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DOES THE INTERNET CHANGE PAST, PRESENT AND FUTURE? – EMPIRICAL SURVEY MEASURES FOR GERMANY AND CHINA
Authors:   University of Leipzig, Faust Maria
Published: April 2021

Digital media have shown to alter how people deal with and plan time in everyday life. Quantitative research on the subject is scarce. In this paper, I address this by providing a survey design to measure temporal change in two cultural contexts, namely the German and Chinese one as they were previously two different temporal cultures which are now assumed to homogenize. Drawing upon a theory of habitualization, the theory of the social construction of reality and triadic causes I sketch how digital temporal change can be tackled through a bilingual questionnaire, i.e., German, and Simplified Mandarin, presented here in English. Internet-mediated communication is measured alongside personal factors, social and situative influences as independent variables. Temporal understanding as the dependent variable is a nine-dimensional construct, consisting of emic German and Chinese time notions.
FOLKLORISTS OUT OF THEIR ELEMENT: THE FORUM
Authors:   Institute of Linguistics of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Nikitina Serafima E. , Petrov Nikita V. ,   Russian State University for the Humanities, Razumova Irina A. ,   Barents Centre of the Humanities – the Branch of the Federal Research Centre “Kola Science Centre of the Russian Academy Sciences”, Toporkov Andrey L. ,   A.M. Gorky Institute of World Literature of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Fialkova Larisa L. ,   The University of Haifa, Janeček Petr ,   Charles University, Valk Ülo ,   University of Tartu
Published: April 2021

From the semiotic point of view, folklore tradition is transmitting culturally and socially significant messages via oral communication channels. Strong interrelation to dynamic interaction of people in vernacular contexts (as opposed to rigid institutional channels and static social structures) is one of folklore’s primary characteristics. With this perception of folklore tradition, folklore studies become a disciplinary area that accumulates unique research experience both on comprehension of transmitted messages and on methodological principles of working with texts and mechanisms of their transmission. This allows us to suggest that in research practice in neighboring fields two variants of transference of folklore studies’ theoretical resources may prove productive: according to presence of folklore elements in the studied material and according to general principles of working with texts (in the broad semiotic sense of the word). The participants of the forum, all of them researchers with extensive experience in field work as well as in theoretical comprehension of oral tradition – were offered various problems for discussion. These problems included, but were not limited to, the boundaries of folklore studies’ object field, employing folklore studies’ methodological tools for analysis of other disciplinary fields’ objects, interaction of folklore studies with other academic disciplines, etc.
A FOLKLORIST IN DIALECTOLOGISTS’ FIELD: HOW MAPPING METHOD HELPS RESEARCH MYTHOLOGY
Authors:   Russian State University for the Humanities, Levkievskaya Elena E.
Published: April 2021

The article analyses the application of dialectological methods in studies of Slavic mythological system, as exemplified by the parallels between Polesie, the Carpathians and the Balkans. Possibility of implementing dialectology in the field of folklore studies is connected to the concept of ethnocultural area – a set of features, characteristic for a tradition, that are common in a certain area and stable geography-wise. The article considers dialectal distribution in Polesie of the following four motives: 1) «a snake that no one has seen acquires mythological features»; 2) a dead man becomes “walking dead”, if an animal has jumped over the body; 3) to keep the dead man from “walking” someone tells him nonsense; 4) a man turns into a werewolf, if his parents violated any prohibitions. Mapping of these motifs on the territory of Polesie demonstrates that their distribution is noted exclusively in central Polesie and, partially, in western Polesie. The density of these motives in the Polesie region is small, while in the Carpathian region they are represented widely. The presented material demonstrates the links between these regions. The mapping method allows us to understand the formation of Polesie mythological system and to solve the problem of diachronic description of the East Slavic tradition.
FOLK TEXT IN DIALOGIC MODE: ON THE STATUS OF THE LANGUAGE OF FOLKLORE
Authors:   The Russian Presidential Academy of National Economy and Public Administration,, Chervaneva Victoria A.
Published: April 2021

The status of the language of folklore is a theoretical problem of Folklore Studies that has a long history, but it has become even more relevant recently due to the expansion of the Folklore Studies research field. Traditionally, characteristic features of the language of folklore were defined in relation to dialect and literary language, and the researchers supposed that the language of folklore is supradialectical phenomenon, like the literary language of dialect speakers. However, observations of linguistic organization of oral prose with a focus on reliability (mythological stories, etc.) show that these theoretical approaches are not applicable to such texts. The language of these texts is the colloquial (dialect, vernacular, or literary) speech existing in a dialogic mode and possessing all the structural features of spontaneous colloquial speech. The article suggests to distinguish between “the language of folklore” and “the language of folk tradition”, that is, the language of the genres of traditional folklore (songs, epics, fairy tales, etc.) – structurally ordered, “polished” by numeroius repetitions in the process of transmission, with a clearly expressed aesthetic function, and the language of everyday communication in which texts expressing traditional knowledge emerge and exist.
Study on the Relation Between the Coordinative Capacity and the Specific Technique of Rhythmic Gymnastics in the Junior Groups
Authors: Grigoroiu Carmen , Pricop Adrian , Mezei Mariana , Pelin Raluca
Published: April 2021

