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A DEMONSTRATION BUILDING PROJECT: PROMOTING SUSTAINABILITY VALUES
Authors: Bahho Mazin , Vale Brenda 
Published: July 2020

ABSTRACT
This article explores the relevance of the demonstration project as a strategy for inspiring contemporary building practice in a process towards sustainable building and as a tool for influencing environmental values in the community. The Log Cabin Project in Napier, New Zealand, is a demonstration facility for displaying sustainable building and living practices situated on the campus of the Eastern Institute of Technology (EIT). The project is the refurbishment of an existing structure designed to showcase the sustainable use of material resources, energy and water conservation, and waste-water management. The aim was to investigate the effect visiting a demonstration sustainable building might have on people’s knowledge of and attitude towards sustainability issues, and more specifically whether the methods for making a building more sustainable displayed in the building affected how people thought about their own living environments. In February 2016, five visitor groups, three of EIT students not previously connected with the project, one of EIT staff, and a local environment group were invited to view the project and surveys were conducted both before and after the visit with 126 participants completing both pre- and post-surveys.
The research found improved scores after the visit in six of the seven survey measures of environmental knowledge, motives, and intentions, especially in the case of student visitor groups. The results also indicated promising increases in environmental values and concerns for environmental quality after the visit. Correlation between gender and sustainable action was not significant, however there was significant correlation between age and actions intended in the future where engagement was higher among young participant groups. Moreover, although many visitors had previously engaged with at least one pro-environmental activity before visiting the project (90%), 42% made at least one change as a result of the visit. These findings suggest the project was a catalyst for behaviour change. Discussions are centred on the usefulness of demonstration sustainable buildings as tools for fostering environmental protection practices.
ATTUALITÀ IN TEMA DI MUTUI BANCARI, IN UNA PROSPETTIVA EUROPEA
Authors: Gandolfi Giuseppe 
Published: July 2020

La note concerne le problème juridique de la “subrogation” du prêteur dans les droits d’un créancier précédent de l’emprunteur, et examine les raisons qui ont porté le groupe de travail de l’Académie des Privatistes Européens à aborder ce problème dans le projet du “code européen des contrats”.
L'INFERENZA STATISTICA SECONDO BAYES, FISHER E NEYMAN-PEARSON
Authors: Frosini Vittorio B. 
Published: July 2020

In the literature about procedures of statistical inference, which – on the basis of a random sample – allow to accept a precise hypothesis concerning the probability distribution which yields the sample, there are many proposals. One of the oldest is the one by T. Bayes (1763): starting from a given distribution for the parameter of a random variable, this same distribution is revised conditionally on the sample results. Instead, R. Fisher’s proposal is based only on the sample information: a given hypothesis is rejected only if the sample results are scarcely coherent with such hypothesis. The third proposal, made by J. Neyman and E. Pearson, takes into explicit consideration also an alternative hypothesis, and leads to the acceptance of the hypothesis more akin to the sample results.
Knowledge Regarding COVID-19 among Registered Nurses of Pokhara, Nepal
Authors: Kafle Akriti , Pandit Pahari Sirjana , Khanal Sudip , Baral Kushalata , Pathak Kabita , Baral Suraj , Kafle Anil , Dahal Maginsh 
Published: July 2020

Background: Coronavirus disease is an emerging pandemic disease. The whole world is suffering from this disease these days. It is an acute respiratory disease in which transmission occurs essentially through respiratory droplets and this virus said to have 2-14 days of incubation.
Objective: To assess their knowledge regarding COVID19 among registered nurses of Pokhara valley.Methods: A descriptive cross-sectional study was performed with the help of the pretested and self-administered questionnaires to 750 registered nurses of Pokhara valley. Thus collected data was entered into SPSS version 20 and then further analyzed using R software. Frequency, percentages, the mean and standard deviation were calculated for the analysis. p-value was calculated where ever applicable to find the significance of data.Results: The study disclosed that mass of the respondents had moderate proportion (44.8%) concerning understanding, followed by the respondents had a low level of knowledge (29.2%) and the rest of them (26.0%) had good knowledge about COVID 19.Conclusion: Overall knowledge among nurses was found to be satisfactory as the disease is entirely new. Further research and updates on the diseases will help to profound knowledge among nurses.Keywords: Coronavirus disease; COVID 19; Knowledge; Nurses; Nepal; Pokhara.
PROJETO HORTA ESCOLAR NA BAHIA
Authors: Góes Cassia Silva Santos 
Published: July 2020

