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Kenakalan Remaja dan Bahaya Kejahatan Dunia Maya (Cyber)
Authors: Maramba Rambu Susanti Mila , Wulla Antonius Banga
Published: December 2022

Kenakalan remaja pada saat ini banyak terjadi dilingkungan masyarakat. Hal ini dikarenakan rasa ingin tahu besar dalam diri anak remaja. Salah satu permasalah utama yang terjadi dilingkungan masyarakat adalah kenakalan yang dilakukan mereka yang dikatogorikan dalam usia remaja. Kejahatan/kenakalan sebagaimana dimaksud salah satunya adalah membuat kejahatan di dunia maya (Ciber Crime). Oleh karena itu, untuk mencegah agar anak usia remaja tidak melakukan hal-hal yang merugiakn diri sendiri maupun masyarakat, maka diperlukan adanya sosialisasi mengenai kenakalan remaja dan bahaya kejahatan dunia maya. Dalam pengabdian masyarakat yang telah dilakukan, metode yang digunakan adalah metode edukatif yang artinya pendekatan yang akan dilakukan dalam PkM dengan cara memberikan pengajaran atau adanya unsur pendidikan yang dapat mendinamisasikan masyarakat menuju kemajuan yang dicita-citakan. Sehingga akan terciptanya masyarakat yang aman, tenteram, meningkatkan kesadaran hukum dari anak usia remaja dan menjadikan anak usia remaja sebagai remaja yang memiliki masa depan cemerlang.
PERANCANGAN DESAIN KEMASAN BAKSOKU
Authors: Hariadi Fajar , Kalaway Rambu Yetti , Rada Yustina
Published: December 2022

Bakso merupakan makanan yang umum dikonsumsi oleh masyarakat Indonesia. Hal ini merupakan hal yang positif dimana masyarakat umum sudah mengenal cita rasa kuliner ini, namun dari sisi penjual, usaha ini merupakan usaha yang memiliki sangat banyak saingan dan seiring berjalannya waktu persaingan usaha kuliner baksa ini semakin ketat. Sehingga perlu adanya kreativitas dari sisi penjual, dimana salah satunya adalah usaha Baksoku. Melalui kegiatan pengabdian ini dilakukan usaha untuk meningkatkan daya saing usaha Baksoku dengan desain kemasan produk yang lebih menarik dan banner yang dibuat untuk menarik para pelanggan baru. Hasil desain kemasan ini dinilai oleh 30 orang pelanggan dan memberikan hasil sebesar 60% pelanggan lebih memilih desain kemasan yang baru dan 40 lainnya lebih memiliih penggunaan kemasan lama. Alasan pemilihan desain baru adalah 50% dikarenakan tampilan lebih menarik, 39% karena kemasan lebih mudah dibuka untuk dikonsumsi, 6% karena lebih mudah dibawa, dan 6% karena kualitas bahan yang digunakan.
Pembuatan Totebag Berbahan Dasar Kain Sisa Hasil Produksi Dengan Memanfaatkan Tukang Jahit Keliling Guna Meningkatkan Perekonomian Masyarakat Kota Solo
Authors: Suryawan Gracia Angelita
Published: December 2022

Kemiskinan merupakan salah satu permasalahan yang sering muncul di berbagai kota bahkan negara. Terutama pada era pandemi covid-19 ini. Tak dipungkiri bahwa pandemi ini mengakibatkan merosotnya perekonomian di Indonesia terutama di Kota Solo. Kota Solo merupakan salah satu kota budaya yang memiliki potensi kerajinan Batik sebagai salah satu icon Kota ini.  Tak hanya potensi dari sumber daya kerajinanya saja, potensi dari sumber daya manusia yakni sering disebut pengrajin juga banyak ditemui di Kota ini. Salah satunya para penjahit keliling yang tiap harinya berkeliling dari kompleks ke kompleks lain untuk membantu menjahit pakaian warga setempat. Namun dengan dampak dari covid-19 ini, banyak penjahit keliling yang mulai kehilangan pekerjaannya dan menyebabkan dampak negatif bagi pertumbuhan perekonomian mereka. Hal ini berdampak buruk pada sustainable development goals pada poin ke 8 mengenai pekerjaan layak dan pertumbuhan ekonomi. Pada tulisan ini menggunakan metode Design Thinking yang bertujuan membantu dalam meningkatkan perekonomian masyarakat di Kota Solo dan juga meningkatkan potensi sumber daya manusia melalui para penjahit keliling yang menjadi mitra kerja kami dengan pengolahan limbah sisa kain batik bekas produksi menjadi sebuah tas totebag dengan desain yang cantik dan modern.
Epidemiology------Comparison between indoor and outdoor air quality at three representative sites in Auckland Center
Authors: Liu Huan
Published: December 2022

Epidemiology------Comparison between indoor and outdoor air quality at three representative sites in Auckland Center Author: Liu Huan (1983-), Master of Science (First Class Honours), The University of Auckland. Advisor: Jennifer Salmond, School of Environment, Faculty of Science, The University of Auckland.
Vegetation Ecosystem Studies on both hill and wetland species, Great Barrier Island, New Zealand.
Authors: Liu Huan
Published: December 2022

