bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Facilitating research amongst radiographers through information literacy workshops
Authors: Hurt Emily , McLoughlin Alison
Published: January 2021

Background: Despite a strong research presence in Lancashire Teaching Hospitals National Health Service (NHS) Foundation Trust (LTHTR), allied health professionals from the organization are underrepresented in developing and publicizing research that is inspired by day-to-day clinical practice and staff experiences. Two LTHTR departments, Library and Knowledge Services (LKS) and Research and Innovation (R&I), came together to enable a group of staff to develop the knowledge and skills that they needed to access information and create new “home grown” research.Case Presentation: A clinical librarian and an academic research nurse created a research engagement program in the diagnostic radiography department at LTHTR, which included the development, delivery, and evaluation of 6 workshops. Sixteen individuals took part in these workshops, and data were collected on library usage, self-efficacy in information literacy, and research output before and after their delivery. Library membership increased by 50% among diagnostic radiography staff, literature search requests from this department increased by 133%, and all participants who attended at least 1 workshop reported an increased Information Literacy Self Efficacy Scale (ILSES) score. An increase in research activity and outputs was also attributed to the program.Conclusions: This project has resulted in a set of freely available workshop plans and support resources that can be customized for other health care professionals and has won several awards for its innovative use of departmental collaboration. Through the evaluation of the program from workshop attendees and non-attenders, we have identified impacts, outputs, and barriers to engagement in order to continue to deliver this content to other departments and embed a home grown research culture at LTHTR.
Driving change: Exploring the adoption of multimodal local traffic impact assessment practices
Authors: Combs Tabitha , McDonald Noreen
Published: January 2021

Local governments in the US face growing public demands to reduce automobile dependence in order to forestall climate change, improve road safety, rein in sprawling peripheral land development, increase transportation equity, and enhance urban livability. As a result, many city and county leaders are looking for ways to provide alternatives to driving through the creation of more multimodal-supportive transportation systems and land use patterns. The academic literature has identified conventional traffic impact- assessment (TIA) practices—designed to ensure new developments do not increase automobile traffic congestion—as a barrier to supporting these multimodal efforts. Because of the growing emphasis on multimodality in many national, state, and regional policies and initiatives (e.g., Complete Streets, Vision Zero), we investigate whether and how communities were adapting TIA practices to better accommodate pedestrians, bicyclists, transit users, and other non-car travel modes in the land development process.
Identification of the geographical extent of an area benefiting from a transportation project: A generalized synthetic control
Authors: Kunimi Takara , Seya Hajime
Published: January 2021

In evaluating the benefits of an infrastructure project, it is essential to consider who is benefiting from the project and where benefits are located. However, there is no established way to accurately determine the latter. To fill this methodological gap, this study proposes an approach for the ex-post identification of the geographical extent of an area benefiting from a transportation project based on a generalized synthetic control method. Specifically, it allows comparing multiple treatment units with their counterfactuals in a single run—changes in land prices (actual outcome) at each treated site are compared to the counterfactual outcome, and the individual (i.e., unit-level) treatment effect on the treated site is then estimated. This approach is empirically applied to a large-scale Japanese heavy railway, the Tsukuba Express line project. Our approach enables the detection of 1) the complicated spatial shape of benefit incidence; 2) negative spillovers; and 3) the increase in options (train routes), typically not considered in a benefit evaluation system based on the hedonic approach, but which can be capitalized into land prices.
Oil pollution and geochemical hydrocarbon origin markers in sediments of the Curonian Lagoon and the Nemunas River Delta
Authors: Stakėnienė Rimutė , Jokšas Kęstutis , Zinkutė Rimantė , Raudonytė-Svirbutavičienė Eva
Published: January 2021

The continuous research on anthropogenized coastal zones determined qualitative and quantitative characteristics of aliphatic hydrocarbons in the Curonian Lagoon and the Nemunas River Delta. The concentration of aliphatic hydrocarbons varied from 9.1 to 187.6 μg g−1 d.w. The Curonian Lagoon could be classified as a slightly contaminated water basin with some moderately polluted areas, while both rivers and Lake Krokų Lanka were found to be slightly contaminated with aliphatic hydrocarbons. The prevailing unresolved complex mixture and geochemical markers suggested the existence of mixed biogenic-anthropogenic aliphatic hydrocarbon sources in the area studied. The biogenic impact was found to be more pronounced in Lake Krokų Lanka, the south-eastern part of the Curonian Lagoon and in the River Minija, while the Nemunas River Avandelta demonstrated the highest loading of anthropogenic hydrocarbons. The same trends were confirmed by the principal component analysis.
Landfill leachate quantity and attenuation distance of inorganic contaminants in the groundwater of different hydrogeological systems: a case study of Lithuania
Authors: Slavinskienė Gintarė , Jurevičius Arūnas , Satkūnas Jonas , Šimanauskienė Rasa
Published: January 2021

