bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025_split huggingface dataset:
Vacas a matar. De la dicotomía soberana al umbral biopolítico en ficciones ganaderas del Cono Sur.
Authors: Luppi Juan Pablo 
Published: December 2021

RESUMEN: Nudo de tensión entre vida biológica e historicidad, la animalidad recorre la serie de mataderos que la crítica argentina ha indagado como ficción soberana, pautada por el dualismo político. La polarización de 1840 plasmada en El matadero de Echeverría, con titubeos narrativos frente a voces y cuerpos animalizados del sector popular, retorna desde mediados del siglo XX en versiones de la dicotomía civilización-barbarie, que mantienen la distinción naturaleza-cultura y las coordenadas de historicidad antropocéntrica, como la crónica de Walsh que en 1967 enmienda el reparto clasista de Echeverría. El umbral crítico de la vida (Agamben) emerge en reescrituras recientes del matadero, donde el flujo del capital atraviesa no solo el cuerpo del trabajador sino lo viviente. Un cuento de Kohan (2009) y una novela de Maia (2013) descubren bajo la dicotomía la complejidad de pasajes entre animales y humanos, donde indagan las economías de relaciones entre vidas protegidas y abandonadas. Confrontando las conflictividades culturales argentina y brasileña, marcadas por el peso de economías agroexportadoras y el dualismo como control de mezclas, estos relatos de trabajadores del ganado inquieren lo difuso del borde vida-muerte tras dos siglos de progreso humanista en América Latina.
ABSTRACT: Animality, a knot of tension between biological life and historicity, runs through the series of slaughterhouses that Argentine critics have investigated as sovereign fiction, guided by political dualism. The 1840 polarization embodied in Echeverría´s El matadero (The Slaughterhouse), with narrative hesitations about voices and animalized bodies of popular sector, has returned since the middle of the 20th century in versions of the civilization-barbarity dichotomy, which maintain the nature-culture distinction and the coordinates of anthropocentric historicity, such as Walsh's chronicle that in 1967 amends the class distribution of Echeverría. The critical threshold of life (Agamben) emerges in recent rewritings of the slaughterhouse, where the flow of capital passes through not only the body of the worker but also the living being. A story by Kohan (2009) and a novel by Maia (2013) discover under dichotomy the complexity of passages between animals and humans, where they investigate the economies of relationships between protected and abandoned lives. By confronting Argentine and Brazilian cultural conflicts, both marked by the weight of agro-export economies and dualism as control of mixtures, these stories of cattle workers inquire about the diffuseness of the life-death border after two centuries of humanist progress in Latin America.
Miguel Rocha Vivas, Arca e Ira. Con/versaciones en tiempos de deshumanización
Authors: Ferrari Simone 
Published: December 2021

Miguel Rocha Vivas, Arca e Ira. Con/versaciones en tiempos de deshumanización
(Guadalajara, Editorial Universidad de Guadalajara, 2019, 288 pp. ISBN 978-607-547-675-9)
por Simone Ferrari
IMPLEMENTASI MANAJEMEN PRAKERIN DALAM MENINGKATKAN KOMPETENSI KERJA SISWA SMK PONPES MANBA’UL ‘ULUM KABUPATEN CIREBON
Authors: Hakim Lukmanul 
Published: December 2021

Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk: (1) Mendeskripsikan implementasi manajemen Prakerin dalam meningkatkan kompetensi kerja siswa SMK Ponpes Manba’ul ‘Ulum Kabupaten Cirebon, (2) Menjelaskan faktor pendukung dan faktor penghambat implementasi manajemen Prakerin dalam meningkatkan kompetensi kerja siswa SMK Ponpes Manba’ul ‘Ulum Kabupaten Cirebon, dan (3) Membuktikan upaya SMK Ponpes Manba’ul ‘Ulum Kabupaten Cirebon menanggulangi faktor penghambat implementasi manajemen Prakerin dalam meningkatkan kompetensi kerja siswa. Penelitian ini merupakan penelitian evaluatif kualitatif. Pengumpulan data dilakukan melalui wawancara, observasi, dan dokumentasi. Subjek penelitian ini yaitu kepala sekolah, pendidik, dan Institusi Pasangan (IP). Teknik analisis data yang digunakan yaitu model Miles dan Huberman yang terdiri atas reduksi data, penyajian data, dan kesimpulan. Penelitian ini menggunakan empat fungsi manajemen sebagai analisis implementasi manajemen Prakerin. Hasil penelitian didapatkan bahwa: (1) Secara keseluruhan SMK Ponpes Manba’ul ‘Ulum Kabupaten Cirebon sudah melakukan dengan baik empat fungsi manajemen yaitu perencanaan, pengorganisasian, penggerakan, dan pengawasan dalam kegiatan Prakerin, (2) Faktor pendukung implementasi manajemen Prakerin dalam meningkatkan kompetensi kerja siswa SMK Ponpes Manba’ul ‘Ulum Kabupaten Cirebon adalah kesiapan seluruh kompenen yang terlibat dalam kegiatan Prakerin. Sedangkan faktor penghambatnya adalah tidak terlibatnya secara langsung pihak Dunia Usaha dan Dunia Industri (DUDI) pada proses perencanaan Prakerin, dan (3) Upaya yang dilakukan dalam mengatasi faktor penghambat implementasi manajemen Prakerin dalam meningkatkan kompetensi kerja siswa SMK Ponpes Manba’ul ‘Ulum Kabupaten Cirebon adalah melakukan komunikasi dan tukar pendapat secara langsung dan terbuka dengan pihak Dunia Usaha dan Dunia Industri (DUDI) dan mensinkronkan jadwal perencanaan kegiatan Prakerin tahun berikutnya dengan pihak Dunia Usaha dan Dunia Industri (DUDI).
Temperature based phenology model for predicting establishment and survival of Spodoptera litura (Fab.) on groundnut during climate change scenario in India
Authors: M. SRINIVASA RAO  , T.V. PRASAD  
Published: December 2021

Studies were conducted to develop temperature-based phenology model for Spodoptera litura on groundnut, at both constant and fluctuating temperatures and to predict the possibility of pest risk in future climate change scenarios of India using ‘stochastic simulation tool’ in Insect Life Cycle Modelling (ILCYM) software ,which is based on rate summation and cohort up-dating approach. Phenology model predicted temperatures between 25oC and 30oC as the favourable range for S. litura development, survival and reproduction. The intrinsic rate of increase (rm), and finite rate of increase (») increased with increase in temperature from 15oC to 30oC and decreased with increase in temperature. Intrinsic rate of increase (rm), varied from 0.05 females/female/day at 15oC to 0.17 females/female/day at 30oC. S. litura population attained a maximum net reproductive rate ‘Ro’ (334.09 females/female/generation) and total fecundity (1041.88 individuals/ female/generation) at 27°C temperature. Simulated life table parameters were used to determine indices such as the establishment risk index (ERI), the generation index (GI), and activity index (AI) by using the ‘Population distribution and risk mapping’ module of software during present and future climatic scenarios and significant increase in AI and ERI with higher GI at future (2050) climatic conditions compared to current (2000) climatic conditions indicating the strong suitability for establishment and survival of S.litura in India.
Assessment of improving irrigation efficiency for tomatoes planted in greenhouses in Lam Dong Province, Vietnam
Authors: SEUNG KYU LEE  , TRUONG AN, DANG  , MY LINH THI NGO  
Published: December 2021

This study was conducted to investigate the developmental processes of tomato plants in greenhouses covered with polyethene agricultural film that applied a smart irrigation system. The study tested applying different irrigation water levels (IWLs) of 60, 80, 100, and 120% of crop evapotranspiration (ETc). Based on the findings for the tomato rows sampled to collect information about leaf area, biomass, and yield, maximal growth of tomatoes varied from 80 to 90 days after transplanting (DAT) for all IWLs. Among the applied IWLs, approximately 80% of ETc was recorded as the most appropriate for the crop growth rate (CGR), leaf area index (LAI), and yield, while the IWLs with 60%, 100%, and 120% of ETc also gave an equivalent output. The results of this work can provide useful information for farmers to make the right decisions about the amount of irrigation water to use.
Effect of plant bio-regulators on photosynthesis, growth and yield efficiency of pear trained on Y-trellis system
Authors: SHUBHKIRAN KAUR  , MANDEEP SINGH GILL  , P.P.S. GILL  , NAV PREM SINGH  
Published: December 2021

