bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Influence of E-Trust, E-Service Quality and Word of Mouthon Online Shopping Interest of Students in Denpasar
Authors:   Faculty of Economics and Business, Warmadewa University, Rusmiati Ni Nyoman , Sri Purnamai Anak Agung ,   Faculty of Economics and Business, Warmadewa University, Prana Ningrat Princess ,   Faculty of Economics and Business, Warmadewa University
Published: September 2023

With the rapid development of technology, it will certainly always be accompanied by changes in society in various aspects of daily life, which will have quite a big impact and create new views, one of which is in the business sector. This research aims to determine the influence of e-trust, e-service quality and word of mouth partially and simultaneously on shopping interest. The location of this research is within Warmadewa University, Denpasar. The population used management students from the Class of 2020 and a sample of 83 respondents. Data analysis techniques use Validity Test, Reliability Test, Classical Assumption Test, Multiple Linear Regression Analysis, F Test and t Test. From the research results, it was found that: (1) simultaneously e-trust, e-service quality and word of mouth have a positive and significant effect on shopping interest. (2) etrust has a positive and significant effect on shopping interest. (3) e-service quality has a positive and significant effect on shopping interest, (4) word of mouth has a positive and significant effect on shopping interest. The researchers hope is that Lazada e-commerce should innovate on the Lazada application and website, change the menu appearance, and increase the intensity of promotions.
Capacity to Serve in Training Activities of Higher Education Institutions, Experimental Assessment at the University of Labor and Social Affairs
Authors:   University of Labour and Social Affairs, Vietnam, Thi Huong Phung , Van Luan Nguyen ,   University of Labour and Social Affairs, Vietnam
Published: September 2023

Following the research approach and design, we clarified the stated objectives. The article evaluates the current situation and service capacity in training activities of higher education institutions. Presenting survey results from 176 learners on the service capacity of staff and lecturers in training activities at the University of Labor and Social Affairs. Based on the survey results, we found that the service capacity of the University of Labor and Social Affairs is highly appreciated by learners. However, there are still some opinions that do not agree with the school's service capacity. These learners believe that the service attitude of some officials and lecturers is not as good as expected. Many learners do not receive timely support in learning activities. They had to wait or contact many times to receive support from the service department during their studies at the University of Labor and Social Affairs. The results of this analysis are very important in proposing solutions to improve the quality and service capacity for learners. We believe that improving service capacity in training activities requires many simultaneous solutions. The solutions we propose include: Organizing professional training for service staff; Assign work professionally and in accordance with staff capacity; Creating learning conditions for trained and retrained staff to improve their professional qualifications; Applying a measurement scale to evaluate service capacity and focusing on building and implementing serious staff and lecturer recruitment policies.
Study on the Emission Reduction Effect of Green Technology Innovation
Authors: Wu Yifan , Zeng Shihong , Zhong Zhen
Published: September 2023

Abstract

Green technology innovation is one of the important ways to achieve carbon emission reduction targets. Based on the STIRPAT (Stochastic Impacts by Regression on Population, Affluence and Technology) model and the fixed-effects model, we measured CO2 emissions by region using regional panel data from 2005 to 2021 at provincial level in China and explored the CO2 emission reduction effect. Based on this, we analyzed heterogeneity of green technology innovation and the mechanism of the effect. The results show that green technology innovation has a significant effect on carbon emission reduction, achieving a 5% reduction. Second the CO2 emission reduction effect of green technology innovation varies according to differences in economic, scientific and technological human resources, and environmental management inputs. It shows that green technology innovation has a significant CO2 emission reduction effect in economically developed regions, regions with sufficient scientific and technological human resources, and regions with high environmental management inputs. Third, green technology innovation mainly achieves CO2 emission reduction by improving the level of cleanliness.

JEL classification numbers: P28, O14, O15, O18.
Keywords: Green technology, Carbon emissions, STIRPAT model, Means to reduce emissions.
A Circulação das ideias de Ling e a ginástica sueca em periódicos especializados da educação física (Brasil, 1932-1954)
Authors:   , Silva Januína Lúcia da
Published: September 2023

A Ginástica Sueca criada por Pehr Henrik Ling, no início do século XIX, na sua trajetória, foi reconfigurada pelos diferentes atores que deram continuidade a sua obra, firmando o entendimento que a ginástica criada por Ling, passou por processos de adaptações ao longo da sua existência e sua circulação aconteceu de variadas formas. Partindo do entendimento que há na história da Ginástica Sueca, diferentes versões desta ginástica, a pesquisa tem como propósito investigar a circulação das ideias de Ling e da Ginástica Sueca, no período de 1932 a 1954, tomando como lugar de difusão a Revista de Educação Física (REF) e Educação Física (REPhy). Esses dois periódicos foram as fontes centrais desse estudo e a mobilização dalas e seu trato metodológico foram orientados pelos pressupostos da História Cultural inspirando-se em Certeau (1982, 1994), Ginzburg (1989), Chartier (2002) e Bloch (2001). Ao dialogar com o contexto do processo de educação do corpo, tomando o lugar das práticas corporais como indicação na construção de um projeto de nação para o Brasil, percebeu-se que no clima cultural desenhado no período da Primeira República, as influências externas colocaram em circulação no país um tipo de cultura física na qual demandava uma nação de corpo enérgico e na qual se configurou na primeira metade do século XX em uma ambiência favorável para constituição dos dois primeiros periódicos especializados em Educação Física no Brasil, a REF e REPhy. Destacou-se, que ambos os periódicos ao emergir no cenário nacional colocaram em circulação um conjunto de práticas corporais, veiculando em suas páginas reportagens e sujeitos que remetiam como modelos de Educação Física/Ginástica de outros países. A concentração de matérias nas quais vulgarizavam variadas práticas seja esporte ou ginástica, demarcaram um espaço que ao se fazerem presente contribuíram para instalação de uma cultura física no país. Ao buscar identificar a presença de Ling e caracterizar a Ginástica Sueca, apresentando a forma como circularam nos periódicos, observou-se que Ling e seu método de ginástica, fizeram-se presente, entre os debates vigentes sobre um melhor método de educação do corpo em ambos os periódicos. Ling destacou-se nos dois impressos tanto na contribuição no início do século XIX na construção da Ginástica Sueca, na apresentação da sua trajetória, na criação do seu Instituto de ginástica e na presença dos seus colaboradores. Também encontrou-se a circulação de uma Ginástica Sueca modificada, que pode ser referenciada de Moderna Ginástica Sueca. Essas duas formas de propor a Ginástica Sueca encontraram nas páginas dos periódicos lugar de circulação, colocando-as no debate da constituição de Educação Física nacional. Palavras-chave: Ginástica sueca. Periódicos. Educação Física. História.
Presencia de Rattus norvegicus (Rodentia: Muridae) en la dieta de Leopardus guigna (Carnivora: Felidae), en una zona suburbana del sur de Chile
Authors: Escobar Alvaro , Jackson Douglas
Published: September 2023

