bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
A Non-Synonymous Single Nucleotide Polymorphism in FASN Gene Alters FASN Enzyme Activity in Subcutaneous and Intramuscular Adipose Tissue in Holstein Friesian Steers
Authors: Cancino-Baier David , Muñoz Erwin , Quiñones John , Beltrán Jorge F. , Fuentes Fernanda , Farías Jorge , Lorenzo José Manuel , Diaz Rommy , Inostroza Karla , Ferraz José Bento Sterman , Sepúlveda Néstor
Published: August 2020

The FASN enzyme plays a key role in fatty acids synthesis as the main long-chain fatty acid synthesizer. A non-synonymous SNP (single nucleotide polymorphism) (g.17925A>G) located in the thioesterase domain of this enzyme and an effect in fat deposition has been observed, but has not been evaluated in this breed and, moreover, the reason whereby this occurs remains unclear. The objective of this study was to evaluate the effect of this SNP on the activity of FASN enzyme in subcutaneous and intramuscular adipose tissue from Holstein Friesian steers. To achieve this, 196 animals were sampled in a local abattoir, genotyped for the FASN g.17924A>G SNP and characterized for fatty acid profile. Then a sub-sample of 20 animals per genotype were selected to extract the total protein from subcutaneous and intramuscular adipose tissue to estimate the FASN enzyme activity. The FASN activity for each genotyped animal was assessed indirectly by measuring the decrease in the absorbance of NADPH at 340 nm by spectrophotometry in a 24 well plate in the presence of Acetyl-CoA, Malonyl-CoA, and NADPH. To assess the impact of SNP induced amino acid changes in FASN protein structure, in-silico simulations were performed. Our results indicated that FASN g.17924A>G SNP induces a change in the enzyme activity in subcutaneous adipose tissue, which is higher when the AA genotype is present and lower in the presence of the AG genotype. The in-silico analysis of the amino acid substitution shows that there was a structural change in the dimeric form of the protein between genotypes. Moreover, the global energy between subunits is lower and more favorable when the AA genotype is present and higher and less favorable for the AG genotype. It was also found that the fatty acid profile of subcutaneous adipose tissue was affected when the AG genotype was present, decreasing the C16:0 fatty acid levels and increasing the C18:0 fatty acid levels. The FASN g.17924A>G SNP alters the FASN enzyme structure and activity, leading to a variation in the fatty acid composition of subcutaneous adipose tissue in Holstein Friesian steers. Implications: This SNP could be considered as a tool to improve the fat deposition or marbling and the fatty acid profile in cattle.
Chemical composition, antimicrobial activity and chromosome number of Hertia cheirifolia L. from Algeria
Authors: Abdelkader Ounoughi , Messaoud Ramdani , Takia Lograda , Pierre Chalard , Gilles Figueredo
Published: August 2020

The aims of this work are to investigate the chemical composition, the antibacterial activity of the essential oil and the chromosome numbers of two populations of Hertia cheirifolia. The samples were collected in the flowering stage, in eastern Algeria locality. The aerial parts of H. cheirifolia were submitted to a hydro-distillation. GC and GC / MS analysed the chemical compositions of the obtained essential oils. The antibacterial activity of essential oils was evaluated using the disks diffusion method against ten bacterial strains. For karyotypic analysis, the squashing method is used. Fifty-eight compounds representing 98.93% of the total oil were identified in H. cheirifolia. The chemical composition is dominated by the presence of major products, α-pinene (48.49 - 53.85%) and Germacrene-D (2.64 - 12.66%). Two distinct chemical breeds were identified, the α-pinene-spathulenol of Batna population, and the α-pinene-germacrene-D of Setif population. The essential oil of H. cheirifolia has a moderate activity against bacteria tested. In contrast, the strains E. coli ATCC 25922, P. syringae ATCC 53543 and E. fecalis ATCC 49452 are resistant to H. cheirifolia essential oils. The observations of root cells meristematic at metaphase of H. cheirifolia gave a diploid chromosome number 2n = 2x = 20, with a basic chromosome number (x= 10).
Antimicrobial Activity of Phenolic Extract of Apple Pomace against Paenibacillus larvae and its Toxicity on Apis mellifera
Authors: Giménez-Martínez Pablo , Ramírez-Ambrosi Maria , Alonso-Salces Rosa Maria , Gallo Blanca , Berrueta Luis Angel , Maggi Matias , Fuselli Sandra
Published: August 2020

