bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Morphometric characteristics of four important fish species from the Rwandan side of Lake Kivu
Authors: Nsabimana Antoine , Banzi Wellars , Habimana Valens , Uwamariya Colores , Mutangana Dieudonne
Published: October 2021

Inland fisheries are important socio-economic resources for rural communities in Africa. In Rwanda, about two million people directly depend on capture fisheries from Lake Kivu. Sustainable fisheries management requires monitoring of population dynamics that help devise effective intervention strategies. However, the relevant data such as length-length and length-weight relationships do not exist for most of the key species in Lake Kivu. The present study generated morphometric and body weight data for Limnothrissa miodon (n=82), Lamprichthys tanganicanus (n=55), Haplochromis vittatus (n=51) and Haplochromis graueri (n=34) from Lake Kivu. Length-weight relationships (W=aLb) were highly significant for all species (p < 0.0001), high adjusted R2 = 78 to 98% of the variance in weight explained by total length. Negative allometric length-weight relationships were found with regression slope (b) values of 2.7 for Limnothrissa miodon, 2.8 for H. graueri, and 2.8 for L. tanganicanus, and positive (b=3.4) for Haplochromis vittatus. Length-length relationships were highly significant for all species (p ≤ 0.0001), except for the relationship between total and caudal length for L. miodon, and total and caudal peduncle length for L. tanganicanus, both not significant at p > 0.05. The highest R2 was for the relationships between total and standard length for H. vittatus, and total and fork length for L. tanganicanus. No description of length-length relationships exists for these species in literature or in FishBase database. The data generated in the current study will be used to assess changes in fish populations over time.
Community acceptance, satisfaction, and support for case management of malaria of various degrees in selected rural communities in Ibadan, Oyo-State
Authors: O. Ajayi IkeOluwapo , S. Jegede Ayodele , O. Ogunwale Akintayo , Ogundairo Janet , S. Olaleye Oladipupo , O. Oshiname Frederick , O. Falade Catherine
Published: October 2021

Objectives: This study aimed to assess communities’ perception and adoption of the evidenced-based malaria diagnosis and case management intervention targeted at under-five children. The effectiveness of trained Volunteer Community Health Workers (VCHWs) to diagnose malaria among under-five children using rapid diagnostic testing kit, provide treatment using Artemisinin Combination Therapy and rectal Artesunate were assessed.Design: A qualitative evaluation study was conducted in October 2015.Setting: Communities in the 6 rural wards in Ona-Ara Local Government Area, Oyo State Nigeria.Participants: Caregivers of under-five children, community–based frontline health workers, and community leaders selected using purposively sampling.Methods: Nine Focus Group Discussions and 15 Key Informant Interviews were conducted using a pre-tested guide. Data were subjected to thematic analysis.Results: It was disclosed that VCHWs promoted people’s access to prompt and appropriate malaria treatment. The communities accepted the VCHWs; the reasons given for this included the following: effectiveness of VCHWs in case management of malaria; good inter-personal relationship with caregivers; and the positive health outcomes associated with services provided by them. In addition, community members expressed satisfaction with the VCHWs and provided them with all the support needed to function throughout the malaria case management intervention. The VCHWs considered the support as a great source of encouragement.Conclusions: The use of VCHWs to treat malaria was adjudged to be effective and considered acceptable to the communities. The adoption of the intervention and its integration into the primary health system by the government is advocated for in medically underserved rural communities.
Oral pyogenic granuloma: Analysis of 137 cases that presented in a Nigerian tertiary health institution
Authors: Owobu Thomas , Omeje Uchenna Kelvin , Sulaiman Shehu Adamu , Oba Onisoman Azah
Published: October 2021

Background: Oral pyogenic granuloma is a common oral lesion among African population. It often presents as a painless, pedunculated, or sessile mass within the oral cavity. However, etiopathogenesis of oral pyogenic granuloma is still debatable. This article reviewed and identified the possible predisposing factors to the development of oral pyogenic granuloma amongst patients presenting at a sub urban tertiary health care facility.

Methods: Information about 137 patients that presented with pyogenic granuloma from January 2009 to December 2019 were retrieved from the records department of Federal Medical Centre, Nguru. The data that were reviewed and analyzed included ages of patients, gender, anatomical site of lesions, treatment instituted as well as clinical and histopathologic features.

Results: Patients ages ranged from 10 to 70 years (mean=41.02± 2.1 years), with the greatest degree of occurrence (29.19%) in the third decade of life. The male-to-female ratio was 1:1.7. The most frequently involved site was the gingiva. Other sites where pyogenic granuloma was located were the tongue, check mucosa, and palate. Oral pyogenic granulomas were more prevalent in the maxilla than in the mandible, with the labiobuccal gingiva of both jaws more commonly affected. The main complaint of the patients was painless swelling associated with occasional bleeding. More than half of the lesions had a pedunculated base, with surface ulceration in some cases. All lesions were surgically excised, although 8.03% of the cases existed as recurrent lesions.

