bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Impact of high hydrostatic pressure on the single nucleotide polymorphism of stress-related dnaK, hrcA, and ctsR in the Lactobacillus strains
Authors: Bucka-Kolendo Joanna , Sokołowska Barbara
Published: December 2022

Lactic acid bacteria (LAB) are widespread in environments and can either have a positive impact because their ability to survive in harsh conditions and influence the product (probiotic properties, change of structure-EPS [exopolysaccharides], etc.), or a negative impact, (so not needed) because of their spoilage ability (beer, juices). High hydrostatic pressure (HHP), one of the non-thermal preservation methods used in the food industry, can force the LAB to activate the adaptative mechanisms. Under pressurization, the changes in the bacteria cells can occur at the transcriptional or translational level. This study evaluated the HHP on the single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) changes in three genes, dnaK, ctsR, and hrcA, related to the stress-response mechanism in LAB. The correlation between the DNA polymorphism and the gene expression under HHP stress was assessed. The applied pressure of 300 MPa resulted in a low ratio of nonsynonymous substitutions to the synonymous substitutions (0 to 1.12), and a lower number of mutations was observed for pressurized strains (from 6 in hrcA to 11 in dnaK) than in controlled (from 3 in ctsR to 92 in hrcA). In all pressurized strains, the expression of genes was observed, whereas, in control strains, the gene expression was detected in three out of five strains. Although there was a noticeable change in stress-related gene expression after HHP, there was no correlation with SNPs. At the same time, with a high frequency of synonymous changes in nucleotide and high diversity for hrcA and dnaK, a very low diversity was found in ctsR sequences. The LAB strains stress response mechanisms are much more complex. The study requires information on the general mechanism and changes in the membranes’ composition, proteome changes, and gene expression patterns. The mutations in genes related to stress can have important implications for the strains’ fitness effect and adaptive ability of LAB strains, especially considering their food industry implication where the HHP techniques are used.
Challenges in food-based education: Exploring the potential of solutions using virtual reality technology
Authors: Gorman Daniel , Hoermann Simon , Lindeman Robert W , Shahri Bahareh
Published: December 2022

Food-based education is currently under-represented in schools and this is troubling with the high rate of obesity in New Zealand: nearly 30 percent of adults are listed as obese. This study discusses the results of a series of interviews with specialist food teachers and a case study completed at a Christchurch secondary school revealing limitations on food education delivery. A key issue identified in the research is a lack of time, with limited opportunities for practical cooking lessons revealed. Potential solutions are discussed including the use of Virtual Reality technology and gaming, supporting contemporary teaching and learning methods such as the flipped classroom.
Intercollegiate Athletics Experience as a High Impact Practice: Examination of Quality Indicators
Authors: Ketcham Caroline , Bell Lydia , Hall Eric , Weaver Anthony
Published: December 2022

Intercollegiate student-athletes have lower access and participation rates compared to peers across the high-impact practices (HIPs). HIPs are an active learning practice that deepen learning through engagement. Recently, there has been a call to look at student experiences to identify ‘next-generation’ HIPs. The intercollegiate athletic experience shows lasting transformative benefits for participants and thus constitutes a ‘next-generation’ HIP. This paper provides evidence to support the concept of intercollegiate athletics as a HIP by: 1) presenting data from the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) and National Survey on Student Engagement (NSSE) in support of athletics as a HIP; 2) share the perceptions of academic personnel in a mid-major Division I conference considering intercollegiate athletics as a fit for a next-generation HIP; and 3) utilizing the quality indicators of HIPs as a way to assess the athletic experience by student-athletes. In total these perspectives indicated that eight key quality elements of HIPs are part of a student’s athletics experience. Additional discussion includes the importance of integrating intentional feedback, reflection, and connection to real-world application to further align and deepen the athlete experience with quality measures of HIPs.
The Sources of Russia’s Soft Power in Relation to Belarus
Authors:   Military University of Technology (Poland), Ławniczak Ryszard
Published: December 2022

This paper aims to evaluate the sources of Russia’s soft power as a tool which should enable it to integrate Belarus more closely with Russia. The research question is as follows: what are Russia’s main sources of attractiveness, and what kind of instruments of soft power is the Russian government applying to achieve that aim? To what extent was this soft policy successful? The author applied a qualitative research method. It is inductive and allows the researcher to explore meanings and insights into Russia’s notion of “soft power” in its foreign policy toward Belarus. The basis of it lies in the interpretive approach to the present reality of Russia – Belarus political and economic relations and in the evaluation of Russian efforts to integrate its closest neighbour by using only non-military means.
Econometric Modeling of the Impact of Ethnic Diversity on Economic Diversification: Analysis of Russian Regions
Authors:   Institute of Economics, The Ural Branch of Russian Academy of Sciences, Vasilyeva R.I. , Rozhina E.A. ,   Institute of Economics, The Ural Branch of Russian Academy of Sciences
Published: December 2022