Apis mellifera populations are exposed to different biotic and abiotic stressors that affect bee survival. Paenibacillus larvae, the causative agent of American foulbrood, is one of the most important bacterial pathogens that affect bee health. In some countries, the use of antibiotics is the most common method for the prevention and treatment of P. larvae infected colonies, however this application can also increase the risk of occurrence of resistant strains. An ecological alternative is the use of vegetal extracts containing bioactive compounds, such as polyphenols. The aim of this study is to check the antimicrobial activity of phenolic extracts of apple pomace, from the cider industry, against P. larvae strains by the broth micro dilution method. In addition, the toxicity of the phenolic extracts on A. mellifera was verified using the complete exposure method. All extracts contain from 715.31 to 11348.16 μg gal/g DW, determined by Folin-Ciocalteu show antimicrobial activity against P. larvae genotype ERIC I, ranging from 23 μg/mL to 150 μg/mL. Toxicity assays of apple pomace extracts on adult bees exhibited a maximum mortality of 18% after 48h. This promising alternative will be used in the future to evaluate its toxicity at a field level.
Effect of Residual Stresses on the Stress Intensity Factor of Cracks in a Metal Matrix Composite: Numerical Analysis
Authors: Ramdoum S. , Bouafia F. , Serier B. , Fekirini H.
Published: August 2020

In this work, the finite element method was used to determine the stress intensity factors as a function of crack propagation in metal matrix composite structure, A three-dimensional numerical model was developed to analyze the effect of the residual stresses induced in the fiber and in the matrix during cooling from the elaboration temperature at room temperature on the behavior out of the composite. Added to commissioning constraints, these internal stresses can lead to interfacial decohesion (debonding) or damage the matrix. This study falls within this context and allows cracks behavioral analysis initiated in a metal matrix composite reinforced by unidirectional fibers in ceramic. To do this, a three-dimensional numerical model was analyzed by method of finite element (FEM). This analysis is made according to several parameters such as the size of the cracking defects, its propagation, its interaction with the interface, the volume fraction of the fibers (the fiber-fiber interdistance), orientation of the crack and the temperature.
Vibration Analysis and Control of Locomotive System
Authors: Shireesha Y. , Venkata Suresh B. , Sateesh B.
Published: August 2020

Vibration is an undesirable phenomenon of ground vehicles like locomotives and vibration control of vehicle suspension system is an active subject of research. The main aim of the present work is to modeling and analysis of locomotive system. The simplified equations for dynamical locomotive are firstly established. Then the dynamical nature of the locomotive without control is investigated, and also active control suspension and passive control suspension are compare and discussed. The obtained simulation shows that suspension of the locomotive with feedback control could decrease the locomotive vibration. According to the above control strategy along with angular acceleration it also reduces the possibility of vibration of the locomotive body, to improves the stability of vehicle operation.
Geostatistical Methods as a Tool Supporting Revitalization of Industrially Degraded and Post-Mining Areas
Authors: Zawadzki Jarosław , Fabijańczyk Piotr , Przeździecki Karol
Published: August 2020

Post-industrial and post-mining areas have often been under strong anthropogenic pressure for a long time. As a result, such areas, after the ending of industrial activity require taking steps to revitalize them. It may cover many elements of the natural or urban environment, such as water, soil, vegetated areas, urban development etc. To carry out revitalization, it is necessary to determine the initial state of such areas, often using selected chemical, geophysical or ecological. After that it is also important to properly monitor the state of such areas to assess the progress of the revitalization process. For this purpose a variety of change detection technics were developed. Post-industrial areas are very often characterized by a large extent, are difficult to access, have complicated land cover. For this reason, it is particularly important to choose appropriate methods to assess the degree of pollution of such areas. Such methods should be as economical as possible and time-effective. A very desirable feature of such methods is that they should allow a quick assessment of the entire area. Geostatistics supplemented by modern remote sensing can be effective for this purpose. Nowadays, using remote sensing, it is possible to gather information simultaneously from the entire, even vast area, with high spatial, spectral and temporal resolution. Geostatistics in turn provides many tools that are able to enable rapid analysis and inference based on even very complicated often scarce spatial data sets obtained from ground measurement and satellite observations. The goal of the article was to present selected results obtained using geostatistical methods also related to remote sensing, which may be helpful for decision makers in revitalizing post-industrial and post-mining areas. The results described in this paper were based mostly on the previous studies, carried out by authors.
Circular Economy – Challenges for Mining and Power Generation as Exemplified by Poland
Authors: Kozioł Michał , Kozioł Joachim
Published: August 2020

The publication analyses and evaluates the impact of the implementation of circular economy on the economy and especially on its mining and power generation sector in Poland. Circular economy is a relatively new concept concerning an innovative economic development model. The publication briefly describes the concept of circular economy. Among other things, the basic economic processes that make up circular economy are discussed. In addition, history is presented as well as examples of legislation that have had the strongest impact on the implementation of circular economy in the EU are identified. Further on in the paper, the impact that circular economy will have on the mining and power generation industry in Poland is discussed. Areas have been identified that will need the most attention in relation to the implementation of circular economy. It was pointed out that in the mining and power generation sector the scale of use of current and landfill waste should be increased as a priority. Attention has been paid to the necessary reduction of water demand and rational water and sewage management. Examples of use of mining gas and ventilation air have been discussed. The publication provides examples of a number of measures taken in accordance with circular economy. It was pointed out that there is still a need to popularize the existing ones and to look for new technical and organizational solutions conducive to the introduction of this new economic model. An important aspect of the impact of the circular economy on these sectors will be the decrease in energy demand resulting from the widespread implementation of the new economic model. For those already struggling with a number of problems of some of the mining and power generation sectors based on coal mining and combustion in Poland, the implementation of circular economy will pose another challenge.
Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) as a Tool to Improve Product Quality
Authors: Midor Katarzyna , Sujová Erika , Cierna Helena , Zarebinska Danuta , Kaniak Wojciech
Published: August 2020

