bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Bodybuilders as cyborgs: considering the actor-network-theory parallels
Authors: Bissonnette Carrie-Ann  J.
Published: June 2021

As a registered female athlete with the Ontario Physiques Association (OPA), I have first hand knowledge of bodybuilding at the non-competitive level. I have attended various figure, fitness and bodybuilding competitions and continue to participate in an ongoing dialogue with competing female bodybuilders. I believe that my first hand knowledge and experience allows me, as a member of this community, to provide a unique and in-depth analysis of the culture of female bodybuilding more profoundly than those outside of it.

Adopting the role of participant-observer, I will explore the connection between the female bodybuilder as a cyborg and ANT. I will present my study as a micro-ethnography with autoethnography elements framed as a kind of case-study that incorporates both primary and secondary research. In conjunction with relevant academic literature, my analysis will be informed by my ongoing journal and an analysis of popular bodybuilding literature. I hope to understand how my own decision-making process as well as that of other female bodybuilders is subsequently enculturated into a cyborg's mindset.

This study does not consider the ethics of building a body to unnatural proportions. I will not debate whether the choices made by a female bodybuilder are right or wrong. All persons shape their bodies in some way, through the food they decide to eat, the cigarettes they smoke, the tattoo or piercing they acquire or the hair colour they select for this season. I will focus only on the ways we may regard a female bodybuilder as a cyborg and show how ANT may help us better understand this phenomenon. It is, however, important to first understand the history and culture of bodybuilding.
Web multimedia files characterization
Authors: Soraya Mojgan
Published: June 2021

This thesis introduces multimedia workload characterization embedded in popular Web pages and serving by YouTube. The findings of the study are used to build a multimedia workload generator. The workload generator can be used in simulations that investigates methods in improving caching performance for serving multimedia files, reducing multimedia network traffic, increasing YouTube scalability, decreasing startup delay when playing audio/video files embedded in a Web page or serving by short video sharing services, and evaluating the performance of multimedia servers. In this research, first, an analysis on Web pages consisting of multimedia embedded objects is presented. Also, a characterization study of around 250,000 YouTube popular and regular videos is performed. Based on the analysis of popular Web pages and measurement of YouTube traffic, a workload generator is developed. The workload generator generates the files of popular Web pages and YouTube servers and simulates a user session when accessing a server.
Investigation of crack prediction in reinforced concrete liquid containing structures
Authors: Zyarishalmani Armin
Published: June 2021

Cracking in liquid containing structures, if it is not properly controlled, can have serious detrimental effects on the overall system functionality. Having a consistent knowledge of concrete cracking characteristics is essential for a designer to ensure serviceability requirements of the structure. In spite of several proposed crack prediction models that have been used as the base for design codes, still a lack of certainty can be clearly felt in predicting cracking behavior of reinforced concrete. This is due to the fact that cracking is a very complex phenomenon in which numerous factors are involved, and it is always too cumbersome to take the effects of all these influential aspects into account. In order to acquire more insight into this issue, a comprehensive attempt has been made both experimentally and theoretically here in this study. This research is primarily dealing with cracks that develop under monotonic increasing load which is the main cause for the formation of wide cracks among other causes such as shrinkage or temperature. In this regard, several laboratory tests were conducted on a one meter wide strip of a tank wall. These experiments covered a range of loading configuration that would enable various combinations of stresses across the reinforced concrete section. Cracking behavior and water tightness of the slab were closely monitored and reported. Fiber reinforced polymers were shown to be a suitable means of remediation in reducing water leakage or recovering structural strength. A positive role of concrete autogenous healing on water leakage was investigated during the practical test. A comparison is made between experimental results and several recent well-known crack prediction models, through which their advantages and disadvantages are revealed and discussed. Several finite element models (FEM) have been successfully built with the aid of computer program ABAQUS/6.5 to capture the post-failure stress/strain condition in concrete and reinforcement, the results of which are perfectly matching with those obtained from experimental tests and theoretical calculations.
Investigation of the transverse and longitudinal moments at the transverse free end of deck slab cantilevers subjected to CHBDC truck loading
Authors: Pourmand Hanieh
Published: June 2021

Clause 5.7.1.3 of the Canadian Highway Bridge Design Code (CHBDC) specifies an equation for the calculation of transverse moment intensity (My) in the deck slab cantilever due to truck loading in a slab-on-girder bridge system. Also, it states that the transverse moment intensity shall be assumed 2My for the locations within a distance equal to cantilever length of the transverse free end of the deck slab cantilever. However, CHBDC design values do not consider the effects of barrier length, variable thickness of the barrier wall and shape of the cantilever’s edge stiffening on the response. In addition, the longitudinal moment on the deck slab cantilever due to truck loading is as yet unavailable. Thus, a parametric study was conducted, using the finite element modelling, to investigate the effect of these key parameters in the transverse and longitudinal moments at the region of the transverse free edge of deck slab cantilever. Based on the data generated from this parametric study, imperial equations for the transverse and longitudinal moments at the transverse end of the deck slab cantilever were deduced.
Detection of waste dumping locations in landfill using multi-temporal landsat thermal images
Authors: Gill Jasravia
Published: June 2021