Se analizó el contenido estomacal de una Güiña (Leopardus guigna) que fue encontrada atropellada en una zona suburbana-rural de la ciudad de Pucón.  En el estómago del félido se encontró solo un individuo de Guarén (Rattus norvegicus), roedor exótico que no se había descrito previamente en la dieta de este félido. Se discute el potencial de la Güiña como controlador biológico de roedores exóticos y portadores de enfermedades.
STRESS PATTERNS OF SOME NOUNS DENOTING PERSONS IN BULGARIAN
Authors:   INSTITUTE FOR BULGARIAN LANGUAGE, BULGARIAN ACADEMY OF SCIENCES, KUNEVA ILIANA , ZLATEVA ZHANETA ,   INSTITUTE FOR BULGARIAN LANGUAGE, BULGARIAN ACADEMY OF SCIENCES
Published: September 2023

The paper discusses the pronunciation of Bulgarian nomina habitatorum as well as of some other types of nouns denoting persons in which different stress patterns are observed. The study is based on a selection of words from the current Official Spelling Dictionary. Some of the nouns under discussion show variation in the position of the stress, which gives rise to normative issues. The authors offer conclusions regarding the tendency for a second stress to occur in one-word compounds attested in the studied material.
USING THE WEALTH OF THE BULGARIAN DIALECTS IN TEACHING BULGARIAN LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE (BASED ON MATERIAL FROM THE DIGITAL DIALECT INTERACTIVE DICTIONARY FOR CHILDREN)
Authors:   INSTITUTE FOR BULGARIAN LANGUAGE, BULGARIAN ACADEMY OF SCIENCES, KIRILOV KIRIL
Published: September 2023

The article deals with the Digital Dialect Interactive Dictionary for Children, which serves as an interesting and useful tool for teaching Bulgarian language and literature. The author suggests that dialects, on the one hand, represent the living connection between the past and the present of the Bulgarian language, and reveal the language’s territorial unity, on the other.
ON THE QUESTION OF PHONETIC MOTIVATION IN PHRASEOLOGY
Authors:   ST. CYRIL AND ST. METHODIUS UNIVERSITY OF VELIKO TARNOVO, PETROVA ANASTASIA
Published: September 2023

The article analyses non-semantic motivation as a semiotic and conceptual phenomenon. This motivation is based on the idea that the deep structures of the studied phraseological signs have a multilayered organisation and carry information exceeding the sum of the meanings of their components. These specific units are a vivid demonstration of the capacity of natural language as a flexible and selforganised system capable of employing an amazing variety of ways of expressing a certain idea and enhancing the results of cognitive processes. Such kinds of signs require a special approach. The study focuses on phonetic indexing as a type of non-semantic motivation.
ON THE KEYWORD DICTIONARY OF SLAVIC LINGUISTICS
Authors:   INSTITUTE FOR BULGARIAN LANGUAGE, BULGARIAN ACADEMY OF SCIENCES, PETKOVA EKATERINA , BANASIAK JAKUB ,   INSTITUTE OF SLAVIC STUDIES, POLISH ACADEMY OF SCIENCES
Published: September 2023

The paper presents the main theoretical principles adopted in the work on a preliminary model of a multilingual keyword dictionary of Slavic linguistics and the results of the previous studies of the Bulgarian-Polish team. The authors go on to discuss the workflow of the compilation of the envisaged dictionary along with some of its parameters such as its scope, purpose, and prospective users. In addition, they present a model scheme of the structure of a dictionary entry, which contains a definition, relations to other concepts from the relevant subject field, as well as synonyms and equivalents of the target keyword.
INVESTIGAÇÃO DA QUALIDADE DAS ÁGUAS SITUADAS NAS NASCENTES DA CHAPADA DO ARARIPE ATRAVÉS DA ANÁLISE DE CORRELAÇÃO ENTRE OS PARÂMETROS FÍSICOS, QUÍMICOS E BIOLÓGICOS
Authors: Vieira Vanessa Coelho , Costa Celme Torres Ferreira da , Tavares Paulo Roberto Lacerda , Souza Rosilda Benício de
Published: September 2023

