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ALCANCE DE LAS REFORMAS NORMATIVAS EN DERECHO SUCESORAL A RAÍZ DE LA CARTA CONSTITUCIONAL DE 1991 SEGÚN PRONUNCIAMIENTOS DE LA CORTE CONSTITUCIONAL
Authors: Bernal Bueno Ana 
Published: May 2021

En este artículo se pretende contestar la siguiente pregunta: ¿Cuál ha sido el alcance de las reformas normativas en materia de Derecho sucesoral a partir del año 1991? Tomando como referente los pronunciamientos de la Corte Constitucional relacionados con la materia, para ello se espera describir lo resuelto en los pronunciamientos seleccionados, en aras de proporcionar a los estudiosos del Derecho sucesoral un compendio de la temática.
Palabras clave: Derecho sucesoral, Reformas normativas, Sentencias de constitucionalidad.
Abstract
This paper focuses on to answer the following question: What has been the scope of the regulatory reforms in the field of law successoral from the year 1991? Taking as reference the pronouncements of the Constitutional Court relating to the matter, for this is expected describe what resolved in the pronouncements selected, in the interests of providing the scholars of the right successoral a compendium of the theme.
Keywords: Law successoral, The regulatory reforms, Judgments of constitutionality.
Resumo
Neste artigo se pretende responder à seguinte pergunta: Qual foi o alcance das reformas normativas em matéria de Direito das Sucessões a partir do ano de 1991? Tomando como referências os pronunciamentos da Corte Constitucional relacionados com a matéria; para isso espera-se descrever a decisão nos pronunciamentos selecionados, de modo a proporcionar aos estudiosos do Direito das Sucessões um compêndio da temática.
Palavras-chave: Direito das sucessões, Reformas normativas, Sentenças de constitucionalidade.
Rapid Detection of Extensively Drug-Resistant Tuberculosis in Clinical Samples Using a Novel Tabletop Platform: Protocol for a Prospective Clinical Study
Authors: Hillery Naomi , Seifert Marva , Catanzaro Donald G , McKinnon Symone , Colman Rebecca E , Chiles Peter G , Chesov Dumitru , Ciobanu Nelly , Hagan Christopher , Crudu Valeriu , Catanzaro Antonino , Rodwell Timothy C 
Published: May 2021

Background
The lack of accurate and efficient diagnostic devices for extensively drug-resistant tuberculosis (XDR-TB) makes it a severe threat to global public health. A prospective clinical study in an intended-use cohort was designed to evaluate the Akonni Biosystems XDR-TB TruArray and lateral flow cell (XDR-LFC) to address this gap in tuberculosis diagnostics.

Objective
This paper presents the protocol for a study that aims to document the conceptualization and design of this evaluation method for early dissemination while data collection and analysis are ongoing.

Methods
The clinical study was conducted in three phases. The first phase was to observe changes in bacterial load and culture positivity in patient sputa over time and better understand the diversity of prospective clinical samples. The second phase was to prospectively collect clinical samples for sensitivity and specificity testing of the Akonni Biosystems XDR-LFC device. Lastly, the third phase was to explore the anti-TB drug concentrations in serum throughout the drug-resistant tuberculosis treatment.

Results
The methodology described includes the study design, laboratory sample handling, data collection, and the protection elements of human subjects of this clinical study to evaluate a potential new XDR-TB diagnostic device. A total of 664 participants were enrolled across the three phases. The implemented complex systems facilitated a thorough clinical data collection for an objective evaluation of the device. The study is closed to recruitment. The follow-up data collection and analysis are in progress.

Conclusions
This paper outlined a prospective cohort study protocol to evaluate a rapid XDR-TB detection device, which may be informative for other researchers with similar goals.