O artigo registra as conferências do congresso internacional de inovação tecnológica nas ciências da saúde: a sustentabilidade das práticas integrativas a agroecologia, mais especificamente a conferência Projeto Horta Escolar na Bahia. A conferência apontou a experiência da escola com a horta comunitária social: as resistências, avanços, cuidado com a horta fora do horário de aula, o ensino de compostagem, fertilizantes naturais através de compostos orgânicos. O evento aconteceu de 15 a 18 de novembro de 2017 no IFBA SAJ sob a direção da Universidade Federal do Recôncavo da Bahia.
Palavras-chave: Horta Comunitária. Sustentabilidade. Escola. Horta escolar. Compostagem
ECONOMIA CRIATIVA E SUSTENTABILIDADE
Authors: Dalcomuni Sonia Maria 
Published: July 2020

O artigo registra os cursos do congresso internacional de inovação tecnológica nas ciências da saúde: a sustentabilidade das práticas integrativas a agroecologia, mais especificamente o minicurso Economia Criativa E Sustentabilidade. O minicurso apontou a economia criativa como um dos elementos das Tecnologias da Informação e Comunicação - TIC’s: criatividade, desenvolvimento econômico, ciência & tecnologia - C&T e redes de cooperação. O evento aconteceu de 15 a 18 de novembro de 2017 no IFBA SAJ sob a direção da Universidade Federal do Recôncavo da Bahia.
Palavras-chave: Criatividade. Redes de cooperação. Desenvolvimento Econômico. C&T.
ALIMENTOS FUNCIONAIS
Authors: Silva Danniele Do Espírito Santo 
Published: July 2020

O artigo registra as conferências do evento congresso internacional de inovação tecnológica nas ciências da saúde: a sustentabilidade das práticas integrativas a agroecologia, mais especificamente a conferência Alimentos Funcionais. A conferência apontou a qualidade de vida humana na interação entre meio ambiente e alimento nos temas: local dos fármacos, os alimentos com sementes, polpas, cascas e folhas de frutos. Aponta as externalidades da produção de alimentos problemas de saúde com as modificações genéticas, a devastação das florestas, a contaminação. O evento aconteceu de 15 a 18 de novembro de 2017 no IFBA SAJ sob a direção da Universidade Federal do Recôncavo da Bahia.

Palavras-chave: Alimentos funcionais. Polpas. Cascas. Qualidade de vida. Contexto ambiental.
EFFECT OF WORK SAFETY AND WORK HEALTH (OHS) ON EMPLOYEE PERFORMANCE WITH JOB SATISFACTION AS INTERVENING VARIABLE – A CASE STUDY OF FIRE AND RESCUE SERVICE TECHNICAL UNIT EMPLOYEES IN SOUTH BADUNG, INDONESIA
Authors: Adhika I Nyoman Resa , Rihayana I Gede , Salain Putu Pradiva Putra 
Published: July 2020

<p>The purpose of this study was to examine the effect of work safety and work health (OHS) on performance with job satisfaction as an intervening variable on employees performance with the contract status of the Technical Implementation Unit of the Fire and Rescue Office of Badung Selatan. The sample in this study were contract employees in the technical unit of the South Badung Fire and Rescue Service as many as 63 respondents. The analytical tool used is path analysis (path analysis). The results of the analysis explain that the variable of work safety and work health has a positive and significant effect on employee performance, in addition to directly affecting this variable also influenced by job satisfaction as an intervening variable which can be explained that job satisfaction as an intervening variable that links the variables of work safety and work health has a significant positive result on employee performance partially. This means that job satisfaction is not entirely a benchmark in determining employee performance, because the results of this study state that work safety and work health (OHS) are priorities in carrying out work that has a high risk.</p><p> </p><p><strong> Article visualizations:</strong></p><p><img src="/-counters-/edu_01/0628/a.php" alt="Hit counter" /></p>
Extracting User Behavior at Electric Vehicle Charging Stations with Transformer Deep Learning Models
Authors: Asensio Omar Isaac , Marchetto Daniel J , Ha Sooji , Dharur Sameer 
Published: July 2020

