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Diagnosis of Energy Efficiency in Public Lighting: Luminotechnical Study
Authors: Cruz Carlos Matheus da , Silva Nadia Maria da , Correia Marcílio Luís Viana , Correia Valquiria Melo Souza 
Published: February 2025

Objective: The aim of this article is to evaluate and optimize the public lighting system at the Federal Rural University of the Semi-Arid (UFERSA), Angicos Campus, in order to promote a more efficient and sustainable management of the energy consumed on site.

Theoretical Framework: The theoretical framework is based on concepts of energy efficiency applied to urban infrastructure, with an emphasis on the public lighting standards established by NBR 5101:2024.

Method: The methodology adopted includes data collection on the existing lighting points on campus, such as the number of light points, types of lamps, power, and luminous characteristics. The evaluation follows the guidelines of the NBR 5101:2024 public lighting standard.

Results and Discussion: The initial analysis highlights the potential for energy consumption reduction through system modernization. Implementing more efficient technologies, such as LED lamps, can significantly reduce energy consumption, generating considerable savings for the university and the local community. The discussion suggests that adopting innovative solutions, such as motion sensors and automated systems, is essential for energy sustainability in educational institutions.

Research Implications: The research on optimizing public lighting at UFERSA Angicos Campus highlights the positive impact of system modernization with the adoption of efficient technologies like LED lamps. This can reduce energy consumption and operational costs, serving as a model for other institutions and urban areas. The research emphasizes the importance of sustainable solutions and efficient electricity management, promoting replicable practices for sector transformation.

Originality/Value: The originality of this study lies in the practical application of the NBR 5101:2024 guidelines in the specific context of a university campus, providing a replicable model for efficient public lighting management.
Avaliação da eficiência da produção de energia solar, para um sistema fotovoltaico residencial
Authors: De Souza Muniz Ewerton , Salustiano da Silva Junior Rosiberto , Alves da Silva Taiane , Do Nascimento Vasconcelos Luana , Fernando de Fonseca Lyra Roberto , Antonio Lima Moura Marcos , Santos de Oliveira Silva Luan 
Published: February 2025

O estudo busca avaliar o desempenho de um sistema fotovoltaico instalado em Alagoas, Brasil, através da análise da taxa de desempenho (PR) e sua relação com as variáveis meteorológicas. Foram coletados dados de uma microusina fotovoltaica, incluindo geração de energia, potência nominal e dados meteorológicos (temperatura, umidade relativa do ar, velocidade do vento e precipitação). O PR foi calculado para avaliar a eficiência real do sistema em relação à sua capacidade nominal, onde foi utilizado um arranjo fotovoltaico instalado com microinversores, que de acordo com a literatura são os que obtêm melhores resultados de PR. Foi feita análise de algumas variáveis meteorológicas como: umidade relativa do ar, temperatura do ar, precipitação pluviométrica e velocidade do vento, além destas variáveis foi proposta também a sujidade, assim observando o impacto de cada uma no desempenho do arranjo. A instalação obteve excelentes resultados, onde o valor médio do PR foi de 89,70%. Além também de utilizar dados da Estação Meteorológica Automática (EMA) e do arranjo fotovoltaico para obtermos a equação com a finalidade de realizar uma equação fotovoltaica onde a partir desta, a geração de um mapa fotovoltaico seja possível para a região estudada e para locais com condições climáticas semelhantes.
Relação entre o comportamento de variáveis meteorológicas e os teores de umidade e sólidos voláteis contidos em resíduos aterrados
Authors: Oliveira Silva Patricia , Maria Brabo Alves José , Mariano da Silva Emerson 
Published: February 2025

