bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Find Objects and Focus on Highlights: Mining Object Semantics for Video Highlight Detection via Graph Neural Networks
Authors: Zhang Yingying , Gao Junyu , Yang Xiaoshan , Liu Chang , Li Yan , Xu Changsheng
Published: June 2020

With the increasing prevalence of portable computing devices, browsing unedited videos is time-consuming and tedious. Video highlight detection has the potential to significantly ease this situation, which discoveries moments of user's major or special interest in a video. Existing methods suffer from two problems. Firstly, most existing approaches only focus on learning holistic visual representations of videos but ignore object semantics for inferring video highlights. Secondly, current state-of-the-art approaches often adopt the pairwise ranking-based strategy, which cannot enjoy the global information to infer highlights. Therefore, we propose a novel video highlight framework, named VH-GNN, to construct an object-aware graph and model the relationships between objects from a global view. To reduce computational cost, we decompose the whole graph into two types of graphs: a spatial graph to capture the complex interactions of object within each frame, and a temporal graph to obtain object-aware representation of each frame and capture the global information. In addition, we optimize the framework via a proposed multi-stage loss, where the first stage aims to determine the highlight-probability and the second stage leverage the relationships between frames and focus on hard examples from the former stage. Extensive experiments on two standard datasets strongly evidence that VH-GNN obtains significant performance compared with state-of-the-arts.
Multi-Source Distilling Domain Adaptation
Authors: Zhao Sicheng , Wang Guangzhi , Zhang Shanghang , Gu Yang , Li Yaxian , Song Zhichao , Xu Pengfei , Hu Runbo , Chai Hua , Keutzer Kurt
Published: June 2020

Deep neural networks suffer from performance decay when there is domain shift between the labeled source domain and unlabeled target domain, which motivates the research on domain adaptation (DA). Conventional DA methods usually assume that the labeled data is sampled from a single source distribution. However, in practice, labeled data may be collected from multiple sources, while naive application of the single-source DA algorithms may lead to suboptimal solutions. In this paper, we propose a novel multi-source distilling domain adaptation (MDDA) network, which not only considers the different distances among multiple sources and the target, but also investigates the different similarities of the source samples to the target ones. Specifically, the proposed MDDA includes four stages: (1) pre-train the source classifiers separately using the training data from each source; (2) adversarially map the target into the feature space of each source respectively by minimizing the empirical Wasserstein distance between source and target; (3) select the source training samples that are closer to the target to fine-tune the source classifiers; and (4) classify each encoded target feature by corresponding source classifier, and aggregate different predictions using respective domain weight, which corresponds to the discrepancy between each source and target. Extensive experiments are conducted on public DA benchmarks, and the results demonstrate that the proposed MDDA significantly outperforms the state-of-the-art approaches. Our source code is released at: https://github.com/daoyuan98/MDDA.
FASTER Recurrent Networks for Efficient Video Classification
Authors: Zhu Linchao , Tran Du , Sevilla-Lara Laura , Yang Yi , Feiszli Matt , Wang Heng
Published: June 2020

Typical video classification methods often divide a video into short clips, do inference on each clip independently, then aggregate the clip-level predictions to generate the video-level results. However, processing visually similar clips independently ignores the temporal structure of the video sequence, and increases the computational cost at inference time. In this paper, we propose a novel framework named FASTER, i.e., Feature Aggregation for Spatio-TEmporal Redundancy. FASTER aims to leverage the redundancy between neighboring clips and reduce the computational cost by learning to aggregate the predictions from models of different complexities. The FASTER framework can integrate high quality representations from expensive models to capture subtle motion information and lightweight representations from cheap models to cover scene changes in the video. A new recurrent network (i.e., FAST-GRU) is designed to aggregate the mixture of different representations. Compared with existing approaches, FASTER can reduce the FLOPs by over 10× while maintaining the state-of-the-art accuracy across popular datasets, such as Kinetics, UCF-101 and HMDB-51.
Nearshore deep excavation and associated problems in cohesionless soil
Authors: Birid Kedar , Maitra Shubhrajit , Choudhury Deepankar , Beniwal Mahavir
Published: June 2020

This paper presents a case study of piping failure resulting in differential settlement of a nearshore diaphragm wall and highlights the mitigation measures undertaken to stabilise the structure. To facilitate a 15 m deep excavation, a diaphragm wall was constructed and a well-point dewatering system was adopted to keep the water table below the base of the excavation. However, during the foundation work, sand boiling was observed accompanied by foundation heaving and uneven settlement of the wall. A study was done based on field observations and numerical analysis to assess the root cause of the problem. Finite-difference analysis confirmed piping failure of the subsoil as the hydraulic gradient exceeded the critical hydraulic gradient near the base of the diaphragm wall. To mitigate the problem, additional well points were installed at certain locations to bring down the hydraulic gradient within safe limits. The construction was then carried out in stages, and standpipes were installed in the foundation and subsoil to limit the excess pore pressure generated below the foundation during construction. Field monitoring showcased that the development of this excess pore pressure could be minimised, and the rectification measures worked well towards increasing the structural stability of the diaphragm wall.
Cognitive Modeling of Factors That Influence the Criminalization of Society in Making Managerial Decisions in the Sphere of Crime Counteraction
Authors: Sukhodolov Alexander , Marenko Valentina , Bychkova Anna , Lozhnikov Vyacheslav
Published: June 2020