Mobile applications have become widely popular for their ability to access real-time information. In electric vehicle (EV) mobility, these applications are used by drivers to locate charging stations in public spaces, pay for charging transactions, and engage with other users. This activity generates a rich source of data about charging infrastructure and behavior. However, an increasing share of this data is stored as unstructured text—inhibiting our ability to interpret behavior in real-time. In this article, we implement recent transformer-based deep learning algorithms, BERT and XLnet, that have been tailored to automatically classify short user reviews about EV charging experiences. We achieve classification results with a mean accuracy of over 91% and a mean F1 score of over 0.81 allowing for more precise detection of topic categories, even in the presence of highly imbalanced data. Using these classification algorithms as a pre-processing step, we analyze a U.S. national dataset with econometric methods to discover the dominant topics of discourse in charging infrastructure. After adjusting for station characteristics and other factors, we find that the functionality of a charging station is the dominant topic among EV drivers and is more likely to be discussed at points-of-interest with negative user experiences.
Serum and synovial fluid concentrations of interleukin-18 and interleukin-20 in patients with osteoarthritis of the knee and their correlation with other markers of inflammation and turnover of joint cartilage
Authors: Waszczykowski Michał , Fabiś-Strobin Anna , Bednarski Igor , Narbutt Joanna , Fabiś Jarosław 
Published: July 2020

IntroductionOsteoarthritis (OA) is the most common degenerative joint disease, and its aetiology is not entirely known. The aim of the study was to evaluate the involvement of interleukin-18 (IL-18) and interleukin-20 (IL-20) in the pathogenesis of knee OA and their correlations with other markers of inflammation and destruction of joint cartilage, as well as clinical and radiological changes.Material and methodsThe study included 25 patients with knee OA and a control group. The concentration of IL-18, IL-20, IL-6, MMP-1, MMP-3, COMP, PG-AG, and YKL-40 in serum and synovial fluid (SF) were determined. We also evaluated radiological lesions of the knee joint according to the Kellgren-Lawrence (K-L) scale, and clinical severity of the disease according to Western Ontario and McMaster Universities Osteoarthritis Index (WOMAC) and Lequesne Index.ResultsThe concentrations of IL-18 and IL-20 were statistically significantly higher in serum of patients with OA than in the control group (106.00 ±189.76 pg/ml vs. 16.73 ±16.99 pg/ml, p < 0.001, 17.69 ±13.45 pg/ml vs. 9.76 ±9.00 pg/ml, p < 0.014). Serum concentration of IL-18 positively correlated with MMP-3 (R = 0.58; p = 0.006) and YKL-40 (R = 0.48; p = 0.002). The degree of radiological advancement of OA (K-L scale) correlated positively with clinical evaluation (WOMAC, R = 0.74, p ≤ 0.001; Lequesne Index, R = 0.57, p = 0.003).ConclusionsThe analysis of ROC curves showed that IL-20 as well as COMP, MMP-3, and YKL-40 may be diagnostic markers of knee OA. The observations indicate that IL-18 potentially mediates mainly in intra-articular processes and IL-20 could be primarily responsible for the systemic inflammatory reaction.
Influence of childhood overweight and obesity on foot and lower limb pain in a population of primary school children
Authors: Jiménez-Cebrián Ana , Roman-Bravo Pedro , Morente-Bernal María , Alonso-Ríos Juan , De-la-Cruz-Torres Blanca , Romero-Morales Carlos , Navarro-Flores Emmanuel , Montiel-Luque Alonso 
Published: July 2020

