bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
SOROPREVALÊNCIA DO VÍRUS DA INFLUENZA EQUINA NO MUNICÍPIO DE URUARÁ, PA, BRASIL, AMAZÔNIA ORIENTAL
Authors: Heinemann M.B. , Cortez A. , Lara M.C.C.S.H. , Cunha E.M.S. , Nassar A.F.C. , Villalobos E.M.C. , Ferreira Neto J.S. , Homem V.S.F. , Ferreira F.
Published: June 2021

RESUMO O objetivo do presente trabalho foi estimar a soroprevalência de anticorpos contra o vírus da influenza equina utilizando como unidades de análise os equídeos e as propriedades rurais do tipo familiar do Município de Uruará, PA. A presença de anticorpos contra o vírus da influenza equina A/Eq1/SP/56 (H7N7) e A/Eq2/SP/1/85 (H3N8) foi avaliada pela técnica de inibição da hemaglutinação (HI). O tamanho da amostra foi estimado a partir de um total de 2.069 propriedades, caracterizadas por agricultura familiar e ausência de vacinações contra qualquer enfermidade específica dos equídeos. Foi adotado o nível de confiança de 90%, com precisão de 15% e prevalência estimada de 50%. As seguintes prevalências de animais soro reagentes para os diferentes vírus foram observadas: 55,6% (45/81) (IC 49,8 a 61,3) para o vírus A/Eq1/SP/56 (H7N7) e 76,5% (62/81) (IC 70,7 a 82,3) para o vírus A/Eq2/SP/1/85 (H3N8). Todas as propriedades apresentaram pelo menos um animal soropositivo para os dois subtipos virais. Conclui-se que ambos os subtipos (H3N8 e H7N7) do vírus da influenza equina estavam circulando entre os equídeos e presentes em todas as propriedades estudadas no Município de Uruará, PA, Brasil, Amazônia Oriental, no ano de 1998.
AVALIAÇÃO DO MÉTODO DE ASPIRAÇÃO NA COLHEITA DE CÉREBRO DE MORCEGOS PARA DIAGNÓSTICO DA RAIVA
Authors: Gonçales J.F. , Carvalho C. , Pedro W.A. , Queiroz L.H.
Published: June 2021

RESUMO O diagnóstico laboratorial da raiva em morcegos é realizado utilizando-se, principalmente, o cérebro do animal suspeito. O objetivo do presente trabalho foi testar a hipótese de que o método de aspiração com pipeta plástica (tipo Pasteur) é eficaz na obtenção de cérebro de morcegos para a realização do diagnóstico comparado com o método tradicional de abertura de crânio. Para tanto, estudaram-se quatro espécies diferentes de morcegos, Molossus rufus E. Geoffroy, 1805, Molossus molossus (Pallas, 1766), Artibeus lituratus (Olfers,1818) e Myotis nigricans (Schinz, 1821), totalizando 200 amostras. A quantidade de cérebro obtida pelo método tradicional foi significativamente maior, contudo, o material colhido pela aspiração foi suficiente para a execução do diagnóstico da doença e não danificou nenhum dos caracteres biométricos do crânio. Ambos os métodos detectaram indivíduos positivos, sendo que o método de aspiração teve a vantagem de preservar o crânio possibilitando melhor identificação das espécies.
PRATICANDO E ENSINANDO MEDICINA NA COMUNIDADE: A ASSISTÊNCIA MÉDICA
Authors: Faleiros José Justino , Piccini Roberto Xavier , Gigante Amilcar G. , Neutzling Marilda Borges
Published: June 2021

Resumo: Neste trabalho, descreve-se a organização de uma clínica de atenção primária à saúde. Quatro programas foram planejados para atender às necessidades médicas de 2300 pessoas, realizando-se 3,4 contatos/ano per capita. Estes contatos, para fins operacionais, estão organizados em distintos programas: clínica da mulher; puericultura; hipertensão arterial sistêmica (HAS) e atendimento a doenças agudas, doenças crônicas, excetuada a HAS, e a pacientes terminais. As diferentes cargas de trabalho desses programas sugerem que os contatos iniciados por pacientes são o fulcro em que se baseiam as ações da atenção primária à saúde. Para operação destes programas, contamos com uma equipe de saúde constituída por médicos, nutricionista e auxiliares de saúde. Esta operação, não só proporcionou a organização de nossa clínica, como também nos permitiu iniciar duas outras atividades fundamentais da atenção médica: (a) avaliar a produção dos diferentes setores da clínica; (b) estimar a cobertura que ações específicas alcançam na população-alvo.
Effects of drying methods on the physicochemical properties and antioxidant capacity of Kuini powder
Authors: Shuen Gan Wei , Yi Lew Yan , Ying Thor Sing , Von Germaine Chng Yu , Yusof Yus Aniza Binti , Phing Pui Liew
Published: June 2021