The literature includes a wide selection and distribution of performance indicators to be used in different areas of the company. The paper highlights the Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) as those that are the most universal and allow the control of intended targets in different areas of the enterprise. KPIs are financial and non-financial process measures used to assess the degree of achievement with regard to strategic and operational objectives in a company. They are also used to measure the effectiveness of all activities undertaken in an organizational unit. The paper presents the possibility of using KPIs to improve the quality of manufactured products, by analyzing the trend of selected indicators. This analysis gave an impulse to undertake improvement actions in the company consisting in the use of quality management method – in this case 5 WHY leading to the initiation of preventive and corrective actions in the occurrence of defective products.
Economic Assessment of Methods of Coal and Gas Outburst Prevention in the Extraction of Coalfaces
Authors: Hudeček Vlastimil , Vaněk Michal , Černý Igor
Published: August 2020

In this paper, the authors focused on the assessment of the individual methods to prevent coal and gas outbursts. The first part deals with a characteristic of this anomalous phenomenon and some basic methods of coal and gas outburst prevention. The second part presents the economic assessment of the costs necessary to ensure the possible prevention methods in the coalface 080 211 in the locality of the Paskov Mine, Mining Plant 3, OKD as, Czech Republic. In this coalface, a simulation method was used for calculating costs for the drift length of 100 m for the use of various prevention methods (irrigation, relief boreholes, relief blasting). The results show the cost of preventive measures during mining intended to eliminate and protect against the formation of coal and gas outbursts. The measures are compared applying the principle of the decision analysis. Four criteria are used for the mutual comparison of the methods (costs, effort, efficiency, time consumption). The comparison has shown that the optimal method to prevent coal and gas outbursts is irrigation.
The Barcelona Disputation: Texts and Contexts
Authors: Caputo Nina
Published: August 2020

Scholars of Jewish history have paid consistent and devoted attention to the Barcelona Disputation of 1263. Records of this event preserve contemporary Jewish and Christian responses to the proceedings, which pitted Nahmanides, the most important exegete and teacher of the region, against a convert from Judaism to Christianity, took place in the royal court before an illustrious audience. This essay traces trends in scholarly treatments of the Barcelona Disputation from the early days of the Wissenschaft des Judentums to the present. By examining challenges of veracity posed by the documentary sources as well as foundational assumptions about what the medieval authors intended to achieve with their accounts, this article provides broad overview of the historiography that has developed around the Barcelona Disputation.
The role of education in reducing poverty social exclusion
Authors: Marin Ioana
Published: August 2020

Education provides a stable foundation for developing the societies of tomorrow, having a dual function since it fosters economic growth and represents a crucial instrument also for ensuring the stability of a society in terms of human welfare. The research was carried out through an econometric analysis based on a questionnaire as a quantitative measure. Through this study we intended to identify the standpoints of teachers activating in the Romanian pre-university education system and who activate in Bucharest and Prahova, on the research subject as well as correlations that exist between the study variables. Some key issues addressed by the study were determining the extent to which teachers believe that education can reduce poverty and social exclusion, measures that can minimize poverty and strategies for reshaping the educational services to improve their suitability for students. The results have shown that education can indeed promote the reduction of social issues but it steadily needs to be reformed to fulfil its scope. The findings can be of interest for institutions that establish legislative procedures in the educational field and can help to regenerate Romanian education. For the present-time societies, enabling social and economic wellbeing is both a target and a challenge, due to the persistent need of remaining competitive and the ongoing legal and economic reorganizations that appear during every country’s existence.
Current Use of Modern Family Planning and Fertility Intention Among Women Farmers of Reproductive Age in Ido and Ona-ara Local Government Areas of Ibadan, Nigeria
Authors: Ibrahim Fausat Motunrayo
Published: August 2020