The goal of this work was to identify basic factors that influence the criminalization of the society using the cognitive approach oriented at intensifying the intellectual activity of a criminologist-analyst and helping them express their understanding of a problem situation through a formal model, and then work out and support a managerial decision for this situation. The formal model was developed on the basis of a survey that included both people who are not specialists in the sphere of law, and experts in this sphere. As a result, the authors designed two cognitive structures for criminogenic and anti-criminogenic factors. Simulation experiments were carried out to research the systemic characteristics of sustainability and sensitivity of these structures. Simplicial analysis was conducted to identify implicit connections between factors, its results were then used to form new cognitive structures and conduct another set of simulation experiments. It was stated that, among the managing factors named by experts, the key ones are the level of alcohol addiction of the population and the moral principles established in the society, while the key factors among those named by non-experts are «latent crimes» and «moral principles». Thus, the authors established that the opinions of experts and laymen differ, but they coincide in the factor «moral principles». Non-experts stressed the factor of the variety of crimes, while experts stressed the factor influencing the lives of people. When ma­king managerial decisions, law enforcement employees should not only use the opinion of specialists, but also take into consideration the opinion of ordinary citizens. The conducted research is thus aimed at comparing the identified factors and at finding links between them with the purpose of justifying and supporting effective decisions in the sphere of crime counteraction.
Total Quality Management in an Insurance Company: Use of Balanced Scorecards to Meet the Interests of Stakeholders
Authors: Tsvetkova Lyudmila
Published: June 2020

The insurance company is a financial intermediary between stakeholders - a set of participants in the insurance process and those who have received the right to insurance payment, as well as insuring parties who purchase insurance coverage and shareholders whose capital is involved in its guarantee. Satisfaction of stakeholders creates a company’s free access to exchanged resources, thereby optimizing operations and increasing the efficiency of capital use. The implementation of the Total Quality Management (TQM) system, which could help achieve the goal, is complicated in insurance companies by dividing the personnel who create the insurance service, by the factor of time, since it is possible to check the quality only after the client has used it, which does not always arise in insurance, and often by the factor of location of units at geographically different points, which makes it virtually impossible for the simultaneous and equal participation of personnel in production processes, that requires innovative management tools.

The purpose of this study is to study the effect of introducing a Total Quality Management (TQM) system and a balanced scorecard (BSC) on the activities of an insurance company, including the one aimed at achieving the satisfaction of its stakeholders. Using the methods of induction and synthesis of freely available data of SOGAZ, Rosgosstrakh, and ROSNO companies, a complex of dependent corporate goals was identified that were ranked relative to the organizational level.

The results of the study allow concluding that the concept of balanced indicators allows to indicatively monitor the quality of meeting the interests of the main stakeholders of the company, which creates new effective tools for improving resource exchange and does not allow distortions in management. The integration of strategic planning and TQM opens up new market growth opportunities for insurance companies in the context of a limited portfolio of services for a strictly limited audience. The paper provides specific recommendations for organizations to resolve problems that impede the successful implementation of TQM.

The results of this study can be used by officials of insurance companies in developing strategies and tactics for their development, including the implementation of BSC and TQM, as well as scientists for a deeper study of the results of the implementation of BSC and TQM, both in the insurance industry and other sectors of the economy.
Significados y usos que los habitantes de una vereda en Chigorodó, Antioquia, Colombia, dan a los alimentos que producen
Authors: Miranda-Hernández Yesenia , Sánchez-González Andrea , Machado-Suárez Ledys Yuliana , Rodríguez-Villamil Luz Natalia
Published: June 2020

Antecedentes: la agricultura familiar se reconoce como una práctica importante para que las poblaciones mejoren el acceso a alimentos propios y los ingresos, y contribuyan a la seguridad alimentaria en su región. Objetivo: conocer los significados y usos dados por los habitantes de una vereda del municipio de Chigorodó, Antioquia, a los alimentos que producen. Materiales y métodos: investigación cualitativa basada en etnografía enfocada. Los datos se recolectaron mediante entrevistas semiestructuradas a 14 participantes, observación participante y elaboración de mapas de los predios. La información obtenida se transcribió, leyó y codificó, identificando aspectos significativos, relaciones entre los datos, hasta conformar categorías preliminares y emergentes, que fueron validadas con los participantes. Resultados: las razones para cultivar incluyen vocación, tradición familiar y necesidad del sustento. Vivir en el campo se relaciona con felicidad, tranquilidad y salud. Los alimentos más cultivados son plátano, mango, limón, coco, guayaba; además se crían animales. Los participantes dan a lo producido usos alimentarios, cosméticos, medicinales y de aseo; algunos productos también se venden o intercambian. Conclusión: los alimentos producidos aportan a la soberanía alimentaria y a la economía familiar, tienen usos que reflejan diversos saberes; se resalta el papel protagónico de la mujer en la agricultura familiar.
Low-cost infrared thermography in aid of photovoltaic panels degradation research
Authors: Dávila-Sacoto Miguel Alberto , Hernández-Callejo Luis , Alonso Gómez Víctor , Gallardo-Saavedra Sara , González-Morales Luis Gerardo
Published: June 2020

The analysis of PV solar panels deterioration allows researchers to know the health status of a panel in order to determine the overall functioning of a PV solar farm. A part of this analysis is performed by thermography, generally using professional and expensive equipment. This article presents a validation for the use of low-cost thermal imaging cameras, reviewing the relative error that can be obtained through scattering, contour analysis and three-dimensional meshes. The procedure is validated by analysis of I-V/P-V curves and a temperature sensor matrix, reaching errors less than 10% with cameras with less than 500USD.
Myanmar Media: Legacy and Challenges
Authors: Ochwat Maria
Published: June 2020

