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Working From Home Before, During and After the Covid-19 Pandemic: Implications for Workers and Organisations
Authors: Green Nicola , Tappin David , Bentley Tim 
Published: October 2020

The Covid-19 pandemic has resulted, to date, in an estimated 29 per cent of the New Zealand (NZ) workforce moving quickly from centralised work locations to full time working from home (WFH). The literature prior to these extraordinary events suggests WFH is beneficial for employee wellbeing and performance, and organisational outcomes, notably productivity, retention, and business continuity in times of disruption. Lack of organisational preparedness, technological limitations, managerial reluctance, and the potential drawbacks of social isolation have meant that the rates of regular, planned WFH as a flexible work option have traditionally been low. This paper summarises the knowledge base of benefits and limitations of WFH prior to COVID-19 and speculates how the experiences of WFH during the pandemic are likely to shape the future of WFH for workers, organisations, and employees.
Exposing Gender Inequalities: Impacts of Covid-19 on Aotearoa ǀ New Zealand Employment
Authors: Masselot Annick , Hayes Maria 
Published: October 2020

This article outlines how the Covid-19 pandemic exacerbates economic and social gender inequalities in Aotearoa ǀ New Zealand. While this crisis highlights the central part played by women in the economy, the gender impacts of the pandemic are visible in connection to a decrease in job security and financial safety for female workers; to a rise in the duplication of paid and unpaid work; to an increase violence in and outside of homes; a heightened risk exposure to the virus and worse health outcomes. Not all women are equally positioned in this crisis, women of Māori and Pacific descent are disproportionately feeling the effects of the pandemic.
The two-prong, government’s recovery plan, which only partially ensures a fair and equal economic rebuild, is critically assessed. While the economic response fails to take a systematic gender approach, scope for challenging traditional gender assumptions is met head-on in relation to policy on violence against women. The article considers flexible working options and focuses on options for reframing employment law in a post-pandemic environment with a view to achieve and deliver equality between men and women through an intersectional lens.
The Impact of Using Flipped Classrooms in Developing Mathematical Power among Female Students of the Department of Basic Stage Teaching at al-Aqsa University
Authors: Atwan Asad H. 
Published: October 2020

This study aimed at examining the impact of using flipped classrooms in developing mathematical power among female students of the department of basic education stage at al-Aqsa university in Gaza. The researcher used the experimental method. He prepared the tool of the study (mathematical power test) and applied it to the selected sample of the study. The sample of the study consisted of 62 female students of the department of basic education stage at al-Aqsa university. The selected students were registered for the course of mathematics and its teaching methods 2. The sample of the study was divided into two groups: the experimental group that consisted of 32 female students was taught the course by flipped classrooms, and the control group that consisted of 30 female students was taught by an conventional method. The results of the study showed that flipped classrooms have positive effects on the development of mathematical power of female students of the department of basic stage teaching at al-Aqsa university.
The Predictive Effects of Self-Regulated Writing Strategies on Writing Performance of Saudi EFL University Students
Authors: Alanazi Maryumah H. 
Published: October 2020

The present study aims to examine the predictive effect of self-regulated writing strategies of students’ writing performance and explore the differences between higher and lower writing achievers in self-regulated writing strategies. A total of 202 English as a foreign language students at the Northern Border University in Saudi Arabia volunteered to participate in this study. A Writing Strategies for Self-Regulated Learning Questionnaire and a Writing Test were administered to compare the differences between high and low writing proficient learners in Self-Regulated Learning. Pearson correlation coefficient, multiple regression analysis, and independent-samples t-test were calculated. The results showed that both text processing and course memory strategies predicted the writing performance of the participants. Results also revealed significant differences in course memory and feedback handling strategies between higher and lower writing achievers. The findings also indicated a low relative contribution to the course memory and text processing in predicting writing performance. These strategies explained only 6.4% of the total variance of writing performance. Based on these findings, practical implications and recommendations for future research were provided.
Observaciones sobre las Avenula del grupo marginata en Andalucía
Authors: Romero Zarco Carlos 
Published: October 2020

