bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Tannhäuser réhabilité (II) – Les spectacles de province
Authors: Mrozowicki Michał Piotr
Published: January 2021

Tannhäuser rehabilitated (II) – Performances in the provinces Tannhäuser’s reemergence at Paris Opera’s stage was preceded by the work’s productions in some French provincial theatres: in Lyons (première on April 4th, 1892), in Toulouse (première on April 13th, 1892), in Nice (première on March 14th, 1894) and in Nantes (première on March 27th, 1894). The author of the article discusses various aspects of these performances accentuating the fact that this time the main objects of controversies weren’t the composer and his Tannhäuser, but the soloists observed attentively by the musical critics and the spectators, as one can guess reading the reviews quoted in the article.
Czwarta władza jako forma niewidzialnej ręki Adama Smitha na platformie mediów elektronicznych – jej natura, struktura i oczekiwana siła
Authors: Szuba Tadeusz , Sztuba Danuta
Published: January 2021

Fourth Estate as the Form of Adam Smith's Invisible Hand on the Global Platform of Electronic Media - its Nature, Structure and Expected Power The article analyses the hypothetical Fourth Estate (the 4th Power) on the platform of modern, global electronic media. The entry assumption is that the engine of 4th Power is Adam Smith’s Invisible Hand (ASIH), but functioning not on the socio-economic platform, but on the platform of modern, global electronic media. This implied significant research phenomena, because two large scale processes have been spotted on this platform, which fulfil theoretical model of Invisible Hand as proposed by American philosopher Robert Nozick. The rank of success is confirmed by the fact, that nobody yet on socio-economic platform managed to point to real life symptoms of the Invisible Hand self-regulative activity. Platform of global electronic media has a much more IT nature, comparing to the economic/social platform. For this, applying the way of thinking of Nobel-awarded economist Friedrich Hayek, that the mechanism of the Invisible Hand is IT in nature, it has been assumed that it is an unconscious, chaotic, discontinuous, distributed, multi-threaded computational process, not on the platform of digital computers, but on the platform of minds of agents operating in modern media. This allowed us to propose description methodology based on GIS (Geographic Information Systems). The conclusion of the article is that the Fourth Estate inherits and manifests in very well visible way the Invisible Hand self-steering functions, on the media platform and even more. This sheds a whole new light on the problem of media management on a global scale, because state or corporate factors have to reckon with the fact that there is yet another “ruler” of great power. In addition, due to the global nature, in a situation where the Legislative, Judicial and Legislative Powers are distributed and limited to the area of countries or meta-nation structures like European Union, the Fourth Estate is on the best way to take over partial or total control over global media, as well as over local Legislative, Judicial and Executive authorities. This is to some extent confirmation of Robert Nozick hypothesis about “ultra-minimal state”.
Building a Trump Nation: the Rhetoric of President Donald J. Trump on Twitter
Authors: Kuś Rafał
Published: January 2021

This paper is an attempt to analyze the patterns of the 45th President’s use of Twitter for promoting his political agenda. Donald J. Trump used to “tweet” often even before entering politics; in the White House it is his primary instrument of contact with the U.S. society, bypassing the established media channels. A special emphasis was put on the rhetorical characteristics of Trump’s social media communications as well as the identity-building aspect of his Twitter oratory. The research was conducted with the use of the method of quantitative content analysis. Obtained results point out to the Republican as an unconventional political player, employing the possibilities offered by new media in an original yet effective manner.
Ocena społecznościowa jako element systemu zarządzania komentarzami użytkowników
Authors: Więckiewicz-Archacka Marta
Published: January 2021

The Community Rating as an Element of the Comments Managing System The two most important strategies of managing user generated content are premoderation and postmoderation. The community rating can be used as a supporting element of the postmoderation system. It has a crucial role in informational portals where the amount of readers and published comments is large, so professional moderators would have problem in finding all comments that should be deleted. In the moderation process the role of Internet users is growing – they not only comment, but also evaluate comments of other users. Here occurs a transition: from user generated content to user moderated content. The aim of presented paper is to indicate a place of the community rating in the system of postmoderation, on the example of chosen Polish informational portals.
„Social media muckraking” na przykładzie filmu dokumentalnego Tylko nie mów nikomu – charakterystyka i kierunki oddziaływania
Authors: Popielec Dominika
Published: January 2021

"Social Media Muckraking" on the Example of the Documentary Film Don't Tell Anyone - Characteristics and Directions of Impact In this paper the author has analyzed the phenomenon of investigative journalism in social media on the example of Tomasz Sekielski, which was defined by the author’s term “social media muckraking”. Muckraking, which dates back to the so-called “golden age of journalism” in the United States is one of the most ennobling terms for investigative journalism. The proposed term is the result of observing the increasingly popular practice of using social media in the work of an investigative re­porter also in the context of increasing publicity of the pedophile theme among priests, which was presented in the documentary film Do Not Tell Anyone. Therefore, social media content analysis and case study were used. As a result of the analysis, it was found that the activity of Tomasz Sekielski reflects the nature of the concept of “social media muckraking” which is one of the possibilities of practicing investigative journalism in the era of new technologies.
Zwrot nieruchomości przeznaczonych pod drogi publiczne w trybie przepisów szczególnych – zarys problemu
Authors: Kania Agnieszka
Published: January 2021