This study examines the relationship between the quantity of landfill leachate and attenuation distance of inorganic contaminants in the groundwater of open, semi-open and closed hydrogeological systems. Nearly 2,000 groundwater samples were collected and 12 inorganic chemical parameters were investigated, of which NH4+, K+ and Fe were considered to be the most groundwater polluting chemical parameters. Analytical modelling of pollution migration, multivariate statistical techniques and a single factor pollution index method were applied for data processing. The results showed that irrespective of waste volume, the degradation coefficients of NH4+, K+ and Fe were by 36–90% higher in the groundwater of open hydrogeological systems, where attenuation distances were by 14–56% shorter compared with those in closed hydrogeological systems. Also, the degradation coefficients of NH4+, K+ and Fe+ in the groundwater of very small and small landfills were by 37–90% higher and attenuation distances were by 38–99% shorter compared with those in the groundwater of large and very large landfills. In the groundwater of very small and small landfills the difference between NH4+, Fe and K+ attenuation distance in open and closed hydrogeological systems was about 89–97% lower than the difference in large and very large landfills. This finding indicates that the quantity of leachate is the main factor of attenuation of contaminants in groundwater. The results obtained in this research may be used to predict the dispersion of pollution in the groundwater of landfills located in similar hydrogeological systems and to take environmental protection measures.
Reconstruction of Holocene marine sand natural hydrostatic pressure and its relation with shearing strength
Authors: Skuodis Šarūnas , Žaržojus Gintaras , Tamošiūnas Tadas , Dirgėlienė Neringa
Published: January 2021

This research paper represents interpretation of engineering geological and geotechnical conditions by using a direct shear device with a possibility to apply hydrostatic pressure during the experimental testing. In the authors’ opinion, the evaluation of in-situ hydrostatic pressure and reconstruction of it in the laboratory tests is a very important step in the determination of the engineering geological and geotechnical properties of the sand strength and its behaviour. To understand the influence of hydrostatic pressure on shearing strength results, there were performed direct shear tests with and without hydrostatic pressure. Obtained results clearly show the differences in the shearing strength analysed during this study. When the investigated sand sample was loaded with maximum hydrostatic pressure (σH = 100 kPa), the peak value of the angle of internal friction (ϕ’mean) was 21.24% higher compared to that of dry soil. No tendencies were found for cohesion.
Paleoenvironmental reconstructions and a sedimentological evidence of paleoseismic activity ca 9000 yr BP in Karelia, NW Russia, based on lake sediment studies on Mount Vottovaara
Authors: Shelekhova Tatiana , Lavrova Nadezhda
Published: January 2021

Karelia, like the entire Fennoscandian Shield, is a region with a low seismic activity. An example of the best-studied locality is a paleoseismic dislocation on Mount Vottovaara, which bears traces of disastrous Holocene geological events following the degradation of the last ice sheet. The evolution of the study area falls into three stages. At pre-Quaternary stage I, an uplifted block broken by numerous fractures and faults was formed. At glacial stage II, coarse clastic moraine was formed, the moving ice polished the crystalline basement surface and glacial scars were formed. At final deglaciation stages, the mountain top remained a nunatak. As Salpausselkä II marginal sediments retreated by about 70 km from the mountain, a postglacial stage in the region’s evolution, at which an earthquake occurred, began. It could have been triggered mainly by the consequences of the degradation of the Late Weischelian glaciations such as the rapid removal of the glacial load that contributed to the rejuvenation of various old faults. Changes in paleoecological conditions for the Mount Vottovaara area were reconstructed based on the results of lithological, palynological, diatom and radiocarbon studies of bottom sediments from a small lake on the mountain top. Vegetation dynamics from the Younger Dryas to the Subboreal period is presented. Small lake evolution stages were distinguished based on analysis of diatom complexes and the pollen and spores of aquatic and aquatic-subaquatic plants and Pediastrum algae. The data obtained show that minerogenic sediments were abruptly succeeded by organic in the late Preboreal-early Boreal period. The thickness of Boreal sediments and changes in the composition of diatom complexes and spore-and-pollen spectra suggest a depositional hiatus triggered by a strong earthquake which changed the water level of the pond and its basin structure. The earthquake is also indicated by numerous dismembered, displaced, thrown-away and shifted rock blocks and seismogravity downfalls. Deflation and other types of weathering are responsible for the formation of seide-shaped piles of blocks and boulders on the mountain top.
South Baltic rip currents detected by a field survey
Authors: Ostrowski Rafał , Schönhofer Jan , Stella Magdalena , Grave Alexey , Babakov Aleksander , Chubarenko Boris
Published: January 2021

The paper presents results of experimental investigations of currents in the nearshore region of the south Baltic Sea. The analysis is based on the field data collected near Lubiatowo (Poland) using the measuring equipment which was simultaneously operated both by the Polish and Russian research teams. The venture was aimed at detection of rip currents that are rare and insufficiently explored phenomena in the south Baltic coastal zone. The data include wind velocity and direction, deep-water wave buoy records and currents surveyed by means of drifters. The measurements were carried out in the area whose hydrodynamics, lithodynamics and morphodynamics are typical of the south Baltic sandy coast. It appears that the nearshore water flows are mostly represented by longshore wave-driven currents with mean velocities of 0.22–0.53 m/s, and the maximum velocity of 1.32 m/s. Water circulation patterns resembling rip currents with velocities of up to 0.34 m/s were identified only on one day, when specific wave conditions occurred at the study site. Contrary to strong longshore currents generated by storm waves, rip currents occur under mild or moderate wave conditions, when many beach users are willing to swim in nearshore waters. The present findings can therefore be useful for the improvement of swimmers’ safety in the south Baltic Sea regions.
Temporal and spatial variability of the suspended particulate matter in the Gdansk Deep and Eastern Gotland Basin
Authors: Sivkov Vadim , Bubnova Ekaterina
Published: January 2021