Conclusion: Although the clinicopathologic features of oral pyogenic granuloma in the study population were similar to those previously reported and their aetiology multifactorial, this study revealed that poor oral hygiene status of patients played a major role in their development.
The role of the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court in strengthening the international legal order
Authors: Gutnyk Vitalii , Yavorskyy Yaroslav , Klymkevych Roksolana
Published: October 2021

The article examines the special role of the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court in strengthening the international legal order. This analysis was carried out through the prism of the study of certain issues: the concept of "Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court" and his place in the system of international criminal justice; the powers of the Prosecutor at certain stages of the proceedings in the International Criminal Court; the principles of strategy and priority in the activities of the Prosecutor. Historical, system-structural, analysis and synthesis, comparative legal, formal-legal, and formal dogmatic methods were used in the research. In the article was made conclution that that the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court has a preventive effect on international crimes, because the work of the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court is aimed not only at punishing perpetrators of international crimes, but also at preventing the commitment of such crimes in the future. It is emphasized that such activities of the Prosecutor ultimately have a positive effect on strengthening the international legal order.
Gestión del riesgo de desastres en la conciencia ambiental de estudiantes policiales
Authors: Saavedra Ugaz Renzo Grocio , Rodríguez Taboada Abel , Vértiz Osores Jacinto Joaquín , Flores Escalante Jorge Luis , Palacios Garay Jessica Paola
Published: October 2021

The objective of the research was to establish the incidence of disaster risk management on the environmental awareness of students of the police training center for officers - Peru. The approach was quantitative, substantive, and non-experimental, transactional design. For this study, the population had 1309 students from the police training center. The sample consisted of 186 students drawn through an intentional non-probability sampling. The technique used was the survey and the instruments were questionnaires, with a dichotomous and Likert scale, it was validated through expert judgment and its reliability determined by Kuder Richardson - 20 and Cronbach's Alpha and in terms of inferential statistics it was used, ordinal logistic regression. It was concluded that disaster risk management significantly affects the environmental awareness of students from the police training center for officers of Peru, 2020. Since the likelihood ratio is significant (p <0.05); adjusting well to the data (Deviation with p <0.05); and it explains 53.4% of the dependent variable environmental awareness. Likewise, there is a significant incidence of the disaster risk management variable in the dimensions of the dependent variable; cognitive, affective, active, and conative. In the dimensions, the significance value was less than p <0.05.
Smart contracts in the context of digitalization: the legal realities of world experience
Authors: Klepikova Olga , Harahonych Oleksandr , Antoshyna Iryna
Published: October 2021

The development of digital technologies is forcing lawyers to analyze phenomena that have recently looked fantastic. This means that a phenomenon like smart contracts has ceased to be a theoretical idea of improving commodity monetary transactions and now needs a legal justification. In this article, we have analyzed smart contracts in terms of their belonging to digital technologies and the legal field, that is, how they can be equated with legal agreements, if they are their analogues, what application can it find given the legislation in the field of civil (contractual) law. The purpose of our study was to establish a link between smart contacts and their legal regulation, with the feature of smart contract implementation perspectives. The methodology used are systemic and formal-legal methods, as well as methods of analysis and synthesis. The results found highlight that a smart contract is a computer code that is entered into a blockchain network to execute a transaction, the usual expression of which is an agreement between the parties. From a legal point of view, smart contracts are only a part of ordinary agreements (contracts) under the practice of international and national law.
Counter-majoritarian mechanisms in local self-government: a view from Russia
Authors: Solovev Sergey , Pastukhova Olga , Sumina Elena
Published: October 2021

Through a documentary methodology, the article analyzes the main theoretical, practical, and problematic legal issues related to the functioning of the counter-majority mechanisms existing in the Russian local self-government system. The study proposes a set of legal measures aimed at improving the content of existing counter-majoritarian legal structures and seeks at the same time to introduce new ones to bring Russian municipal legislation into place to bring Russian municipal legislation into place. It is concluded that the thesis of the system of tyranny of the majority (majority democracy) at the local level cannot be recognized as a democratic and stable legal structure for the application of local self-government. Around the world, there is a fairly long process of replacing the concept of majority democracy with the concept of participatory democracy that involves the interaction of all population groups and the search for compromises between different social communities, through a balance of respect and recognition of memories of all kinds.
Aspectos clínicos de novos autoanticorpos em doenças autoimunes sistêmicas
Authors: Grecco Marcelle , Agustinelli Renan de Almeida , Dellavance Alessandra , Andrade Luis Eduardo Coelho
Published: October 2021

Durante muitos anos o diagnóstico das doenças autoimunes era baseado apenas na história clínica e exame físico. Com o passar do tempo, diversas modalidades diagnósticas subsidiárias foram desenvolvidas, como técnicas laboratoriais e exames de imagem, fornecendo importante auxílio para fundamentar a hipótese diagnóstica.
Dentre esses exames, a pesquisa de autoanticorpos possibilitou grande avanço na compreensão da autoimunidade e se tornou ferramenta de importância indiscutível no diagnóstico de diversas doenças autoimunes, como acontece no lúpus eritematoso sistêmico e outras doenças reumáticas autoimunes (DRAI).
Atualmente, existem diversos autoanticorpos que podem ser pesquisados de forma rotineira na investigação das doenças autoimunes e se tornaram importantes biomarcadores na investigação diagnóstica. Por outro lado, nem todos os autoanticorpos de reconhecida relevância clínica estão disponíveis em laboratórios clínicos, inviabilizando sua aplicação na prática médica. Com o crescente avanço técnico e científico, novos autoanticorpos passam a estar disponíveis em laboratórios clínicos, possibilitando acesso à prática clínica. Assim, o objetivo desta revisão é descrever alguns desses novos autoanticorpos de relevância clínica estabelecida e disponibilizados nos últimos anos, com ênfase em suas associações clínicas.
Evolução dos Consensos Nacional e Internacional para Padronização da Nomenclatura de Padrões de Autoanticorpos Contra Antígenos Celulares (ANA-HEp-2)
Authors: Silva Monica de Jesus , Dellavance Alessandra , Andrade Luís Eduardo Coelho , Cruvinel Wilson Melo
Published: October 2021