Return of Property Designed for Public Roads under Special Regulations Interference in property rights carried out under expropriations is a sensitive issue, especially when it concerns public road construction or extension. The legal situation of entities whose property rights were withdrawn deteriorated after 2006, which was related to the introduction of lex specialis regulations, which are ambiguous as to the right to allow the return of unused property for the purpose of expropriation. The objective of this study is to identify the most important issues found in numerous court orders and legal literature. All considerations should lead to a deeper analysis of the presented issues and refer to the formulated de lege ferenda conclusions.
Prawo małoletnich do wolności od hazardu, uzależnienia od Internetu i gier komputerowych
Authors: Pawska Wioletta
Published: January 2021

The Right of Minors to Freedom from Gambling and Internet andGaming Addition The aim of the article is to highlight the dangers of gambling and Internet and gaming addiction of minors and young persons. The author is convinced that in the absence of positive legislative changes and if creators of games engaging young persons in gaming are not punished, children will not be safe in the online environment. There will not have any other lives than those in the games they play. Additionally, the most important thing is the role of the parents, guardians and teachers. They should talk to children about the problem, show them the dangers and organise better their free time – in an educational and carefree way. In accordance with the obligatory rules of custody, they should ensure them suitable development, safety and a sense of belonging. The teachers ought to support these activities. Summarising, if the status quo continues to be tolerated, minors and young person’s will be deprived of carefree life and suffer from harm and even sudden deaths. The author is sure that parents and children do not give enough attention to that and we should not take away from young person’s the joy of simple things letting them play in the Internet instead.
Opieka wytchnieniowa jako nowe zadanie dla organów samorządu terytorialnego – przegląd dotychczasowej praktyki prawnej
Authors: Glac Wojciech
Published: January 2021

Respite Care as a New Task for Local Government Bodies: A Review of the Legal Practice to Date Respite care, also known as relieving care, is a form of supporting families of people with disabilities that require constant care, especially at home. The purpose of this type of support is to temporarily relieve the family or informal caregivers from the need to perform caring activities, which are then taken over by a specialized entity. It seems to be primarily an instrument of social assistance, and not, as it is sometimes misinter preted, of the healthcare system. The aim of this study is to analyse the current legal status regarding respite care, its place in the legal order and the support system for people with disabilities and their families. First of all, it is based on analysis of the literature as the main research method used. The article analyses the solutions adopted, among others, in the Act on the Solidarity Fund and Programmes titled Respite Care.
Funkcjonowanie i wyzwania władz lokalnych związane z budżetem partycypacyjnym w Polsce na przykładzie największych miast
Authors: Ostachowski Paweł
Published: January 2021

The Functioning of and Challenges for Local Authorities Related to the Participatory Budget in Poland Exemplified by Largest Polish Cities The article presents issues related to the participatory budget as fast-developing contemporary tool of residents’ participation in local space management. It focuses on the benefits of the participatory budget shared by authorities and local communities. The article also presents threats to that vehicle of social participation, including one of the key ones, i.e. the weakening interest shown by residents in its creation and implementation. The main premise of the article in this case is that large cities are the most effected by the weak attendance of urban population in voting on the participatory budget, which is confirmed by the analysis of the functioning of the tool in question in Poland’s largest cities in the period 2014–2018. In the summary of the results of the analysis, the article highlights the fact that the participatory budget in large Polish cities continues to be not fully established or effective. It also requires further years of work of local authorities and society itself to become more popular among the public, both in terms of knowledge about it and civic participation in its creation and implementation.
Problem pomiaru cyrkularności w gospodarstwach domowych w kontekście podnoszenia jakości ich życia
Authors: Szczygieł Elżbieta
Published: January 2021

Circularity measurement in Households in the Context of Improving their Life Quality The article presents the issue of measuring circularity in households. The main attention is given to the presentation of available methods of measuring circularity, among others in the whole economy. The main objective of this article is to establish links between the perceptible improvement in the quality of life and the implementation of circular behaviour in households is key in assessing the possibilities of implementing postulates of circular economy in all aspects of the economy. The purpose of this article is to attempt to link the two aforementioned areas as well as to identify potential factors that should be taken into account when measuring. This contribution is the third in a series of articles devoted to circular economy and theoretical in nature.
Zanieczyszczenie świetlne. Zagrożenia i sposoby jego ograniczania
Authors: Sala Krzysztof
Published: January 2021