The Russian economy is often characterized by dependence on the extraction of natural resources, which leads to high risks in the event of an unstable situation in the international market and volatility in commodity prices. Modern literature notes the significant role of economic diversification in leveling risks for the national economy, which confirms the relevance of the problem and the need to study the determinants of economic diversification. The purpose of the study is to assess the impact of the ethnic diversity of Russian regions on the diversification of the economy. At the same time, the effect of this influence is differentiated based on the results of quantile regression by separating regions with a high, medium, and low level of economic diversification. The hypothesis of the study is the assumption that the ethno-cultural heterogeneity of the regions of the Russian Federation contributes to the diversification of their economy. The regions of Russia differ to a large extent in terms of socio-economic indicators, as well as the national composition. At the same time, different ethnic groups have their own religion, language and traditions, which affects both the conduct of economic activity and the characteristics of production. For econometric modeling, panel data were used for 85 regions of Russia for the period 2000–2019. For analysis, indicators of economic diversification and ethnic diversity were calculated based on the Theil decomposition index and the ethnolinguistic fractionalization index, respectively. Taking into account the high heteroscedasticity in regional data, the method of single-stage quantile regression is used. The results of the study indicate the negative impact of the ethnic diversity index and the number of official languages on the diversification of the economy. However, the indicator of the number of major religions contributes to economic diversification. The results obtained complement the existing literature on economic diversification and ethnic diversity in the context of Russian regions, and can be used to develop public policy in the field of supporting national minorities and expanding economic diversity in Russia.
Economic Assessment of the Consequences of the Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism Introduction for the Regional Industrial Complex (on the Example of the Sverdlovsk Region)
Authors:   Ural Federal University named after the first President of Russia B.N. Yeltsin, Starodubets N.V. , Grishchenko Yu.O. ,   Ural Federal University named after the first President of Russia B.N. Yeltsin, Belik I.S. ,   Ural Federal University named after the first President of Russia B.N. Yeltsin, Nikulina N.L. ,   Institute of Economics, The Ural Branch of Russian Academy of Sciences
Published: December 2022

Concern about the problem of anthropogenic climate change has led to the active development of various tools to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. One such tool to combat carbon leakage is the carbon border adjustment mechanism, which was adopted by the European Union in 2021. Starting in 2026, carbon payments will affect all exporters of carbon-intensive products to the EU. The purpose of the article is an economic assessment of the consequences of the introduction of the carbon border adjustment mechanism for the regional industrial complex by studying the case of the Sverdlovsk region. The hypothesis of the study is to substantiate the need to take into account the economic losses of enterprises from carbon regulation measures in the formation of regional and country strategies for low-carbon development. An overview of carbon regulation tools is made, and the place of the carbon border adjustment mechanism is shown. A detailed description of the calculation procedure is given. An economic assessment of potential losses for enterprises of the Sverdlovsk region from the introduction of transboundary carbon regulation was carried out according to three scenarios for determining the carbon intensity of products: by actual values (scenario 1); according to average Russian values (scenario 2); according to the worst 10% EU installations (scenario 3). The results showed that annual payments for the enterprises of the Sverdlovsk region would amount to 73.7 million euros (scenario 1), 95.4 million euros (scenario 2), 73.0 million euros (scenario 3). In the current situation, scenario 2 is the most probable, in which the most progressive enterprises in terms of applied technologies would suffer the maximum losses. To minimize payments, it is proposed to introduce a methodology for accounting for greenhouse gas emissions in the context of manufactured products, develop in-country tools for carbon regulation, and stimulate the introduction of low-carbon technologies. The tools proposed by the authors can be used by employees of enterprises to assess the expected costs of introducing carbon regulation. Also, the toolkit can be used by regional decision makers to assess the losses of the region's budget and changes in the structure of exports due to transboundary carbon regulation, and to justify financial support measures for enterprises.
Observer-based feedback control of interval-valued fuzzy singular system with time-varying delay and stochastic faults
Authors: Jerbi Houssem , Kchaou Mourad , Alshammari Obaid , Abassi Rabeh , Popescu Dumitru
Published: December 2022

There are countless applications of non-linear systems that incorporate delay and algebraic equations. Despite current improvements in control theory, stochastic actuator defects still pose challenges when it comes to these systems. Furthermore, when it is not possible to measure the states of the system, and when uncertainties affect the system under investigation, the problem becomes even more complex. This paper is concerned with fault-tolerant observer-based controller synthesis for non-linear delayed singular systems with uncertainties and stochastic actuator failures. On the basis of interval valued models, a new Lyapunov-Krasovskii functional is built to develop a less conservative criterion to ensure that the closed-loop system is admissible in the mean-square sense. In addition, as these matrices are coupled with multiple variables, finding the parametric matrices of the observer and controller in terms of the obtained condition is more complex and challenging. The proposed method employs the matrix inequality decoupling technique to resolve this issue. Eventually, simulations are carried out to demonstrate the applicability of the proposed method.
Smart Agriculture: IoT-based Greenhouse Monitoring System
Authors: Simo Attila , Dzitac Simona , Badea Gabriela Elena , Meianu Dragos
Published: December 2022