This paper’s purpose was to investigate the correlation between components of the coordinative capacity and the technical elements of rhythmic gymnastics. In the research we investigated 14 gymnasts, through tests assessing the general and specific coordinative capacity (the Matorin, Bruininks-Oseretsky, Bass, Flamingo, spatial-temporal orientation capacity assessment trial, the rhythmic capacity determination test, the body-apparatus coordination assessment trial) and the assessment trials of the technical training (rotations, jumps, balance with the handling of the apparatus). The results obtained from calculating the correlation indices between the coordinative capacities and the technical trials showed that between the jumps and coordinative capacities there are comprised values from - 0.08 to 0.51; the balance elements and coordinative capacities comprise values between - 0.03 and 0.56; the rotations were in the range between - 0.08 and 0.53. These results suggest the importance that has to be given to the coordination capacity development in the sports training.
TIC en la educación del futuro
Authors: Segovia Cifuentes Yasbley
Published: April 2021

Luego de lo vivido en el año 2020 ante el impacto global producido por el COVID-19, la retrospectiva y la previsión se convirtieron en el fundamento para que distintas organizaciones mundiales de reconocida trayectoria nos presenten múltiples versiones, escenarios o formas alternativas para imaginar nos el futuro de la educación. La Organización para la Cooperación y el Desarrollo Económicos la innovación social y el aprendizaje a la medida, en donde las distinciones entre lo formal e informal ya no son válidas. Otros contenidos contemplan los futuros de la educación de la Organización de las Naciones Unidas para la Educación, la Ciencia y la Cultura , cuyo objetivo es repensar la educación y dar forma al futuro, catalizando un debate mundial sobre cómo hay que replantear el conocimiento, la educación y el aprendizaje en un mundo de creciente complejidad, incertidumbre y precariedad. En las conclusiones se refirieron a cómo reimaginar la formación de las nuevas generaciones de profesionales.
Pensar en la educación del futuro
Authors: Rojas Mesa Julio Ernesto
Published: April 2021

En la actualidad, muchos aspectos de lo que se ha definido como revolución digital han sido plataforma de cambios estructurales en los sistemas sociales, económicos, políticos, científicos y por supuesto, educativos de nuestras poblaciones. Resultado de todo ello es la integración de ambientes de ocio, familia, trabajo y educación en una concepción de sujeto de aprendizaje ubicuo y conectado que traduce: en todo lugar, en cualquier momento y de múltiples maneras. El presente artículo propone un análisis de la sociedad actual y los desafíos para la educación en un mundo que se transforma a enormes velocidades. En segundo lugar, es importante desarrollar una perspectiva crítica del papel que han jugado los observatorios de tendencias de las tecnologías de la educación superior. Y finalmente, ofrece una perspectiva de las competencias que, a pesar de venirse trabajando desde hace tiempo, continúan siendo problemas actuales por resolver; así mismo, es indispensable evaluar las competencias del presente para su proyección a futuro.
Autoimmune hemolytic anemia in COVID-19 patients, the « transmissible » direct Coombs test
Authors: Alice Brochier , Julien Cabo , Claudine Guerrieri , Leïla Belkhir , Pierre-François Laterre , Véronique Deneys
Published: April 2021

Background: Like other viruses, the SARS-CoV-2 (severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2) appears to be responsible for several autoimmune complications. The occurrence of autoimmune hemolytic anemia has been described in several case reports. This AIHA was also noticeable by the important number of blood transfusions required for COVID-19 (coronavirus disease 2019) patients. By investigating RBC coating autoantibodies, this article attempts to clarify the autoimmune aspect of the anemia in the context of SARS-CoV-2 infection. Results: A large population of COVID-19 patients selected at Saint-Luc University Hospital showed an average of 44% DAT positivity. In this population, the intensive care patients were more prone to DAT positivity than the general ward patients (statistically significant result). The positive DAT appeared « transmissible » to other RBCs via COVID-19 DAT-positive patient’s plasma. Conclusion: The strongest hypothesis explaining this observation is the targeting of cryptic antigens by autoantibodies in COVID-19 patients.
Global standardization and local adaptation of marketing ---A critical review of the literature
Authors: Song Jiayi
Published: April 2021

This paper discusses and critically reviews the causes and consequences of global standardization and local adaptation of marketing strategies. The scope of the literature review is in the fields of international marketing, international trade, and corporate strategic management. It also aims to emphasize finding gaps after reading the literature. Even though the studies scope is extensive, this paper limits the reach: firstly, it introduces the standardization and local adaptation, discusses the advantages and disadvantages of both by researchers. At the same time, untangle the relationship between international marketing strategy and marketing mix. Secondly, it is divided into macro and micro to collate and analyze the leading factors affecting international strategy. So that realise the cross-market fit of global marketing tactic. Finally, focus on the KPI. The indicators of financial return were selected as the review from the factors representing the intuitive development level of the company. The goal was to concentrate on the mutual feedback and adjustment between the standardization/adaptation and performance of multinational companies. Among them, the diversities between developed and emerging markets are interspersed in each link. As this difference is a trend that scholars have begun to notice in recent years. Although many existed bibliographies are revolved around particular multinational companies or regions to assessment, this paper will focus on the impact of practical research article review and evaluation. It would not involve in specific corporate and country.
The Government Supporting Policy for Sustainable Development of Small and Medium Industrial Enterprises in Vietnam
Authors: Hung Do Hai
Published: April 2021

