bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
“E AGORA, COMO A GENTE FAZ PARA SE PEGAR?”
Authors: Alves dos Santos Leonardo
Published: October 2021

O cotidiano dentro de uma prisão de mulheres ainda é uma realidadedistante para muitos, isso se intensifica ainda mais quando o assunto égênero, sexualidade ou emoção, o que se expressa tanto na formulaçãode políticas públicas como na opinião do senso comum. Diante disso, oobjetivo deste trabalho foi etnografar os relacionamentos amorososentre as internas da Prisão Feminina do Complexo Penal Dr. JoãoChaves. Para isso, foram utilizados métodos qualitativos comoobservação participante, entrevistas semiestruturadas e rodas deconversa, que resultaram na identificação dos três principais termos declassificação de gênero e dos quatro principais tipos de relacionamentosexistentes na prisão. Essas classificações locais, transformadas emcategorias de análise, ajudaram a concluir que os modelos derelacionamento amoroso, dentro da prisão, apesar de pautados emsímbolos externos, possuem fortes contornos institucionais.
INSEGURANÇA, PROTEÇÃO VICINAL E CONTROLE SOCIAL NAS CIDADES BRASILEIRAS
Authors: Nascimento Fillipi Lúcio
Published: October 2021

O artigo discute a percepção da insegurança expressa pelosmoradores de bairros das cidades de Maceió (AL), do Rio de Janeiro(RJ) e de Belo Horizonte (MG) e os respectivos mecanismoscomunitários de proteção implementados visando o gerenciamento dodilema. A pesquisa compara três estudos de caso a partir do empregode técnicas qualitativas. O trabalho de campo foi realizado entre osmeses de março de 2016 e dezembro de 2017. Os bairros foramselecionados a partir de critérios de dissimilaridade a fim de refletirsobre as diferentes realidades urbanas que existem atualmente noBrasil. A despeito dos diferentes contextos sobre os quais estãosituados os bairros analisados neste estudo, em ambos os casos pôdese verificar características comuns que permitiram aproximar aspercepções sobre a insegurança e as visões sobre o provimento dasegurança, que por vezes contradizem a própria convivênciademocrática nas cidades.
APAC MACAU
Authors: Urbano de Andrade Flávia
Published: October 2021

O presente artigo traz o relato descritivo de visita técnica feita porgrupo de discentes do curso de Direito da Universidade Federaldo Rio Grande do Norte à Associação de Proteção e Assistênciaaos Condenados (APAC) de Macau, na Costa Branca potiguar -espaço integrante de um sistema prisional alternativo, baseadonum modelo completamente diverso do tradicional-, além dediscorrer sobre a metodologia que norteia o funcionamento destae demais unidades APAC’s espalhadas pelo Brasil, relação customensal do apenado e índices de reincidência. Também faz-se umacorrelação com o Recurso Extraordinário (RE) 580252 por meioda qual o Supremo Tribunal Federal, com repercussão geralreconhecida, estabeleceu indenização a preso que teve direitofundamental violado em estabelecimento prisional.
DIREITOS HUMANOS E POLÍTICA DE DROGAS
Authors: Da Silva Leal Jackson , Rosa Alex
Published: October 2021

O presente trabalho trata de uma análise sobre como as políticasde drogas adotadas pelo governo de São Paulo subsistemaportadas pelo discurso distorcido dos direitos humanos. Nessalinha, a aproximação do discurso dos direitos humanos se darásob a ótica da sua fundamentação crítica. O objetivo dessetrabalho é entender o uso do discurso dos direitos humanos paralegitimar e operacionalizar politicas neoconservadoras decontrole social. Esse estudo se apresenta como uma pesquisadocumental tanto legislativa, jornalística, quanto politica(pública), buscando expor a postura seletiva do governo de SãoPaulo no que tange a escolha de algumas drogas e alguns grupossociais a serem objetos de limpeza do espaço social urbano; quea partir do discurso dos direitos humanos vem justificar a war ondrugs, alimentando políticas de encarceramento/internamentoem massa, constituindo então o paradigma da nova defesa ehigienização social.
DIREITOS FUNDAMENTAIS E A APLICAÇÃO DA PENA SEGUNDO O ESTATUTO DO ÍNDIO
Authors: Pereira Matos Abner
Published: October 2021

A fim de verificar a efetividade da norma prevista no artigo 231 daConstituição Federal no âmbito criminal, analisou-se os artigos 8º, 9º e10 da Convenção da Organização Internacional do Trabalho n.º 169,bem como os artigos 56 e 57 do Estatuto do Índio. Concluiu-se que oordenamento jurídico brasileiro, reconhecendo os indígenas como umpovo autônomo, impõe regras que devem ser observadas pelo juiz aocondenar penalmente o índio, de acordo com o seu grau de integraçãoà sociedade civil. Tais regras consistem em se aplicar atenuante ao índioe em tolerar sanção anteriormente aplicada em desfavor do silvícolapela sua tribo, tratando-se essa última de hipótese excepcional, eis queafasta a jurisdição brasileira. Ademais, verificou-se que ajurisprudência brasileira se utiliza de elementos superficiais paradeterminar o grau de integração do índio, gerando, por conseguinte,presunção de culpabilidade.
CONCEPCIÓN ARENAL
Authors: Cavalcante Leitão Santos Bruno , Dantas Graciella Cajé
Published: October 2021