The term "smart agriculture" refers to a management concept that is centered on industrial agriculture. It makes use of cutting-edge technologies such as big data, cloud, and the Internet of Things to monitor, automate, and evaluate agricultural operations. Smart agriculture is a management concept. Software and sensors are used in smart agriculture, also known as precision agriculture. Smart agriculture is managed by the software. This pa-per proposes the development of low-cost environment parameters and electrical quantities monitoring device. According to the findings, such Internet of Things devices are suited for digitizing the relevant data in order to ac-quire information that may help farmers make optimal changes.
Stack Ensemble Oriented Parkinson Disease Prediction Using Machine Learning Approaches Utilizing GridSearchCV-Based Hyper Parameter Tuning
Authors: Suroor Naaima , Jaiswal Arunima , Sachdeva Nitin
Published: December 2022

Since the coronavirus came into existence and brought the entire world to a standstill, there have been drastic changes in people's lives that continue to affect them even as the pandemic recedes. The isolation reduced physical activity and hindered access to non-COVID related healthcare during lockdown and the ensuing months brought increased attention to mental health and the neurological disorders that might have been exacerbated. One nervous system disorder that affects the elderly and needs better awareness is Parkinson's disease. We have machine learning and a growing number of deep learning models to predict, and detect its onset; their scope is not completely exhaustive and can still be optimized. In this research, the authors highlight techniques that have been implemented in recent years for prediction of the disease. Models based on the less redundantly used classifiers-naive Bayes, logistic regression, linear-support vector machine, kernelizing support vector machine, and multilayer perceptron-are initially implemented and compared. Based on limitations of the results, an ensemble stack model of hyper-tuned versions using GridSearchCV out of the top performing supervised classifiers along-with extreme gradient boosting classifier is implemented to further improve overall results. In addition, a convolutional neural network-based model is also implemented, and the results are analyzed using two epoch values to compare the performance of deep learning models. The benchmark datasets-UCI Parkinson's data and the spiral and wave datasets-have been used for machine and deep learning respectively. Performance metrics like accuracy, precision, recall, support, and F1 score are utilized, and confusion matrices and graphs are plotted for visualization. 94.87% accuracy was achieved using the stacking approach.
EXPERIMENTAL STUDY ON HEAT STORAGE AND RELEASE OF EG/Li2CO3-Na2CO3 HIGH-TEMPERATURE PHASE-CHANGE HEAT STORAGE UNIT
Authors: Wang Zhao , Li Yuefeng , Zhang Dong , Zou Jun , Yang Bobo , Shi Mingming
Published: December 2022

In this paper, a shell-and-tube high-temperature phase-change heat storage unit used in solar high-temperature phase-change heat storage systems was designed and manufactured by using 5:95 expanded graphite EG/Li2CO3-Na2CO3 as heat storage medium. The temperature distribution, heat exchange efficiency, and energy efficiency of the heat storage unit were studied by testing the heat storage and heat release processes. It was found that a thermostatic platform appeared in the lateral temperature distribution, and a distinct layered distribution appeared in the longitudinal temperature distribution. When the heating power of the heat storage unit is 640 W, the exothermic air flow rate is 400 L/min, and the phase change material was completely melted, the total heat storage and latent heat of the phase change material are 12,321 kJ and 4466 kJ, respectively. The proportion of the latent heat was 0.36, heat storage efficiency and heat release efficiency are 0.57 and 0.47, respectively. In addition, it was also found from the experiment that the greater the heating power, the higher the heat storage efficiency of the heat storage unit, and the greater the heat release air flow, the higher the heat release efficiency.
DEPOSITION OF HYDROPHOBIC FLUOROPOLYMER COATINGS ON A PLASMA-TREATED STAINLESS STEEL SURFACE
Authors: Petrova Anna V. , Melnik Alexandra V. , Sulyaeva Veronica S. , Safonov Alexey I.
Published: December 2022

A stainless steel surface was treated with a glow discharge plasma. As a result of surface treatment, micro- and nanostructures were obtained. The surface roughness of the samples was increased. Thin fluoropolymer coatings were deposited on treated and untreated surfaces using the hot wire chemical vapor deposition (HWCVD) method. The structure of the obtained samples was studied by scanning and atomic force microscopy. Wetting properties were measured for all samples obtained. It has been shown that pretreatment of the surface before the deposition of fluoropolymer coatings makes it possible to increase the hydrophobicity of the final surfaces. Tests of coatings carried out using an ultrasonic cleaner have shown that plasma pretreatment before deposition and subsequent annealing after deposition make it possible to obtain stable coatings with stable hydrophobic properties.
INFORMATION LITERACY OF PRIMARY AND SECONDARY SCHOOL TEACHERS IN ONLINE TEACHING DURING THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC IN CHINA
Authors: Yuan Rui , Li Jiansheng
Published: December 2022

