bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Civil engineering employers’ engagement in work-integrated learning
Authors: Murray Mike
Published: November 2024

In this paper, two case studies of enhancing undergraduate students’ learning through work-integrated learning are presented. Both interventions involve university–industry partnerships with local and regional civil engineering employers. Industry Mentoring (2010–2024) is a curricular activity with an authentic assessment. Third-year student mentees (n = 1130) were mentored by 298 practising civil engineers, representing 80 employers. Civil Engineering 4 Real (CE4R, 2012–2024) is a co-curricular hybrid programme of problem/project-based evening workshops (n = 133), attended by 594 students with around 2867 student attendances, supported by 218 engineers, representing 76 employers. Industry Mentoring and CE4R support students to network with employers, enhance their employability skills, and shape their professional identity. Through their free assistance, employers have established a talent pipeline, recruiting students for summer placements and graduate jobs. For employers, their engagement provides evidence of enacting their corporate social responsibility through providing a social value contribution to a local university.
On ecosystem functions of the technozem humusogenic layer in the remote period of soiling of coal mining waste dumps in Siberia
Authors:   Institute of Soil Science and Agrochemistry SB RAS, Artamonova Valentina S. , Bortnikova Svetlana B. ,   Trofimuk Institute of Petroleum Geology and geophysics of the SB RAS, Andrоhanov Vladimir A. ,   Institute of Soil Science and Agrochemistry SB RAS
Published: November 2024

People strove for creating productive soils to increase the yield of cultivated crops since prehistoric times. Currently, restoration of soil properties is relevant for areas affected by mining. In Siberia, long-term coal mining has led to significant destruction of the soil cover, accumulation of overburden and host rocks on the daytime surface. This initiated the search for resource-saving technologies to compensate for soil losses, including methods of formation of artificial soil-like bodies with a deposited fertile layer for subsequent agricultural use. This article presents the results of a study of physicochemical and microbiological properties of the humus-accumulative layer after 40 years of man-made wasteland soiling in three natural zones (sub-taiga, forest-steppe, dry-steppe) in order to characterize the ecosystem functions that ensure fertility. It was established that the humus layer of perennial technogenic soils (technozems) has ecosystem functions of background soils, however, in the forest-steppe and dry-steppe zones it shows signs of decreased resistance to elevated pH, increased ecotoxicants, reduced organic carbon reserves and a pool of metabolic active nitrogen-fixing bacteria. In arid conditions, the greatest biogenic depletion of technozems is diagnosed, the manifestation of an inertial mutation of bacterial populations, ensuring their dissociation and preservation in extreme habitats. The information can be used to characterize ecosystem functions and ecosystem services of long-term technozems, in forecasts of the effectiveness of man-made wasteland management in different natural zones, and taken into account in the development of nature-like technologies.
Regularities of Changes in the Adsorption Properties of Clays Activated by Pressure and Ions of Iron
Authors:   OOO NIPPPPD NEDRA, Dzhuginisov M. A. , Andrianov A. V. ,   OOO NIPPPPD NEDRA, Sheina K. V. ,   Perm State University, Ashikhmin S. G. ,   Perm National Research Polytechnic University
Published: November 2024

The purpose of the work is to consider the patterns of adsorption of water vapor by clay soils that have been treated with pressure and saturated with iron ions, and also to study the processes of adsorption and desorption of Fe3+ ions by bentonite and kaolin clays. The study of changes in the adsorption properties of clay soils is necessary to understand the processes occurring in soils, both in natural and anthropogenic conditions, especially in the case of soil contamination. As a result of the experiment, it was found that the adsorption capacity of clays in relation to water vapor increases when they are treated with pressure. When clay is treated with pressure and subsequently saturated with iron ions in bentonite clay, the adsorption activity decreases in the range of 0-150 MPa, at higher pressures it changes irregularly. In kaolin, adsorption increases at pressures up to 200 MPa, but it decreases at pressures from 200 to 800 MPa.
Dispersed Organic Matter of the Severo-Novoborskaya Parametric Well
Authors:   Perm State University, Belyaeva G. L. , Khopta I. S. ,   JSC Kama Research Institute for Complex Deep and Superdeep Borehole Investigation
Published: November 2024

The study of dispersed organic matter in the section of the Severo-Novoborskaya parametric well (south of the Nenets Autonomous Area) made it possible to reveal its genesis, maceral composition, and secondary changes. Obtained information allowed reconstructing and the catagenetic zoning of the section, determining the position of the lower boundary of oil occurrence, the main zones of oil and gas generation.
Behaviour of paddled energy-absorbing rockbolts under complex loading laboratory conditions
Authors: Knox G. , Hadjigeorgiou J.
Published: November 2024

