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THE ECO-SOCIO-ECONOMIC LEVEL OF DEVELOPMENT OF WORLD COUNTRIES
– A COMPREHENSIVE ASSESSMENT PROPOSAL
Authors: Gromada Arkadiusz , Wysokiński Marcin , Golonko Magdalena , Trębska Paulina
Published: September 2020

The main purpose of the article was to assess the eco-socio-economic development of world countries. For this purpose, the Comprehensive Eco-Socio-Economic Development Index (CESEDI) was proposed and used. The proposed measure is based on a dozen or so indicators recognized and used in the literature for assessing countries in terms of their social, economic and environmental achievements. An attempt was made to include most of the elements necessary for the safe, healthy and happy life of citizens of the studied countries. The article presents world leaders, based on the CESEDI. Moreover, the individual components of the CESEDI and their level in the analyzed countries are presented. It was found, inter alia, that 18 out of 20 countries with the highest CESEDI are European countries. The ranking leaders were highly developed Scandinavian countries (Norway, Denmark, Finland) and Switzerland. The countries of Eastern and South-Eastern Europe (Slovenia, Slovakia, the Czech Republic, Poland and Romania) took high positions in the ranking, ahead of such countries as Canada, the United Kingdom, Japan and the United States. Research results indicate that European and South American countries are, on average, more developed in terms of ecological, social and economic development than countries in the rest of the world.
Can Investing Diaries be Hazardous to Your Financial Health?
Authors: Cipriano Michael C , Gruca Thomas S , Jiao Jennie
Published: September 2020

Business writers and academics have suggested keeping an investing diary to avoid hindsight bias. In the diary, investors justify their predictions of future events, e.g., “This stock will go up because…” Eliminating hindsight bias should improve future returns. However, psychological research on the “explanation effect” suggests that justifying one’s predictions in writing induces overconfidence and, by consequence, reduces current returns. We test these propositions in a set of prediction markets populated by two types of traders: forecasters who completed a required investing diary task and non-forecasters who did not. The portfolios of forecasters were significantly over-invested in securities associated with the forecaster’s prediction. This is consistent with prior psychological research and a clear sign of investor over-confidence. We further find that forecasters with accurate predictions have higher returns than those with inaccurate predictions. However, the returns for forecasters with inaccurate predictions were generally no worse than the returns of the non-forecasters. Our results suggest that while keeping an investing diary may lead to biased portfolios, it does not have an overall negative effect on current returns. Therefore, contrary to expectations, there is not a trade-off between the long-term and short-term effects of an investing diary.
Non liquet im Insolvenzverfahren
Authors: Wüstenberg Timm
Published: September 2020

Der in § 5 Abs. 1 S. 1 InsO niedergelegte Amtsermittlungsgrundsatz suggeriert, dass den üblichen Schwierigkeiten des Nachweises der erheblichen Tatsachen im insolvenzrechtlichen Kontext nur ein geringer Stellenwert zukommt. Auf dem Boden der zivilprozessualen Grundlagen zur Beweisführung und Beweislast zeigt die vorliegende Dissertation indes die zahlreichen beweisrechtlichen Fragestellungen auf, mit denen sich die Beteiligten des Verfahrens regelmäßig konfrontiert sehen. Insbesondere soweit die gerichtliche Pflicht zur Sachverhaltsaufklärung ausnahmsweise suspendiert und eine initiale Beibringung von Tatsachen verlangt wird, ist die Verteilung der Darlegungs- und Beweislast entscheidend.
The Underlying Causes of Respiratory Distress in Late-Preterm and Full-Term Infants Are Different From Those of Early-Preterm Infants
Authors: Wang Li , Tang Shuqing , Liu Hui , Ma Juan , Li Bingyi , Wu Li , Feng Zhichun , Shi Yuan
Published: September 2020

Background: A diagnosis of neonatal respiratory distress syndrome (RDS) is common among newborns in China. Some late-preterm and full-term (LP/FT) infants with respiratory distress (RD) symptoms but not primary surfactant deficiency are also diagnosed with RDS and given exogenous surfactant replacement therapy (SRT). Objectives: An increasing number of neonatologists have proposed that RD etiologies should be specifically classified to guide clinical treatment. Methods: The therapeutic effects of SRT on infants of different gestational ages (GAs) were compared in a large retrospective multicenter cohort study performed at 26 Neonatal Intensive Care units in China. The cause of RD at different GAs was further analyzed by comparing the different risk factors closely related to RDS severity at different GAs. Results: Analysis of 1240 infants diagnosed with RDS showed that SRT was less effective in LP/FT infants than in early-preterm (EP) infants. GA < 30 weeks and no prenatal corticosteroid use were closely related to RDS severity in EP infants, whereas perinatal infection- and perinatal hypoxia-associated risk factors and a high cesarean rate were closely related to RDS severity in LP/FT infants. Conclusions: The causes of RD might differ between LP/FT and EP infants, and the diagnosis of RDS might be overused in LP/FT infants. RD in LP/FT infants is more likely related to perinatal infection, perinatal hypoxia, elective cesarean and hereditary factors, which are important causes of neonatal pulmonary edema. New strategies for the treatment of refractory RD in LP/FT infants should concentrate more on pulmonary edema and neonatal ARDS.
Reevaluation of Salivary Lymphadenoma: A Subgroup Identified as Warthin-like Mucoepidermoid Carcinoma Following Molecular Investigation for MAML2 Rearrangement
Authors: Zhang Chunye , Gu Ting , Hu Yuhua , Sun Jingjing , Xia Ronghui , Tian Zhen , Wang Lizhen , Li Jiang
Published: September 2020

Context.—

Both salivary lymphadenomas (LADs) and Warthin-like mucoepidermoid carcinoma (MEC) contain components of epithelium and lymphoid stroma and their differential diagnosis can be difficult on the basis of morphology alone.