O presente artigo pretende analisar a doutrina de Concepción Arenal,enquanto correcionalista, e sua posição social como visitadora decárceres na Espanha do século XIX. Inicialmente, destaca-se o contextohistórico e temporal no qual Arenal estava inserida, a fim decontextualizar seu pensamento no tocante à conjuntura criminológicada época. Nesse sentido, a leitura conduz ao desenvolvimento da EscolaCorrecionalista, tecendo breves apontamentos acerca de suas principaisideias e distinguindo-a dos entendimentos dominantes das EscolasClássica e Positiva. Ademais, tendo como base a influência doutrináriasupramencionada, resgata-se como um contributo a importância davisitação e da inspeção ao sistema carcerário na contemporaneidade.Este estudo é baseado na análise bibliográfica e documental, realizadaa partir de fichamentos feitos com obras de Arenal, bem como empesquisas póstumas desenvolvidas por outros autores a respeito da suarelevância dentro do cárcere.
A PRISÃO PREVENTIVA DOMICILIAR E SUAS EXCEÇÕES
Authors: Roberti Coneglian Olivar Augusto , Turella Rogério
Published: October 2021

O presente artigo objetiva analisar o instituto da prisão preventivadomiciliar e as recentes alterações legais e jurisprudenciais sobre o temano Brasil. Para isso, será apresentado como foi o processo quepromoveu a inversão na interpretação para a concessão ou não dobenefício em estudo. Dentro da evolução interpretativa, busca-seapresentar que este é um direito necessário, embora existamdeterminados requisitos para sua concessão. Além disso, aborda-se ofato de que mães ou responsáveis por crianças ou deficientes são osbeneficiários diretos da medida, mas são os vulneráveis que devemefetivamente ser resguardados. Assim, ao final, demonstrar-se-á queexistem exceções ao direito em análise, mas sempre com o objetivo depreservar os direitos da criança ou do deficiente.
INVISÍVEIS NA PANDEMIA
Authors: Pedro Alves de Lima Maria Cristina
Published: October 2021

Poesia - sem resumo
SISTEMA PENITENCIÁRIO E PANDEMIA
Authors: Felipe Barboza de Paiva Bruno , Fernandes de Oliveira Francisco Pablo
Published: October 2021

Este trabalho tem como mote analisar as ações, em âmbito nacional eestadual, que visam assegurar o direito à saúde das pessoasencarceradas no Estado do Rio Grande do Norte. Para tanto, demonstrase a realidade do sistema prisional norte riograndense, as principaisdisposições da Recomendação nº 62 do Conselho Nacional de Justiça –CNJ, quanto ao tratamento das pessoas encarceradas, e asconsequências geradas pela pandemia da COVID-19. O estudojustifica-se, primordialmente, a partir da consideração das condiçõesprecárias e das sistemáticas violações de direitos fundamentais daspessoas privadas de liberdade, que acabam por sofrer ainda mais com oavanço da pandemia no sistema prisional. Com isto, concluiu-se que asmedidas adotadas para evitar que o novo coronavírus chegasse aosistema prisional não foram suficientes, figurando a adoção de políticaspúblicas de prevenção e saúde efetivas e a reforma do sistema prisionalcomo os principais desafios a serem superados.
A NOVA LEI DE ABUSO DE AUTORIDADE
Authors: Barbosa Nascimento Junior Ismar
Published: October 2021

O presente artigo busca indagar se a decretação de prisões preventivasem desacordo com a Recomendação n° 62 do Conselho Nacional deJustiça poderia configurar o crime de abuso de autoridade, previsto noart. 9º da Lei 13.869/2019. De igual modo, será questionado se taltipificação, à luz do princípio da subsidiariedade do Direito Penal,mostra-se razoável. Ademais, a metodologia utilizada consistirá no usode dados secundários, constantes em fontes bibliográficas. Finalmente,concluiu-se que a tipificação da conduta dos magistrados, nos moldesprevistos no artigo supra, não se mostra adequada ao princípio dasubsidiariedade do Direito Penal. De igual modo, sob o prisma datipicidade, a Recomendação em apreço não configura lei em sentidoformal, não se amoldando à figura típica do delito em comento.
Review on Characteristics and Analytical Methods of Remogliflozin
Etabonate: An Update
Authors: Suryavanshi Vallabh D. , Sharma Sanjay , Sahu Jagdish K.
Published: October 2021