The practice of solid waste disposal in conventional landfills has always been associated with adverse environmental impacts, leading to the migration of landfill gas and bad odour to the proximate areas. Apart from the obnoxious fumes and hazardous leachate, the potential of heat generation within these vast disposal sites has been observed during the aerobic and anaerobic decomposition process. Therefore, this study aims to demonstrate how to utilize thermal remote sensing technique to monitor the heat flux, which can aid in detecting the waste dumping location with a case study in the Jeleeb Al-Shuyoukh landfill in Kuwait, where the record of its physical boundary was found missing. Landsat TM/ETM+ images for ten-year (1985 to 1994) were acquired and subsequently processed with atmospheric correction so as to compute the land surface temperature (LST). Through overlay analysis, the multi-temporal LST contours were combined in order to detect the most probable dumping locations within the landfill. With reference to the 50 borehole locations drilled by the Environmental Public Authority of Kuwait, our results derived during the summer season yielded a better accuracy (72%) comparing to that derived during the winter season (70%). This can be explained by the waste decomposition process reaches to the peak in summer and more heat flux can be captured from the ground cover. In addition, the dumping locations buried with construction waste were found to have higher LST as compared to the sites containing organic waste in most of the cases, except for certain locations which contained the mixture of construction and organic waste in winter season.
Performance Of UPHC Filled Steel Column
Authors: Singh Navneet
Published: June 2021

Ever since the development of the Ultra-High-Performance Concrete [UHPC], research has been going on in the use of hollow steel tubes filled with UHPC as a super-frame structural member. The key area of this research is to study the influence of confinement effect on the behavior of the Super-frame column and to develop guidelines in modern codes for the design of such composite sections. This project report compares the performance UHPC filled steel tubes and conventional sections using a computer program, Lab experiment and analytical analysis. The results of all the analysis show that UHPC filled tubes perform better than the conventional sections such as only steel sections or concrete sections. Additionally, Eurocode - 4 predicts reasonable results.
Modeling And Control Of Spacecraft Systems With Coupled Orbital And Attitude Dynamics
Authors: Frias Alexander
Published: June 2021

Spacecraft formation flying with coupled orbital-attitude dynamics is one of the most intriguing topics in the field of astronautics. Orbital-attitude coupling is induced when a non-symmetrical spacecraft in orbit is disturbed by means of active maneuvering or by external disturbances. Direct contributing factors to the coupled dynamics include the orbital radius, the gravitational parameter and the orbital angular velocity. Disturbance due to coupling is inherently weak in nature (in the order of magnitudes of 10−13 Newtons) for Earth orbit, which majority of spacecraft attitude-orbital control system (AOCS) can easily overcome or can be eliminated by means of system dynamics linearization. For very large spacecraft that have very high moment of inertia, coupled dynamics can impose strong nonlinear disturbance and can affect orbital trajectory. Numerical simulations of the coupled dynamics for a rigid-body single spacecraft system, a dumbbell spacecraft system and a multiple spacecraft formation flying system are conducted for Earth and asteroid 4 Vesta orbits. Simulation results suggest that dumbbell spacecraft systems are the most severely affected by the orbital-attitude coupling due to the connecting tether. Nonlinear coupled orbital-attitude equations of motion are fully developed and are used to formulate a nonlinear controller using feedback linearization. Feedback linearization control method is perfect for this system because the spacecraft’s nonlinear coupled dynamics is preserved and not approximated. The controller is validated by numerical simulations as well as implemented in a hardware-in-the-loop experiment using the Ryerson University’s Satellite Airbed Formation Experiment. For asteroid-related missions, orbital-attitude coupling can be several magnitudes times larger than the coupling experienced for Earth orbit depending on the properties of the asteroid and thus in turn, can severely affect the performance of the spacecraft control system. 
Fatigue life assessment of TTC streetcar concrete pavements
Authors: Farhang Bahram
Published: June 2021

The Toronto Transit Commission, TTC traditional embedded track for mechanically jointed rails, is performing satisfactory except for accelerated surface concrete deterioration. By far the most damaging group of deterioration processes in streetcars concrete pavement is due to wheel impact on the joints which will subsequently excite a response on the track. The enhancement of special trackwork, STW service life was the initiative to explore encapsulation technology advances in embedded track materials and construction methods. This aimed to extend the life cycle of the track from current average of 15 years towards target life of 50 years.