Se estudian con el microscopio óptico (MO) y con el microscopio electrónico de barrido (MEB) la morfología polínica de 14 especies pertenecientes a las familias Acanthaceae (8) y Verbenaceae (6) habitualmente cultivadas como ornamentales en el sur de España.
Mientras que las especies estudiadas de Verbenaceae presentan tipos polínicos similares, trizonocolporados o trizonocolpados de superficie psilado-perforada o perforado-reticulada, encontramos más variedad de tipos polínicos en Acanthaceae que van desde el trizonocolpado y trizonocolporado al heterocolpado, bizonocolporado y espiraperturado, con ornamentaciones muy diversas.
Aspicilieturn verrucosae Frey 1927 y Teloschistetum contortuplicati Asta et Roux 1977 en las calizas béticas de la provincia de Granada
Authors: Casares Manuel 
Published: October 2020

Aspicilietum verrucosae Frey 1927 y Teloschistetum contortuplicati Asta et Roux 1977 son dos asociaciones liquónicas de montaña que se sitúan en las fisuras y paredes verticales de donde se retira pronto la nieve. Ambas están ampliamente representadas en el centro y norte de Europa y sin embargo aparecen muy poco o nada referidas en la bibliografía sobre vegetación liquónica española.
En el estudio que hemos efectuado, centrado en los afloramientos de rocas calcáreas de la provincia de Granada, hemos encontrado representadas ambas asociaciones; en unos casos -Aspicilietum verrucosae- bastante bien desarrollada y en otros -Teloschistetum . contortuplicati- pobremente representada.
The family Thelypteridaceae in Europe
Authors: Holttum R. E. 
Published: October 2020

Thelypteridaceae are mainly tropical ferns, the total number of species is about one thousand. The five European species represent five different groups, each of which has recently been accorded generic status. Thelypteris palustris Schott (including three varieties) extends throughout north temperate regions, with a closely allied species south of the equator; chromosome numter n=35. Phaegopteris connectilis (Michx) Watt (triploid with base number 30) and Oreopteris limbosperma (All.) Holub (n=34) are members of small genera confined to north temperate regions. Stegnogramma pozoi (Lag.) K. Iwa-cs. (n=36) represents a genus of 12-15 species, mainly in Africa and Asia, with one in Mexico. Christella dentata (Forsk.) Brownsey & Jermy is a wide-ranging and variable tetra- ploid species of a pantropic genus (c. 60 app) the centre of distribution of wich appears to be Burma-Assam (base number 36).
The genus Cyclosurus (s. str.) comprises a small pantropic group of species with grow (like Thelypteris) in open permanently swampy ground; I belive Cycicsorus and Thelypteris to be closely related genera. Stegno- gramma is related to Sphaerostephanos which (in arrangement of Holttum) is the most diversified genus in the Old World with c. 140 spp. in Malesia . Christella is probably also related to Sphaerostephanos though less nearly than Stegnogramma.
Rendering Whiteness Palatable: The Acceptable Muslim in an Era of White Rage
Authors: Kassam Shelina 
Published: October 2020

In this paper, I analyze the perspectives of the Acceptable Muslim (Kassam, 2018)in two Canadian case studies: (a) Irshad Manji, a Canadian Muslim journalist and activist who has been an active commentator on a variety of issues including those related to Muslims; and (b) the CBC sitcom Little Mosque on the Prairie (2007-2012), which was the first Canadian mainstream television series featuring Muslim characters. I suggest that these case studies illuminate the figure of the Acceptable Muslim (Kassam, 2018)who is represented as a “moderate,” modern, and assimilable Muslim, and who espouses a privatized faith with few public expressions of religious/cultural belonging. Centrally implicated in Canadian debates about multiculturalism, gender equality, citizenship, and secularism, Acceptable Muslims (re)confirm the racial boundaries of the nation-state, becoming icons of multiculturalism, reanimating the whiteness at the heart of the Canadian nation-state. The Acceptable Muslim sustains the narrative of the Canadian nation-state as liberal, secular, modern, and inclusive even as it relentlessly excludes, punishes, and eliminates the Muslim Other, enabling such policies to be legitimated as “race-neutral.” Acceptable Muslims stand as sentries at the (symbolic) borders of the nation, reanimating racialized boundaries of acceptability and signalling that those beyond these boundaries can be legitimately policed by the nation-state. My analysis provides insights into how Canada has re-configured the power and persistence of its white fantasy and, through the strategic use of the Acceptable Muslim, cloaks its deeply racialized coding in more palatable grammars of multiculturalism, gender equality, and secularism.
Qualitative and Quantitative Studies of the Effects of Spherical Aberration on the Optical System in the Cases of Coherent and Incoherent Illumination
Authors: Hammadi Hassan , AL-Ani Ayad A. 
Published: October 2020

