bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
ALTERAÇÕES HIDROELETROLÍTICAS E ACIDOBÁSICAS NO PÓS-OPERATÓRIO IMEDIATO DO TRANSPLANTE DE FÍGADO: ANÁLISE RETROSPECTIVA DE 20 ANOS EM CENTRO DE REFERÊNCIA NO NORDESTE DO BRASIL
Authors: Fonseca-Neto Olival Cirilo Lucena da , Martins Beatriz Costa Nava , Rabêlo Priscylla Jennie Monterio , Melo Paulo Sérgio Vieira de , Cruz Gustavo Michel da Cunha , Amorim Américo Gusmão , Melo Cláudio Moura Lacerda de
Published: December 2021

Desde o desenvolvimento da técnica do transplante de fígado (TF) e da realização das primeiras cirurgias, os desafios em torno desse procedimento foram os mais variados. Distúrbios como acidose, hiponatremia, hipercalemia e hipocalcemia podem ser observados nos pacientes após TF. Apesar da recorrência, esses distúrbios são escassamente estudados. Objetivo: Analisar quais são as alterações hidroeletrolíticas e acidobásicas mais frequentes no pós-operatório imediato dos pacientes submetidos ao TF, sua prevalência e a relação dessas alterações com outras complicações frequentes nesses pacientes. Método: Este é um estudo retrospectivo transversal, que incluiu 599 pacientes que se submeteram ao transplante de fígado entre 1999 e 2021. A coleta dos dados foi realizada através da análise de prontuários da Unidade de Transplante de Fígado (UTF), do Hospital Universitário Oswaldo do Cruz em Recife (PE). Resultados: A hiponatremia esteve presente em 18% da amostra, hipocalemia em 21%, hipocalcemia em 77%, 40% apresentavam hiperfosfatemia e 69% possuíam hipomagnesemia. A hipoalbuminemia esteve presente em 98% dos pacientes e 69% possuíam hiperlactatemia. A acidose estava presente em mais de 55% da amostra. Conclusão: Os distúrbios hidroeletrolíticos e ácidobásicos são bastante prevalentes nos pacientes em pós-operatório imediato de transplante de fígado. Chamam atenção distúrbios do cálcio, magnésio, albumina, lactato, além da acidose.
Geospatial panorama of long-term care facilities in Brazil: a portrait of territorial inequalities
Authors: Lacerda Tatiana Teixeira Barral de , Neves Ana Paula Miranda , Buarque Giselle Layse Andrade , Freitas Denise Cuoghi de Carvalho Veríssimo , Tessarolo Mariana Medeiros Mota , González Newton , Barbieri Silvio Fernando , Camarano Ana Amélia , Giacomin Karla Cristina , Boas Paulo José Fortes Villas
Published: December 2021

OBJECTIVES: To map the number and geospatial distribution of Brazilian long-term care facilities (LTCFs) for older adults. Additionally, we sought to highlight the relationship between these findings and the number of older people in the country’s 27 Federation Units, demonstrating the growth of these facilities in the last decade. METHODS: This is a descriptive observational study, using secondary data, which was performed in 3 stages: 1) searching and consolidating national and subnational data from different sources and mapping LTCFs; 2) preparing a geospatial map using Brazilian postal codes; and 3) triangulating the number of facilities and of older people in each state and all 5 Brazilian regions. RESULTS: We found 7029 LTCFs in the country, mostly in the Southeast and South regions: São Paulo, Minas Gerais and Rio Grande do Sul had the highest numbers of facilities while states in the North region represented only 1.12% of Brazilian LTCFs. Geospatial mapping highlighted that 64% of the 5 570 Brazilian municipalities did not have any LTCFs for older adults. CONCLUSIONS: We observed a large difference between Brazilian regions regarding the provision of long-term care.
An Analysis of the Determinants of Household Consumption Expenditure and Poverty in Indonesia
Authors: Suriani Nely
Published: December 2021

The main question of the research that is examined in the research is what the determinants of household consumption expenditure and poverty in Indonesia are. For this purpose, six key variables were selected which includes, household consumption expenditure, level of gross national income (GNI), level of population, lending interest rate, unemployment rate and also global financial crises. However, paper specifically attempted to conduct data analysis on the Indonesia; hence data of Indonesia was collected from World Bank Data centre. Data for the Indonesia was available for the period of 1990 to 2019. To determine stationarity of the data, Augmented Dickey-fuller (ADF) test was conducted. The ADF revealed that data was non-stationary and to resolve the issue of unit root, second difference of the variables resolved the issue and tests were conducted on second difference. Furthermore, instead of using the ordinary least square (OLS) regression, autoregressive distrusted lag model (ARDL) was preferred. The bound test reveals that there is long-run effect means cointegration present among the variable; hence the household consumption expenditure could be used to predict or estimate the household consumption and poverty in long-run. Meanwhile, ARDL results has suggested that there is no short-run effect of any of the regressors on the regressand household consumption expenditure and poverty.
What Brings a Good Textbook: The Research on Business English Textbook Compiling?
Authors: LUO Jing , XU Yuewen
Published: December 2021