In the present study, attempts at finding and patterning the localized cracks, especially wheel impact fatigue cracks, are carried out. This issue was investigated during the course of an experimental program demonstrated by simulating the wheel impact loading in concrete under repeated load application. Specially designed specimens were used to represent sheet rubber and urethane encapsulation system proposal against the current assembly.

This research reviews the pros and cons of various factors influencing the life cycle of the current assembly and examining and assessing between alternative track construction methods and materials at the joints and examining the concrete's performance both during the impact fatigue loading resulting in inclined cracking and ongoing service life and durability issues under combined environmental and mechanical loadings.

Experimental results show that it is possible to achieve the targeted service life of 50 years, based on minimum of 10 time superior performance for either of the proposed encapsulation technologies vs. current construction methods.
Leaching Impact On Compressibility Of Untreated And Cement-Treated Champlain Sea Clay
Authors: Ahmad Ali
Published: June 2021

The pore fluid salinity level of undisturbed Champlain Sea clay samples were reduced from 19.81 to 0.79 g/L using a leaching apparatus designed for this experimental study. Then the impact of leaching on the compressibility characteristics of the undisturbed, remoulded, and cement-treated clay samples were investigated through constant rate of strain tests. It was found that the compressibility of Champlain Sea clay was affected by the level of salinity in its pore fluid. The reduction of salinity to 0.79 g/L in this study impacted the compressibility of both remoulded and cement-treated clay but did not affect on the compressibility of undisturbed clay. A higher compressibility was recorded from remoulded leached sample compared to the remoulded unleached sample. In cement-treated samples, an improvement in the compressibility characteristics was observed from the leached samples treated with 50 kg/m3 GU cement compared to that of their corresponding treated unleached samples.
Frederick H. Evans : Art, Craft And Presentation
Authors: West Alana
Published: June 2021

Frederick H. Evans: Art, Craft and Presentation considers the techniques of presentation used by Frederick H. Evans (1853-1943), the English architectural, landscape, and portait photographer. The discussion focuses on how Evans mounted his photographs onto secondary supports and how these auxiliary materials were embellished by Evans with watercolour lines, paper, and hand-ruled pencil lines.

The essay categorizes, describes, and analyzes eight types of presentation including the French method and multiple mounting. Other more common types of support and display, such as albus, cards, overmats, and portfolios are also discussed. Described in detail, each method is considered within the broader context of the aesthetic circumstances that influenced Evans. Illustrated with twenty-three images, from George Eastman House International Museum of Photography and Film, the paper encourages an awareness of Evan's photographic objects, this paper offers a fuller understanding of the layered meaning embedded in one artist's presentation of photographs at the beginning of the twentieth century.
Case Studies In Photographic Digitization : Victoria And Albert Museum, The Art Institute Of Chicago, And George Eastman House
Authors: Sparkman Tess A.
Published: June 2021

The purpose of this paper is to provide an assessment of digitization photographic developments in three institutions: the Victoria and Albert Museum, the Art Institute of Chicago, and the George Eastman House. In addition it presents a cumulative analysis of each institutions's work to establish a comparison to general museum and technological trends.

The focus of the research is to explain the present status of the implementation of photographic digitization plans in these collections, while analyzing past efforts to form some conclusions about technological advancements within the field.
Axial Load Behaviour of Double Skin Composite Walls Subjected to Elevated Temperatures
Authors: Taormina Antonio
Published: June 2021

Double skin composite walls (DSCWs) consist of two skins of profiled steel sheeting and in-fill of concrete. DSCWs are proposed to act as axial and lateral load resisting elements in buildings. This research concentrates on the structural performance of DSCWs made of high performance concretes (HPCs) subjected to elevated temperatures of 800
Le cinéma même: (re)découvrir la collection filmfilm à la cinémathèque québécoise a catalogue raisonné of a film distributor’s collection
Authors: Létourneau-Jean Eva Maria
Published: June 2021

This thesis is an applied research project that takes the form of a catalogue raisonné of a section
of the FilmFilm distribution center collection deposited in 1991 at the Cinémathèque québécoise.
The aim of the project was to offer a detailed study of the collection to propose a reevaluation of
the history of experimental cinema in Quebec during the 1960s and 1970s. This project is
divided in three main sections. The first one is an accompanying text that includes a brief history
of marginal filmmaking practices in Quebec and of FilmFilm, but also the methodology for the
film inspections. The second part consists in the inspection forms for each reel of the collection
and the last one is composed of the catalogue raisonné. The catalogue represents the main focus
of the thesis by documenting each title and offering a description as well as illustrations for each
film.