A técnica de imunofluorescência indireta (IFI) utilizando células HEp-2 como substrato antigênico para a pesquisa de autoanticorpos contra antígenos celulares (FAN-HEp-2) é considerada a técnica padrão ouro e advém da pesquisa do fator antinúcleo (FAN) que utilizava imprint de fígado de camundongo e cortes de tecidos animais como fonte antigênica. As células HEp-2 (American Type Culture Collection CCL-23) representam uma linhagem tumoral contínua e apresentam algumas vantagens quando comparadas ao tecido animal: (1) não requerem a manutenção de biotérios ativos; (2) apresentam-se como arranjo em monocamada, facilitando o exame microscópico; (3) expressam antígenos presentes em todas as fases do ciclo celular (Figura 1); (4) disponibilizam antígenos ausentes no tecido de roedor como o complexo SS-A/Ro; (5) permitem reprodutibilidade do teste em diferentes laboratórios espalhados pelo mundo.
A expressão de antígenos dependentes do ciclo celular e a melhor visibilidade dos diferentes compartimentos da célula (núcleo, nucléolo, citoplasma, aparelho mitótico e placa cromossômica metafásica) resultaram em um espectro ainda maior de padrões de IFI reconhecidos. Os cinco padrões básicos de FAN observados no ensaio com imprint ou corte de fígado de roedores deram lugar a mais de 30 padrões que podem ser identificados e reportados no FAN-HEp-2.
Como contraponto, o ensaio FAN-HEp-2 apresenta características a serem consideradas: (1) menor limiar de concentração sérica a partir do qual os autoanticorpos passaram a ser detectados e níveis baixos de autoanticorpos por vezes não detectáveis no teste FAN com tecidos de roedores passaram a ser detectáveis; (2) elevada sensibilidade em detrimento da especificidade; (3) expressão de uma miríade de antígenos que, quando reconhecidos por autoanticorpos presentes em amostras de soro, resultam em múltiplos padrões de IFI exigindo laboratoristas bem preparados para adequada interpretação; (4) necessidade de minuciosa padronização da técnica, da interpretação e dos laudos; (5) necessidade de atualização continuada dos profissionais envolvidos na prescrição, realização e interpretação do teste, fundamentais para o seu bom emprego.
A contribuição da imunidade inata para o desenvolvimento de doenças autoimunes
Authors: Baldo Daniele Cristiane , Ferreira Vanessa , Andrade Luis Eduardo Coelho , Frazão Josias Brito
Published: October 2021

As condições autoimunes (sistêmicas ou órgão-específicas) são resultantes de processos multifatoriais que envolvem a desregulação do sistema imune inato e adaptativo, uma série de processos inflamatórios em uma variedade de tecidos próprios, sem que se identifique um agente externo responsável por deflagrar tal inflamação. O sistema imune inato é a primeira linha de defesa do hospedeiro contra infecções por micro-organismos e agentes físico-químicos, enquanto o sistema imune adaptativo responde à infecção de modo antígeno específico, complementando a resposta inflamatória inata e sendo por ela alimentado. Determinadas populações celulares específicas do sistema imune inato, tais como os leucócitos inatos e as células fagocíticas, têm a função de identificar e eliminar agentes patogênicos que possam causar infecção, porém, são também críticos para o desenvolvimento de respostas imunes adaptativas. O objetivo desta revisão é discutir a contribuição da resposta imune inata no desenvolvimento e regulação de doenças autoimunes.
Imunogenética das doenças reumáticas autoimunes
Authors: Mathias Andressa , Cardoso Viviane , Perazzio Sandro Félix , Andrade Luís Eduardo Coelho
Published: October 2021

A importância da genética para o desenvolvimento da autoimunidade é de longa data reconhecida, baseada principalmente na concordância de seu aparecimento em aparentados de primeiro grau, conforme já foi evidenciado na artrite reumatoide (AR) e no lúpus eritematoso sistêmico (LES)1-3. Embora o fator genético não constitua a única causa, ele apresenta papel central na patogênese da autoimunidade, o que vem sendo mais bem estudado após o advento dos “Genome Wide Association Studies” (GWAS, do inglês em tradução livre “Estudos de Associação Ampla ao Genoma”). Ademais, apesar de o fenômeno da autoimunidade se expressar sob fenótipos diversos, vários genes compartilham o risco entre as diversas doenças (Quadro 1). Esta revisão enfatizará a imunogenética das doenças reumáticas autoimunes (DRAI).
El desarrollo de competencias genéricas y profesionales durante la formación inicial
Authors: Cruz Ayllón Lucia , Flores López Anayeli Gabriela , Flores Mejía Seyda Edith
Published: October 2021