A maior parte da água superficial dos corpos de água é garantida pela contribuição das águas subterrâneas. Na Região do Cariri Cearense, a Bacia Sedimentar do Araripe têm grandes reservas de água subterrânea que são extraídas de nascentes e poços tubulares, impulsionando o desenvolvimento socioeconômico, ao ser utilizada por comunidades e indústrias. Esse trabalho visa auxiliar no gerenciamento dos recursos hídricos do Cariri através da análise da correlação ou grau de associação dos parâmetros físico-químicos e biológicos que caracterizam a qualidade da água das nascentes da região. A base de dados foi obtida do estudo realizado pela gerência da Companhia de Gestão dos Recursos Hídricos do Ceará (COGERH) da Bacia do Salgado que mensurou oito parâmetros (Nitrogênio Amoniacal, Nitrito, Nitrato, Coliformes Totais, Condutividade Elétrica, Sólidos Totais Dissolvidos, pH e Temperatura) durante 6 campanhas realizadas em 2018 e em 2019, nos períodos Chuvoso, Intermediário e Seco. A matriz de correlação de Pearson mostrou 41,3% de correlações fortes e moderadas. Há correlações fortes e positivas entre CE e STD, nitrito e STD, nitrito e CE e coliformes totais e nitrito. Foi destacada a presença de substâncias ionizadas e a possível presença de contaminantes fecais (especialmente no período chuvoso), tornando um potencial risco à saúde dos consumidores.
TÜRKİYE VE İSPANYA’NIN ÖĞRETMEN YETİŞTİRME SİSTEMİ
Authors: Arslan Emre
Published: September 2023

Resim Bu çalışmada, Türkiye ve İspanya’da uygulanmakta olan öğretmen yetiştirme sistemi; öğretmen adaylarının üniversiteye giriş aşaması, adayların üniversite eğitimi ve atanma süreci, öğretmen olduktan sonraki kariyeri ve mesleki gelişimi, mesleki saygınlığı, ülkelerin öğretmen ihtiyacı ve profili gibi çeşitli açılardan ele alınarak karşılaştırılmıştır. Uygulamalar arasındaki benzerlik ve farklılıklar tespit edilip Türkiye’deki öğretmen yetiştirme sistemi adına somut önerilerin ortaya koyulması amaçlanmıştır. Yapılan çalışmada nitel araştırma modellerinden tarama modeli, karşılaştırmalı eğitim yaklaşımlarından ise yatay yaklaşım ve tanımlayıcı yaklaşım kullanılmıştır. Verilerin analizinde ise doküman analizi yönteminden yararlanılmıştır. Elde edilen bulgulara göre, Türkiye ve İspanya’da öğretmen adaylarına yönelik olarak üniversiteye giriş aşamasında uygulanmakta olan sınavlar, öğretmenin atanma sürecinde yapılan uygulamalar, öğretmenin mesleki gelişimi adına yapılan hizmet içi eğitim çalışmaları ve mesleki saygınlığı açısından benzerlikler görülmektedir. Öte yandan ortaokul öğretmen adaylarının üniversite eğitiminin süresi, yetişme modeli ve mezun olduğu diploma türü, öğretmenlerin mesleki kariyeri, hizmet içi eğitimlerin öğretmene sağladığı maddi katkılar, ülkelerin öğretmen ihtiyacı ve profili bakımından ise çeşitli farklılıklar tespit edilmiştir. Bu bilgiler ışığında, Türkiye’nin öğretmen yetiştirme sistemine ilişkin çeşitli öneriler sunulmuştur.
The FRZB gene regulates hair follicle development in rabbits via the Wnt/β-catenin signaling pathway
Authors: Wang Fan , Zhang Xiyu , Dai Yingying , Zhao Bohao , Wu Xinsheng , Chen Yang
Published: September 2023

To explore the mechanism of the FRZB gene in hair follicle development by regulating the Wnt/β-catenin signalling pathway, Angora rabbits were selected to collect back skin samples for the experiment. The action mechanism is understood by cell culture and transfection, apoptosis and proliferation assays and TOP/FOP Flash Wnt Reporting System methods. The results showed that the interference and overexpression of the FRZB gene in rabbit dermal papilla cells indicated that overexpression could inhibit the expression of SFRP2, BMP4, and WNT2 genes (P<0.05). On the contrary, the expression of Wnt signalling pathway-related genes LEF1, CCND1, DKK1, and TCF7 was significantly up-regulated (P < 0.05). Further examination of the luciferase reporter system TOP/FOP revealed that pcDNA3.1-FRZB inhibits Wnt activity. PcDNA3.1-FRZB was found to promote the level of apoptosis in DP cells, whereas si-FRZB inhibited DP cell proliferation. Therefore, it is concluded that FRZB inhibits hair follicle development in long-haired rabbits by regulating the Wnt/β-catenin signalling pathway.
The Impact of Trisodium Phosphate on Chloride-Driven Under Deposit Corrosion in Steam Generators
Authors: Sliem M. , Laycock N. , Hefny A. , Shenai P. , Abdullah A.M. , Pedrazzini S. , Ryan M.P.
Published: September 2023

Carbon or low alloy steel tubes in steam generators (or boilers) are potentially vulnerable to under deposit corrosion (UDC), arising from the formation of porous magnetite deposits on the waterside heat-transfer surfaces. Beneath these deposits, “wick-boiling” causes a concentration of contaminants (such as chlorides), which eventually leads to rapid corrosion. In this work, the corrosion of carbon steel has been investigated in hot acid chloride solutions that simulate the concentrated local environments formed during UDC. Trisodium phosphate (TSP) is sometimes dosed into boilers for pH control. This work has shown that TSP addition such that the phosphate concentration equals the chloride concentration dramatically reduces the corrosion rate in these simulated environments from >20 mm/y to <0.1 mm/y. Additionally, a model of wick-boiling beneath deposits has been used to analyze the concentration of chlorides and phosphates during the initiation stages of UDC, suggesting that dosing of only 100 ppb of TSP into bulk boiler water should be sufficient to increase the critical deposit thickness (required for UDC) by >100 µm across a wide range of operational scenarios.
Compreensões do conceito de informação: traduzindo inscrições de especialistas à luz da epistemologia política de Bruno Latour
Authors: Claudio Zayr , Oliveira Teixeira de Melo Marlene
Published: September 2023