IntroductionIn childhood, juvenile obesity affects the functional characteristics of the lower limb, predisposing children to pain, discomfort and musculoskeletal comorbidities. This cross-sectional descriptive study analyses the relationship between childhood overweight/obesity and foot/lower limb pain in a population of primary school children.Material and methodsThe study population consisted of 150 children aged 9–12 years recruited at a primary school in Malaga (Spain). None had pathologic feet. Anthropometric and demographic data were compiled by questionnaire and by personal interview. Among other variables, the foot posture index was calculated and knee alignment was measured. In the statistical analysis, the dependent variables considered were foot and lower limb pain, and the predictor variables were age, sex, body mass index, sports activity, foot posture index and knee alignment. A descriptive analysis of these variables was performed, together with an association analysis (using the 2 test) and a multivariate analysis (using binary logistic regression).ResultsIn the study sample, 47.3% were girls, 15.3% were overweight and 12.7% obese. The overall prevalence of foot pain was 10.7% and that of lower limb pain, 27.3%. Of the study variables analyzed, the only ones significantly related to both foot pain and lower limb pain were overweight and obesity.ConclusionsOverweight and obesity are the main factors related to pain in the feet and lower limbs in primary school children.
Technical note: Facilitating the use of low-cost methane (CH4) sensors in flux chambers – calibration, data processing, and an open-source make-it-yourself logger
Authors: Bastviken David , Nygren Jonatan , Schenk Jonathan , Parellada Massana Roser , Duc Nguyen Thanh 
Published: July 2020

Abstract. A major bottleneck regarding the efforts to better quantify greenhouse gas fluxes, map sources and
sinks, and understand flux regulation is the shortage of low-cost and accurate-enough measurement
methods. The studies of methane (CH4) – a long-lived greenhouse gas increasing rapidly
but irregularly in the atmosphere for unclear reasons, and with poorly understood source–sink
attribution – suffer from such method limitations. This study presents new calibration and data
processing approaches for use of a low-cost CH4 sensor in flux chambers. Results show
that the change in relative CH4 levels can be determined at rather high accuracy in the
2–700 ppm mole fraction range, with modest efforts of collecting reference samples
in situ and without continuous access to expensive reference instruments. This opens
possibilities for more affordable and time-effective measurements of CH4 in flux
chambers. To facilitate such measurements, we also provide a description for building and using an
Arduino logger for CH4, carbon dioxide (CO2), relative humidity, and
temperature.
Global rules for translating land-use change (LUH2) to land-cover change for CMIP6 using GLM2
Authors: Ma Lei , Hurtt George C. , Chini Louise P. , Sahajpal Ritvik , Pongratz Julia , Frolking Steve , Stehfest Elke , Klein Goldewijk Kees , O'Leary Donal , Doelman Jonathan C. 
Published: July 2020

Abstract. Anthropogenic land-use and land-cover change activities play a critical role
in Earth system dynamics through significant alterations to biogeophysical
and biogeochemical properties at local to global scales. To quantify the
magnitude of these impacts, climate models need consistent land-cover change
time series at a global scale, based on land-use information from
observations or dedicated land-use change models. However, a specific
land-use change cannot be unambiguously mapped to a specific land-cover
change. Here, nine translation rules are evaluated based on assumptions
about the way land-use change could potentially impact land cover. Utilizing
the Global Land-use Model 2 (GLM2), the model underlying the latest Land-Use
Harmonization dataset (LUH2), the land-cover dynamics resulting from
land-use change were simulated based on multiple alternative translation
rules from 850 to 2015 globally. For each rule, the resulting forest cover,
carbon density and carbon emissions were compared with independent
estimates from remote sensing observations, U.N. Food and Agricultural
Organization reports, and other studies. The translation rule previously
suggested by the authors of the HYDE 3.2 dataset, that underlies LUH2, is
consistent with the results of our examinations at global, country and grid
scales. This rule recommends that for CMIP6 simulations, models should (1) completely clear vegetation in land-use changes from primary and secondary
land (including both forested and non-forested) to cropland, urban land and
managed pasture; (2) completely clear vegetation in land-use changes from
primary forest and/or secondary forest to rangeland; (3) keep vegetation in
land-use changes from primary non-forest and/or secondary non-forest to
rangeland. Our analysis shows that this rule is one of three (out of nine)
rules that produce comparable estimates of forest cover, vegetation carbon
and emissions to independent estimates and also mitigate the anomalously
high carbon emissions from land-use change observed in previous studies in
the 1950s. According to the three translation rules, contemporary global
forest area is estimated to be 37.42×106 km2, within the range
derived from remote sensing products. Likewise, the estimated carbon stock
is in close agreement with reference biomass datasets, particularly over
regions with more than 50 % forest cover.
THE INFLUENCE OF STREET TREES ON URBAN MICROCLIMATE
Authors: Martini Angeline , Biondi Daniela , Batista Antonio Carlos 
Published: July 2020