Objective.—

To clarify whether Warthin-like MEC was diagnosed as a LAD, and to compare their clinicopathologic features.

Design.—

A total of 16 LAD cases were analyzed for MAML2 rearrangement by using fluorescence in situ hybridization, and the clinical, histologic, immunohistochemical, and prognostic features were compared between MAML2 rearrangement–positive and MAML2 rearrangement–negative groups.

Results.—

Among the 16 cases investigated, 9 harbored a MAML2 rearrangement and were reclassified as Warthin-like MEC. The remaining 7 cases were classified as LADs with 1 nonsebaceous and 6 sebaceous cases. The patients with Warthin-like MEC had a wider age range (10–75 years) than the patients with LADs (36–68 years). Histologically, 2 of the 9 Warthin-like MECs (22.2%) showed focal invasion, whereas all the LADs had complete capsules. Warthin-like MECs exhibited a diverse epithelial cell morphology, including basaloid, glandular, cuboidal, epidermoid, with mucinous cells, although these cytologic features were seen only focally in some cases. Nonsebaceous LAD was composed of basaloid and glandular epithelial cells predominantly. In sebaceous LAD, the epithelial cells were composed of basaloid and large foamy sebaceous cells. In all cases, the stroma was composed mainly of lymphocytes accompanied by lymphoid follicles, although plasma cell infiltration could be much heavier in Warthin-like MEC. All the patients had a good outcome after a longer follow-up (3–166 months).

Conclusions.—

Warthin-like MEC can be misdiagnosed as a LAD owing to overlap in clinicopathologic features of the 2 entities. Careful histologic evaluation and detection of MAML2 rearrangement can facilitate their differential diagnosis.
Using Timestamp Data to Assess the Impact of Voice Recognition on the Efficiency of Grossing Biopsies
Authors: Ye Jay J. , Tan Michael R. , Shum Chung H.
Published: September 2020

Context.—

Studies on the adoption of voice recognition in health care have mostly focused on turnaround time and error rate, with less attention paid to the impact on the efficiency of the providers.

Objective.—

To study the impact of voice recognition on the efficiency of grossing biopsy specimens.

Design.—

Timestamps corresponding to barcode scanning for biopsy specimen bottles and cassettes were retrieved from the pathology information system database. The time elapsed between scanning a specimen bottle and the corresponding first cassette was the length of time spent on the gross processing of that specimen and is designated as the specimen time. For the first specimen of a case, the specimen time additionally included the time spent on dictating the clinical information. Therefore, the specimen times were divided into the following 2 categories: first-specimen time and subsequent-specimen time. The impact of voice recognition on specimen times was studied using both univariate and multivariate analyses.

Results.—

Specimen complexity, prosector variability, length of clinical information text, and the number of biopsies the prosector grossed that day were the major determinants of specimen times. Adopting voice recognition had a negligible impact on specimen times.

Conclusions.—

Adopting voice recognition in the gross room removes the need to hire transcriptionists without negatively impacting the efficiency of the prosectors, resulting in an overall cost saving. Using computer scripting to automatically enter clinical information (received through the electronic order interface) into report templates may potentially increase the grossing efficiency in the future.
CONTEMPORARY CHANGES IN THE ETHNIC STRUCTURE OF THE POPULATION IN THE AUTONOMOUS PROVINCE OF KOSOVO AND METOHIJA
Authors: Milosavljević Saša , Medojević Jovo
Published: September 2020

Twenty years (1999 - 2019) after the end of the conflict in the Autonomous Province of Kosovo and Metohija, it can be stated that nowhere in Europe is there such ethnic segregation of the population as is the case with the AP of Kosovo and Metohija. Following the withdrawal of pumped security forces from the entire territory of Kosovo and Metohija and the entry of the United Nations peacekeeping force into the Serbian Autonomous Province, Kosovo Albanians carried out their persecution from Kosovo through terrorist attacks on Serbs and other non-Albanian populations (Montenegrins, Gorans, Roma, Ashkali) carried out their persecution from Kosovo and Metohija and fundamentally changed the ethnic structure of the Province. An insight into the majority of 223.081 exiles and displaced persons from Kosovo and Metohija indicates an exodus against the Serbs. The number of displaced Roma, Ashkali and Egyptians is estimated at about 100.000. The mass persecution of the Serb and other non-Albanian populations has resulted in tremendous changes in the ethnic structure of the Province, which today, with 93% of the total population, is dominated by Albanians, while other ethnic communities have a participation of 7%.
Research Skills in Primary School Students Formation: Developmental and Competence Impact
Authors: Beisenbayeva Aigul M. , Abildina Saltanat K. , Feizuldayeva Saltanat A. , Kopbalina Kamshat B. , Kurmangaliyeva Zhanargul K.
Published: September 2020