Objetivo: Aborda compreensões de cientistas da informação acerca do conceito de informação. Especificamente, discute inscrições desses especialistas à luz da epistemologia política de Bruno Latour.
Método: Sob abordagem metodológica da semiótica material, utiliza a noção de “inscrição” e o procedimento de “tradução” para fins de descrição e análise bibliográficas das inscrições de especialistas estrangeiros e brasileiros via questionário.
Resultado: Constata diferentes redes semiótico-materiais que compreendem o conceito de informação. Dentre outras, compreende-o como multifacetado e polissêmico, partilham conceituações próprias e outras que utilizam a própria literatura para tal conceituação.
Conclusões: A construção dessas redes semiótico-materiais que compreendem o conceito de informação por meio de Bruno Latour permite apreender as relações entre saberes e interesses contraditórios do conhecimento científico, enquanto processos de identificação e diferenciação político-epistemológicos, para além de qualquer purificação disciplinar objetivista via epistemologia informacional ou epistemologia ciência da informação.
Conclusion : Establishing and Navigating Reformed Identity in the Rural Low Countries
Authors: Dieleman Kyle J.
Published: September 2023

Using the concept of identity, the focus on lay religious experience in rural communities allows for unique insights into the lives of Dutch Reformed Christians. In particular, rural churches adopted theological ideas but, in some cases, adapted that theology for their own particular contexts. Similarly, rural Dutch Reformed churches sought their own solutions for navigating ecclesiastical life, as is evident in their varying approaches to nominating and electing elders and deacons, to addressing other confessions within their communities, and to dealing with conflict within their churches. Even the desire for order and proper Sabbath observance were theological principles which rural churches sought to apply in ways unique to their specific rural settings. Thus, religious life in Dutch Reformed churches at local levels was varied to the point where rural churches could establish, maintain, and navigate the religious identities of their communities.
ANDROLOGICAL EVALUATION OF BULLS PRESENT ON RURAL PROPERTIES IN THE LOCAL DAIRY PRODUCTION ARRANGEMENT (APL) OF WEST GOIANO
Authors: Cristine Costa Pinto Sâmara , Ribeiro Cordeiro Fábio , Carla Cavalcante Ana , Aurelio de Souza Ramos Marco , José Gonçalves dos Santos Klayto
Published: September 2023

The andrological examination is a periodic evaluation that corresponds to the set of methods that aim to obtain information, such as changes in the reproductive system, pathologies and semen evaluation, with the aim of estimating the reproductive potential of males. The main objective of the examination is to select sires and estimate the reproductive potential of bulls, in addition, to identify animals with fertility problems. Therefore, the andrological examination must be seen as an integral part of the reproductive season, being a foundation to guarantee good results for beef and dairy cattle herds. Despite the increase in technology on properties in Brazil, the vast majority of producers have little information about the importance of carrying out andrological examinations before the reproductive season. Thus, the literature review aims to address the andrological examination and its benefits and encouragement in carrying out the examination on properties belonging to the local dairy production arrangement (APL) in western Goiás.
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Authors: AGHABEKYAN KARINE , KARAPETYAN ASTGHIK
Published: September 2023

The paper aims at studying the diachronic development of both the natural and grammatical gender categories of English. To define the historical development of the given phenomenon it is essential to study different approaches towards the gender category. Moreover, the article deals with the evolution stages of grammatical gender in pre-historic period, in particular, in Pre-Indo-European and Proto-Germanic languages. It is noteworthy that the grammatical gender has not been considered as a grammatical category in many languages, and in some of them it is viewed as a semantic category. Thus, the language that possesses natural gender implies that the gender of a noun or a pronoun referring to an animate objects should correspond to their natural gender, whereas their grammatical gender is “artificial or formal”. All the nouns of a language with a grammatical gender, possess the category of gender, still their being of masculine, feminine or neutral gender is almost impossible to identify merely taking into account the meaning of the noun itself.
Premissas-força para se pensar a pesquisa decolonial em educação
Authors: Abreu Waldir Ferreira de , Almeida Débora Renata Muniz , Pereira Alexandre Adalberto
Published: September 2023

O artigo parte do pressuposto da decolonialidade como campo político de luta e resistência para (re)pensar a pesquisa e a educação. De modo que, propomos um giro epistemológico em contraposição à razão moderna de fazer pesquisa e pensar o âmbito educativo.  Assim, busca problematizar de maneira suleadora as formas de produzir conhecimento a partir da ciência moderna para realizar a análise de uma dada realidade social dentro de uma lógica eurocentrada. O artigo está em formato de ensaio pautado em autores(as) decoloniais e intelectuais que antecede a decolonialidade enquanto práxis de investigação, mas que debruçam sobre a experiências e formas de ser, viver, resistir e insurgir na América Latina. Nessa perspectiva, procura-se defender a decolonialidade como razão (teoria) e atitude (método), partindo de premissas-força que emergem de diferentes contextos da sociedade latinoamericana, isto é, através da organização dos movimentos sociais, populares, de povos originários e de intelectuais engajados politicamente e socialmente contra todas as formas de opressão e subalternização produzidos pelo sistema-mundo, em especial o campo educativo. Assim, espera-se colaborar para giro epistemológico nas pesquisas decoloniais em educação, cujo entendimento só são possíveis e construídas por meio da abertura e reconhecimento da fala/escuta/denúncia desses movimentos que fazem parte da América Latina, sendo, portanto, um elo importante de decolonização da academia e da própria educação.
Evaluation of the source material of chumiz when used for feed purposes
Authors:   Russian research and Design and technological Institute of sorghum and corn, Rodina Tatiana , Astashov Alexander , Bochkareva Yulia , Pronudin Kirill , Podgornov Evgeny
Published: September 2023