Threats Related to Light Pollution and Ways to Reduce it The natural environment can be exposed to many different types of pollution. The most frequently mentioned are air, water, soil and radioactive contamination. On the other hand, light pollution is mentioned much less frequently. Light pollution only applies to light from artificial sources. It turns out that light, in addition to its undisputable advantages and colossal significance for life, in some cases can be associated with significant threats. The purpose and premise of this publication is to show that light pollution involves a considerable threat to the natural environment, including animals and humans. However, there are ways to effectively limit this phenomenon. The paper discusses the concept of light pollution, its sources, forms and division. Particular attention has been devoted to the characterisation of the threats that it brings with regard to the natural environment, including humans. The publication also reveals examples of actions to reduce this harmful phenomenon. The article has been created using book materials, magazines, as well as information available online. The research method used in the publication is existing data analysis and literary criticism. The test results verify the premise positively.
Wpływ Covid-19 na społeczeństwo i prawo. Wybrane aspekty polskich i europejskich regulacji prawnych
Authors: Baran Klaudia , Burek Wiktoria , Gibek Martyna
Published: January 2021

The Impact of Covid-19 on Society and Law: Selected Aspects of Polish and European Legislation In our research approach, we have focused on the negative influence of SARS-Cov-2 on European society and legislation. This topic concerns each one of us. The pandemic has become an enormous challenge for the legislator. We look at how recent regulations has been affecting functioning of society or respecting human rights, concluding that they were at risk with no sign of improvement. We discuss some key issues related to human rights and Polish legislation onCOVID-19, i.e. the Ordinance of the Minister of Health of 20 March 2020 or Regulations of the Council of Ministers of 31 March 2020. Those acts, for instance, included prohibitions on personal movement, with the exception of for the purpose of performing work and business tasks as well as satisfying necessary daily need, which was a major limitation of freedom. Closing most work places, in turn, violated second-generation human rights. We also mention the financial penalties and their unsuitability given other punishments for unlawful acts. In addition, we describe two ways of receiving fines, classified and characterised based on competent decision-making authorities. The new procedures entail extended prerogatives granted to the police. As result, the problem appears of interpretation of human rights as well as possible infringements of fundamental human rights. Our article contains a short description of difficulties related to the presidential election in the context of the coronavirus pandemic. To ensure a comprehensive analysis of therese arch problem, we have compared Polish legislation with legal solutions adopted by other counties.
Wyborcza kampania samorządowa w 2018 roku na łamach lubelskich dzienników
Authors: Adamik-Szysiak Małgorzata
Published: January 2021

The local government election campaign in 2018 in the Lublin newspapers The article presents the results of empirical research concerning visibility of the political parties and candidates of the Polish local government election campaign in the press released in Lublin Voivodship in 2018. The subject of research were three daily newspapers: “Dziennik Wschodni”, “Kurier Lubelski” and “Gazeta Wyborcza. Lublin”. The main research questions concerned the degree of interest of regional and local newspapers in local government election campaign and the manner in which the campaigns of individual political entities were publicized. An interesting issue was the proportion of published material on political actors in relation to the resulting by them votes in election. The results of the research proved that the analysed newspapers concerning the selected political actors. In comparison with the public agenda (election results) it has shown a high degree of agenda-setting effects (Pearson’s factor was: 0,68; 0,89; 0,96).
Niejednoznaczny wpływ Brexitu na życie młodych Polaków w Wielkiej Brytanii
Authors: Trąbka Agnieszka , Wermińska-Wiśnicka Iga
Published: January 2021

Ambiguous impact of Brexit on young Poles living in the United Kingdom The paper aims to analyse the impact of Brexit on the social anchoring of young Poles in the United Kingdom in four spheres of their lives: decision and return plans; application for British citizenship; buying properties; well-being and life satisfaction. The article is based on research conducted within the project „CEEYouth: The comparative study of young migrants from Poland and Lithuania in the context of Brexit”. We also handle statistics data from the Office for National Statistics as well as qualitative data from three waves of Qualitative Longitudinal Research of 41 young (aged 19–34) Polish post-accession migrants in the UK. We find that it is hard to unambiguously assess the impact of Brexit on the mentioned spheres of young Poles’ lives. Firstly, it is caused by the fact that different sources of data show results which are contrasting and secondly, the reactions of people are dynamically changing within the lapse of time. Therefore, it could be surely said that Brexit has impacted the lives of young Polish migrants, but it has caused neither mass return, nor the general willingness to naturalise. Although the results of the Brexit referendum have caused disturbance amid many Poles, it has not impacted their life decisions or, according to statistics, their well-being.
Imigranci z UE/EFTA w Polsce. Instytucjonalizacja swobodnego przepływu pracowników – realizacja, problemy, bariery
Authors: Budyta-Budzyńska Małgorzata
Published: January 2021