La presente ponencia muestra los resultados de una investigación que se realizó a partir de una situación problemática que se presenta en la institución de educación superior donde se labora. Se observa que los estudiantes manifiestan dificultades para llevar a cabo las actividades que proponen los programas de estudio, principalmente aquellas que requieren de procesos cognitivos complejos. Entre las preguntas de la investigación planteadas se encuentran las siguientes: ¿Cómo se definen las competencias? ¿Por qué se implementó un modelo de educación basado en competencias? El objetivo de la investigación consiste en reconocer la importancia que otorgan los estudiantes normalistas al desarrollo de competencias genéricas durante la formación inicial. La investigación se desarrolló en un contexto semiurbano al sur del Estado de México; mediante una investigación de tipo cualitativo con un diseño de investigación-acción, toda vez que se considera que como parte de la planta docente de la institución se puede colaborar para resolver el problema.
AbstractThis study shows the results of research drawn from a problematic situation which arose in a higher educational institute (HEI). Observations concluded that students exhibited difficulties to perform activities assigned in the educational curricula, mainly those which require complex cognitive processes. Among research questions posed are: How are competencies defined? Why was a competency-based education model implemented? The objective of this research consists of recognizing the importance that Normal students give to the development of generic competencies during initial training. The research was developed in the south of the State of Mexico in a semi-urban context, it is qualitative with an action-research model, therefore, considering this, as part of the institute’s teaching staff, collaboration to solve the problem is possible.
Análisis de la perspectiva de los estudiantes de Ingeniería industrial de la UTCh sobre su aprendizaje en el cambio a la modalidad a distancia por contingencia de COVID-19
Authors: Arturo Reyes Joaquín , Castro Cuesta Raquel Alejandra , Barba Martínez Cristina , Bueno Carlos Susana Ivonne
Published: October 2021

Ante la incertidumbre de las autoridades académicas de la Universidad Tecnológica de Chihuahua (UTCh) por el cambio en la impartición de clases, de sistema presencial a una modalidad a distancia durante la contingencia por COVID-19, se realiza el presente estudio, que tiene como objetivo conocer si la modalidad en línea cumple con las expectativas de aprendizaje. Para ello, se diagnostican las percepciones de los estudiantes de Ingeniería industrial mediante una encuesta a grupos focales. Se hace una interpretación de estadística descriptiva longitudinal realizada durante cuatro periodos académicos, de la cual se concluye que existe escasa habilidad para el autoaprendizaje.

AbstractIn face of uncertainty by academic authorities from the Technological University of Chihuahua (UTCh) due to changes in the delivery of classes, from presence-based classes to distance-based learning during the COVID-19 contingency, this research was performed with the objective of defining if online modality meets the expectations of knowledge acquisition. To this effect, the perception of industrial engineering students was diagnosed through a survey of focus groups. A Statistical descriptive longitudinal interpretation was performed during four academic periods in which it was concluded that there existed little ability for self-learning.
Os transtornos alimentares: causas e tratamento numa visão multidisciplinar.
Authors: Melek Kátia , Maia Ana Claudia C. de Ornelas
Published: October 2021

O presente artigo tem como objetivos a instrução das pessoas de nossa sociedade sobre a importância dos transtornos alimentares, quanto à conceituação, causas e o tratamento numa visão multidisciplinar. Através de um estudo referenciado em bibliografias atualizadas sobre esses transtornos, bem como o sofrimento das pessoas as quais são acometidas por eles. A participação da família é fundamental no tratamento e a interação de uma equipe de profissionais acerca de possibilidades de conscientização e normalização das alterações psiquiátricas, psicológicas, físicas e nutricionais.
Boomerang volunteers in the Finnish Fire Service
Authors: Malinen Sanna , Algera Puck , Mankkinen Teija
Published: October 2021

The importance of volunteers within the fire service in most countries is unquestionable. However, the retention of volunteers is problematic and finding ways to retain experienced and qualified volunteers is becoming increasingly important. While previous international research has focused on volunteer retention and understanding why volunteers leave, very little is known about ‘boomerang’ volunteers: volunteers who return to the service after a break. These ‘boomerangs’ are a valuable staffing resource, as they tend to require less socialisation, onboarding and training. The latter is particularly relevant for the fire service, as the resources required to train and develop the necessary skills are significant. This study investigated volunteers in the Finnish Fire Service who have taken a break from the service and returned. Similar to Australia and New Zealand, Finland's emergency services are highly reliant on volunteers, particularly in rural areas. This research examined the reasons why breaks were taken and what volunteers experienced most helpful on their return. Drawing on these findings, practical recommendations are made for fire service organisations for effective volunteer practices that take boomerang behaviour into account.
A EFICÁCIA DO LARVICIDA PIRIPROXIFEM NO CONTROLE DA POPULAÇÃO DE Aedes aegypti NO BRASIL: UMA REVISÃO DA LITERATURA.
Authors: Góes Rafael Michelângelo da Silva , Góes Gabriel Judá da Silva , Góes Aline Silva Miranda , Moreira Danilo Reymão , Quemel Gleicy Kelly China
Published: October 2021