Hyperglycemia and its associated disorders like Diabetes mellitus are engulfing the world’s
population at a faster pace. New-age medications like the SGLT 2 inhibitors have found their place in
the run to combat DM. Drugs with these properties have proven to be effective in treating hyperglycemia,
obesity, and major cardiac disorders. The interesting fact about these drugs is that they act independently
of insulin levels in the patient’s body. The fact that they even bypass the side effects
shown by currently used anti-diabetic medications has attracted the world’s hope to neutralize diabetes
mellitus. The invention of Remogliflozin Etabonate (RGE), an SGLT 2 inhibitor, has therefore
added a silver lining to the gliflozin-family of drugs in the fight against DM. This is due to its least
side effects as well as its effective mechanisms to treat hyperglycemia. It can be administered not only
as a single entity but also can be co-administered in combination with other anti-hyperglycemic
agents. RGE is already sold in the Indian market as REMO-ZEN, by Glenmark Pharmaceuticals. It
has been studied thoroughly for its pharmacokinetic and pharmacodynamic profile. It is a benzylpyrazole
glucoside. Various analytical methods have been formulated for its detection, quantification, and
routine quality control activities. RGE can be studied with the help of UV-visible spectrophotometry,
High-Performance Liquid Chromatography (HPLC) and Hyphenated techniques like Liquid Chromatography-
Mass Spectroscopy (LC-MS/MS).
This review briefs about the overall chemical, pharmacological, pharmacokinetic and pharmacodynamics
properties of RGE. It mainly discusses various analytical techniques used for determining and
estimating RGE.
Rheumatologic Aspects of the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Practical Resource for Physicians in Kuwait and the Gulf region as Recommended by the
Kuwait Association of Rheumatology
Authors: Baron Fatemah , Alhajeri Heba , Abutiban Fatemah , Almutairi Mona , Alawadhi Adel , Aldei Ali , Alherz Adeeba , Ali Yaser , Alsayegh Saud , Dehrab Ahmed , Ghanem Aqeel , Hajji Eman , Hayat Saswan , Saleh Khulood , Shaikh-Alsooq Ramia , Tarakmah Hoda , Albasri Anwar , Alenezi Ahmed , Alhadhood Naser , Alkanderi Waleed , Almathkoori Ammar , Almutairi Nora , Alturki Ali , Alkadi Amjad , Behbahani Hussain
Published: October 2021

:

The Kuwait Association of Rheumatology members met thrice in April 2020 to quickly
address and support local practitioners treating rheumatic disease in Kuwait and the Gulf region
during the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic. Because patients with rheumatic and
musculoskeletal disease (RMD) may need treatment modifications during the COVID-19 pandemic,
we voted online for the general guidance needed by local practitioners. In this review, we have
addressed patients' vulnerability with rheumatic disease and issues associated with their optimum
management. Our recommendations were based on the formulation of national/international guidelines
and expert consensus among KAR members in the context of the Kuwaiti healthcare system
for patients with RMD. The most recent reports from the World Health Organization, the Center
for Disease Control, the National Institutes of Health-National Medical Library, and the
COVID-19 educational website of the United Kingdom National Health Service have been incorporated.
We discuss the management of RMD in various clinical scenarios: screening protocols in an
infusion clinic, medication protocols for stable patients, and care for patients with suspected or confirmed
COVID infection and whether they are stable, in a disease flare or newly diagnosed. Further,
we outline the conditions for the hospital admission. This guidance is for the specialist and
non-specialist readership and should be considered interim as the virus is relatively new, and we rely
on the experience and necessity more than evidence collection. The guidance presented should
be supplemented with recent scientific evidence wherever applicable.
Compliance of Private Primary Health Care Facilities Towards Requirements
of Labelling of Dispensed Medicine in Sarawak
Authors: Loo Shing Chyi , Said Luqman Nulhakim , Nakaswaram Logavinod , Hui Lee Yik , Ming Yii Ee , Anak Talin Benodict Apok
Published: October 2021

Background:

Compliance towards the requirements of labelling of dispensed medicine
(LDM) among private primary health care facilities ensures appropriate use of medicines.

Aim:

This study aimed to examine the rate of compliance towards the requirements of LDM
among retail pharmacies (RPs) and private medical clinics (PMCs).

Methods:

A cross-sectional study was conducted from April 2019 to January 2020 across all inspected
premises in Sarawak. Publics who attended RPs and PMCs and have medicines dispensed
have their medicine labels examined for compliance with the requirements of LDM upon exiting
the premises. Their verbal consents were obtained and the compliance score was recorded into self-
-developed data collection forms. The compliance rate was the percentage of requirements on the
examined medicine labels that fulfill the requirements under Regulation 12 of Poisons Regulations
1952.

Results:

A total of 414 LDM were examined, with 135 from RPs and 279 from PMCs. The full
compliance towards the requirements of LDM among RPs and PMCs were 23.7% and 41.6%, respectively.
The median compliance score of PMCs (0.83) was significantly higher (P<0.001) than
RPs (0.67). The requirements of LDM with the lowest compliance were name of medicine
(53.1%), followed by name of patient (31.9%) and date of dispensing (25.6%).

Conclusion:

The full compliance rate on the requirements of LDM among RPs and PMCs were
low. More stringent enforcement and public education on their rights for fully compliant medicine
labels could improve the compliance.
Withdrawal Notice: In Drug Repurposing Tactics against Covid-19
Authors: Gupta Aikan , Goel Nitin , Chopra Anuja , Kaur Navpreet , Kaur Divneet
Published: October 2021

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Hepatoprotective Effects of Herbal Medicines against Non-alcoholic Fatty
Liver Disease: A Systematic Review of Clinical and In Vivo Studies
Authors: Moayyedkazemi Alireza , Amraei Morteza , Nejad Efran Babaei , Moghaddam Ali , Karami Kimia , Baharvand Parastoo
Published: October 2021

Background:

In this systematic review, we mainly emphasis on the current advances on
the hepatoprotective effects of medicinal herbs in the Non-alcoholic Fatty Liver Diseases
(NAFLD) treatment.