The work was carried out in the south-eastern part of the Baltic Sea on the meridional section along the Russian–Polish border during 2015–2018 using the CTD-sounding. The suspended particulate matter samples were taken with the use of ultrafiltration of sea water (0.4 micron filters). The research was focused on identifying the temporal and spatial variability of suspended particulate matter distribution after a series of inflows of the North Sea waters in 2014–2016. The vertical structure of the suspended particulate matter distribution in the south-eastern Baltic, both on a seasonal and interannual scale, contains the main features common for all marine basins, namely increased concentrations of SPM at the sea surface and bottom and an intermediate layer of minimum concentrations located at a depth of 50–70 m. Seasonal fluctuations in the SPM concentration are very significant and are mainly due to the seasonal variation of bioproduction in the surface layer of the sea and the flow of rivers. The confirmation of the barrier role of density boundaries (thermocline and halocline) in sedimentation and geochemical processes has not been obtained.
Hydrogeological assumptions for stormwater management in Tallinn
Authors: Perens Rein , Käärd Arvo , Raukas Anto
Published: January 2021

Most cities in temperate climate zones, including Tallinn, face the threat of torrential rains and resultant floods, which cause extensive damage to city economies. The main causes of floods are climatic; however, unreasonable building activity and insufficiently developed and maintained drainage systems also contribute to this problem. The percentage of impervious pavement has increased with the consolidation of buildings and road networks. Rainwater drainage is an important issue in a number of different areas of human activity ranging from town planning and environmental protection to building, maintenance and operation of rainwater drainage systems. Hence, to deal with the rainwater drainage issue, it is necessary to develop an integrated and scientifically justified strategy. The present study represents a constituent part of the relevant strategy development process. The authors pay special attention to options for increasing rainwater percolation in different environmental conditions, including geological setting, topography and different soil filtration properties.
Los manuscritos de los médicos directores de balnearios de la biblioteca de la Facultad de Medicina de la Universidad Complutense de Madrid: documentación sobre balnearios romanos
Authors: Matilla Séiquer Gonzalo
Published: January 2021

Se hace un recorrido por la colección de manuscritos referentes a los balnearios españoles que se conserva en la biblioteca de la Facultad de Medicina de la Universidad Complutense de Madrid. Se refleja la legislación que da origen a los manuscritos y que especifica su contenido. También los problemas de custodia y conservación que han provocado que hoy sólo exista el 5% de los que se escribieron. Por último se analiza el contenido de los textos y sus posibilidades para utilizarlos en estudio del mundo antiguo a partir de los datos arqueológicos, numismáticos, epigráficos, gráficos y de medicina previa al siglo XIX
Descubriendo claves para explicar las políticas sociales dentro del Estado social y democrático de derecho
Authors: Lacalzada de Mateo Mª José
Published: January 2021

Existe un imaginario colectivo sobre políticas sociales con el que los profesionales universitarios se expresan y comprenden. Sin embargo, a los estudiantes les lleva tiempo llegar a construir esos conocimientos.Este artículo no es de reflexión científica para especialistas sino una propuesta de actividad pedagógica, aludiendo a un material de apoyo, cuya lectura puede involucrar tanto al profesorado como al alumnado. La intención es compartir ideas y una dinámica para facilitar el aprendizaje de las políticas sociales.La elaboración de un breve diccionario de términos significativos construidos en grupo. junto al trabajo de mayéutica que cabe al profesor, permiten descubrir claves para entender el sentido de las políticas sociales dentro de los valores de fondo propios de un Estado social y democrático de derecho, tal y como recoge la Constitución española de 1978.Esta propuesta tiene un sentido integral orientada en tres dimensiones: el Estado y sus posibles agentes de bienestar: empresa, mercado, iglesia, sociedad civil. Las actitudes con las que se promueve la acción social en sentido universal e inclusivo, rompiendo radicalmente con el sentido benéfico-asistencial propio de otros sistemas. La dignidad humana como principio y fin de la intervención, base de otros conceptos como: derechos humanos, sociales, laborales y políticos.
ANTIBACTERIAL ACTIVITY OF DIFFERENT EXTRACTS OF BLACK MUSSEL (MYTILUS GALLOPROVINCIALIS) FROM THE BLACK SEA, BULGARIA
Authors:   Department of Microbiology and Virology, Faculty of Medicine, Medical University of Varna, Bulgaria., Tsankova Gabriela , Todorova Tatina ,   Department of Microbiology and Virology, Faculty of Medicine, Medical University of Varna, Bulgaria., Ermenlieva Neli ,   Department of Microbiology and Virology, Faculty of Medicine, Medical University of Varna, Bulgaria., Merdzhanova Albena ,   Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Pharmacy, Medical University of Varna, Bulgaria, Panayotova Veselina ,   Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Pharmacy, Medical University of Varna, Bulgaria, Dobreva Diana ,   Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Pharmacy, Medical University of Varna, Bulgaria, Peytcheva Katya ,   Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Pharmacy, Medical University of Varna, Bulgaria
Published: January 2021