For nearly fifty years Myanmar was ruled by a military junta. It did not tolerate any criticism, and severely punished anyone who dared to oppose them. At the same time, it cut the country off from the rest of the world, preventing it from being informed about Burma’s internal situation. The announcement of the changes came when Thein Sein’s first civilian government was formed in 2011. Almost 10 years have passed since then and Myanmar, according to the Press Freedom Index, is considered to be one of the countries where freedom of speech and freedom of the media are commonly violated and journalists are often persecuted and punished. Freedom of expression is one of the pillars of a democratic society, the basis for its development and a condition for the self-fulfillment of the individual. One of the most important ways of exercising freedom of speech is through free and independent media.

The issue of respect for freedom of expression and freedom of the media must be seen in a broader context. It should be noted that there is a close link between respect for human rights and peacekeeping. Although freedom of expression, and thus freedom of the media, is one of those freedoms which may be restricted in specific situations, it cannot be done arbitrarily. Under public international law the exercise of these freedoms, since it carries with it duties and responsibilities, may be subject to such formalities, conditions, restrictions or penalties as are prescribed by law and are necessary in a democratic society, in the interests of national security, territorial integrity or public safety, for the prevention of disorder or crime, for the protection of health or morals, for the protection of the reputation or rights of others, for preventing the disclosure of information received in confidence, or for maintaining the authority and impartiality of the judiciary. The authorities of Myanmar, when introducing and maintaining restrictions on freedom of speech and media, often invoke the need to restrict freedom of speech and media for reasons of state security, protection of morality or public order. However, one can venture to say that they are in fact afraid of criticism and possible public actions against the current authorities.
Social and Labour Rights of “New” SelfEmployed Persons (and in Particular Self-Employed Platform Workers) in Russia
Authors: Chesalina Olga
Published: June 2020

In the first part of the article, the business model of “work on demand” in Russia isdescribed, and the nature and functions of platform providers with particular referenceto labour disputes concerning the classification of platform workers are analysed.Furthermore, the author discusses options concerning the labour protection of platformworkers. Taking into account that workers on demand are classified as self-employedin case law and in practice, the second part of this article reflects implications for taxand social law. Particular attention is paid to the tax holidays of 2017–2019 and thetax on professional income. Hereby the access to social protection for self-employedpersons in general, and for those self-employed who use privileged tax regimes inparticular, is analysed. In the light of these reflections, the false incentives of the tax onprofessional income are investigated. Finally, some conclusions are offered, to explainthe interrelationship between labour, social and tax law. Coordination of legislativemeasures and reforms in labour law, in social law and in tax law is seen as a way toimprove the situation of workers on demand.
Creating The Image Of The King: The Early Modern Woodcut Of Sigismund Augustus From ‘Confessio Fidei’ By Stanislaus Hosius
Authors:   Jagiellonian University in Kraków, Rudenko Oleksii ,   University of Glasgow
Published: June 2020

My article is devoted to the woodcut with the image of Polish King Sigismund II Augustus Jagiellon (1520-1572) and to the possible authorship of this early modern emblem. The composition for the first time is noted in the second Vienna 1560 edition of ‘Confessio fidei’, written by Polish bishop and later – a Cardinal – Stanislaus Hosius (Stanisław Hozjusz). The same emblem is inserted in the 1561 Vienna edition, but is absent from all further reprints. At the same time, the National Museum in Cracow defines the origination of this woodcut from the city of Mainz and dates it back to 1557, however, in the existing exemplars of the 1557 print in The Princes Czartoryski Library and The Bavarian State Library in Munich this woodcut is not present. In my article, I elucidate the artistic peculiarities of the composition of this emblem – the King’s portrait, the role of the framing of his figure with the dynastic and territorial coats of arms, and also analyse and translate the text of the 12-line poem in Latin. The poem interpreted the successes of Sigismund II, firstly, with the origins of his name from the ancient Roman princeps Octavius Augustus, and secondly, by the King’s faithfulness to the Catholic Church. Considering the appointment of Hosius as the nuncio to Vienna in 1559, the direct involvement of the bishop into the creation of this emblem is perceived as quite likely, especially in spite of Hosius’s activity in the Counter-Reformation processes in Europe. This was conducted for two purposes: in order to accomplish a specific didactic-catholic mission for Maximilian II Habsburg, as well as to promote the image of Sigismund Augustus in the international arena. In the article, the attention is focused on the ancient reminiscences, referred by the author, and the possible further research paths of the classical reception are defined in the context of early modern Europe.
Cerrahi Hemşireliğinde Hasta Bakımında Kullanılan Kuram ve Modeller
Authors: ŞİŞMAN Hamide , ARSLAN Sevban
Published: June 2020

Dinamik
bir süreç olan cerrahi hemşireliğinde, bakımı planlama, gerekli hemşirelik
yaklaşımlarını belirleme yoluyla alanda görev üstlenen hemşireler, cerrahi
hastasının bilimsel temele dayanan, profesyonel, hemşirelik bakımını
gerçekleştirir. Cerrahi ekibin, hastada beklenen hedeflere ulaşmalarında,
hemşirelerin kusursuz ve etkin fonksiyonel olmalarının yanı sıra hasta
açısından olduğu kadar cerrahi ekip açısından da güvenli ve etkili çevre
oluşturma sorumlulukları vardır. Cerrahi hemşireliğinin önemli bir bölümünü,
bilimsel temele dayalı bakım, bakımın gerçekleştirilmesine ilişkin eylemlerin
gereğini anlama, ne zaman ve nasıl başlatılacağına karar verme oluşturur.
Ayrıca, duruma uygun esneklik gerektiğinde tekniği sürdürme açısından
yaratıcılığı kullanma, güveni sürdürme, bakımın hedeflerini ve maliyeti
değerlendirme aktiviteleri önemlidir.