In this paper, we study the effects of coherent and incoherent illumination on the optical imaging system. The effects were studied qualitatively in terms of Point Spread Function (PSF) and Modulation Transfer Function (MTF), and quantitatively in terms of Root Mean Square Error (RMSE). Different values of radius of aperture were investigated in the presence and absence of spherical aberration with various magnitudes of spherical aberration (M=1, 2, and 3). The experiments were performed using homogeneous media.
The results show that imaging with incoherent illumination is better than imaging with coherent illumination, especially for small aperture. Also, we found that the effects of spherical aberration were increased under incoherent illumination and large aperture.
Epileptic Seizures Detection Using DCT-II and KNN Classifier in Long-Term EEG Signals
Authors: Jumaah Mahmood A. , Shihab Ammar Ibrahim , Farhan Akeel Abdulkareem 
Published: October 2020

Epilepsy is one of the most common diseases of the nervous system around the world, affecting all age groups and causing seizures leading to loss of control for a period of time. This study presents a seizure detection algorithm that uses Discrete Cosine Transformation (DCT) type II to transform the signal into frequency-domain and extracts energy features from 16 sub-bands. Also, an automatic channel selection method is proposed to select the best subset among 23 channels based on the maximum variance. Data are segmented into frames of one Second length without overlapping between successive frames. K-Nearest Neighbour (KNN) model is used to detect those frames either to ictal (seizure) or interictal (non-seizure) based on Euclidean distance. The experimental results are tested on 21 patients included in the CHB-MIT dataset. The average F1-score was found to be 93.12, whereas the False-Positive Rate (FPR) average was determined to be 0.07.
Relationship Between Osteopontin Biochemical Parameters and BMD Status in Iraqi Postmenopausal Women with Osteoporosis
Authors: Shamsulddin Hadeer H. , Salih Lina A. , Eleiwe Samia A. 
Published: October 2020

Osteopontin hormone (OPN) is an extracellular matrix protein that is expressed in bone cells such as osteoblasts and osteoclasts and associated with bone turnover and bone mineral density (BMD) in postmenopausal women with osteoporosis.
The aim of the study is to investigate serum levels of circulating OPN and its relationship with biochemical parameters and BMD in postmenopausal women with osteoporosis in Iraq. Serum samples from fifty postmenopausal women were selected from patients attending two educational hospitals in Baghdad, which are AL Wasity Educational Hospital and Baghdad Educational Hospital, during the period from November 2018 to March 2019. Twenty five postmenopausal healthy women were included as a control group. The studied subjectsâ€™ ages were in the range of 45-65 years. Dual energy X-ray absorptiometry (DEXA) was the device used to measure bone mineral density and diagnose osteoporosis in both groups. Blood samples were collected from each participant for measuring the serum levels of biochemical parameters (P, Alp, Ca, and OPN)
The results of the demographic parameters showed a significant (Pâ‰¤0.05) increase in mean values of age, menopause duration, and duration of productive life in the patients as compared to the control group. Also, strong positive correlations between patients and the control were recorded in age and duration of productive age, with a weak inverse correlation in menopause duration. While a significant (Pâ‰¤0.05) decrease in the mean value of body mass index (BMI), BMD, and T-score as compared to the control. The correlation in BMI was weak significant positive while in the other two parameters it was weak significant inverse.
The results of the present study showed non-significant differences (P â‰¥0.05) between the patients and control group for serum biochemical parameters.
It was also noticed that there was a significant (Pâ‰¤0.05) increase in the mean value of osteopontin hormone level in the patients as compared to the control, with a weak significant inverse (pâ‰¤0.05) correlation.
PENGARUH PENGGUNAAN MODEL PROBLEM BASED LEARNING TERHADAP KETERAMPILAN BERPIKIR KRITIS SISWA PADA KONSEP SISTEM REPRODUKSI (Penelitian di Kelas XI-IPA SMA Terpadu Ar-Risalah)
Authors: Pujianti Melia , Rusyana Adun 
Published: October 2020