International Registered Report Identifier (IRRID)
DERR1-10.2196/26748
B-mode gray-scale ultrasound abnormalities in adult patients: A useful tool in diagnosis of kidney diseases
Authors: El-Reshaid Kamel 
Published: May 2021

Ultrasound scanning of the urogenital tract has a pivotal role in revealing most etiologies of renal disease. Moreover, it is also of value in assessment of disease prognosis and its progression. In this review article, details of the examination technique, ultrasonic kidney norms and the clinicoradiological correlation regarding acute and chronic kidney disease are presented. Specific characteristics of diseases viz. acute and chronic glomerulopathy, diabetes, amyloidosis, chronic reflux nephropathy, Nephroangiosclerosis, vasculitis, nephrocalcinosis, cystic diseases of the kidney, renal infarction and obstructive uropathy are presented.
Keywords: acute, chronic, diagnosis, diseases, ultrasound, kidney.
Hypokalemic periodic paralysis: an underestimated autosomal-dominant disease with variable phenotypic presentations
Authors: El-Reshaid Kamel , Al-Bader Shaikha 
Published: May 2021

Periodic paralysis (PP) diseases are autosomal dominant disorders due to gene-mutations that manifests with episodic muscle weakness and/or paralysis. Their mutations result in faulty ion-leaks that result in sustained muscle depolarization and inexcitability. The group include; hyperkalemic PP, hypokalemic PP (HypoPP type I & II), normokalemic PP, thyrotoxic PP, Paramyotonia congenita and Andersen-Tawil syndrome. The hypoPP is the most common disorder yet is underestimated in prevalence due to missed diagnosis mimicking hysterical disorders and neurological diseases as well as the hypokalemic syndromes (Bartter, Gitelman and renal tubular acidosis). Moreover, and due to their considerable gene-penetrance, their phenotypic spectrum ranges from infrequent attacks to progressive muscular failure. In this case report we present a patient with missed diagnosis for years and describe the algorithm of his diagnosis and management.
Keywords: chanellopathies, diagnosis, hypokalemia, periodic paralysis, treatment.
Investigation of Effect of Nanosecond Pulsed Electric Field on MCF-7 Breast Cancer Cells
Authors: KUMAR GYANENDRA , Shelar Sandeep , Patel Ankur , Roy Amitava , Sarathi Ramanujam , Singh Rajshri , Sharma Archana 
Published: May 2021

Pulsed electric field therapy is a novel non-invasive approach for cancer therapy. It serves as a cell permeability enhancing agent for cancer treatment. Nanosecond, high-electrical field pulse power technology is used for delivering variable, controllable, intracellular electrical perturbations in several biological systems. Here, we investigated the effect of nanosecond (ns) electric pulse (nsEP) as a therapeutic tool for cancer. In in-vitro study, the breast cancer cells (MCF-7) were exposed with electric field of ~18kV/cm intensity, ~25ns duration, at 1.5Hz in a 2mm electroporation cuvette. Post exposure, observation shows a significant reduction in cell viability. It was evident that after treatment the viability of MCF-7 cancer cells at 630 pulses are remains ~38% only. The optical microscopic analysis of MCF-7 cells shows cell morphology changes after electrical pulse exposure. Moreover, we have also investigated a comparative study of the effect nano-second electrical pulses on MCF-7 cells and Chinese Hamster Ovary (CHO) cell line. The comparative study, demonstrated that the effect of nsEPF on MCF-7 is more destructive than on CHO cell line. The obtained results support that the pulse electrical field of nanosecond (ns) duration therapy would be a potential solution for cancer treatment.
Keywords: Nanosecond Pulse Electric Field; Full Width at Half Maxima; Pulse Forming Line; Pulse Exposure; Viability;
Ottimizzazione delle misure strumentali con sistemi IOMS per il monitoraggio delle emissioni odorigene in impianti complessi
Authors: Massimo Raffaele 
Published: May 2021