Vegetation Ecosystem Studies on both hill and wetland species, Great Barrier Island, New Zealand. Author: Liu Huan, Master of Science (First Class Honours), The University of Auckland. Advisor: George Perry, School of Environment, Faculty of Science, The University of Auckland
SURFACE FLOW AND FLOOD IN THE SHAMAKHI DISTRICT LOCATED IN THE SOUTH-EAST PART OF THE GREAT CAUCASUS
Authors:   Institute of Soil Science and Agrochemistry of ANA, Bagirova R.F.
Published: December 2022

After gaining independence, the Republic of Azerbaijan, as in all areas, has undergone significant changes in the field of economic regions, territorial production complexes and their development. In this modern period of formation and deepening of market relations, ensuring the sustainable development of the economy and improving the social living conditions of the population attracts attention with its urgency. In this regard, the study of soil erosion problems of industrial complexes in the Shamakhi economic region of the Mountainous-Shirvan region and the study of the erosion danger of these lands and the development of complex anti-erosion technologies to prevent damage to the country's economy. is of great relevance in terms of scale application.
Assessment And Justification of The Use of Low-Intensity Irrigation Systems in Azerbaijan and The Prospects of Its Development
Authors:   Institute of Soil Science and Agrochemistry of the National Academy of Sciences of Azerbaijan., Aliyev Z.H.
Published: December 2022

The results of the study revealed that the mismatch intensity rain rate of water absorption into the soil formation of a surface relief and soil erosion, uneven and shallow soaking imperfection open irrigation system at a superficial irrigation, the need for different irrigation methods in the growing and not growing periods, low coefficient land utilization, high cost of irrigation and other features are, to a certain extent in conflict with the requirements of watering cultivated with techniques for of crops in an area at the deep groundwater.
Cancers in Iraq: Half century overview
Authors:   Advisor doctor, Children Teaching Hospital of Baghdad Medical City and the National Training and Development Center., Al-Mosawi Aamir Jalal
Published: December 2022

Malignancies have been increasingly regarded as one of the main challenges to healthcare systems throughout the world. Malignant diseases were reported by the World Health Organization to be the second leading cause of death throughout the world accounting for about sixth of all deaths during the year 2018. There has been increasing interest in the historic patterns of malignant disease which can help in establishing understanding of the possible changes of pattern of cancer. The aim of this paper is to provide an overview of the pattern of malignancy in Iraq during the previous half century. The top five cancers reported in Iraq during ten-year period (1976-1985) were different from the top cancers throughout the world as reported by the World Health Organization during the previous years. The pattern of malignant disease in Iraq during the years 2000 to 2004 was rather different from the pattern of malignancies in other countries like United States of America. The incidence rate of new cases of malignancies were increasing during the previous decades as it was 38.91/100,000 population in 1994, 52.8\100,000 in 2006, and 82.62/100,000 population in 2018. The pattern of cancers in Iraq was not very similar to the latest global pattern reported by the World Health Organization. In addition, the pattern of childhood cancers in Iraq witnessed some changes during the previous decades.
Gall bladder polyp in a bodybuilder with symptomatic uremia: An educational ultrasound image
Authors:   Advisor doctor, Baghdad Medical City and the National Training and Development Center., Al-Mosawi Aamir Jalal
Published: December 2022

Background: Gallbladder polyps are generally small benign lesions that do not enlarge for years. However, follow-up with ultrasound examination is initially recommended to detect unexpected malignancy. The diagnosis of a gallbladder polyp is generally made with ultrasound examination, and in many instances the polyp is detected while performing the ultrasound examination in the diagnostic work-up of a condition not related to the gallbladder.
Innovation for sustainable development
Authors: Mugendi M'rithaa
Published: December 2022

There is growing consensus that the 21st Century is the African Century, However, this noble vision cannot happen by default - it must catalysed by Design Thinking - by a deliberate and strategic drive to achieve sustainable development for the continent's denizens. This presentation showcases a number of innovative solutions emerging from the creative minds of Africans with solutions for Afrika*. The exemplars discussed herein advocate an ethical and socially conscious ethos that embraces transdisciplinary as a means of co-creation and co-production. Further, the presentation makes a strong case for disciplinary imagineering beyond the traditional STEM approach, to one of STEAM - a more inclusive and empathic design approach that takes cognisance of the design, the arts and humanities.  For Afrika to achieve its lofty ambitions and play an active role in the 4th and 5th Industrial Revolutions, we must adopt a more holistic Quadruple Helix model of partnership (that includes Academia; Business/Industry; Community/Civil Society; and Government). In conclusion, this presentation exhorts innovators and inventors in academic institutions to contribute to Afrika's sustainable development through projects that make a marked social impact in the real world...
Teacher training pathways for competency based curriculum (CBC) in the university education in Kenya
Authors: Kubai James T. , Owiti Beatrice
Published: December 2022