In recent year, the issues of sustainable development in general and enterprise's sustainable development have always been given special attention by government management agency, including small and medium-size industrial enterprises. The study conducted a survey of 316 industrial SMEs in three regions of the North, Central and South of Vietnam with the main survey subjects being managers in enterprises. The main purpose of the study is to assess the impact of the goverment support policies compared to other factors developed in the research model affecting the sustainable development of small and medium-sized industrial enterprises (SMEs) in Vietnam. In this research, the authors employed exploratory factor analysis to identify 4 factors affecting the sustainable development of SMEs. The research results show that the government support policies have an important role but not strongly influence human resource factors, financial factor and social responsibility (SR) policies of enterprises in their sustainable development for industrial SMEs in Vietnam.
The Influence of Career Plateau on Knowledge Hiding of Knowledge Workers
Authors: Su Yunxia
Published: April 2021

This study takes the cognitive-affective system theory of personality as the whole logic, integrates resource preservation theory and cooperation and competition theory to investigate the influence mechanism of Career Plateau on knowledge workers' knowledge hiding. The results show that career plateau (including its three dimensions：hierarchical plateau, work content plateau and inclusive plateau) has a significant positive impact on status anxiety and knowledge hiding of knowledge workers, and status anxiety plays a complete mediating effect between career plateau (including hierarchical plateau, work content plateau and inclusive plateau) and knowledge hiding of knowledge workers. Cooperative goal dependence positively moderates the relationship between hierarchical plateau and status anxiety, and negatively regulates the relationship between work content plateau and status anxiety. In addition, cooperative goal dependence positively moderates the indirect effect of hierarchical plateau on the knowledge workers' knowledge hiding through status anxiety, and negatively moderates the indirect effect of work content plateau on the knowledge workers' knowledge hiding through status anxiety. The results of this paper provide theoretical support and management enlightenment for further exploring the mechanism of career plateau and knowledge hiding in Chinese enterprises.
Nigerian Power Sector: A new structure required for effective and adequate power generation, transmission and distribution
Authors: Ebigenibo Genuine Saturday
Published: April 2021

In this paper, the structure of the Nigerian power sector is examined, the problems in the structure are identified and a new structure is proposed for effective power generation, transmission and distribution. Besides the problems usually canvassed, the current structure is defective from the perspective of the ownership of the power infrastructures, passive involvement of state governments and undue influence of the federal government. The reforms in the sector were driven by the Electric Power Sector Reform Act (EPSRA) of 2005, leading to the creation of Power Holding Company of Nigeria (PHCN) to take both the assets and the liabilities of the then National Electric Power Authority (NEPA), and the subsequent unbundling of PHCN to 18 successor companies – 6 power generating companies, one power transmission company and 11 power distribution companies. The new structure proposed in this work gives room for every state government to own power plants and distribute power in the various states. They can equally buy power from independent power producers. Power plants owned by the federal government in the present structure are to continue sending power to the national grid and made available to states with insufficient power generation in the new structure. Independent power producers can also send power to the national grid. The federal government will continue managing power transmission in the new structure. Each state government will own at least two power distribution companies in partnership with private organizations who will equally have a stake in the ownership of the power generating plants. The tariff of grid-connected power will be higher, encouraging states to go into active power generation. The new structure will enable the federal government to do away with rural electrification programme and other power generation options regulated by the Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission which should be under the control of various state governments. New laws are needed in the place of the EPSRA to achieve the new structure. The federal government will make money from the proposed structure instead of spending huge sums of money in the present structure.
A review of RAP and its use in pavement engineering
Authors: Ishraq Hameed Naser
Published: April 2021

Due to the expansion of the road network and the increase in trips, particularly with heavy trucks, improving road performance has become significant. Moreover, rising fuel prices and that aggregate natural resources are a challenge and it is therefore crucial to find solutions to these issues, one of which is recycled asphalt. This paper present types of RAP studies used in the literature reviewed.
Effectiveness of blood irradiation by modified intravenous laser (ILIB) on the clinical parameters of fibromyalgia
Authors: Vanessa Helena Pires Diniz  , Arthur Diniz Vial  , Raquel Tolentino Dornelas Alves
Published: April 2021