With the establishment of business English major in the universities in China, more and more kinds of the business English teaching materials have flooded into the market. However, the authors find that the business English teaching materials in the market can‟t totally meet the demand of business English education. Based on the theory of Constructivism, the authors firstly do the research on the present market of business English textbooks, and then design questionnaire to investigate users‟ opinion about textbook. The statistics indicates that the existing business English textbooks can‟t effectively attract the university students for self-studying, and more group work and activities are desirable. Finally, the authors try to offer some suggestions for improvement of business English textbook to enhance effectiveness of business English teaching and learning.
Extra Lessons and Academic Achievement of Learners among Urban Day High Density Secondary School Learners
Authors: Bukaliya Richard
Published: December 2021

This multiple case study was an analysis of the perceptions of teachers, parents, school inspectors and learners towards the role of extra lessons on the academic achievement of learners in three secondary schools in Chegutu Urban, Zimbabwe. The study was guided by the Incentive Theory of Motivation developed by Young (1936), which postulates that there are many reasons that drive people towards doing certain things. The study adopted the interpretivist paradigm that hinges on the premise that social meaning is created by interacting with various participants affected by a phenomenon it was rooted in the qualitative approach. Interviews, focus group discussions and document analysis were used to generate data. The results of the study show that extra lessons were used to improve learners` academic achievement. Extra lessons came in as a form of remediation for learners who failed to grasp concepts during the formal learning school hours. The lessons also enhanced slow learners‟ achievement and sustained gifted learners` academic levels through extension work. They helped learners in getting admission into institutions of higher learning. Due to the positive academic role of the extra lessons, it was recommended that there is need to take extra lessons seriously. Extra lessons could be used to make up for the time limitations in the urban day high density secondary schools where there is double sessioning. However, there is need to monitor the learners as they go away for the extra lessons to find out if, indeed, they are benefitting from them. Learners, who stand to benefit from the extra lessons, need to take into account that they should not wait for teachers to do virtually everything for them but rather use extra lessons for guidance on how they go about certain activities. Learners should do most of the activities through learner centred approaches, under the guidance of the extra lessons teachers. There is need for a legal frame work to operationalise the extra lessons. The Government of Zimbabwe could have extra lessons as a revenue base through which teachers practising extra lessons could have their extra remuneration from extra lessons taxed.
Strategies to Improve Teaching Effectiveness of Beginning Teachers in a School Setting
Authors: Matthew Ige Akindele
Published: December 2021

That teachers are important in a school setting, cannot be overemphasized. A teacher however has to be equipped with knowledge and skills necessary for effective teaching of his/her pupils/students. Apart from the knowledge already acquired in educational institution(s), a teacher has to garner enough experience, to be effective in teaching. A beginning teacher possesses less teaching experience, compared to an old teacher. He/she needs adequate attention in school, to achieve his/her objectives, and most importantly, the school objectives, as well as effective teaching of pupils/students. In this paper, the strategies that can be adopted by school administrator, to improve the teaching of such teachers, such as: orientation, mentoring, exposure to workshops, conferences and seminars, among others, are examined.
Teaching in Times of COVID-19 Pandemic in Two Peripheral Greek Universities: Lessons Learned from Students’ Experiences and Opinions
Authors: Raikou Natassa , Kaltsidis Chris , Kedraka Katerina , Karalis Thanassis
Published: December 2021

COVID-19 pandemic has affected many aspects of social and economic life, including the educational sector. While each level of education faces its unique challenges, for the Higher Education the pandemic may act as the catalyst triggering a learning revolution. In the current study, which took place in April-May 2020, in the middle of lockdown in Greece, students from two regional Universities in Greece who participated pointed out that the Covid-19 pandemic disturbed their studies, even though their institutions managed to turn very quickly and successfully to distance learning. Despite the fact they are both old enough to handle the online work and technologically savvy enough to navigate new, digital tools and methods, a lot of anxiety, doubts and concerns arose. The main finding is that Greek students found it difficult to handle the lack of the everyday campus life and interaction with their fellow students and teachers, a lesson learnt for faculty to add pedagogically interactive tools, experiences, and ideas to stimulate students‟ learning engagement.
The Processes of Teaching Languages to Sixth Grade Students in an International Immersion School in a Midwestern City, U.S.A
Authors: Alzahrani Faisal S
Published: December 2021

This paper examines the teaching strategies used in an international immersion school in a Midwestern city in the U.S.A. A good number of teaching strategies are highlighted in literature review to provide context for this particular study. The immersion program is considered a teaching strategy and an additional name for bilingual schools in which students learn through a second language’s environment with the purpose of developing proficiency in two languages. The significance of this study is that students in immersion schools should have the same quality of education as their peers have in public schools. The participants in this study used the cognate, cooperative, structural strategies and other strategies in teaching the second language itself or when teaching subjects in the students’ second language. This study is a basic qualitative research and the data was collected though observations and interviews. The data was analyzed by using the ground theory approach. This study shows that immersion schools help students to achieve their second language acquisition and help them in the future to have the ability to access different languages of curriculum. Because the school is under development, this is one limitation that is presented in this study.
Academic Qualification and Teachers’ Job Satisfaction in Secondary Schools in Nakuru County-Kenya
Authors: Maina Margaret , Kiumi J Kanjogu , Githae Peter
Published: December 2021

