimes also supported by supranational
bodies). Mutual recognition has thus become basically useless. One can therefore speak about a new notion of tax sovereignty, according to which the peculiarities of a single legal system are not protected either through mutual closure or mutual recognition, but via ex ante procedural cooperation.
Immersive virtual environments and embodied agents for e-learning applications
Authors: Fitton Isabel S. , Finnegan Daniel J. , Proulx Michael J.
Published: November 2020

Massive Open Online Courses are a dominant force in remote-learning yet suffer from persisting problems stemming from lack of commitment and low completion rates. In this initial study we investigate how the use of immersive virtual environments for Power-Point based informational learning may benefit learners and mimic traditional lectures successfully. We examine the role of embodied agent tutors which are frequently implemented within virtual learning environments. We find similar performance on a bespoke knowledge test and metrics for motivation, satisfaction, and engagement by learners in both real and virtual environments, regardless of embodied agent tutor presence. Our results raise questions regarding the viability of using virtual environments for remote-learning paradigms, and we emphasise the need for further investigation to inform the design of effective remote-learning applications.
Association of Life Style and Sociodemographic Parameters with Plasma Heavy Metals in Apparently Healthy Adult in Ebonyi State, South East Nigeria
Authors: Ugwuja Emmanuel Ike , Uro-Chukwu Henry Chukwuemeka , Ikaraoha Ikechukwu Chidiebere , Aniagolu Miriam Obiageli
Published: November 2020

Introduction: Lifestyle and sociodemographic parameters have been recognised to play important roles in human exposure to heavy metals and metal toxicity in both environmental and occupational setting. Aim: To determine the association of life style factors and sociodemographic parameters with plasma heavy metals; arsenic (As), cadmium (Cd), copper (Cu), iron (Fe), lead (Pb), nickel (Ni), selenium (Se) and zinc (Zn) in apparently healthy individuals. Materials and Methods: Randomly selected subjects (n=301) from 130 political wards in the 13 Local Government Area of the State, were studied. Structured questionnaires were used to collect sociodemographic data while anthropometric parameters were collected using standard techniques. Metal concentrations were determined in blood plasma using atomic absorption spectrophotometer. One-way Analysis of Variance (One-way ANOVA) was use to analyse the data and p ≤0.05 was considered significant. Results: The observed mean levels of heavy metals were: As (0.21±0.02), Cd (0.37±0.04), Cu (156.49±2.16), Fe (132.66±2.14), Pb (1.13±0.12), Ni (0.06±001), Se (0.14±0.01) and Zn (94.32±1.10) μg/dL. Plasma levels of heavy metals were affected by body mass index (BMI), age, educational level and occupation. However, there was no significant (p>0.05) difference in the levels of heavy metals between males and females, smokers and non-smokers and alcohol consumers and non-consumers. Plasma As and Cd were significantly negatively associated with age and BMI. Conclusion: It is concluded that indicators of socioeconomic status have effect plasma levels of heavy metals with levels of toxic metals raised while the levels of essential trace elements were low. Dietary diversification in addition to prevention of exposure is advocated.