Ce mémoire est un projet de recherche appliqué qui se présente sous la forme d’un catalogue
raisonné d’une section de la collection de la maison de distribution FilmFilm ayant été déposée à
la Cinémathèque québécoise en 1991. L’objectif de ce projet était d’en proposer une étude la plus
étayée possible qui puisse conduire à une réévaluation de l'histoire du cinéma expérimental du
Québec des années 1960 et 1970. Il comporte trois sections principales. La première est un texte
d’accompagnement incluant un bref historique des pratiques cinématographiques marginales au
Québec et de FilmFilm et détaillant également ma méthodologie pour l’inspection des copies de
films. La seconde partie est constituée des formulaires d’inspection pour chaque bobine de la
collection et la dernière comprend le catalogue raisonné, point culminant du travail qui
documente chaque titre en offrant un portrait et des photographies de chacune des oeuvres.
Family in colour: integrating colour into Sally Mann’s Family Pictures
Authors: Lepiano Zoë Antonia
Published: June 2021

Over her forty-year career photographer Sally Mann (b. 1951) has become synonymous with black-and white large format photography and nineteenth-century processes, used to depict her family, their environment, and the landscapes of the southern U.S.A. Yet Mann has worked with a variety of processes including colour. This thesis focuses on the printed Cibachromes and unprinted colour transparencies, taken between 1990 and 1994, that make up Mann’s Family Color collection, part of Family Pictures series, the well-known black-and-white photographs of her three children. It outlines work done in situ in the artist’s archive, the consequent discovery of a number of unprinted colour transparencies, and their integration into Mann’s studio through digitization and organization of the collection. An exploration of the production and exhibition history of Family Color is followed by a close-reading of a selection of printed colour photographs from the series, as well as the newly discovered, unprinted images. These comparisons enable the series to be situated within Mann’s larger practice opening up areas for future research.
Wind energy forecasts in calculation of expected energy not served
Authors: Sun Richard
Published: June 2021

The stochastic nature of wind energy generation introduces uncertainties and risk in generation schedules computed using optimal power flow (OPF). This risk is quantified as expected energy not served (EENS) and computed via an error distribution found for each hourly forecast. This thesis produces an accurate method of estimating EENS that is also suitable for real-time OPF calculation.
This thesis examines two statistical predictive models used to forecast hourly production of wind energy generators (WEGs), Markov chain model, and auto-regressive moving-average (ARMA) model, and their effects on EENS. Persistence model is used as a benchmark for comparison. For persistence and ARMA models, both Gaussian and Cauchy error distributions are used to compute EENS via a closed-form solution that reduces computational complexity.
Markov chain and ARMA both provide accurate forecasts of WEG power generation though Markov Chain model performs significantly better. The Markov chain model also produces the most accurate EENS estimate of the three models.
Political expediency vrs policy directive: a case study of telecommunications in Jamaica and the move towards an integrated regulator
Authors: Robinson Renee , Skinner David
Published: June 2021

This paper considers regulatory reform in Jamaica's telecommunication industry. "Currently, Jamaican telecommunication operates under a multi-sector regulator, the Office of Utility Regulation (OUR), which has oversight of all public utilities including telecommunications, water, gas, and electricity. The reform under consideration in Jamaica is the transition towards a single-sector independent regulator, referred to throughout this research as the integrated regulator, with monitoring responsibility for converged media services, including broadcasting and Information Communication Technology (ICT)"--From the introduction, page 7.
Development of sustainable concrete bridge deck slab systems using corrosion-resistant GRFP bars
Authors: Khalafalla Imad E.
Published: June 2021

This research investigates the use of glass fiber reinforced polymer (GFRP) bars to reinforce the bridge deck slabs as well as jointed precast bridge deck slab in prefabricated bulb-tee pre-tensioned bridge girders. The experimental program included two phases. In phase (I), six precast slab joint details between flanges of precast bulb-tee girders were developed incorporating GFRP bars with straight ends, L-shaped ends and headed ends, embedded in a closure strip filled with non-shrink cement grout or ultra-high-performance concrete (UHPC). A total of 11 actual-size specimens representing the one-way slab system with the proposed joint details, in addition to 5 cast-in-place control specimens, were built and tested to failure to examine the structural adequacy of the proposed joint details. Based on the results from Phase (I), the best joint was selected for further tests in Phase (II) to examine its fatigue life and ultimate load carrying capacity under vehicular wheel loading. A total of 8 actual-size, GFRP-reinforced, 3500 X 2500 X 200 mm concrete deck slabs were designed for this purpose according to CHBDC specifications. Ultimate strength, fatigue behavior and fatigue life of the GFRP-reinforced deck slabs were investigated using different schemes of fatigue loading, namely: accelerated variable amplitude fatigue loading and constant amplitude fatigue loading. Overall, the experimental results indicated that GFRP-reinforced deck slabs showed high fatigue performance. A new prediction model for fatigue life of the GRFP-reinforced deck slabs was developed. The failure mode of the tested composite slabs was punching shear. Correlation between the experimental findings and the prediction models for punching shear resistance available in the literature showed that the prediction models by CSA S806-12 (2012) and El-Gamal et al. (2005) can accurately predict the punching shear capacity of the cast-in-place and precast jointed bridge deck slabs reinforced with GFRP bars. In addition, the average observed mid-depth punching shear perimeter for the cast-in-place deck slabs and the precast jointed deck slabs were measured to be 1.25 d and 1.33d away from the sides of the loaded area, respectively, which are more than twice the corresponding distance specified in ACI 440.1R-06 and CSA S806-12 for calculating the critical punching shear perimeter.
Structural Health Monitoring of the Rebecca Street (William Anderson) Bridge
Authors: Shafieyan Canon
Published: June 2021