Teacher job satisfaction is one of the critical determinants of the rate of progress in students learning outcomes. The teaching profession in Kenya has in the recent past experienced industrial disharmony by way of teachers’ strikes, which could be a pointer to dissatisfaction among teachers. Teacher dissatisfaction is typically rooted in failure by entities responsible for teacher management to meet teachers’ needs. Research-based evidence demonstrates that employees have different needs and that these needs are influenced by factors such as employee’s level of training or education for that matter. Drawing on these observations, the study sought to determine whether an academic qualification has any bearing on teachers’ job satisfaction in secondary schools in Nakuru County, Kenya. Data was collected using a self-delivered questionnaire from 341 teachers who were randomly selected from 3,092 teachers in the study locale. The instrument’s validity and reliability as estimated through split-half and Cronbach’s alpha stood at r=.945 and r=.905 respectively. Collected data was analyzed using ANOVA statistic at .05 alpha level. A major finding of the study was that teacher satisfaction decreased with an increase in the level of academic qualification. Qualification–differentiated satisfaction was also statistically significant (p<.05). The study offers useful insights to the Teachers Service Commission (TSC) and school managers on how to enhance teachers’ job satisfaction by way of addressing the needs of teachers in different levels of academic qualification.
PENGARUH MANAJEMEN RISIKO KREDIT TERHADAP KINERJA PT BANK PERKREDITAN RAKYAT SUMATERA SELATAN PERIODE 2015 – 2019
Authors: Nurrachma Muhammad Alfan , Aktarina Destia
Published: December 2021

Pengaruh manajemen risiko kredit terhadap kinerja PT Bank Perkreditan Rakyat Sumatera Selatan periode 2015 – 2019. Rumusan masalah dalam penelitian ini adalah bagaimana pengaruh manajemen risiko kredit terhadap kinerja PT Bank Perkreditan Rakyat Sumatera Selatan. Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk mengetahui pengaruh manajemen risiko kredit terhadap kinerja PT Bank Perkreditan Rakyat Sumatera Selatan. Metode penelitian menggunakan metode kuantitatif. Metode analisis data yang digunakan adalah deskriptif. Berdasarkan hasil penelitian menunjukkan bahwa pengaruh manajemen risiko kredit terhadap kinerja PT Bank Perkreditan Rakyat Sumatera Selatan periode 2015 – 2019 yang diukur melalui PPAP bahwa PPAP berpengaruh terhadap pendapatan BPR, yaitu pada tahun 2015 – 2017 dengan meningkatnya PPAP maka pendapatan berkurang dan pada tahun 2018 – 2019 dengan menurunnya PPAP maka pendapatan meningkat.
Pseudostroke as a manifestation of mediastinal choriocarcinoma in an elderly man
Authors: Korneva Yuliya S. , Maslova Natalya N. , Rudenko Yana A. , Miloserdov Maxim A. , Shisterova Oksana A.
Published: December 2021

We describe a rare clinical case: onset of acute neurological symptoms suggestive of a pesudostroke, caused by an imbalance in cerebral blood flow as a result of internal carotid artery compression by an enlarged lymph node secondary to metastases from a disseminated non-gestational mediastinal choriocarcinoma. This was accompanied by decompensation due to paraneoplastic coagulopathy.
Electrophysiological assessment of the cranial reflexes
Authors: Seliverstov Yury A. , Abramova Anna A. , Evdokimov Konstantin M. , Broutian Amayak G. , Maximova Marina Yu. , Illarioshkin Sergey N. , Piradov Mikhail A.
Published: December 2021

Electrophysiological assessment methods play a key role in the diagnosis of various neurological disorders. Electrophysiological evaluation of cranial reflexes is particularly valuable for neurologists. This article provides an overview of electrophysiological evaluation methods for cranial reflexes, which are most commonly used in clinical practice. They provide objective assessment of the functional integrity of nervous system structures that make up the cranial reflex arc, identify the level and, in some cases, the nature of disease, as well as pathophysiological mechanisms of central and peripheral nervous system disorders. We describe the instruments and main approaches to analysing the results for the standard blink reflex, blink reflex with prepulse inhibition, blink reflex with paired stimuli and recovery curve evaluation, reflex inhibition of the levator palpebrae superioris, jaw jerk reflex, and reflex inhibition (cutaneous silent period) of the masseter muscle.
Medicamenteuze behandeling van de oudere patiënt met epilepsie
Authors: Wammes-van der Heijden Emmeke , Rampen Anneke
Published: December 2021

De diagnosestelling van epilepsie bij de oudere patiënt is minder voor de hand liggend omdat de oorzaak (onderliggende etiologie) en het klinische beeld af kunnen wijken. De medicamenteuze behandeling van deze patiënten vereist daarom speciale aandacht. De balans tussen effectiviteit en bijwerkingen bij ouderen, veranderingen in farmacokinetiek en -dynamiek, co-morbiditeit en polyfarmacie beïnvloeden de keuze en dosering van het anti-epilepticum.
Notes on Distribution of Crotalaria paniculata Willd. and Status of its Variety Nagarjunakondensis Thoth.
Authors: Kumar V.
Published: December 2021

Crotalaria paniculata Willd. is reported for the first time from Kerala although it is commonly found in all the other three states of South India. Further, discussion is made about its questionable occurrence in Java (Indonesia) and opined here that it is endemic to South India. C. paniculata var. nagarjunakondensis Thoth. is raised to the specific level based on cordate cuspidate bract, absence of stipules, length of calyx teeth as well as 2-seeded pods.
Trichodesma amplexicaule Roth (Boraginaceae) - A New Record to the Flora of Orissa
Authors: Kalidass Chinnamadasamy , Srivastava Ankit
Published: December 2021

