bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025_split huggingface dataset:
What is the relationship between monitoring and performance of Church of Uganda Projects in Namirembe Diocese?
Authors: Katimbo Duncan , Okoche John Micheal Maxel 
Published: October 2022

Purpose: It was prudent that the Church of Uganda strategic plan 2025 was incorporated with a monitoring strategy intended to progressively track program performance and analyze activity implementation and foresee any difficulties so as to take timely corrective action. This paper examined the relationship between monitoring and performance of Church of Uganda Projects in Namirembe Diocese.
Methodology: A Cross sectional survey design was used on a study population of 117 respondents. 87 respondents filled the Survey questionnaires whose responses were analysed by using correlational and regression analysis by using PSPP software Version 1.2.0-g0fb4db. Key Informant interviews and an FGD were carried out and responses were analysed using content analysis and results presented as text.
Findings: Descriptive findings highlighted that monitoring to some extent improves project performance (mean 3.12), This was further supported by the qualitative findings. Furthermore, inferential statistics confirmed that Monitoring had a significant positive relationship with Project performance (β=0.25, p= 0.014<0.05).
Unique contribution to theory, practice and policy: In conclusion, this paper established that monitoring influences project performance. The weaknesses included; Diversion of funds from the intended projects, No assigned personels to directly monitor projects, Lack of monitoring skills and knowledge, Lack of transparency in the reports, inadequate salaries of the monitoring staff, conflict of interest in the businesses that are run on Church land. Therefore, to improve upon the performance of Church of Uganda projects, it is important to strengthen the monitoring mechanisms; financial monitoring, process monitoring and outcome monitoring. The non-existent monitoring framework will be developed with informed decisions from the study.
Effect of Electronic Banking on Performance of Commercial Banks in Kenya
Authors: Sirengo Moses Juma , Muturi Willy 
Published: October 2022

Purpose: The study sought to establish the effects of electronic banking on the performance of Commercial Banks in Kenya. The study specifically sought to establish the effects of mobile banking, Electronic Funds Transfer (EFT), Point of Sale Banking, and Automated Teller Machines (ATM) banking on the performance of Commercial Banks in Kenya. The study was anchored on the Technology Acceptance Model, Diffusion of Innovation Theory, and Perceived Characteristics Theory.
Methodology: A descriptive research design in the form of a longitudinal was adopted in the study. The study targeted licensed Commercial Banks in Kenya. Secondary data was used in the study. The data was gathered from commercial banks' audited financial reports published by the Central Bank of Kenya between 2015 and 2019. The study employed both inferential and descriptive statistics in analysing the collected data. Both Statistical Package for Social Scientists (SPSS) software and MS Excel were adopted to generate the statistics.
Findings: The study found a relatively strong relationship between independent variable and dependent variable. The combination of independent variables had a fairly predictive potential for financial performance. A proportional increase in the EFT values would significantly increase the return on equity (ROE). It implies that bank performance is positively affected by an increase in EFT banking at a significant level. Similarly, the findings indicated a significant increase in the total value transacted on PoS Machines as a proportion of Total Transaction Value, would increase the return on equity. This shows that bank profitability would increase with increased PoS banking. On the contrary, a percentage rise in the total value transacted via ATM as a proportion of total transactions by value would decrease the return on equity. Similar results were observed with regard to mobile banking’s influence on bank’s ROE.
Unique contribution to theory, practice and policy: Thus, the study concluded that banks could reduce poor performance by having fewer amounts transacted via mobile banking agents and ATMs. On the other hand, banks can improve performance by encouraging increased values transacted via EFT and on POS Machines.
Toward a granular molecular-anatomic map of the blood vasculature – single-cell RNA sequencing makes the leap
Authors: Betsholtz Christer 
Published: October 2022