Pain control remains an urgent task. If the goal is to achieve permanent pain relief and not temporarily mask the pain (masking the pathology), then that goal can only be achieved by treating the pain with physiotherapeutic methods, the most universal and effective of them is low-level laser therapy intensity (LLLT). Treatment methods vary fundamentally in the case of neuropathic pain (nonspecific, primary), which includes pain with trigger point (PT) and nociceptive (specific, secondary) pain, which includes all types of pain resulting from trauma, inflammation, etc. When treating patients with fibromyalgia (FM), which is a chronic condition with high worldwide prevalence, auxiliary therapies have been indicated for the treatment of fibromyalgia including low-level laser. Currently, the low intensity laser has been attached to a bracelet over the radial artery, in order to irradiate blood cells, using a technique called modified ILIB (Intravascular Laser Irradiation of Blood), with improved control of fibromyalgia, of chronic inflammatory processes. This study evaluated the effectiveness of the modified ILIB in improving the clinical parameters of fibromyalgia used to treat a patient who had chronic pain for 20 years, who received conventional treatment associated with two laser applications using the modified ILIB technique.
Fight against covid-19 and setting new research tasks
Authors: V. Nastasenko
Published: April 2021

The SARS-CoV-19 (COVID-19) coronavirus pandemic poses a threat to all of humanity, and this threat is currently growing as new and more aggressive strains of it emerge. Therefore, the fight against it is an important and urgent task. The traditional ways of solving it by vaccination, disinfection and quartzing have problems and significant drawbacks, which are limited by the time and conditions of action, and most importantly, they require large expenditures of intellectual, labor and technical-economic resources. At the same time, vaccination is still acting in catch-up with new strains, which leads to local periods of lack of immune protection, in which the only method of protection is used - this is the introduction of restrictions. The main goal of the work performed is to find other effective ways to combat COVID-19. The initial research methods are biophysical. Scientific novelty and the results of the work. The analysis showed that destruction of viruses this can be achieved by the by inducing resonant frequencies created by an external electromagnetic field. On this basis, the first task was formulated - the search for the range of such resonant frequencies, as well as the second task - the search for the range of frequencies that activate the virus in order to exclude the appearance of such range in the developments of systems and devices surrounding people. These tasks are presented for wide discussion by the scientific community, government and non-government health authorities of all world countries in this work. It’s of would create the basis for their quick solution.
Colonizzazione ambientale, defuturing capitalocenico e pratiche eco-artistiche decoloniali a sud
Il ‘caso Taranto’
Authors: D’Autilia Antonella , Cazzato Luigi Carmine
Published: April 2021

The present essay aims at offering some interpretative keys for the ecological disaster of one of the most beautiful sites in the Mediterranean: Taranto. It does so through the ecocritical tools of postcolonial and decolonial thinking and the analysis of an intense iconography of eco-artistic urbanist engagements, which have dramatically exemplified what it has meant living in the midst of the largest of Europe’s steelworks. These engagements, having “one foot in literature and the other on land” (Glotfelty, Fromm 1996, XIX), attempt to decolonize the imaginary related to the deeply discordant relationship between the city of Taranto and ‘its’ steelworks, which is more than twice the size of the same city. We have chosen, after Jason Moore (2016), the adjective ‘capitalocenic’ rather than the more voguish ‘anthropocenic’, since the environmental changes are not the end result of an abstract human action, but rather of the tangible century-long rule of capital: the earthless (Vázquez 2017) mode of production of modernity that à la Descartes denies the earth into which it gets its claws and, as a consequence, it denies the deep knitting of “humanity-in-nature/nature-in-humanity” (Moore 2015).
Dwelling, Dispossession, and “Slow Violence” in the Time of Climate Change
The Representation of Refugees in Amitav Ghosh’s The Hungry Tide
Authors: Pilia Nicola
Published: April 2021

In this essay, I will analyse the crucial issues of dwelling and dispossession concerning refugees in the novel The Hungry Tide by Amitav Ghosh. Political and environmental displacement is addressed within the framework of ‘slow violence’ as proposed by the landmark work of Rob Nixon, Slow Violence and the Environmentalism of the Poor (2011). With the intention to define the Morichjhãpi refugees as a foreshadowing of the climate migrations involving the lives of the subalterns in South Asia, as argued by Brandon Jones (2018), the essay provides a historical background of the Morichjhãpi Massacre and studies the forced eviction narrated in the novel through the pages of Nirmal’s diary. Together with Kusum, the Marxist professor experiences the tragedy of the subalterns in the ever-changing ecosystem of the Sundarbans, bridging the gap between environmental and postcolonial categories while providing fruitful insights within the notions of human history and ecological deep time.
Le transfert culturel chez Ousmane Sembène : du péritexte auctorial au péritexte traduit
Authors: Schiavone Cristina
Published: April 2021

The aim of the contribution is to show, through examples taken from the analysis of paratextual elements, the liminal space lying outside the fiction, how the cultural diversity, of which Ousmane Sembène’s opus is the expression, is treated first by the author and in a second step by the Italian translator, mediating the intercultural dialogue. This research also provides a few useful suggestions for a ‘good’ translation of sub-saharian Francophone literatures.
Daniel-Henri Pageaux. Lectures Indiaocéanes. Essais sur les francophonies de l’Océan Indien
Authors: Pagone Sara
Published: April 2021