Objective: The level of research skills of children with inclusion depends on the teacher's research competencies. To develop them, a future teacher must constantly conduct research and practical work in his own learning process.
Background: The formation of research competence in primary school children with disorders is formed on the basis of a common desire for knowledge of the world, due to age-related characteristics and social conditions of education. The task of a teacher in this vein is not only to structure the cognitive interest of younger students but also to integrate educational research competence into the age group.
Method: In preparing the study, students were required to deeply analyse information regarding the state of the issue, a comparative description of various modelling options and research methods, an analysis of their advantages, disadvantages, and the choice of a model and research method that would be adequate to the assigned tasks.
Results: Future teachers' willingness to present the teaching material is considered, and also the willingness to raise discussion questions and thus form additional research material. The authors of the article show that such competence is formed in the process of formation of general research competence and can be expressed in a number of definitions that require additional training of a future teacher.
Conclusion: There is a need to form research competency directly with teachers, who shape the future research qualities of “special” schoolchildren, which in turn forms the future of a scientific nature.
Preparing Future Teachers for the Development of Students' Emotional Intelligence
Authors: Dubovyk Svitlana H. , Mytnyk Alexander Ya. , Mykhalchuk Nataliia O. , Ivashkevych Ernest E. , Hupavtseva Nataliia O.
Published: September 2020

Objective: This study deals with the issues of preparing future educators for the development of students' emotional intelligence. The study aims to identify the most important aspects of future teachers training in the framework of this task, to identify the main factors that should be paid attention to when training teachers, whose tasks in the future will include the development of emotional intelligence of school students.
Background: Particular attention is paid to the study of the training of teaching staff for the development of emotional intelligence in students with psychological disturbances. The object of the study is the branches of pedagogy of higher education aimed at educating qualified teaching staff that can effectively solve the tasks of developing the emotional intelligence of elementary school students.
Method: In the study, methods of system analysis of the subject matter are used, based on a detailed examination of the studies of the material available for research, with a qualitative analysis of all the collected information.
Results: Based on the conducted studies were formed recommendations on the training of teachers for future practical activities within the framework of the issues under consideration, which are summarised as follows: in training, attention should be paid to working with educational games, the task of which is to develop students' skills in identifying and evaluating emotions, their own and of students participating in the game, the study and analysis of works of classical literature, as a method of learning to think, analyse and develop the emotional sphere, training in the implementation of special exercises for the development of the emotional sphere.
Conclusion: The study has important applied value in terms of expanding the understanding of emotional intelligence and the need for its development, starting from the lower grades of high school.
Teacher's Use of a Drawing Workshop as a Method of Art Therapy
Authors: Orazalieva Rsaldy B. , Bila Olena O. , Pozdnyakova Olena L. , Derevyanko Nataliya V.
Published: September 2020

Objective: The purpose of the study is to evaluate the effectiveness of a workshop in watercolour drawing by a future teacher of art as part of art therapy to improve mental state.
Background: In modern conditions of development of the innovation and educational process in higher education in the specialties "Fine Arts" and "Design” special attention is paid to the acquisition of professional skills and abilities of students to work in the art space of the Planer. In this regard, master classes are widely used in classes in higher education institutions, but most training is aimed at acquiring professional writing with watercolour.
Method: Workshop, as a quick and illustrative example in the performance of a watercolour etude by a teacher, is the strongest means of aesthetic impact, which is to show the secrets of drawing mastery, aesthetic techniques of working with watercolour, brush movements, the appearance of colour fillings, emphasizing a pictorial composition.
Results: In the course of the study, it was determined that using a drawing workshop as art therapy is an effective way to improve the mental state. Art-therapeutic work evokes positive emotions, helps form a more active life position, emotionally valuable acceptance of partners, and cohesion.
Conclusion: Fine art products constitute objective evidence of a person's mood and thoughts, which allows them to be used to assessing the mental state.
The Specificity of Preparing Students at Pedagogical Universities for Educational Activity in the Digital Epoch
Authors: Petrenko Oksana B. , Tsipan Tetiana S. , Stelmashuk Zhanna H. , Hrynkova Nadiia M. , Balika Liudmyla M.
Published: September 2020

Objective: the study is aimed at analysing the problems of forming the skills of educational activities of an individual, leading approaches that outline the range of solutions to education problems, features, and possibilities of these approaches to elucidate the totality of effective methods and techniques for special education pedagogical specialties in students.
Background: education in higher education institutions (HEI) or another educational institution is based on the formation of an individual who has achieved the basic characteristics of his development in the process of professional development and in the framework of cooperation.
Method: the experimental method was used in work during 2014-2019, in which 219 students of experimental groups and 213 students of control groups participated.
Results: The authors determined the possibility of using student training tools as a specialist and a socially responsible person using pedagogical tools implemented in a digital educational environment.
Conclusion: Students can be trained in pedagogical higher education directly using digital technologies. Thus, working with similar technologies will not require additional training in the implementation of practical work in further professional activities
Psychosocial Foundations for Pedagogical Skills Formation of Future Specialists in the Special Educational Environment
Authors: Sydykova Roza Sh. , Yussupova Adalyat A. , Berekeshev Galimzhan K. , Smailova Torgyn A. , Kuldanov Nauryz T.
Published: September 2020