Single-cell RNA sequencing (scRNAseq) marks the birth of a new era in physiology and medicine. Within foreseeable future, we will know exactly what genes are expressed – and at what levels – in all the different cell types and subtypes that make up our bodies. We will also learn how a particular cell state, whether it occurs during development, tissue repair, or disease, reflects precise changes in gene expression. While profoundly impacting all areas of life science, scRNAseq may lead to a particular leap in vascular biology research. Blood vessels pervade and fulfill essential functions in all organs, but the functions differ. Innumerable organ-specific vascular adaptations and specializations are required. These, in turn, are dictated by differential gene expression by the two principal cellular building blocks of blood vessels: endothelial cells and mural cells. An organotypic vasculature is essential for functions as diverse as thinking, gas exchange, urine excretion, and xenobiotic detoxification in the brain, lung, kidney, and liver, respectively. In addition to the organotypicity, vascular cells also differ along the vascular arterio-venous axis, referred to as zonation, differences that are essential for the regulation of blood pressure and flow. Moreover, gene expression-based molecular changes dictate states of cellular activity, necessary for angiogenesis, vascular permeability, and immune cell trafficking, i.e. functions necessary for development, inflammation, and repair. These different levels of cellular heterogeneity create a nearly infinite phenotypic diversity among vascular cells. In this review, I summarize and exemplify what scRNAseq has brought to the picture in just a few years and point out where it will take us.
Fire and home: A part of a happy life
Authors: Bagina Elena 
Published: October 2022

One of the former meanings of the Russian word “schastie” (“happiness”) was a portion, a share or a part, and it used to be pronounced as “so-chastie”. To be happy, it is not enough to have a warm house with candles lit on holidays or flames flickering in the fireplace. But such a house is a part of human existence, which constitutes brief moments of bliss. Fire has inhabited the human dwelling since time immemorial, but it has a dual nature. It can be good and evil. It illuminates, blesses and warms. The fire sparkling in fireworks creates an illusion of ascendency over the elements and evokes the mysteries of the cosmos. Torches, candles, lamps, cookers and fireplaces largely determine the architecture of a house. The form and structure of the things associated with fire is a subject of study for art historians and culturologists. Tamed fire is a “so-chastie” of being.
The Surface Water Chemistry (SWatCh) database: a standardized global database of water chemistry to facilitate large-sample hydrological research
Authors: Rotteveel Lobke , Heubach Franz , Sterling Shannon M. 
Published: October 2022

Abstract. Openly accessible global-scale surface water chemistry
datasets are urgently needed to detect widespread trends and problems, to
help identify their possible solutions, and to determine critical spatial data
gaps where more monitoring is required. Existing datasets are limited with respect to
availability, sample size and/or sampling frequency, and geographic scope. These
limitations inhibit researchers from tackling emerging transboundary water chemistry
issues – for example, the detection and understanding of delayed recovery
from freshwater acidification. Here, we begin to address these limitations
by compiling the global Surface Water Chemistry (SWatCh) database, available
on Zenodo (https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6484939; Rotteveel and Heubach, 2021). We collect, clean, standardize, and
aggregate open-access data provided by six national and international
programs and research groups (United Nations Environment Programme; Hartmann
et al., 2019; Environment and Climate Change Canada; the United States of
America National Water Quality Monitoring Council; the European Environment
Agency; and the United States National Science Foundation McMurdo Dry
Valleys Long-Term Ecological Research Network) in order to compile a database
containing information on sites, methods, and samples, and a geospatial
information system (GIS) shapefile
of site locations. We remove poor-quality data (e.g., values flagged
as “suspect” or “rejected”), standardize variable naming conventions and
units, and perform other data cleaning steps required for statistical
analysis. The database contains water chemistry data for streams, rivers,
canals, ponds, lakes, and reservoirs across seven continents, 24 variables,
33 722 sites, and over 5 million samples collected between 1960 and 2022.
Similar to prior research, we identify critical spatial data gaps on the
African and Asian continents, highlighting the need for more data collection
and sharing initiatives in these areas, especially considering that freshwater
ecosystems in these environs are predicted to be among the most heavily
impacted by climate change. We identify the main challenges associated with
compiling global databases – limited data availability, dissimilar sample
collection and analysis methodology, and reporting ambiguity – and provide
recommended solutions. By addressing these challenges and consolidating data
from various sources into one standardized, openly available, high-quality,
and transboundary database, SWatCh allows users to conduct powerful and
robust statistical analyses of global surface water chemistry.
The sensitivity of the Fitch wind farm parameterization to a three-dimensional planetary boundary layer scheme
Authors: Rybchuk Alex , Juliano Timothy W. , Lundquist Julie K. , Rosencrans David , Bodini Nicola , Optis Mike 
Published: October 2022