The education reform in Kenya recommended phasing out of the 8-4-4 education system to embrace the 2-6-3-3-3 competency based curriculum (CBC). The embraced curriculum has three learning pathways or pillars at senior secondary and university education. The three pathways are Talent Pillar, Languages and Social Sciences Pillar, Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) pillar. The Higher Education Curriculum Framework (HECF) and universities are yet to provide clear policy guidelines for training teachers and align their skill and competencies with the CBC curriculum framework. The phenomenon is compounded by the fact that, the Ministry of Education through teacher service commission without any empirical data suggested the bedrock of education training programs, the Bachelor of education arts (B. Ed, arts) and Bachelor of Education science (B.Ed. arts) programs to be eradicated in favor of Bachelor of Arts (B.A) and Sciences (B.Sc.) as the pathways to teaching profession through a Post Graduate Diploma in Education (PGDE). The Teachers Service Commission is championing multi-tasking competences where those graduates teaching in secondary schools should be trained to teach more than the traditional two teaching subjects. The Basic Education Curriculum Framework (BECF) has categorized Junior and Senior Secondary School levels which the training of teachers in the university education program must align itself with. While students study all the compulsory subjects in junior secondary, they branch to specialize in their preferred pathways at senior secondary levels. The recruitment of students to both public and private universities for teaching career is based on high school credentials that have now to consider talent including talents in sports, creative and performing arts. The study was designed to explore the teacher training programs embracing talent for university education in order to address both the needs of Junior and senior secondary schools under the three pillars embraced in the Competency Based Curriculum (CBC) in Kenya.
Depression In Adolecents
Authors: Yuliyana Rian
Published: December 2022

Background: A mental disorder that can be suffered by all is depression. The health burden brought on by depression makes depression an important public health issue.
Objective; this study was descriptive survey on depression in adolescents on Berakit village, Riau Islands.
Method:  a descriptive design was employed 65 participants by simple random sampling at Berakit Village, Bintan, Riau Island. Depression Anxiety Stress Scale (DASS) were use as the instruments. Data was analyzed by using descriptive statistics.
Results of this study found that most mean the range score in screening for depression was normal (83%). Most most mean the range score in screening for anxiety adolescent was early anxiety (22%). Moreover, the most of participant rate middle stress (24%). Conclusion these finding indicated that there are depression cases in further intervention to promote management stress to adolescent in seacoast.
 
Key words: Depression, anxiety, adolescent
The influence of probing-prompting learning model toward students’ mathematical reflective thinking skills
Authors: Zahra Luthvia , Anggoro Bambang Sri , Wijaya Tommy Tanu , Widyawati Santi
Published: December 2022

This research was conducted at SMP Negeri 32 Bandar Lampung to determine the influence of the Probing-Prompting learning model toward students' mathematical reflective thinking skills on the relations and functions learning materials. The researchers employed the quasi-experimental design. The research data was collected through a description test. This research was conducted on the eighth-grade students of SMP Negeri 32 Bandar Lampung. The samples consisted of sixty students determined using the cluster random sampling technique. Based on the Two-Way ANOVA test, the Probing-Prompting learning model significantly affected students' mathematical reflective thinking. Therefore, the learning model influenced the students' mathematical reflective thinking skills on the relations and functions learning materials.
Hackathons como estratégia para inovação aberta: insights de eventos no Brasil e no Canadá
Authors: Schaedler Cecilia , Wegner Douglas , Brambilla Flávio Régio
Published: December 2022

Objetivo: O presente estudo tem por objetivo analisar os elementos capacitadores utilizados em hackathons de desenvolvimento de software e como eles contribuíram para o sucesso dos eventos.Método: Mediante abordagem qualitativa e exploratória, o método empregado foi o estudo de casos múltiplos, tendo como unidades de análise dois eventos no formato hackathon, organizados por empresa multinacional de tecnologia no Brasil e Canadá. A coleta de dados foi desenvolvida por entrevistas semiestruturadas e análise documental. A análise dos dados foi conduzida com a técnica da análise de conteúdo.Resultados: Os resultados mostram que a participação de pessoas com perfis e conhecimentos diferentes é importante para os resultados de um hackathon. O suporte fornecido aos participantes e a escolha do desafio proposto são aspectos que afetam a percepção dos participantes sobre o evento, assim como exercem influência nas soluções desenvolvidas.Limitações da pesquisa: Por se tratar de um estudo de casos múltiplos e de caráter qualitativo, não é viável estabelecer generalizações com base nos resultados do estudo, sendo apenas viável apresentar evidências e propostas com base nos casos concretos estudados.Implicações práticas: Proposição de melhores práticas a serem seguidas para a organização de hackathons, em específico no contexto das maratonas para desenvolvimento de soluções.Originalidade: Poucos estudos são direcionados para a aplicação de hackathons, e mais raros são aqueles desenvolvidos considerando diferentes países para análise dos elementos capacitadores baseados em estruturas distintas e suas contribuições na inovação. Investiga-se o desenvolvimento de hackathons como alternativa para inovação na área de software.
The B corp movement, advantages, and challenges: the perception of certified brazilian companies
Authors: Wecker Ana Cláudia , Froehlich Cristiane
Published: December 2022