Methods:

This review was done based on the 06- PRISMA guideline and registered in the CAMARADES-
NC3Rs Preclinical Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis Facility (SyRF) database. We
did all the research in scientific databases in some English language databases, such as Web of Science,
PubMed, Scopus, Google Scholar, and EMBASE, with no limitation in time to find the in
vivo and clinical investigations on hepatoprotective effects of herbal medicines on non-alcoholic
fatty liver disease. The selected words and terms for our search were: “fatty liver”, “extract”, “essential
oil”, “clinical trial”, “herbal medicine”, “medicinal plants”, and “non-alcoholic fatty liver”.

Results:

Out of 21230 papers, 28 papers including 21 in vivo (75.0%), and 7 clinical trials (25.0%)
up to 2020, met the inclusion criteria for discussion in this systematic review. The most part used
of plants were leaves (14, 50.0%), rhizome (4, 14.3%), seeds (3, 10.3%), respectively. The most
formulations of medicinal herbs were extracts essential oil (9, 35.7%) followed by ethanolic extract
(5, 17.8%). The most animals used in vivo studies were rats (12, 42.8%) followed by mice (9,
32.1%). The obtained results also showed that the most period of administrated by these plants
were 12 weeks (6, 21.4%), 2 months (6, 21.4%), and 30 days (3, 10.7%), respectively.

Conclusion:

The obtained findings of the present review demonstrated that medicinal plants due to
high availability, high efficacy, and low or minimal toxicity are considered as a valuable and proper
alternative to chemical synthetic drugs to treat and prevent of NAFLD. However, further studies
especially on the toxicity of these agents are required to approve these recommendations.
Brief Psychotic Disorder during COVID-19 Infection: Marked Stressor or Neuropsychiatric Symptoms?
Authors: Doufik Jalal , Boujraf Said , Ouhmou Mina , Laaraj Hicham , Mouhadi Khalid , Rammouz Ismail
Published: October 2021

Background:

COVID-19 virus outbreak appeared in December 2019
and was announced as a pandemic by the World Health Organization (WHO) in
March 2020. Recent cases of reactive psychosis in the context of the COVID-19
pandemic have been reported. However, there has been observed reduced interest
in cases of acute psychosis affecting patients with COVID-19.
Here, we present a clinical case of a female patient who showed a brief psychotic
disorder during symptomatic infection with COVID-19.

Methods:

We discuss the differential diagnosis of brief psychotic disorder with
marked stressor and neuropsychiatric symptoms of COVID-19 infection. Although
the stress factor appeared to be linked to the acute psychosis onset in our
COVID-19 positive patient, the diagnosis of a psychotic disorder due to the viral
coronavirus infection is worthy of being reported and discussed.

Results :

The stress factor appears to be linked to the onset of acute psychosis in
this COVID-19 positive patient; the diagnosis of a psychotic disorder due to the
viral coronavirus infection is worth to be mentioned. Thus, we suggest that a new
psychosis case associated with COVID-19 infection due to potential immune-mediated
neuropathogenesis would justify further investigation.

Conclusion:

Through this case report, we highlight the need for vigilant monitoring
of neuropsychiatric symptoms in individuals with COVID-19 infection.
Community governance with habitus in bonding to prevent SARS-CoV-2 pandemic transmission
Authors: Haryani Tiyas Nur
Published: October 2021

Many areas at lowest level like kampong and village have initiatives in community governance terminology to prevent the SARS-CoV-2 transmission in their neighborhood formerly constituting green zone.  Community governance will be followed by bonding containing habitus inherent to society structure. This research was conducted in some villages throughout Surakarta Ex-Residency, involving observation and documentattion in Gatak, Banaran, Mojolaban Sub District of Sukoharjo Regency, Karangpandan Sub District of Karanganyar Regency and Kranggan Village of Polanharjo Sub District of Klaten Regency. Data was collected through interview, observation, and documentation. The result of study showed that innovation and productivity arose in community governance in Kranggan Village of Klaten Regency, as indicated with the presence of Karantani program. It is the planting or farming program for Persons under Surveillance or nomads (wanderers) going back to their village. Community leadership, community empowerment and community ownership arise in community governance in Kranggan Village. Furthermore, people should rekindle habitus related to embung (water reservoir), lumbung (communal rice barn), and saung (hut) post-pandemic considered as important in this Covid-19 pandemic period.
The Impact of the Online COVID-19 Infodemic on French Red Cross Actors’ Field Engagement and Protective Behaviors: Mixed Methods Study
Authors: Heyerdahl Leonardo W , Lana Benedetta , Giles-Vernick Tamara
Published: October 2021

Background

The COVID-19 pandemic has been widely described as an infodemic, an excess of rapidly circulating information in social and traditional media in which some information may be erroneous, contradictory, or inaccurate. One key theme cutting across many infodemic analyses is that it stymies users’ capacities to identify appropriate information and guidelines, encourages them to take inappropriate or even harmful actions, and should be managed through multiple transdisciplinary approaches. Yet, investigations demonstrating how the COVID-19 information ecosystem influences complex public decision making and behavior offline are relatively few.