Atualmente, o larvicida piriproxifem (PPF) está sendo utilizado por agentes de controle de endemias (ACEs) do Brasil, com a recomendação do Programa Nacional de Controle da Dengue (PNCD). Tendo em vista que, no passado, estudos experimentais de campo, identificaram resistência em populações de Aedes aegypti às antigas classes de inseticidas químicos, o presente trabalho teve como objetivo avaliar, por meio de revisão da literatura, a eficácia e possível toxicidade do larvicida Piriproxifem em comparação a outros larvicidas e/ou inseticidas outrora utilizados. A metodologia usada no presente estudo foi a de revisão integrativa da literatura com apoio da análise documental, a qual foi realizada por meio de coleta de dados nas bases de dados eletrônicas LILACS e MEDLINE e no repositório da ARCA. Foram selecionadas 20 literaturas, sendo que 25% (05) versavam sobre a comparação dos antigos larvicidas com os atualmente utilizados no controle do Aedes aegypti 40% (08) referente ao controle de qualidade que é feito nos larvicidas, em especial, o piriproxifem, e 35% (07) a respeito dos mecanismos de resistência adquirido pelo mosquito Aedes aegypti. Portanto, mesmo com muitos ACEs e a sociedade levantaram ainda há dúvidas sobre a eficácia do larvicida PPF por motivos da persistência de larvas em certos criadouros já tratados, estudos afirmam que o larvicida detém uma alta eficácia, principalmente na fase de pupa do ciclo de vida do mosquito, além de não apresentar toxicidade significativa em comparação aos que foram usados no passado.
Modern approaches analysis of raster drawings digitalization automation
Authors:   St. Petersburg Institute for Informatics and Automation of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Diukareva V.M.
Published: October 2021

Nowadays, manufacturers, as well as distributors, have a large amount of paper-based technical drawings. The development of information and communication technologies last year cause the task of such drawing digitalization. The task becomes popular 20 years ago in the research and development community (R&D) and now it is still opened since it has not been solved completely. Now there is a lot of scientific papers as well as a lot of commercial systems that have been created to support such a process. R&D community considers the following tasks: converting a raster drawing to vector, noise removing, etc. Some of them can recognize scanned drawings with good quality. The paper aims to analyze current research and developments for the raster drawings digitalization automation. We consider and analyze different approaches that allow supporting the digitalization process: neutral networks (YOLO, MFC-gan, AUTOFEAT, intelligent feature recognition methodology), graph theorybased approach, an algorithm based on a set of rules and Opitz coding system, an algorithm based on field losses of the surface and the concept of bridges. There is commercial software that supports the digitalization process for the PDF that has been exported from the CAD software. However, scanned image recognition does not work fine.
On a boundary value problem in a half-strip for a fourth-order parabolic equation with a Riemann-Liouville operator in a time variable
Authors:   Institute of Applied Mathematics and Automation KBSC RAS, Karasheva L.L.
Published: October 2021

In this work a fourth-order inhomogeneous parabolic equation with time fractional derivative is considered. The boundary-value problem in the half-strip for equation under consideration is studied. In this paper a fundamental solution for fourth-order parabolic equation with time fractional derivative in terms of the Wright function is presented, а representation of the solution of the problem is constructed and uniqueness of the solution in the class of fast growth functions is proved.
Poetry of Zarina Kanukova: metaphysics and gender aspect
Authors:   Kabardino-Balkar State University named after H.M. Berbekov, Kuchukova Z.A.
Published: October 2021

Within the framework of anthropocentric literary criticism, the author examines the gendermarked lyrics by Zarina Kanukova, a member of the Writers’ Union of the Russian Federation, editor of the Goryanka newspaper. Research material – the collection «Cycle», as well as the latest works posted in specialized electronic journals. The situation of the neo-romantic dual world determines the gender status of the Kanukov heroine, who plays the role of a translator of socially approved values from «heaven» to «earth», from generation to generation. The gender style of the poetess is characterized by the use of secret writing, symbols, paraphrases, as well as intertextual appeal to like-minded women in world culture.
COVID-19 Pandemi Korkusu ile Hemşirelerin Bakım Verici Rolüne İlişkin Tutumları Arasındaki İlişki
Authors: KAPLAN Ebubekir , AKTAŞ Mehmet Cihad , KAYA Hatice
Published: October 2021

Giriş: Yeni ortaya çıkan bulaşıcı hastalıklarla ilişkili korku ve endişe, hemşirelerin mesleki sorumlulukları ile kişisel güvenlik algıları arasında çatışmaya neden olabilmekte, bu durum hemşirelerin bakım verici rolünü etkileyebilmektedir. Nitekim hemşirelerin salgınlarda çalışma koşullarının kötüleşmesi, hasta bakım kalitesinin olumsuz yönde etkilenmesine yol açmaktadır.Amaç: Araştırmada hemşirelerin COVID-19 pandemi korku düzeyleri ile bakım verici rolüne ilişkin tutumları arasındaki ilişkinin belirlenmesi amaçlandı.Yöntem: Tanımlayıcı tipteki araştırmanın örneklemini, Ekim 2020 - Mart 2021 tarihleri arasında Van ilinde COVID-19 pandemi hastanesinde aktif çalışan 310 hemşire oluşturdu. Araştırma verileri Kişisel Bilgi Formu, COVID-19 Korkusu Ölçeği, Hemşirelerin Bakım Verici Rollerine İlişkin Tutum Ölçeği kullanılarak toplandı. Veriler tanımlayıcı, karşılaştırıcı ve ilişki arayıcı istatistikler kullanılarak analiz edildi.Bulgular: Araştırmada, kadın hemşirelerde COVID-19 Korkusu Ölçeği puan ortalamaları arasında; çocuğu olmayan, lisansüstü eğitim düzeyine sahip ve yalnız yaşayan hemşirelerde Hemşirelerin Bakım Verici Rollerine İlişkin Tutum Ölçeği puan ortalamaları arasında istatistiksel açıdan anlamlı fark olduğu belirlendi (p <0,05). COVID-19 Korkusu Ölçeği puanları ile Hemşirelerin Bakım Verici Rollerine İlişkin Tutum Ölçeği puan ortalamaları arasında istatistiksel açıdan anlamlı bir ilişki bulunmadı (p > 0,05).Sonuç: COVID-19 hastalarına bakım veren hemşirelerin pandemiden  psikolojik açıdan olumsuz etkilendiği, bakım verici rollerine ilişkin tutumlarının olumlu yönde olduğu saptandı.
Matthew’s Account of the Massacre of the Innocents in Light of Its Reception History
Authors: Cho Sung J.
Published: October 2021