Abstract. Wind plant wake impacts can be estimated with a number of simulation methodologies, each with its own fidelity and sensitivity to model inputs. In turbine-free mesoscale simulations, hub-height wind speeds often significantly vary with the choice of a planetary boundary layer (PBL) scheme. However, the sensitivity of wind plant wakes to a PBL scheme has not been explored because, as of the Weather Research and Forecasting model v4.3.3, wake parameterizations were only compatible with one PBL scheme. We couple the Fitch wind farm parameterization with the new NCAR 3DPBL scheme and compare the resulting wakes to those simulated with a widely used PBL scheme. We simulate a wind plant in pseudo-steady states under idealized stable, neutral, and unstable conditions with matching hub-height wind speeds using two PBL schemes: MYNN and the NCAR 3DPBL. For these idealized scenarios, average hub-height wind speed losses within the plant differ between PBL schemes by between −0.20 and 0.22 m s−1, and correspondingly, capacity factors range between 39.5 %–53.8 %. These simulations suggest that PBL schemes represent a meaningful source of modeled wind resource uncertainty; therefore, we recommend incorporating PBL variability into future wind plant planning sensitivity studies as well as wind forecasting studies.
Plant components as a means of fighting toxigenic fungi and mycotoxins
Authors: Popova O. S. 
Published: October 2022

Mycotoxins are a major food safety concern due to their adverse health and socio-economic implications not only in the Russian Federation but worldwide. The main regulatory documents that regulate the study of feed: GOST 10852-86. Oilseeds. Acceptance rules and sampling methods; GOST 12430-66. Agricultural products. Sampling methods during quarantine inspection and examination (as amended No. 1, 2); GOST 13586.3-83. Corn. Acceptance rules and sampling methods; GOST 27668-88. Flour and bran. Acceptance and sampling methods; GOST R ISO 6497-2011. Pet food. Sample selection.After analyzing the literature data from both Russian and foreign databases, it was found that this topic on the creation of sorption complexes in the diets of farm animals is relevant for many authors and many countries.The era of green nanotechnology, with its potential to use plant phytochemicals to produce nanomaterials, has greatly improved their safety for agricultural use as mycotoxin detoxifying agents. The combination of nanotechnology and plant extracts, as well as their phytochemicals, has shown significant results in the pharmacological, agricultural and cosmetic industries. Nanoencapsulated phytochemicals have shown strong efficacy over free form due to increased surface area, protecting the encapsulated compounds from internal and external environmental conditions.
Efficiency of selection of highly productive dairy cows
Authors: Paderina R. V. , Vinogradova N. D. 
Published: October 2022

In breeding work, a special role is given to the production, cultivation and use of highly productive animals, which provide the maximum economic income in the dairy cattle industry. The task of the research was to study the biological and economic characteristics, the characteristics of the lactation activity of highly productive holshtinized dairy cows.The studied animal population with an average maximum lactation impact of 10,511 kg was divided by productivity level into 3 groups. As a result of the studies, it was established that for 5 years the productivity of herd cows is at a level exceeding 10 thousand kg of milk. There was also a significant advantage of group 3 animals over group 1 peers from 8 kg at the age of 10 months increased to 13 kg at the age of 12 months, earlier insemination and longer productive longevity. An analysis of the lactation activity of cows showed that already 1 lactation of cows of the 3rd group significantly exceeded the peers of the other two groups in terms of yield by 504 and 3023 kg. The inter-group differences in yield per 1 lactation were1.6 and 6.8%, according to the average yield, they increased to 6.6 and 16.6%, and at the maximum to 15.7 and 34.6%.Comparing the ratio of productivity of female ancestors of animals of three groups (the superiority of the maximum impact of the mother of the father over the maximum impact of the mother), it can be seen that animals of the 3rd group are obtained as a result of more homogeneous, and animals of the 1st group as a result of heterogeneous selection: the percentage of superiority is lower in them than in animals of the 1st group (38.8% and 57.3%).
Social capital in a social network: Curitiba, a city for cars
Authors: Salles Fernanda da Rocha , Limont Marcelo , Cortese Tatiana Tucunduva Philippi , Fernandes Valdir 
Published: October 2022