Pageaux, D.-H. (2016). Lectures Indiaocéanes. Essais sur les francophonies de l’Océan Indien. Paris : Maisonneuve, 349 pp. Itinéraires poétiques, Itinéraires critiques 51.
Agnès Schaffauser. Salim Bachi
Authors: Alouani Sara
Published: April 2021

Schaffauser, A. (éd.) (2019). Salim Bachi. Paris : L’Harmattan, 266 pp. Autour des écrivains maghrébins.
Listen, the Landscape: The Nature Narratives in Jacob Ross’ Short Story Collection Tell No-One About This
Jacob Ross. Tell No-One About This
Authors: Ramos-Rodriguez Michelle
Published: April 2021

Ross, J. (2017). Tell No-One About This. England: Peepal Tree.
Pontes Metálicas – Nota Histórica (continuação)
Authors:   Tal Projecto, Abecasis Tiago
Published: April 2021

Na parte final do anterior artigo alertei para a circunstância de as estruturas de todos os tabuleiros nele mencionados não se comportarem como verdadeiros arcos, mas sim como vigas trianguladas de altura variável. Seriam designadas como asnas se de coberturas de edifícios se tratasse. Tal diferenciação resulta da existência de triangulações nos planos verticais que contêm cada um dos arcos e o respetivo tirante horizontal. Encontram-se em Portugal, no entanto, alguns exemplares de tabuleiros que se podem identificar como arcos atirantados (bow-string, em inglês) genuínos.
METHODOLOGICAL APPROACH TO ASSESSING THE COMPETITIVENESS OF INSTITUTIONS OF HIGHER EDUCATION
Authors: Breus Svitlana , Khaustova Yevheniia , Denysenko Mykola , Bondarenko Svitlana , Kyrylko Nataliia
Published: April 2021

Background and objectives. The problem of competitiveness of institutions of higher education (IHE) is one of the key tasks, the solution of which will help increase the socio-economic development of the country. In the context of Ukraine's European integration interests, competition between Ukrainian and foreign IHEs is intensifying, which encourages the former to find ways of their own competitiveness (which is largely determined by the competitiveness of its graduates and the ability to generate knowledge-based innovations) as a result of using appropriate factors that are directly dependent on increasing competitiveness in the context of its management.Methods. Methods of profiles and ratings using separate methods of comparative, statistical and economic-mathematical analysis (factor analysis), with the formation of an appropriate system of indicators.Findings. The results of assessing the competitiveness of KNUTD indicate a decrease in the level of competitiveness of IHEs. It has been estimated that during 2017–2019 it was at a low level (0.542, 0.541 and 0.466, respectively), which according to the proposed scale for determining the level of competitiveness of IHEs (developed using the golden ratio method) is in the range of 0.383–0.618. Conclusion. Based on studying and assessing the competitiveness of IHEs to improve it in the context of its management and ensure the strategic development of IHEs within the implementation of relevant strategic alternatives and proposed generalized areas, as well as certain factors of competitiveness, it has been determined appropriate to forecast the indicators underlying the calculation of the KNUTD competitiveness, using an improved methodological approach to the main proposed measures.
APPLICATION OF COMPETITIVE MARKETING STRATEGIES IN BRAND MANAGEMENT
Authors: Rui Liang , Prokopenko Kateryna , Vovchok Svitlana
Published: April 2021

Introduction. Against the background of marketing and globalization of higher education, many organizations and enterprises not only face stiff competition and quality problems in the market. Despite all the current challenges, they need to implement brand management tools. The urgent task for universities was how to apply the brand's marketing strategy to the brand management of universities, implement the optimal distribution of tangible and intangible resources, create a good brand image, expand popularity and reputation and gain competitive advantage.The hypothesis of scientific research is that for the formation of an effective brand it is necessary to use the tools of strategic marketing.The aim is to study the theoretical and methodological foundations of brand formation in educational institutions using modern competitive marketing strategies.The research methodology is a comparative analysis to reflect trends in the development of the brand of education; systematization and classification – for the classification of structural elements of the object of study; system approach – for the formation of theoretical foundations of regulation of brand management processes.Results. Based on the law on higher education and reliance on the mechanism and legislation of the market, this article examines brand management and argues that university brands should be optimized, coordinated and integrated to take full advantage of internal and external resources. It is necessary to strengthen the concept of brand management, explain the position of the university brand, create a strong university brand, strengthen the dominant university brand, create a crisis management system for university brands, increase the basic competitiveness of universities and gain greater benefits.Conclusions. University brand management should be based on the marketing strategy of enterprise brands, make full use of their own resources, strengthen the concept of brand management, determine the position of the university brand and create a strong university brand. universities, the university brand is undoubtedly a dazzling edge of the sword.
Las candidaturas independientes: retos jurídicos para fortalecer la democracia en México en el futuro inmediato
Authors: Ordóñez Joaquín
Published: April 2021