Immigrants from EU/EFTA in Poland. The institutionalization of freedom of movement for workers: implementation, issues, obstacles Poland is gradually transitioning from being a source of migrants to a receiving country, and this applies to two different groups of migrants: third state nationals, and nationals of member states of the European Free Trade Association (EFTA) who arrive in Poland within the freedom of movement for workers. Each of these groups is subject to different legislation, and the present article is concerned with the latter group of migrants: citizens of EU/EFTA states who live and work in Poland. Their number is systematically growing, but it is not known exactly how many EU/EFTA foreigners reside in Poland, as no state institution is in charge of gathering such data; government agencies possess only partial data pertaining to their particular scope of activity. In this article we describe the institutionalization of the freedom of movement process. We present the legal regulations pertaining to freedom of movement, and a map of the bureaus, both Polish and European, associated with the EURES and Solvit networks, tasked with facilitating worker mobility within the EU. We ask whether Poland is implementing the requirements imposed by the EU directive on freedom of movement for workers, or are radical improvements in this area needed. We analyze the administrative and non-institutional obstacles encountered by immigrants from the EU and EFTA as well as the issues met by officials who serve them. We tap from the results of research on the free movement of workers carried out in Poland in 2018.
Prawica, lewica i postawy wobec imigrantów. Poglądy Polaków na imigrację i ich dynamika na tle trendów europejskich
Authors: Andrejuk Katarzyna
Published: January 2021

Political right, political left, and attitudes towards immigrants. Poles’ opinions of immigration and their dynamics against the backdrop of European trends The aim of the analysis is to demonstrate how individual convictions and opinions on immigration are connected with a subjective political identity, defined by one’s position on the left or right side of the political scale. The article focuses on the case of Poland, examining it in the context and in comparison to the processes taking place in other European countries. The analysis refers to the data of the European Social Survey (nine waves from 2002 to 2018). The results reveal that in Western European countries anti-immigrant attitudes are more connected with self-identification as political right, while in Central-Eastern Europe such correlation either does not exist, or is weaker and more rare. Poland is in an earlier phase of the migration cycle (it has small and relatively new immigrant populations), and the institutionalization of political cleavages within the party system is less advanced than in Western Europe. These factors lead to the situation where self-identification as political right on the one hand and scepticism towards immigration on the other are not correlated. Moreover, the results show that during the period under study, voters of the main political parties in Poland showed increasing support for the presence of immigrants in the country’s economy, while the influence of foreigners on the country’s culture became a polarizing question. Among Poles who are sceptical about immigration, the perceived cultural threat is articulated more strongly than the economic threat.
Bronisław Gorczak – historyk i wołyński archiwista (1854–1918)
Authors: Hoszowska Mariola
Published: January 2021

Bronisław Gorczak – historian and Volhynia archivist (1854–1918) Bronisław Gorczak (1854–1918) was a Leopolitan and a student of Ksawery Liski (1838–1891), who created a school of “didactic” type in Lviv. This gifted graduate of the Franciscan University was employed in the early 1880s by Prince Roman Damian Sanguszko as a conservator of the archives in Slavuta, Volhynia. Not only did he organize and did an inventory of rich archival collections, but he also prepared source publications financed by the prince and monographs of the Sanguszko family. At the beginning of the 1890s, he also took over the management of the Slavuta library. The previously unused correspondence of Gorczak with his Lviv friend and a professor at the University of Lviv, Ludwik Finkel (1858–1930), allows us to ask questions not only about the individual fate of the Volhynia historian and archivist, his ambitions, cares and dramas, but also to treat him as a representative of a guided by specific ethics in the performance of their professional duties. It was influenced by political, socio-economic conditions and ideological currents in Poland after 1864. Gorczak tried to realize the values he had reinfused during his studies in Lviv. Critical of the surrounding reality, he managed to preserve much of youthful idealism and faith in the sense of the work of a historian and archivist.
Archiwa a systemy informatyczne w administracji publicznej. Wstęp do problematyki
Authors: Makowski Dariusz
Published: January 2021

Archives and IT systems in public administration. Introduction to the issue The subject of ICT systems currently in use in public administration units in Poland is incredibly extensive. On the one hand, it can be considered in the formal and legal context and on the other from a strictly technical point of view, related to the architecture or structure of applications, as well as software and hardware solutions used in them. The author has made an attempt to analyse issues related to the functioning of ICT systems, paying particular attention to domain-specific systems implemented in public administration units. The main matter under consideration are legal regulations concerning the essence of ICT systems, as well as handling electronic documentation stored in them. Domain-specific systems are independent ICT systems developed to provide services for a specific area of activity of a given institution, intended for carrying out strictly defined and specialised tasks. Such systems should make it possible to carry out all activities arising from legal provisions which concern the processing of data or compiling and storing documentation, which is managed in a way that reflects the whole decision-making process. The author made an attempt to present the most important issues related to the functioning of such ICT systems in public administration units in Poland. The article discusses legal regulations concerning such systems (and the way in which they are presented in applicable office and archive provisions), attempts to systematise and classify them and characterises their structure and basic tasks. The article presents issues of utmost importance from the point of view of state archives, related to the possibility of taking over archive materials. Attention was drawn not only to formal, legal or technical possibilities, but also organizational ones. The author characterises the manner and methods which can be used to judge the value of documentation coming from such systems. The author pointed out the most important research areas which concern the discussed issues: the place of domain-specific systems in modern offices and in electronic office administration, storing and securing electronic documents and shaping national archival resources. Nowadays, when we are dealing with a dynamic growth of various types of ICT systems, it is extremely important to protect documentation of a historical value, compiled in such systems.
Archiwa we współczesnej kulturze. Recenzja kwartalnika „Konteksty. Polska Sztuka Ludowa”, nr 1–2 (328–329) Archiwa. Spisane będą (?) czyny i rozmowy, Instytut Sztuki PAN, Warszawa 2020, ss. 508
Authors: Szuba Konrad
Published: January 2021