This article presents the results of breeding work on the creation of the source material of chumiz to increase the productivity and quality of aboveground bio-mass. In the arid conditions of the Lower Volga region, chumiz is a promising forage crop. This choice is also determined by its relative drought resistance and the ability to withstand extreme positive temperatures in the arid climatic conditions of Russia without loss of yield and grain quality, which allows it to be grown in many regions of the Russian Federation. The article presents the results of the yield and nutritional value of aboveground biomass in the phase of milk ripeness. The selected cultivars can be used in further breeding work: for high yields of green mass - k–1242, k-1429, k-1560; for high content of crude protein in dry biomass - k-283, k-982, k-1102, k-1534, k-2598. Keywords: PAYZA, SELECTION, VARIETY PATTERN, YIELD, ABOVEGROUND BIOMASS
ESTÁNDARES DE ATENCIÓN PARA PACIENTES CON DIAGNÓSTICO DE FIBROSIS QUISTICA CON TERAPIA MODULADORA. INFORME DE LA SOCIEDAD EUROPEA DE FIBROSIS QUÍSTICA 2023
Authors: Lina Boza María
Published: September 2023

La fibrosis quística ha entrado en la era de la terapia específica con los moduladores, útiles en variantes genéticas definidas por estudio molecular, con resultados clínicos exitosos. Este es un resumen de la publicación reciente de la Sociedad Respiratoria Europea que establece los estándares de cuidado para los pacientes que reciben este tratamiento.
Influence of Capital Risk on Financial Performance of Microfinance Institutions in Kenya
Authors: Temesi Godfrey Ashiali , Musiega Maniagi , Sindani Mary Nelima
Published: September 2023

Microfinance Institutions (MFIs) services and activities in Kenya have helped the country reduce its poverty rate, but the country is still among the poorest in the world. Microfinance institutions in Kenya have also reported capital risk in terms of pricing since they have less flexibility to adjust prices due to their financial structure. The main objective of the study is to establish the influence of capital risk on the financial performance of microfinance institutions in Kenya. The study used a descriptive survey research design with a target population of 12 MFIs listed under the Central Bank of Kenya (CBK). The study used a census approach to sample the entire population. The study used secondary data from published CBK reports over a 7-year period from 2015 to 2021. Descriptive statistics are comprised of skewness, kurtosis, and jarque bera. Inferential statistics used were Pearson correlation and hierarchical regression. A study on financial risk factors and financial performance may be of value to the government in policy formation. The microfinance act policy formulators can use the study to ascertain contagious issues that need to be addressed, especially how to handle capital risk challenges. The study may assist the management of microfinance institutions in establishing the problems facing financial risk factors in their sector. Capital risk had a significant positive effect on the financial performance of the Nairobi Securities Exchange in Kenya (t =0.0346763, p<0.05). This model produced an R square of 0.378, implying that 3.78% of the variation in the risks of microfinance institutions is significantly affected by capital risk. Regarding microfinance size, the incorporation of IV*MV, thus interaction terms, moved R squared from 0.337 to 0.378, hence an increase of 0.041. The P value of 0.024 and an R squared increase of 0.041 shows that microfinance size has a moderatingly significant effect on the relationship between capital risk and the financial performance of microfinance institutions. The study rejected the null hypothesis. The findings guided the following recommendations: It was found that capital risk has a significant impact on financial performance; hence, microfinance firms should improve their assets so as to minimize the risks associated with their capital base.
ANÁLISE DE INTERNAÇÕES HOSPITALARES E ÓBITOS POR NEOPLASIA MALIGNA DO ENCÉFALO NO ESTADO DO PARANÁ DE 2016 A 2022
Authors: Petronilho Gabriel Bagarolo , Zengo Lucas Victoy Guimarães , Rocha Danielly Maximino da , Boliglon Lucas , Hubie Ana Paula Sakr
Published: September 2023