Although poor use of contraceptives and high desire for children is characteristic of sub-Saharan Africa, this demographic challenge is more peculiar to more disadvantaged segments of the population like rural farmers. This study was designed to examine current use of modern family planning and fertility intention among women farmers of reproductive age in Ido and Ona-ara Local Government Areas of Ibadan, Nigeria. Using cross-sectional survey design, semi-structured questionnaire were administered via structured-interview to randomly and systematically selected 408 respondents. Chi-square was used to show significance of associations between pairs of variables. Contingency co-efficient was used to examine extent of significant associations. Results indicate that majority of respondents (77%) desired additional children, the mean number of children that respondents already have is 2.94±1.35 while mean fertility intention is 1.85±1.44. The proportion of current users of modern family planning is 45.6%. The use of oral pills (30.6%) is most popular among respondents. There is no significant association between current use of modern family planning and fertility intention among married and divorced respondents, among respondents in all the age sub-groups, and among respondents with no formal education or secondary education (p > 0.05), but there is among respondents with primary and tertiary education (p < 0.05). The synergy between the use of modern family planning and fertility intention among women farmers in the study area is notable but requires significant progression. Having primary education and tertiary education is significantly associated respectively with lower and higher use of modern family planning in relation to fertility intention. Education is an important element of fertility dynamics among women farmers in the study area.
Characteristics and Challenges of the Internet of Things in Entrepreneurship
Authors: Licite-Kurbe Lasma , Chandramohan Athul
Published: August 2020

The Internet of Things (IoT) is a computing concept that describes the idea of everyday physical objects being connected to the Internet and being able to identify themselves to other devices, and day by day it becomes popular in everyday life as well as in entrepreneurship. The IoT covers broad areas, including manufacturing, the health sector, agriculture, smart cities, security and emergencies among many others. The market for the industrial IoT is estimated to surpass 107 billion euros by 2021 and reach a compound annual growth rate of 7.3% as of 2020. The IoT makes an impact on all industries and provides benefits for various areas of business; however, business may be faced with some risks as well. The research aim is to analyse the benefits and risks of the IoT in entrepreneurship. The descriptive method, analysis and synthesis, the induction and deduction methods were used to achieve the aim. The research has revealed that the IoT can provide several opportunities for business in all fields of operations – marketing, logistics, accounting and human resource management. However, businesses may be faced with some challenges related to privacy and security, processing, analysis and management of data, as well as monitoring and sensing.
Why Open Innovation is Easier Said Than Done: An Organizational Identity Perspective
Authors: Mahdad Maral , De Marco Chiara E. , Piccaluga Andrea , Di Minin Alberto
Published: August 2020

In this article, we explore and interpret organizational identity transformation associated with open innovation strategy of the largest telecommunication company in Italy, Telecom Italia (TIM). When TIM established eight joint laboratories within five major Italian universities to benefit from opening its business model, it transferred some of the R&D employees to the new laboratories to work with the university scientists. This organizational transformation created underexplored conditions for R&D employees engaged in the open innovation activities of the firm. Our interpretive phenomenological analysis (IPA) answers the question of “How do R&D employees experience organizational identity change in the process of open innovation?”. We based our analysis on interpreting lived experiences of 14 employees. Studying the phenomena of organizational identity change during the process of open innovation implementation suggests the following: (1) The process of open innovation through mobility of skilled R&D employees triggers organizational identity ambiguity and change, (2) Organizational identity ambiguity phase in the process of open innovation can be shortened by the support of parent company and managerial skills highlighting sensemaking mechanisms, (3) Constructing a shared organizational identity with university members involved in this process is an undeniable element of OI success for this strategy. We contribute to the literature by establishing linkages among organizational identity and open innovation and by building on recent works on the role of individuals within open innovation ecosystem. Our qualitative analysis draws on a conceptual framework for open innovation and organizational identity transformation.
Tecnología Biofloc (BFT), una alternativa sostenible para el desarrollo de la acuicultura: revisión
Authors: Ariza Fabián Guillermo , Mujica Rodriguez Edison
Published: August 2020

Este artículo, presenta una revisión sobre las principales características de la Tecnología Biofloc (BFT), los requerimientos para el buen funcionamiento del sistema y la clase de microorganismos que la componen. De igual manera, con este documento se busca promover la aplicación de tecnología dentro de las explotaciones acuícolas regionales, principalmente en la producción de tilapia, ya que es una alternativa sostenible y amigable con el medio ambiente.
Educación Ambiental: Aspectos relevantes de sus antecedentes y conceptos
Authors: Calderón Torres Shirley Solanghi , Caicedo Rincón Carmen del Pilar
Published: August 2020

La educación ambiental (EA) en el mundo, no es un concepto global, pues éste se ajusta no sólo a las necesidades de una comunidad, sino a la percepción que los individuos tienen de ella, es así, como a través de los años se ha tratado de abordar la temática con la participación de actores importantes de muchos países en diversas cumbres, congresos y demás eventos, que han significado hitos importantes en la historia, a partir de los cuales se han generado un sin número de documentos como resultado de las discusiones, de ésta manera, se realizó una búsqueda de antecedentes teóricos relacionados con la EA con la ayuda de la herramienta Atlas Ti, la cual permitió analizar aquellos documentos cuyo contenido estuviesen asociados a la temática central.
Difusión del uso del ORCID
Authors: Amorocho-Cruz Claudia Milena
Published: August 2020