Mesleğe
özgü kuramlar, klinik karar verme ve analitik düşünme becerisini geliştirdiği
için mesleki otonominin kazandırılmasını, bilgi birikiminin gelişimini sağlar
ve mesleki etik değerleri destekler. Cerrahi hemşireliği, uygulamalara ilişkin
teknik beceri ile davranışların harmanlandığı, temel bir sorumluluk yüklenme,
hasta bakımını, gerçekleştirme kadar, kritik düşünmeyi de gerektiren bir
hemşirelik alanıdır. Hemşirelik girişimleri sırasında uygulanan bakım
modelinin, yeterlilikten mükemmelliğe kadar uzanan bir yelpazede bireyselliğe
odaklanmış, aile gereksinimlerini de karşılayacak biçimde planlanması gerekir.
Bu derlemede cerrahi hemşireliğinde kullanılan kuram ve modeller gözden
geçirilmiştir.
Real-Time Performance of the PLUM Earthquake Early Warning Method during the 2019 M 6.4 and 7.1 Ridgecrest, California, Earthquakes
Authors: Minson Sarah E. , Saunders Jessie K. , Bunn Julian J. , Cochran Elizabeth S. , Baltay Annemarie S. , Kilb Deborah L. , Hoshiba Mitsuyuki , Kodera Yuki
Published: June 2020

We evaluate the timeliness and accuracy of ground-motion-based earthquake early warning (EEW) during the July 2019 M 6.4 and 7.1 Ridgecrest earthquakes. In 2018, we began retrospective and internal real-time testing of the propagation of local undamped motion (PLUM) method for earthquake warning in California, Oregon, and Washington, with the potential that PLUM might one day be included in the ShakeAlert EEW system. A real-time version of PLUM was running on one of the ShakeAlert EEW system’s development servers at the time of the 2019 Ridgecrest sequence, allowing us to evaluate the timeliness and accuracy of PLUM’s warnings for the M 6.4 and 7.1 mainshocks in real time with the actual data availability and latencies of the operational ShakeAlert EEW system. The latter is especially important because high-data latencies during the M 7.1 earthquake degraded ShakeAlert’s performance. PLUM proved to be largely immune to these latencies. In this article, we present a retrospective analysis of PLUM performance and explore three potential regional alerting strategies ranging from spatially large regions (counties), to moderate-size regions (National Weather Service public forecast zones), to high-spatial specificity (50 km regular geographic grid). PLUM generated initial shaking forecasts for the two mainshocks 5 and 6 s after their respective origin times, and faster than the ShakeAlert system’s first alerts. PLUM was also able to accurately forecast shaking across southern California for all three alerting strategies studied. As would be expected, a cost-benefit analysis of each approach illustrates trade-offs between increasing warning time and minimizing the area receiving unneeded alerts. Choosing an optimal alerting strategy requires knowledge of users’ false alarm tolerance and minimum required warning time for taking protective action, as well as the time required to distribute alerts to users.
25-Second Determination of 2019 Mw 7.1 Ridgecrest Earthquake Coseismic Deformation
Authors: Melbourne Timothy I. , Szeliga Walter M. , Marcelo Santillan V. , Scrivner Craig W.
Published: June 2020

We have developed a global earthquake monitoring system based on low-latency measurements from more than 1000 existing Global Navigational Satellite System (GNSS) receivers, of which nine captured the 2019 Mw 6.4 Ridgecrest, California, foreshock and Mw 7.1 mainshock earthquakes. For the foreshock, coseismic offsets of up to 10 cm are resolvable on one station closest to the fault, but did not trigger automatic offset detection. For the mainshock, GNSS monitoring determined its coseismic deformation of up to 70 cm on nine nearby stations within 25 s of event nucleation. These 25 s comprise the fault rupture duration itself (roughly 10 s of peak moment release), another 10 s for seismic waves and displacement to propagate to nearby GNSS stations, and a few additional seconds for surface waves and other crustal reverberations to dissipate sufficiently such that coseismic offset estimation filters could reconverge. Latency between data acquisition in the Mojave Desert and positioning in Washington State averaged 1.4 s, a small fraction of the fault rupture time itself. GNSS position waveforms for the two closest stations that show the largest dynamic and static displacements agree well with postprocessed time series. Mainshock coseismic ground deformation estimated within 25 s of origin time also agrees well with, but is ∼10% smaller than, deformation estimated using 48 hr observation windows, which may reflect rapid postseismic fault creep or the cumulative effect of nearly 1000 aftershocks in the 48 hr following the mainshock. GNSS position waveform shapes, which comprise a superposition of dynamic and static displacements, are well modeled by frequency–wavenumber synthetics for the Hadley–Kanamori 1D crustal structure model and the U.S. Geological Survey finite-rupture distribution and timing. These results show that GNSS seismic monitoring performed as designed and offers a new means of rapidly characterizing large earthquakes globally.
Functional Examination of the Upper and Lower Airways in Asthma and Respiratory Allergic Diseases: Considerations in the Post–SARS-CoV-2 Era
Authors: Olaguibel JM , Alobid I , Alvarez Puebla M , Crespo-Lessmann A , Domínguez Ortega J , García-Rio F , Izquierdo-Domínguez A , Mullol J , Plaza V , Quirce S , Rojas-Lechuga MJ , Valvere-Monge M , Sastre J
Published: June 2020