Synchronous online courses have attracted wide attention during the COVID-19 pandemic. Teachers must have excellent technical skills and a foundation of web knowledge in order to deliver a quality online course. A teacher's information literacy is one important skill against which one can evaluate their professional ability with regard to online instruction. Therefore, this study focuses on selecting teachers from two provinces in China and distributing relevant questionnaires to explore the current situation and training needs of primary and secondary school teacher information literacy from the perspective of professional development. The results show that primary and secondary school teachers have a high level of information consciousness and information ethics, but information knowledge and information ability need to be improved. In addition, there is no significant difference in information literacy among teachers of different gender, age, educational background, and professional title. Technology application and centralized training are the main training contents and formats that teachers look for.
PERFORMANCE ANALYSIS OF THERMO-ELECTRIC COOLING SYSTEMS EQUIPPED WITH SURFACE-MODIFIED AND RECYCLED NANOFLUIDS
Authors: Mandev Emre , Muratçobanoğlu Burak , Manay Eyüphan , Sahin Bayram , Teimuri-Mofrad Reza , Rahimpour Shabnam , Afshari Faraz
Published: December 2022

In this research, pure water and recycled nanofluids (RNF) are utilized as heat transfer fluids in the thermoelectric cooling (TEC) system, and the effects of these fluids on the cooling performance are experimentally examined. In order to prevent nanofluid sedimentation and enhance stability, a surface modification process on Fe3O4 particles is performed. With modified Fe3O4@SiO2-mix-(CH2)3Cl@Imidazol nanoparticles, water-based nanofluids are prepared at a constant volumetric concentration. This nanofluid is used in a TEC system and recycled. The sonication time is chosen as the experimental parameter in the preparation of RNF. The RNF are subjected to ultrasonication at different time periods, including 3.5, 7, and 14 hours. The temperature drops inside the cooling chamber, coefficient of performance (COP) value of the TEC system, and dimensionless numbers, including Reynolds and Nusselt of nanofluids, are evaluated and discussed in detail. It is determined that the performance of the TEC system can be increased significantly with the usage of nanofluids. Although some deterioration in heat transfer properties is observed for the RNF, these fluids provide a significant improvement in cooling performance compared to pure water. Increasing the nanofluid flow rate increases the cooling chamber performance up to a certain level. Moreover, a significant increase in TEC chamber performance is also achieved by decreasing the temperature of the water bath in the system.
Balancing the Benefits and Ethical Concerns of Using Robots
Authors: Eric CK Cheng
Published: December 2022

Over the past few decades accelerating improvements in the development of Artificial Intelligence (AI) technology have enabled robots to perform ever more complicated and personalized tasks with greater autonomy that can at times surpass the ability of humans. Although AI robots can increase productivity and improve the quality of work, they can also cause unintended consequences.
Advanced Dynamic Weight Bearing system for mice v1
Authors: Lu Fanglin
Published: December 2022

We can assess spontaneous limb pain-like behaviors using advanced DWB apparatus, wherein changes in the postural equilibrium of each freely moving animal were tracked and analyzed. This protocol outlines the procedures from calibration to data analysis.
Nursing Services in the First Level of Care in Colombia. Analysis of the Offer 2002-2020
Authors: Fuentes Bermudez Genny Paola , De Arco Canoles Oneys del Carmen
Published: December 2022

Objective. This work sought to characterize the primary care nursing consultation services reported in the official systems of health services records in Colombia between 2002 and 2020.
Methods. This was a descriptive, cross-sectional,retrospective study. Node geographic analysis and descriptive statistics were performed for quantitative data from theSpecial Registry of Health Providers and the Ministry of Health and Social Protection.
Results. The study identified 6079 nursing services of which 72% are outpatient, 95.05% are assigned to institutions providing health services, 99.75% are of low complexity, and 48.22% of the offer was created in the last five years. The nodes with the highest increase in the offer of services are Caribbean (n = 909) and Pacific (n = 499), while Amazon (n = 48) showed the lowest offer in the last fiveyears.
Conclusions. Disparity is evident in the availability of services by region and node, in addition to a low liberal exercise to provide nursing care.
Virtual Reality Assessment for Obsessive Compulsive Disorder: A Review
Authors:   Department of Psychiatry, Faculty of Medicine, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, Jalan Yaacob Latiff, Bandar Tun Razak, 56000, Cheras Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
Published: December 2022