La Universidad Surcolombiana desde su misión y visión plantea la formación de profesionales e investigadores, en este sentido, considera que es importante divulgar los productos de la investigación a través de los diversos canales (libros, artículos, participación en eventos, entre otros) y de esta manera posicionar la producción científica que se realiza.
En este sentido, la Revista Ingeniería y Región a través de su proceso editorial promueve de manera conjunta con los autores y evaluadores, la importancia del registro de la información (formación académica, filiación, intereses temáticos y el uso del identificador ORCID, entre otros); para asegurar el reconocimiento de las contribuciones realizadas por cada uno de ellos y conservar dicha información con el paso del tiempo.
CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY AND CREATING SHARED VALUE: A PRELIMINARY STUDY FROM INDONESIA
Authors: Suripto Suripto
Published: August 2020

As a country who has a mandate for energy and extractive companies to implement and disclose Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) program, Indonesia emphasizes the importance of CSR and Creating Shared Value (CSV) practices. As CSV is a new concept, which is considered as more comprehensive compared to CSR, this paper aims to provide a preliminary picture of how stakeholders understand and differentiate their perceptions on both CSR and CSV concepts. This study examines the different stakeholders’ perceptions of CSR and CSV concepts. This study targeted 50 samples of stakeholders from companies that have created shared values and disclosed them through their Sustainability Report, Annual Report, as well as website. Paired Sample Test, Independent Sample T-Test, and ANOVA test were carried out as the analytical method. The results show that there are different perceptions among stakeholders on CSR and CSV concepts in Indonesia. Different stakeholder types, internal and external, also contributes to a different perception of CSR and CSV. Likewise, the diversity of stakeholder positions, from Director; Manager; Corporate Secretary; Employee; Supplier; and Sub-District Head (Camat and Lurah), affects their different perceptions of CSR and CSV. On the contrary, different types of gender among stakeholders do not result in any significant difference in their perceptions of CSR and CSV concepts. This pilot study developed a questionnaire which adopts a theory which highlights the difference between CSR and CSV concepts. Previously, there is no research regarding stakeholders which emphasizes the different concept of CSR and CSV in Indonesia nor other countries. This study will fill some of that gap which then will lead to conducting a major study in the same field.
ANALYSIS OF VALUE ADDED INTELLECTUAL CAPITAL TO THE FINANCIAL PERFORMANCE OF LISTED BANKING COMPANIES IN INDONESIA
Authors: Banjarnahor Erliana
Published: August 2020

This study aims to find out is there any correlation Value Added Intellectual Coefficient to the financial performance of listed banking company in Indonesia Stock Exchange (IDX). In this research, we using a sample of a banking company that listed during period 2009-2016. We using purposive sampling, there for the number of samples is 23 banks, so for 8 years become total 184. The data analysis technique is using regression multivariate. The result is significant positive impact between Value Added Intellectual Coefficient banking companies’ financial performance, but if the Value Added Intellectual Coefficient components such as value-added capital employed, value-added human capital, structural capital value-added are tested one by one, the outcomes are not significantly impacted on financial performance (return on assets, asset turnover, and assets growth). The limitations of this research are not using market measurement, only using financial measurement.
The Role of the Audit Committee On the Performance of Indonesian State-Owned Enterprises (BUMN) Registered on the Indonesia Stock Exchange
Authors: Muslih Mochamad
Published: August 2020

It has never been thoroughly investigated whether the existence of the Audit Committee on the SOE board of commissioners is truly as beneficial as expected. Based on research that has been done, there is still a diversity of opinions regarding the effect of audit committee characteristics on company performance. The purpose of this study is to study whether audit committee size and number of audit committee meetings affect company performance. The grand theory of this research is agency theory or agency theory and corporate governance. This research uses quantitative research methods. Data processing is performed using eviews 9. The unit of analysis is the company. The sample is 20 (twenty) SOEs registered on the Indonesia Stock Exchange from 2013 to 2018. The sample must also be BUMN that has a complete Audit Committee report. The results showed that the number of chairpersons and members of the audit committee had a positive effect on company performance, the number of audit committee meetings had no significant effect on company performance, and the size of the company had a significant negative effect on company performance.
IS THE ENVIRONMENTAL PERFORMANCE, ENVIRONMENTAL ACCOUNTING, AGENCY COST IMPACT ON COMPANY PERFORMANCE? (CASE STUDY OF REGIONAL WATER COMPANIES IN INDONESIA)
Authors: Setiawan Hendra
Published: August 2020