Airway examination procedures can potentially transmit infectious diseases to patients and to the health care professionals who perform them via various mechanisms. The COVID-19 pandemic has halted most of the activity of the clinics and laboratories involved in assessment of lung and nasal function, and clear recommendations in this regard have been made. Today, we still do not know for sure what its consequences will be in the short or long term, since important gaps remain in our knowledge of aspects as fundamental as virus transmission mechanisms, pathophysiology, immune response, and diagnosis. In this review, we study the examination techniques used to assess patients with respiratory allergy, asthma, and associated diseases during this period and highlight their possible advantages and disadvantages. Therefore, we focus on exploring the entire upper and lower airways, from the perspective of the safety of both health professionals and patients and their specific characteristics. We also analyze the intrinsic value of these interventions in terms of diagnosis and patient management. The changing situation of COVID-19 may mean that some of the assertions presented in this review will have to be modified in the future. While we seek to ensure a consistently broad approach, some differences in operational details may apply owing to local regulations.
Nutrition status and outcome in children with acute pancreatitis
Authors: Bharti Laxmi K. , Kishun Jai , Kumar Basant
Published: June 2020

Background: AP (Acute Pancreatitis) in children is being more and more diagnosed across the world and developing nation like India. This may be because of multiple factors like better health sector developments, change in dietary and social lifestyle changes due to fast improving economy. There are lots of unknown factors also leading to increase in incidence of AP in children in developing nations like India.Methods: Five-year retrospective data of AP patients admitted Paediatric Gastroenterology department extracted. Data of 63 children collected in five years from 2012 to 2016. Anthropometric data, feeding details, liver function test (LFT) data recorded. Anthropometric data analysed with IAP growth charts. Data entered in excel sheet of window 10. Appropriate statistical data used for analysis of variables.Results: Majority of children of AP were 11-15 years age group. In 63 patients, 28 (44.4%) were undernourished, 23 (36.5%) having normal BMI, 9 (14.3%) were overweight and 3 (4.8%) were obese. Nasojejunal feeding was associated mostly in patients with severe AP. LFT were deranged mostly in cases of severe AP.Conclusions: Overweight, obese and also undernourished children were having more severe AP. Children on nasojejunal feeding (NJ) were mostly having severe AP.
The clinical study of audiologic manifestations of type 2 diabetes mellitus in association with other diabetic microvascular complications: an observational study
Authors: N. Kamalesh T. , T. Sreedevi N. , M. Rakesh B.
Published: June 2020

Background: Sensorineural hearing loss (SNHL) is a major clinical and public health problem. Diabetes mellitus (DM) is characterized by various microvascular and macrovascular complications. DM is associated with thickening of basal membrane of the stria vascularis capillaries on the lateral wall of cochlea and neuropathic changes which leads to SNHL.Methods: This is an observational study involving 160 participants grouped into diabetics and non-diabetics. DM was diagnosed using standard American Diabetes Association (ADA) criteria. All the participants were subjected to pure tone audiometry to detect SNHL which was graded into mild, moderate, severe and profound based on degree of decibel loss. The occurrence of SNHL was compared with the occurrence of microvascular complications among diabetics.Results: In our study, 34 (42.5%) cases and 8 (10%) of controls had SNHL. The occurrence of SNHL was higher among diabetics than non-diabetics (p <0.0001) with majority (88.23%) of cases having bilateral SNHL. Among diabetics, 26 (32.5%) had neuropathy, 23 (28.75%) had retinopathy, 21 (26.25%) had nephropathy. There was no statistically significant relationship between occurrence of SNHL and microvascular complications among diabetics (p=0.8614). The occurrence of SNHL correlated with the levels of HbA1c (p = 0.017). The occurrence of SNHL among diabetics was 42.5% as compared to only 10% among non-diabetics which was statistically significant. The occurrence of SNHL correlated with the levels of HbA1c among diabetics suggesting an association between DM and SNHL (p=0.017).Conclusions: There was increased occurrence of sensorineural hearing loss among the individuals with diabetes mellitus with significant relationship with the glycaemic index.
Role of demodex infestation in blepharitis and coconut oil as a treatment option
Authors: M H Sadhwini , A R Suresha
Published: June 2020

To assess incidence of demodex species, correlate ocular symptomatology, evaluate efficacy of coconut oil as treatment method in all types of blepharitis.

30 patients with anterior & mixed blepharitis, meibomian gland dysfunction & non-specific irritation were enrolled for study. History taken & examined clinically. 2 lashes/lid were sampled & mounted on slides with normal saline & observed under light microscope. Number of mites counted. Patients positive for demodex were treated with coconut oil application over lid margins & reviewed after 3 weeks.

Incidence of demodex was 40% & it increased with age. Demodex was commonly associated with meibomian gland dysfunction, non-specific irritation, madarosis, cloudy & toothpaste like meibum quality. Burning sensation and itching were common complaints. At 3rd week, all patients were symptom-free. Mite count dropped by 52.8% but were not eliminated.