Trichodesma amplexicaule Roth (Boraginaceae), is reported here as a new record to the flora of Orssia. Brief description and photographs are provided.
A Review of the Genus Artabotrys R. Br. (Annonaceae) from Andaman and Nicobar Islands, with A New Record for India
Authors: Prabhu S. , Sathiyaseelan R. , Aron S. , Murugan C.
Published: December 2021

A taxonomic account of the genus Artabotrys R. Br. from the Andaman and Nicobar Islands along with a new record for India is presented. Of the three species recorded from the Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Artabotrys hexapetalus (L.f.) Bhandari is widely distributed; A. speciosus Kurz and A. nicobarianus D. Das are endemic to Andaman and Nicobar Islands, India and Artabotrys suaveolens (Bl.) Bl. is reported here as a new record for India from Great Nicobar Biosphere Reserve.
New record of two interesting taxa of Scutellinia from Ladakh (Jammu & Kashmir), India
Authors: Dorjey Konchok , Kumar Sanjeev , Sharma Yash
Published: December 2021

Two taxa of the genus Scutellinia (Pyronemataceae, Pezizales) are recognized in Ladakh by analysis of macro- and micro-morphological characteristics, substrates and geographical distributions. These include Scutellinia setosa and S. setosa var. muscivorum var. nov., which are new records for India.
Short communication: Virulence of barley leaf rust in the South of Russia in 2017-2019
Authors: Danilova Anastasiya V. , Volkova Galina V.
Published: December 2021

Aim of study: To analyze the structure of Puccinia hordei populations by virulence in southern Russia during 2017-2019.
Area of study: South of Russia, the leading Russian region for barley production where barley leaf rust is an important foliar disease.
Material and methods: Uredinial samples of P. hordei were collected at the production sites of winter barley in the south of Russia. Single uredinial isolates (total 95) were tested for virulence with 17 differentials with Rph resistance genes.
Main results: No isolates were found virulent to the host line with the Rph13 gene. There was a decrease in the number of fungal isolates virulent to the host lines with Rph5 and Rph7 genes. In 2017 and 2019, isolates containing a large number of virulence alleles (from 11 to 15) prevailed. In 2018, isolates with low (1-5) and medium (6-10) frequency of virulent alleles prevailed, as well as avirulent isolates. The values of the Nei index via diversity showed high similarity of the pathogen populations in 2017-2018 (N = 0.05) and minor differences in 2017-2019 and 2018-2019 (N = 0.13 and 0.16, respectively). The greatest frequency of virulence alleles in accordance with the Nei (Hs) index was noted for the 2018 population (Hs = 0.36). For the 2017 and 2019 populations, this indicator was on average Hs = 0.29 and 0.20, respectively.
Research highlights: Analysis of genetics of the P. hordei population is important for the strategy of varietal distribution in the region and development of rust-resistant cultivars.
One Profession-but not one Oath; a new survey revisiting the Chiropractic Oaths
Authors: Deltoff Marshall N.
Published: December 2021

Thirty years ago, in 1988, we undertook the first formal academic examination of the Chiropractic Oath: its development and an analysis of its component parts. At that time, we studied 38 oaths from 25 different chiropractic colleges. Various themes and topics were identified, some of which occurred consistently, and others appearing but once or twice. With the recent global expansion of our profession to new schools in many more countries, the oaths presently used at chiropractic colleges worldwide were subjected to the same analysis for comparison. 42 oaths were obtained from the 45 institutions currently listed on the World Federation of Chiropractic website.    Increased access, both electronically and in person, has enabled our academic institutions to communicate and relate at a level unimaginable thirty years ago. This increasing college interaction is one aspect of our progressive unity. It is proposed that consideration be given to the development of a single Chiropractic Oath as a tangible example of this professional unity.
Analisis Kelas Virtual Google Classroom Pada Pelatihan TIK Bagi Guru Madrasah Tsanawiyah Di Wilayah Kerja Kantor Kementerian Agama Kabupaten Labuhan Batu Selatan
Authors: Gunarno Gunarno
Published: December 2021

Google Classroom Virtual Class Analysis on Information and Communication Technology (ICT) Training for Madrasah Tsanawiyah Teachers in the Work Area of ​​the Ministry of Religion, South Labuhan Batu Regency. This study aims to determine the description of the virtual google classroom that has been created by the trainee teachers in ICT Training for Madrasah Tsanawiyah Teachers in the Work Area of ​​the Ministry of Religion, Labuhan Batu Selatan Regency. The research subjects were participants in the ICT Training for Madrasah Tsanawiyah Teachers in the Work Area of ​​the Ministry of Religion, Labuhan Batu Selatan Regency, which was held from 11 until 16 January 2021 totaled 30 people, with 2 aspects observed, namely the general aspect and the accessibility aspect. This research method is descriptive research. Data was obtained through observation and then analyzed using mean analysis. The results of data analysis showed that 46.67% of the training participants had an eligibility value of the Google Classroom virtual class with the "Very Eligible" category, 53.33% of the training participants had a feasibility value in the "Eligible" category.
The Art of Musical Pedagogy (A Treatise on the Fundamental Principles of Violin Playing by Leopold Mozart and the Origins of Violin Teaching Methodology in Bulgaria)
Authors: Marinkova Angelina
Published: December 2021