Companies that want to continue, exist and thrive in this day must make an increase in company performance. The performance referred to here is not just performance according to the company wishes but in accordance with customer needs. Factors that influence the company's current performance are environmental factors and agency cost. This study will analyze the impact of environmental performance, environmental accounting and agency cost on company performance. The target population of this research is the local water company (PDAM) of 34 PDAMs out of 368 PDAMs which were evaluated based on PDAM performance audit reports up to 2016 conducted by BPKP and financial audits by the Public Accountant Office (KAP). Data collection techniques are primary data through questionnaires that are shared with PDAM stakeholders and secondary data on PDAM performance audit reports. The results showed that environmental performance had a significant negative impact on PDAM company performance because of its impact value - 0.334 and the t-statistic was 3.589. Meanwhile, environmental accounting and agency cost have a significant positive impact on the performance of PDAM where the impact values are 0.4692 and 0.3816 and their t-statistics values are 7.3769 and 3.522, respectively. The PDAM must pay attention to its environmental performance impactively and efficiently by always paying attention to environmental accounting and agency costs.
Pneumonia Classification of Thorax Images using Convolutional Neural Networks
Authors: Suyuti Mahmud , Setyati Endang
Published: August 2020

The digital image processing technique is a product of computing technology development. Medical image data processing based on a computer is a product of computing technology development that can help a doctor to diagnose and observe a patient. This study aimed to perform classification on the image of the thorax by using Convolutional Neural Network (CNN).  The data used in this study is lung thorax images that have previously been diagnosed by a doctor with two classes, namely normal and pneumonia. The amount of data is 2.200, 1.760 for training, and 440 for testing. Three stages are used in image processing, namely scaling, gray scaling, and scratching. This study used Convolutional Neural Network (CNN) method with architecture ResNet-50. In the field of object recognition, CNN is the best method because it has the advantage of being able to find its features of the object image by conducting the convolution process during training. CNN has several models or architectures; one of them is ResNet-50 or Residual Network. The selection of ResNet-50 architecture in this study aimed to reduce the loss of gradients at certain network-level depths during training because the object is a chest image of X-Ray that has a high level of visual similarity between some pathology. Moreover, several visual factors also affect the image so that to produce good accuracy requires a certain level of depth on the CNN network. Optimization during training used Adaptive Momentum (Adam) because it had a bias correction technique that provided better approximations to improve accuracy. The results of this study indicated the thorax image classification with an accuracy of 97.73%.
Goalpost Detection Using Omnidirectional Cameras on ERSOW Soccer Robots
Authors: Bachtiar Mochamad Mobed , Wibowo Iwan Kurnianto , Hamarsudi Rakasiwi Bangun
Published: August 2020

The ERSOW robot is a soccer robot developed by Politeknik Elektronika Negeri Surabaya, Indonesia. One important ability of a soccer robot is the ability to find the goal in the field. Goal Post is often used as a sign by soccer robots in a match. The mark is a reference robot in the field to be used in determining the strategy. By knowing the location of the goal in a field, the soccer robot can decide to maneuver in the match to get the right goal kick. There are various methods of detecting goals. One of them is to detect goal posts using vision. In this study, the radial search lines method is used to detect the goalposts as markers. Image input is generated from an omnidirectional camera. The goal area is detected on the front side of the goal area. With experiments from 10 robot position points in the field, only 1 position point cannot detect the goal. The robot cannot detect the goal because what is seen from the camera is the side of the goal, so the front side of the goal area is not visible.
Timing of Loss: Reflection of the Novelistic Time in the Comic Book Adaptation of Proust
Authors: Laskina N. O.
Published: August 2020

The article examines the comic book adaptation of the first two volumes of “In Search of Lost Time” by Stéphane Heuet as an example of intermedial translational that reflects perfectly the conflict between “timing” and “chronotope” problematized in Yu. V. Shatin’s works. The comic book narrative, subjugated to the rules of graphic layout, when entering a dialogue with a modernist novel’s nonlinear structure finds ways to overcome its own teleology. Heuet in his comics uses a number of effects imitating the novel’s poetics: inserting the narrator’s image into the visual narrative; representing on one panel distant plot events connected only by associations; destroying unity of characters; visualising leitmotivs. Some of the artist’s solutions are more original and involve creative use of the visual art’s specific nature: literal visualisations of metaphors, complexity of the metapoetic level enhanced by including drawing of texts (from notes and posters to the narrator’s first literary attempt). These effects allow the comic book to deconstruct naïveté of the traditional “ligne claire” style of the franco-belgian “bandes dessinée”, deemed inadequate by the first critics of the adaptation, and to venture outside of limits of a simple illustration.
The “Living Statues” at Times of Mausoleums and Unknown Soldiers: New Commemorative Practices in the Mirror of Russian 20th Century Poetry
Authors: Anisimov K. V.
Published: August 2020

