How right-wing populists instrumentalize news media: Deliberate provocations, scandalizing media coverage, and public awareness for the Alternative for Germany (AfD)

The rise of right-wing populist parties in Western democracies is often attributed to populists’ ability to instrumentalize news media by making deliberate provocations (e.g., verbal attacks on migrants or politicians from other parties) that generate media coverage and public awareness. To explain the success of populists’ deliberate provocations, we drew from research on populism and scandal theory to develop a theoretical framework that we tested in three studies examining the rise of German right-wing populist party Alternative für Deutschland (AfD) between January 2015 and December 2018. In Study 1, an input–output analysis of 17 deliberate provocations by AfD politicians in German news media revealed much more coverage about their attacks on migrants than about their attacks on political elites, although all were covered in predominantly scandalizing ways. Next, Study 2, involving media database research and an analysis of Google Trends data, showed that the provocations had increased overall media coverage about the AfD and influenced public awareness of the party

Agroecology in the Brazilian Amazon. A Review

Agroecological practices are alternatives for valuing and conserving the biodiversity of the Amazon as well as for integrating family farmers who survive from the exploitation of natural resources in the face of the expansion of large agricultural projects that have advanced in the region. In this respect, the objective of this study was to evaluate the scientific production related to agroecology in the Brazilian Amazon, in order to identify the main research gaps and set the foundations for new studies that will strengthen the debate on and policies to encourage sustainable agriculture. Our methodology was based on a systematic review of the literature using four academic research databases. The studies were published from 2000 to 2019. Through our database research, we obtained 36 articles that focused on agroecology in the Brazilian Amazon. Our results showed a certain level of diversity in terms of the geographic distribution of the municipalities included in the studies analyzed. Additionally, we detected diversity in terms of the dimensions addressed. For instance, reference was made to sustainable production systems based on agroecological principles, with emphasis on agroforestry systems. Additionally, socioeconomic and cultural aspects, such as the valuation of traditional knowledge and the importance of women in rural areas, were analyzed. Thus, the realization of in-depth studies that will analyze the process of agroecological transition with the use of different techniques, such as the statistical treatment of data and geoprocessing, can qualify agricultural production based on the agroecological practices in the Amazon.

Towards an Architecture of a Multi-purpose, User-Extendable Reference Human Brain Atlas

Human brain atlas development is predominantly research-oriented and the use of atlases in clinical practice is limited. Here I introduce a new definition of a reference human brain atlas that serves education, research and clinical applications, and is extendable by its user. Subsequently, an architecture of a multi-purpose, user-extendable reference human brain atlas is proposed and its implementation discussed. The human brain atlas is defined as a vehicle to gather, present, use, share, and discover knowledge about the human brain with highly organized content, tools enabling a wide range of its applications, massive and heterogeneous knowledge database, and means for content and knowledge growing by its users. The proposed architecture determines major components of the atlas, their mutual relationships, and functional roles. It contains four functional units, core cerebral models, knowledge database, research and clinical data input and conversion, and toolkit (supporting processing, content extension, atlas individualization, navigation, exploration, and display), all united by a user interface. Each unit is described in terms of its function, component modules and sub-modules, data handling, and implementation aspects. This novel architecture supports brain knowledge gathering, presentation, use, sharing, and discovery and is broadly applicable and useful in student- and educator-oriented neuroeducation for knowledge presentation and communication, research for knowledge acquisition, aggregation and discovery, and clinical applications in decision making support for prevention, diagnosis, treatment, monitoring, and prediction. It establishes a backbone for designing and developing new, multi-purpose and user-extendable brain atlas platforms, serving as a potential standard across labs, hospitals, and medical schools.

Research and Development of Gearbox Load Spectrum Database under Variable Working Conditions

Gearbox load spectrum is the data basis for gearbox fatigue life prediction and strength verification. As the amount of load spectrum data increases exponentially and the demand for sharing increases, it is necessary to introduce database technology to store and manage load spectrum data. In this paper, the collection and processing of load data and the compilation of load spectrum are introduced in turns firstly. Then it sums the development and research status of database technology and the technical route of combining load spectrum database up secondly. Moreover, the current status of load spectrum database and the design steps of load spectrum database are summarized. Finally, the development trend of load spectrum database research is generalized and the prospect is put forward.

Conceptualising strategic litigation

This article conceptualises the term “strategic litigation” in order to provide for a definition of it. Strategic litigation is a tool increasingly used in Europe by individuals and organisations to attain different objectives. Next to that, there is increasing academic attention for the topic. Nevertheless, the exact definition of “strategic litigation” remains unclear. Therefore, this article uses the research method of conceptualisation as well as a database research and additional literature to provide for a definition. It looks firstly at the background concept, involving the range of meanings associated with the term “strategic litigation”, after which a systematised concept is formed. Thereby, use is made of the “necessary and sufficient conditions” (NSC) approach, to develop the conditions necessary and/or sufficient for a case to fit within the category of strategic litigation. Moreover, the external conceptual relations of the term are explored.