Archives in contemporary culture. Review of the qr. Konteksty. Polska Sztuka Ludowa, No. 1–2 (328–329) Archives. Deeds and conversations shall be (?) written down, Institute of Art of the PAS, Warsaw 2020, pp. 508 The author discusses the double issue of Konteksty, a magazine with materials from two conferences whose theme was the archiving of culture and cultural archives: International Conference of Institute of Polish Culture of the University of Warsaw “Les écritures des archives II. Writings of Archives II” (11–13 December 2017) and the 9th Anthropological Meeting in Zakopane “Archives. Deeds and conversations shall be (?) written down” (5–8 December 2019). The author states that the cultural dimension of archival reflection makes it possible to see beyond the horizon set by the borders of traditional archival studies. At the same time, the article makes the reader think about the need to re-evaluate commonplace terms used in archival studies and to answer the questions of what an archive is and what function it fulfils in extremely varied contemporary culture.
COMPETITITON POWER, RISK AND EFFICIENCY: EVIDENCE FROM VIETNAM COMMERCIAL BANKING SYSTEM
Authors: TIÊN DƯƠNG THỊ ÁNH , HÙNG PHẠM VIỆT
Published: January 2021

The main purpose of this paper investigates factors affecting bank efficiency, especially competitive power and risk in the context of Vietnamese banks from 2005-2014. The authors use a number of indicators to measure risk and efficiency. The study also considers other factors including industry and macroeconomic variables. Employing two step system GMM, the authors find that risk is negatively associated with bank efficiency. Market power has a positive effect on bank efficiency. The authors also find the evidence of other factors affecting bank efficiency.
STUDY ON INFLUENCE OF FACTORS TO ACCEPT THE PRICE OF CONSUMERS: RESEARCH IN THE COMPUTER MARKET IN HO CHI MINH CITY
Authors: TRINH NGUYỄN DUY
Published: January 2021

The research objective focused on addressing the following issues: Does product cohesion impact price acceptability? Does position sensitivity affect price acceptability? How does product knowledge, price understanding, play a role in the relationship of product cohesion and position sensitivity to consumer price adoption?Sample characteristics: Among 605 customer survey samples, there were 400 women, accounting for 66.1% of the total, the remaining 33.9% were male, equivalent to 205 people. The median age in the sample was 27 years old, mostly aged 18-38 years old (accounting for 90.6%). The average income is VND 6.2 million / month, mainly with university degrees (accounting for 74%), coming from districts in the city. The majority of customers using tablet computers are 78.7% of the total, equivalent to 476 people, 21.3% of the remaining use normal computers. Data analysis: Explore factor analysis (EFA), CFA confirmatory factor analysis. The result after EFA is used to evaluate the scale value using a measurement model with CFA. SEM linear structure model is used to test the research hypotheses..
FACTORS AFFECTING THE BUYING DECISION FOR B’LAO SILK
Authors: QUANG BÙI VĂN
Published: January 2021

The developeding economic environment leads to consumers‟ changes in choosing silk types. However, consumers' comparison between traditional silk with high cost and industrial silk at low prices is unclear. This research aims to explore the factors that influence to choose the B‟Lao silk to provide enterprises with appropriate production and business orientations. The study was conducted through a survey of 226 consumers who have used B‟Lao silk at supermarkets and shops. Analysis of research results through PLS-SEM model with Smart PLS. The results showed that affecting factors to choose B‟Lao silk selection from high to low: marketing, influence group, psychology, information and brand. The research results enable businesses to increase consumer‟s choice of B‟Lao silk.
Left and right populists in Spain: from origins to COVID pandemics
Authors: Dunaev A. L.
Published: January 2021

After Franco’s death in 1975, a transition to democracy took place in Spain, accompanied by formation of a two-party system. While the overall transition was peaceful, it did not solve a number of important problems in Spanish society that became of paramount importance over the past decade. The peculiarities of the regime enshrined in the 1978 Constitution, combined with the consequences of the financial and economic crisis of 2008-2010, created the breeding ground in which populist parties formed in 2010s. The article examines the crisis of the post-Francoist political model as a prerequisite for emergence of populist parties, particularities of their programs, as well as the actions taken by them in the context of the Coronavirus pandemic. The author notes that by 2014 there developed a situation when the main parties of the country either demonstrated an unwillingness to solve pressing problems or proposed solutions that were unacceptable for a significant part of the population. In such a situation, social protest began to take its political form. The emergence of populists in the electoral field has largely renewed the country’s political agenda, revitalizing discussions on topical issues and forcing a change with the ‘heavyweights’ of Spanish politics – the Socialists and the People’s Party. The author concludes that transformation of political discourse can lead to a renewal of an entire political system of the country and a search for some new solutions to issues that remain key on the political agenda of Spain over the past decades.
La postura de la Unión Europea frente al separatismo en Cataluña
Authors: Makarycheva A. V.
Published: January 2021