Sung Cho addresses the seeming contradiction of Herod the Great’s massacre in Matthew 2:16-18, questioning why such a tragedy had to occur, why it was included in the good news of Jesus, and what connection it has to ancient prophecies. In creating a reception history of the Massacre of the Innocents, Cho progresses through two millennia worth of interpretation and depiction to highlight key works for discussion.

Beginning with a close reading of Matthew 2:16-18, Cho moves to analyze depictions of the tragedy in the Early Patristic Tradition, from the sixth century to the early modern period, and thus to the present day; complete with an examination of visual interpretations of the massacre. Cho’s examination provides a positive step to understanding the depths of human suffering with the help of many diverse perspectives.
Architecture in the Age of Artificial Intelligence
Authors: Leach Neil
Published: October 2021

Artificial intelligence is everywhere – from the apps on our phones to the algorithms of search engines. Without us noticing, the AI revolution has arrived. But what does this mean for the world of design? The first volume in a two-book series, Architecture in the Age of Artificial Intelligence introduces AI for designers and considers its positive potential for the future of architecture and design.

Explaining what AI is and how it works, the book examines how different manifestations of AI will impact the discipline and profession of architecture. Highlighting current case-studies as well as near-future applications, it shows how AI is already being used as a powerful design tool, and how AI-driven information systems will soon transform the design of buildings and cities.

Far-sighted, provocative and challenging, yet rooted in careful research and cautious speculation, this book, written by architect and theorist Neil Leach, is a must-read for all architects and designers – including students of architecture and all design professionals interested in keeping their practice at the cutting edge of technology.
Shakespeare’s Political Imagination
Authors: Styrt Philip Goldfarb
Published: October 2021

Shakespeare’s Political Imagination argues that to better understand Shakespeare’s plays it is essential to look at the historicism of setting: how the places and societies depicted in the plays were understood in the period when they were written. This book offers us new readings of neglected critical moments in key plays, such as Malcolm’s final speech in Macbeth and the Duke’s inaction in The Merchant of Venice, by investigating early modern views about each setting and demonstrating how the plays navigate between those contemporary perspectives. Divided into three parts, this book explores Shakespeare’s historicist use of medieval Britain and Scotland in King John and Macbeth; ancient Rome in Julius Caesar and Coriolanus; and Renaissance Europe through Venice and Vienna in The Merchant of Venice, Othello and Measure for Measure.

Philip Goldfarb Styrt argues that settings are a powerful component in Shakespeare’s worlds that not only function as physical locations, but are a mechanism through which he communicates the political and social orders of the plays. Reading the plays in light of these social and political contexts reveals Shakespeare’s dramatic method: how he used competing cultural narratives about other cultures to situate the action of his plays. These fresh insights encourage us to move away from overly localized or universalized readings of the plays and re-discover hidden moments and meanings that have long been obscured.
Toward a Future Theatre
Authors: Svich Caridad
Published: October 2021

Featuring conversations with theatre makers in the US and UK during the first 8 months of the Covid-19 lockdown, this collection reveals the innovations in digital theatre as artists, companies and theatres had to adjust to the restrictions and formulate new ways of working and reaching audiences. Besides documenting in their own words the work that was generated, this book captures the artists' dreams for a new post-Covid reality in which theatre is reimagined and issues of racial and economic injustice are addressed.

With conversations grouped under 5 broad areas, a host of theatre makers candidly discuss the present and the future of theatre:
R/evolution: How should theatre evolve rather than re-set? What kind of field could this be, if the arts sector is to survive in the US and UK and if white supremacist, classist, ableist, and patriarchal structures are dismantled, and acts of regeneration and reformation occur?What does theatre look like at the local and hyper-local level and when working with young people and communities at risk?What are the challenges of creating work in the digital realm and/or exploring socially distanced performance in new ways?How may theatre address social inequalities and be a place for acts of political and artistic resistance? How has the pandemic galvanised their commitments to communities, arts advocacy, use of languages on the stage and page, and considerations of the living archive?Acts of communion with audiences, readers, fellow artists, students, and within ensembles and collectives. How do we find new ways to gather and make when liveness and the shared experience are challenged?
Transnational Narratives and Regulation of GMO Risks
Authors: Leonelli Giulia Claudia
Published: October 2021

This book employs transnational legal analysis as a methodological framework to deconstruct narratives on agricultural biotechnologies from within, across and beyond the nation state level.

The book frames the transnational conundrum of genetically engineered organisms against the background of hegemonic and counter-hegemonic narratives and two ideal regulatory models: evidence-based and socially acceptable risk approaches. The analysis cuts across US law, EU law, the WTO Agreement on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures and hybrid standards, exploring relevant regulatory frameworks and case law.