Background: Over the past decade, there has been a growing interest in sea bivalves, which are an inexpensive and easily accessible source of high-quality proteins, lipids and secondary metabolites with antimicrobial and anti-fungal potential. Farmed Black Sea mussel (M. galloprovincialis) are promising objects for the study of their antimicrobial potential. Purpose: The aim of this work is to determine the antibacterial activity of different extracts from the Black Sea mussel Mytilus galloprovincialis tissues by using the disc diffusion method with cultures of Staphylococcus aureus, Escherichia coli and Klebsiella pneumoniae. Material/Methods: Extraction of mussel tissues was done with different solvents: ethyl acetate (100%), methanol (100%), glycerol:water (50%, 1:1 v/v), ethanol (50%), acetone (70%), hot water. Antimicrobial activities of these extracts from Mytilus galloprovincialis was assessed by the disc-diffusion method. Results: Testing antibacterial activity of black mussels revealed that ethyl acetate extract showed the highest activity against Еscherichia coli (13 mm) and Klebsiella pneumoniae (11 mm) and no activity against Staphilococcus aureus. The glycerol: water extract showed growth inhibition effect against Staphylococcus aureus (11 mm) and Escherichia coli (10 mm), but no effect against Klebsiella pneumoniae. Conclusions: The preliminary information presented in this study showed that the Black Sea farmed mussel could be an interesting source of antibacterial compounds. The glycerol-water extracts of Mytilus galloprovincialis had low antimicrobial activities against Staphylococcus aureus and more important against Escherichia coli.
Cognición y Representación: Persiguiendo un Sueño
Authors: Eisner Elliot W.
Published: January 2021

La verdadera equidad educacional no se logra con sólo abrir los colegios a todos los niños, sino ofreciéndoles oportunidades de éxito escolar a través del cultivo de la diversidad cognoscitiva, considerando el rol de la cultura y de la escuela en este proceso. La mente es un logro cultural cuya conformación está influida significativamente por el tipo de experiencias vivenciadas por una persona en el transcurso de su vida. Las formas de representación que se usan como sistemas de

símbolos para representar lo que se piensa influyen en los procesos de pensamiento y en los productos de éste, desarrollan diferentes destrezas cognoscitivas e inciden en lo que uno es capaz de ver y de representar. En el

trabajo docente, ellas pueden combinarse para enriquecer el conjunto de recursos ofrecidos a los alumnos a modo de que entiendan ideas importantes, útiles, hermosas y poderosas; que piensen analítica y críticamente; que especulen imaginativamente para ver conexiones en las ideas y que usen lo que saben para mejorar sus vidas y contribuir a la cultura.
Perspectivas del Currículo en la Educación Superior
Authors: Romeo Cardone Julia
Published: January 2021

Currículo, para los efectos de este texto, incluye básicamente a los objetivos, a los contenidos y a las formas de enseñanza, sean éstas: de transmisión, de

capacitación, de intervención o de desarrollo humano integral. Perspectiva, por otro lado, implica una configuración posible de pre-establecer, sobre la base de criterios de interpretación que constituyen sistemas de

significados específicos. Por consiguiente, en este artículo, se pretende diferenciar las perspectivas reconocibles en el currículo de la Educación Superior, desde ejes que permiten adjetivaciones de los actores que participan en una acción de esta naturaleza, de los códigos utilizables, y de los mensajes involucrados, principalmente.
Desarrollo Cerebral, Inteligencia y Rendimiento Escolar en Estudiantes que egresan del Sistema Educacional
Authors: Ivanovic Marincovich Daniza
Published: January 2021

Revisión de Antecedentes del Proyecto FONDECYT 1961032
Retorno Económico y Mejoramiento de la Calidad de la Educación Media en Chile
Authors: Riveros Cornejo Luis
Published: January 2021

Este es un resumen de un estudio preparado por el mismo autor para el Banco Mundial, una versión del cual se publicará

por medio del Centro de Perfeccionamiento, Experimentación e Investigaciones Pedagógicas del Ministerio de Educación.
En t6orno a inteligencias múltiples
Authors: López Pérez Ricardo
Published: January 2021

Estas ideas fueron utilizadas con ocasión del panel Las Inteligencias Múltiples. Implicancias Educativas Para Psicólogos y Educadores, en el seminario La Interacción Psicología - Educación: Una Mirada Desde la Reforma Educacional,

organizado por la Escuela de Ciencias de la Educación de la Universidad Central en noviembre de 1997. Se trata más bien de textos libres, sin pretensión, en los que se presentan descripciones de las ideas de Howard Gardner y en menor medida posiciones personales frente a ellas.
La Incorporación de la Historia Local a la Enseñanza Formal de la Historia: Desafíos y Oportunidades
Authors: Folchi Donoso Mauricio
Published: January 2021

El presente artículo reflexiona en torno a la incorporación de la perspectiva de la "historia local" en la enseñanza formal de la Historia. Con ese propósito, se exploran los antecedentes de esta corriente disciplinaria, reseñando su desarrollo e identificando sus peculiaridades teóricas y metodológicas. Finalmente, se propone una identificación de los desafíos que representa su incorporación al curriculum escolar y los alcances que su adopción puede llegar a tener en la búsqueda de una renovación en la enseñanza de la Historia.
Crítica y Reflexión
Authors: Giannini Iñíguez Humberto
Published: January 2021