Objective

The aim of this study was to investigate whether information reported through the social media channel Twitter, linked articles and websites, and selected traditional media affected the risk perception, engagement in field activities, and protective behaviors of French Red Cross (FRC) volunteers and health workers in the Paris region of France from June to October 2020.

Methods

We used a hybrid approach that blended online and offline data. We tracked daily Twitter discussions and selected traditional media in France for 7 months, qualitatively evaluating COVID-19 claims and debates about nonpharmaceutical protective measures. We conducted 24 semistructured interviews with FRC workers and volunteers.

Results

Social and traditional media debates about viral risks and nonpharmaceutical interventions fanned anxieties among FRC volunteers and workers. Decisions to continue conducting FRC field activities and daily protective practices were also influenced by other factors unrelated to the infodemic: familial and social obligations, gender expectations, financial pressures, FRC rules and communications, state regulations, and relationships with coworkers. Some respondents developed strategies for “tuning out” social and traditional media.

Conclusions

This study suggests that during the COVID-19 pandemic, the information ecosystem may be just one among multiple influences on one group’s offline perceptions and behavior. Measures to address users who have disengaged from online sources of health information and who rely on social relationships to obtain information are needed. Tuning out can potentially lead to less informed decision making, leading to worse health outcomes.
Detrimental Effects of Online Pro–Eating Disorder Communities on Weight Loss and Desired Weight: Longitudinal Observational Study (Preprint)
Authors: Feldhege Johannes , Moessner Markus , Bauer Stephanie
Published: October 2021

BACKGROUND

Online pro–eating disorder (pro-ED) communities are considered harmful because of their detrimental effects on their users’ body dissatisfaction, dieting, and help seeking. To date, it is unknown to which extent participation in pro-ED communities affects users’ body weight and desired weight loss.

OBJECTIVE

This study aims to investigate the changes in the current and desired body weight of users of a pro-ED community (r/proed) on the social media website Reddit over time.

METHODS

Data on 1170 users and the unsolicited weight information they shared with the pro-ED community were collected over a period of 15 months. Linear growth models were used to model changes in the users’ current and desired BMI over time.

RESULTS

Both current and desired BMI decreased over time, with a predicted rate of 0.087 and 0.015 BMI points per week, respectively. Weight loss was moderated by the users’ activity level in the community, with more active users losing more weight. Users with a higher baseline BMI experienced greater weight loss, but even users with a very low baseline weight (BMI <17 kg/m2) lost weight during their participation. In addition, users decreased their desired weight over time, with many pursuing extremely low, unrealistic weight goals. Changes in the desired weight were moderated by the baseline current BMI and baseline desired BMI. Users with higher desired weight and lower body weight at baseline decreased their desired weight more over time.

CONCLUSIONS

This is the first study to demonstrate the detrimental effects of pro-ED communities in a longitudinal study based on a large data set of user-generated online data. The results extend the literature detailing the harmful effects of online pro-ED communities by showing users’ weight loss, decreases in desired weight, and that higher activity levels lead to greater weight loss. Users could be driven to pursue very low, unrealistic weight loss goals by images of very thin bodies presented in these communities.

CLINICALTRIAL
A Web-Based Well-being Program for Health Care Workers (Thrive): Protocol for a Randomized Controlled Trial (Preprint)
Authors: Egan Luke A , Mulcahy Mary , Tuqiri Karen , Gatt Justine M
Published: October 2021

BACKGROUND

Mental health has come to be understood as not merely the absence of mental illness but also the presence of mental well-being, and recent interventions have sought to increase well-being in various populations. A population that deserves particular attention is that of health care workers, whose occupations entail high levels of stress, especially given the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. A neuroscience-based web-based well-being program for health care workers—the Thrive program—has been newly developed to promote habits and activities that contribute to brain health and overall mental well-being.

OBJECTIVE

This paper describes the protocol for a randomized controlled trial whose objective is to evaluate the Thrive program in comparison with an active control condition to measure whether the program is effective at increasing well-being and decreasing symptoms of psychological distress in health care workers at a designated Australian hospital.

METHODS

The trial will comprise two groups (intervention vs active control) and 4 measurement occasions over a 12-week period. A survey will be administered in each of weeks 0, 4, 8, and 12, and the well-being program will be delivered in weeks 1-7 (via web-based video presentations or digital pamphlets). Each of the 4 surveys will comprise a range of questionnaires to measure well-being, psychological distress, and other key variables. The planned analyses will estimate group-by-time interaction effects to test the hypothesis that mental health will increase over time in the intervention condition relative to the active control condition.

RESULTS

The Thrive program was delivered to a small number of wards at the hospital between February 2021 and July 2021, and it will be delivered to the remaining wards from October 2021 to December 2021. A power calculation has recommended a sample size of at least 200 participants in total. A linear mixed model will be used to estimate the interaction effects.

CONCLUSIONS

This trial seeks to evaluate a new web-based well-being program for health care workers at a major public hospital. It will contribute to the growing body of research on mental well-being and ways to promote it.