Se analizan los obstáculos jurídicos que enfrenta la nueva figura electoral apartidista de las candidaturas independientes en contraste con la necesidad urgente de fortalecer la democracia en México. La metodología empleada fue con base en diversos datos bibliográficos y estadísticos sobre el caso mexicano. A manera de conclusión, se plantean ocho medidas para superar esos retos y fortalecer la democracia que se vive cotidianamente en los procesos electorales.
Microcrédito y desarrollo de las microempresas en las zonas rurales de Ancash, Perú
Authors: Maguiña Palma Misael Erikson , Ramírez Asís Edwin Hernán , Huerta Soto Rosario Mercedes , Concepción Lázaro Roberto Jesús
Published: April 2021

El microcrédito implica otorgar pequeños préstamos con la esperanza de lograr el desarrollo de unidades de negocio mediante instituciones financieras en la población periférica peruana. Dentro de este contexto, se busca determinar la relación del microcrédito y el desarrollo de las microempresas en las zonas rurales. En este sentido, se entrevistaron a 278 microempresarias y el instrumento de recolección de datos fue sometido a una validez por juicios de expertos con un coeficiente de acuerdos de 97% y consistencia interna alfa de Cronbach de 0.90. Los resultados obtenidos muestran que el microcrédito Súper Mujer tiene una relación directa y significativa con el desarrollo de las microempresas en las zonas rurales de acuerdo con el coeficiente de correlación de Spearman (rho 0.84, Sig. 0.000*).
Los enviados de Belcebú: Moscas y mosquitos (Diptera) exóticos con interés médico y veterinario en México
Authors: Ibáñez-Bernal Sergio , Sandoval-Ruiz César A.
Published: April 2021

Se informan las razones por las que una especie puede introducirse en nuevas áreas geográficas y el impacto que tiene su presencia en los nuevos ambientes y su implicación para el bienestar humano. Los insectos exóticos del orden Diptera tienen implicaciones sociales y económicas considerables. Se presenta una lista preliminar de 22 especies de moscas y mosquitos exóticos con interés médico y veterinario que se encuentran en el territorio mexicano. Se comentan las posibles consecuencias en la salud, la economía y la conservación de los ambientes naturales. Se enfatiza la importancia de la taxonomía, de los estudios faunísticos y de la vigilancia entomológica en el territorio con especial énfasis en las fronteras para su detección, combate o restringir su distribución.
Commercially Successful Blockchain Healthcare Projects: A Scoping Review
Authors: Fang Hao Sen Andrew
Published: April 2021

Background: The healthcare industry is the new frontier for blockchain technology. Given its properties of immutability and decentralization, blockchain represents an opportunity for unprecedented level of privacy and security for all stakeholders by ensuring data integrity while giving patients control over their own health data. On a backdrop of rising interest in blockchain in general and blockchain healthcare applications in particular, there has been a proliferation of blockchain healthcare projects over the past few years. The aim of this review is to identify and understand real-world blockchain healthcare projects that have attained commercial success in the highly competitive blockchain market.
Methods and findings: A scoping review was performed in January 2021 on all projects in the CoinMarketCap database. Following a pre-defined inclusion and exclusion criteria, eligible projects were selected. A single reviewer then reviewed each project’s official website and whitepaper (where available) and performed data abstraction; 10 blockchain healthcare projects fulfilled the selection criteria. The review found that these projects made up 0.24% of the total number of actively tracked projects on CoinMarketCap. In terms of market capitalization, the total market capitalization for the projects was US$65,078,849, comprising less than 0.01% of the total market capitalization of all projects. Among the projects, the most frequent type was for personal health tracking.
Conclusions: This review revealed that blockchain health projects currently comprise a small fraction of the overall number of commercially successful blockchain projects. However, because this sub-industry is still in its early stages, there are reasons to be optimistic that many more blockchain health projects will emerge and attain commercial success in future. Findings from this review done from an entrepreneurial perspective should help with the identification of future projects most likely to succeed.
El uso de pragmatemas: La guerra de las galaxias y la saga de Harry Potter
Authors: Galloso Camacho María Victoria , Tinoco Pérez José Antonio
Published: April 2021

El concepto aparentemente abstracto de pragmatema hace referencia a las expresiones lingüísticas fraseológicas que están restringidas por situaciones extralingüísticas particulares en su uso e incluyen fórmulas de saludo, instrucciones oficiales, o aperturas o cierres de conversación. El análisis de este eficaz y común elemento de comunicación a través del entorno cinematográfico supone reconocer el modelo de comunicación empleado por este medio en la actualidad y el comportamiento de sus consumidores. Este análisis estudia qué es un pragmatema y, en particular, cómo se utilizan en la construcción de los mundos ficcionales. En concreto, nos centramos en dos obras de ficción, una saga cinematográfica y una saga literaria, que son fundamentales a la hora de analizar los fenómenos mediáticos occidentales de finales del siglo XX y principios del siglo XXI: La guerra de las galaxias y Harry Potter. Tratamos un elemento esencial en el lenguaje de ambas sagas: el uso de los pragmatemas, y se muestran las similitudes y las diferencias que presentan en estas obras con los utilizados en nuestra sociedad. Todo ello en búsqueda del reconocimiento de esta estructura fraseológica formada gracias a la necesidad de una comunicación inmediata y pragmática.
La adquisición del español L2/E como proceso de subjetivación. Una propuesta desde el interaccionismo estructural
Authors: Bruzzo María Virginia
Published: April 2021