Abstract Kuini powders were obtained through spray-drying, freeze-drying, vacuum oven drying and convection oven drying. Colour, water activity (Aw), moisture content, hygroscopicity, wettability, flowability, degree of caking, water solubility index (WSI), total colour change, total phenolic content and total carotenoid content of Kuini powders were determined and compared. Convection oven drying resulted in the highest yield (46.97%), moisture content (4.91%), Aw (0.55) and WSI (74.33%) among all the drying methods. However, convection oven-dried Kuini powder had the lowest hygroscopicity and wettability, which were 18.66% and 12.04 s, respectively. Spray drying resulted in poor hygroscopicity (22.41%), degree of caking (22.16%), wettability (275s), WSI (45.67%) and higher colour change (59.81). Least total colour change (19.05) and higher yellowness (57.31) were observed in freeze-drying. In addition, freeze-dried Kuini powder had the highest total phenolic content (24.76 mg/100 g) and total carotenoid content (1.61 mg/100 g). Drying temperature had a negative and significant correlation with the retention of color pigments and antioxidant content. The physicochemical properties and antioxidant content of freeze-dried Kuini powder were preferred over spray-dried, vacuum oven-dried and convection oven-dried powders. Hence, freeze-drying offers potential application in the food products.
Molecular cytogenetics insights in two pelagic big-game fishes in the Atlantic, the tarpon, Megalops atlanticus (Elopiformes: Megalopidae), and the sailfish, Istiophorus platypterus (Istiophoriformes: Istiophoridae)
Authors: Soares Rodrigo Xavier , da Costa Gideão Wagner Werneck Félix , Cioffi Marcelo de Bello , Bertollo Luiz Antonio Carlos , Motta-Neto Clóvis Coutinho da , Molina Wagner Franco
Published: June 2021

Abstract Some pelagic and usually large sized fishes are preferential targets for sport and commercial fishing. Despite their economic importance, cytogenetic data on their evolutionary processes and management are very deficient, especially due to logistical difficulties. Here, information for two of such charismatic species, the tarpon, Megalops atlanticus (Elopiformes: Megalopidae), and the sailfish, Istiophorus platypterus (Istiophoriformes: Istiophoridae), both with a wide Atlantic distribution, were provided. Cytogenetic data were obtained using conventional methods (Giemsa staining, Ag-NORs technique, and C-banding), base-specific fluorochrome staining and fluorescence in situ hybridization (FISH) with rDNA probes. Megalops atlanticus has 2n = 50 chromosomes, all acrocentric ones (NF = 50), while Istiophorus platypterus has 2n = 48 chromosomes, 2m + 2st + 44a (NF = 52). Megalops atlanticus populations from the South Atlantic and Caribbean share identical karyotypic patterns, likely associated with gene flow between them. In turn, I. platypterus presents karyotype similarities with phylogenetically close groups, such as Carangidae. The chromosomal characteristics of these species highlight their independent evolutionary paths. Additionally, the current data contribute to knowledge of new aspects of pelagic fish fauna and will support further comparative studies with congeneric species, clarifying evolutionary karyotype trends of these fish groups.
Redescription of the Rio skate Rioraja agassizii (Rajiformes: Arhynchobatidae) with notes on internal anatomy and intraspecific variation
Authors: Soares Karla D. A. , Moreira Renan A. , Gomes Ulisses L.
Published: June 2021

Abstract Rioraja agassizii belongs to the monotypic genus Rioraja and differs from the other Riorajini species of the genus Atlantoraja by the shape of anterior nasal flap, squamation, clasper skeleton, body measurements and color pattern. Although R. agassizii is a well-known species, commonly captured in inshore waters of the southwestern Atlantic, its external morphology and internal anatomy have never been fully described and little is known on intraspecific variation within the species. Juvenile and adult, male and female specimens were examined, measured and dissected. Herein, we redescribe the species and present detailed descriptions and illustrations of external morphology, neurocranium, jaws, hyoid and gill arches, and pelvic fin and girdle. Additionally, notes on sexual dimorphism and ontogenetic differences in coloration, body and cranial measurements, and dermal denticles are provided.
A QUALIDADE DOS PRIVILÉGIOS PATENTÁRIOS CONCEDIDOS NO BRASIL SOB A ÓTICA DAS AÇÕES JUDICIAIS DE NULIDADE DE PATENTES
Authors: Garcez Júnior Sílvio Sobral , Eloy Bruno Ramos , Santos João Antonio Belmino dos
Published: June 2021

Resumo Para que as patentes possam ser utilizadas como mola propulsora da inovação, da competitividade e do progresso tecnológico, é necessário que o sistema opere com eficiência e qualidade. Há pesquisas que constataram que o Instituto Nacional de Propriedade Industrial (INPI) não tem cumprido o mandamento constitucional da eficiência, haja vista o crônico atraso na análise de pedidos de patentes, que supera e muito a razoabilidade. O presente artigo se propõe a avançar em direção distinta e ainda pouco explorada. Seu objetivo é estudar o rigor do sistema patentário brasileiro no tocante às análises dos pedidos de patente para verificar se há nele uma crise de qualidade. Em caso positivo, esse achado reforçaria a necessidade de revisão do sistema, de modo que sua finalidade mediata (promoção do desenvolvimento econômico, social e tecnológico do país) possa ser alcançada. A literatura aponta que uma forma de avaliar a qualidade de um sistema patentário é determinar a taxa com que as decisões técnicas tomadas pelo escritório de patentes são contestadas na esfera jurídica. No Brasil, toda ação de nulidade de patente deve ser anotada na Revista de Propriedade Industrial (RPI) do INPI. Com base nessas informações, foi possível realizar uma investigação empírica inédita sobre a qualidade dos privilégios patentários concedidos no país. Sob a ótica deste trabalho, a qualidade da patente foi analisada sob o ponto de vista da observância legal dos critérios de patenteabilidade. Trata-se de uma pesquisa descritiva e explicativa, com caráter qualitativo e quantitativo, a qual se utilizou do método empírico e indutivo.
Polyethyleneimine-modified magnetite prepared without a base to remove Congo red in water
Authors: Liu Yu , Gan Ying , Zhao Cong , Xie Maoqiong , Gu Dongxu , Shuai Shirong , Zhu Hongyu , Hao Jianyuan
Published: June 2021