Objective: The main goal of the work is to analyse future music teachers' pedagogical process and its impact on the creative potential of the individual.
Background: Pedagogical work has always been creative since its main purpose is to build, create a personality, develop, affirm the spiritual principle in a person. In addition, the activities of a teacher are carried out in constantly changing situations, requires consideration of all conditions. Therefore, the main task of a teacher is to transfer his creative potential with special educational needs.
Method: theoretical methods were used for research, which allowed us to determine the role of music in students' development.
Results: It was established that the formation of artistry in the process of teaching vocals is understood as a complex motivational-semantic education. It has been determined that the strength of the students' spiritual attraction to their mentor largely depends on the presence in his individual appearance of such a purely personal quality as an attraction, introduced by psychologists in scientific use for more in-depth ideas about the artistic and communicative possibilities of a person.
Conclusion: The results of the study made it possible to determine that an integrated approach to musical and pedagogical activity helps to solve pedagogical problems using musical art tools that combine a complex of special, psychological and pedagogical, general scientific, methodological knowledge, skills with the leading role of general pedagogical abilities.
Role of Organisational Culture of the University in Formation of Psychological Readiness of Students to Assertive Behaviour
Authors: Varii Myron Y. , Leshchynska Olena A. , Terletska Yuliana M.
Published: September 2020

Objective: the primary purpose of the work is to study the role of organisational culture of the modern Ukrainian university in the process of formation of psychological readiness of students to assertive behaviour.
Background: Scientific and public discussion about reforming the system of higher education requires deeper research of the influence of university organisational culture on forming not only professional but also personal skills and abilities that make this research relevant.
Method: The selection has 180 respondents from all departments and institutions of university and has been balanced by gender and age. This was the psychosemantic research.
Results: To collect the data, suggestions regarding resistance to undesirable influence were used developed by P. Zimbardo and S. Andersen, ten assertive rules of personality developed by M.J. Smith and the author's survey "Confession of a sad student". Obtained data were represented using the factor analysis. Assumptions concerning the normal distribution were checked using the statistical criteria of Bartlett of the mathematical, statistical package SPSS 14.
Conclusion: The obtained factor structure showed that it is possible to speak of domination in the student environment of the tendency to immature self-affirmation along with a readiness to conquer that can be explained by the inadequate conditions of organisational culture to form assertiveness of student.
Adaptive Morphing and Coping with Social Threat in Autism: An Autistic Perspective
Authors: Lawson Wenn B.
Published: September 2020

This paper highlights the role of terminology, such as camouflage and masking, commonly used in autism research. The author suggests researchers question assumptions around language commonly used to check it is fully representative of the autistic position. Being autistic often means being very literal. This literality means it is very important for researchers – particularly non-autistic researchers – to design research questions in a way that will gather accurate information often underlying autistic understanding. Words are powerful tools and lead to beliefs and positions held. Adaptive morphing in autism (currently referred to as camouflage or masking) infers a response, not of deceit, but one that is biological and not necessarily chosen. The author of this paper suggests masking, as a choice to deceive, is quite different from adaptive morphing for safety.
Integrated Technologies of Blockchain and Biometrics Based on Wireless Sensor Network for Library Management
Authors: Fu Meng-Hsuan
Published: September 2020

The Internet of Things (IoT) is built on a strong internet infrastructure and many wireless sensor devices. Presently, Radio Frequency Identification embedded (RFID-embedded) smart cards are ubiquitous, used for many things including student ID cards, transportation cards, bank cards, prepaid cards, and citizenship cards. One example of places that require smart cards is libraries. Each library, such as a university library, city library, local library, or community library, has its own card and the user must bring the appropriate card to enter a library and borrow material. However, it is inconvenient to bring various cards to access different libraries. Wireless infrastructure has been well developed and IoT devices are connected through this infrastructure. Moreover, the development of biometric identification technologies has continued to advance. Blockchain methodologies have been successfully adopted in various fields. This paper proposes the BlockMetrics library based on integrated technologies using blockchain and finger-vein biometrics, which are adopted into a library collection management and access control system. The library collection is managed by image recognition, RFID, and wireless sensor technologies. In addition, a biometric system is connected to a library collection control system, enabling the borrowing procedure to consist of only two steps. First, the user adopts a biometric recognition device for user authentication and then performs a collection scan with the RFID devices. All the records are recorded in a personal borrowing blockchain, which is a peer-to-peer transfer system and permanent data storage. In addition, the user can check the status of his collection across various libraries in his personal borrowing blockchain. The BlockMetrics library is based on an integration of technologies that include blockchain, biometrics, and wireless sensor technologies to improve the smart library.
Miniature Objects of Cultural Covenant: Portraits and First Nations Sitters in British North America
Authors: Huneault Kristina
Published: September 2020

Au début du XIXe siècle, le portrait miniature fait partie d’une culture matérielle dynamique, au sein de laquelle les biens servent à la médiation et à la consolidation de liens de cordialité et d’appartenance sociale. L’analyse de ces processus a fréquemment comme contexte le milieu des élites métropolitaines britanniques et nord-américaines. Cependant, les ramifications culturelles du portrait miniature s’étendent bien au-delà de l’univers des Européens nantis. Jusqu’à 1840, parmi les nombreuses peintures qui évoquent l’Empire sur les murs de la Royal Academy, la moitié des portraits de non-Européens sont des miniatures.