Purpose: The present research aims at checking the social environmental practices carried out by the B corps, as well as the advantages and challenges faced by the movement. Design/methodology/approach: The research is descriptive and qualitative, carried out through multiple case studies with 11 Brazilian companies certified by the B Lab. The sources of data collection were semi-structured interviews with owners, managers, or employees who were actively engaged with sustainability causes in the company, in addition to the use of documents. Data were analyzed through content analysis.Findings: The main results showed that the B Corps works to resolve either social or environmental problems, even if their core activity is not for this purpose. Among the advantages of being part of the movement is the strength of working in a group with the same purpose, in search of transforming the capitalist market and recognizing its practices. The challenges in the certification search are related to the formalization of practices, considering that they are mostly small companies and the need for greater dissemination of the movement.Originality/value: The study contributes both to the advance in the literature regarding the understanding of the B Corp movement and to the evolution of the concept of hybrid organizations. As empirical contributions, the research serves as a basis for people and companies that seek to alleviate social and environmental problems through their practices and professional activities.
Fashion consumption practices of millennials women: between fast and slow fashion
Authors: Araújo Maria Kélvia Ferreira de , Mesquita Rafael Fernandes de , Matos Fátima Regina Ney , Sobreira Michelle do Carmo
Published: December 2022

Purpose: The ephemeral nature of fast fashion has influenced a change in people's thinking around the world about its production and consumption practices. This change in social behavior has been noticed, as people question the current way of consuming and provoke what has been called slow fashion. In this way, how is the adherence to 'practices' of fashion consumption, considered as slow fashion, by young women, an age group inserted in the millennials classification? Would it be a transition from fast to slow?Design/methodology/approach: This research has a qualitative approach, and its type is classified as exploratory, making use of the interview as a data collection technique.Findings: The results showed a steady consumption within the large retail of fast fashion due to low prices, convenience, and easy access. However, the interviewees showed trends in positioning for the consumption of slow products.Originality/value: It is concluded that fast fashion, until nowadays, is the concrete and hegemonic practice of fashion consumption, and it is not possible to view it as an ex-practice, since the three criteria of its classification still remain connected. As for slow fasion, this is in a proto-practice state, as component elements are identified, but connections have not yet been made.
Leadership and organizational culture in small companies
Authors: De Amorim Cantermi Bruno , Antonieta Lizote Suzete
Published: December 2022

Purpose: To evaluate the relationship between organizational culture and the leadership performed by man-agers of micro and small companies.      Methodology: The research has a quantitative and descriptive approach. Self-administered questionnaires applied to managers were used as a data collection instrument, resulting in a sample of 82 respondents. For data analysis, descriptive and correlational techniques were used.                            Results: The results showed that the transactional leadership style was the most perceived in managers and the type of current predominant culture was the clan culture. When testing the conjectured hypotheses, dif-ferent relationships between organizational culture and its dimensions were found with leadership styles. Clan culture showed correlation with all dimensions.                                                                                                    Practical implications: In practical terms, the research will be able to contribute to the micro and small compa-nies of intimate fashion and their managers, presenting new perspectives of management and development of competitive strategies, from the understanding of the leadership styles of the managers and the organizational culture of the company. company. Originality: Based on the research found, it appears that both organizational culture and leadership have been component variables of some mediation and moderation models that relate personal and organizational var-iables, but publications have not been identified in the literature that directly investigate the culture and its relationship with leadership styles in small textile companies.
Formação, ensino e pesquisa: percepções sobre a docência e a pesquisa no âmbito do ProfHistória
Authors: Lago Ana Cristina Castro do , Ximenes Cristiana Ferreira Lyrio , Guerra Filho Sérgio Armando Diniz
Published: December 2022

O presente artigo discute a relação ensino e pesquisa com professores de História da educação básica em processo de formação continuada pela qualificação da sua docência. Busca-se apontar como a relação formação-ensino-pesquisa pode atravessar os processos e as relações no ensino superior. O texto apresenta o cenário da pesquisa, a saber, o Mestrado Profissional em Ensino de História – ProfHistória (polo Universidade do Estado da Bahia – UNEB), bem como detalha o contexto da investigação que dá lastro a este texto. A partir de diálogo bibliográfico com autores e autoras que discutem a relação entre ensino e pesquisa, metodologias qualitativas e estudos de caso, delimitamos o escopo deste trabalho. A pesquisa iniciou-se no semestre de 2020.1, com a turma que acabara de ingressar no ProfHistória-UNEB. Interessa saber: como o grupo vive a relação formação, ensino e pesquisa? Na interpretação dos achados da pesquisa, os dados apontam para os desafios enfrentados pelos docentes na constituição da sua trajetória profissional, o que levanta a discussão acerca da sua própria formação. As considerações finais retomam a questão posta na introdução deste texto: como o grupo pensa a relação formação, ensino e pesquisa em direção a uma prática docente mais implicada com os atuais desafios da realidade da educação básica.
“Quero um amor maior que eu”: O amor e suas estruturas a partir da ótica de bell hooks
Authors: Souza Kleire Anny Pires de
Published: December 2022

Resenha do livro "Tudo sobre o amor: novas perspectivas" da autora Bell Hooks.
FÁBULAS E FRONTEIRAS NA POÉTICA URBANA DE FRANCIS ALŸS
Authors:   Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Konrath Germana
Published: December 2022