‘Patharnakh’ and ‘Punjab Beauty’ are major pear cultivars grown under the subtropical conditions of northwestern India. These pear cultivars tend to put up profuse vegetative growth under the high density planting that leads to excessive shading of bearing zone of canopy. To facilitate light penetration into inner plant canopy, there is a need to contrive an efficient approach for vegetative growth management. The foliar applications of varying concentrations of plant bio-regulators viz. Prohexadione calcium (Pro-Ca) (100, 200, 400 mg L-1) and Paclobutrazol (PBZ) (100, 250, 500 mg L-1) were done at 10 days after full bloom (DAFB) ‘Patharnakh’ and ‘Punjab Beauty’ pear plants trained on the Y-trellis training system. Shoot length, leaf area index and trunk cross-sectional areas (TCSA) were greatly reduced by Pro-Ca200 and 400 mg L-1 concentrations. Treatments enhanced light penetration and photosynthesis. Fruit weight improved with plant bio-regulator treatments resulting in increased yield efficiency of pear plants. This study exhibited a strong positive correlation between light availability and yield efficiency of pear plants.
Impact of seasonal climatic variability on rice yield in Bangladesh
Authors: JAIONTO KARMOKAR  , M. AMINUL ISLAM  , M. RAKIB HASSAN  , M.M. BILLAH  
Published: December 2021

In Bangladesh, 75% of the total cultivable area is under rice cultivation producing 25 million tons of rice and plays a vital role in the country’s GDP. The climatic variability is playing an important role in affecting the rice production. In this study, the impact of climatic variability (average maximum temperature (aMaxTemp), average minimum temperature (aMinTemp) and average rainfall (aRainfall)) on rice yield was determined in two different regions (northern and southern) of Bangladesh.The variability of rice yield and climate factors was determined by using the Ordinary Least Square (OLS) method. The data was analyzed over the 44-years period (1971 to 2014) in order to estimate the magnitude of these fluctuations statistically and graphically. We observed that the climate variables had significant effect on rice yield that varies among three rice crops (e.g., Aus, Aman, and Boro rice). We observed that, aMaxTemp has positive effects for Aus and Aman rice yield but negative effect on Boro rice yield. On the other hand, aMinTemp has negative effects on Aus and Aman rice yield but has positive effect on Boro rice yield. The aRainfall has a positive relationship with all rice yields in both the regions.
Determination of crop-coefficients and estimation of evapotranspiration of rapeseed using lysimeter and different reference evapotranspiration models
Authors: ABHIJIT SARMA  , KRISHNA BHARADWAJ  
Published: December 2021

Accurate estimation of evapotranspiration of rapeseed is essentially required for irrigation scheduling and water management. The present study was undertaken during 2015-16 and 2017-18 in ICR Farm, Assam Agricultural University, Jorhat to determine the crop coefficients (Kc) and estimate evapotranspiration of rapeseed using lysimeter and eight reference evapotranspiration models viz. Penman-Monteith, Advection-Aridity (Bruitsaert-Strickler), Granger-Gray, Makkink, Blaney-Criddle, Turc (1961), Hargreaves-Somani and Priestly-Tailor models. During 2015-16, the crop coefficients were developed by these models. Actual evapotranspiration was determined by three weighing type lysimeters. During 2017-18, evapotranspiration was estimated by multiplying reference evapotranspiration with Kc derived by different models and compared with actual evapotranspiration estimated by lysimeter during similar growing periods. All the models except Turc (1961) showed less than 10% deviation between actual and estimated ET. The estimated evapotranspiration using Penman-Monteith and Priestly-Tailor reference evapotranspiration recorded the lowest MAE and RMSE. The study revealed that estimated evapotranspiration using Penman-Monteith reference evapotranspiration gave the best estimate of evapotranspiration of rapeseed followed by Priestly-Tailor. The crop coefficients for initial, mid and end stages were 0.83, 1.20 and 0.65, respectively for Penman-Monteith and 0.70, 1.05 and 0.55, respectively for Priestly-Tailor.These results can be used for efficient management of irrigation water for rapeseed.
Projections of CMIP5 evaporation data sets under future climate change scenarios and comparison with estimates from the observations over peninsular India
Authors: G. PURNA DURGA  , A. NAGA RAJESH  , T.V. LAKSHMI KUMAR  
Published: December 2021

Present study commences from the time series analysis of evaporation data sets obtained from the Coupled Modeled Inter comparison Project of Phase 5 (CMIP5) for the study period 1979 to 2100 under the RCP 4.5 and 8.5 emission scenarios over Interior Peninsular region during the Northeast monsoon (October to December) period. Further, a comparative analysis has been carried out with the evapotranspiration (ET) estimated from the Hargreaves and Samani (1982) using the temperature data of India Meteorological Department for the period 1979 to 2005. Our results show that evaporation trends are increasing with more prominence in RCP 8.5 scenario. This increase in evaporation has been attributed to increase in air temperature which is an undisputed fact under future climate change scenario. Different climate models of CMIP5 show mixed response by displaying the positive and negative correlations with the Hargreaves ET over the study region. The results of the study will be useful in understanding the bias between the modeled data sets and the estimates of ET from the observations.
LIVSHISTORIER SOM GRUNDLAG FOR VÆRDIGHEDSGENERERENDE PRAKSIS?
Authors: Kauffmann Lene Teglhus , Skjødt Ulla 
Published: December 2021