The use of advance computer-based technology is becoming necessary to address the growing complexity of human problems and enhance effective communication. The recent pandemic COVID-19 not only induces many morbidities and mortalities but also intensifies mental health problem worldwide. Due to the increasing benefits of virtual reality (VR) in addressing medical condition, it is believed that VR can be used as a diagnostic tool to assess numerous medical conditions and psychiatric disorders. To date, there is still scarce evidence of VR as a diagnostic tool to assess obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD). In this study, we had conducted a systematic review to investigate the use of VR as a diagnostic tool for OCD and assess its benefits and weaknesses in comparison to computer-assisted tools. Comprehensive searches of electronic databases including PubMed and Google Scholar were undertaken to discover peer review evidence of computer-based simulation tasks in detecting OCD symptoms. Twelve out of 9325 papers were screened and reviewed. Five articles reported on computerised tools and seven articles described VR tools. In comparison to computer-based tasks, VR is a promising assessment tool due to specific virtual environments and high resolutions which are able to induce anxiety symptoms. Despite numerous shortcomings, assessment can be utilised in computerised form to detect and generate a variety of psychiatry diagnoses among the general population. Although computerised assessment task and VR show promising results, the finding are uneven due to study design differences, wide variability content task use, small sample size, several methodological issue with the computerised tasks and lack of appropriate control groups. In conclusion, the choice to use computerisation or VR for OCD assessment will depend on aim, content, technical equipment and budget. More in-depth studies of these issues are required.
Mapping Breast Cancer Research in Malaysia: A Scientometric Analysis
Authors:   Department of Community Medicine, School of Medical Sciences, Universiti Sains Malaysia, Kubang Kerian, 16150 Kelantan, Malaysia
Published: December 2022

The purpose of this study was to provide an overview of breast cancer researches in Malaysia. Besides, this study aimed to identify the trends of breast cancer research in Malaysia. This study retrieved 343 related publications from the Scopus database. After removing one duplicated publication and another two publications that did not meet the study criteria, the remaining 340 publications were analysed using a bibliometric analysis and trending keywords analysis. This study found that the annual growth rate of publications was 7.4%. The majority of the publications were research articles and multi-author. The most productive author was Yip CH with 69 publications, and the University of Malaya was the top institution in Malaysia related to this research area. For the last five years, there were no dominant themes in this research area. However, this study found two emerging clusters of breast cancer research in Malaysia, which related to medical data analytics and precision medicine in genomic breast cancer. Overall, breast cancer research in Malaysia is progressing towards a positive side, though a few improvements are needed. As the funding in this research area is scarce, proper allocation of the resources is needed.
Eccentricity of Acute Myeloid Leukemia with NPM1 and FLT3-ITD Mutation: A Case Report
Authors:   Department of Pathology, Faculty of Medicine, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, Jalan Yaacob Latif, Bandar Tun Razak 56000 Cheras, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
Published: December 2022

Acute myeloid leukaemia (AML) is the most prevalent type of acute leukaemia in adults, with a heterogenous cytogenetics landscapes. NPM1 mutated AML was designated as a provisional entity in 2008 World Health Organisation (WHO) Classification of Tumours of Haematopoietic and Lymphoid Tissues. In 2017, fourth edition was revised and AML was recognised as a distinct entity with distinctive cytological, molecular and clinicopathological features. For example, AML with NPM1 mutation is strongly associated with acute myelomonocytic and acute monocytic leukemia. In recent studies, AML with both NPM1 and FLT3-ITD mutations, had been associated of blasts with cup-like nuclei. We described this characteristical morphology in a 68-year-old female who was diagnosed with AML alongside NPM1 and FLT3-ITD mutation. She presented with a short history of fever and laboratory findings of hyperleukocytosis, mild anemia and thrombocytopenia. A diagnosis of AML was proposed from the cytological and flow cytometry examinations. The full blood picture and bone marrow aspirate showed some of the blasts with cup-like nuclei and the flow cytometry examination showed characteristical feature which was suggestive of AML with NPM1 mutation. Polymerase chain reaction (PCR) detected mutation in FLT3-internal tandem duplication (ITD) and NPM1. This patient was treated with AML protocol but succumbed due to sepsis. This case highlighted the importance of recognising this clinicopathological presentations to provide rapid diagnosis and guide for the appropriate molecular testing. In this study, new treatment modalities available for this type of AML and literature review of previous studies were also discussed.
Routing in a Communication Fabric of a Computing System with Distributed Shared Memory and Synchronization based on FE-Bits
Authors:   FSUE R&D Institute ", Korneev V. V. ,   Kvant",   , Moscow, 125438, Russian Federation
Published: December 2022