Polyethyleneimine-modified magnetite (Fe3O4@PEI) with excellent stability within a wide pH range in aqueous solution was synthesized by only one-step coprecipitation in the absence of other bases. PEI was used as the precipitant and the stabilizer. The preparation condition was optimized, and the role of PEI was also clarified. The crystallization process of magnetite only in the presence of PEI was different from others with ammonia solution added as a base. The adsorption behavior of Fe3O4@PEI on anionic dyes, including methyl blue, orange I and Congo red (CR), was studied. Highly efficient adsorption of CR was observed within a wide pH range (2–10). Saturated adsorption could be achieved within 10 min. The isotherm and kinetics revealed the multimolecular layer chemisorption of CR. After the fourth cycle, the adsorption efficiency of CR was still above 98%. This research provided a very simple method for removing CR in aqueous solution with high efficiency.
Pharmacy Duty Scheduling Problem: Gumushane Case
Authors: ŞİMŞEK Ahmet Bahadır , MERDANE Seher , BELİNDİR Aydanur , AKBAŞ Ayşenur
Published: June 2021

In the Turkish Healthcare System, pharmacies are an important echelon of the drug supply chain. The pharmacy on duty practice ensures that the demand for drugs and similar medical supplies is met 24/7. The duty pharmacy scheduling problem aims to satisfy the customers and the pharmacists without violating the regulations while determining the duty sequence of the pharmacies in a certain planning period. This study handles the duty pharmacy scheduling problem of Gümüşhane City Center where 13 pharmacies operate. In the current system, the representative pharmacist prepares the duty schedule manually. The planning period is divided into subsets, and pharmacies are assigned to the duties in each subset respectively in such the number of duties of each pharmacy in the subsets is as equal as possible. The managerial problem of the case is that the duty frequency of each pharmacy is variable in the manual schedule and pharmacists perceive this as an unfairness. Because pharmacists expect to be on duty 1 in 13 days. We propose a mathematical model that adopts the fixed duty frequency and the inheritance of duty distribution. We test the model according to the 2020 calendar and compare model results with the real duty schedule belong to 2020 using the 2019 distribution of pharmacies. The comparison and test results show that the duties are distributed as fairly as possible and the turn of each pharmacy is repeated once every 13 days. The contribution of this study is that it introduces innovative components to the pharmacy duty scheduling problem, offers practical policy recommendations, and provides a case-specific example to limited PDS literature.
Representation of Suffering in the Vocabulary of the Dialect Language Personality of a Siberian Peasant Woman
Authors:   Tomsk State University (Tomsk, Russian Federation), Vasilchenko Anna A.
Published: June 2021

The article examines the semantic field “suffering” that represents a fragment of the emotional and sensual existence of a language personality. The linguopersonological research based on the material of the idiolectal vocabulary of Vera Vershinina, a Siberian old resident, continues the comprehensive description of a dialect language personality made by Tomsk dialectologists. The research sources are A Complete Dictionary of a Dialect Language Personality edited by E.V. Ivantsova, transcripts of the informant’s speech made through participation in the linguistic existence of the speaker. The article focuses on 52 lexical and phraseological units. The research aims to describe a fragment of an individual linguistic worldview representing suffering. The view on the research object develops in the following way: word – definition – examples represented in the dictionary – text – idiolectal discourse. At the first stage of the research, the lexical and phraseological units are divided into seven functional semantic classes (FSC) according to the categorial lexical seme uniting them. The researcher examines the numerical composition of each class, the linguistic features of its elements (presence of figurative units, features of the use of the examined words). The most developed is the FSC of emotional state, since suffering is perceived as a long and deep feeling caused by a certain reason, but infinite. Classes of emotional impact and receiving the emotional state characterize suffering as a feeling hurting physically, exhausting with its length and intensity. A large number of units with the semantics of weeping in the FSC of external expression of emotions can indicate that the informant replaces reflection with a detailed description of external manifestations of suffering. Classes of emotional characterization and attitude show the informant as a person deeply empathetic to the grief of others. The last FSC demonstrates that names of the feeling and the situation causing this feeling coexist in one unit, which is typical for representatives of the folk speech culture. At the second stage of the research, the author describes the most frequent situations associated with the actualization of the semantic field “suffering” in the informant’s speech. These situations include: disease or death; disability caused by an injury; difficult living conditions, etc. It corresponds to the core values of the traditional peasant culture: life and health of a person, wealth, stability of a family’s life. The material shows that, for the dialect speaker, suffering is one of the dominants of reality, a constant of everyday life fully accepted by the speaker. However, the informant does not ignore other people in her grief, she is empathetic towards their life because of such personal qualities as optimism and spiritual power.
China in the Perception of Fyodor Dostoevsky
Authors:   Tomsk State University (Tomsk, Russian Federation), Ponkratova Ekaterina M. , Tarakanova Daria A. ,   Tomsk State University (Tomsk, Russian Federation)
Published: June 2021