Latar belakang penelitian ini adalah: (1) kecakapan berpikir kritis belum ditangani sungguh-sungguh oleh para guru di sekolah, (2) masih rendahnya rasa ingin tahu siswa, sehingga siswa cenderung merasa cepat puas dengan apa yang mereka ketahui, dan (3) siswa masih jarang bertanya. Rumusan masalah dalam penelitian ini adalah bagaimanakah pengaruh model problem based learning terhadap keterampilan berpikir kritis siswa. Tujuan penelitian ini adalah untuk mengetahui pengaruh penggunaan model problem based learning terhadap keterampilan berpikir kritis siswa. Hipotesis penelitian ini adalah terdapat pengaruh positif dan signifikan penggunaan model problem based learning terhadap keterampilan berpikir kritis siswa. Metode penelitian yang digunakan adalah pre-experimental. Objek penelitian adalah siswa SMA Terpadu Ar-Risalah Kelas XI-IPA sebanyak 30 orang. Instrumen penelitian berupa tes pilihan ganda yang disesuaikan dengan indikator berpikir kritis. Data diolah dengan menggunakan uji z (uji hipotesis) dan n-gain (untuk mengetahui tingkat pengaruh). Berdasarkan hasil pengolahan data disimpulkan bahwa penggunaan model problem based learning berpengaruh positif dan signifikan terhadap peningkatan keterampilan berpikir kritis dengan kategori sedang (n-gain = 0,67). Kata kunci : Problem Based Learning, Berpikir Kritis.
Nerves transfers for functional hand recovery in traumatic lower brachial plexopathy
Authors: Souza Fernando Henrique , Bernardino Silvya Nery , Junior Auricelio Batista Cezar , Martins Hugo André de Lima , Souza Isabel Nery Bernardino , Souza Regina Nery Bernardino , Azevedo-Filho Hildo Rocha Cirne 
Published: October 2020

Background:Distal nerve transfers are an innovative modality for the treatment of C8-T1 brachial plexus lesions. The purpose of this case series is to report the authors’ results with hand restoration function by nerve transfer in patients with lower brachial plexus injury.Methods:Three consecutive nerve transfers were performed in a series of 11 patients to restore hand function after injury to the lower brachial plexus: brachialis motor branch to anterior interosseous nerve (AIN) and supinator branch to the posterior interosseous nerve (PIN) in a first surgical procedure, and AIN to pronator quadratus branch of ulnar nerve between 4 and 6 months later.Results:In all, 11 male patients underwent 33 surgical procedures. Time between brachial plexus injury and surgery was a mean of 11 months (range 4–13 months). Postoperative follow-up ranged from 12 to 24 months. We observed recovery of M3 or better finger flexion strength (AIN) and wrist extension (PIN) in 8 of the 11 surgically treated upper limbs. These patients recovered full thumb and finger extension between 6 and 12 months of surgery, without significant loss of donor function.Conclusion:Nerve transfers represent a way of restoring volitional control of upper extremity function in patients with C8-T1 brachial plexus injury.
Transient Colloid Assembly by Fuel-Driven Modulation of Depletion Interactions
Authors: Helm Michelle van der , Wang Chang-Lin , Lewis Reece , Schyck Sarah , Rossi Laura , Eelkema Rienk 
Published: October 2020

In biology, energy stored in chemical fuels is used to drive processes energetically uphill, enabling the highly dynamic behavior of living organisms. The out-of-equilibrium behavior can propagate from molecular reaction networks to the micro- and macroscopic scale. These natural phenomena have sparked the design of man-made out of equilibrium chemical reaction networks (CRNs) and dissipative assembly systems with hydrogels, (supra)polymers, vesicles/micelles and colloids. In colloidal systems, the assembly process is typically controlled by balancing the interaction forces. Here, we use a polymeric depletant integrated in a fuel driven esterification CRN to induce transient colloidal assembly. The polymer undergoes a temporal coil-globule transition upon acetylation by the chemical fuel. In the random coil conformation it acts as depletant agent for the silica colloids, promoting colloidal aggregation. As compact globule, the polymer loses itsdepletant characteristics. During the fuel cycle the polymer cyclically transitions from one form to the other, directly influencing colloidal aggregation and redispersion. Thus, a fuel-driven CRN on the molecular scale results in a microscopic response with a transient colloidal depletion cycle. Overall, the time-dependent propagation of out-of-equilibrium activity across length scales presented here, offers opportunities to design responsive materials with life like properties.
Conflitos de Agência e Assimetria de Informações Contábeis: Entre a Tomada de Decisão e a Gestão Corporativa
Authors: Almeida Kathleen Xavier de , Santos Ruan Carlos dos , Mesquita Maria do Socorro Silva , Lima Rosimery Alves de Almeida de 
Published: October 2020