Secessionist sentiments are more common for the European Union than for other world regions. This tendency takes place to a large extent because of a crisis in the European values and religious traditions, and new priorities. Catalonia, as well as the Basque Country, tries to hold a direct dialogue with Brussels bypassing Madrid, which is accompanied with numerous difficulties: a discontent and warnings on the part of the official government of Spain, the necessity for the European Union to take into consideration the position of its member-state and many others. Despite the fact that regions started to play a more significant role in the European Union agenda, it still continues to follow the policy of a cautious attitude towards the autonomy separatism. Moreover, the EU tries to limit capabilities of the further existence and development of autonomies as independent states by institutional means. In addition, after the separation, a state is not yet a member of the European Union – it has to create new currency, it faces some economic problems. Given all these factors, autonomies will think twice before organizing a referendum, which is also difficult to hold, because it contradicts the Constitution of Spain.
Catalan confrontation: knowing the past to understand the future
Authors: Larionova M. V.
Published: January 2021

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Acute and Sub-chronic Toxicity of Condensate Produced From Olive Mill Wastewater Using Solar Energy in Mice
Authors: Al-Trad Bahaa , Gharaibeh Sameh , Qeshawy Ameerah , Al Zoubi Mazhar Salim , Alkaraki Almuthanna K. , Omari Sahar , Shehab Malek
Published: January 2021

Olive mill wastewater (OMW) is one of the environmental challenges associated with the olive oil industry. This study was carried out to investigate the potential acute and sub-chronic toxicity of oral treatment of OMW condensate in mice. Different doses (250, 500, 1000, 2000, 4000, 8000 mg/kg) were applied once to investigate acute toxicity. Sub-chronic toxicity was investigated using thirty mice; two groups with (500, 4000 mg/kg/body weight) doses along with one control group. Acute toxicity study results showed that the LD50 was greater than the highest tested dose with no signs of systemic toxicity, mortality, or behavioral changes. In addition, the sub-chronic investigation did not show significant changes in behavior, body weight, and vital organs weight/body weight ratio along with no observed differences in the studied hematological parameters. Condensate dose of 500 mg/kg did not show significant differences in the levels of blood urea nitrogen (BUN), alanine aminotransferase and aspartate aminotransferase (AST). However, the AST serum level was significantly decreased and the serum level of BUN was increased at the dose of 4000 mg/kg. Results suggest that single and repeated oral doses of olive condensate administered orally are safe in mice
Obesity and Lifestyle Indicators Impact on Obstetric Complications and Fetal Outcome in North Lebanon Population
Authors: Traboulsi Mayssa A. , Boussaid Abdellatif , Talibi Zainab. El Alaoui
Published: January 2021

Worldwide, obesity has been shown to negatively affect women especially during pregnancy. In this work, a retrospective cohort study for 1308 women, who gave birth between 2014 and 2016 in public and private hospitals, was conducted to evaluate the impact of weight, demographic and lifestyle indicators on many pregnancy and fetal outcomes in Northern Lebanon. The frequent health complications related to pregnancy were cesarean-section (31.1%) followed by post-hemorrhage (25.1%), induced labor (23.5%) and macrosomia (11.4%). Multivariate analysis showed that the main complications were highly correlated to obesity, macrosomia, weight gain, multiparity and mother’s age. High values from adjusted odds ratios were mainly associated to obesity, multiparity and weight gain. Obese pregnant women had a significant increased risk of having cesarean-section (p<0.001), preeclampsia (p<0.0001), labor induction (p<0.0001) and postpartum hemorrhage (p<0.0001). Adverse fetal outcomes such as macrosomia were also correlated with high BMI (p<0.0001). The risk was even greater for multiparous, older women that carried excessive weight gain. There is therefore a need to increase awareness among the target population and encourage prevention of the dangers related to obesity and weight gain.
PENGUATAN KONSEP MATEMATIKA DASAR PADA ANAK USIA SEKOLAH DASAR
Authors: Rizki Nurhana Friantini  , Rahmat Winata  , Pradipta Annurwanda  , Siti Suprihatiningsih  , Muhammad Firman Annur  , Bernadeta Ritawati  , Iren
Published: January 2021