CLINICALTRIAL

Australian New Zealand Clinical Trials Registry ACTRN12621000027819; https://tinyurl.com/58wwjut9

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DERR1-10.2196/34005
Persuasive Technology in Climate Change Interventions: A Systematic Review Protocol (Preprint)
Authors: Sahu Kirti Sundar , Oyibo Kiemute , Oetomo Arlene , Morita Plinio Pelegrini
Published: October 2021

BACKGROUND

The climate crisis is one of the biggest challenges of our time. Technological innovations particularly, persuasive technology have been identified as a veritable tool for effecting behaviour change in the climate-change domain. However, there is limited work on the synthesis of the findings of the existing literature on persuasive technology and climate-change interventions. Therefore, we aim to conduct a systematic review based on the PRISMA-P protocol to examine how persuasive technologies have been used hitherto as a motivational tool to address the problem of climate change and foster behaviour change.

OBJECTIVE

The objectives of this study are to explore, how effective is persuasive technology in fostering behaviour change aimed at reducing climate change, what persuasive strategies are being employed to promote positive behaviours aimed at reducing climate change, what behaviour theories are being employed in developing persuasive technologies aimed at reducing climate change, what are the behavioural outcomes targeted by persuasive technologies aimed at reducing climate change and what are the study methodologies being employed in persuasive technology/climate change research?

METHODS

Scopus, PubMed (MEDLINE), IEEE Xplore Digital Library, ACM Digital Library, Web of Science, and ProQuest databases were searched between October 30, 2020, and November 20, 2020, using specific keywords related to “persuasive technology” and "climate change." For the articles to be included in the systematic review, they must have been peer-reviewed user studies that evaluated the effectiveness of persuasive technology designs, prototypes, or implementations that promoted positive behaviours to reduce climate change.

RESULTS

Summarized findings of the eligible studies will be tabulated under specific themes as described in the objectives of the study. The findings will relate to the effectiveness of persuasive technologies, persuasive strategies employed in technical solutions for climate change, a range of applications of behavioural theories for climate change, targeted behavioural outcomes, etc.

CONCLUSIONS

The systematic review will help uncover empirical findings on behavioural outcomes related to climate-change persuasive interventions such as adoption intention, attitude, compliance with environmental guidelines, and adherence to pro-environmental behaviours.
Table salt and added free sugar as nutrient “targets” in preventive dietetics in essential hypertension and associated diseases (literature review)
Authors: Miloslavsky D.К. , Koval S.N. , Snegurska I.A. , Bozhko V.V. , Reznik L.A. , Schenyavska Е.N.
Published: October 2021

A review of foreign and native sources of literature from scientometric databases provides data on the harmful and beneficial properties of such well-known nutrients as table salt and sugar in essential hypertension and associated diseases, primarily in abdominal obesity and diabetes mellitus. The historical aspects of obtaining these nutrients, their participation in the pathogenesis of hypertension, the physiology of sodium and glucose metabolism are considered; the evidence base for prospective epidemiological studies is provided; the negative impact of these products on the intestinal microbiota, alarming statistics of salt and added free sugar abuse in population of different countries, social, economic and medical aspects of excess salt and sugar as risk factors for chronic non-communicable diseases emergence and progression of arterial hypertension are noted. The methods for assessing their amount in food, approaches to inhibiting salt and sugar-rich food abuse are given; the attention on the materials of the WHO, European, American, and Ukrainian guidelines on the safe amount of both nutrients is focused. The paper gives advice on rational nutrition of patients and options for modern diets, first of all, a low-salt DASH diet (Dietary Approaches to Stop Hypertension) from the standpoint of salt and sugar limiting.
A NOVEL INTEGRATED MCDM-SWOT-TOWS MODEL FOR THE STRATEGIC DECISION ANALYSIS IN TRANSPORTATION COMPANY
Authors: Đalić Irena , Stević Željko , Ateljević Jovo , Turskis Zenonas , Zavadskas Edmundas Kazimieras , Mardani Abbas
Published: October 2021

In this paper, based on the Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities, and Threats (SWOT) analysis, a matrix of Threats, Opportunities, Weaknesses and Strengths (TOWS) was formed. It represents possible business strategies of the transport company. To choose the right plan, a model based on the integration of Fuzzy PIvot Pairwise RElative Criteria Importance Assessment (fuzzy PIPRECIA), Full Consistency Method (FUCOM) and Measurement Alternatives and Ranking according to COmpromise Solution (MARCOS) methods, has been formed. A case study was conducted in the transport company from Bosnia and Herzegovina which provides services on the domestic and the European Union market for 20 years and belongs to a group of small and medium enterprises (SMEs). The SWOT analysis in this transport company was the basis for forming the TOWS matrix, which represents a set of possible business strategies. These strategies are the basis for developing five basic alternatives. The transport company should choose the best one of them for future business. The research focuses on forming a model for choosing the best strategy by which the transport company seeks to improve its business. Decision-making (DM) is not a straightforward sequence of operations, so the harmonization of methods as well as the verification of their results, are essential in the research. This model is applicable in SMEs that make these and similar decisions. Using this model, companies can adjust their business policies to the results of the model and achieve better business results. This research is the first that allows the use of such a model in making strategic decisions.
STUDY TOWARDS THE TIME-BASED MCDA RANKING ANALYSIS – A SUPPLIER SELECTION CASE STUDY
Authors: Kizielewicz Bartłomiej , Więckowski Jakub , Shekhovtsov Andrii , Wątróbski Jarosław , Depczyński Radosław , Sałabun Wojciech
Published: October 2021