Le emissioni odorigene generate da impianti industriali e di tutela
ambientale sono spesso causa di potenziali fenomeni di molestia
olfattiva in grado di generare malcontento nei cittadini che vi
risiedono in prossimità e, per tale ragione, vanno monitorate per
contenerle entro determinate soglie tramite azioni di controllo e
mitigazione. La caratterizzazione quantitativa e qualitativa dei
composti di tipo odorigeno risulta, tuttavia, ancora di complessa
esecuzione, sia a causa della soggettività intrinseca della percezione
olfattiva sia per effetto dell’influenza delle condizioni
meteoclimatiche sui fenomeni di dispersione odorigena e, dunque, sui
livelli di fastidio percepiti.
Fra le tecniche di misura generalmente impiegate per il monitoraggio
degli odori, quelle senso-strumentali con applicazione dei nasi
elettronici, più recentemente definiti IOMS (Instrumental Odour
Monitoring Systems), rappresentano attualmente la soluzione più efficace
per consentire l’investigazione della classe odorigena e dell’intensità
di odore e sono in grado di monitorare gli odori in maniera continua ed
in tempo reale, coniugando i vantaggi delle convenzionali tecniche di
misura strumentali e sensoriali. Gli IOMS rappresentano la tecnologia
con il più alto potenziale di sviluppo futuro e quindi risultano essere
dei sistemi ulteriormente migliorabili. La mancanza di riferimenti
tecnico-normativi in materia di emissioni odorigene rappresenta ancora
un fattore limitante per l’impiego di tali dispositivi. Il quadro
normativo in materia di odori, tuttavia, è in evoluzione, con
l’emanazione di norme e regolamenti in materia sia in ambito nazionale
che comunitario ed internazionale. La Norma UNI 11761:2019, in fase di
revisione, definisce i requisiti tecnici e di gestione degli IOMS per la
misurazione degli odori in aria ambiente, alle emissioni e indoor.
Expropriation and the Challenge to Liberal Thought: Multinormative Management of State Intervention beyond the Conflict Liberty vs. Authority: (Brazil, 1826–1930)
Authors: de Almeida Costa Arthur Barrêtto 
Published: May 2021

Abstract
Nineteenth century features the supremacy of the administrative state and the absolutized conception of property, expressing liberalism. By then, lawyers thought of expropriation as a clash between these two values. However, in early twentieth century, as the interventionist state expanded, the public power colludes with private citizens, and the subjects profited from expropriations. This challenged the liberal opposition mentality and was followed by the incorporation of a social conception of property. Throughout one century, the interpretation of expropriation changed as the underlying moral normativity on property changed, prompted by economic modifications, even though the legal texts remained mostly the same.
Multinormativity Emerges From Multilevel Governance. Uses of the Council of Trent in Examinations for Ecclesiastical Benefices in 19th-Century Brazil
Authors: Martins Anna Clara Lehmann 
Published: May 2021

Abstract
I analyse how the Council of Trent was employed in cases of examinations for ecclesiastical benefices in 19th-century Brazil, relying on sources from the Council of State and the Congregation of the Council. Considering the Church within a scenario of multinormativity and multilevel governance, I argue that the interactions for the resolution of ordinary problems conveyed – and even catalysed – different interpretations of legal norms, depending on the agents interacting and the normative conventions adopted. In the case of Imperial Brazil, I suggest the uses of Trent shifted from a convention of amalgam to a convention of separation, with significant nuances.
State Authority and Competing Arrangements in the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes/Yugoslavia (1918–1941)
Authors: Kosnica Ivan 
Published: May 2021

Abstract
The author analyses the relations between state authority and the Croatian Peasant Party with its para-state structures in the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes/Yugoslavia. Contrary to the significant corpus of the literature on the topic, the author argues that there is still room for research about the relations between state authority and the Croatian Peasant Party and its para-state structures from normativity perspective. The starting point of the research is an argument that the Croatian Peasant Party and its para-state structures formed specific normative order that coexisted with the state normative order within the same social space. The important features analysed are interconnections between these two normative orders and possible implications of multinormativity on state authority and on the HSS and its para-state organizations.
Water Management Within the Soil-Plant System – A Challenge for the 21st Century
Authors: Birkás Márta , Jug Danijel , Kisić Ivica , Kassai Katalin M. , Tarnawa Ákos , Jolánkai Márton 
Published: May 2021