En este artículo presentamos los primeros resultados de una investigación exploratoria-descriptiva, en la que estudiamos la adquisición del español en cinco estudiantes de intercambio, procedentes de Brasil, Dinamarca, Francia y Bélgica, en dos cursos de español como lengua extranjera (ELE), uno en la Facultad de Humanidades de la UNNE y otro en un instituto privado de idiomas, en Resistencia y Corrientes (Argentina), respectivamente. Sostenemos, acorde con nuestro marco, el interaccionismo estructural (Lemos, 2000a, 2000b, 2002; Desinano, 2009, 2018), que el sujeto pasa, al igual que el niño, por un proceso de subjetivación en la lengua extranjera, que consiste en la captura del sujeto por el lenguaje, a través del habla del Otro –docente, compañeros u otras personas–, entendida como instanciaciones de la lengua. En este proceso de subjetivación el sujeto establece relaciones con el lenguaje que se traducen en posiciones estructurales, no superables, con un polo dominante. En la primera posición el polo dominante es el Otro, retornan en el habla del alumno fragmentos del habla del Otro; en la segunda posición, es la lengua, emergen en el discurso estructuras latentes del español; y en la tercera, es el sujeto, que se hace consciente de su propia habla, se escucha, se corrige y reformula.
Paisaje lingüístico institucional en el área dialectal bonaerense: la promoción de la enseñanza de lenguas
Authors: Hipperdinger Yolanda
Published: April 2021

El estudio del llamado paisaje lingüístico, esto es, la distribución socio espacial de los usos de las diversas lenguas y variedades lingüísticas –muchas veces en contacto–, es aún de desarrollo incipiente en la Argentina. La mayor parte de las investigaciones que se vienen desarrollando corresponden al área dialectal bonaerense, y en la misma área se llevó adelante la investigacióncuyos resultados se presentan en este artículo. No obstante, y frente a un interés prácticamente exclusivo por los espacios exteriores, nos ocupamos aquí de espacios de acceso público pero arquitectónicamente interiores: abordamos el paisaje lingüístico que suele llamarse institucional, enfocando la promoción de la enseñanza de lenguas extranjeras en dos instituciones de educación superior (universidades de gestión pública) ubicadas en la ciudad de Bahía Blanca, referencial para el área dialectal referida. Registramos y analizamos el modo en que se promociona en esas instituciones el ofrecimiento de clases extracurriculares de lenguas extranjeras: por un lado, precisamos para qué lenguas se las ofrece, y por parte de qué emisores; por otro lado, exploramos las estrategias de promoción que los distintos actores emplean, de acuerdo con la lengua de que se trata.
La dirección del cambio lingüístico. Clíticos en Corrientes y en Buenos Aires
Authors: Martínez Angelita
Published: April 2021

En homenaje a la lingüista Inés Abadía de Quant y en reconocimiento a su dedicación al estudio de las variedades lingüísticas en contacto con el guaraní, en ese trabajo se contrasta el empleo de los pronombres clíticos de tercera persona lo, la y le en Corrientes y en Buenos Aires, como dos centros de zonas dialectales diferenciadas” en la Argentina. A partir del concepto de juego intraparadigmático, se describen las estrategias comunicativas y etnopragmáticas que subyacen en el uso diferenciado de los clíticos. Se sostiene que, desde los mismos significados, se acude a explotaciones diferentes que cristalizan en distintas categorizaciones de la sustancia semántica. Evaluar la participación del actante en el evento como más activo o más afectado subyacela estrategia comunicativa. Los procesos cognitivos de activación del participante en el evento en Corrientes y de afectación del participante en Buenos Aires permiten una explicación etnopragmática y aportan al debate sobre la dirección del cambio.
Asgardia’s project for a new module to expand Space Station
Authors:   Socium Holding, Ashurbeyli Igor R.
Published: April 2021

Private sector involvement in the International Space Station (ISS) is becoming increasingly important as commercial organisations provide services and hardware to enhance the orbital operations of the Space Station which, in November 2020, marked two decades of continuous occupation. During the first Asgardia Space Science & Investment Conference, held in Germany in October 2019, a project to add a new commercially procured docking module to the ISS was announced as a key step to expanding the permanent human presence in low Earth orbit. Dr Igor Ashurbeyli, General Designer, provides a technical overview of the project and the industrial partnership arranged to deliver it.
NUTRITIONAL ISSUES ON INTERPLANETARY SPACE FLIGHTS
Authors:   IBMP RAS, AGUREEV Alexander N. ,   IBMP RAS, BELAKOVSKIY Mark S.
Published: April 2021