Demodex infestation is often overlooked but it is associated with about half of blepharitis cases. Hence further evaluation should be considered. Coconut oil is an easily available mode of treatment & helps reduce symptoms and mite counts.
Sebaceous gland carcinoma of right lower eyelid: A case report
Authors: Pratim Roy Partha , Ahmed Tanveer , Paul Gautam , Das Prasannajit
Published: June 2020

A 50 year old lady presented to eye opd with a painless, nodular lid mass in right lower eye lid for 6 months with an aggressive growth for last 3 months. Physical examination revealed a solid mass of size about 30 mm x 30 mm x 20 mm. A complete excision of the mass with a 3mm clear margin was done along with lid reconstruction using Tanzel Flap technique. Biopsy and immunohistochemistry study revealed sebaceous cell carcinoma of right lower eye lid.
Webconferência: O que Dizem um Grupo de Alunos do Ensino Superior à Distância
Authors: Rosse Cássio Gomes , Aragon Glauca Torres , De Oliveira Maria de Fátima Alves
Published: June 2020

O número de estudantes ingressantes no Ensino Superior a distância é crescente nos últimos anos. A educação a distância (EaD) tem sido reconhecida como uma alternativa viável e significativa de formação profissional por todo o território brasileiro. Com seu crescimento, novas tecnologias da informação e comunicação foram incorporadas. Uma dessas tecnologias é a webconferência ou videotutoria, ferramenta síncrona de comunicação multimodal e multimídia. O objetivo desta pesquisa foi analisar o perfil dos estudantes que fazem uso das videotutorias e verificar suas percepções sobre a ferramenta. A metodologia utilizada nesse trabalho consistiu no levantamento de dados a partir de um questionário voltado para estudantes de um curso de Licenciatura em Ciências Biológicas, do consórcio CEDERJ. Ao todo, 207 estudantes responderam a esse instrumento de pesquisa de forma on-line, por meio do Google Forms. Os resultados indicaram que os estudantes acessam regularmente a plataforma de estudos e o fazem de suas casas. As videotutorias têm possibilitado mediação pedagógica aos estudantes que moram longe dos seus polos de apoio presencial. Os estudantes conferiram avaliações positivas as videotutorias, indicando altos níveis de compreensão e interesse nos conteúdos ministrados. Eles avaliaram positivamente os recursos utilizados pelos mediadores nesses espaços, como as figuras e linguagem, promovendo interatividade entre os usuários. A conexão não se tem mostrado um fator limitante para a maioria dos estudantes. Analisadas conjuntamente, as avaliações permitem indicar que as videotutorias representam um recurso fundamental para a promoção do processo de ensino e aprendizagem na EaD e podem ser progressivamente incorporadas a outras disciplinas ou cursos.
Palavras-chave: Ensino superior. Webconferência. Videotutoria.
What is a realist theory of law?
Authors: Leiter Brian
Published: June 2020

A “realist theory of law” has two elements: “realism” and “naturalism”. Realism in the tradition associated with Thucydides, Machiavelli, and Nietzsche aims to describe how things really are without romantic or moralizing illusions; in the legal case, we want to know what law and legal institutions are like in reality, not what we might wish them to be. Realists do not suppose that the way things are will make “moral sense” or turn out to be morally defensible. Naturalists offer explanations of legal phenomena that only invoke entities and mechanisms that figure in successful empirical sciences; naturalists, importantly, are not physicalists. Realism and naturalism about law, in the preceding senses, lead us to Hart’s positivism about legal validity;  he thesis that legal reasoning under-determines judicial decision in some range of cases; the recognition that law operates primarily outside courts; and skepticism about natural law theories as ideological delusions.
Księgozbiór biblioteki bernardynów w Łęczycy na podstawie inwentarza z 1819 roku
Authors: Stolarczyk Tomasz
Published: June 2020

Celem niniejszego artykułu jest zaprezentowanie struktury treściowej księgozbioru biblioteki bernardyńskiej w Łęczycy w początkach XIX w. oraz enumeracja najważniejszych pozycji książkowych. Uczyniono to na podstawie inwentarza bibliotecznego (Cathalogus Librorum Bibliothaecae Conuentus Lanciciensis Patrum Bernardinorum) sporządzonego 25 kwietnia 1819 r. Chcąc dokonać przeglądu zasobów łęczyckiej biblioteki bernardyńskiej pod kątem jej zawartości treściowej, należy zgrupować zapisy w inwentarzach według treści dzieł, posługując się typową dla bibliotek klasztornych klasyfikacją.
El cooperativismo agrario – primera acción del catolicismo social en España
Authors: Orella José Luis
Published: June 2020

Spóldzielczość rolnicza – pierwsza akcja katolicyzmu społecznego w Hiszpanii

Agrarny katolicyzm społeczny w Hiszpanii rozwinął się za sprawą kapłanów i pionierów europejskiego katolicyzmu, zrzeszając drobnych rolników i zapewniając szereg form pomocy, które pozwoliły uniknąć ich marginalizacji. Sukces tej organizacji posłużył później jako wsparcie dla innych inicjatyw partnerskich, takich jak prasa lub partie polityczne. Społeczny katolicyzm w Hiszpanii zaznaczył się mocno w zapobieżeniu sukcesowi ugrupowań spod znaku faszystowskiego totalitaryzmu.