Abstract
Water is the most essential substance regarding the physiological processes of any living system. Agricultural activities and global food security are highly influenced by water availability. The value of water and water resources already exceeds that of energy sources today. The water-related concepts are very diverse in agricultural relations. The aim of this paper was to revive some terms related to water and discuss their importance in soil-plant systems. In this paper, eight phrases were selected paying attention to the importance of water management, namely soil water management, soil moisture range for workability, rain stress, water logging, water shortage, irrigation, water intake and water loss, avoiding water loss and reply to climate change phenomena. Findings of water management research point to a relationship between soil quality and improvement of water intake capacity, parallel with climate stress mitigation.
Development of a Pilot Soil-Water Balance Model for Determination of Probability of a Working Day for Rice Harvesting
Authors: Khani Mahdi , Payman Seyyed Hossein , Pirmoradian Nader 
Published: May 2021

Abstract
The probability of a working day is the ratio of workable days to the total available days in a working season for the intended operation. Soil moisture is the most important limiting factor in terms of rice harvesting. Therefore, to determine the PWD for this operation, a model was developed to estimate the soil moisture based on soil-water balance. To calibrate and validate the model, the soil moisture was monitored in the paddy field of the University of Guilan during the rice harvest seasons in 2017 and 2018. The calibration process was performed by applying a decreasing ratio, i.e. the senescence factor (α), at a daily evapotranspiration rate compared to that of previous day. At the validation stage, the simulated soil moisture contents were compared with measured values, which indicated a good model accuracy (NRMSE = 6.53%) of the soil moisture estimation. Therefore, this model can be used for the rice harvesting operation feasibility evaluation and PWD calculation.
Telecommuting Intensity in the Context of COVID-19 Pandemic: Job Performance and Work-Life Balance
Authors: Alfanza Ma. Theresa 
Published: May 2021

Abstract
The COVID-19 pandemic caused a prolonged and intensified telecommuting arrangement that raised a number of unprecedented concerns regarding its implications on employees’ job performance (JP) and work-life balance (WLB). This study primarily aimed at determining the relationship between telecommuting intensity and employees’ JP and WLB. Further, it sought to know if there was a significant difference in employees’ productivity when working at the office and at home. Lastly, it assessed whether previous frameworks on JP and WLB were still valid during the COVID-19 crisis.
A total of 396 telecommuting employees from three BPO companies in the Philippines were gathered using stratified random sampling. Pearson correlation, T-test, and confirmatory factor analysis (CFA) were executed for this study. The result of this study provides evidence that intensified telecommuting has a negative relationship with employees’ WLB. It means that longer time spent in telecommuting decreases the work-life balance of employees. On the other hand, telecommuting intensity is not significantly correlated with employees’ JP, supporting the second finding that there is no significant difference in the percentage of work done and the amount of time spent to finish a job at home and at the office. Lastly, CFA generated that the frameworks on JP and WLB were still applicable in the context of COVID-19. This study provides managers with findings to more carefully design telecommuting programmes with emphasis on supporting the factors that contribute to employees’ work-life balance.
From Valued Stayers to Working Hands? the Social Consequences of Changing Employment Relations Among Polish Migrants in Farmed Salmon Industry in Rural Norway
Authors: Stachowski Jakub , Rasmussen Bente 
Published: May 2021

Abstract
International migrant workers in European rural regions have supplied rural industries with necessary labour, stimulated the demography of host communities and raised questions about the inclusion of migrants. Using the case of Polish post-accession migrants employed in the farmed salmon industry in rural Norway, we explore the social consequences of changing employment relations in rural industries. By using a temporal perspective, we identify a transition from an inclusive employment regime experienced by the migrants who arrived in the locality within the first years after the EU enlargement in 2004, to an increasingly exploitative, insecure and competitive work environment for recently arrived migrants. We emphasise how employment conditions offered to different ‘waves’ of migrants affect the ways they perceive their status and value in rural hosting communities. Ultimately, we reflect on the potential long-term consequences of international migration to rural areas.
Functional Sequence in Norm Space
Authors: Yamazaki Hiroshi 
Published: May 2021