The aim of the study is to form a holistic image of China as presented in the artistic and journalistic works of Fyodor Dostoevsky. The article examines the issue of China’s place in Dostoevsky’s works and its special significance for the formation of a holistic picture of the writer’s world. A broad historical and cultural background is presented, showing the relevance of Dostoevsky’s views on Chinese issues. Despite the existence of works devoted to the Chinese issue in the writer’s work, the issue of the place and significance of China in the writer’s heritage has not yet been resolved. For the first time, a number of fragments are introduced into academic discourse that reveal Chinese problems in the writer’s works. The imagological concept unfolds on the broad material of the entire body of Dostoevsky’s texts, bringing the scholarly apparatus of research to a new level. The article uses the following works: White Nights, Humiliated and Insulted, The Village of Stepanchikovo, The House of the Dead, The Idiot, Crime and Punishment, The Possessed, The Brothers Karamazov, the poem “On European Events in 1854”, A Writer’s Diary, preparatory materials for A Writer’s Diary, notebooks of 1864 and 1865. It is concluded that the understanding of the Chinese theme is in harmony with the general journalistic trends of the second half of the 19th century, on the one hand; on the other hand, the unique place of China in Dostoevsky’s creative mind is emphasized. A clear structure of the constituents that form the writer’s idea of China is proposed. China is considered in several significant aspects. China is a symbol of the alien and the distant. China is like a set of clichés and a fashion for Chinese household items. China is a real threat to the outskirts of Russia, Siberia. These positions are consistently analyzed in the article. The article also analyzes the Chinese attributes found in different works by Dostoevsky, demonstrates the writer’s acquaintance with the clichéd idea of China. The position of understanding China as a symbol of the alien and the distant is considered in detail. The article shows how the author imposes the realities of Chinese statehood and the principles of organizing society on Russian reality based on the key theme of chaos and disorder. Particular attention is paid to the perception of China as a real threat to the outskirts of Russia. In considering this aspect, Dostoevsky’s geopolitical ideas about the place and role of Siberia in the issue of the revival of Russia are touched upon. The need to expand the understanding of the specifics of Dostoevsky’s Asian views is shown by including a detailed analysis of China and the Asian outskirts of Russia, which undoubtedly are part of the writer’s circle of special reflections on the role and mission of Russia.
A Experiência Negra de Ranqueamento Social na Uber: Uma Reflexão Racializada da Vigilância Contemporânea
Authors: Evangelo Naiara Silva , Oliveira Fátima Cristina Regis Martins de
Published: June 2021

Este estudo analisa a experiência de ranqueamento social de usuários e motoristas negros da empresa de transporte privado Uber, na cidade do Rio de janeiro, Brasil. Com os olhares voltados para a vivência e para o sistema de avaliação da empresa, observa-se como a experiência aparece na lógica contemporânea da vigilância. A partir de discussões e observações realizadas em pesquisa exploratória, o estudo questiona: na ambiência da Uber, com mecanismos de vigilância de dados em operação, de que modo os negros estão vivenciando a lógica social de ranqueamento? A cartografia foi a metodologia escolhida para o estudo, considerando a possibilidade de acompanhar processos e sua aposta na experimentação, com procedimentos flexíveis de produção de dados, bem como o seu caráter pesquisa-intervenção (Escóssia et al., 2009). Assim, o objetivo principal da pesquisa é investigar essa vivência com o intuito de ampliar a análise da vigilância contemporânea com um recorte racializado e entre os objetivos específicos pretende-se romper com o silenciamento e a invisibilidade de perspectivas teóricas negras (Ribeiro, 2017). O arcabouço teórico do estudo será dividido em dois eixos: estudo das relações raciais e os estudos de vigilância. Percebemos, assim, que na era do big data a discriminação pode aparecer de forma oculta, pois as tecnologias performam uma falsa neutralidade, o que acelera e cria discriminações ainda mais profundas (Benjamin, 2019).
Jornalismo em Contexto de Crise Sanitária: Representações da Profissão e Expectativas dos Jornalistas
Authors: Camponez Carlos , Oliveira Madalena
Published: June 2021

As dificuldades económicas das empresas mediáticas, as derrapagens ético-deontológicas, o progresso tecnológico e a globalização dos fluxos de informação têm sido encarados como os principais fatores da crise contemporânea do jornalismo. Com repercussões nas condições de trabalho e na imagem pública dos jornalistas, estas variáveis são, no entanto, apenas a face mais visível das ameaças a uma atividade que tem, segundo Nelson Traquina (2002), uma relação simbiótica com a democracia. Na extensão destas circunstâncias económicas, sociais e culturais estão também as expectativas dos próprios profissionais. Numa ocupação tantas vezes descrita como apaixonante, a situação profissional parece ser cada vez menos gratificante, não só pela diminuição das oportunidades de trabalho, com redações cada vez mais esvaziadas, mas também pela falta de perspetiva de progressão na carreira. Este é um dos resultados do “Estudo Sobre os Efeitos do Estado de Emergência no Jornalismo no Contexto da Pandemia Covid-19”, realizado entre maio e junho de 2020. Com um enfoque particular na leitura das expectativas dos jornalistas, neste artigo analisamos as representações simbólicas de uma profissão que fundou a sua legitimidade social numa ideia de serviço público. A partir de estudos acerca da profissão e das suas representações, procurámos encontrar respostas para compreender a razão pela qual a aceitação da precarização e o abandono da profissão podem ser entendidos, ainda assim, como lugares de resistência.
Digital plant: methods of discrete-event modeling and optimization of production characteristics
Authors: Makarov Valery , Bakhtizin Albert , Beklaryan Gayane , Akopov Andranik
Published: June 2021