O trabalho apresentado avalia a influência do comportamento de variáveis meteorológicas nos teores de umidade dos sólidos voláteis contidos no Novo Aterro Sanitário de Oeste de Caucaia (ASMOC), localizado na Região Metropolitana de Fortaleza, capital do Estado do Ceará. Foram realizados quatro experimentos de campo, cada um contendo oito amostras, na coleta de material para posterior análise em laboratório, entre os meses de abril e julho de 2021. Além das coletas dos resíduos sólidos, foram usados dados meteorológicos disponibilizados pela Fundação Cearense de Meteorologia e Recursos Hídricos (FUNCEME) e do Instituto de Nacional de Meteorologia (INMET). Os resultados apontaram aumento da umidade do solo nas três primeiras coletas, de 44,9% para 56,7% e diminuição parcial na quarta coleta (51,1%). Resultado semelhante encontrado para os sólidos voláteis, de 47,32% para 93,10%, com diminuição parcial na quarta coleta (59,2%). Assim, conclui-se que existe uma relação direta entre a precipitação pluvial (chuvas) medida em dois postos pluviométricos da região (Caucaia e Sítios Novos) e a umidade dos resíduos sólidos, até a profundidade de quatro metros, que apontaram a presença de resíduos novos e com alto potencial para degradação e geração de biogás na região.
Interns of Empire
Authors: Durham Brooke 
Published: February 2025

Abstract
At the height of the Algerian War of Independence, the French government sought to convince the metropolitan public to support its modernization initiatives in Algeria. This article examines the government's outreach to university students through summer internships in administrative, health, and welfare roles in Algeria. Students, however, were not always convinced that France was a force for “good” in raising Algerian living standards. In surveys and reports reflecting on their experiences living and working across the Mediterranean, students identified obstacles to the French administrative and military interventions, especially mistrust between Europeans and Algerians, and the high human and material costs of waging war against Algerian nationalists. This article contributes to scholarship on youth, modernization, and decolonization.
Expertise in the Age of Development
Authors: Lyons Amelia H. 
Published: February 2025

Abstract
This article examines small-scale development programs targeting women in Niger and Senegal between 1962 and 1975. Development's attention to large-scale public works and programs targeting men as productive laborers obscures UNESCO's promise to provide men and women in developing countries equal access to and an equal role in the transformation of their nations. Studying women's animation, a grassroots approach to modernizing rural African villages, allows us to better understand the gendered and raced dimensions of development and explore tensions among and between development planners. This article asks how white women experts, who sought to emphasize women's needs and to valorize their contributions, fit into development. It examines women practitioners’ efforts to counter gendered assumptions about the agents of change in Africa. It shows that women experts adhered to development's universalist worldview, yet simultaneously encountered and critiqued failures to uphold the development ethos. It demonstrates that development's modernization programs perpetuated ideas about women's labor, relegating it to the domestic and reproductive spheres.
Tracing Food Packaging Waste
Authors: Müller Anne 
Published: February 2025

Abstract
The mid-twentieth century marks the proposed beginning of the Anthropocene, wherein human activities have irreversibly changed the environment, partly due to the accumulation of plastics from food packaging. Practice theories have contributed to understanding these activities, with some studies shifting the focus from isolated practices to the configurations they form to explain such significant social phenomena. This article uses the rise of packaging foods as an example to investigate how practices emerge as part of a configuration. Based on archival issues of the magazine Neue Verpackung (1948–1958)—pioneering magazine of the German packaging industry—I elaborate how the paradigm of rationalization orchestrated formerly separate practices toward converging and aligning, forming a configuration of densely interconnected and interdependent practices that eventually established food packaging as an essential component of transportation and retail sale. Insights into the emergence of a past configuration that remains relevant today can help transform current configurations, leading to the reduction of packaging waste.
Disabled Ecologies and Vegans for Ecoability and Species Justice
Authors: Duxbury Catherine 
Published: February 2025

Sunaura Taylor. 2024. Disabled Ecologies: Lessons from a Wounded Desert. Oakland: University of California Press.
Anthony J. Nocella II and Amber E. George, eds. 2022. Vegans on Speciesism and Ableism: Ecoability Voices for Disability and Animal Justice. New York: Peter Lang Publishing Inc.
ДОСЛІДЖЕННЯ ХАРЧОВИХ ВЛАСТИВОСТЕЙ БЕЗГЛЮТЕНОВОГО БОРОШНА З ЗЕРНОВИХ ТА ПСЕВДОЗЛАКОВИХ КУЛЬТУР
Authors: ЧОРНА НІНА , ПОЛЯТИКІНА ЮЛІЯ 
Published: February 2025