This article is part of the studies of the Sustainability Assessment Center (NIPAS), to analyze Curitiba’s social capital, expressed in the Colab digital social network. Colab is a social network accessible through its own account or Facebook. Its role is to provide citizens with spaces for interaction with public authorities or to publicize problems, proposals, and evaluations on aspects of cities. Thus, the research question arises: What is the social capital expressed in this social network? The methodology involved cataloging all Colab data, categorizing it according to the analytical model, and characterizing social capital. The results show that males aged between 30 and 49 interacted the most. Inspections prevailed among the three categories of Colab, inspection, proposals, and evaluations. This demonstrates that the expression of social capital is limited to occasional acts of dissatisfaction about the municipal public authority’s performance. In this case, the predominant themes are related to driving, such as parking, traffic signs, and road problems. About the macro categories of social capital, the interactions can be framed in “set of norms and values,” “citizenship,” and “sense of belonging”. The main conclusion is that although Curitiba is a city famous for its collective transportation, the predominance of social capital expressed in Colab is related to the automobile.
Do “Animals” Have Histor(ies)? Can/Should Humans Know Them? A Heuristic Reframing of Animal-Human Relationships
Authors: Brandler Jacob 
Published: October 2022

AbstractThe Western history discipline has recently experienced a growing appreciation of animals as subjects of historical concern, part of what has been described as the “animal turn” in the humanities. While briefly examining some historiographical points related to this burgeoning trend, this article looks to the question of whether animals have history itself as a device to reframe the relationship humans have with both animals and history. Through this process, this article highlights how respecting the unknown possibility and the possibility of the unknown history from the animal perspective recasts the inquiry into “history” as a parochial human endeavor, entangled in the limits of human knowledge, perception, and frailty. It is this same human frailty that explains why humans must understand animal history if only from a human perspective—because humans have fundamentally depended on animals for their survival and development in their own history. Taking these points together, this article asserts that appreciating the existence (and weakness) of the human lens gives new meaning and a sense of humility to the inquiry into animal history, such as how animal history may be better understood in the plural (“histories”), how humans might be freed from universal history and human exceptionalism, and how this humility encourages more ethical treatment of animals.
REDEFINIÇÃO DO ESTADO E OS DESAFIOS DA POLÍTICA DE CARREIRA DOCENTE NA AMAZÔNIA: UMA ANÁLISE PRELIMINAR DA CARREIRA E REMUNERAÇÃO DOS PROFESSORES DA REDE MUNICIPAL DE ENSINO DE ITAITUBA, NO CONTEXTO DO FUNDEF, FUNDEB E PSPN
Authors: Sousa Antonia Sueli , Olivo Gerson Dias 
Published: October 2022

O artigo apresenta uma breve discussão sobre a redefinição do papel do Estado em tempos de crise do capitalismo e os desafios da política de carreira e remuneração docente na Amazônia: uma análise preliminar da carreira e remuneração dos professores da rede municipal de ensino de Itaituba-Pará, contexto do FUNDEF, FUNDEB e PSPN. Inicialmente, provocaremos reflexões sobre Carreira e Remuneração docente no Brasil e na Amazônia com base nos estudos e publicações extraídos dos sites de referência acadêmica como a CAPES, Scielo, Anpae e Anped. Em seguida analisaremos documentos oficiais, Estatutos, Resoluções, Planos de Carreira, que legitimam o objeto em construção a partir do materialismo histórico dialético. A pesquisa qualitativa de análise documental procura responder as seguintes questões norteadoras: a) Que mudanças ocorreram na carreira e remuneração dos professores da rede municipal de Itaituba-Pa, no contexto do Fundef, Fundeb e PSPN? É possível identificar elementos de valorização na carreira e remuneração dos professores do magistério da rede municipal de ensino de Itaituba-Pa, a partir da política de fundos (Fundeb, Fundeb) e PSPN? Com base nas análises, os planos de carreira de 98 a 2012, apontam forte ligação com as mudanças ocorridas nas políticas educacionais de âmbito nacional e internacional. Os dados revelam avanços na definição da carreira, na forma de ingresso, nível Superior, por concurso público de provas de títulos, estrutura que define os níveis e classes dos docentes conforme qualificação profissional, a movimentação que garante progressão vertical e horizontal, licença para aprimoramento profissional com remuneração, 1/3 de Hora atividade incluída na carga horária de trabalho. Por outro lado, evidenciamos sérias contradições e lacunas, sobretudo, o plano atual (Lei Municipal nº 2.485/2012), que não acompanha a política de reajuste do PSPN, o que ocasiona achatamento nos salários e carreira dos professores nível Superior integrante do plano que consequentemente ocasionará um retrocesso para a luta e profissão docente no município de Itaituba.
The threat of viral haemorrhagic fevers in Tanzania
Authors: Misinzo Gerald 
Published: October 2022