Com uma trajetória poética entrelaçada pela ideia de fábula, Francis Alÿs desenvolve ações que praticamente não deixam rastros materiais. Seus trabalhos partem de situações cotidianas onde o artista insere novas narrativas, possibilitando percepções e perspectivas inaugurais sobre determinados contextos. Este artigo busca estabelecer relações entre as fábulas criadas por Alÿs e suas contribuições para nossos discursos e práticas em situações limítrofes ou marginais, tanto entre territórios quanto entre fazeres urbanos diários.
Practising in a post-truth world: Pandemic ethics can inform patient autonomy and clinical communication
Authors: Fabian J , Etheredge H R , Lundgren C , Brannigan L
Published: December 2022

The COVID-19 pandemic posed an unprecedented challenge to modern bioethical frameworks in the clinical setting. Now, as the pandemic stabilises and we learn to ‘live with COVID’, the medical community has a duty to evaluate its response to the challenge, and reassess our ethical reasoning, considering how we practise in the future. This article considers a number of clinical and bioethical challenges encountered by the author team and colleagues during the most severe waves of the pandemic. We argue that the changed clinical context may require reframing our ethical thought in such a manner as to adequately accommodate all parties in the clinical interaction. We argue that clinicians have become relatively disempowered by the ‘infodemic’, and do not necessarily have adequate skills or training to assess the scientific literature being published at an unprecedented rate. Conversely, we acknowledge that patients and families are more empowered by the infodemic, and bring this empowerment to bear on the clinical consultation. Sometimes these interactions can be unpleasant and threatening, and involve inviting clinicians to practise against best evidence or even illegally. Generally, these requests are framed within ‘patient autonomy’ (which some patients or families perceive to be unlimited), and several factors may prevent clinicians from adequately navigating these requests. In this article, we conclude that embracing a framework of shared decision-making (SDM), which openly acknowledges clinical expertise and in which patient and family autonomy is carefully balanced against other bioethics principles, could serve us well going forward. One such principle is the recognition of clinician expertise as holding weight in the clinical encounter, when framed in terms of non-maleficence and beneficence. Such a framework incorporates much of our learning and experience from advising and treating patients during the pandemic.
A critical analysis of Discovery Health’s claims-based risk adjustment of mortality rates in South African private sector hospitals
Authors: Rodseth R N , Smith D , Maslo C , Laubscher A , Thabane L
Published: December 2022

In 2019, Discovery Health published a risk adjustment model to determine standardised mortality rates across South African privatehospital systems, with the aim of contributing towards quality improvement in the private healthcare sector. However, the model suffers from limitations due to its design and its reliance on administrative data. The publication’s aim of facilitating transparency is unfortunately undermined by shortcomings in reporting. When designing a risk prediction model, patient-proximate variables with a sound theoretical or proven association with the outcome of interest should be used. The addition of key condition-specific clinical data points at the time of hospital admission will dramatically improve model performance. Performance could be further improved by using summary risk prediction scores such as the EUROSCORE II for coronary artery bypass graft surgery or the GRACE risk score for acute coronary syndrome. In general, model reporting should conform to published reporting standards, and attempts should be made to test model validity by using sensitivity analyses. In particular, the limitations of machine learning prediction models should be understood, and these models should be appropriately developed, evaluated and reported.
Information Potential of Archival Sources on Wage Differentiation in the Industry of the Central Industrial District in the 1910s-1920s.
Authors: Aletkina Ekaterina Yur'evna
Published: December 2022

Тhe article discusses the information potential of sources related to the problems of wage inequality in Russia in general, and in the Central Industrial District (CID) in particular. Chronological framework of the study is 1910s – 1920s. The purpose of the study is to analyze archival materials of the State Archive of the Russian Federation (GARF), the State Archive of the Tver Region (GATO), the State Archive of the Tula region (GATO), allowing to identify features in the study of wage differentiation in industry. The relevance of the study is due to the lack of a structured description of archival sources of wages in the specified period. The analysis of sources is done taking into account the representativeness of the results of archival heuristics carried out on the basis of scientific reference apparatus and documents from the funds of federal and regional archives. The archival materials considered in the work contain information about the wages of various categories of employees, their distribution by regional and professional principle, as well as changes in these indicators over time. The author comes to the conclusion that the degree of completeness of the source base varies for different categories of workers throughout the chronological framework under consideration, but this fact does not prevent the solution of certain issues related to wage inequality.
Syncretism of Christian and Asian features in the design of St. Paul's Church in Macau
Authors: Chen' Ke
Published: December 2022

The subject of the study is the design of the Jesuit Church of St. Paul in Macau, built in 1602-1640. The plan and design of the temple are typical of the Jesuit churches of Europe, but the decoration is distinctive, which manifested a new strategy of the Jesuits. The focus of the publication is on the decor of the preserved western facade, combining both European Christian symbols and images, as well as Chinese and Japanese. The article shows how the Jesuits introduced the Christian doctrine into the consciousness of the inhabitants through the pictorial series familiar to the local population, seeking its speedy dissemination. The project of the church belongs to European masters, and local sculptors worked on the decoration. The novelty of the research lies in considering not only the historical aspects of the expansion of the influence of the Jesuit Order in the territories of the Far East in general, in China and Macau in particular, but also the artistic aspects, which is important, since art was an important tool for the Jesuits in promoting Christianity, especially in the era of the Counter-Reformation, after the Council of Trent. The main conclusion of the study is that the facade is a retablo of the Church of St. St. Paul's in Macau is a kind of doctrinal synthesis in stone: through images and inscriptions in Chinese and Latin, knowledge about Catholic doctrine and the basics of Christian teaching is transmitted to local residents.
Plastic Culture: an Approach to the Study and the Main Characteristics
Authors: Rozin Vadim Markovich
Published: December 2022