Since their introduction in 2010, paddled energy-absorbing rockbolts have been widely used in seismically active hard rock mines. This paper provides new data and reviews previous work to quantify the performance of paddled energy-absorbing rockbolts under controlled laboratory conditions. Of significance is the realization that the typical split location in impact tests, at the centre between two paddle anchor points can at best provide an upper limit value. This inherent variability in performance under different testing configurations should be acknowledged and taken into consideration in the design of ground support in seismic conditions. This paper discusses the reduction in capacity of paddled rockbolts as a function of loading angle from a maximum value during axial tests (0° loading angle) to the lowest value during pure shear (loading angle of 90°). A significant reduction in displacement capacity is observed as the loading angle changes between axial (0°) and 40°. Beyond a 40° loading angle up to shear (90°) loading the reduction in displacement capacity is less significant. Due to the variances in the capacity observed through the variance of the testing configuration: loading mechanism, direction of loading, location / presence of a discontinuity, it must be recognized that results from laboratory-based testing are not independent of the testing configuration. This should be acknowledged when extrapolating anticipated performance in the field.
The archaic and hospitality in an ecophilosophical perspective
Authors:   Saint Petersburg State University of Industrial Technologies and Design, Vatolina Yulia V.
Published: November 2024

The article presents the results of an analysis of the logic and ethos responsible for the environmental crisis of our time, and the conditions for the possibility of exiting it through their transformation. Despite the fact that this problem has been repeatedly discussed by researchers, such a factor as “disenchantment of the world” (Max Weber) remains undeservedly ignored. On the one hand, its result is anthropocentrism, around the figure of which values and ethos strategies are subsequently formed, leading to the thoughtless use of natural resources and environmental pollution. On the other hand, there is the objectification of the “world” and the “other-alien”, which is deprived of its own ontological foundations. It is the communal practices of constructing the “other-alien” on a conventional basis that are largely responsible for the lack of effectiveness of environmental programs and initiatives. Thus, the subject-object episteme that dominates the “disenchanted” new European “world” not only initiates the environmental crisis of our time, but also creates an obstacle to exiting it. The idea of the reclamation of the “archaic” has analytical value for ecophilosophy, the “otherrationality” of which allows us to go beyond the boundaries of new European thinking, covered with a thick layer of technocratic illusions, political phantasms and value fictions. At the same time, archaic “other-rationality” is not exclusively a mental phenomenon, but is cast in ritual practices. The ritual of hospitality seems to unfold a symbolic map of “worlds” “here-now”, linking the past, present and future and inextricably connecting different “worlds” and their inhabitants. The subject-object matrix of vision and action is completely inappropriate in its execution, and therefore the ontic experience generated by it, in its constitutive principles, is very far from the experience of modern European man. As a symbolic “anthropotechnique”, hospitality can become a kind of provocation for a cognitive, existential and social turn, which will make responsible human interaction with the “world”, permeated with an attitude of participation and care, possible.
Images of desiring-production in scientific cognition
Authors:   Petrozavodsk State University, Volkov Alexey V.
Published: November 2024

The aim of this article is to explicate the epistemological aspects of Deleuze and Guattari’s conception of desire presented in Anti-Oedipus. Capitalism and Schizophrenia. I show that the schizoanalytic concept of desire as a “production of machines” is reflected in studies on a laboratory science. The epistemological meaning of the image of the “desiringmachine” is revealed, which is that to cognize means to experience the possibilities of the man-dimension to be involved in the various entanglements of the world – psychophysical, natural-technical, sociocultural. Through the use of historical and scientific material, I show that the concept of the nomadic subject is relevant to the description of a laboratory cognitive subject. I note that, on the one hand, the scientist is aware of himself as a researcher through territorialization, i.e. attribution of himself to tradition. On the other hand, the scientific cognition must also be treated as deterritorialization, i.e. the desire of consciousness to retreat themselves into a space in which it was possible to be outside of itself – outside of existing tradition. Thus, for the subject of cognition, it is immutable not only the requirement that “The ‘I think’ must be able to accompany all my representations” (Kant), but also the need to leave the sphere of the conscious as already thought out, held in the area of “the unconscious as passive syntheses of desire” (Deleuze and Guattari). I also demonstrate that in laboratory life the scientist is immersed in free syntheses of desire with non-linear, multivalued connections and inclusive disjunctions. However, in the narrations of historians and philosophers, as well as in scientific articles and reports, all this heterogeneous plurality and ambiguity is reduced. Scientific articles, reports, interviews are written, on the contrary, using linear, unambiguous connections and exclusive disjunctions, that is, in accordance with the Oedipal code. This circumstance points to a certain “Oedipalization of knowledge”, analogous to the “Oedipalization of desire” that Deleuze and Guattari identified in relation to Freudian psychoanalysis.
Kahramanmaraş Merkezli Depremin Eğitim, Öğrenci ve Öğretmenler Üzerindeki Etkilerinin Sınıf Öğretmenlerinin Görüşlerine Göre Değerlendirilmesi
Authors: Karbeyaz Aytekin , Yıldırım İsmail
Published: November 2024