This research investigation is to employ a Structural Health Monitoring (SHM) strategy for the Rebecca Street Bridge to provide accurate information regarding the structural behavior and performance of the bridge during regular operation. The research investigation included visual inspection and structural assessment using the MIRA 3D shear wave tomographer to evaluate the bridge structural condition. The overall structural condition of the bridge is good and no major deterioration was noted. However, the voids detected during the shear wave scans could form void clusters in the future, leading to potential cracking and delamination.
A monitoring strategy was developed based on the crack width and moment curvature of the concrete cross section using reliability analytical models that would allow for lifetime monitoring. The prediction models used the Bridge Condition Index (BCI) to evaluate the structural condition of the bridge. The future works for the Rebecca
Street Bridge includes periodic monitoring as recommended.
Strain rate sensitivity of ultra-high performance fiber reinforced concrete
Authors: Aghajani-Namin Aria
Published: June 2021

Ultra High Performance Fiber Reinforced Concrete (UHP-FRC) is relatively new cementitious material, which has been developed to enhance material performance such as, durability, workability and strength. UHP-FRC has an outstanding dynamic performance with high capacity to absorb damage. Because of its superior performance under dynamic loading, UHP-FRC has been induced in structures where dynamic resistance is required. It is proven that like other concrete materials, UHP-FRC strength increases significantly when subjected to high strain rates. The objective of this study is to develop understanding of strain rate sensitivity of UHP-FRC with 2% steel fiber by volume fraction and plain High Strength Concrete (HSC). Compressive and flexural tensile strength of each concrete composite were investigated to evaluate and compare their strain rate sensitivity through dynamic increase factor (DIF). The specimens were tested under six different strain rates; three in quasi-static and three in dynamic domain. Strain rates in quasi-static domain conducted by MTS test machine and strain rates in dynamic domain conducted using the drop hammer technique. The test results revealed that UHP-FRC exhibits less strain rate sensitivity while HSC show much higher rate sensitivity in comparison to other materials.
Effects of Activating Background Knowledge in Listening Skill and How to Improve IELTS Listening
Authors: Linh Nguyen Nu Nhu
Published: June 2021

Among the well-known international English tests, IELTS has been seen as one of the most well-trusted and popular to EFL learners throughout the world. In Vietnam, most of the universities require their EFL students to have an IELTS score of 6.5 or 7.0 to fulfil their bachelor degree program, which is not quite an easy job. The paper emphasizes the role of background knowledge in improving IELTS Listening scores for EFL students at Saigon University. The research was done by observing two groups of students learning Listening Module 3 at the institution. They were required to do the same test; however, while a group was constructed with pre-listening activities, the other simply listened and completed the task without preparation. The result showed little difference between the two groups in terms of efficiency, but most of the students in the first group were able to complete their test in the first time listening while some members of the latter group needed a second time. They were then required to complete a survey, including learning styles and attitudes. The results also tell us that EFL students pay much attention to pre-listening activities, and they believe such tasks can help them do their listening test better.
DESIGN AND DEVELOPMENT OF TETOS APPLICATION FOR LOCATION DETECTION IN SUPPORTING DISASTER VICTIM SEARCHING BASED ON GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM (GPS)
Authors: Usman Muhammad Lulu Latif , Supriyadi Asep Adang , Poniman Aris , Nugraha Muhammad , Rahmawati Nopi
Published: June 2021

Indonesia is a country with a high level of disasters where during 2005-2015 there were 11,648 hydrometeorological disasters and 3810 geological disasters. In terms of technology, Indonesia is using mobile devices with high growth according to data from the Ministry of Communication and Information. One of the ways to increase the use of mobile devices in assisting disaster management in Indonesia can be developed in the location-based discovery of disaster victims. The location in a mobile device uses a Global Positioning System (GPS) where the existing data is in the form of Latitude and Longitude data. The aim of this research is that the application is expected to assist in the discovery of disaster victims based on the last GPS location. This study focuses on developing a disaster victim search application based on the Android operating system. Development uses the Agile Model by using Black-box Testing and White-Box Testing techniques, where the type of testing uses Unit Testing, Integration Testing, and Acceptance Testing with qualitative data. The results of the research obtained an application in the form of a prototype where there are several corrective inputs obtained from Acceptance Testing. This study is then expected that the application can be applied in disaster management systems in Indonesia which of course can be supported by binding rules so that the data obtained can be utilized optimally.
JOINT REGIONAL MILITARY ACT TO CURB CORONA VIRUS PANDEMIC
Authors: Adi Thomas Atmaja , Wandawa Ganesha , Hidayat Wahyu
Published: June 2021