Konsep pada matematika saling berkaitan dan menjadi prasyarat satu dengan lainnya. Oleh karena itu pmahaman konsep dasar sangat penting untuk dikuasai anak. Penguasaan konsep sebaiknya dimulai dari dini yaitu pada anak usia sekolah dasar, karena konsep yang tertanam kuat pada anak sejak dini dapat membuat anak mudah mengikuti pembelajaran matematika dan menguasai konsep yang lebih kompleks selanjutnya. Hal ini tentunya membantu anak untuk menghindari kesulitan dalam belajar matematika dan justru meningkatkan keberhasilan belajar matematika. Oleh karena itu kegiatan penguatan konsep matematika dasar menjadi penting dan perlu untuk dilakukan. Anak usia sekolah dasar yang yang berada pada usia dimana masih membutuhkan bimbingan dan motivasi sangat memerlukan adanya kegiatan semacam ini untuk membantu mereka dalam belajar matematika. Kegiatan penguatan konsep matematika dasar ini dilakukan di Perpustakaan Daerah Kabupaten Landak dengan sasaran kegiatan adalah anak-anak usia sekolah dasar yang tinggal di sekitar perpustakaan daerah. Kegiatan ini dilaksanakan selama dua bulan dari bulan Oktober-November 2020 terhadap sekitar 38 anak usia sekolah dasar. Dari hasil evaluasi diperoleh persentase ketuntasan belajar sebesar 82% yang menunjukkan bahwa kegiatan penguatan konsep matematika dasar pada anak usia sekolah dasar ini efektif dilaksanakan dengan hasil yang memuaskan.
Linking gut microbiome to bone mineral density: a shotgun metagenomic dataset from 361 elderly women
Authors: Wang Qi , Sun Qiang , Li Xiaoping , Wang Zhefeng , Zheng Haotian , Ju Yanmei , Guo Ruijin , Peng Songlin , Jia Huijue
Published: January 2021

Bone mass loss contributes to the risk of bone fracture in the elderly. Many factors including age, obesity, estrogen and diet, are associated with bone mass loss. Mice studies suggested that the gut microbiome might affect the bone mass by regulating the immune system. However, there has been little evidence from human studies. Bone loss increases after menopause. Therefore, we have recruited 361 Chinese post-menopausal women to collect their fecal samples and metadata to conduct a metagenome-wide association study (MWAS) to investigate the influence of the gut microbiome on bone health. Gut microbiome sequencing data were produced using the BGISEQ-500 sequencer. Bone mineral density (BMD) was calculated using a Hologic dual energy X-ray machine, and body mass index (BMI) and age were also recorded. This collected data allows exploration of the gut microbial diversity and their links to bone mass loss as well as to microbial markers for bone mineral density. In addition, these data are potentially useful in studying the role that the gut microbiota might play in bone mass loss and in exploring the process of bone mass loss.
Protuberancy State Recognition in Human Visual System
Authors: V Bharath , N Jeba , P Priyadharshini , raja Gurur
Published: January 2021

The human visual system (HVS) seeks toward select relevant region in the direction of level rear method attempts. visual concentration effort to guess the essential region of films or imagery observed through an individual eye. Such representations, are functioned to areas similar to workstation work, MPEG conventions, and an eminence evaluation. while numerous models are expected, only some of them be pertinent enroute for high dynamic range (HDR) picture substance, in addition to no effort has been completed for HDR visualization. Furthermore, the disadvantage inside the obtainable form is with the intention, they couldn't reproduce the uniqueness of HVS beneath the extensive shining array established in HDR substance. This paper gets the better of these troubles by the process approach to represent the bottom-up visual saliency for HDR input through merge spatial and temporal image features. An examine of a human eye ball movement information make sure the efficiency of the proposed model. Evaluation using 3 well-known quantitative metrics show that the proposed model significantly gets better predictions of visual concentration for HDR substance.
Steganography Based Authenticated Data Sharing in Health Care
Authors: P Thangaraj , M Salomi , A Devipriya
Published: January 2021

As per Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA)the patient's protection and protection are significant in assurance of medical care protection. Simultaneously, the quantity of maturing populace is developing essentially. Purpose Of-care in medical clinics utilized generally around the globe. The Security Regulations are represented in order to provide data veracity, privacy, and accessibility. Consequently, patient’s ECG along with other physiological signals, for example, temperature, pulse, glucose reading, position, and so forth, were gathered by utilizing Body Sensor Networks (BSNs) and transmitted. At a similar cost, understanding protection is ensured against stalkers while information direct in vulnerable organization and placed in medical clinic workers. Likewise, the accompanying system was consolidated in this venture: (1) encryption and decryption for information classification and trustworthiness (2) ECG based Steganography to trade information. Our plan additionally guarantees security, efficiency, and scalability.
IOT Based Remote Livelihood Monitoring For Elderly People Care Assessment
Authors: K Kalirajan , G Shanthi , K Balaji , R Balamurugesh
Published: January 2021

This paper deals with livelihood monitoring and care assessment of old age people based on internet of things. The usage of electrical and non-electrical home appliances as well as health conditions are monitored by the sensors such as electrical sensor, force sensor, temperature sensor and contact sensor. All sensors are integrated into a common sensor node and sensor data are analyzed to predict wellness parameters. Based on the wellness parameters, the daily activities of elderly people are classified as neither normal nor abnormal. In case of abnormal condition, the automatic alert will be given to nearby hospitals and local care takers for immediate medical assistance. Additionally, the well-being conditions are periodically updated in IoT cloud for real time monitoring. Experiment was conducted and the performance was tested by the prediction of well-being conditions based on usage and non-usage of home appliances. From results, it is inferred that the proposed approach suffices old-age community to lead safe life without fear.
Enhanced Regional Clustering Algorithm in Seizure Location Identification
Authors: A Allwyn Gnanadas , babu Sathish , Kumar Prince Ashwin Kumar
Published: January 2021