Nos hemos acostumbrado últimamente a aceptar a la sociedad, simplemente, como un conglomerado de fuerzas sociales que, autorregulado por un mismo sistema de obligaciones y derechos, converge en la producción y en el consumo de bienes. Tal esquema, verdadero en su esquematicidad, deja fuera de la consideración esencial el hecho de que las sociedades reales son históricas y que su continuidad en el

tiempo implica una serie de actos, ritos, instituciones, que poseen una eficacia cohesiva, incluso más fuerte que el proceso de producción. En esta continuidad, ante todo, está el proceso de la reproducción de la vida y la conservación de su identidad a lo largo del proceso.
Educación, modernidad y desarrollo rural
Authors: Thomas Winter Carlos , Hernández Aracena Roberto
Published: January 2021

Desde la perspectiva antropológica se analizan los significados y las funciones sociales que deben tener los sistemas educativos en el contexto de las nuevas realidades rurales del agro chileno. En base a sus resultados se propone un nuevo

modelo educativo capaz de responder a las exigencias impuestas por las nuevas situaciones económicas y sociales tomando en consideración las particularidades culturales y ecológicas, los recursos, potencialidades y demandas de las diversas poblaciones rurales. Este modelo educativo busca fortalecer las identidades de los grupos sociales a través del rescate y revalorización de las culturas locales, y la capacitación de los individuos para poder construir sus propios proyectos de

desarrollo integral.
Educación
Authors: Hernández Aracena Roberto , Thomas Winter Carlos
Published: January 2021

los cambios producidos en la sociedad latinoamericana producto de la globalización y la modernidad, y las visiones críticas de los sistemas educativos y sus intentos reformistas, obligan a repensar la educación, revisar sus orientaciones, contenidos y metodologías. Se requiere un nuevo modelo educativo que sea capaz de responder a los nuevos requerimientos que nos imponen las nuevas realidades sociales. Estamos presenciando la imposición de un nuevo estilo de desarrollo que privilegia lo económico sobre lo humano, la imitación de modelos de desarrollo foráneos sin discusión ni reflexión, de un desarrollo de las poblaciones sin considerar su patrimonios culturales y su identidad, de imposición de valores relacionados con el individualismo y la competencia en oposición a la solidaridad y la cooperación. Ante esta situación, necesitamos una educación formadora y capacitadora de las nuevas generaciones. Formadora en valores que fortalezcan la solidaridad de los grupos y poblaciones locales, y capacitadora de los individuos para poder comprender las nuevas realidades sociales, su situación ante ellas y del desarrollo de sus potencialidades.
Uso curricular de Internet
Authors: Sánchez Ilabaca Jaime , Alarcón Frías Paola , Ponce Ramírez Ady , Zuñiga González María Eugenia
Published: January 2021

El uso pedagógico de Internet constituye una preocupación metodológica actual. En Chile, la mayoría de las escuelas y liceos partícipes del proyecto nacional de Informática Educativa, Enlaces, tienen acceso a los servicios de Internet, por lo que se ha hecho necesario formalizar y arraigar curricularmente este uso. Este estudio trata sobre el análisis del uso curricular de Internet a partir de la observación de las prácticas de los docentes y alumnos con el apoyo de Internet. La idea principal de este trabajo es analizar las prácticas de uso curricular de Internet desde el contexto de su aplicación en actividades de aprendizaje en el aula. Importantes ideas surgen de este estudio sobre el tipo de uso, para qué, cómo, cuándo y por qué los profesores usan Internet con sus alumnos. Los resultados obtenidos nos permiten en el futuro dar cuenta de regularidades que permitan enunciar modelos de integración curricular de Internet.
Los formatos del currículum por disciplinas y sus límites frente a la inclusión educativa
Authors: Feeney Silvina
Published: January 2021

El presente texto corresponde a una ponencia realizada en el Seminario internacional: “Curriculum, disciplinariedad y experiencia educacional” del 22 de agosto de 2018 en el Departamento de Educación de la Facultad de Ciencias Sociales de la Universidad de Chile; que hace foco en el nivel secundario de educación atendiendo dos asuntos estrechamente relacionados: la extensión de la obligatoriedad educativa para el nivel secundario que tuvo lugar entre finales del siglo pasado y los primeros años 2000 en distintos países de la región y; la consideración de un conjunto de tendencias para la elaboración del currículum, ligados con la inclusión escolar de públicos marginados de un nivel históricamente selectivo.
Espacio para Respirar: George Floyd, la Plaza CLM y la Monumentalización de los Paisajes Estadounidenses Urbanos Divididos
Authors: Samayeen Nubras , Wong Adrian , McCarthy Cameron
Published: January 2021