Objetivo – O registro e divulgação das informações contábeis da empresa, atribuição do profissional de contabilidade, é de suma importância para o processo de tomada de decisão para a empresa-administrador. Esse ensaio teórico apresenta e discute as principais contribuições da teoria acerca da tomada de decisões dos administradores entre a empresa e o processo contábil.Metodologia – Em termos metodológicos este estudo define-se como um ensaio teórico, no sentido que busca através da literatura existente a compreensão do tema de Governança Corporativa em Organizações Não Governamentais. Este estudo pode ser classificado como uma pesquisa bibliográfica teórico-conceitual. O estudo irá buscar na literatura existente do tema, com o intuito de elaborar um referencial teórico sobre Teoria da Agência, Contabilidade e Governança Corporativa.Resultados – Como contribuição à discussão, este trabalho foi desenvolvido a partir de ampla pesquisa bibliográfica em periódicos e eventos brasileiros e internacionais, contemplando fundamentos relacionados a realidade da Contabilidade e as organizações. Apesar de poucas pesquisas abordarem a associação destas teorias com a prática da contabilidade, especialmente no que diz respeito a produção de informação contábil para usuários externos, os achados da investigação expõem a estreita relação entre os dois campos de conhecimento. Contribuições – Entre as principais contribuições das teorias da decisão à ciência contábil, destacam-se os conhecimentos sobre o comportamento humano que podem ser utilizados na contabilidade comportamental, a necessidade de subsídios para os contadores tomarem decisões mais racionais e, principalmente, a possibilidade de aperfeiçoamento dos sistemas contábeis, visando o melhor tratamento das informações para o processo decisório.
Evaluación de la influencia del grado de madurez de la gulupa (Passiflora edulis Sims) sobre la aceptación sensorial en productos alimenticios
Authors: Bermeo Escobar Laura Patricia 
Published: October 2020

La gulupa (Passiflora edulis Sims) es una fruta exótica de sabor dulce y ligeramente ácido, aroma agradable y de gran aceptación principalmente en mercados europeos. En Colombia, una parte de las cosechas producidas está conformada por frutos que no cumplen con los estándares de calidad para la exportación, por lo que se destinan para el consumo nacional, y son comercializados a precios muy bajos; por eso, es necesario proponer alternativas para su aprovechamiento y potencial mercado. El objetivo del presente trabajo fue evaluar la influencia del grado de madurez de gulupa sobre la aceptación sensorial en productos alimenticios. Se elaboraron yogur y barras de cereal endulzados con salsa de gulupa proveniente de frutos con diferentes estados de madurez (T1: 30 %, T2: 50 %, T3: 70 % y T4: 100 %). Estos productos fueron evaluados sensorialmente por un panel de 101 consumidores, de edades entre los 18 y 54 años, por medio de la escala hedónica facial de 5 puntos. Los resultados obtenidos mostraron que el 56.44% de los consumidores mencionaron que les encantó el tratamiento T4 (yogur), y el 51.49% de los consumidores que les gustó el tratamiento T3 (barras de cereal). Lo anterior permite concluir que para el yogur, lo más recomendable es endulzar con frutas maduras, o incluso sobremaduras, mientras que para las barras de cereal lo ideal es usar gulupas con menor estado de maduración (70%).
Innovative Teaching: An Effective Ingredient for Educational Change at University Level
Authors: Naz Farah 
Published: October 2020

Educational Change gravely needs an effective and innovative teaching methodology in universities. It is voice of the time, the innovative methods in teaching can not only meet the individual needs of the students but can produce high grade quality future professionals. To review the current status of teaching in universities, a quantitative study has been conducted. A survey based on innovative teaching practices and educational change linked with these practices have been done from the sample of 400 students of BS / MPhil / PhD and 200 teachers of BS/ MS/ MPhil /PhD level. The results have shown that still there’s a long way to go to encounter the fast changing scenario of education at higher level. Keywords: Educational change, Innovative Teaching, Ingredient, University Level