Le présent article traite de trois oeuvres de ce type : le portrait du guerrier et diplomate mohawk John Norton, réalisé par Mary Ann Knight en 1805, et les portraits du ministre et diplomate ojibwé Peter Jones, peints par Matilda Jones en 1831 et 1832. Nous prenons pour point de départ l’hypothèse de Marcia Pointon selon laquelle « historiquement, les portraits miniatures relèvent essentiellement de l’oscillation entre le soi et l’autre ». En ce qui concerne l’Amérique du Nord britannique, les paramètres de cette oscillation révèlent des courants complexes d’assimilation et de différence, qui divisent les sociétés autochtone et blanche. Invoquant la notion psychanalytique d’objet transitionnel et les théories post-coloniales sur la traduction, cet article avance que les miniatures ont servi de gages tangibles, en étant les témoins d’une reconnaissance mutuelle au sein de rapports marqués par la différence culturelle et la violence coloniale. Par les conditions qui en marquent la commande et l’exécution, par l’histoire de leur échange et de leur circulation, ainsi que par leurs qualités propres en tant que représentations, ces portraits éclairent la dialectique singulière de l’attachement et de la séparation que met en oeuvre la miniature peinte.
Concerning the Origin of the Virgin of Humility Theme
Authors: Polzer Joseph
Published: September 2020

Parmi les diverses représentations visuelles de la Vierge à l’apogée de son culte, à la fin du Moyen-Âge, se trouve le thème populaire de la Vierge de l’Humilité. Son origine est souvent associée à la fresque de Simone Martini peinte v. 1335–40 au-dessus de la porte sous le porche occidental de la cathédrale d’Avignon. La fresque montre la Vierge tenant l’enfant Jésus dans ses bras, assise sur la terre : humus = humilitas. L’examen attentif de l’art italien précédant indique que le type de la Vierge posée au sol fut inséré dans les scènes de la Vie de la Vierge antérieurement à la fresque de Simone Martini. Par exemple, dans la fresque de Giotto à Padoue la Vierge de l’Annonciation s’agenouille devant l’archange Gabriel, alors qu’auparavant elle se tenait presque toujours debout, et la Vierge s’évanouissant dans la Crucifixion, en partie soutenue par les Maries, descend sur ses genoux avant de s’étendre complètement au sol, ce que l’on voit, par exemple, dans la Crucifixion d’Ambrogio Lorenzetti du Musée Fogg à Cambridge. Aussi, dans la peinture populaire contemporaine italienne, la Vierge est souvent représentée assise sur le sol dans les représentations de la Sainte Famille. En coïncidence avec l’origine de la Vierge de l’Humilité, dans le livre de Pétrarque conservé à la bibliothèque Ambrosienne à Milan, Simone Martini a représenté Virgile, poète lauréat, assis dans la nature. Il semble qu’à cette époque la terre, ou la nature, perdait en partie son sens religieux négatif qui se voyait remplacé par l’idée d’une force créatrice et inspiratrice. Mon étude met aussi en lumière le patronage du petit polyptyque pliable « Orsini » de Simone Martini par le cardinal Napoléon.
L’Institutionnalisation de l’histoire de l’art en France au XIXe siècle
Authors: Therrien Lyne
Published: September 2020

This article examines the beginnings of art history instruction in France in a wide range of institutions of higher, or specialized, learning, as they relate to the disciplines introduction in the university. These other sites included the Collège de France, founded in the sixteenth century; the École des chartes, specializing in the analysis of historic documents; the École des Beaux-Arts and the École du Louvre; state-sponsored schools of archaeology in Athens and in Rome; and the École Pratique des Hautes Études which, from the 1860s, offered seminars in archaeology. A substantial body of scholarship was also produced through individual research and archaeological networks like that initiated by Arcisse de Caumont, though Émile Mâle claimed in 1894 that this corpus remained unknown in the university setting.

However unevenly, the process of disciplinary formation was one that unfolded from without to within the university as it was articulated across institutions with divergent missions and organizational forms. As an emergent field within the university, the position of art history was marked by relations both of dependence and tension in regard to classical archaeology. Ancient art figured earliest in university art history teaching because of its links with the humanist tradition and the discipline of history. The art of the Middle Ages, the Renaissance and, eventually, later periods gained legitimacy in the university under the aegis of history. Crucial here was recognition granted by university historians in enabling art history to achieve status as a separate discipline, characterized by its own methods, beside the fields of history and philosophy.
Peer Pedagogies on Digital Platforms
Authors: Dezuanni Michael
Published: September 2020

How a popular entertainment genre on YouTube—Let's Play videos created by Minecraft players—offers opportunities for children to learn from their peers.