Decision-making processes increasingly use models based on various methods to ensure professional analysis and evaluation of the considered alternatives. However, the abundance of these methods makes it difficult to choose the proper method to solve a given problem. Also, it is worth noting whether different results can be obtained using different methods within a single decision problem. In this paper, we used three selected Multi-Criteria Decision Analysis (MCDA) methods called COMET, TOPSIS, and SPOTIS in order to examine how the obtained rankings vary. The selection of material suppliers was taken into consideration. The equal weights, entropy and standard deviation methods were used to determine the weights for criteria. Final preferences values were then compared with the WS similarity coefficient and weighted Spearman correlation coefficient to check the similarity of the received rankings. It was noticed that in the given problem, all of the methods provide highly correlated results, and the obtained positional rankings are not significantly different. However, practical conclusions indicate the need to look for improved solutions in the correct and accurate assessment of suppliers in a given period.
A NEW LOGARITHM METHODOLOGY OF ADDITIVE WEIGHTS (LMAW) FOR MULTI-CRITERIA DECISION-MAKING: APPLICATION IN LOGISTICS
Authors: Pamučar Dragan , Žižović Mališa , Biswas Sanjib , Božanić Darko
Published: October 2021

Logistics management has been playing a significant role in ensuring competitive growth of industries and nations. This study proposes a new Multi-Criteria Decision-making (MCDM) framework for evaluating operational efficiency of logistics service provider (LSP). We present a case study of comparative analysis of six leading LSPs in India using our proposed framework. We consider three operational metrics such as annual overhead expense (OE), annual fuel consumption (FC) and cost of delay (CoD, two qualitative indicators such as innovativeness (IN) which basically indicates process innovation and average customer rating (CR)and one outcome variable such as turnover (TO) as the criteria for comparative analysis. The result shows that the final ranking is a combined effect of all criteria. However, it is evident that IN largely influences the ranking. We carry out a comparative analysis of the results obtained from our proposed method with that derived by using existing established frameworks. We find that our method provides consistent results; it is more stable and does not suffer from rank reversal problem.
A NEW INTEGRATED GREY MCDM MODEL: CASE OF WAREHOUSE LOCATION SELECTION
Authors: Ulutaş Alptekin , Balo Figen , Sua Lutfu , Demir Ezgi , Topal Ayşe , Jakovljević Vladimir
Published: October 2021

Warehouses link suppliers and customers throughout the entire supply chain. The location of the warehouse has a significant impact on the logistics process. Even though all other warehouse activities are successful, if the product dispatched from the warehouse fails to meet the customer needs in time, the company may face with the risk of losing customers. This affects the performance of the whole supply chain therefore the choice of warehouse location is an important decision problem. This problem is a multi-criteria decision-making (MCDM) problem since it involves many criteria and alternatives in the selection process. This study proposes an integrated grey MCDM model including grey preference selection index (GPSI) and grey proximity indexed value (GPIV) to determine the most appropriate warehouse location for a supermarket. This study aims to make three contributions to the literature. PSI and PIV methods combined with grey theory will be introduced for the first time in the literature. In addition, GPSI and GPIV methods will be combined and used to select the best warehouse location. In this study, the performances of five warehouse location alternatives were assessed with twelve criteria. Location 4 is found as the best alternative in GPIV. The GPIV results were compared with other grey MCDM methods, and it was found that GPIV method is reliable. It has been determined from the sensitivity analysis that the change in criteria weights causes a change in the ranking of the locations therefore GPIV method was found to be sensitive to the change in criteria weights.
REGIONAL AIRCRAFT SELECTION WITH FUZZY PIPRECIA AND FUZZY MARCOS: A CASE STUDY OF THE TURKISH AIRLINE INDUSTRY
Authors: Bakır Mahmut , Akan Şahap , Özdemir Emircan
Published: October 2021

Aircraft selection is an important issue in achieving long-term goals in the airline industry. For this issue in which multiple conflicting criteria are involved, the extant literature points to the use of multi-criteria decision-making (MCDM) methods. In this respect, this study aims to propose a systematic and comprehensive framework with a focus on the regional aircraft selection perspective. To achieve this, an integrated fuzzy Pivot Pairwise Relative Criteria Importance Assessment (F-PIPRECIA) and fuzzy Measurement Alternatives and Ranking according to the Compromise Solution (F-MARCOS) approach was employed. In this study, in which six regional aircraft alternatives were evaluated according to 14 criteria, data were collected from five decision experts. As a result, it was found that the most pivotal criterion is C33 (Operational Cost), and the least important criterion is C12 (NOx). In addition, CRJ1000 was identified as the most promising regional aircraft alternative. The results of the application were further validated by applying a three-stage sensitivity analysis. The proposed structure is anticipated to assist airline managers in aircraft selection decisions under uncertainty by offering a robust and systematic tool.
Círculos concéntricos: similitudes, disimilitudes y endemismo en la pintura rupestre del archipiélago cubano
Authors: Gutierrez calvache Divaldo , González Tendero José Benito
Published: October 2021