The book demonstrates that both transnational narratives are socially and politically constructed, and neither ideal regulatory model can lay claim to neutrality and objectivity. It argues that regulatory choices are always, directly or indirectly, informed by non-scientific normative frames. Three factors determine the threshold of legally relevant adverse effects: recourse to more or less prudential approaches to risk assessment, regulatory focus on ‘sound science’ or on multiple forms of uncertainty, and the extent to which regulators prioritise the cost-benefit effectiveness of risk governance measures, as opposed to pursuing enhanced protection and considering other legitimate factors.

The regulation of agricultural biotechnologies thus becomes a lens through which to investigate the underlying value systems, goals and far-reaching implications of transnational discourses on the governance of uncertain risks. Against this backdrop, the normative strand of analysis points to the limited ability of science and procedural deliberation to generate authentic agreement and to identify normatively legitimate solutions, in the absence of pre-existing shared perspectives.
Kofler und Dümmel vereinen sich zum Beutezug
Authors: Mahr Matthias
Published: October 2021

Überraschende Löwenhochzeit: 220,5 Mio. Euro kostet Georg Koflers Social Chain AG die Übernahme von Ralf Dümmels DS Produkte. Im Ergebnis wollen sich die Raubkatzen damit in zwei Jahren einen Umsatz von 1 Mrd. Euro krallen.
Trilhando horizontes: As relações entre educação e sociedade
Authors:   Fernando Santos da Silva, Santos da Silva Fernando , Zinderski Guirado Vanessa ,   Vanessa Zinderski Guirado, Espinosa Santana Wesley , da Silva Roberta Cristina , Moreira da Silva Vieira Marili , de Sacadura Rocha José Manuel , Cândido Hetti Maria Patrícia , dos Santos Souza Rodrigues Flavia Luciana , Fairbanks Cristiane , Oliveira Santos Carla , Santana dos Santos Vanessa , Cabral da Silva Caio , da Costa Bruini Eliane , Freire Marins Cosme , Teixeira Diório Louise , Mendes Marcel , Ribeiro Santos Sérgio , de Paula Blanches , Starosky Enio
Published: October 2021

Este livro reflete sobre os sinais de desumanização presentes na educação, na sociedade, no mercado e na política. Os autores analisam temas como democracia, escola, política de direitos humanos, pandemia, desigualdade social, ecologia, desenvolvimento sustentável e crises sociais e geopolíticas. De um ou de outro jeito, tentam desreificar categorias analíticas do campo da educação, para capturar com maior profundidade a situação da educação brasileira na travessia da atual crise sanitária. Os artigos demonstram o compromisso deste grupo de pesquisadores com a docência, a educação e a cultura, na busca de compreender, analisar e interpretar a educação como um fato social total, por uma leitura interdisciplinar.
Participación sociopolítica y democratización
Authors: González Luis Armando
Published: October 2021

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ECA Estudios Centroamericanos, Vol. 55, No. 619-620, 2000: 620-626.
Comparison of mesospheric sodium profile retrievals from OSIRIS and SCIAMACHY nightglow measurements
Authors: Koch Julia , Bourassa Adam , Lloyd Nick , Roth Chris , von Savigny Christian
Published: October 2021

Abstract. Sodium airglow is generated when excited sodium atoms emit electromagnetic radiation while they are relaxing from an excited state into a lower energetic state. This electromagnetic radiation, the two sodium D-lines at 589.0 nm and 589.6 nm, can usually be detected from space or from ground. Sodium nightglow occurs at times when the sun is not present and excitation of sodium atoms is a result of chemical reaction with ozone. The detection of sodium nightglow can be a means to determine the amount of sodium in the earths' mesosphere and lower thermosphere (MLT). In this study, we present time series of monthly mean sodium concentration profiles, by utilizing the large spatial and temporal coverage of satellite sodium D-line nightglow measurements. We use the OSIRIS/Odin mesospheric limb measurements to derive sodium concentration profiles and vertical column densities and compare those to measurements from SCIAMACHY/Envisat and GOMOS/Envisat. Here we show that the Na D-line Limb Emission Rate (LER) and Volume emission rate (VER) profiles calculated from the OSIRIS and SCIAMACHY measurements, although the OSIRIS LER and VER profiles are around 25 % lower, agree very well in shape and overall seasonal variation. The sodium concentration profiles also agree in shape and magnitude, although those do not show the clear semi-annual cycle which is present in the LER and VER profiles. The comparison to the GOMOS sodium vertical column densities (VCD) shows that the OSIRIS VCDs are in the same order of magnitude although again the semi-annual cycle is not as clear. We attribute the differences in the LER, VER and sodium profiles to the differences in spatial coverage between the two satellite measurements, the lower signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) of the SCIAMACHY measurements and differences in local time between the measurements of the two satellites.
Improving the representation of HONO chemistry in CMAQ and examining its impact on haze over China
Authors: Zhang Shuping , Sarwar Golam , Xing Jia , Chu Biwu , Xue Chaoyang , Sarav Arunachalam , Ding Dian , Zheng Haotian , Mu Yujing , Duan Fengkui , Ma Tao , He Hong
Published: October 2021