Este artículo pretende ser una respuesta abiertamente polémica al asesinato de George Floyd, autorizado por el Estado, y a la propulsión de las luchas de Black Lives Matter en los Estados Unidos y en todo el mundo. Aborda específicamente estos asuntos en el marco de la controvertida monumentalización y consagración de la supremacía blanca en la codificación del espacio construido en las ciudades de los Estados Unidos. Se argumenta que tal monumentalización ha provocado una guerra por los signos. Profundizando en el significado bifurcado del renombramiento de Lafayette Square como BLM Plaza en Washington DC, el ensayo gira en torno a una consideración reflexiva de la larga historia de tales luchas y su significado material y simbólico para la promoción en EE.UU. de un modelo de modernización sin fricciones y de la teoría de la modernización a los habitantes del Sur Global y su actual insistencia en una agenda neoliberal para las ciudades de EE.UU. que ha dado lugar a la expulsión racial de los cuerpos negros y morenos del centro de la ciudad.
Doctoral Program Learning Module on Developing Leading Secondary School Teachers in Creative Thinking for Enhancement of Students’ Learning Activities in Thailand
Authors: Chantarasombat Chalard , Sombatsakulkit Ekanun
Published: January 2021

The purposes of this study were to: 1) create and develop effective doctoral learning module on leading teachers development program to enhance critical thinking for students in secondary schools under the Office of Basic Education Commission, and 2) evaluate the developed module on its efficiency and effectiveness- its congruence of utility, possibility, and appropriateness, learning achievement of learners, learning retention, and the learners’ satisfaction. Samples were 20 Doctoral degree students in Educational Administration and Development and Leadership program, Northeastern University, Khon Kaen Province, Thailand. Statistics used were percentage, mean, standard deviation, effectiveness index, and t-test. The results were: 1) The developed module on learning activity management of leading teachers in simulation situation had 9 Modules: (1.1) Survey of former experience (1.2) Collaboration in planning (1.3) The development of creative teacher conception (1.4) The application of thinking approach (1.5) Practice in classroom (1.6) Supervision, follow up, and evaluation (1.7) Feedback and reinforcement (1.8) Seminar for enhancing strength, and (1.9) Reflection learning. 2) The efficiency and effectiveness of the developed module were: (2.1) The efficiency of 86.53 (E1) /83.29 (E2) which were higher than the committed 80/80 standard, (2.2) The congruence of utility, possibility, and appropriateness were in the highest level ( = 4.69, SD = 0.42), (2.3) The effectiveness index was 0.7397 which meant students gained more knowledge of 73.97%, (2.4) The students had significantly higher learning achievement after learning via the module at the level of 0.05, (2.5) There was no significant differences of learning achievement between after learning and after learning for two weeks which mean the students’ learning retention, and (2.6) The students had satisfaction on the developed module in the highest level ( = 4.52, SD = 0.41).
Our old buildings can be safe in earthquake
Authors: Smith Ian C.
Published: January 2021

Demolition and redevelopment, or strengthening of earthquake risk buildings to current requirements is often uneconomic. A rational approach to strengthening is required which takes account of the extent and cost of strengthening, the desired economic building life, the owner's interests and the occupants safety. Strengthening costs for several recent projects are presented.
Suspended ceilings
Authors: Clark W. D. , Glogau O. A.
Published: January 2021

Traditional ceilings in rigis buildings generally caused few problems when under earthquake attack. The introduction of modern suspended ceilings with light metal grids and lay-in tiles or light fittings has created an entirely new situation. Increased flexibility of modern buildings has added to the problem, particularly with respect to the integration of ceilings and partitions. The authors discuss the theoretical considerations of the problem and relate these to evidence from earthquake damage. Code requirements are reviewed and a number of typical solutions are presented. Economics are briefly discussed and in conclusion the authors refer to a number of aspects not fully understood at present. Suggestions are made for further study and testing to clarify some dynamic aspects and fire barrier problems.
Tonsillectomy in own material
Authors: Bant Przemysław , Szczygielski Kornel , Cierniak Szczepan , Kosek Jarosław , Kania Joanna , Sienicki Rafał , Jurkiewicz Dariusz
Published: January 2021

Introduction: Tonsillectomy belongs to the most frequently performed surgical treatments; however, the necessity of its performance is questioned. Therefore, there are many attempts to unify and define the indications for the procedure.
Aim: The main objective of the current dissertation was an analysis of the clinical symptoms occurring in patients qualified for tonsillectomy, as well as a comparison of those with a histopathological image of the removed tonsils in a repeatedly carried out, unified pathomorphological examination. The secondary objective was the designation of the demographic profile, existing comorbidities, and complications in the form of postoperative bleeding in patients after tonsillectomy in own material.
Material and method: A retrospective analysis of 301 procedures of palatine tonsil removal was performed, which were completed in the years 2017–2019 at the Department of Otolaryngology with Division of Cranio-Maxillo-Facial Surgery of the Military Institute of Medicine, Warsaw, Poland. The indications were defined on the grounds of data from the anamnesis. Based on unified criteria, the removed material was divided into 2 groups: with the signs of Chronic Tonsillitis (CT) as well as Tonsillar Hyperthrophy (TH).
Results: The average size of tonsils was the greatest in a group of patients under 35 years of age, and smallest in the group over 51 years of age. As patients aged, the reduction in size of the palatal tonsils was observed. In the examined group, the histopathological diagnosis in the form of HT was found in 165 patients (54.8%), while CT in 136 (45.2%). It was proven that the larger the tonsils in the clinical picture, the more often the histopathological image responded to HT. Among clinical symptoms reported by patients qualified for tonsillectomy, the following were observed: recurring tonsil inflammation in 211 (70.1%), snoring and sleep apnea in 47 (15.6%), as well as sleep apnea in 33 (11%) patients. Primary bleeding occurred in 10 patients (3.34%), and secondary in 8 patients (2.66%). The most common comorbidities were cardiovascular burdens.
Conclusions: For most cases, clinical symptoms were confirmed by adequate features of removed material in histopathological examination. The most common histopathological diagnosis was tonsillar hyperthrophy.
The collaboration between the President of Statistics Poland and the President of the National Bank of Poland – a systemic approach
Authors: Zapadka Piotr
Published: January 2021