This article presents a new approach to the development of a ‘digital twin’ of a manufacturing enterprise, using a television manufacturing plant as the case study. The feature of the proposed approach is the use of hybrid methods of agent-based modeling and discrete-event simulation in order to implement a simulation model of a complex production process for assembling final products from supplied components. The most important requirement for such a system is the integration of all key chains of a digital plant: conveyor lines, warehouses with components and final products (TVs), sorting and conveyor system, assembly unit, technical control department, packing unit, etc. The proposed simulation model is implemented in the AnyLogic system, which supports the possibility of using agent-based and discrete-event modeling methods within one model. The system also supports using the built-in genetic algorithm to optimize the main parameters of the model: the most important production characteristics (for example, assembly time of a product, the number of employees involved in assembly, quality control and packaging processes). Optimization experiments were completed with the help of the developed model at various intensities of loading conveyor lines with components, various restrictions on labor resources, etc. Three scenarios of the production system behavior are investigated: the absence of the components deficit with the possibility of significantly increasing the labor resource involved, a components deficit while demand for final products is maintained, and the presence of hard restrictions on the number of employees who can be involved in the processes under conditions of components deficit.
cDNA library preparation from total RNA extracts of Single-cell marine protists (e.g. Acantharia, Strombidium basimorphum, and Prymnesium parvum) for transcriptome sequencing v2
Authors: Mansour Joost , Anestis Konstantinos , Not Fabrice , John Uwe
Published: June 2021

Many marine protists are not culturable and therefore challenging to study, nonetheless, they are essential in all marine ecosystems. The development of single-cell techniques is allowing for more marine protists to be studied. Such genomic approaches aim to help to disentangle heterotrophic processes such as phagotrophy from osmotrophy and phototrophic-induced anabolic activities. This information will then support cellular and metabolic modeling by better elucidating the physiological mechanisms and quantifying their importance in different scenarios. However, single-cell protocols and low input RNA kits for transcriptomics are usually made for and tested with mammalian cells, as such the feasibility and efficiency of single-cell transcriptomics on highly diverse mixotrophic protists is not always known. Often single-cell transcriptomics of microbial eukaryotes shows low transcript recovery rates and large variability. We report on transcriptomic methods that we have successfully performed on single cells of Acantharia, Strombidium basimorphum, and Prymnesium parvum. This protocol follows up after total RNA extraction (from the protocol at dx.doi.org/10.17504/protocols.io.bp6xmrfn) to prepare cDNA libraries for Illumina sequencing. The described protocol uses the SMART-Seq4 kit (Takara #634891) for cDNA synthesis and amplification, but this can also be successfully performed with the NEBNext kit (NEB #E6421). The NEBNext kit protocol is very similar to the protocol described here and generally the manufacture's protocol can be followed but see the notes at step 4 and step 18 of this protocol, and do the final elution after cDNA purification in 10 mM Tris (pH 8.0). The subsequent cDNA library is prepared following the .
Copy of NEBNext® ARTIC SARS-CoV-2 Library Prep Kit (Illumina®)(NEB #E7650S/L)Express Protocol without PCR Bead Cleanup v1
Authors: Gautreau Isabel
Published: June 2021

This protocol details methods for the NEBNext® ARTIC SARS-CoV-2 Library Prep Kit (Illumina®), NEB #E7650S/L 24/96 reactions, express protocol. This protocol does not include a cleanup step for each sample after cDNA synthesis and ligation. Performing the cleanup step creates libraries with higher yields and less likelihood for adaptor dimer. Skipping these steps reduces hands on time, but may require an extra cleanup at the end of library prep of the pooled sample and we have added an extra PCR cycle.
Autologous Whole Blood Injection For COVID-19 Can Reduce Cytokine Storm and Severity of Illness
Authors:   Consultant Anesthetist, Shifa Hospitals, Tirunelveli, Tamil Nadu, India, Christopher M. , Brewin C. Jerriton ,   Final year Post Graduate in M.D (DVL), Sri Venkateshwaraa Medical College Hospital and Research Centre, Pondicherry, India, Babu Ramesh ,   Head of Department of Microbiology, Panimalar Medical College, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India, Arafath M. Mohamed ,   M.D (General Medicine), Medical Director, Shifa Hospital, Tirunelveli, Tamil Nadu, India, Auspas J. ,   Assistant Professor, Department of General Medicine, Coimbatore Medical College, Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu, India, Tiruvalavan S R ,   M.D. (Pharmacology)., M.B.A Lead Clinical Research, Shanmuga Hospital, Salem, Tamil Nadu, India
Published: June 2021

Autologous whole blood injection is used for various indications. It has an immunomodulatory actionon the immune system. A randomized controlled two-arm study was conducted to determine IL-6levels, CT changes and mortality among adult COVID-19 patients. The trial included 30 patientsdivided into two groups. The interventional group received 2 doses of 2.5 ml of autologous wholeblood injection spaced 2 days apart. There was a statistically significant reduction in IL-6 levels onday 6 in the group receiving treatment. CT score improved in patients who received treatment. Nocases of mortality were reported in the treatment group. Autologous whole blood injection can beused as a simple, low-cost adjuvant in the treatment of adult COVID-19 patients, regardless ofdisease severity.
Multicriteria analysis of the quality of teaching process in higher education: how to evaluate implementation of critical thinking
Authors: Hell Marko , Knezevic Ante , Babic Zoran
Published: June 2021