Learning and improvement are impossible without teaching. Pedagogy exists to impart knowledge and skills as directly and rigorously as possible, but it is rather an art than a science, since art creates rules, while science obeys them. The only rule of art is that there are no rules, no absolute truth. Pedagogy works with personalities and individuals, which science cannot do although scientific rules are vital to the teaching process: know the rules, when to obey them, and when to break them. Thus, all teaching is connected across all cultures and traditions. Violin pedagogy is no exception. The earliest documentation of violin teaching in Bulgaria is found in the curricula of general educational institutions. This study traces the complex interconnections of common teaching principles between national and European violin pedagogy, specifically Leopold Mozart’s A Treatise on the Fundamental Principles of Violin Playing (Versuch einer gründlichen Violinschule, 1756), and late 19th- to early 20th-century Bulgarian teaching in the methods of Karel Machán, Dimitar Hadzhigeorgiev and Kamen Popdimitrov.
STATE OF THE ART OF SURFACE TEXTURING FOR BIOTRIBOLOGY APPLICATIONS
Authors:   Universidad de Monterrey, Engineering Department, Quintanilla-Correa Daniel I. , Peña-Parás Laura ,   Universidad de Monterrey, Engineering Department, Maldonado-Cortés Demofilo ,   Universidad de Monterrey, Engineering Department, Rodriguez-Villalobos Martha Claudia ,   Universidad de Monterrey, Physics and Mathematics Department, Hernández-Rodríguez Marco A. L. ,   Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo León, Facultad de Ingeniería Mecánica y Eléctrica
Published: December 2021

Surface texturing can be defined as a technique that consists of creating micro cavities in the surface of a material. There are different texturing techniques such as chemical etching, electromechanical micromachining, diamond embossing, electric discharge, pellet-pressing and laser surface, the last being the most common. For years, these surface texturing techniques have been used in tribological applications because microcavities can store oils or fluids and constantly lubricate the surfaces that are subjected to wear; they can also be used to trap wear particles (debris) that would otherwise act as abrasive particles (three body abrasive wear). This literature review seeks to analyse and compare the advantages that the use of surface texturing techniques can offer in reducing the wear of prosthetic components and therefore lengthening their useful life, to provide a better quality of life to patients. The results of this review showed a growing interest in the scientific community in the use of surface texturing for biotribogical applications, using to a greater extent the Laser Surface Texturing (LST) technique and the surface pattern composed by dimples.
Marketing View of Core Competence Cultivating on Business Majors in Private Universities
Authors: Dong Huang
Published: December 2021

It is necessary and feasible to develop core competencies for busniness majors of private universities. The purpose of this study was to apply business management theories, especially marketing theories to researches on busniness majors, along with the higher education theories.

We trace back core competence theory, point out the essential elements and the interpretations of core competencies on disciplines and majors. It must conform to the law of higher education development, and the interdisciplinary theory should also be taken as an important analysis perspective. Good talents training mode is the key. This paper studies the way to optimize the mode in the perspective of target marketing. We should follow three steps: segmenting, targeting, positioning. We can use multitudinous variables such as age, preferences, interests, etc. to segment education market, employ indifference marketing, differentiated marketing or focus marketing to choose the suitable target market on the basis of our own strengths and weaknesses. And then, offer the tailored talents training plans. Private universities should position themselves properly, it will directly result in school-running ideas, funding, curriculum development, types of talents etc. The training objective is core of training mode, also the cornerstone and guidance of other elements. The curriculum system gives support to achieving training goals, it affects the coordinated development of students’ knowledges, abilities, quality structure. The paper uses product theory to inquire into curriculum orientation, curriculum modes and teaching methods. It also expounds the structuring of practical teaching system. School, discipline, and major images intensively embody the core competence, image-building is a process of brand shaping and communicating. Some specific marketing measures are applied to promote business majors development. The measures include internal branding and other three strategies: brand image speaker, affections, cultural charm. Finally, the research conclusions and relevant suggestions are put forward.
Het vervangen van de zekerhedenagent
Authors: Kreuze G. , Broere M.
Published: December 2021

Het vervangen van de zekerhedenagent. De parallel debt revisited

In dit artikel bespreken de auteurs de aandachtspunten die spelen bij een vervanging van de zekerhedenagent onder bijzondere titel aan de hand van een syndicaatslening gedocumenteerd op basis van de modellen van de Loan Market Association en gesecureerd door Nederlandsrechtelijke zekerheden. Ter achtergrond komen de volgende onderwerpen aan bod: (a) de invulling van de rol van zekerhedenagent en (b) het vervangen van de zekerhedenagent. Het zwaartepunt van dit artikel ligt op een vervanging van de zekerhedenagent onder bijzondere titel naar Nederlands recht, maar nu bij toe- en uittreding van de zekerhedenagent vaak Engels recht wordt toegepast, hebben we ervoor gekozen om in dit artikel ook aandacht te besteden aan de Engelse trust en een aantal Engelsrechtelijke aspecten van de overgang van de parallel debt en de daarvoor gevestigde Nederlandsrechtelijke zekerheden.
Aportaciones literarias al relato de la nación católica española (1848-1868). La obra de Antonio Trueba
Authors: Pérez Núñez Javier
Published: December 2021

Este ensayo constituye una sucinta aproximación al estudio histórico de la obra literaria escrita por Antonio Trueba durante la Monarquía isabelina. Con ella realiza una importante aportación a la difusión del modelo social y nacional conservador. Así, en la familia y en la aldea católicas encuentra los rasgos de una sociedad ejemplar: auténtica religiosidad, sanas costumbres y tradiciones, valor del trabajo, respeto a la propiedad, etc. Estos caracteres corresponden al pensamiento católico-conservador, que es el que profesa y en cuyo entorno articula sus principales relaciones sociales. De él procede, de una parte, su inclinación por el régimen político doctrinario y su visión retrospectiva y tradicional de la nación y de la historia de España. De otra parte, también deriva su adhesión al fuerismo vasco, participando de manera muy destacada en la creación de la imagen idílica del mundo rural vasco.
¿Masculinidades en tránsito? Viejas y nuevas formas de ser hombre a través de la mirada de Ramón Pérez de Ayala
Authors: Mira Abad Alicia , Lillo Gutiérrez Berta
Published: December 2021