Целіакія є хронічним аутоімунним захворюванням, яке характеризується запаленням та пошкодженням слизової оболонки тонкого кишечника через негативну імунну реакцію на глютен, білкову фракцію, що міститься в пшениці, та у незначних кількостях у ячмені та житі. Люди з целіакією не можуть споживати ці білки, оскільки це призводить до порушення всмоктування поживних речовин і, в кінцевому підсумку, до розвитку харчового дисбалансу та ряду супутніх захворювань, таких як анемія, остеопороз та інші. Одним із головних методів лікування є безглютенова дієта, яка є єдиною ефективною терапією. Однак така дієта має певні обмеження з точки зору харчової, технологічної та сенсорної якості продуктів, що її складають.
Зважаючи на обмеження, пов’язані з безглютеновою дієтою, багато досліджень спрямовані на поліпшення харчових властивостей безглютенових продуктів, зокрема хлібобулочних та кондитерських виробів. Важливим напрямком є використання альтернативних видів борошна, багатих на поживні речовини, до них відносять зернові та псевдозернові культури. Використання такої сировини дозволяє не лише збагатити дієту хворих на целіакію, але й забезпечує широкий вибір продуктів, що робить її більш різноманітною і корисною.
При складанні безглютенової дієти важливо враховувати, що різні види борошна можуть мати різний вміст поживних речовин, таких як білки, жири, вуглеводи, клітковина, мікроелементи та амінокислоти.
Загалом, різноманітні безглютенові види борошна з зернових та псевдозернових культур та їх використання надає великий потенціал для збагачення дієти людей з целіакією. Використання цих альтернативних видів борошна в харчовій промисловості не лише допомагає покращити харчову цінність безглютенових продуктів, але й сприяє розвитку економічно вигідних рішень, таких як використання побічних продуктів харчової промисловості і забезпечення продовольчої безпеки в країнах, що розвиваються.
Відповідно, майбутні дослідження варто зосередити на вдосконалені технологій переробки безглютенової сировини для збереження її поживної цінності та покращення органолептичних властивостей готових виробів, що забезпечить людей з целіакією високоякісними та корисними продуктами.
Таким чином, пошук нових альтернативних джерел безглютенового борошна та удосконалення технології виробництва безглютенової продукції є важливим аспектом для покращення здоров’я людей з целіакією та забезпечення різноманітності та балансу в їхній дієті.
Effective strategies for teaching academic writing and literary reading
Authors: Cheung Ching Ching Karen , Mao Peijie 
Published: February 2025

Drawing on the experiences and practices of teaching "Literature and Writing" courses at ShanghaiTech University, this paper explores effective ways to integrate academic writing and literary reading in college literature classes to develop students ' high cognitive abilities through a writing-to-learn approach. The study examines STEM students 'perceptions of this approach to teaching academic writing and literary reading. Data was collected through a survey instrument and analyzed using descriptive statistics. The results reveal the reading and writing habits of college students in STEM majors and their perspectives on one-on-one writing conferences. This paper discusses common writing challenges faced by college students and proposes possible solutions for teachers to help students cultivate academic writing and critical thinking skills through a blend of WTL and interdisciplinary teaching approach.
Evaluación del encuentro sincrónico y clase presencial como estrategia de mejora continua en los posgrados salud 2018-2021
Authors: González Delgado Mery 
Published: February 2025

Introducción: la evaluación de la práctica cotidiana y rutinaria del ejercicio educativo se ha convertido en la mejor estrategia que fortalece la calidad en la educación en las Instituciones de Educación Superior. Objetivo: evaluar la realización de encuentros y prácticas pedagógicas del docente por parte de los estudiantes en posgrados salud (maestrías y especialización) en las modalidades virtual, presencial y distancia como estrategia de mejora continua y adecuación del proceso educativo. Metodología: estudio con enfoque cuantitativo, descriptivo empleando un formulario de Google Docs que se enviaba a los estudiantes de posgrados en salud en todas las modalidades al finalizar los encuentros sincrónicos o clases presenciales con 12 preguntas, totalmente anónimo que valoraba con una escala de Likert el grado de acuerdo del estudiante frente a la clase o encuentro. Se realizaron aplicaciones en el periodo de abril del 2018 a noviembre del 2021.Se emplearon técnicas de estadística descriptiva para analizar los datos en Stata v. 16. Resultados: el nivel de satisfacción global de los estudiantes frente al desempeño del docente según el programa de posgrados cursado en todas las sesiones totalmente de acuerdo vario del 45% al 70% y según la modalidad vario del 63% al 70% manifestaron estar totalmente satisfechos con el desempeño de la docente. La sesión más evaluada fue la primera que vario del 22%-54% en el periodo evaluado. Conclusiones: la mejora continua y la evaluación sistemática desde la perspectiva de la práctica pedagógica en los posgrados en salud fortalece el proceso de enseñanza-aprendizaje para el docente y los estudiantes.
Guidance in Developing Tourism Communication Skills and Character Building for The Mosque Youth Association
Authors: Rusmawan Putu Ngurah , Darmawan Randhi Nanang , Kanom Kanom , Setianingsih Tri 
Published: February 2025