One of the main goals of any higher education system is developing students’ critical thinking. Critical thinking contributes to decision-making and problem-solving skills, whether for professional or personal purposes. Teaching, on the other hand, has been largely influenced by new information technologies which have changed some of the related concepts and tools. The quality of the teaching process is multidimensional which is why no single unit of its measurement has been developed yet, in spite of numerous surveys that have collected massive amounts of information from the existing practice. The aim of this paper is to establish the most appropriate higher education quality measure, which would consist of all relevant indicators from different aspects, including implementation of critical thinking in the teaching process, weighting by two main groups of participants in the process - teachers and students. Multicriteria decision-making has been recognised as a suitable framework for achieving this goal. In fact, the problem of measuring teaching staff performance could be set up as a classical problem of multicriteria decision-making. With this approach the quality of teaching process should be simultaneously estimated by n quality assurance criteria and in accordance with those criteria m alternatives (professors) would be ranked or estimated.
Does financial behavior mediate the relationship between self-control and financial security?
Authors: Vukovic Marija , Pivac Snjezana
Published: June 2021

People have different financial behavior depending on their psychological characteristics, which can reflect their financial security. Self-control is also an important predictor of financial security. People with greater self-control are more likely to save money and less likely to get into debt. Therefore, they are more secure and satisfied with their financial situation. This paper explores whether good self-control directly affects financial security or if its impact comes indirectly through good financial behavior. For the purposes of the research, a survey analysis was designed and applied to a sample of 494 respondents. Structural equation modeling was used for testing the research hypothesis. The results confirmed that there is a significant mediating effect of financial behavior on the relationship between self-control and financial security. The research contributes to a better understanding of financial behavior predictors among individuals with different psychological characteristics. Future research should also include testing for differences between various demographic groups of people in the impact of self-control on financial behavior and security.
antecedentes de los diccionarios de lingüística: el Vocabulario gramatical de la lengua castellana (1870) de P. F. Monlau
Authors: Calero Vaquera María Luisa
Published: June 2021

El Vocabulario gramatical de la lengua castellana de P. F. Monlau, publicado en 1870 en Madrid, aparte de ser el primer diccionario de lingüística de la tradición española que conocemos, es una obra poliédrica y, por tanto, de difícil clasificación en los esquemas metalexicográficos: por muy diferentes razones que iremos desarrollando en seguida, pero que se resumen en que, además de una selección de términos gramaticales (= lingüísticos), el Vocabulario (a) ofrece a sus destinatarios –del ámbito de la enseñanza– la posibilidad de formar con esos términos un programa de gramática, con lo que desdibuja las fronteras entre las disciplinas Lexicografía y Gramática; y (b) trata de promover el aprendizaje de una ‘gramática científica’, que combina las ideas de la gramática general y razonada con las de la nueva corriente histórico-comparatista iniciada por los filólogos alemanes en las primeras décadas del siglo xix. La consideración de este último aspecto, que impregna cada página del libro, permite que Monlau sea tenido por uno de los primeros divulgadores de esa nueva doctrina en la segunda mitad del siglo xix español.
Rethinking hell from a classical Pentecostal perspective
Authors: Nel Marius
Published: June 2021

The traditional view of hell as everlasting punishment for sinners remains a significant element of classical Pentecostal proclamation. However, the issue of hell has become contentious in contemporary times, for several ethical reasons, leading to the development of alternative ways in which hell is interpreted. On the one hand some argue for terminal punishment or conditional immortality, on the other hand for a universalism where all are saved. It is argued that to end the stalemate when “proof-texts” are used to justify one position, Pentecostals should utilise their distinctive hermeneutic to reconsider the view of hell because of the ethical challenges of their traditional view. In encountering the Spirit in the biblical text, the reader learns to reflect Christ’s interest in and concern for non-believers.
All things bright and beautiful
Authors: Scott Hilton
Published: June 2021

In this article an investigation is begun endeavouring to understand what role the worship service has to play in promoting sustainable living. Comparisons are drawn from culture and tradition, which sees hymns such as “All things bright and beautiful” to be examples of the people celebrating God’s gracious gift of creation. It is suggested, through describing three perspectives, that liturgy can be a space for encouraging sustainable living. This is possible by (1) identifying that liturgy can be a space against waste, (2) that certain aspects of culture and tradition can combine in a critical-reciprocal manner to create a new entity and (3) by understanding that worship affects belief and thought, which in turn affects how “we” live and/or vice versa.
Detection of epileptic seizures from EEG signals with Hilbert Huang Transformation
Authors: ASLAN Muzaffer , ALÇİN Zeynep
Published: June 2021

Epilepsy is a significant neurological disease that occurs due to abnormal activities of a particular portion of brain neurons. Electroencephalography (EEG) signals are mainly used to detect this disease. Epilepsy can be diagnosed automatically by measuring and analyzing the non-linearity and non-stationary properties of EEG signals. In this study, the Hilbert Huang Transformation (HHT) is proposed to extract the distinctive features from EEG signals for epileptic seizure detection. Research work, firstly, the mean Instantaneous Amplitude (IA) and mean Instantaneous Frequency (IF) data were extracted from EEG signals with Hilbert Huang Transformation (HHT) as a feature. Then, these features were classified with Extreme Learning Machine (ELM). Classification results indicated that epileptic seizures are detected with high accuracy. In addition, the performance evaluation of the proposed method was compared with some other techniques studied by using the same dataset recently. According to the experimental results, HHT based approach has 0.5-1% better classification accuracy than current studies and higher accuracy in detecting epileptic seizures than similar studies.
Effects of natural boron mineral on the essential oil ratio and components in medicinal sage (Salvia officinalis L.)
Authors: KARAYEL Hasan Basri
Published: June 2021