Every day millions of children around the world watch video gameplay on YouTube in the form of a popular entertainment genre known as Let's Play videos. These videos, which present a player's gameplay and commentary, offer children opportunities for interaction and learning not available in traditional television viewing or solo video gameplay. In this book, Michael Dezuanni examines why Let's Play videos are so appealing to children, looking in particular at videos of Minecraft gameplay. He finds that a significant aspect of the popularity of these videos is the opportunity for knowledge and skill exchange.

Focusing on Let's Play practices, the videos themselves, and fans' responses, Dezuanni argues that learning takes place through what he terms peer pedagogies—a type of nonhierarchical learning that is grounded in the personal relationships fans and players feel toward one another. Moreover, the Let's Play platform is part of a larger digital ecosystem that enables children to learn from one another in unique ways. Dezuanni explores how Let's Players enable learning opportunities, examining digital literacies, the Let's Play genre, and peer pedagogies. He then presents case studies of three successful family-friendly Let's Players of Minecraft: Stampylonghead, StacyPlays, and KarinaOMG, microcelebrities in a microindustry. Dezuanni analyzes the specific practices and characteristics of these players, paying particular attention to how they create opportunities for peer pedagogies to emerge.
Deep Time Reckoning
Authors: Ialenti Vincent
Published: September 2020

A guide to long-term thinking: how to envision the far future of Earth.

We live on a planet careening toward environmental collapse that will be largely brought about by our own actions. And yet we struggle to grasp the scale of the crisis, barely able to imagine the effects of climate change just ten years from now, let alone the multi-millennial timescales of Earth's past and future life span. In this book, Vincent Ialenti offers a guide for envisioning the planet's far future—to become, as he terms it, more skilled deep time reckoners. The challenge, he says, is to learn to inhabit a longer now.

Ialenti takes on two overlapping crises: the Anthropocene, our current moment of human-caused environmental transformation; and the deflation of expertise—today's popular mockery and institutional erosion of expert authority. The second crisis, he argues, is worsening the effects of the first. Hearing out scientific experts who study a wider time span than a Facebook timeline is key to tackling our planet's emergency. Astrophysicists, geologists, historians, evolutionary biologists, climatologists, archaeologists, and others can teach us the art of long-termism.

For a case study in long-term thinking, Ialenti turns to Finland's nuclear waste repository “Safety Case” experts. These scientists forecast far future glaciations, climate changes, earthquakes, and more, over the coming tens of thousands—or even hundreds of thousands or millions—of years. They are not pop culture “futurists” but data-driven, disciplined technical experts, using the power of patterns to construct detailed scenarios and quantitative models of the far future. This is the kind of time literacy we need if we are to survive the Anthropocene.
Why scientific societies should involve more early-career researchers
Authors: Bankston Adriana , Davis Stephanie M , Moore Elisabeth , Niziolek Caroline A , Boudreau Vincent
Published: September 2020

Early-career researchers (ECRs) make up a large portion of the academic workforce. Yet, most leadership positions in scientific societies are held by senior scientists, and ECRs have little to no say over the decisions that will shape the future of research. This article looks at the level of influence ECRs have in 20 scientific societies based in the US and UK, and provides guidelines on how societies can successfully include ECRs in leadership roles.
An Osteopathic Modular Approach to Asthma: A Narrative Review
Authors: Schend Jason , Rowane Marija , Sanan Neha , Hostoffer Sir Robert
Published: September 2020

Asthma is among of the first ailments documented in the existing academic literature as being successfully managed with osteopathic manipulative treatment (OMT) techniques. Time-efficient and well-tolerated OMT techniques have been gradually added to the literature to manage this increasingly prevalent disease. In this narrative review, the authors discuss previously-published literature describing the history, diagnosis, and management of asthma related to osteopathic principles and practices and OMT application. They also present current and newly-approved medical managements, including biologics and inhaled corticosteroids. This article also includes supplemental videos showcasing OMT techniques for asthma management, which were developed by the authors based on recommendations indicated in the literature.
Prestige Hierarchies and Relations of Dominance Among Healthcare Professionals
Authors: Hindhede Anette Lykke , Larsen Kristian
Published: September 2020

Reflecting on Bourdieu’s theory of symbolic power, the aim of our study was todetermine the degree to which prestige ranking follows a logic of socialrecognition that transcends health professional group boundaries. Based on aprevious cross-sectional survey, in which 605 health professionals ranked 19diseases and 17 specialties, this paper draws on data from 25 in-depthinterviews with nurses, doctors and nursing/medical students with theobjective to understand to what degree each of the four groups dissociatesthemselves from the prestige ranking demonstrated in the survey. We foundthat all four groups have similar perceptions of prestige. However, whiledoctors and nurses defend the hierarchy of specialisations in medicine,medical students and nursing students to a greater degree challenge the statusquo. This has no real impact, as their dissenting opinions are articulated frompositions defined by their rank in the distribution of capital. Therefore, thesepositions cannot significantly threaten the stability of the healthcare field.
Opplæring og utvikling av ledere
Authors: Fromreide Nina Kramer , Mathisen Terje , Munkvold Jan Petter , Riise Gaute Skallerud
Published: September 2020