The threat of viral haemorrhagic fevers in Tanzania
The SACIDS Foundation for One Health looks toward a better understanding of viral haemorrhagic fevers across Tanzania, covering exposure to diseases brought on by unsanitary animal contact, in research conducted by Sima Rugarabamu at the Sokoine University of Agriculture. Here, Professor Gerald Misinzo catalogues how a national contingency plan has been developed to identify strategic directions for preventing and controlling the spread of viral haemorrhagic fevers in the country. Establishing high-level national intersectoral committees for VHF, strengthening epidemiological and laboratory surveillance capacities, and initiating or strengthening implementation of adequate infection control practices in health care settings through the development of an institutional safety climate and strong infection control training programs are among these.
Strategi Political Marketing Para Wajah Baru di DPRD Provinsi Kepulauan Bangka Belitung Tahun 2019
Authors: Aldys Muhammad , Ranto Ranto , Ibrahim Ibrahim 
Published: October 2022

Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk untuk mengetahui strategi Political marketing para wajah baru di DPRD Provinsi Bangka Belitung dan untuk mengetahui faktor Pendukung Politik Wajah Baru Dalam Memenangkan Pemilu Legislatif Tahun 2019 di Provinsi Bangka Belitung. Jenis penelitian ini didesain dengan menggunakan metode penelitian kualitatif. Sehingga, sumber data yang dibutuhkan dalam penelitian ini berupa data primer dan data sekunder. Data primer dalam penelitian ini akan bersumber dari informan di lapangan melalui wawancara mendalam sedangkan data sekunder akan bersumber dari dokumen, buku referensi, jurnal penelitian, skripsi dari penelitian terdahulu serta sumber internet dan koran. Hasil penelitian adalah pemasaran politik secara langsung ke masyarakat, pemasaran politik dengan menggunakan media massa seperti media cetak dan media sosial dan pemasaran politik yang dilakukan oleh pihak ketiga yaitu tim sukses dan ayahnya sebagai tokoh masyarakat. Sedangkan faktor-faktor pendukung keberhasilan marketing politik manufer politik para wajah baru diantaranya faktor produk yaitu branding politik yang cukup baik dari manufer ditambah dengan elektabilitas Partai Gerindara yang sangat kuat di Provinsi Bangka Belitung. Lalu faktor promosi yaitu keberhasilan strategi promosi yang dilakukan oleh manufer pada pemasaran politiknya. Selanjutnya, faktor modal, dimana manufer cukup banyak mengeluarkan uang selama masa kampanye agar proses pemasaran politiknya dapat berjalan dengan baik dan lancar. Terakhir faktor tempat, yaitu ,anufer mendapatkan keuntungan dengan mencalonkan diri di Provinsi Bangka Belitung dimana ayahnya sangat populer dan berpengaruh di Bangka Belitung, selain dia juga merupakan putra daerah Bangka Belitung.

Kata Kunci: Politik Coba-Coba, Marketing, Wajah Baru.
De Règne animal à L214. Une voix pour les animaux : les relations Homme-Animal sous la plume de Jean-Baptiste Del Amo
Authors: Ferracioli Victoria , Belhadi Yasmine 
Published: October 2022

L’écrivain Jean-Baptiste Del Amo aborde les différents rapports de domination qui se jouent entre l’homme et l’animal. Son approche littéraire et militante de la cause animale nous permet d’élargir la réflexion que nous portons sur les rapports de domination anthropocentrés vers des rapports de domination de l’Homme sur la nature. En interrogeant les frontières entre l’humanité et l’animalité, cet entretien met en valeur les enjeux écologiques et éthiques actuels que l’auteur déploie dans ses écrits.