The article traces the alterations of the “harmful statue” motif as it was conceptualized by Roman Jakobson. In the present research the author draws upon a number of representative verses by Russian 20 th century poets – V. Bryusov, I. Selvinsky, B. Slutsky. The theoretical juxtaposition of the metaphoric nature of a monument and strategies of overcoming this nature has been put in focus of this work. These strategies are represented in the convergence of sculpture and body (the reinforcement of iconicity), in implicating the metonymic, substitutional character in new monuments. The author shows how the practice of establishing the new “political” tombs (unknown soldiers, mausoleums) proliferating since 1920s was reflected in verses’ rhetoric and affected these texts’ genre poetics. As a first collection of examples the “Pompeian” plots of Russian “ekphrastic” poetry are studied. Here Russian poets rethink the technology invented by mid-nineteenth century Italian archaeologists who were the first to introduce the sculptural reconstruction of human bodies preserved by volcanic soil in area of 79 a.d. Vesuvius eruption. The first step on this way of rethinking the “living statue” motif was the intrinsic to modernism and openly exposed problematizing of the relationships between body and its representations in stone or metal. Having begun its “own” life, the sculpture is currently observed as a direct, “drawn on a contour” replica of an organism, unprecedented in unicity of its physical existence. This semiotic discovery has formed the receptive “niches” of expectations – prior to the emergence of the next commemorative practice, the creation in 1924 Vladimir Lenin’s “living sculpture” (A. Yurchak) or “self-icon” (J. B. Platt). However one difference here was of specific significance: the “Pompeian” plaster reconstructions were anonymous whereas the Bolshevik leader’s name was in contrast not just commonly known but also as strongly mythologized as his remains kept in mausoleum were. The semiosis taking place within a triangle body – monument – name had formed a perspective for the forthcoming of a new social commemorative practice, memory place and poetic image – the tomb of an Unknown Soldier. The author illustrates the interaction of the two political and memory cults on the level of official rhetoric and in the sphere of literary motifs.
Author and Narrator in the History of Russian Literature
Authors: Tiupa V. I.
Published: August 2020

The correlation between the author and narrator figures is considered not only theoretically, but in the diachronic aspect for the first time, as historically changed from Karamzin to Vodolazkin. The syncretism of these narrative instances in Karamzin’s prose was replaced by their radical segregation by Pushkin in playing forms of “image of the author” or the unreliable narrator (like Belkin), that leads to the emergence of an implicit authorial instance. The Great Russian classics (with the exception of “War and Peace”) refuse the “image of the author”, gives to the implicit authorship the status of a representation of the being truth. The crisis of classical authorship at the turn of the 19 th and 20 th centuries gives rise to various modifications in symbolism, in “ornamental” prose, in socialist realism, in postmodernism. The article also deals with the issue of creative reconstruction of the classical opposition in the works by Bulgakov, Pasternak, during The Thaw in 1960s and in modern Russian prose.
Theoretical Discourse as an Object of Metaparody in Russian Post-Modern Prose
Authors: Zhilicheva G. A.
Published: August 2020

This article deals with the roles that metaparody plays in modern prose. Methodologically, it follows Yuri Shatin’ semiotic approach to parody. In his works, parody is regarded as a special function of aesthetic language that comically reimagines a work’s pretexts while also expanding its referential semiotic structure by pointing out its intertextual sources.

Contemporary fiction expands the semantic field of the plot by having narrators or characters reflect on philological terms and concepts. Furthermore, in postmodern fiction, representation of popular theoretical interpretations often achieves the effect of metaparody, the parody of scholar metalanguage.

This paper studies metaparody in A. Bitov and A. Zholkovsky’s “philological prose”. It also deals with parodic reception of well-known theories (such as V. Propp’s fairy-tale functions; Structuralist approach to language; PostStructuralist concepts of discourse and narrative) in post-modern novels by M. Uspensky, A. Lyovkin, and V. Pelevin.

Investigating references to theoretical discourse in various story episodes and structure units makes it possible to define the principles of “intrigue of interpretation” found in contemporary novels. This intrigue, featuring readers as characters (including professional readers such as scholars, librarians, critics, or publishers), becomes especially valuable in post-modern situation of “lacking reality.” Texts of this variety showcase the methods of interpreting and describing them as parts of the plot, while the “superior” theorizing instance becomes interwoven into the event-line. As such, both theoretical models and basic narrative conventions appear in parodical light, including even the crucial postmodern conflict between literary solipsism and the “open structure.”
Design and Implementation of System and Monitoring of the variables: Ph, oxygen level and temperature for piscicola cultivation pond in the International Nautical, Fluvial and Port Center
Authors: Gutierrez-Jaraba Johon , Pérez-Márquez Fabio
Published: August 2020

The water wealth in Colombia, the quality of its waters and the climate allow the artificial cultivation of fish or fish farming to be in frank development. This activity, whether handmade or industrial, must fulfill important aspects in relation to techniques and procedures. Water, an essential element for fish farming must be of quality and to achieve such property it is necessary to measure the variables “ph”, “dissolved oxygen” and “temperature”. The purpose of this work was to study the traditional procedure and then design a measurement monitoring system for these variables with the use of sensors, conditioning circuits, analog-digital conversion, generation of historical records and a user interface. The study was conducted in a pond for fish farming, gathering detailed information and selecting equipment and elements appropriate for the implementation of a new system. The design was done, device tests were performed and a user manual was developed. The result was a system capable of determining, visualizing and storing the results of the determining parameters in water quality. At the conclusion of the study, a pH / OD / temperature meter is obtained, with the ability to determine, visualize and store data. As a recommendation, the design of a meter calibration calendar is suggested.
Virtualización en procesos de control de pedidos de tuberías con Vmware.
Authors: Lima-Morales Javier , Rojas Luis Alejandro , Carreazo-Pérez Marcos
Published: August 2020