Este trabajo se centra en el análisis de los discursos sobre la modernización de la España del primer tercio del siglo XX, a través de la mirada del escritor Ramón Pérez de Ayala y su obra publicada en 1926 Tigre Juan y El Curandero de su honra, en la que aborda la transformación del modelo de masculinidad tradicional.  Aunque en los discursos de la época se apela a una necesaria remasculinización, continúan perviviendo ideales de virilidad atávicos.  Así que, más que la ruptura o la emergencia de un nuevo modelo de hombría, debería hablarse de la coexistencia de elementos nuevos y viejos.  Pérez de Ayala y la generación de intelectuales que le acompañan conciben este cambio como el primer paso para que el país pueda salir de su inmovilismo, aunque no cuestionan los principios básicos de la sociedad patriarcal, ya que la nación se sigue concibiendo como un espacio masculino. Los integrantes de la llamada Generación del 14 se sitúan frente al pesimismo nihilista de entresiglos mostrando un claro compromiso político fundamentado en la razón, alineándose con el proyecto liberal, la democracia y en la mayor parte de los casos con el republicanismo.  En sus obras, y especialmente en el texto que constituye nuestro objeto de atención, se diagnostican los problemas de España desde la perspectiva de la masculinidad y la búsqueda de un modelo de hombría acorde con un país moderno y europeo.
Hibridismo y amores como autodefensa: la "Epístola de Amarilis a Belardo" y la afilada respuesta de Lope
Authors: Díez J. Ignacio
Published: December 2021

Tras el análisis de algunas cuestiones textuales de una epístola-canción de una supuesta poetisa peruana a Lope de Vega (género y metro en relación con la serie epistolar en España, así como la dispositio del poema en la colección de epístolas de Lope en La Filomena), detalladamente se estudia —contra cierto olvido crítico— la muy elaborada respuesta de Lope. La doble proyección biográfica bien organizada más el hibridismo del poema de Amarilis permite insertar ambos textos en un nítido sistema de propaganda personal o de autodefensa. Los distintos factores que se evalúan arrojan muy serias dudas sobre la autoría aceptada del poema de Amarilis.
"Níobe inmortal la admire el mundo": hibridismo y "exemplum" en el epitalamio de la "Soledad Primera"
Authors: Mateo Benito Daniel
Published: December 2021

Este artículo analiza un pasaje inserto en el epitalamio de las Soledades de Luis de Góngora (I, 815-817), atendiendo a la recepción de motivos literarios greco-latinos en la literatura neolatina y vernácula. La mención de la figura mítica de Níobe en un fragmento del coro nupcial asume la función oratoria de un exemplum a contrario, ya que si bien exalta la fecundidad de la reina de Tebas, al mismo tiempo previene a la novia contra los riesgos de la soberbia, la impiedad y la jactancia. Para iluminar el sentido ejemplar que asume aquel personaje femenino, se examinan de cerca varios epigramas y emblemas sobre el mismo motivo, atendiendo a la advertencia moral que portan.
Lope de Vega, "Barlaán y Josafat", ed. Daniele Crivellari
Authors: Presotto Marco
Published: December 2021

Reseña de Lope de Vega, Barlaán y Josafat, edición de Daniele Crivellari.
Os limites à liberdade de expressão na era da (des)informação: novas fronteiras e perspectivas para a efetivação dos direitos fundamentais
Authors: Oliveira Antonio Leal de , Nascimento Carolina Rondelli do , Fraga Carolina Marcondes
Published: December 2021

O presente artigo objetiva analisar possíveis limites ao Direito Fundamental à liberdade de expressão, devido polêmicas contemporâneas envolvendo a sua colisão com outros direitos, sobretudo a dignidade humana. Assim, identifica-se a necessidade de mitigar a difusão de discursos ofensivo à dignidade da pessoa como um parâmetro importante para tal limitação. Busca-se demonstrar os impactos provocados na vida de indivíduos e grupos, pela utilização irrestrita da liberdade de expressão, no contexto da “Era da informação”. Como metodologia utilizou-se o método hipotético-dedutivo, a partir de pesquisas bibliográfica e da análise de exemplos práticos de discursos ofensivos à dignidade humana. Como resultado a ser alcançado, pretende-se apresentar a forma como o Estado Democrático de Direito brasileiro trata essa questão de forma a se buscar meios, principalmente jurídicos, para se mitigar os efeitos desta.
COVID-19: movimentos, palavras, práticas autoritàrias, desinformação e usurpação da transparência
Authors: Malheiro Emerson Penha , Rodrigues da Silva Luis Delcides
Published: December 2021