This community service aims to help the mosque youth association, which consisted of 20 people as the participants, develop English proficiency in tourism communication and character building. The service method included observation, lectures, participatory approaches, the application of technology, and innovation. The evaluation of this service was done by monitoring and analyzing activity progress and achievements and written tests and practicing tests of communication skills and character building, given that the team compared the pre-test and the post-test. From the evaluation at the end of the community services by using post test, showed that almost 90% of the mosque youth participants improved their capability in tourism communication as well as character building. The results of this community service activity could improve the mosque youth's ability to use English and prepare them to interact with the global community.
Optimalisasi Batang Pisang Menjadi Produk Olahan “D’Bogz” dengan Pemasaran Modern di Desa Prapaglor Kabupaten Purworejo
Authors: Rinawati Anita , Tauryza Fannies , Nisa Laili Ainun , Wulandari Sri , Asih Niken Martselina 
Published: February 2025

This community service activity aims to increase community productivity through the utilization of banana stems into D'bogz processed products with modern marketing in Prapaglor Village, Purworejo Regency. The partners of this activity were the PKK group of Prapaglor village consisting of 15 housewives who have potential in the field of product processing and want to become entrepreneurs. The method of implementing this service used counseling and training. The results of this service activity were that partners had the knowledge and skills to process banana stems into D'bogz products that have a selling value. In addition, partners also had skills in modern packaging and marketing so that the output targets were achieved in the form of Village SDGs targets in the context of village employment and economic growth, environmentally conscious village consumption and production towards healthy and prosperous villages within the framework of partnerships for village development.
Biomechanical impact of cortical bone vs. traditional pedicle screw trajectories: a finite element study on lumbar spinal instrumentation
Authors: Li Xishan , Abdel-Latif Khaled H. A. , Schwab Jefrem , Zhou Xiang , Yang Jie , Ritter Zully M. , Schilling Arndt F. , Reinhold Maximilian 
Published: February 2025

BackgroundPedicle screw fixation using the cortical bone trajectory (CBT) enhances stability by engaging cortical bone, offering a valuable alternative to the traditional pedicle screw trajectory (TT). This study used finite element analysis to compare L4-5 instrumentation with CBT and TT screws, investigating whether the increased cortical bone engagement in CBT improves stability but makes it more susceptible to fatigue failure.MethodsA L3-sacrum model was generated using anonymized CT patient data, validated against existing studies, showing consistent ROM (range of motion) values. A mono-segmental L4-5 instrumentation with an interbody fusion cage was configured with both TT and CBT models, differentiated for healthy and osteoporotic bone (reduced Young’s modulus). Both models were exposed to simulated biomechanical loading conditions (compression, flexion, extension, lateral bending, and rotation) to calculate screw loosening and breakage risk. Screw loosening was assessed by measuring micro-movements within the screw hole, while screw breakage was evaluated based on maximum stress values and their frequency at the same locations.ResultsIn both healthy and osteoporotic bone, the CBT model exhibited smaller micro-movements compared to the TT model across all motions. For maximum stress in healthy bone, CBT showed lower stress during right rotation but higher stress in the other six motions. In osteoporotic bone, CBT stress exceeded TT stress in all conditions. The TT model in healthy bone showed stress concentrations at three locations, while CBT distributed stress across five sites. In osteoporotic bone, CBT showed stress at three locations, while TT distributed stress at four. Notably, in the TT model, maximum stress occurred at the screw head in six of seven movements, whereas in the CBT model, three movements showed maximum stress at the screw head and three at the screw tail.ConclusionCBT screws, by traversing three cortical layers, achieve greater integration with the vertebral bone compared to TT screws, thus reducing the risk of screw loosening. Although this increases the maximum stress on the screws, the stress is more evenly distributed, with the screw tail helping to reduce the risk of breakage.
Roxadustat regulates the cell cycle and inhibits proliferation of mesangial cells via the hypoxia-inducible factor-1α/P53/P21 pathway
Authors: Cheng Yun , Yang Qingmei , Feng Baijie , Yang Xiuhong , Jin Huimin 
Published: February 2025