The author discusses the phenomenon of plastic culture and art. An expanded understanding of body movement is proposed, including gestures, poses, facial expressions, expression, the involvement of the artist and the viewer in external social rhythms and in music, internal movements and rhythms of the soul. All these movements are organized within the framework of plastic culture, although they exist by themselves, they have different sources of formation and areas of functioning. The immersion of a person into an aesthetic, more broadly artistic culture that has permeated, since antiquity, even the ordinary life of a person, not to mention specialization in a particular kind of art, triggers the process of organizing human movements and rhythms. The author identifies two factors that significantly determine this organization: the conditions and requirements of the sphere of art and the artistic language, understood extremely broadly. He characterizes the sphere of art with the features of publicity, differences from ordinary life and work, art opens an outlet to another, usually attractive, reality (to gods, beauty, ideals, to another world), sets a special type of communication. Describing the artistic language, the author points out that meaningful constructions of this language perform a different task than ordinary signs: they do not set unambiguous denotations, but should introduce into artistic reality and help the viewer to construct events in this reality. On the basis of these provisions, an analysis of the formation of dance is proposed and a characteristic of plastic art and culture is given.
K.D. Balmont and the Culture of Islam
Authors: Shashneva Ekaterina Nikolaevna , Mihailov Aleksei Aleksandrovich , Val'kevich Svetlana Ivanovna , Maslov Viktor Georgievich
Published: December 2022

The purpose of our research is the work of the great symbolist poet of the Silver Age K.D. Balmont through the prism of the culture of Islam. The topic of the culture of Islam in the poet's work has been little studied, which is the relevance of this study. Islam is a traditional religion and the cultural and spiritual life of a Muslim is inextricably linked with Islam. All literature, architecture, science, philosophy of Muslims is based on the teachings of Islam and its holy book the Koran. K.D. Balmont became interested in Arabic and translations of the Koran, melodic Arabic script. Subsequently, his essays, poems and travel notes will be filled with religious and cultural images. The methodology of the work is based on synchronic, structural and functional, biographical, historical and cultural methods. The novelty of the article lies in a new look at the work of K.D. Balmont within the framework of the culture of Islam. In the course of our work, we examined Balmont's religious poems of 12 suras: "I swear", "Merciful", "Great News", "Blow", "Oh, Prophet", "Rich People", "Trumpet sound", "Then", "Smoke", "Al-Hotama", "Event", "Don't forget." There were also many translations from Arabic, travel notes, essays, and the epistolary legacy of Balmont. The poet traveled a lot and visited Muslim countries, made translations from Arabic, wrote essays and travel notes about the culture of Islam. As a result, the main conclusions of the study were formulated, the culture of Islam was shown, the religious poems of K.D. Balmont were studied, and further prospects for studying this problem were outlined.
Experience of Modeling the Information and Training Space in the Independent Work of the Student in the Preparation of the Graduate Work
Authors: Ayupova Gul'naz Shamilovna
Published: December 2022

The subject of the research is the modeling of the educational space, increasing the efficiency of the student's independent work in preparing a thesis. Electronic educational resources are a means of learning and act to transfer its quality. One of the objects of introduction into the educational practice of educational organizations of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia continues to be the organization of independent work. The level of the completed thesis, defense performances and the final grade are directly related to the effectiveness of managing students' independent work. The scientific novelty of the study lies in the fact that it describes in detail the method of using the capabilities of the electronic information and educational environment of the institute to provide methodological and organizational assistance to students performing final qualifying work. This experience of implementing the student's independent work made it possible to identify a number of advantages in comparison with traditional forms. The use of the presented model of managing students' independent work contributed to the achievement of the learning objectives.
Vocal communication is tied to interpersonal arousal coupling in caregiver-infant dyads
Authors: Wass Sam , Phillips Emily , Smith Celia , Fatimehin Elizabeth OOB , Goupil Louise
Published: December 2022