Se presenta un análisis de las similitudes y diferencias entre los sitios cubanos que presentan diseños pictóricos de círculos concéntricos. Aplicamos el coeficiente de similitud de Gower como algoritmo de agrupamiento a partir de una matriz de correlación con un conjunto sólido de variables mixtas. Documentamos, así, la existencia de grupos de individuos (sitios) similares y disímiles entre sí, definiéndose aquellos rasgos que representan endemismos. Como resultado del procedimiento, se obtuvo un dendrograma con una estructura que revela cánones regionales que se acercan de forma significativa a los conceptos contemporáneos de regionalización del arte rupestre nacional. Se concluye que se produjo un proceso de simplificación de los diseños de círculos concéntricos hacia el este del país, con tendencia hacia la reducción de la cantidad de diseños por sitios y de estos por regiones, así como de la cantidad de círculos en las series y de su complejidad cromatográfica. Esto es coherente con el análisis sobre el rol de estos diseños en las sociedades ejecutoras y los procesos de reproducción, filiación, parentesco y vecindad en la producción de arte rupestre.
Editorial.Desde lo concéntrico a lo cantinflesco. Imágenes sociales y complejidad
Authors: Ulloa Hung Jorge
Published: October 2021

No necesita resumen.
Reflexión sobre cine y filosofía: una mirada de la filmografía cantinflesca desde Friedrich Nietzsche
Authors: Nieto Mendoza Isaac
Published: October 2021

El estudio de la obra cinematográfica de Mario Moreno, más conocido como Cantinflas, ha sido escasamente abordado desde una concepción filosófica, lo cual conlleva un esfuerzo hermenéutico que permita entablar una correlación conceptual entre los aspectos fundamentales de la filosofía vitalista de Friedrich Nietzsche y algunos filmes de Cantinflas, en aras de abordar la concepción de adversidad y la confrontación de esta por parte del ser humano, de acuerdo con las visiones desde las distintas ópticas que se consultan. Por tanto, el objetivo del estudio de la investigación fue realizar un análisis filosófico de la obra fílmica de Cantinflas con el fin de reconocer los vestigios que encaminan al ser humano hacia una praxis vital, desde una perspectiva nietzscheana. Para tal fin, se utilizó el diseño metodológico revisión documental, analizando textos de Nietzsche, como también realizando una hermenéutica desde la estética de la filmografía de Cantinflas.
Registro, documentación e interpretación del arte rupestre. Una propuesta básica para estudiantes: el Seminario Taller de la SIARB
Authors: Strecker Matthias , Lima Pilar , Rivera Casanovas Claudia , Taboada Freddy
Published: October 2021

Los estudios de arte rupestre juegan un rol cada vez mayor dentro de los proyectos de investigación arqueológica. Se nota un incremento en los registros nacionales de sitios de pinturas y grabados rupestres, una siempre mayor aplicación de nuevas técnicas en su documentación, análisis empleando métodos de arqueometría, numerosos encuentros de especialistas en la temática, así como publicaciones especializadas. A pesar de todos estos avances, se advierte una falta de programas especializados en arte rupestre en el currículum académico de distintas universidades con programas de enseñanza e investigación relacionados con esta temática. En este artículo presentamos y explicamos el programa del Seminario Taller Introducción al Estudio del Arte Rupestre, organizado por la Sociedad de Investigación del Arte Rupestre de Bolivia (SIARB), dirigido a estudiantes de Arqueología, Antropología y otras carreras (Artes, Historia, Turismo). Este programa hace énfasis en el registro y la documentación de sitios de arte rupestre con simples métodos adecuados para principiantes en la materia; asimismo, se incide en la conservación del arte rupestre, la clasificación e interpretación de los sitios y sus manifestaciones rupestres.
Impact of Natural Disasters on Foreign Direct Investment in South and South-East Asian Countries
Authors: Ahmed S. M. Moin Uddin
Published: October 2021

Abstract: This paper examines the empirical relationship between natural disasters and FDI in 14 South and South-East Asian countries, 7 from South Asia, are Bhutan, Bangladesh, India, Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan and Sri Lanka and the rest 7 from South East Asian countries, these are Cambodia, Indonesia, Lao PDR, Malaysia, the Philippines, Thailand and Vietnam taking panel data from 2000-2011. The two key variables are used in the analysis, foreign direct investment is the dependent variable; the total net inflows of FDI as a percentage of GDP is taken. The second key variable indicates natural disasters, the independent variable. Fixed effects model and Heteroskedasticity-Autocorrelation-Consistent (HAC) standard error are employed to estimate lagged and immediate impact of natural disaster on FDI. The empirical results show that natural disasters have a negative and statistically significant impact on FDI with two years of lag. The results indicate that post disasters management matters for attracting FDI inflow. Post disasters recovery systems and relevant policies should be able to improve the confidence of foreign investors and attractiveness of affected areas by establishing reliable and strong infrastructures and institutions. This would guide the policymakers for better fiscal decisions, mainstreaming the economic impacts of natural disasters in long-term economic planning for attracting FDI inflows and preparedness aftermath of natural disasters. Keywords: Foreign Direct Investment; Natural disasters; Panel data; Fixed effects model; HAC standard error