This article discusses an architecture based on the paradigm of using all possible processes parallelism. The user should only specify which calculations can be performed in parallel threads over shared memory, conforming only to the selected algorithm. This allows you to create the maximum flow of memory accesses inherent in the algorithm. If necessary, read, and only then write a new value instead to the corresponding shared memory cell, the user believes that the conflict resolution mechanism is implemented by hardware memory access control. In general, the proposed architecture is aimed at solving the same problems as the EMU and PIUMA architectures, but uses "smart" controllers of shared memory blocks to synchronize threads and implement atomic operations. For a large flow of accesses to distributed shared memory, energy-efficient routing is necessary. This paper proposes arithmetic routing, which is applicable in any communication fabrics, including with graphs of Dragonfly and graphs with the minimum possible length of the middle path and with the same number of vertices N and degrees of vertices v. An addressing and routing algorithm is proposed that provides energy-efficient access to distributed shared memory. Routing enables fault-tolerant operation based on the choice of alternative routes.
Designing a Conceptual Model of the Process of User Interface Construction
Authors:   Southern Federal University, Taganrog, 347922, Russian Federation, Belikova S. A. , Rogozov Y. I. ,   Southern Federal University, Taganrog, 347922, Russian Federation
Published: December 2022

Article proposes a conceptual model of the process of user interface construction for information systems, within which it is proposed to include the user into the design process, which will solve the existing problems of the adequacy of the interface and user activity in the subject area. In this case, the user is invited to compose a description of his activities in the subject area in a language close to natural by himself. The sequence of steps with the participation of the user is presented, which constitute a conceptual model of interface design. The scientific novelty of the research lies in a fundamentally different approach to the interface development, in which the user designs the application forms, relying primarily on his professional activity, and user doesnt need take into account the structure of the stored data or their processing functions, he connects data objects needed to his professional actions. The advantages of the proposed conceptual model are that it becomes possible to consider the users activity as a whole, and on this basis to build an interface that best suits this activity, which will make the interface more understandable, reduce the level of discomfort when interacting with it, and increase user satisfaction.
STATE OF THE MAIN PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGICAL FUNCTIONS IN MILITARY SERVANTS OF DIFFERENT AGE GROUPS
Authors:   Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv, Podkovka Olga , Makarchuk Mykola ,   Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv, Filimonova Natalia ,   Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv, Pampuha Ihor ,   Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv, Nikiforov Mykola ,   Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv
Published: December 2022

To discover age-related changes in the simple sensorimotor reaction (SSMR), choice reaction (CR), functional mobility of nervous processes (FMNP) and brain productivity (BP), as well as to determine the stress index (SI) of regulatory systems during performance of these tests. Forty-seven healthy volunteers, representatives of military professions, aged 18–54 were divided into three groups (first group – 18–23 years, n=16; second group – 24– 34 years, n=19; third group – 35–54 years, n=12) and performed original computer tests to determine SSMR, CR, FMNP and BP. An electrocardiogram (ECG) was recorded in parallel. Although the rate of SSMR and CR did not differ for participants of three groups, the SI was significantly higher in the third group, compared with the first group (p<0.01) during SSMR. During CR performance it was significantly higher for the third and second groups compared with the first one (p<0.01). The FMNP index was significantly higher in the third group compared to the first one (p<0.05), and BP had the highest values for the second group compared to the first one (p<0.01). During performance of BP test, the SI did not differ in three groups, and during the test for FMNP it was significantly higher in the third group compared to the first one (p<0.01). The effectiveness of simple tasks (SSMR and CR) does not change with age, but their level is maintained due to increase of the SI of regulatory systems, i.e. increasing sympathetic tone. The FMNP value mainly depends on the individual CNS characteristics than on age. The highest level of FMNP was in the elderly. They also had elevated levels of the SI of regulatory systems. The reason of this could be associated with the high activity of cortical neurons, which leads to intensification of metabolic processes and changes in the level of autonomic supply. The lowest level of relative error, i.e. the highest level of BP was found in the middle age group. At the same time, no differences were found in the SI of regulatory systems between servicemen of different age groups during BP test performance.
VIEW OF THE PATHOGENETIC MECHANISMS OF JOINT DAMAGE IN CORONAVIRUS DISEASE 2019
Authors:   Orthopedic specialty clinic «Medical Center Orthoclinic», Ternopil, Borodin Sergiy , Tuharov Yuriy ,   Orthopedic specialty clinic «Medical Center Orthoclinic», Ternopil, Ostapchenko Danylo ,   Taras Shevchenko national University of Kyiv, Kot Larysa ,   Taras Shevchenko national University of Kyiv, Korotkyi Oleksandr ,   Taras Shevchenko national University of Kyiv
Published: December 2022

The Сoronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has had an extremely serious impact on the livelihoods of people worldwide. Despite the mainly respiratory manifestations of SARS-CoV-2 infection, its consequences can affect the functioning of most systems of organism, including the musculoskeletal, dysfunction of which is a leading factor in disability of the population. Diseases of the joints are one of the most common pathologie of modernity, which in the last decade are increasingly found in young people and even children. The musculoskeletal symptoms can be observed as isolated clinical signs and expressed regardless of the severity of the viral disease. Chronic fatigue, myalgia, swelling and joint pain may occur during the acute phase of COVID-19 and as short-term or long-term complications, but their prevalence has not been systematically studied. Considering the wide range of clinical manifestations of SARS-CoV-2 infection and the complexity of their pathogenesis, the mechanisms underlying lesions of musculoskeletal system and rheumatological complications remain unclear. Today, the main research in this direction is focused mainly on a complete understanding of the regulatory pathways of immune dysregulation and inflammation. Excessive secretion of pro-inflammatory cytokines, disruption of signal transduction and immune response are the result of the severe impact of SARS-CoV-2 infection on most organs, including joints, as well as the use of corticosteroids for the treatment of patients with COVID-19. The presented review highlights generalized information on the main pathophysiological processes that can occur in the joints as a manifestation of the impact of SARS-CoV-2 infection, and possible key mechanisms which contribute to the progression of pathological changes.
The European Union in the postmodern system of international relations
Authors:   Institute of History of Ukraine, NASU, Martynov Andrii
Published: December 2022

In the history of international relations, discussions continue on the definition of criteria and chronological boundaries of different systems of international relations. The purpose of the article is to consider the theoretical and practical problems of positioning the European Union in the postmodern system of international relations. The Modern period was characterized by a block approach to security. The postmodern system of international security is based on a combination of hierarchical and network characteristics of the international system. The sovereign states of the European Union are often critical of each other, although this fact may for some time be masked by the need for solidarity in relations with the outside world and its risks. As soon as the factor of identity or proximity of interests is leveled off, the motives for concerted joint action disappear. Real politics is also influenced by the idea of European integration of many speeds. Following the enlargement of the EU to 28 member states (before the withdrawal of the United Kingdom), the core of European integration (the six founding members of the European Communities) and the concentric circles touching the core stood out. The accession of new EU member states to the highest achievements of European integration is possible at different speeds. Neutral EU countries such as Finland and Sweden have responded to Russia’s war against Ukraine by applying to join NATO. The United States still has a special consolidating role in the alliance. The postmodern multipolar system of international relations will consist of several hierarchical structures. First, it will be transformed military-political blocs, and secondly, networks of interaction between states that are regional leaders in their regions. Russia’s aggression against Ukraine has consolidated the European Union and the United States. The Euro-Atlantic space is in fact a consolidated pole of power in the postmodern system of international relations. The United Kingdom is ensuring the expansion of the Euro-Atlantic space through the AUCUS into the Pacific. The postmodern system of international relations is multipolar. It is not limited to bipolar US-China confrontation. In the postmodern system of international relations, the European Union is not only a pole of power, but also its typological symbol.
A New Transparent and Secured Transmission Routing Method for Blockchain Data in Management Systems
Authors: Zhou Jing , San Ong Tze , Zhu Yan
Published: December 2022

A significant quantity of information, particularly financial data, has now been growing in accordance with the advancement of information technologies. Due to the prevalence of fraud, it is impossible to identify the data sources for corporate financial data and the applicable employees. There are substantial issues with nonstandard behavior and a lack of critical financial data of these firms, as evidenced by the fact that the majority of employees are not capable of perform appropriate queries on the needed financial statements. It has consistently created financial information management for companies more difficult, posed a risk to the entire company's ecosystem, and hurt the interests of several parties, among other concerns, because many analogous concerns were not satisfactorily addressed. Blockchain has garnered a great deal of attention recently, and Crypto currency and other crypto currencies have gained popularity as a result. This is because of the characteristics of blockchain, like centralized control, confidentiality, truthfulness, and lack of courage, which make data difficult to predict and tamper with. According to current implementation and exploration, blockchain has emerged as a novel solution to issues relating to company financial information management since these features are connected to the data storage privacy and data transfer speed required by this type of management. In order to construct a transparent and secured transmission method for blockchain data, the study deployed blockchain for managing the financial management framework and information processing strategy. In terms of security level, throughput, run time, and scalability, the suggested Blockchain solution is contrasted with existing approaches.
FRAMING AND NARRATIVES AS ASSISTANTS IN ADVANCING A SCIENCE-ORIENTED MINDSET. THE EXAMPLE OF THE POLICE IN THE BALTICS
Authors: Suve Priit
Published: December 2022

Country-specific knowledge offered by police science is a necessary precondition for successful policing. However, cursory data on police science in the Baltic countries raises many questions about the real use of scientific knowledge opportunities in these countries.The paper elaborates on a framework to advance a science-oriented mindset in the police. Principles of narratives and framing were used to overcome a possible conflict between scientists and practitioners, and bridge all the parties related to policing. In this framework, scientists should take the lead. External, internal, and strategic factors, as Alisson’s three key management functions, were used to specify factors of the framework in the research. The framing process that holds a focusing function allows the use of discovered narratives and presents a variety of possible future directions. Creating a metanarrative with beginning, middle, and end grasps all the agents and ties into future developments.
ADMINISTRATIVE OFFENCE PROCEEDINGS IN INSTITUTION
Authors: Ziemele Inara
Published: December 2022