BackgroundOver-proliferation of mesangial cells (MCs) is one of the main pathological changes in the early stages of diabetic kidney disease (DKD). Roxadustat, an oral hypoxia-inducible factor (HIF) prolyl hydroxylase inhibitor, is widely studied in different models of kidney disease. Whether roxadustat has beneficial effect on the proliferation of MCs and DKD remains unknown.MethodsThe optimal concentration of roxadustat for inhibiting MC proliferation was determined using CCK-8 and colony formation assays. Changes in the cell cycle were detected using flow cytometry, and changes in cell cycle-related proteins were screened using quantitative reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction. Reverse experiments were applied using Trp53-/- cell line. Co-immunoprecipitation was used to verify the interaction between HIF-1α and p53 and predict sites of interaction. Finally, a corresponding in vivo verification was performed.ResultsOptimal concentrations of high glucose (30 mM) and roxadustat (100 μM) were established. Roxadustat showed anti-proliferation effect on MCs through S-phase arrest. HIF-1α/p53/p21 and downstream cyclins (cyclin A1, cyclin A2, and cyclin E1) showed corresponding changes. A reverse experiment confirmed that HIF-1α affected cell cycle and proliferation through p53, and co-immunoprecipitation results showed a interaction between HIF-1α and p53. Molecular docking predicted the possible interaction between Lys328, Pro332, Arg245, and Lys251 of HIF-1α and Ala222, Tyr226, Glu225, and Asp265 of p53, respectively. Finally, animal experiments demonstrated similar effect of roxadustat in db/db mice.ConclusionRoxadustat regulates and inhibits cell proliferation of MCs via the HIF-1α/p53/p21 pathway. This may be a potential therapeutic target in the early stages of diabetic kidney disease.
Does obesity affect the diagnostic value of various biomarkers for periprosthetic joint infections? A single center retrospective study
Authors: Shi Wei-peng , Jiang Ya-ping , Wu Ting-yu , Wang Ying-zhen , Zhang Ying-ze , Li Tao 
Published: February 2025

ObjectiveThe aim of this study was to examine the impact of obesity on the diagnosis of periprosthetic joint infections (PJI) by assessing the levels and diagnostic efficacy of biomarkers.MethodsA total of 254 patients were divided into obese group (n=59) and non-obese group (n=195) according to BMI. Each group was further divided into the PJI group and the AF group. Data on CRP, ESR, fibrinogen, D-dimer, CRP-albumin ratio (CAR), CRP-lymphocyte ratio (CLR), and CRP-monocyte ratio (CMR) were collected from all patients. ROC curve was performed to evaluate the diagnostic values of these biomarkers.ResultsThe levels of biomarkers were significantly higher in PJI patients compared to the AF patients in both the obese and non-obese groups (P &lt; 0.001), but the levels of biomarkers were similar between the obese and non-obese groups. In the obese group, CRP exhibited the highest diagnostic value (AUC=0.982). In the non-obese group, CAR demonstrated the highest diagnostic value (AUC =0.935). Subgroup analysis showed no significant differences in biomarker levels (P &gt; 0.05).ConclusionsObesity did not affect biomarker levels in patients with PJI. But for obese patients, the diagnostic thresholds for CRP and ESR are higher, and clinical diagnosis should be careful to avoid false positives. CRP and CAR were identified as the most effective biomarkers for diagnosing PJI in the obese and non-obese groups, respectively.