Abstract. We compare Community Multiscale Air Quality (CMAQ) model predictions with measured nitrous acid (HONO) concentrations in Beijing,
China, for December 2015. The model with the existing HONO chemistry in CMAQ
severely underestimates the observed HONO concentrations with a normalized
mean bias of −97 %. We revise the HONO chemistry in the model by
implementing six additional heterogeneous reactions in the model: the reaction
of nitrogen dioxide (NO2) on ground surfaces, the reaction of NO2 on
aerosol surfaces, the reaction of NO2 on soot surfaces, the photolysis of
aerosol nitrate, the nitric acid displacement reaction, and the hydrochloric acid
displacement reaction. The model with the revised chemistry substantially
increases HONO predictions and improves the comparison with observed data
with a normalized mean bias of −5 %. The photolysis of HONO enhances
daytime hydroxyl radical by almost a factor of 2. The enhanced hydroxyl
radical concentrations compare favorably with observed data and produce
additional sulfate via the reaction with sulfur dioxide, aerosol nitrate via
the reaction with nitrogen dioxide, and secondary organic aerosols via the
reactions with volatile organic compounds. The additional sulfate stemming
from revised HONO chemistry improves the comparison with observed
concentration; however, it does not close the gap between model prediction
and the observation during polluted days.
Fast and accurate learned multiresolution dynamical downscaling for precipitation
Authors: Wang Jiali , Liu Zhengchun , Foster Ian , Chang Won , Kettimuthu Rajkumar , Kotamarthi V. Rao
Published: October 2021

Abstract. This study develops a neural-network-based approach for emulating high-resolution modeled precipitation data with comparable statistical properties but at greatly reduced computational cost. The key idea is to use combination of low- and high-resolution simulations (that differ not only in spatial resolution but also in geospatial patterns) to train a neural network to map from the former to the latter. Specifically, we define two types of CNNs, one that stacks variables directly and one that encodes each variable before stacking, and we train each CNN type both with a conventional loss function, such as mean square error (MSE), and with a conditional generative adversarial network (CGAN), for a total of four CNN variants. We compare the four new CNN-derived high-resolution precipitation results with precipitation generated from original high-resolution simulations, a bilinear interpolater and the state-of-the-art CNN-based super-resolution (SR) technique. Results show that the SR technique produces results similar to those of the bilinear interpolator with smoother spatial and temporal distributions and smaller data variabilities and extremes than the original high-resolution simulations.
While the new CNNs trained by MSE generate better results over some regions than the interpolator and SR technique do, their predictions are still biased from the original high-resolution simulations. The CNNs trained by CGAN generate more realistic and physically reasonable results, better capturing not only data variability in time and space but also extremes such as intense and long-lasting storms. The new proposed CNN-based downscaling approach can downscale precipitation from 50 to 12 km in 14 min for 30 years once the network is trained (training takes 4 h using 1 GPU), while the conventional dynamical downscaling would take 1 month using 600 CPU cores to generate simulations at the resolution of 12 km over the contiguous United States.
Western boundary circulation and coastal sea-level variability in Northern Hemisphere oceans
Authors: Diabaté Samuel Tiéfolo , Swingedouw Didier , Hirschi Joël Jean-Marie , Duchez Aurélie , Leadbitter Philip J. , Haigh Ivan D. , McCarthy Gerard D.
Published: October 2021

Abstract. The northwest basins of the Atlantic and Pacific oceans are regions of intense western boundary currents (WBCs): the Gulf Stream and the Kuroshio. The variability of these poleward currents and their extensions in the open ocean is of major importance to the climate system. It is largely dominated by in-phase meridional shifts downstream of the points at which they separate from the coast. Tide gauges on the adjacent coastlines have measured the inshore sea level for many decades and provide a unique window on the past of the oceanic circulation. The relationship between coastal sea level and the variability of the western boundary currents has been previously studied in each basin separately, but comparison between the two basins is missing. Here we show for each basin that the inshore sea level upstream of the separation points is in sustained agreement with the meridional shifts of the western boundary current extension over the period studied, i.e. the past 7 (5) decades in the Atlantic (Pacific). Decomposition of the coastal sea level into principal components allows us to discriminate this variability in the upstream sea level from other sources of variability such as the influence of large meanders in the Pacific. Our result extends previous findings limited to the altimetry era and suggests that prediction of inshore sea-level changes could be improved by the inclusion of meridional shifts of the western boundary current extensions as predictors. Long-duration tide gauges, such as Key West, Fernandina Beach or Hosojima, could be used as proxies for the past meridional shifts of the western boundary current extensions.
CONCÉNTRICA
Authors: AA. VV.
Published: October 2021

La revista Concéntrica, en su segundo año de vida presenta temas que vinculan la arquitectura con otras áreas del conocimiento, ya que de por sí sola, esta gran área del saber estaría subutilizada La arquitectura funciona como una ciencia humanística, bien lo define, Hugo Valencia: “La arquitectura y la ciencia siempre se han visto estrechamente relacionadas, esto desde la antigüedad, pues muchos filósofos, arquitectos y artistas han intentado definir la arquitectura como una ciencia, pues es el conjunto de la aplicación de muchas disciplinas científicas y técnicas a la vez” Una de las más célebres definiciones la acuñó Marco Vitruvio, quien aseguró: “La arquitectura es una ciencia adornada de otras muchas disciplinas y conocimientos”.
FOTOGRAFÍA Y CREATIVIDAD
Authors: López de La Cruz Breiner
Published: October 2021

Desde el mercadeo y publicidad, la creación de imágenes en asignaturas como Publicidad y fotografía, se vuelven una herramienta que facilita llamar la atención de su público objetivo y por consiguiente, acercar el producto a los consumidores.