Epilepsy is a chronic condition that is characterized by frequent occurrence of seizure. The treatment of epilepsy using anticonvulsants that suppress the rapid neuron spikes in brain is promising; however, a permanent fix is always lacked. The region on brain that is responsible for seizure if identified exactly, the diseased area can be expelled and that could be a permanent fix. Generally, IEEG (Intracranial Electroencephalogram) an invasive procedure is adopted to diagnose the location of seizure, though the results are very reliable and considered as a golden standard, the procedure is a complex and risky one. To overcome these difficulties, fMRI (Functional magnetic resonance imaging) is used to read the internal anatomical and metabolic nature of brain, an algorithm (erKNOTS, enhanced regional K based Numbering Out of Time Slices) that analyse each individual voxel is developed and implemented. The result obtained by the developed algorithm is found to be in agreement with those obtained through IEEG. The findings were further validated with Regional homogeneity and Functional connectivity.
Diagnosis of Diabetic Retinopathy Using Machine Learning
Authors: A Balamurugan , V S Vaisakhi , D Surendran , S Umamaheswari
Published: January 2021

Diabetic retinopathy is an eye condition that can cause vision loss and blindness in people who have diabetics. It affects blood vessels in the retina. Initially, Diabetic retinopathy may not have any symptoms, but finding it early can help us to take steps to protect our vision. Some people notice changes in their vision, like trouble in reading or seeing faraway objects, these changes may come and go. In later stages of diseases, blood vessels in the retina starts to bleed into the vitreous. If this happens, you may see dark, floating spots or streaks that look like lobwels. Sometimes the spots clear up on their own, but it is important to start the treatment, otherwise it may get worse and the bleeding can happen again. There are various stages, it includes blurred vision, impairment of color vision, floaters, patches or streaks. Hence in our project, we came up with an idea of identifying diabetic retinopathy in early stages, to classify a given set of images into four classes, we are using supervised learning methods. For this task, we use deep learning technique with inception v3module along with skin locus model in order to achieve better results and for easy classification of images
Deep Learning Applications and Perspectives COVID 19
Authors: P Suresh , P Robert , A Padmavathi
Published: January 2021

An anticipated outbreak of corona virus (COVID-19) brings out the severe acute respiratory syndrome and corona-virus-2(SARS-COV-2) attacked in Wuhan city, china beginning of February 2020. World health organization (WHO) announced the outburst of pandemic disease through public health emergency of international concern. A variety of control measures has been taken by the government to control the disease. The investigation can be done about the pathogen and current epidemic. The world healthcare system has a major concern for new infectious diseases like covid-19 and needs new technological support. Deep learning in Artificial intelligence (AI) helps the world by safeguard the people from pandemic disease. Our aim is to investigate the AI based deep learning algorithm to analyze, prevent and prepare to defend against covid-19 and similar infectious disease.
Implementation of Eigenvalue Based Cooperative Spectrum Sensing in Cognitive Radio
Authors: R Aswatha , S Nithya , S Dhivya , S Priyadharsini , R D Soundararaj
Published: January 2021

Wireless communication services have been growing in recent years because of easy implementation and evidence of connectivity in remote areas. With this evolution, high-quality connectivity to the wireless frequency spectrum has led to largespectrum use. Therefore the available radio spectrum is in great demand. Radio spectrum is a finite resource and hard to assign spectrum frequency for new applications. Cognitive radio (CR) is an effective technology which makes it possible to use it effectively.The aim is to introduce cooperative spectrum sensing based on eigenvalue using NI-USRP hardware platform and achieve good efficiency. In this article, a transmitter is used as primary user and implemented in hardwareby using two cognitive radio users. The implementation is achieved with LABVIEW and detection performance is evaluated.
Ценностно-целевой аспект мотивации в процессе развития «Softskills» как стратегия формирования экологии элит
Authors: Gainutdinova Ekaterina V.
Published: January 2021

Исследование элит сквозь призму понятия «экология» направлено на характеристику элит с позиции интерпретации тех ценностей и качеств, которыми они должны обладать в идеальной модели своей деятельности, чтобы исключить искаженную интерпретацию данных качеств.
Актуальность заданной тематики обусловлена изучением комплекса ценностей, целей и навыков, представляющих ценностно-целевой аспект мотивации инаправленных на формирование экологии элит. Изучение основ ценностно-целевого аспекта мотивации в процессе развития «softskills» – это путь к поиску устойчивых связей в цепочке причин и поведенческих реакций на них для создания идеального образа современной элиты.
Цель данной статьи заключается в рассмотрении ценностно-целевыхаспектов мотивации для того, чтобы создать «чистый смысл» тех качеств, которыми должна обладать элита. Такая необходимость обусловлена различением элиты и псевдоэлиты. Экология элиты - это исключение квазиформ ее самоактуализации.