Law on Administrative Liability and amendments of sectoral laws came into force on 01.07.2020. and decentralized the rules on administrative liability law. From 01.07.2020. administrative offences, penalties and offence proceedings in construction are stipulated in Construction Law. The aim of paper is to summarize and analyse the main information about administrative offence proceedings in an institution, so that not only performed procedural actions of the institution, but also the rights of persons who participate in administrative offence proceedings would be observed in order to reduce the possibility to contest the decisions taken by an institution. The work is based on administrative offence proceedings in the building authority, but the review can also be useful in other sectors. In order to achieve set goals, the author reviewed the regulatory enactments regulating the researched issue, published sources and information available on the internet, which was published until 03.12.2021. There are summarized and analyzed researched information and put forward conclusions. The main conclusion shows that it is important not only to perform procedural actions within the time limits prescribed by the Law on Administrative Liability, but also justify decisions.
USING LEGAL ENTITY IDENTIFIER (LEI) ON BLOCKCHAIN FOR REDUCING MONEY LAUNDERING RISKS AT FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS
Authors: Makhmudov Makhmud
Published: December 2022

The increasing use of blockchain technology nowadays can play a key role in using the decentralized network as a standard database for the unified and secured registry, through which financial institutions can conduct a relevant customer due to diligence measures and business transactions by verifying organizations’ Legal Entity Identifier (LEI) codes, self-sovereign identifiers managed by the Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (GLEIF). With proper implementation, this solution can be applied to blockchain networks, offering the additional advantage of quality control and detailed business analysis. Thus, by giving financial institutions the benefit of interacting with legal entities that have proved their reputation and, therefore, by reducing the money laundering risk at financial institutions, blockchain technologies now could reach global standardization and acceptance by financial institutions worldwide.
REFORMS IN THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM. LESSONS LEARNED FROM THE REPUBLIC OF LITHUANIA
Authors: Buciunas Gediminas
Published: December 2022

The paper consists of two parts: one - analysis of obtaining permission to conduct pre-trial investigative action from economic aspects and another on the lessons learned in the Republic of Lithuania during the reforms in the civilian security sector.An essential component of an effective pre-trial investigation is not just investigative actions prescribed by criminal procedure laws, their procedures for conduction during one of the criminal process stages – a pre-trial investigation, qualification of investigators, prosecutors, their skills, secondary law that regulates conduction of investigative actions in details. Also, how does the investigative action work at the preliminary stage of conducting the investigative actions? Is it effective and efficient? For example, in obtaining permission for such actions as a search, covert surveillance, or wiretapping. The author analyses investigative actions from an economic point of view in the first part of this paper.              The paper aims to introduce obstacles, misunderstandings, and committed mistakes before launching and during the implementation of the reforms in the Lithuanian criminal justice system after the collapse of the Soviet Union, namely, in the civilian security sector. The author of this paper presents his experience through bullet points named “lessons learned” of being a participant in the above-mentioned reforms. The outcomes of this paper are going to be important in light of the reform in the civilian security sector launched and still going on in Ukraine after the Revolution of Dignity of 2014. It helps to avoid mistakes that were made during reforms in the Republic of Lithuania.
The War in Ukraine and History Education of Refugee Pupils in Poland
Authors: Wojdon Joanna
Published: December 2022

The article presents the process of developing history teaching material for Ukranian refugee pupils in Poland in the months immediately following the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine. Initiated as a small-scale contribution to the aid for Ukrainian refugees in Poland, thanks to the support of EuroClio – European Association of History Educators, it developed into a project that combined humanitarian aspects with inter- and transnational history education, able to build upon the concepts of multiperspectivity and historical thinking and help teachers and students address the challenges of multilingual and multicultural classrooms. Written from the author’s personal perspective of the project coordinator, it discusses the achievements and difficulties of the work of a group of educators, translators, sponsors and web-publisher with an aim to encourage reflection and discussion on history education of war refugee children in the school system of a receiving country.
The Destructive Silence of Corruption and Authoritarianism in Education
Authors: Akar Bassel
Published: December 2022

Education research and development initiatives have mostly approached poor or weak practices of governance as consequences of armed conflict. Moreover, education reform strategies have often overlooked the political and historical roots to governance issues that impede education reform and development. Drawing on the case of Lebanon, we observe how governance practices of corruption and authoritarianism emerge as destructive expressions of conflict. I focus on two of many areas that have jeopardized the safety of children and their rights to quality education: the failure of rehabilitating school infrastructure that has led to the death of a student in November 2022 and the stalemate of history curriculum reform since 1970. In this paper, I argue that authoritarianism and corruption should be regarded in education research and development work as expressions of conflict rather than consequences.