The effects of different boron doses (boron-free, pure boron, diluted in 1/2 and1/8 ratios) on the ratio and quality of essential oil in medicinal sage (Salvia officinalis L.) during the years 2016 and 2017 were investigated. Field trials were conducted with the randomized block design in triplicates. The essential oil of S. officinalis L. was obtained by gas chromatography/mass spectrometry (GC–MS) with flame ionization detection (FID). The required measurement could not be taken at the pure dose application because the plants were damaged. In the analysis carried out on dry leaf, the main components of essential oil were found as follows: α-thujone 32.99%; 1.8-cineol 17.41% for the boron-free dose; viridiflorol 24.25%, manool 15.28% for the 1/2 boron dose, and lastly, α-thujone 32.31%, camphor 14.23% for the 1/8 boron dose. Some boron doses had a positive effect on the essential oil yield and essential oil components. In this study, different compounds were obtained with different boron dose applications. The dose to be recommended is the 1/8 boron dose since it has the minimum toxic effect on the plants and a positive effect on the essential oil yield and quality as general.
Investigation of the adsorption of Astrazon Blue FGRL dye in synthetic wastewater using waste mine clay
Authors: ÖZYONAR Fuat , KOBYA Mehmet , GÜLER Ülker Aslı
Published: June 2021

In this investigation is aimed at the removal of Astrazon Blue FGRL (AB FGRL) (basic dye) from an aqueous solution using waste clay (MC) obtained from the gold mine area. The natural clay was characterized and identified using X-ray diffraction (XRD) analysis.Then, the contact time, adsorbent dosage, pH, initial dye concentration and temperature experiments were carried out in a batch system. The removal efficiency was found to be 97% at pH 7, 80 min, 30oC, 4 g/L MC dosage, 50 mg/L initial dye concentration. The adsorption data are applied to the Langmuir, Freundlich, and Temkin isotherm models. The maximum capacity of waste mine clay (MC) was found to be 191.75 mg/g. The pseudo-second-order kinetic models and Elovich kinetic model were used to examine the adsorption process of Astrazon Blue FGRL. The results of kinetic experiments were defined by the pseudo-second-order model point out a chemisorption reaction. The adsorption thermodynamics were investigated using parameters such as enthalpy change (∆Ho), Gibbs free energy change (∆Go) as well as entropy change (∆So). These calculations reveal that sorption of Astrozon Blue FGRL is endothermic, spontaneous and enthalpy driven. This work provides guidance for using of waste clay materials for applications in the adsorption removal of dye from aqueous solution.
AQUIFER CHARACTERIZATION AND PHYSIOCHEMICAL ANALYSIS OF DISTRICT DERA GHAZI KHAN PUNJAB, PAKISTAN
Authors: Shafiq Waqas , Ullah Hadayat , Zaheer Muhammad , Mehmood Mubashir , Farooq Umer , Khan M. Jehangir , Mashwani Saad Ahmed , Ullah Sami
Published: June 2021

The study area is located in the arid section of Punjab province, Pakistan. The accessibility of freshwater is the main problem in this area. The area is mainly flat and alluvial deposits are present down to 800 m. The groundwater is not fit for drinking because of its salinity. Hence, it is essential to mark the transition between fresh water and saltwater. Resistivity models were used to locate freshwater areas. The saltwater areas are between 10 and 30 m deep. Salt flats and clayrich deposits are visible on resistivity maps and were identified by low resistance values. After linking resistivity data and maps, it is determined that the south portion of the area has a freshwater aquifer, especially at a depth of 200 m. At this depth, the quality of water is very good, regardless of its mild salinity in some areas. The margin between salty and freshwater is set to no degree. This is dependent upon the recharge and usage of an aquifer. Groundwater pollution poses a severe threat to the city’s residents. Results from the physio-chemical analysis of the water samples confirm the presence of arsenic in excessive amounts in water samples and are outside the limits set by the WHO and NDWQS. Just two out of 10 samples are within the limits for safe drinking water. The results of this research are valued for groundwater management and the installation of tubular wells in freshwater areas for households and irrigation purposes.
On the question of the potential of human rights commissioners in the Russian Federation to develop human rights and freedom law enforcement practices (based on the experience of the Republic of Tatarstan)
Authors: Saburskaya S. Kh.
Published: June 2021

To date, in public opinion, as well as in the scientific community, there have been polar assessments of the activities of the ombudsmen in the constituent entities of the Russian Federation (hereinafter referred to as the Ombudsman): from “bureau for redirecting complaints” to “a unique institution for the protection of human and civil rights and freedoms”. The spectrum of opinions, as a rule, is formed through the study of analytical materials (annual and special reports), or it can be formed from the subjective experience of a researcher (respondent) addressing the Ombudsman, taking into account the results of a specific complaint consideration.

The activities of ombudsmen to ensure state protection of human and civil rights and freedoms are quite versatile.