Threats to the security of the Republic of Indonesia are classified as military and non-military threats. One of the non-military threats is the danger of an epidemic, which includes a threat with a public safety dimension. The growth of novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV) cases has been very fast. As of August 4, 2020, globally 18.14 million cases were confirmed worldwide with 691,013 deaths or a Case Fatality Ratio (CFR) of 3.8%. The 2019-nCoV Outbreak became a COVID-19 pandemic which has an impact on public health and the world economy. ASEAN Plus member countries are deploying militaries to help contain the spread and control the effects of this pandemic. The military is deployed because it is considered a trained resource and is better prepared to deal with emergencies. The purpose of this study is to analyse the joint action of the regional military in the face of the COVID-19 pandemic. This study uses an explanative qualitative method using NVivo as a data processing tool and data analysis using Soft System Methodology (SSM). The results of this study found that the joint regional military actions that have been carried out to stem the spread of COVID-19 are dominated by activities carried out by the ASEAN Center of Military Medicine (ACMM) as the leading sector, activities that have been carried out are the exchange of information and sharing practical activities in managing COVID-19, holding a Tabletop Exercise (TTX) for public health emergency response, joint research and sharing health materials among ASEAN Plus member countries. Meanwhile, the ASEAN Plus network of biological and radiological defense experts has yet to show specific activities to curb the COVID-19 pandemic.
Forging a Linguistic Identity, Overseas-trained South Asian Doctors in the UK
Authors: Farooq Dr Yasmin Ghazala
Published: June 2021

Contemporary social policy debates on community cohesion in the UK appear to have very prescribed identities for migrants centred around on concepts of ‘Britishness’, having ‘common values’ and one national language, that is, English, for their successful integration. This paper draws on an empirical study of the integration and identity experiences of overseas-trained South Asian Doctors in the UK. The study involved in-depth interviews with 27 overseas-trained South Asian doctors practicing as general practitioners (GPs) in three geographical locales with varying ethnic density and urban/rural mix in the UK. The study set out to explore how this group of highly skilled migrants integrated into the UK society, perceived their identities and whether they had acquired a sense of belonging to Britain. The key concepts examined included identity, context of migration, structural and socio-cultural integration. Their narratives show that while they drew on certain sections of British society for recognition and realisation of opportunity by embedding themselves in local social contexts, they also drew strength from their own religious/cultural and linguistic resources. This included engaging with the revolutionary writings of their own poets and scholars as a way of creative thinking, innovating and dealing with adversity. In addition to the adaptation and dealing with adversity in the UK, the evidence shows that South Asian languages have played a significant role in maintaining transnational identities.
Axial Addition in Diastereoisomeric [Ni(Me8[14]ane)](ClO4)2 Complexes and Their Antifungal Activities
Authors: Palit D , Dey L , Rabi S , Roy S , Alam A , Roy TG
Published: June 2021

A series of diastereoisomeric square planar nickel(II) diperchlorate complexes, [Ni(L)](ClO4)2{L= isomeric Me8[14]ane (LAα, LBα or LCα)}undergo axial ligand addition reactions with NO3-, Cl-, Br-, SCN- or ClO4- to yield six coordinate octahedral derivatives [NiL(X)x(Y)y].z(H2O)(X=NO3,Cl, Br or SCN; Y= ClO4; x = 1 or 2; y = 1 or 0 and z = 0, 1 or 2). The products have been characterized on the basis of analytical, spectroscopic, magnetic and conductance data. All the derivatives are unstable in open air except one derivative and revert back to original square planar complexes. Antifungal activities of the ligands and their nickel(II) complexes  have been investigated against some phytopathogenic fungi.

The Chittagong Univ. J. Sci. 40(1) : 122-147, 2019
LA CLASE MAGISTRAL
Authors: Cordero-Iñiguez Juan
Published: June 2021

Hay muchos caminos para transmitir la cultura de generación en generación: formales o informales, planificados o espontáneos, familiares, domésticos o académicos. En todos los casos, las generaciones reciben, asimilan, crean y transmiten. Así surge una continuidad cultural que, dentro de una jurisdicción, forma una nacionalidad. El papel del maestro -en cualesquiera de esos caminos- es esencial.
HERNÁN MALO Y LA UNIVERSIDAD ECUATORIANA
Authors: Arellano-Escobar Estuardo
Published: June 2021