Artiklen handler om, hvordan livshistorier bidrager til pleje- og omsorgspersonalets praksis med at fremme værdighed for mennesker, der lever med demens på plejecentre. Disse mennesker er ikke længere i stand til at tage vare på sig selv og er dermed afhængige af hjælp døgnet rundt. Vi diskuterer, hvordan livshistorier danner grundlag for at arbejde med værdighed, og ser nærmere på, hvordan arbejdet organiseres omkring dette. På et overordnet niveau iagttager vi livshistorien som en omsorgsteknologi, men vi går i dybden med en undersøgelse af, hvordan livshistorier skaber forskellige tilgange til håndtering af identitet og konstruktion af virkeligheden. Det, man kan kalde livshistorie som tilgang til pleje og omsorg, reflekterer en politisk ambition om at fremme værdighed, og artiklen konkluderer, at det er muligt at nå dette mål, hvis livshistorien anvendes med et fokus på væren og dermed skaber en forbindelse mellem fortid, nutid og fremtid, som tillader en udfoldelse af selvets autenticitet, selv under de svære betingelser, som sygdommen skaber.
Søgeord: livshistorier, demens, identitet, virkelighedskonstruktion, værdighed
Implementing a Treat‐to‐Target Approach for Rheumatoid Arthritis During the COVID‐19 Pandemic: Results of a Virtual Learning Collaborative Program
Authors: Solomon Daniel H. , Pincus Theodore , Shadick Nancy A. , Stratton Jacklyn , Ellrodt Jack , Santacroce Leah , Katz Jeffrey N. , Smolen Josef S. ,   for the TRACTION Virtual Learning Collaborative
Published: December 2021

ObjectiveA treat‐to‐target (TTT) approach improves outcomes in rheumatoid arthritis (RA). In prior work, we found that a learning collaborative (LC) program improved implementation of TTT. We conducted a shorter virtual LC to assess the feasibility and effectiveness of this model for quality improvement and to assess TTT during virtual visits.MethodsWe tested a 6‐month virtual LC in ambulatory care. The LC was conducted during the 2020–2021 COVID‐19 pandemic when many patient visits were conducted virtually. All LC meetings used videoconferencing and a website to share data. The LC comprised a 6‐hour kickoff session and 6 monthly webinars. The LC discussed TTT in RA, its rationale, and rapid cycle improvement as a method for implementing TTT. Practices provided de‐identified patient visit data. Monthly webinars reinforced topics and demonstrated data on TTT adherence. This was measured as the percentage of TTT processes completed. We compared TTT adherence between in‐person visits versus virtual visits.ResultsEighteen sites participated in the LC, representing 45 rheumatology clinicians. Sites inputted data on 1,826 patient visits, 78% of which were conducted in‐person and 22% of which were held in a virtual setting. Adherence with TTT improved from a mean of 51% at baseline to 84% at month 6 (P for trend < 0.001). Each aspect of TTT also improved. Adherence with TTT during virtual visits was lower (65%) than during in‐person visits (79%) (P < 0.0001).ConclusionImplementation of TTT for RA can be improved through a relatively low‐cost virtual LC. This improvement in TTT implementation was observed despite the COVID‐19 pandemic, but we did observe differences in TTT adherence between in‐person visits and virtual visits.
Adaptive prescribed performance control with selected transient response for a class of nonlinear systems with uncertainties
Authors: Wang Zhengqi , Liu Xiaoping , Wang Wilson 
Published: December 2021

SummaryThis article proposes a novel adaptive prescribed performance control method. Featured with a selected transient performance, the proposed control method can achieve prescribed performance control by a new error transformation method. With the proposed control strategy, the closed‐loop system can follow the prescribed performance with a predefined curve. An adaptive controller is constructed based on the adaptive backstepping technique. By utilizing the Lyapunov stability, asymptotic stability is achieved for the closed‐loop system. Two examples with simulation results are provided to illustrate the proficiency of the proposed control strategy. To make comparisons, the same second‐order transient response is adopted as the performance function for both examples. The selection of gains and parameters are investigated by tests. The expected prescribed performance and the asymptotic stability are achieved in both examples, which verifies the proposed control strategy. Some discussions and comparisons are made accordingly as well.
Rapid Meniscus‐Assisted Solution‐Printing of Conjugated Block Copolymers for Field‐Effect Transistors
Authors: Yin Yue , Zhu Shuyin , Chen Shuwen , Lin Zhiqun , Peng Juan 
Published: December 2021