SISTEMATIK REVIU TENTANG KECENDERUNGAN PERILAKU CYBERBULLYING DI KALANGAN REMAJA (SYSTEMATIC REVIEW OF THE TRENDS OF CYBERBULLYING BEHAVIOR IN ADOLESCENTS)

ABSTRACTCyberbullying is a behavior that can disturb others, this behavior almost occurs in adolescents aged 14-17 years The purpose of this systematic review is to synthesize trends in cyberbullying behavior among adolescent systematic reviews. This review was conducted by reviewing 26 articles from the Research Gate database source, SINTA, Sematic Scholar, DOAJ, Academia, CiterSeerX Google Scholar, Dergi Park, Springer. The author uses PICOSS (Population, Intervention, Comparators, Outcome Variables, Study Design and Setting) tables that are used to determine the inclusion, exclusion, detailed, clear and relevant criteria related to key components of the systematic review question. The findings of this study are that most of the trends in cyberbullying behavior from each journal can be synthesized into several cyberbullying behavioral tendencies such as spreading lies, sending messages or threats, imitating or acting on behalf of someone.Keywords : Behavior, Cyberbullying Tendencies, Teenagers ABSTRAKCyberbullying merupakan perilaku yang dapat menganggu orang lain, perilaku tersebut hampir terjadi pada remaja umur 14-17 tahun. Tujuan dari sistematik review ini adalah mensintesakan kecenderungan perilaku cyberbullying di kalangan remaja sistematik review ini dilakukan dengan cara mereview 26 artikel yang berasal dari sumber database Research Gate, SINTA, Sematic Scholar, DOAJ, Academia, CiterSeerX Google Scholar, Dergi Park, Springer. Penulis menggunakan tabel PICOSS (Population, Intervention, Comparators, Outcome Variables, Study Design and Setting) yang digunakan untuk menentukan kriteria inklusi, eksklusi yang terperinci, jelas dan relevan berhubungan dengan komponen kunci dari pertanyaan peninjauan sistematis. Temuan dari penelitian ini adalah sebagian besar kecenderungan perilaku cyberbullying dari masing-masing jurnal dapat di sintesakan menjadi beberapa kecenderungan perilaku cyberbullying seperti menyebar kebohongan, mengirim pesan atau ancaman, meniru atau mengatasnamakan seseorang.Kata Kunci : Perilaku, Kecenderungan Cyberbullying, Remaja

Effects of Pet Therapy in Elderly Patients with Neurocognitive Disorders: A Brief Review

<b><i>Introduction:</i></b> Neurocognitive disorders (NCDs) are disturbances highly related to age. This means that, with the increasing trend in life expectancy, there is also an increase in this diagnosis, although NCDs are not exclusively found in the population over 65 years old. Likely, they will increase in the coming years together with improvements in diagnosis. In addition to the use of medicines and rehabilitative techniques, pet therapy is also used. Pet therapy makes use of animals with therapeutic, rehabilitative, educational, and recreational purposes for people affected by physical, neuromotor, and psychiatric disorders. Pet therapy seems to be functional for increasing social and communication competencies, facilitating verbal and body language, increasing self-esteem, improving quality of life, and reducing anxiety/stress. <b><i>Methods:</i></b> This study was based on scientific papers and publications obtained from the PubMed and Google Scholar databases. Moreover, other articles from further cross-references were included. Specific database research criteria were (a) articles published in 2018 or later, (b) samples containing only adults over 65 years old, (c) written in English or Italian, and (d) on the topic of animal-assisted intervention. <b><i>Results:</i></b> Uncertain results were obtained. Although a positive effect was found, the included articles were of insufficient methodological rigor. <b><i>Discussion/Conclusion:</i></b> Although many studies reported positive results, these could not be generalized because of the numerous biases present (e.g., small sample size, lack of methodological rigor, lack of protocol, etc.). Future studies, therefore, should seek to address the limitations found in the analyzed studies.

60 Years of Databases

The article provides an overview of research and development of databases since their appearance in the 60s of the last century to the present time. The following stages are distinguished: the emergence formation and rapid development, the era of relational databases, extended relational databases, post-relational databases and big data. At the stage of formation, the systems IDS, IMS, Total and Adabas are described. At the stage of rapid development, issues of ANSI/X3/SPARC database architecture, CODASYL proposals, concepts and languages of conceptual modeling are highlighted. At the stage of the era of relational databases, the results of E. Codd's scientific activities, the theory of dependencies and normal forms, query languages, experimental research and development, optimization and standardization, and transaction management are revealed. The extended relational databases phase is devoted to describing temporal, spatial, deductive, active, object, distributed and statistical databases, array databases, and database machines and data warehouses. At the next stage, the problems of post-relational databases are disclosed, namely, NOSQL-, NewSQL- and ontological databases. The sixth stage is devoted to the disclosure of the causes of occurrence, characteristic properties, classification, principles of work, methods and technologies of big data. Finally, the last section provides a brief overview of database research and development in the Soviet Union.