The aim of the article is to present the systemic foundations of the functioning of official statistics and the central bank. The research is based on the analysis of regulations outlined in the Official Statistics Act and relevant provisions of The Act on the National Bank of Poland. Both the conducting of statistical research and developing monetary and banking statistics, balance of payments and establishing an international investment position require a close collaboration between these two institutions, which also happen to be the largest data ‘reservoirs’ under the Polish legal system. A rational legislator acknowledges the necessity to coordinate the activity of the President of Statistics Poland and the President of the National Bank of Poland in the realm of statistical research. This collaboration is bilateral, based on clearly defined competences and other statutory tasks. It also allows the use of statistical data collected, stored and maintained by both institutions and the fulfillment of their constitutional obligations.
New directions in molecular diagnostics and therapy of Vestibular Schwannoma.
Authors: Litwiniuk Malgorzata , Makuszewska Maria , Bartoszewicz Robert , Niemczyk Kazimierz
Published: January 2021

In recent years a significant progress has been made in the field of molecular background of vestibular schwannoma (VS) emergence and growth. Main genetic and epigenetic aberrations, as well as gene expression changes and specific signaling pathways have been described, that contribute to the development of sporadic VS, and these connected with type II neurofibromatosis (NF2). These findings led to search for potential prognostic markers and biological treatment. In this article we summarize main research directions in the field of molecular diagnostics and biological therapies for VS.
BEZPIECZEŃSTWO KULTUROWE W SYSTEMIE BEZPIECZEŃSTWA NARODOWEGO
Authors: Chabasińska Anna
Published: January 2021

Niniejszy artykuł jest próbą przedyskutowania problematyki znaczenia bezpieczeństwa kulturowego dla systemu bezpieczeństwa państwa. Przedstawiono w nim pojęcie bezpieczeństwa kulturowego oraz jego najważniejsze elementy. Omówiono cele i zadania wynikające z obowiązku zapewnienia bezpieczeństwa kulturowego przez instytucje państwa. W historycznej perspektywie odniesiono się do wzrostu znaczenia czynników kulturowych w konfliktach i kryzysach. Wskazano także na wątpliwości wynikające z trudności w racjonalnej ocenie i identyfikacji pojawiających się zagrożeń.
AN APPRAISAL OF THE INVOLVEMENT OF HUMANITARIAN MISSIONS IN CAMEROON’S CONFLICT ZONES (NORTH-WEST AND SOUTH-WEST REGIONS)
Authors: Muntoh Eugene Muambeh
Published: January 2021

Humanitarian actors have become quite noticeable in the field of humanitarian missions in Cameroon ever since the outbreak of the “Anglophone” crisis in the North-west and South-west Regions. Even though, humanitarian actors have engaged fully in the fight against social injustice and human rights, most of them are considered feeble owing to their reliance on subsidy from government and international aid bodies. This study seeks to examine the basis and the role of humanitarian missions in the conflict hit north-west and south-west regions of Cameroon. The paper further scrutinises the efficacy of interventions by humanitarian actors in humanitarian missions as concerns the Anglophone crisis in Cameroon. Based on evidence from primary and secondary source materials, the paper argues that despite the relevance of humanitarian actors towards addressing the humanitarian situation in the course of the Anglophone crisis, much is yet to be achieved as far as the attainment of sustainable peace in the crisis stricken regions is concern. The lack of a common platform for humanitarian actors made coordination of their accomplishments impracticable.
Geopolítica de la planeación del desarrollo: el Consejo Suramericano de Infraestructura y Planeamiento (COSIPLAN-UNASUR), en el Foro CELAC-China
Authors: Preciado Coronado Jaime
Published: January 2021

Se comparan las políticas públicas planificadas del Área de la Bahía de Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao y las del Consejo Suramericano de Infraestructura y Planeamiento (COSIPLAN), brazo ejecutivo de la Unión de Naciones Suramericanas (UNASUR), con el objetivo de evaluar sus alcances regionales, cómo se estimula la Cooperación Sur-Sur, a través de esas dos experiencias y la contribución al multilateralismo del Foro Comunidad de Estados Caribeños y Latinoamericanos (CELAC)-CHINA. Nos preguntamos si hay una influencia positiva del llamado Consenso Asiático en América Latina y el Caribe y la manera como ambos proyectos de planeación regional transforman las redes del poder global y sus paradigmas referentes a la Cooperación, especialmente la ampliación de los márgenes de gobernanza para la integración regional autónoma. Desde un enfoque geopolítico crítico, se documenta la geopolítica profesional, gubernamental y privada relacionada con la interconectividad; la geopolítica práctica que interviene en la operación política de ambos proyectos de acción regional para el “desarrollo” y la geopolítica popular, que implica la aceptación o resistencias de la población afectada o beneficiada frente a ambos proyectos.
Transdisciplinární didaktika: o učitelském sdílení znalostí a zvyšování kvality výuky napříč obory
Authors: Slavík Jan , Janík Tomáš , Najvar Petr , Knecht Petr
Published: January 2021