AbstractThe ability to rapidly and precisely position semiconducting π‐conjugated polymers over a large area is necessary for various device‐related applications. However, the investigation into conjugated block copolymer‐based patterned materials and devices is somewhat limited. Herein, a robust meniscus‐assisted solution printing (MASP) route to highly ordered stripe arrays of conjugated poly(3‐butylthiophene)‐block‐poly(3‐dodecylthiophene) (P3BT‐b‐P3DDT) is reported, and different periodic stripes are correlated to their charge mobilities. The MASP renders the confined evaporation of P3BT‐b‐P3DDT solution between two nearly parallel plates and deposition into periodic stripes owing to the coffee‐ring effect. Remarkably, two types of stripe arrays, namely, large‐size stripe arrays and hierarchical arrays comprising small secondary stripes located between neighboring large‐size primary stripes are yielded, where their dimension and period can be delicately tailored. Finally, a distinct correlation between various stripe arrays of P3BT‐b‐P3DDT and the corresponding charge mobility is revealed. Conceptually, such convenient production of P3BT‐b‐P3DDT stripe arrays via MASP can be readily extended to other π‐conjugated polymers and diversity of nanomaterials for potential applications in optoelectronic devices.
Reprogrammable Soft Robot Actuation by Synergistic Magnetic and Light Fields
Authors: Han Bing , Ma Zhuo‐Chen , Zhang Yong‐Lai , Zhu Lin , Fan Hua , Bai Benfeng , Chen Qi‐Dai , Yang Guang‐Zhong , Sun Hong‐Bo 
Published: December 2021

AbstractSoft robots controlled by different actuation schemes are flourishing owing to the continued development of smart materials. However, most of the existing actuators are powered by a single source with predetermined mechanical properties and motion characteristics. Speed, power, and efficiency of these actuators are thus far inferior to their conventional counter parts. How to preload or alter the internal energy distribution and trigger rapid kinetic energy release combined with re‐programmability is a challenge and corresponding solutions will extend the practical use of soft robotics. Herein, a hybrid magnetically and photothermally responsive actuator with high degrees of freedom by using a coupled‐field manipulation strategy is proposed. As a proof‐of‐concept, a crab robot (CraBot) that contains uniformly distributed superparamagnetic particles and localized light‐responsive joints is produced. The spatial magnetic field exerts force on the robot, leading to real‐time adjustment of energy distribution within the entire robot. Meanwhile, the focused light field enables selective deformation of specific joints, releasing the accumulated energy into kinetic energy of motion for quick actuation. The directional accumulation and addressable release of elastic energy enables the CraBot to walk efficiently with improved power and speed. Such a hybrid‐field manipulation strategy holds great promise for sophisticated actuation of soft robots.
Dynamic Nanocomposite Microgel Assembly with Microporosity, Injectability, Tissue‐Adhesion, and Sustained Drug Release Promotes Articular Cartilage Repair and Regeneration
Authors: Feng Qi , Li Dingguo , Li Qingtao , Li Shuxian , Huang Hanhao , Li Haofei , Dong Hua , Cao Xiaodong 
Published: December 2021

AbstractOwing to the lack of blood vessels, nerves, and lymph, articular cartilage defect is difficult to self‐repair. Although several cartilage tissue engineering products have been authorized for clinical use, there are still some problems such as large surgical wounds, weak adhesion with the host tissue, and the limited source of autologous chondrocytes. In this paper, a novel dynamic nanocomposite microgel assembly with excellent microporosity, injectability, tissue‐adhesion, and sustained kartogenin (KGN) release is reported. Specifically, KGN‐loaded cyclodextrin nanoparticles are synthesized through nanoemulsification and incorporated into bone marrow mesenchymal stem cell (BMSCs)‐laden microgels via droplet‐based microfluidics and photo‐crosslinking, which are then bottom‐up assembled via dynamic crosslinking between dopamine‐modified hyaluronic acid and phenylboronic acid groups on microgel surface. Results reveal that the microgel assembly can avoid the cell endocytosis of nanoparticles, ensure the high BMSC viability during the regular cell culture, cryopreservation and injection process, promote the chondrogenic differentiation of BMSCs. In addition, animal expriment proves the newborn cartilages present the typical characteristics of articular cartilage. In brief, this microgel assembly not only offers convenience for clinical use (injectability, tissue adhesion) but also provides good microenvironments for chondrogenesis (controlled drug release, interconnected micropores), indicative of its promising application for cartilage repair and regeneration.