Introdução: Neoplasias malignas primárias do encéfalo surgem de anomalias no desenvolvimento das células no cérebro, em contraste com neoplasias metastáticas do sistema nervoso central, onde células neoplásicas de outras regiões se disseminam. Os sintomas variam com o local afetado, sendo a cefaleia comum, muitas vezes acompanhada de sinais de hipertensão intracraniana, comprometimento motores focal ou generalizado e inclusive alterações cognitivas, tornando o diagnóstico precoce desafiador devido à manifestação discreta. Objetivo: Este trabalho se propõe a realizar uma análise abrangente das internações e óbitos relacionados às neoplasias malignas do encéfalo no Estado do Paraná no período de 2016 a 2022, com base nos dados disponibilizados pelo DATASUS. Neste estudo, iremos explorar as tendências temporais, características demográficas e geográficas das internações e óbitos por neoplasias malignas do encéfalo no Paraná, visando contribuir para a melhoria da assistência à saúde e o planejamento de políticas públicas. Métodos: O presente estudo fora realizado por meio da análise baseada nos dados do DATASUS, sem restrição de idade, raça ou gênero, de pacientes internados com diagnóstico de neoplasia maligna do encéfalo (lista de morbidade CID-10: C71) e posteriormente os óbitos consequentes da mesma doença, ambos no Estado do Paraná, em um período de 7 anos (2016 a 2022). Análise e Discussão de Resultados: Os dados analisados revelam uma tendência interessante nas internações e óbitos por neoplasias malignas do encéfalo ao longo dos anos de 2016 a 2022. as internações tiveram um aumento gradual até 2019, quando atingiram um pico, mas a partir de 2020, observou-se uma diminuição constante. No que diz respeito aos óbitos, houve um aumento inicial entre 2016 e 2017, seguido por uma diminuição gradual a partir de 2018. Considerações Finais: Este estudo fornece uma visão abrangente das tendências de internações, óbitos e taxas de mortalidade relacionadas à neoplasia maligna do encéfalo no Paraná. As descobertas destacam a importância de monitorar continuamente essas tendências e investigar as possíveis causas por trás das variações, a fim de melhorar a prevenção, o tratamento e o acompanhamento dos pacientes afetados por essa condição.
AVALIAÇÃO DA APRENDIZAGEM NOS CURSOS TÉCNICOS DO IFMA- CAMPUS BARRA DO CORDA: O QUE DIZ OS ASPECTOS CONCEITUAIS E LEGAIS?
Authors: Sousa Francisca Jelma da Cruz , Brito Antonia Edna
Published: September 2023

Este estudo tem como objeto de pesquisa as práticas avaliativas legais na Educação Profissional e Tecnológica (EPT), partindo da seguinte questão-problema: Quais os efeitos das concepções de avaliação da aprendizagem de professores da EPT do Instituto Federal do Maranhão (IFMA) no desenvolvimento de suas práticas docentes no que se refere aos aspectos legais? A relevância da pesquisa se explica em razão de a avaliação da aprendizagem abranger as seguintes dimensões: dimensão pessoal (relaciona-se com a profissão); dimensão social (aprofunda reflexões sobre avaliação da aprendizagem na Educação Profissional Tecnológica-EPT), dimensão acadêmica (contribui com reflexões sobre avaliação na educação profissional e tecnológica). Explica que a avaliação da aprendizagem é compreendida como instrumento importante no processo de ensinar e de aprender na EPT, visando à construção do conhecimento, à discussão de ideias promovendo uma atividade investigativa e à utilização de instrumentos variados. A temática em estudo apoia-se em autores que discutem a avaliação da aprendizagem, a exemplo de, Hofmann (2011), afirmando que a avaliação tem uma função mediadora e investigativa. Sobre educação profissional e tecnológica, apoia-se nos estudos de Pacheco (2014). Em relação aos aspectos metodológicos, desenvolve-se com base na abordagem biográfica e na pesquisa narrativa dialogando, entre outros, com Souza (2006) e a escrita dos memoriais de formação, dispositivo em que o sujeito relata acontecimentos que são ou foram importantes em sua trajetória de vida, fundamentado em Passeggi (2008), dentre outros autores. O estudo tem como cenário o Instituto Federal de Educação, Ciência e Tecnologia do Maranhão, Campus Barra do Corda e conta com a colaboração de professores que atuam nos cursos técnicos integrados ao ensino médio. O estudo evidenciou a correlação entre as concepções de avaliação da aprendizagem e o delineamento das práticas docentes com base nos dispositivos legais no contexto nacional e no contexto do IFMA. O estudo resultou em evidências que as práticas avaliativas focadas apenas na busca de resultados por meio dos dispositivos legais contribuem para o engessamento das práticas dos professores e, consequentemente, para restrições na formação profissional dos estudantes.
AVALIAÇÃO DO USO DE METODOLOGIAS ATIVAS NAS PRÁTICAS PEDAGÓGICAS DE DOCENTES UNIVERSITÁRIOS
Authors: Valamatos Marnice Araujo Miglio , Cabanas Ana
Published: September 2023

Esse artigo buscou discutir sobre as Metodologias Ativas na Prática Docente Universitária, empregada como alternativas didáticas inovadoras para o ensino e a aprendizagem nos cursos de graduação. Dessa maneira, o objetivo geral foi avaliar o uso de metodologias ativas nas práticas pedagógicas. A metodologia foi uma pesquisa de natureza básica, tipo descritiva com abordagem qualiquantitativa. A amostra final foi composta por 119 participantes entre docentes, coordenadores de cursos superiores e pró-reitor de Graduação. Para a coleta de dados se aplicou a técnica de levantamento de dados e como instrumentos dois questionários e um check list para análise documental dos: Projetos Pedagógicos dos Cursos; Diretrizes Curriculares Nacionais e o Plano de Desenvolvimento Institucional. Os principais resultados demonstraram que o uso de metodologias ativas é considerado como inovação pois gera uma mudança de paradigma na epistemologia da prática pedagógica, na forma de ensinar e aprender, diferente da metodologia tradicional. De modo geral, concluiu-se que as estratégias de metodologias ativas no contexto universitário, fomentam a aprendizagem ativa dos estudantes e provocam mudanças na prática pedagógica, apontando-se como alternativas didáticas para docentes que pretendem inovar e fazer a diferença na Universidade do século XXI.
PERFIL EPIDEMIOLÓGICO DE PACIENTES COM TRAUMATISMO CRANIOENCEFÁLICO NO BRASIL DE 2020 A 2023
Authors: Leão Bruna Eduarda , Madureira Eduardo Miguel Prata
Published: September 2023