Piloter i luftfart er i et profesjonsyrke med sterke kompetansekrav når det gjelder tekniske aspekter. I denne artikkelen studerer vi betydningen av utdanning innen ledelse for piloter i norsk luftfart. Kapteinen er fartøysjef og har ansvaret for at flymaskinen og besetningen er beredt til å utføre sine oppgaver både i en normalsituasjon og ved en kritisk hendelse. Styrmenn får først formelle ledelsesoppgaver når de rykker opp til stilling som kaptein, men er i svært liten grad forberedt på ledelsesaspektet gjennom formell opplæring hos flyskolene eller hos flyselskapene. I studien er det gjennomført en spørreundersøkelse som ble besvart av 162 respondenter (styrmenn og kapteiner) og resultatene er analysert i et såkalt Importance Performance Analysis (IPA) rammeverk. En av fem kapteiner mener de har mottatt tilstrekkelig opplæring i ledelse før de skal utøve en ledende rolle. Det er videre interessant å se at kapteiner oppfattes som dårligere ledere enn kapteinene oppfatter seg selv, av sine styrmenn/-kvinner. Vi fant også en konsekvent underprestasjon (ytelse) på tvers av alle faktorer innen ledelse. Det kan derfor se ut til at flybransjen i Norge legger for lite vekt på lederutdanning av kapteiner. Økt fokus på ledelsesutdanning vil etter vår oppfatning kunne gi konkurransefortrinn i en stadig mer global og konkurranseutsatt bransje. Vi reiser også spørsmål om manglende opplæring for å utføre lederrollen gjelder spesielt for ledere i flybransjen eller om det også er tilfelle i andre bransjer og organisasjoner særlig der sikkerhet og tekniske krav prioriteres høyt. Vi demonstrerer dermed at man kan bruke IPA rammeverket for å evaluere ledelsesprestasjoner og diskuterer implikasjoner for opplæring både for myndigheter og selskaper.
Genome-wide identification and expression analysis of the ERF transcription factor family in pineapple (Ananas comosus (L.) Merr.)
Authors: Huang Youmei , Liu Yanhui , Zhang Man , Chai Mengnan , He Qing , Jakada Bello Hassan , Chen Fangqian , Chen Huihuang , Jin Xingyue , Cai Hanyang , Qin Yuan
Published: September 2020

Pineapple (Ananas comosus (L.) Merr.) is an important tropical fruit with high economic value. The quality and yield of pineapple will be affected by various environmental conditions. Under adverse conditions, plants can produce a complex reaction mechanism to enhance their resistance. It has been reported that the member of ethylene responsive transcription factors (ERFs) plays a crucial role in plant developmental process and stress response. However, the function of these proteins in pineapple remains limited. In this study, a total of 74 ERF genes (AcoERFs) were identified in pineapple genome, named from AcoERF1 to AcoERF74, and divided into 13 groups based on phylogenetic analysis. We also analyzed gene structure, conserved motif and chromosomal location of AcoERFs, and the AcoERFs within the same group possess similar gene structures and motif compositions. Three genes (AcoERF71, AcoERF73 and AcoERF74) were present on unanchored scaffolds, so they could not be conclusively mapped on chromosome. Synteny and cis-elements analysis of ERF genes provided deep insight into the evolution and function of pineapple ERF genes. Furthermore, we analyzed the expression profiling of AcoERF in different tissues and developmental stages, and 22 AcoERF genes were expressed in all examined tissues, in which five genes (AcoERF13, AcoERF16, AcoERF31, AcoERF42, and AcoERF65) had high expression levels. Additionally, nine AcoERF genes were selected for functional verification by qRT-PCR. These results provide useful information for further investigating the evolution and functions of ERF family in pineapple.
Inventory Management Practices and Operational Performance of Manufacturing Firms in Ghana
Authors: Opoku Richard Kofi , Fiati Helen Mawuena , Kaku Gregory , Ankomah Joseph , Agyemang Faustina Opoku-
Published: September 2020

Aims: The study examined the effect of different inventory management practices on the operational performance of manufacturing firms in Ghana.

Study Design: The study adopted the descriptive survey design.

Place and Duration of Study: The study was conducted among manufacturing firms within the Accra, Tema and Kumasi metropolises in Ghana between November 2019 and February 2020.

Methodology: The study randomly sampled 152 Procurement and Operations managers and officers from 246 registered manufacturing firms with the Association of Ghana Industries. The manufacturing firms are specifically located within the Accra, Tema and Kumasi metropolises. The study gathered primary data using structured questionnaires of which analysis was done using both descriptive and inferential statistical tools including mean, standard deviation and ordinary least square regression.