En el presente trabajo se explicará la virtualización en procesos de control de pedidos de tuberías con VMWare, a través, de la implementación de multiplex, servidores y desktop virtuales, que ayudan a controlar los procesos que se necesitan para el pedido de la tubería en la planta, radicando esto, en un gran avance en términos informáticos. El objeto principal de este artículo es dar a conocer la utilidad de la virtualización en empresas con producciones en masas. Esta gran herramienta tecnológica posibilita alojar virtualmente varias computadoras en una maquina real, sacando el mayor provecho del software y ahorrando en hardware. Innovar es la clave de esta herramienta, permite mejorar y agilizar los procesos dedicados a la manufactura de tubería de alta presión; de igual manera, se mostrara su debida aplicabilidad, permitiendo renovar el modelo actual de trabajo; creando una arquitectura extremadamente flexible y amigable en los procesos internos de la producción; se podrá observar la infraestructura requerida y, su debida implementación. La virtualización como estrategia de negocios es nuevamente usada, ya que la misma da como resultado una producción eficaz, ahorro energético, reducción de componentes electrónicos, recuperación rápida de datos, y la eficiencia en los procesos cotidianos de las empresas.
El derecho como creación autopoética. análisis desde la perspectiva de Günther Teubner
Authors: Benítez-Hurtado María Alejandra
Published: August 2020

El presente trabajo explora los rasgos fundamentales de la denominada creación autopoiética en el derecho, concibiéndolo como un producto cultural, a partir de las aportaciones del profesor Günter Teubner. Sus reflexiones apuntan a que los componentes del Derecho constituyen con sus interacciones la red de producción que los origina, es decir, que el Derecho sólo crea a partir del Derecho. Lo anterior trae consigo varias consecuencias: el abandono de la “norma” como objeto del derecho y que se dirija la mirada hacia las interdependencias y comunicaciones -sustento lingüístico- que se dan en un espacio edificado y demarcado por ellas, aunque en el plano ontológico no existen, además, que se abandone la percepción del derecho como pretendiente de la dirección de la orquesta social, y más bien se piense en un derecho reflexivo, con el fin de hacerle contrapeso a su materialización y a la autonomía de la sociedad en ciertas áreas.
Responsabilidad civil de la práctica médica
Authors: De Valencia-Vélez Enrique , Benítez-Izquierdo Martha
Published: August 2020

En el presente trabajo presentaremos el tema de la responsabilidad civil de la práctica médica y hospitalaria, este daño provocado por el acto médico genera a favor de la víctima, o sea, el paciente una indemnización por el perjuicio causado, en el entendido que las responsabilidad es el sinónimo de responder, en este caso a los daños causados a otros. Estableceremos si el acto médico o contrato médico es uno de aquellos que tienen obligación de medio u obligación de resultado, partiendo de la premisa que la responsabilidad data de la consecuencia entre un contrato de obligación y el derecho correspondiente, de igual manera, de mostrar como a nivel jurídico se determinan si dicha responsabilidad es contractual o por el contrario es extracontractual, así mismo se mostraran las vías judiciales para el reclamo respectivo y las leyes pertinentes para tal fin, este artículo permite mostrar una visión analítica y crítica sobre las posturas que ha asumido la jurisprudencia y contencioso administrativa en materia de responsabilidad civil de la práctica médica, por último, se podrá comprender la relación entre una obligación y un derecho, y las respectivas leyes que le rige.
Desarrollo Económico Global ¿Factible o Utópico?
Authors: Ochoa-Montes Manuel Antonio
Published: August 2020

En el presente trabajo se esbozará cómo el desarrollo económico global es factible o utópico, se manifiesta que si en un hogar se consume más de lo que éste produce, se genera un déficit y por ende, está llamada a colapsar la economía de esa familia, en el entendido que la sociedad como un todo, es autora del desarrollo económico mundial, de igual manera un país que tiene una estructura estatal o burocrática exagerada, con unos gastos que exceden ostensiblemente sus ingresos y producción de bienes y servicios, tiene un destino inequívoco al fracaso en la gestión de sus recursos; en el constante crecimiento de un mundo globalizado, el incremento que gastos diarios por personas aumentan, posiblemente esto consecuencia de adquirir objetos por un momento de moda, vanidad o inconciencia, el comportamiento de cada individuo será diferente, sin embargo, un conjunto de individuos para estar a la par de lo que la sociedad exige puede distorsionar el concepto de equidad en cuanto al consumismo, en aras siempre de querer más de lo que se tiene, por tanto se presentara de manera global el crecimiento económico mundial y se destacaran diverso países, definitivamente el cambio de paradigma se hace cada vez más necesario, para la concientización de gasto banales.