O traumatismo cranioencefálico (TCE) caracteriza-se por ser uma lesão no cérebro causada por forças físicas externas. No Brasil, estima-se que mais de um milhão de pessoas viva com sequelas neurológicas irreversíveis decorrentes do TCE. Esse trauma envolve mecanismos complexos e causa reações diferentes que variam conforme a origem do mesmo. Trata-se de um problema de saúde pública com elevados impactos socioeconômicos, já que os custos médicos para seu tratamento são altíssimos. Diante disso, objetiva-se, com este trabalho, por meio da análise de dados do Departamento de Informática do Sistema Único de Saúde (DATASUS), determinar o perfil epidemiológico dos pacientes diagnosticados com traumatismo cranioencefálico, buscando informações para o desenvolvimento de estratégias para prevenção e controle de gastos dessa patologia.
FATORES QUE IMPACTAM NA MOTIVAÇÃO DOS FUNCIONÁRIOS NOS SERVIÇOS DE ALIMENTAÇÃO: UMA REVISÃO INTEGRATIVA
Authors: Vieira Gisele Assumpção , Nichele Marta
Published: September 2023

Introdução: O setor de alimentos é um grande gerador de empregos no Brasil, no entanto a rotatividade de mão de obra nesta área é bem significativa. Métodos: Neste estudo realizou-se uma revisão integrativa de literatura, objetivando conhecer os fatores e os impactos que interferem na motivação dos funcionários nos serviços de alimentação. Foram encontrados 35 artigos e selecionados 5 para essa revisão. Resultados: Os textos selecionados foram submetidos à análise temática, emergindo duas categorias que descrevem os fatores motivacionais no ambiente de trabalho: 1) Atuação do gestor como fator motivador e 2) Saúde e educação do colaborador como fator motivador. Conclusão: A falta de investimentos no setor de alimentos interfere negativamente na saúde dos colaboradores e afeta também a baixa qualificação dos profissionais nesta área.
Quality assessment of aerosol lidars at 1064 nm in the framework of the MEMO campaign
Authors: Wang Longlong , Yin Zhenping , Bu Zhichao , Wang Anzhou , Mao Song , Yi Yang , Müller Detlef , Chen Yubao , Wang Xuan
Published: September 2023

Abstract. Aerosol lidar networks can play an important role in revealing structural characteristics of the atmospheric boundary layer, the urban heat island effect, and the spatial distribution of aerosols, especially in relation to the monitoring of atmospheric pollution in megacities. To fulfill the need of the monitoring and numerical forecasting of atmospheric pollution, an aerosol lidar network is proposed by the China Meteorological Administration which serves as an important part of the “MegaCity Experiment on Integrated Meteorological Observation in China” (MEMO). To ensure a high standard of data quality and traceability of measurement error, an inter-comparison campaign, dedicated to the quality assessment of lidar systems from different institutes and manufacturers, was designed and performed at Beijing Southern Suburb Observatory in September 2021. Six Mie–Rayleigh lidar systems at 1064 nm were involved in this campaign.
The strategies for lidar self-evaluations and inter-comparisons were predefined. A lidar system at 1064 nm, which was developed by the Atmospheric Remote Sensing group at Wuhan University, was selected as the reference lidar system after passing all strict self-evaluation quality checks. The reference lidar system serves as the cornerstone for evaluating the performance of other lidar systems.
After using the Rayleigh fit and signal-to-noise evaluation self-tests for each individual lidar system as a fast check of the data quality, the range-corrected signal and backscatter coefficient obtained from all the lidar systems were inter-compared with a reference lidar system.
In the end, the lidar systems passed the quality control/assurance, ensuring that the standard deviation of range-corrected signal could be controlled within 5 % at 500–2000 m and 10 % at 2000–5000 m.
For the derived aerosol backscatter coefficients, standard deviations can be controlled within 10 % at 500–2000 and 2000–5000 m. The quality assurance strategy lays down a solid basis for atmospheric lidar at near-infrared wavelengths and will be applied in Chinese lidar network development.
Effects of ion composition on escape and morphology on Mars
Authors: Zhang Qi , Holmström Mats , Wang Xiao-Dong
Published: September 2023

Abstract. We refine a recently presented method to estimate ion escape from non-magnetized planets and apply it to Mars.
The method combines in situ observations and a hybrid plasma model (ions as particles, electrons as a fluid).
We use measurements from the Mars Atmosphere and Volatile Evolution (MAVEN) mission and Mars Express (MEX) for one orbit on 1 March 2015.
Observed upstream solar-wind conditions are used as input to the model.
We then vary the total ionospheric ion upflux until the solution fits the observed bow shock location.
This solution is a self-consistent approximation of the global Mars–solar-wind interaction at the time of the bow shock crossing for the given upstream conditions.
We can then study global properties, such as the heavy-ion escape rate.
Here, we investigate in a case study the effects on escape estimates of assumed ionospheric ion composition, solar-wind alpha-particle concentration and temperature, solar-wind velocity aberration, and solar-wind electron temperature.
We also study the amount of escape in the ion plume and in the tail of the planet.
Here, we find that estimates of total heavy-ion escape are not very sensitive to the composition of the heavy ions or to the number and temperature of the solar-wind alpha particles.
We also find that velocity aberration has a minor influence on escape but that it is sensitive to the solar-wind electron temperature.
The plume escape is found to contribute 29 % of the total heavy-ion escape, in agreement with observations.
Heavier ions have a larger fraction of escape in the plume compared to the tail.
We also find that the escape estimates scale inversely with the square root of the atomic mass of the escaping ion species.
The Southern Ocean as the freight train of the global climate under zero-emission scenarios with ACCESS-ESM1.5
Authors: Chamberlain Matthew A. , Ziehn Tilo , Law Rachel M.
Published: September 2023