El cooperativismo agrario – primera acción del catolicismo social en España

El catolicismo social agrario en España se desarrolló a iniciativa de sacerdotes y pioneros del catolicismo europeo, agrupando a pequeños agricultores y proporcionándoles una serie de servicios que impidió su proletarización. El éxito de su organización sirvió como posterior soporte a otras iniciativas asociativas como la prensa o la representatividad política. La importancia del catolicismo social en España impidió el éxito de un totalitarismo de signo fascista.
Inspiracje Cycerońskie w Marcina Kromera Monachus, sive Colloquiorum de religione […] liber I (1568:34-40)
Authors: Dziuba Agnieszka
Published: June 2020

Marcin Kromer (1512-1589), sekretarz ostatnich królów polskich z dynastii Jagiellonów – Zygmunta I Starego i Zygmunta II Augusta, biskup warmiński, był wybitnym humanistą i cenionym historiografem. Włączył się też swoim pisarstwem w polemiczno-teologiczny dialog z reformacją. W latach 1541-1544 wyszły kolejno 4 księgi anonimowych polskojęzycznych Rozmów Dworzanina z Mnichem. Głównym celem ich napisania było zniechęcenie rodaków do przechodzenia na stronę ewangelików i umocnienie w wierze katolickich Polaków. Kromer pisze o tym w łacińskich praefationes do wydania dwóch pierwszych rozmów w języku łacińskim z 1559 r. i do kompletnego wydania, noszącego tytuł Monachus, sive Colloquiorum de religione libri quattuor... z 1568 r. We wstępach pisze też o powodach stworzenia łacińskich wersji dialogów, a w wydaniu z 1568 r. wspomina o pracy z tekstem. Zarówno uwagi odautorskie, jak i staranne porównanie tekstów polskich z łacińskimi oraz łacińskich wydań między sobą pozwalają wysnuć wniosek, że łacińskie wydania dialogów nie są tłumaczeniem polskich rozmów, a poszczególne wydania colloquiorum libri... wykazują zmiany zarówno w warstwie merytorycznej, jak i stylistycznej. Właśnie ta ostatnia jest przedmiotem analizy zamieszczonej w artykule. Fragment opisujący zamieszki i wojny religijne (głównie wojnę ze Związkiem Szmalkaldzkim) wykazuje wyraźne inspiracje stylem mów Cycerona. Analiza wybranych zdań z fragmentu pierwszej rozmowy z pierwszej księgi dostarcza dowodów na to, że Kromer świadomie korzystał ze środków retorycznych i ich połączeń używanych przez Cycerona w jego mowach (np. De imperio Cn. Pompei, Pro Caelio) oraz na wzór Arpinaty łączył istotne dla omawianej treści wyrazy. Analizowany passus zdaje się najbardziej obfitować w figury stylistyczne w całym liczącym ponad 1000 stron dziele Kromera. Jest również znakomitą ilustracją umiejętności retorycznych biskupa warmińskiego. Z tego też względu zasługuje na uwagę badaczy szesnastowiecznej prozy polsko-łacińskiej.
Apoteoza godła heraldycznego biskupa Józefa Marcelego Dzięcielskiego (1768-1839) w łacińskich wierszach herbowych w rubrycelach lubelskich
Authors: Strycharczuk Agnieszka , Marczewski Jarosław R.
Published: June 2020

Przedstawiony w niniejszym artykule zbiór trzynastu łacińskich wierszy herbowych poświęcony jest biskupowi Józefowi Marcelemu Dzięcielskiemu. Był on pasterzem diecezji lubelskiej w latach 1825-1839. Wiersze na herby znane są w obiegu literackim od XV wieku. Te, które pojawiają się w rubrycelach, są rzadko analizowane i tłumaczone. Dzieje się tak ze względu na elitarny charakter tych druków użytkowych, docelowo kierowanych do duchowieństwa danej diecezji. Warto przedstawić je szerszemu gronu odbiorców, ponieważ stanowią one także element dorobku literackiego epoki. Artykuł i analizowane w nim utwory przybliżają postać biskupa Józefa Marcelego Dzięcielskiego, jego herb i posługę.
Changes in daily life reduce indoor exposure to selected endocrine disruptors in the home environment: a pilot intervention study
Authors: Rutkowska Aleksandra , Olsson Aleksandra , Piotrowska-Szypryt Monika , Namieśnik Jacek
Published: June 2020

Increasing prevalence of lifestyle diseases raised global awareness about health consequences of human exposure to endocrine disruptors (EDs): synthetic chemicals that mimic natural hormones and affect the biochemical and endocrine balance. As home environment is one of the main sources of the exposure to xenobiotics – especially for pregnant women, infants and young children – health organizations emphasize the need of implementing lifestyle changes to protect human health and child development. The aim of this study was to evaluate the effectiveness of introducing changes in daily life in lowering the exposure to selected EDs in the indoor home environment. Twenty-six healthy volunteers from 9 households from Gdansk (Poland) were enrolled and their home- and lifestyle-related exposure to EDs was analyzed using a designed questionnaire and algorithm. Urine and dust samples were collected before and after introducing the recommended lifestyle changes. The concentrations of selected EDs in the samples were determined using liquid chromatography-electrospray ionization tandem mass spectrometry (LC-ESI-MS/MS). This pilot study confirmed the ubiquity of harmful chemicals in the home environment and the importance of exposure related to a daily routine. Importantly, it proved that lifestyle modifications implemented by participants led to a significant decrease in both, their home-related exposure to EDs, as well as in urine concentrations of these chemicals. It also demonstrated a need for determining EDs exposure and introducing lifestyle changes as a useful tool for prevention of lifestyle-related diseases.
Comparative Study of Properties of New Packing Materials Based on Polyvinyl Chloride with Various Additives
Authors: Sibirtsev V.S. , Danilova K.V. , Uspenskaya M.V. , Ivanov A.Yu. , Shishlyannikov S.M. , Kostin A.A. , Nepomnyschij A.P.
Published: June 2020