El aporte que hiciera Hernán Malo González a la educación superior, puede observarse en tres circunstancias de su vida: en primer lugar, durante el ejercicio de las funciones de Rector de la Universidad Católica de Quito; en segundo lugar, en sus relaciones con las universidades estatales y, finalmente en su producción escrita.
Teacher Talk in English Foreign Language Classroom
Authors: Solita Reka , Harahap Alamsyah , Lubis Azhar Aziz
Published: June 2021

This research investigates teacher talk in SMAN 5 Kota Bengkulu, based on FLINT theory by Moskowitz (1971). This research analyzed teacher talk categories spoken and the high frequency teacher talk used by the teacher to see what the category was often used in classroom. The design of this research was descriptive mixed-method that involved two teachers who taught at the tenth-grade of SMAN 5 Kota Bengkulu academic years 2019-20. The data of this study were taken by video recording the teacher-students interaction in the classroom that contained eleven categories of teacher talk. The data of this research were analyzed qualitatively and quantitatively. The result of this study that all of teacher’s talk categories often used by the teacher who taught at tenth-grade of SMAN 5 Kota Bengkulu during classroom interaction. The high frequency of teacher talk categories was asking question around 55.6%, while the least of teacher talk categories were correcting without rejection and criticizes student behavior. It means that the teachers tended to use indirect influence rather than direct influence.
RESEARCH OF THE EFFICIENCY OF USING LASER SIMULATORS IN THE EDUCATIONAL PROCESS
Authors:   The National academy of the National Guard of Ukraine, Afanasiev V. , Shapovalov O. ,   The National academy of the National Guard of Ukraine, Shapoval O. ,   The National academy of the National Guard of Ukraine
Published: June 2021

Currently, there are a number of approaches to learning to shoot small arms. The main ones are: the classic method of training shooters and the modern method of training shooters using innovative technical means of training. In order to study the effect of using a laser shooting simulator in the educational process in comparison with the classical method of training, an experimental study was conducted. The experimental study was conducted with 9-mm Makarov pistols with two controlled groups of servicemen, who have approximately the same level of fire training, but each group was trained in different training methods. The first group learned the technique of firing a pistol using an interactive laser shooting range "Ruby" under the guidance of a fire training instructor. The second group trained under the guidance of a teacher according to the classical method, using training pistols. After the end of each stage of preparation, control shootings were carried out. Control firing with groups was carried out in the multimedia interactive shooting range "Ingul" for combat weapons. The results of the shooting show that the number of unsatisfactory grades of the first group was 2.5 times less than in the second group, which studied according to standard methods. The rest of the evaluation indicators are approximately the same and the difference between them is insignificant. Such a large difference in unsatisfactory assessments is explained by the fact that the first group at the initial stage of training saw the visual results of their shooting and had the opportunity to correct errors in shooting technique during training. Such timely correction of shooting technique errors with visual display of shooting results in real time and repetition of the exercise with information about the number of hits and misses forms solid skills of high-speed shooting. This is evidenced by twice as many excellent scores obtained by the first group comparing to the second group during the control shootings in the second stage of the experiment. Thus, the study showed that the use of modern technical learning tools based on interactive multimedia technologies increases the positive results of shooting by 15 - 20% and allows: ‒ increasing the number of students in the school by 1.5 times; ‒ reducing the time for training shooters by 2 times, ‒ reducing the consumption of ammunition to perform exercises of initial and combat shooting by 2.5 times.
Senescence: General aspects about morphophysiology in the process of oral aging
Authors: Cadilho Julio Cesar Ramos , Silva Nathana Reis Fraga , Santos Leone José da Silva , Pinto Rodrigo da Silva Oliveira , Amaro Hadassa de Almeida Almenara Rodrigues , Lyra Silvia Maria , Pereira Claudia Maria
Published: June 2021

Objective: This study aimed to perform an expository review about the aging process of oral tissues, correlating the information available in the literature to a conceptual and terminological view. For this purpose, a search was performed in the literature with reference to SCIELO, MEDLINE and Health Portals databases. Methods: The methodology used was the bibliographic, an explanatory research, combined with a contextualization of the data, where the main intention was to make science in the scope of qualitative methods and techniques of research. Where the inclusion criteria were availability of the full text of the study, to demonstrate clarity in the methodological detail used and to be available in Portuguese or English. Conclusion: Through the perquirition performed in this study, it was possible to discuss in an enriching way the proposed theme, encompassing several physiological aspects, morphological and external characteristic, while main actors in the process of Oral senescence.
Collaborative construction of a virtual agroecological fair between family farming and federal higher education institutions in the state of Goiás-Brazil
Authors: Furtado Ariandeny Silva de Souza , Benzaquen Júlia Figueredo , Mosquera Oscar , Lira Wagner Lins , Ferreira Lara Cristine Gomes , Nóbrega Stéfanny da Cruz , Silva Tania Maria Sarmento
Published: June 2021