Este trabalho apresenta os movimentos e as compreensões de tantas informações e suspensão destas em meio a uma grave pandemia e diante de um clamor por notícias e informações seguras buscadas por uma população bastante insegura. Esta pesquisa tem alicerce nas bases teóricas em Roland Barthes, Jacques Derrida, Felix Guatarri, Gilles Deleuze e Maurice Merleau-Ponty. Também serão apresentados os devidos alicerces doutrinários acerca das omissões e o quanto estas colidem com os direitos previstos e alicerçados no ordenamento jurídico brasileiro legal com base na Constituição Federal , na Lei de Acesso à Informação (Lei nº 12.527 de 18-11-2011), no Pacto de São José da Costa Rica (Decreto nº 678 de 6 -11-1992), ao tratar sobre o exercício da liberdade de imprensa como função primordial e prioritária.
Responsabilidade fiscal e sistema de finanças públicas de crise
Authors: Dos Santos Corval Paulo Roberto , Rodrigues de Barros Gabriel Garcia
Published: December 2021

A Lei de Responsabilidade Fiscal impõe rígidos mecanismos de controle aos administradores públicos. Para suavizar essas imposições em tempos extraordinários, porém, o legislador previu regras excepcionais para as situações de calamidade pública. Dedica-se o artigo, por esse motivo, à delimitação do que se entende por calamidade pública e ao discurso que a comunidade jurídica brasileira vem atribuindo ao sistema de calamidade financeira que começou a se desenhar. Embora os dispositivos legais, a jurisprudência e a literatura indiquem uma interpretação mais restritiva, a aplicação prática do sistema e a edição da Lei Complementar nº 173/2020, apoiada em conjugadas transformações da ordem constitucional, moveram-se em sentido contrário, ampliativo, erigindo novel sistemática de exceção para o controle de crises na disciplina jurídica das finanças públicas no país.
Threats and Grounds for Dismantling the European Security Architecture
Authors: Kwiatkowski Adam
Published: December 2021

This article deals with one of the priority areas, the area of European security. Based on the literature on the subject and an analysis of the situation in Central and Eastern Europe, the author presents various types of current threats evident in Belarus, Poland, Russia, Turkey and Hungary, as a result of, among other things, societal alienation from the ruling class. The ignoring of their people and lack of tolerance in these countries has provoked a rebellion in society against governments’ exercise of power and approach to the rule of law. By analysing aspects of the threat, the author tries to uncover the motives of governments that are trying to maintain this approach and are ready to sacrifice the health and lives of their citizens.
Religious Conflict in Iraq and the Operation of Shiite Militias in the Country after the Expulsion of ISIL
Authors: Kolarik Andrej , Michalisko Pavol
Published: December 2021

The paper deals with the religious aspect of the Iraqi conflict, exploring chiefly the dynamics of the conflict between the country’s Sunni and Shia communities. Should the conflict between the Sunni and Shia of Iraq be religiously motivated, we will find several characteristics, that would clearly demonstrate the religious or sectarian dimension of the conflict. The paper uses the methods of analysis, synthesis as well as the descriptive method. We have found that the conflict between the Shia and the Sunni has been purposefully escalated, firstly by Nouri al-Maliki (whose sectarian politics alienated the Sunni Arabs) and ISIS (which was even criticized by al-Qaeda for being too brutal against the Shia). Further we found that the Iraqi army under Shia command lacked motivation to defend Sunni areas from ISIS. Lastly, it was the PMF militias, forming after a fatwa by a Shia cleric, and bearing references to Shia symbolism in the names of their units. We conclude, that at the current phase, the conflict in Iraq has a strong sectarian dimension, while lacking a coherent Iraqi identity.
Folkeopplysning som ledd i en selvmordsforebyggende flernivåintervensjon
Authors: Legard Ingunn , Haga Egil , Mehlum Lars
Published: December 2021

Etter mange år med stabile selvmordsrater er det behov for økt fokus på tiltak som når lengre ut ibefolkningen. Målet er å gi kunnskap som kan øke evnen til å søke støtte og hjelp ved selvmordsfare ogpsykiske vansker som øker selvmordsfaren. Studier viser at folkeopplysningskampanjer kan ha effekt påbevissthet og kunnskap om og holdninger til selvmord og psykiske lidelser. Effekten av opplysningskampanjer på hjelpsøking eller forekomst av selvmord og selvmordsforsøk ser ut til å være sterkest når kampanjen inngår som del av flere tiltak som iverksettes på samme tid, en såkalt flernivåintervensjon. I denne artikkelen presenteres prosjektet «Folkeopplysningmot selvmord» som bygger på kunnskap om folkeopplysningskampanjer som ledd i selvmordsforebyggendeflernivåintervensjoner.
A Machine Learning-based System for Financial Fraud Detection
Authors: Andrade João Paulo A. , Paulucio Leonardo S. , Paixão Thiago M. , Berriel Rodrigo F. , Carneiro Teresa Cristina Janes , Carneiro Raphael V. , Souza Alberto F. De , Badue Claudine , Oliveira-Santos Thiago
Published: December 2021

Companies created for money-laundering or as a means for taxevasion are harmful to the country's economy and society. This problem is usually tackled by governmental agencies by having officials to pore over companies' financial data and to single out those that exhibit fraudulent behavior. Such work tends to be slow-paced and tedious. This paper proposes a machine learning-based system capable of classifying whether a company is likely to be involved in fraud or not. Based on financial and tax data from various companies, four different classifiers – k-Nearest Neighbors, Random Forest, Support Vector Machine (SVM), and a Neural Network – were trained and then used to indicate fraud. The best-performing model achieved a macro-averaged F1-score of 92.98% with the Random Forest.
Detection of weapon possession and fire in Public Safety surveillance cameras
Authors: Moura Natan Santos , Gondim João Medrado , Claro Daniela Barreiro , Souza Marlo , Figueiredo Roberto de Cerqueira
Published: December 2021