Results: Using 114 valid responses, the study found manufacturing firms in Ghana to have high preference for Strategic Supplier Partnership (M=3.63) and Activity Based Costing (M=3.56, whereas they had least preference for Just In Time (M=3.06). The ordinary least square regression analysis showed that all the different inventory management practices: strategic supplier partnership (P=.000), activity based costing (P=.025), vendor managed inventory (P=.008), economic order quantity (P=.19), material resource planning (P=.000) and just in time (P=.009) are significantly and positively associated with operational performance.

Conclusion: The study concluded that inventory management practices especially strategic supplier partnership plays tremendous roles in improving the operational performance levels of manufacturing firms in a developing economy notably Ghana.
The Role of Principal Leadership in Preventing COVID-19 Transmission at SMA Muhammadiyah 2 Karang Tengah Buay Madang Timur Indonesia
Authors: Hasim Wahid , Hasanah Enung
Published: September 2020

Aims: The purpose of this study was to explore (1) the role of the principal's leadership (2) the steps for decision-making by the principal (3) the efforts of the principal in preventing transmission of the COVID-19 virus in SMA Muhammadiyah 2 Karang Tengah Buay Madang Timur, Indonesia

Study Design: This study uses a qualitative approach with descriptive methods.

Place and Duration of Study: Research at SMA Muhammadiyah 2 Karang Tengah on   March 2020-May 2020.

Methodology: The data collection technique is doing through interviews, observation, and documentation. The research subjects were the principal and several students.

Results: The results of this study indicate that (1) the role of the principal in decision making is included in managerial competence. (2) the steps for decision making by the principal, namely (a) problem identification, (b) making alternative solutions; (c) choosing a solution; (d) implementing and evaluating solutions. (3) the efforts of the principal in preventing the transmission of the Covid-19 virus in the school environment, namely by eliminating face-to-face learning and learning replaced by online education or Learning From Home.  Schools also spray all classrooms and school environments; the principal makes rules for all school members to comply with health protocols according to the decision of the Minister of Health of the Republic of Indonesia Number Hk.01.07 / Menkes / 382/2020 regarding health protocols always to use masks, wash hands and keep a distance from all school members. At the time of collecting students, assignments are divided into several waves so that students do not crowd at school.

Conclusion: The principal acts as a manager at the school level. In decision making at the school level, a manager must reason in determining the decisions to be made. To prevent transmission of COVID-19, the principal adheres to the health protocol according to the decision of the Minister of Health of the Republic of Indonesia Number Hk.01.07 / Menkes / 382/2020 during school activities.
Multiple Regression Analysis of Basal Metabolic Rate Using Dataset of 50 Adults at Federal Medical Center, Otuoke Outreach
Authors: Ligeiaziba Sylva , Bunonyo Kubugha Wilcox , Goldie Jason Biobaragha
Published: September 2020

This data analysis aimed at investigating Basal Metabolic Rate (BMR) of patients around Otuoke region, in Ogbia Local Government Area, and the data were collated at Federal Medical Centre, Otuoke Outreach. The data collated involving 50 patients, of which, 25 are males and 25 female volunteers of different ages. The variables involved in this analysis include age, gender and basal metabolic index, using SPSS version 25. Descriptive analysis was carried out to summarize the data in terms of mean and standard deviation of the gender and age. Biserial correlation was carried out on gender, age and BMR, and Cohen standard was done to investigate the strength of the relationship between the variables. The results of the analysis showed a negative correlation between gender and BMR with a correlation coefficient of -0.70, indicating a large effect size. In addition, it is seen that the linear regression model is significant, F(2,47) = 25.09, p<0.001, and Rsq = 0.52, indicating 52% variance in BMR. The result goes further to reveal that a unit increase in age doesn’t cause an effect on BMR. However, the female category can significantly predict BMR, B = -267.10, t(47) = -7.06, p<0.001. Based on this sample, this suggests that moving from the Male to Female category of Gender will decrease the mean value of BMR by 267.10 units on average.
Role of Precision Farming Development Center (PFDC) Hyderabad in Plasticulture
Authors: Kaleel Ibrahim , Devi M. Uma , Chaitanya K. , Srinu B. , Deepika .
Published: September 2020

The use of plastics in horticulture has made considerable headway during the last decade. We are aware that plastics contribute from planting to post harvest handling and processing in many fruit crops. Plastic is used at each and every stage of horticultural life cycle right from seeds packaging, planting, propagation, mulching, irrigation, harvesting, fruit packing and preservation. The application of plastics in agriculture sector is popularly known as Plasticulture. India produces about 5 million tons of plastics annually and use about 0.35 million tons in agriculture. Plastics are used in greenhouses to promote growth and production, mulching to suppress weeds and maintain soil temperature and moisture as well as in containers for seedling and soil solarization to reduce pest and diseases. The efficient use of plastics in agricultural and horticultural operations are utilized by PFDC Hyderabad. The plasticulture operations were performed and demonstrated by research trials by selecting suitable crops under polyhouse and shade nets. Use of drip irrigations system and sprinkler irrigation system with suitable irrigation scheduling and fertigation, demonstrating performance of agricultural and horticultural crops under plastic mulch sheets. The present study aims to determine the role of precision farming development center (PFDC) Hyderabad in plasticulture.