Alternative food networks have emerged in recent decades as a bottom-up social phenomenon and consist of food provision initiatives that seek to operate outside globalized industrial supply chains that incorporate the values of social justice, environmental sustainability, community health and democracy. In this sense, the present study aimed to analyze the contributions that the virtual agroecological fair action plan between family farming and federal institutions in the state of Goiás-Brazil brought to family farmers. The methodology is characterized by an action research both by the character of the collaborative construction action plan of an agroecological fair, and by the structure of development in which the insertion of authors is guided by the permanent collection of elements of the practice and, also, for the development of small interventions that help to elucidate the problems detected, through problematization and theoretical deepening. The Virtual Agroecological Interinstitutional Fair is held in an interinstitutional and collaborative way with family farmers with the appreciation of family farming of ecological Goiás basis and culminates in a path that enhances more sustainable territorial development with income generation, weaves an alternative for food supply and the promotion of the alternative food network “from the countryside to the city” in the face of socio-environmental rationality, in addition to a fairer and more equitable society, with the enhancement of biodiversity and the offer of food produced in the face of ecological practices.
Alterações físicas, emocionais e psicossociais de idoso na pandemia por coronavírus
Authors: Oliveira Ana Maria Carneiro , Sousa Érica da Silva , Rocha Filho Disraeli Reis da
Published: June 2021

Relacionar o isolamento social no idoso e mortalidade, e seus efeitos, psíquicos, emocionais e sociais, em idosos, causados pela pandemia da COVID-19. Pesquisa realizada como Revisão Bibliográfica da Literatura pelo método de revisão integrativa, que resume a literatura teórica para fornecer compreensão ampla sobre um dado fenômeno. A estratégia PICo, foi utilizada para construir questões de pesquisa. O grupo populacional mais vulnerável e que apresenta maior letalidade em relação à COVID-19 são os idosos. Esse fato deve-se a imunossenescência, que aumenta a vulnerabilidade às doenças infectocontagiosas e traz os piores prognósticos para aqueles com doenças crônicas não transmissíveis. No entanto, o ser humano não é somente biofísico, mas também psicossociocultural. Cabe aos profissionais de saúde, sugerir medidas para conter os danos à saúde do idoso, como estratégias de orientações sobre o isolamento social para evitar a contaminação, portanto, necessitam de conhecimentos específicos sobre essa população, voltados não somente para o combate do COVID-19, bem como dos demais problemas de saúde que afeta essa população.
Recent advances in nonalcoholic fatty liver disease metabolomics
Authors: Kim Hwi Young
Published: June 2021

The clinical phenotypes of nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) encompass from simple steatosis to nonalcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH) with varying degrees of fibrosis or cirrhosis. Liver biopsy has been the standard to diagnose NASH. However, there has been strong need for precise and accurate noninvasive tests because of invasiveness and sampling variability of biopsy. Metabolomics has drawn attention as a promising diagnostic methodology in the field of NAFLD, particularly to unravel metabolic alterations which plays relevant roles in the progression of NASH. There have been numerous metabolomics researches to find new biomarker of NASH in the last decade, fueled by the recent advances in the metabolomics methodology. This review briefly covers recent research advances on the lipidomics, amino acids and bile acid metabolomics regarding continuing attempts to discover relevant biomarkers for NASH.
Implementation of nursing case management to improve community access to care: A scoping review
Authors: Putra Alenda Dwiadila Matra , Sandhi Ayyu
Published: June 2021

Background: Case management is an approach used to help patients locate and manage health resources as well as to enhance effective communication among patients, families, and health systems. Nurses’ role as case managers has been proven effective in reducing healthcare costs among patients with chronic diseases. However, little is known about its implementation in improving access to care in community-based settings. Objectives: This scoping review aimed to examine the components of nursing case management in improving access to care within community settings and to identify the issues of community-based nursing case management for future implications. Design: This study was conducted following the framework of scoping review.Data Sources: The authors systematically searched five electronic databases (CINAHL, PubMed, Science Direct, Scopus, and Google Scholar) for relevant studies published from January 2010 to February 2021. Only original studies involving nurses as one of the professions performing case management roles in the community-based settings, providing 'access to care' as the findings, were included. Review Methods: The article screening was guided by a PRISMA flowchart. Extraction was performed on Google Sheet, and synthesis was conducted from the extraction result.Results: A total of 19 studies were included. Five components of nursing case management to improve access to care were identified: 1) Bridging health systems into the community, 2) Providing the process of care, 3) Delivering individually-tailored health promotion and prevention, 4) Providing assistance in decision making, and 5) Providing holistic support. In addition, three issues of nursing case management were also identified: 1) Regulation ambiguity, 2) High caseloads, and 3) Lack of continuing case management training.Conclusion: Care coordination and care planning were the most frequent components of nursing case management associated with access to care. These findings are substantial to improve nurses' ability in performing the nursing process as well as to intensify nurses’ advocacy competence for future implications.