It has been argued that a necessary condition for the emergence of speech in humans is the ability to vocalise irrespective of underlying affective states, but when and how this happens during development remains unclear. To examine this, we used wearable microphones and autonomic sensors to collect multimodal naturalistic datasets from 12-month-olds and their caregivers. We observed that, across the day, clusters of vocalisations occur during elevated infant and caregiver arousal. This relationship is stronger in infants than caregivers: caregivers vocalisations show greater decoupling with their own states of arousal, and their vocal production is more influenced by the infant’s arousal than their own. Different types of vocalisation elicit different patterns of change across the dyad. Cries occur following reduced infant arousal stability and lead to increased child-caregiver arousal coupling, and decreased infant arousal. Speech-like vocalisations also occur at elevated arousal, but lead to longer-lasting increases in arousal, and elicit more parental verbal responses. Our results suggest that: 12-month-old infants’ vocalisations are strongly contingent on their arousal state (for both cries and speech-like vocalisations), whereas adults’ vocalisations are more flexibly tied to their own arousal; that cries and speech-like vocalisations alter the intra-dyadic dynamics of arousal in different ways, which may be an important factor driving speech development; and that this selection mechanism which drives vocal development is anchored in our stress physiology.
Opposite polarity programs regulate asymmetric subsidiary cell divisions in grasses
Authors: Zhang Dan , Spiegelhalder Roxane P , Abrash Emily B , Nunes Tiago DG , Hidalgo Inés , Anleu Gil M Ximena , Jesenofsky Barbara , Lindner Heike , Bergmann Dominique C , Raissig Michael T
Published: December 2022

Grass stomata recruit lateral subsidiary cells (SCs), which are key to the unique stomatal morphology and the efficient plant-atmosphere gas exchange in grasses. Subsidiary mother cells (SMCs) strongly polarise before an asymmetric division forms a SC. Yet apart from a proximal polarity module that includes PANGLOSS1 (PAN1) and guides nuclear migration, little is known regarding the developmental processes that form SCs. Here, we used comparative transcriptomics of developing wild-type and SC-less bdmute leaves in the genetic model grass Brachypodium distachyon to identify novel factors involved in SC formation. This approach revealed BdPOLAR, which forms a novel, distal polarity domain in SMCs that is opposite to the proximal PAN1 domain. Both polarity domains are required for the formative SC division yet exhibit various roles in guiding pre-mitotic nuclear migration and SMC division plane orientation, respectively. Nonetheless, the domains are linked as the proximal domain controls polarisation of the distal domain. In summary, we identified two opposing polarity domains that coordinate the SC division, a process crucial for grass stomatal physiology.
Thalamocortical contributions to cognitive task activity
Authors: Hwang Kai , Shine James M , Cole Michael W , Sorenson Evan
Published: December 2022

Thalamocortical interaction is a ubiquitous functional motif in the mammalian brain. Previously (Hwang et al., 2021), we reported that lesions to network hubs in the human thalamus are associated with multi-domain behavioral impairments in language, memory, and executive functions. Here, we show how task-evoked thalamic activity is organized to support these broad cognitive abilities. We analyzed functional magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) data from human subjects that performed 127 tasks encompassing a broad range of cognitive representations. We first investigated the spatial organization of task-evoked activity and found a basis set of activity patterns evoked to support processing needs of each task. Specifically, the anterior, medial, and posterior-medial thalamus exhibit hub-like activity profiles that are suggestive of broad functional participation. These thalamic task hubs overlapped with network hubs interlinking cortical systems. To further determine the cognitive relevance of thalamic activity and thalamocortical functional connectivity, we built a data-driven thalamocortical model to test whether thalamic activity can be used to predict cortical task activity. The thalamocortical model predicted task-specific cortical activity patterns, and outperformed comparison models built on cortical, hippocampal, and striatal regions. Simulated lesions to low-dimensional, multi-task thalamic hub regions impaired task activity prediction. This simulation result was further supported by profiles of neuropsychological impairments in human patients with focal thalamic lesions. In summary, our results suggest a general organizational principle of how the human thalamocortical system supports cognitive task activity.
Exploring TVET lecturer perceptions about work-integrated learning in South Africa
Authors: Mesuwini Joseph , Thaba-Nkadimene Kgomotlokoa Linda , Mzindle Duduzile , Makwara Cephas
Published: December 2022

This paper discusses the perceptions of Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) lecturers’ work-integrated learning (WIL) to determine how they understood their learning in a South African context. This study explored TVET lecturer perceptions about WIL, which is not reported as much in the literature. Eighteen lecturers from the civil, electrical and mechanical trades were involved in the study. A multiple case study design was adopted. The non-probability sampling design, specifically convenience and purposive sampling was used because participants were identified according to the researcher’s judgment. Qualitative data were gathered from TVET lecturers learning through WIL in industry. A thematic analysis model was used to search for common themes and analyse the data. Bergami and Schuller’s industry placement model underpinned the study. Using interviews and non-participant observation provided an opportunity for data triangulation, thereby addressing shortfalls that may be deep-rooted in a single method approach. This provided opportunities to test the trustworthiness and dependability of research findings. It emerged that TVET lecturers gained meaningful and current industry exposure. Lecturers described WIL as a positive and exciting initiative where they learnt from experts who shared valuable industry experiences. A few participants voiced their dissatisfaction over a lack of support from industry personnel. Further studies on challenges experienced by TVET lecturers during WIL are recommended. Overall, WIL complements theory with practice positively. The results may differ if future studies include other disciplines. WIL initiatives could influence different role players aligned to TVET provision.
Phylogeny of sand termites
Authors:   University of Hamburg, Gunter Felicitas , Henschel Joh R. , Picker Mike D. , Oldeland Jens , Jürgens Norbert
Published: December 2022