Abstract. Climate projection experiments presented here explore how the slow response in the Southern Ocean drives ongoing global warming even with zero CO2 emissions and declining atmospheric CO2 concentrations. These projections were simulated by the Earth System Model version of Australian Community Climate and Earth System Simulator (ACCESS-ESM1.5) and motivated by the Zero Emission Commitment Multi-model Intercomparison Project. ZECMIP simulations branch from the idealised warming with the "1-percent CO2" CMIP experiment onto a trajectory of zero carbon emissions. The original ZECMIP experiments simulated the zero-emission trajectories after emitting 1000 Pg of carbon into the climate, and optionally 750 and 2000 PgC; here we show extra trajectories after 1250, 1500 and 1750 PgC, and simulate climates to 300 years after branching to demonstrate long-term trends. In each of these experiments that switch to zero emissions after emitting 1000 PgC or more, the global climate continues to warm. In the case of the experiment that branched after 2000 PgC, or after 3.5 °C of warming from a pre-industrial climate, there is 0.37 °C of extra warming after 50 years of zero emissions and further warming continues for at least several centuries. From early in the 1-percent CO2 experiment, the circulation of the Southern Ocean is modified by the warming climate which drives changes in the distribution of both physical and biogeochemical subsurface ocean tracers that are ongoing in all zero-emission branches. We replicate the global climate warming in 1-percent CO2 and ZECMIP experiments with a simple slab model that contains regions that respond with different time scales to atmospheric CO2 and climate forcing, demonstrating the global climate response is due primarily to the slow response of the ocean, the Southern Ocean in particular. In these zero emission trajectories, the simulated climate moves from a Transient Climate Response (TCR) state towards a Equilibrium Climate Sensitivity (ECS) state. Since ECS is substantially greater than TCR, the global temperature can increase while CO2 decreases.
Characterization of the benthic biogeochemical dynamics after flood events in the Rhône River prodelta: A data-model approach
Authors: Ferreira Eva , Nmor Stanley , Viollier Eric , Lansard Bruno , Bombled Bruno , Regnier Edouard , Monvoisin Gaël , Grenz Christian , van Beek Pieter , Rabouille Christophe
Published: September 2023

Abstract. At the land-sea interface, the benthic carbon cycle is strongly influenced by the export of terrigenous particulate material across the river-ocean continuum. Episodic flood events delivering massive sedimentary materials can occur, but their short-term impact on carbon cycling is poorly understood. In this paper, we use a coupled data-model approach to estimate the temporal variations of sediment-water fluxes, biogeochemical pathways and their reaction rates during these abrupt phenomena. We studied one episodic depositional event in the vicinity of the Rhône River mouth (NW Mediterranean Sea) during the fall-winter of 2021–2022. The distribution of dissolved inorganic carbon (DIC), sulfate (SO42−) and methane (CH4) were measured in sediment porewater collected every 2 weeks before and after the deposition of a 25 cm sediment layer during the main winter flood event. Significant changes in the distribution of DIC, SO42− and CH4, concentrations were observed in the sediment porewaters. The use of an early diagenetic model (FESDIA) to calculate biogeochemical reaction rates and fluxes revealed that this type of flooding event can increase the total organic carbon mineralization rate in the sediment by 75 % a few days after deposition, essentially by increasing the sulfate reduction contribution to total mineralization relative to non-flood depositional period. It predicts a short-term decrease of the DIC flux out of the sediment from 100 to 55 mmol m−2 d−1 after the deposition of the new sediment layer with a longer-term increase by 4 %, therefore implying an initial internal storage of DIC in the newly deposited layer and a slow release over relaxation of the system. Furthermore, examination of the stoichiometric ratios of DIC and SO42− as well as model output over this five-months window shows a decoupling between the two modes of sulfate reduction following the deposition – organoclastic sulfate reduction (OSR) intensified in the newly deposited layer below the sediment surface, whereas anaerobic oxidation of methane (AOM) intensified at depth below the former buried surface. This depth-wise bifurcation of both pathways of sulfate reduction in the sediment column is clearly related to the deepening of the sulfate-methane transition zone (SMTZ) by 25 cm after the flood deposition. Our findings highlight the significance of short-term transient biogeochemical processes at the seafloor and provide new insights on the benthic carbon cycle in the coastal ocean.
Weather and climate and their human impacts and responses during the Thirty Years' War in central Europe
Authors: Brázdil Rudolf , Dobrovolný Petr , Pfister Christian , Kleemann Katrin , Chromá Kateřina , Szabó Péter , Olinski Piotr
Published: September 2023

Abstract. The Thirty Years' War, which took place from 1618 to 1648 CE, was an armed military conflict in Europe. It resulted from the culmination of theological differences between advocates of the Roman Catholic and Protestant churches, as well as a power struggle for European political hegemony. This war brought about extensive devastation to Europe. Based on documentary evidence, this paper characterizes the climate, weather
extremes, and economic and socio-political events in central Europe during that time. Natural climate forcing indicates a gradual climate deterioration during the first half of the 17th century, associated with a decrease in solar activity towards the Maunder Minimum and increased volcanic activity. The mean temperatures in central Europe from 1618 to 1648 were significantly colder than the reference period of 1961 to 1990 in winter, autumn, and annually, while precipitation and drought means did not differ significantly from the reference period. Summer temperatures, spring precipitation, and drought also exhibited significantly greater variability. As for weather extremes, particularly late winter, late spring and early autumn frosts, floods, intense rain spells, and droughts affected grain, fruit, and vine grape harvests, as well as the yields of other crops. These weather extremes contributed to various human impacts, such as food shortages (reflecting harvests and grain prices), famines, and epidemics. Ultimately, these events, along with the effects of the war, led to a decline in the population. The results obtained are discussed within the broader European context, taking into account climate, weather extremes, and socio-economic impacts.