The employment of video surveillance cameras by public safety agencies enables incident detection in monitored cities by using object detection for scene description, enhancing the protection to the general public. Object detection has its drawbacks, such as false positives. Our work aims to enhance object detection and image classification by employing IoU (Intersection over Union) to minimize the false positives and identify weapon holders or fire in a frame, adding more information to the scene.
Universal Dependencies for Tweets in Brazilian Portuguese: Tokenization and Part of Speech Tagging
Authors: Silva Emanuel Huber da , Pardo Thiago Alexandre Salgueiro , Roman Norton Trevisan , Fellipo Ariani Di
Published: December 2021

Automatically dealing with Natural Language User-Generated Content (UGC) is a challenging task of utmost importance, given the amount of information available over the web. We present in this paper an effort on building tokenization and Part of Speech (PoS) tagging systems for tweets in Brazilian Portuguese, following the guidelines of the Universal Dependencies (UD) project. We propose a rule-based tokenizer and the customization of current state-of-the-art UD-based tagging strategies for Portuguese, achieving a 98% f-score for tokenization, and a 95% f-score for PoS tagging. We also introduce DANTEStocks, the corpus of stock market tweets on which we base our work, presenting preliminary evidence of the multi-genre capacity of our PoS tagger.
Vector space models for trace clustering: a comparative study
Authors: Luna Mateus Alex dos Santos , Lima André Paulino , Neubauer Thaís Rodrigues , Fantinato Marcelo , Peres Sarajane Marques
Published: December 2021

Process mining explores event logs to offer valuable insights to business process managers. Some types of business processes are hard to mine, including unstructured and knowledge-intensive processes. Then, trace clustering is usually applied to event logs aiming to break it into sublogs, making it more amenable to the typical process mining task. However, applying clustering algorithms involves decisions, such as how traces are represented, that can lead to better results. In this paper, we compare four vector space models for trace clustering, using them with an agglomerative clustering algorithm in synthetic and real-world event logs. Our analyses suggest the embeddings-based vector space model can properly handle trace clustering in unstructured processes.
Face Reconstruction with Variational Autoencoder and Face Masks
Authors: Toledo Rafael S. , Antonelo Eric A.
Published: December 2021

Variational AutoEncoders (VAE) employ deep learning models to learn a continuous latent z-space that is subjacent to a high-dimensional observed dataset. With that, many tasks are made possible, including face reconstruction and face synthesis. In this work, we investigated how face masks can help the training of VAEs for face reconstruction, by restricting the learning to the pixels selected by the face mask. An evaluation of the proposal using the celebA dataset shows that the reconstructed images are enhanced with the face masks, especially when SSIM loss is used either with l1 or l2 loss functions. We noticed that the inclusion of a decoder for face mask prediction in the architecture affected the performance for l1 or l2 loss functions, while this was not the case for the SSIM loss. Besides, SSIM perceptual loss yielded the crispest samples between all hypotheses tested, although it shifts the original color of the image, making the usage of the l1 or l2 losses together with SSIM helpful to solve this issue.
PLSUM: Generating PT-BR Wikipedia by Summarizing Multiple Websites
Authors: Oliveira André Seidel , Costa Anna H. Reali
Published: December 2021

Wikipedia is an important free source of intelligible knowledge. Despite that, Brazilian Portuguese Wikipedia still lacks descriptions for many subjects. In an effort to expand the Brazilian Wikipedia, we contribute PLSum, a framework for generating wiki-like abstractive summaries from multiple descriptive websites. The framework has an extractive stage followed by an abstractive one. In particular, for the abstractive stage, we fine-tune and compare two recent variations of the Transformer neural network, PTT5, and Longformer. To fine-tune and evaluate the model, we created a dataset with thousands of examples, linking reference websites to Wikipedia. Our results show that it is possible to generate meaningful abstractive summaries from Brazilian Portuguese web content.
Aprendizado por Reforço para Escalonamento de Recursos em Sistema sem Fio Multiportadora com Ondas Milimétricas Utilizando Modelo Markoviano
Authors: Carneiro Daniel Porto Queiroz , Cardoso Alisson Assis , Almeida Cláudio Gabriel Lemos de , Vieira Flávio Henrique Teles
Published: December 2021

Neste artigo, apresenta-se um algoritmo de alocação de recursos baseado em aprendizado por reforço para um sistema de comunicação multiportadora considerando múltiplos usuários e efeitos de desvanecimento e multipercurso em uma transmissão assumindo ondas milimétricas. Para tal, propõe-se que o sistema de comunicação possa ser descrito por um modelo Markoviano representado pelos estados da fila nos buffers e estados dos canais. Para o algoritmo de alocação de recursos deste trabalho, introduzimos uma função de recompensa a ser utilizada no algoritmo de aprendizado por reforço Q-learning. Os resultados obtidos nas simulações mostram que a aplicação do algoritmo proposto de escalonamento de recursos provê de forma geral, melhoria nos parâmetros de desempenho do sistema de comunicação considerado, como por exemplo, aumento de vazão e diminuição de perda de pacotes. Comparações com outros algoritmos apresentados na literatura são realizadas, mostrando também que o uso da função de recompensa e o modelo Markoviano propostos torna o escalonamento de usuários e o compartilhamento de recursos mais eficientes.