№1-2021 новая космическая эра пилотируемые космические полеты питание космонавтов Международная космическая станция рацион пищевой статус English NEW SPACE AGE NUTRITIONAL ISSUES ON INTERPLANETARY SPACE FLIGHTS The article analyzes the effectiveness of using existing power supply systems for short-term flights on transport manned ships and for long-term flights on the International Space Station (ISS). The article presents the characteristics of products that are suitable for use in space flight conditions and are currently used to complete rations for feeding cosmonaut crews. The existing problems are considered and the main directions of work on creating power supply systems for interplanetary flights and on planetary bases are outlined.
Oocyte yield of GnRH antagonist cycles scheduled with a short course of estradiol in the early follicular phase
Authors: Turkgeldi Engin , Yildiz Sule , Angun Berk , Urman Bulent , Ata Baris
Published: April 2021

Scheduling in vitro fertilization cycles enables planning oocyte retrieval and embryology procedures in order to suit both patients’ and medical staff’s needs. Current methods to schedule ovarian stimulation cycles are either cumbersome, costly or provide minor flexibility. The aim of this study was to investigate if scheduling gonadotropin releasing hormone (GnRH) antagonist cycles with a short course of estradiol in the early follicular phase affects oocyte yield. Fifty-nine oocyte donors undergoing two GnRH antagonist stimulation cycles within 6 months, one with and one without follicular phase estradiol scheduling (FES), serving as their own control were included in this retrospective cohort study. FES was achieved by giving 6 mg/day estradiol valerate orally from the 2n⁢d–3r⁢d day of menstrual cycle until the desired day of gonadotropin start. Main outcome measures were number of cumulus oocyte complexes and metaphase two oocytes. A total of 118 cycles, 59 FES and 59 unscheduled GnRH antagonist, were included. Median duration of estradiol administration was 3 days in FES cycles. In the FES group, stimulation lasted significantly longer by one day (11 vs 10 days, P = 0.03) and total gonadotropin consumption (2497 vs 2404 IU, P = 0.03) was statistically significantly higher, albeit minimal absolute difference, which is probably short of clinical significance. Numbers of COC (21 vs 20) and metaphase-two oocytes (17 vs 17) were similar between the two groups. In conclusion, FES does not require planning in advance and involves shorter use of estradiol/oral contraceptive tablets and can be advantageous to scheduling with luteal estradiol/oral contraceptive administration.
Identification and characteristics of antimicrobial-resistant Group B Streptococcus isolated from maternal birth canals at a university-affiliated hospital, China
Authors: Zhang Hong , Liu Wen-Li , Liu Jia-Lin , Li Ming-Cheng
Published: April 2021

Purpose of investigation: This study aimed to ascertain the colonization rate of Group B Streptococcus (GBS) in the birth canals of late-pregnant women, and to demonstrate the characteristics of the origins of antibiotic-resistance. Materials and Methods: A prospective survey of pregnant women from 2017 to 2019 at a university-affiliated hospital in China was conducted. A total of 275 pregnant women with a pregnancy between 35 and 37 weeks were included in the study. Vaginal secretions and rectal swabs were tested by GBS separation to identify cultures, and an agar doubling dilution method was performed to assess drug sensitivity. Results: In 275 pregnant women, 20 cases were GBS screen-positive for the vaginal swabs with a GBS colonization rate of 7.27%. In addition, 16 isolates from the rectal swabs were also GBS screen-positive. Of 20 isolates from the vaginal swabs, 90.0% were resistant to tetracycline, 70.0% were resistant to erythromycin, 40.0% were resistant to clindamycin, 40.0% were resistant to levofloxacin and 30.0% resistant to chloromycetin. All isolates were susceptible to penicillin G, vancomycin, and linezolid. Conclusions: The higher prevalence of GBS colonization among pregnant women indicated the critical need for screening GBS colonization in late-pregnant women in the region. The study revealed the resistant patterns of GBS colonization and inferred a possible mechanism of the GBS resistance to antimicrobial agents used as animal growth promotion substances.
A giant placental chorioangioma with a resultant live birth; a discussion of management options
Authors: Raičević Saša , Kljakić Duško , Vukmirović Filip , Milosavljević Miloš Z.
Published: April 2021

Introduction: Chorioangiomas are benign, nontrophoblastic tumors of the placenta. Giant chorioangiomas (larger 5 cm) are infrequent and have unfavorable outcomes due to their strong association with maternal and fetal complications. We describe a case of a giant chorioangioma that had a good outcome without complications. Case report: A 27-year-old woman, primipara, with a regularly monitored pregnancy was admitted to the hospital at 37 + 5 weeks of gestation due to pain in the lower half of the abdomen, rupture of the amniotic sac and accumulation of thick, green, amniotic fluid. Ultrasonography performed at 33 weeks of gestation indicated the presence of a tumor mass 12.5 × 7.7 cm in diameter that was localized near the chorionic surface. Cardiotocography indicated variable decelerations, which necessitated an emergency cesarean section. A live, healthy, male child was born without complications via Dorfler’s cesarean section. The encapsulated tumor mass was manually removed from the uterus, and angiomatous chorioangioma of the placenta was diagnosed by pathohistological examination. Conclusion: Ultrasonographic monitoring is the choice method for the accurate diagnosis and intervention of chorioangioma, but only pathohistological examination can confirm the diagnosis. This case report demonstrates that giant placental chorioangioma may have a favorable outcome without any medical intervention.