The sand termite Psammotermes allocerus is widely distributed in in southern Africa. To investigate the genetic diversity of this species 113 samples were collected in the arid regions of South Africa, Namibia and Angola in fairy circles and also in landscapes without fairy circles. The mitochondrial markers COI and COII were selected to perform Bayesian Inference analysis. The phylogenetic tree is composed of eight well-supported genetic groups within the species complex. In a synopsis with also studied morphological features the eight groups Northern Namib, Western Kalahari Basin, Nama, Southwestern Kalahari, East Gariep, Southern Namib, Tsau IIKhaeb and Succulent Karoo should be considered as distinct species. The species name P. allocerus should be used for termite collections of the Succulent Karoo due to their basal position in the phylogeny.
Simulation-based Optimization Approached to Design a Proposed Warehouse Layout on Bicycle Industry
Authors: Sienera Farrel Stefan , Octavia Tanti , Winoto Desi
Published: December 2022

The finished goods must be stored in a warehouse before the items are dispatched. Due to the increasing demand in 2020, there will be an increase in the quantity of items, which will cause the finished goods warehouse at PT X to reach capacity. This issue lengthens the flow through the warehouse and makes it easier for the items to sustain damage. To improve capacity, the firm is building a new finished goods warehouse, and it wants to organize the two warehouses so that the displacement time is as short as possible. This study utilized simulations to calculate the time and dedicated and class-based storage strategies to establish the layout. This study utilized simulations to determine the time and dedicated and class-based storage approaches to establish the layout. According to the findings, the dedicated storage technique has a total displacement distance of 703,952 meters and an average moving duration of 3.37 minutes per pallet. These findings are not as useful as the class-based storage technique, which has 705,961 meters and an average pallet turn time of 3.53 minutes.
Desenvolvimento de Vacinas: o potencial do Instituto Butantan na Pandemia de Covid-19
Authors: Pazelli Gabriela Simões , Chudzinski-Tavassi Ana Marisa , Vasconcellos Alexandre Guimaraes
Published: December 2022

O desenvolvimento e a capacidade de produção de vacinas são fundamentais no enfrentamento de doenças. Esse processo torna-se urgente em pandemias, como a da Covid-19, cujo número de mortes é elevadíssimo. Este estudo pretende indicar como o uso da estratégia de transferência de tecnologia no Brasil, pelo Instituto Butantan, beneficia o desenvolvimento de vacinas. Utilizando pesquisa documental, são abordados os desafios enfrentados. A estrutura já instalada no Butantan foi imprescindível para o seu protagonismo no enfrentamento da Covid-19, bem como a realização de parcerias e a utilização dos conhecimentos já adquiridos. O uso de tecnologias já dominadas acelera o processo de desenvolvimento, reduz o investimento financeiro e permite a produção integralmente nacional, contribuindo para reverter sua situação de vulnerabilidade tecnológica. Para que essas iniciativas tenham continuidade, é essencial uma política para investimentos no complexo industrial da saúde e apoio a projetos e pessoal envolvido em PD&I na instituição e no Brasil.
Impacto da Pandemia Sobre o INPI: um comparativo dos despachos realizados pela Diretoria de Marcas, entre os anos de 2019 e 2020
Authors: Leal Andresson Cicero Silva , Barros Aldre Jorge Morais
Published: December 2022

O Instituto Nacional da Propriedade Industrial (INPI) desempenha papel estratégico em nosso país, pois é responsável por garantir os direitos relacionados à propriedade industrial e intelectual, além de disseminar a inovação. O estudo consistiu, essencialmente, em coletar os dados nas Revistas de Propriedade Industrial publicadas entre os anos de 2019 (pré-pandemia) e 2020 (pandemia), com o objetivo de levantar o quantitativo de deferimentos, indeferimentos e publicações de oposição dos registros de marcas, buscando evidenciar se houve ou não a interrupção brusca dos trabalhos dos examinadores, bem como procurou levantar informações sobre os dados relacionados aos processos de marcas de alguns escritórios mundiais, fazendo um comparativo entre o desempenho dessas repartições com o INPI. Concluiu-se que o escritório brasileiro manteve números expressivos em sua atuação, demonstrando a capacidade de adaptação, eficácia das medidas tomadas e desempenho de seus agentes.
Effects of lovastatin on adenylyl cyclase activity and G proteins in GH4C1 cells
Authors: Chiloeches Antonio , Lasa Marina , Brihuega Fuensanta , Montes Agustín , Toro María J.
Published: July 2002

We studied the effect of lovastatin, a cholesterol lowering drug, on the basal state of G‐proteins in GH4C1 cells. Our data show that the addition of lovastatin markedly decreased the amount of the α‐subunits of the Gs and Gi‐proteins in the plasma membrane. The decrease of αs was correlated with a decrease in adenylyl cyclase activity, and both effects were reverted by the presence of mevalonate. As the attachment of G protein subunits to the membrane is dependent on γ‐subunit prenylation, we assume that the mechanism through which lovastatin exerts its effects on G‐proteins is the lack of mevalonate for the synthesis of prenyl residues. In conclusion, our data indicate that some of the effects of lovastatin are mediated through changes in the basal state of G‐protein in the membrane and consequently on adenylyl cyclase activity.