Therefore, in this article, we made an attempt to analyze the human rights activities of the Ombudsman not from the standpoint of the effectiveness of decisions made on complaints received in a particular sphere of relations, but through the prism of its ability to generally influence the law enforcement practice of state authorities, local governments and organizations, performing publicly significant functions.
Some aspects of the constitutional and legal status of the institution of the commissioner for the protection of the rights of entrepreneurs in Russia
Authors: Fadeeva V. A.
Published: June 2021

The Institute of the Business Ombudsman in Russia has been functioning in the Russian Federation for more than eight years. His work is positively evaluated by the business community. The article outlines some issues of legal regulation of the status of the Business Ombudsman in Russia. The analysis of the indicators of the annual reports of the federal business Ombudsman allows us to draw a conclusion about the effectiveness and relevance of the institute under study. The author comes to the conclusion that it is necessary to further improve the legal regulation of the status of the federal business ombudsman.
Rosal y Colet, dos interiores historicistas de Santiago Marco en la Casa Company
Authors: Masalles Guillem
Published: June 2021

Santiago Marco (1885-1949) fue, indiscutiblemente, unos de los decoradores más importantes de la primera mitad de siglo XX en Catalunya. Presidente del FAD (Foment de les Arts Decoratives) durante 27 años, fue referente en la creación de espacios tanto públicos como privados. Su faceta de actuación más conocida se inscribe en el movimiento “art decó”, pero en realidad, Santiago Marco era un profesional que sabía interpretar los gustos, necesidades y expectativas sociales de sus clientes. Esta investigación se centra en dos intervenciones realizadas por Santiago Marco en la Casa Company, una en 1920 y otra en 1942. Se describen las intervenciones y se explican las razones porque ambas fueron de carácter historicista, en qué se inspiró para llevarlas a cabo y quienes colaboraron con el famoso decorador.
Mobiliario en el México del Movimiento Moderno: razones y procedencias
Authors: Segarra Lagunes Silvia
Published: June 2021

El desarrollo del Movimiento moderno coincide con el final de la Revolución Mexicana en la segunda década del siglo XX. La existencia de un importante ambiente intelectual y artístico permitió el desarrollo de profesionales, principalmente arquitectos, los cuales dedicaron toda su actividad profesional o parte de ella, al diseño de mobiliario acorde con los movimientos de vanguardia.  Entre otros objetivos estaba el de colocar a México entre los países de vanguardia, en consonancia con las propuestas internacionales del racionalismo arquitectónico. El proceso tuvo lugar  principalmente en los años comprendidos entre 1930 y 1960. El mobiliario moderno puede acotarse en tres direcciones: mobiliario fabricado industrialmente para uso público, mobiliario doméstico y mobiliario utilizado en el contexto de los despachos de decoración.
Aresta, muebles y complementos para la arquitectura
Authors: Celada Prior Guillem
Published: June 2021

“Aresta, complementos para la arquitectura” es la declaración de principios con la que esta firma de muebles, activa en Barcelona (1962-1985), presentó su primer catálogo. Esta premisa se convirtió en una realidad ya que muchos arquitectos (también interioristas y particulares) usaron sus muebles para viviendas, entradas en edificios y pisos muestra.

Su catálogo se componía de elementos de mobiliario en madera, recuperando el trabajo de los racionalistas locales anteriores a la guerra civil. Con rasgos mediterráneos y referencias al mueble popular se desmarca del estilo funcionalista.

Aresta también demuestra su sensibilidad por las apuestas expositivas y publicitarias que, usando los lenguajes del arte conceptual, promueve una imagen de empresa, que poco tenia que ver con los recursos comunicativos habituales del sector.

En la experiencia que representa Aresta queda implícita la responsabilidad social del mueble y del diseño. Un componente ideológico muy evidente en arquitectura y a veces no tanto en lo que a mobiliario se refiere.
Interaction of seismic waves with a viscous liquid layer
Authors: Fehler Michael
Published: June 2021

abstract

The interaction of seismic waves with a layer filled with a viscous fluid is studied. This study is intended to provide the basis for designing active seismic experiments to detect the existence of hydraulically induced fractures in a Hot Dry Rock Geothermal energy system. We compute transmission and reflection coefficients for P, SV, and SH waves incident at arbitrary angles onto a fluid layer embedded between two homogeneous half-spaces. We find that coefficients for SH waves at normal incidence can be written in terms of two dimensionless parameters. One of these parameters, I, is the ratio of acoustic impedance of the fluid to the acoustic impedance of the solid. The other dimensionless parameter, γd, is a measure of the amount of energy the SH wave loses during one pass through the fluid layer. We find that the amplitude of the SH wave transmitted through the fluid layer is equal to the amplitude of the incident SH wave if I is nearly 1 and γd is small. As γd increases, energy is lost due to viscous dissipation in the fluid and transmitted wave amplitude diminishes. If I is not nearly 1, some energy is reflected by the fluid layer. Three dimensionless parameters are required for solution for the case of P waves normally incident on the fluid layer. One parameter, R, is the ratio of the bulk modulus to effective shear modulus of the fluid. The second parameter is the ratio of elastic impedance of the solid to the shear impedance of the fluid and the third is γd. We find that the value of R is a good measure of the importance of fluid viscosity on the propagation of P waves through the fluid. Detailed studies of the effects of fluid and solid physical properties on the amplitudes of transmitted and reflected waves when waves are normally incident provide valuable insight into the importance of physical properties in the calculations for non-normal incidence. Finally, reflection and transmission coefficients are computed for P and SV waves incident at arbitrary angle on a viscous fluid layer. Physical properties of fluid and rock are chosen to be those thought appropriate for the Los Alamos National Laboratory Hot Dry Rock Geothermal test site located at Fenton Hill, New Mexico.