The microclimatic improvement is often cited as one of the benefits generated by urban trees, however, there are few studies which quantitatively address this effect. The aim of this paper was to compare the microclimate of streets with and without trees. Therefore, three samples containing a stretch of street with and without trees were selected, with the street with trees being composed of different species. The temperature, relative humidity and wind speed data were measured by automatic Kestrel® meteorological ministations installed on the street with trees and another in the street without trees. The data collection period was from 9 AM to 3 PM, and the monitoring interval was every 1 minute during all four seasons starting in the winter of 2011. The comparative analyses were done using the Student’s t-test (99%). The results indicated that the air temperature in a street with trees was on average 1.7 °C lower than a street without trees, the relative humidity was 6.9% higher and the wind speed was 0.04 m/s lower. There was no statistical difference for temperature between the street with “ipê” in the winter and spring. There was no difference for wind speed in the summer between the street with other trees and the street with “ipê” and “tipuana”. It was concluded that street trees provide a pleasant microclimate, and this influence was statistically significant.
Aesthetic Interpretation and Construction of an Illusionist Painting in the Qing Dynasty: A Semiotic Approach to Learning
Authors: Castilla Manuel V. 
Published: July 2020

Abstract
As a discipline, semiotics has gained recognition in many fields. Cultural background plays an important part in the field of the visual art. Given the rich cultural context of the pictorial hybridization Chinese-European in the early Qing dynasty, the pictorial works can be used in studying semiotics. This article addresses a discourse on some semiotic reflections in painting. It focuses on the application of the theory of the semiotic scientist Charles Peirce that has proven to be suitable for analyzing pictorial works. The model chosen as a subject for investigation is a painting in ink on silk titled “Portrait of Qianlong’s Consort with Yongyan as a Child,” painted using Western techniques in the eighteenth century. The analysis of the portrait offers an appropriate basis to develop some semiotic reflections on this work of art by contributing to aesthetic and artistic awareness. Semiotic structures were employed to develop an understanding of the pictorial forms by turning each element into a tool of communication. The semiotic reading of this work is concerned with the visual art education and sensorial message of the painting.
El Cine Yost and the Power of Place for Mexican Migrants in Orange County, California, 1930–1990
Authors: Gonzales David-James 
Published: July 2020

Abstract
This article explores the history of El Cine Yost (The Yost Theater) in Santa Ana, California, and the role of the Louis and Phoebe Olivos Sr. family in creating space for the development of ethnic Mexican identity and community in Orange County, California from 1930 to 1990. Alongside traditional archival materials, this article draws on oral history interviews, photographs, ephemera, and newspaper clippings obtained from the Olivos family and patrons of El Cine Yost to demonstrate the emotional ties that individuals and communities form to space and place, as well as the identities and relationships that emerge out of them. In this people-and-place–centered narrative, I argue that El Cine Yost exemplifies the central connections between space, place, and identity in the lived experiences of ethnic Mexicans across the US-Mexico borderlands. Further, this history disrupts the master narrative of Orange County as a place of Anglo-American/European settler history, which has ignored and left undocumented the affirmative presence and contributions of Latinas/os in the region.