Summary
In this article, we formalize in Mizar [1], [2] functional sequences and basic operations on functional sequences in norm space based on [5]. In the first section, we define functional sequence in norm space. In the second section, we define pointwise convergence and prove some related theorems. In the last section we define uniform convergence and limit of functional sequence.
Personality Theory in Gestalt Theoretical Psychotherapy: Kurt Lewin’s Field Theory and his Theory of Systems in Tension Revisited
Authors: Lindorfer Bernadette 
Published: May 2021

SummaryWith regard to the dynamics of human experience and behavior, Gestalt theoretical psychotherapy (GTP) relies mainly on Kurt Lewin’s dynamic field theory of personality. GTP is carried out by including a re-interpretation of Lewin’s theory in some aspects of psychotherapeutic practice in relation to critical realism. Human experience and behavior are understood to be functions of the person and the environment (including the other individuals therein) in a psychic field (life space), which encompasses both of these mutually dependent factors. The anthropological model of this approach is, therefore, not mono-personal but, a priori, structural and relational in nature. It does not one-sidedly focus on the “inner components” of a person, but on the interrelation of the individual and a given environment, which affects experience and behavior. After a brief introduction of these basic concepts, this lecture will focus especially on Lewin’s concept of tension-systems, which may be considered as the Gestalt theoretical counterpart of Freud’s drive theory. Further, we define the basic assumptions which underlie GTP and explain how the person moves through her/his life experience in terms of Gestalt psychology.
Critical Realism: The Epistemic Position of Gestalt Theoretical Psychotherapy
Authors: Sternek Katharina 
Published: May 2021

Summary
In this contribution, I discuss the relevance of epistemological models for psychotherapy. Despite its importance epistemology is seldom explicitly dealt with in the psychotherapeutic landscape. Based on the presentation of “Critical Realism (CR),” the epistemological position of Gestalt Theoretical Psychotherapy (GTP), I intend to show to which extent this explanatory model supports a differentiated understanding of problems between human beings, arising from the differences in experiencing “reality.” The presentation deals explicitly with some conclusions that can be drawn from the CR model for practical psychotherapeutic work. In particular, the aspects of basic therapeutic attitude, therapeutic relationship, and praxeology are highlighted.
Modelling the Impact of Tillage on Water Quality for Sustainable Agricultural Development in a Savanna Ecological Zone, Kwara State, Nigeria
Authors: Agaja Toluwalope Mubo , Ajibade Lanre Tajudeen , Agaja Micheal Olufemi 
Published: May 2021

Abstract
The aim of the study was to examine the effects of tillage methods on surface runoff and model the pattern and processes of surface water pollution associated with tillage methods using Soil Water Assessment Tool (SWAT). This model was designed to predict the impact of land management practices on water, sediment, and varying tillage types in watersheds over two planting seasons. Traditional heap (T), Plough/Harrow (PH), Plough/Harrow/Ridge (PHR) and No-tillage (NT) methods commonly used in the study area were applied to experimental plots at Unilorin Teaching and Research Farm and National Center for Agricultural Mechanization, Idofian (Nigeria). Using Randomized Complete Block Design (RCBD), each treatment had three replicates making 12 experimental plots at each location for the 2015 and 2016 planting season. Nine biophysical parameters were purposively selected, examined and modelled. The study revealed that four of nine biophysical factors (sediment yield: 10.54 t/ha; groundwater discharge: 174.45 mm; organic nitrogen: 62.62 kg/ha, and nitrogen in surface runoff: 5.15 kg/ha) were higher for traditional heaps, while three parameters (surface runoff: 374.42 mm; evapotranspiration: 752.78 mm, and soil loss: 1.05 kg/ha) were higher under plough/harrow and plough/harrow/ridge cultivation practices. The study concluded that tillage methods have impact on water quality. However, plough/harrow has comparatively more favorable effect on the contribution to surface runoff. It is therefore recommended that this type of tillage should be adopted to reduce water pollution and for sustainable environment.