The book concentrates on teaching and instructional quality with emphasis on the relationship between educational theory and practice with respect to teacher education. In the first part of the book, philosophical and theoretical background is introduced of a research specific methodology that focuses on analysing the development of instructional environment and also on assessing its quality. In the second part of the book, the 3A procedure is described as a research approach specifically designed to analyse instructional quality. The third part of the book summarises the results of a multicase study carried out within the framework of the 3A procedure. The book aims to serve as inspiration to theorists in general and field didactics, teachers interested in instructional quality, school headmasters and all those who assess the didactical quality of instruction.
Points to Consider on the Use of COVID-19 Vaccines
Authors:   The National Catholic Bioethics Center
Published: January 2021

The NCBC recognizes an ethical hierarchy among COVID-19 vaccines. Vaccines that do not use abortion-derived cell lines in any phase of design, manufacture, or testing are the best ethical choice if they are reasonably available, safe, and effective. Vaccines that do not use abortion-derived cell lines in the manufacturing process but did use them at one point in development, such as for confirmatory testing, are preferable to those that utilize abortion-derived cell lines in more than one phase of development and, in particular, in the manufacturing process. Nonetheless, for grave reasons, people could decide in good conscience to accept vaccines that use abortion-derived cell lines in their development and production to protect their own lives and health and that of others in the absence of any satisfactory alternative. The use of an ethically problematic vaccine, however, may be done only “under protest.”
Christian Ethics and Economics
Authors: Stapleford John E. ,   Institute for Interdisciplinary Research
Published: January 2021

There are universal Christian ethics that should be applied in economics. Christian ethics in economics stresses free will; the immense value, dignity, and unique talents of the individual; individual accountability for the use of resources, charity, and the exercise of justice; the relevance of the family and community; and a role for the state in the adjudication of economic justice, the enforcement of contracts, and the facilitation of competition and minimization of exploitation in product and resource markets. Civil authorities are to be obeyed until they set themselves in opposition to divine law, while the individual is prior to the state and the social order. Among economic systems. Christian ethics favors mvced democratic capitalism, rejecting non-democratic socialism and authoritarianism. Strictly utilitarian, consequentialist, or contractarian approaches to economic policy are unacceptable, since they reject the other-regardedness of God's law. While Christian ethics establishes certain clear economic objectives, final policy choices require a synthesis of reasoning research, and practical application.
Religious Commitment and Adolescent Behavior
Authors: Jeynes William H. ,   Institute for Interdisciplinary Research
Published: January 2021

This essay reviews the literature on the effects of religious commitment on adolescent behavior. While the body of research on the effects of religious commitment of adolescents on their overall lives is still relatively small, that literature indicates that religious commitment tends to be associated with higher educational outcomes and a lower incidence of illegal drug use, alcohol abuse, and premarital sex. Some are reluctant to acknowledge these effects, while others champion desirable qualities in adolescents, especially educational excellence and socially responsible behavior, without incorporating their true source--religious convictions. Many of the reasons for this reluctance are rooted in the general culture, which since the 1960s marginaltes religion in America, and seeks to exclude it from the public square. Yet, based on research findings, contemporary society would benefit from encouraging adolescent religious commitment.
Culture, Religion and Inclusive Public Discourse
Authors: Choudhury Enamul H. ,   Institute for Interdisciplinary Research
Published: January 2021

Religion has an enduring presence in the moral discourse of the "civic culture," but is unwelcome in the governing discourse of the institutional order. This essay focuses on two underlying reasons for the disconnection: the secular episteme and the nature of religious convictions. The secular episteme brackets religion by defining away its presence, while religious faith maintains its integrity by relativizing the secular institutional order. Yet religious convictions can offer a more inclusive basis for public discourse than secular reason. Paradoxically, while religious convictions can value secular reason, secular reason cannot even acknowledge religious convictions except for what it outwardly sees as socially shared symbols or myths sustained in rituals or uncritical social conventions. Since religions differ in their truth-claims and demands on public conduct, an inclusive public discourse requires the democratic contestation of truth-claims and their exemplification in civic conduct.
Civic Virtues vs. Market Values in the Balkans
Authors: Gungov Alexander L. ,   Institute for Interdisciplinary Research
Published: January 2021

The great dreams of dissidents for civil society as a guarantee for a just life confront many economic, social, and political dilemmas. This state of affairs worsened in the Balkans following the wars in Bosnia and Kosovo, and the United Nations sanctions against Yugoslavia, Initially, the resolution of all problems was associated with market values, while ascribing only secondary importance to civic virtues, A market economy depends on civil society, but market values do little for strengthening civic virtues in the region, leading to a vicious circle of rudimentary civic virtues and an underdeveloped economy. The growing non-governmental sector within civil society remains an artificial appendage, since it relies heavily on international financing and is likely to disappear if this support ceases for any reasons. The only probable way out of this predicament is for citizens not to abandon the ideal of civic, classical, and religious virtues, and be hopeful despite current conditions.