New methods is described for assessing the resistance of packaging and other materials to destruction caused by the action of various factors (such as mechanical stress, moisture, and the vital activity of microorganisms etc.). This method include comparing the strength of samples of the studied materials (SSM), determined before and after 9-day incubation of SSM in liquid nutrient medium (NM) with and without test microorganisms (TM) by day-to-day replacement of 40 vol. % NM on steril medium. Resistance to various types of degradation of a number of new polymer materials based on polyvinyl chloride (PVC) with the addition of 0 to 30 mass. % starch, pectin, polyhydroxybutyrate and bentonite was investigated by the method described. The effect of SSM on the growth and metabolic activity in liquid NM of Lactobacillus acidophilus was also studied (according to the dynamics of changes in the elastic light scattering intensity, pH, and electrical conductivity of NM during the first 9 hours of its incubation in the presence of SSM and TM). As a result, it was shown that if it is necessary to increase the overall degradability of such materials (including biodegradability), it is better to use from 5 to 10 mass. % starch as additives to their PVC base. If it is necessary to increase the biodegradability of such materials, it is better to use from 5 to 10 mass. % polyhydroxybutyrate as additives to their PVC base. Аnd if it is necessary to increase the biostability of constructed PVC-materials, it is better to use from 5 to 15 mass .% bentonite as additives to their PVC base.
Electrical and Electronic Equipment Waste Management Problems
Authors: Fayustov A.A. , Gureev P.M.
Published: June 2020

The article discusses the consequences of the development of the economy, processes and services, expressed in a sharp increase in the number of operating electronic equipment, which directly leads to an increase in the generated volumes of waste electrical and electronic equipment (WEEE) and the problems of their disposal. Various types of electronic equipment containing substances that constitute a serious threat to the ecology and human health, especially with improper disposal, are analyzed. The existing foreign and domestic experience in the field of electronic waste disposal is considered. The system of recycling electronic waste adopted in the EU countries and regulatory documents operating abroad and in the Russian Federation was studied. Practical recommendations are proposed for creating a real WEEE management system taking into account the actual situation in Russia and world experience in this area.
Embedded Librarianship is Not Well Understood by Librarians at Chinese Universities, but Represents a Promising Service Model
Authors: Logan Judith
Published: June 2020

A Review of:

Sun, H., Liu, Y., Wang, Z., & Zuo, W. (2019). Embedded librarianship in China: Based on a survey of university libraries. The Library Quarterly, 89(1), 53–66. https://doi.org/10.1086/700663

Abstract

Objective – To determine the extent to which embedded librarianship is understood and implemented with a focus on service models, best practices, and barriers.

Design – Survey questionnaire with follow up interviews.

Setting – Provincial and ministerial university libraries in China.

Subjects – Subject or liaison librarians from the 84 institutions with science and technology “information searching and evaluation centres” called S&TNS (p. 56).

Methods – The authors identified potential participants through the eligible institutions’ library websites or by contacting the library’s managers. Then they randomly selected three librarians (n = 252) from each library to be invited to participate. 56 responded from 41 unique institutions. When respondents indicated that their library had embedded library services, the authors contacted them for follow up interviews.

Main results – Results of the questionnaire revealed that most respondents were unclear about the concept of embedded librarianship with many mistaking traditional models of librarianship as embedded. Roughly half (n = 21) of respondents reported embedded librarians at their institution.

Follow up interviews revealed five models of embeddedness: (1) subject librarianship, (2) teaching information retrieval or library orientation sessions, (3) participation in research teams, (4) co-location with academic departments, and (5) assisting university administration with decision-making. Only half of these libraries (n = 11) conducted some form of assessment.

Conclusion – Embedded librarianship is a promising, but not yet widely adopted model in Chinese university libraries. More should be done to advocate for its implementation or libraries risk obsolescence.
A dinâmica do léxico: a neologia de empréstimos no contexto da publicidade
Authors: Contiero Elza
Published: June 2020

A influência da globalização e da tecnologia sobre o léxico das línguas é inegável, logo, a inserção de estrangeirismos cada vez mais recorrentes no português brasileiro merece um espaço de reflexão. Atualmente, o inglês é o idioma do qual promana a maior parte dos empréstimos lexicais absorvidos pelo português brasileiro. Tal fenômeno pode ser evidenciado pela ampla manifestação de estrangeirismos lexicais nos canais midiáticos ligados à comunicação e à informação. O objetivo deste trabalho é fazer uma análise dos estrangeirismos lexicais extraídos de textos publicitários, veiculados em revistas cujo público-alvo é o juvenil. Os estrangeirismos coletados dizem respeito à neologia de empréstimos e, para identificá-los como tais, foi adotado o critério lexicográfico, de registro dicionarístico; isto é, aqui será considerado estrangeirismo a unidade léxica originária de uma língua estrangeira, em pleno uso no português brasileiro, mas que ainda não está dicionarizada.