Bu araştırmada amaç, Kahramanmaraş merkezli depremin eğitim, öğrenci ve öğretmenler üzerindeki etkilerini sınıf öğretmenlerinin görüşlerine göre değerlendirmektir. Araştırmada nitel araştırma yaklaşımı içerisinde yer alan durum çalışması metodu kullanılmıştır. Araştırmanın çalışma grubunu; Kahramanmaraş merkezli depremin yaşandığı Osmaniye ile Hatay illerinde görev yapan ve kolay ulaşılabilir örneklem seçme yöntemi kullanılarak belirlenen toplam 14 sınıf öğretmeni oluşturmaktadır. Araştırmada veriler araştırmacılar tarafından geliştirilen yarı yapılandırılmış görüşme formu aracılığı ile toplanmıştır. Elde edilen veriler NVivo bilgisayar paket programından yararlanılarak içerik analizi yöntemi ile yorumlanmıştır. Analiz sonucunda; bazı katılımcılara göre depremden sonra okul binalarının hasarlı olduğu ve buna bağlı olarak katılımcıların kaygılı olduğu ve korktuğu ortaya çıkmıştır. Katılımcılar eğitime ara verilmesi ile öğrencilerde öğrenme kayıplarının meydana geldiğini, depremlerin öğrenci ve öğretmenlerin psikolojisini olumsuz yönde etkilediğini ve bu nedenle derse yönelik ilginin azaldığını, öğrencilerin sosyal ilişkilerinin zayıfladığını ve öğrencilerin derse yönelik adaptasyonun bozulduğunu ifade etmişlerdir. Depremin öğrencileri psikolojik, ekonomik ve sosyal açıdan olumsuz yönde etkilediği, öğrencilerin özgüven ve güven duygusunu zedelediği katılımcı ifadelerinden anlaşılmıştır. Depremden sonra öğrencilerin sürekli depremi anlattığı ve yaşanan bu olumsuzlukları henüz atlatamadığı, umutsuz olduğu, üzüldüğü, belirsizlik, çaresizlik duygularını hissettiği ve agresif olduğu ortaya çıkmıştır. Ayrıca depremden sonra öğretmenlerin binaya girdiklerinde veya oluşan artçı sallantılardan dolayı kaygı seviyelerinin arttığı ve korktuğu ortaya çıkmıştır. Elde edilen sonuçlara göre çeşitli önerilerde bulunulmuştur.
MWCNT katkılı biyodizel, n-oktanol karışımının tek silindirli CRDI bir dizel motorun performans, yanma ve gürültü düzeyine etkisi
Authors: Demirtaş Güven , Sayın Cenk
Published: November 2024

Dizel motorlarla ilgili olarak, günden güne artan dizel yakıt ihtiyacı, çevreye salınan kirletici gazlar ve daha sıkı hale gelen egzoz emisyonları gibi çeşitli sorunlar araştırmacıları alternatif yakıt arayışına yöneltmiştir. Araştırmacılar, sürdürülebilir, çevreye daha az zarar veren biyodizel yakıtlar üzerinde yoğunlaşmaktadır. Dizel motorlarda yüksek oranlı biyodizel kullanımının arttırılabilmesi için çeşitli katkı maddelerinin etkilerinin araştırılmasına ihtiyaç vardır. Bu çalışmada, biyodizel, n-oktanol karışımına çok duvarlı karbon nanotüp (MWCNT) katkısının common rail direk enjeksiyon (CRDI) sistemine sahip bir dizel motorun performans, yanma ve motor gürültüsü üzerine etkisi araştırılmıştır. Biyodizele hacimsel olarak %5 n-oktanol ilave edilerek B95O5 yakıtı oluşturulmuştur. Bu karışım yakıta 100 ppm dozajda MWCNT eklenerek B95O5100MWCNT yakıtı elde edilmiştir. Deneysel çalışmada dört farklı test yakıtı, saf dizel (D100), saf biyodizel (B100), B95O5 ve B95O5100MWCNT kullanılmıştır. Deneysel çalışma, 1500 d/d sabit hızda dört farklı yük şartlarında (%25, %50, %75 ve %100) gerçekleştirilmiştir. Sonuçlara göre, MWCNT katkılı yakıtın motor torku B95O5’e kıyasla yükselmiştir. Fren özgül enerji tüketimi (FÖET) ve yanma verimi MWCNT katkısı ile iyileştirilmiştir. Maksimum silindir gaz basıncı D100 ile sağlanırken, ısı açığa çıkış hızı B95O5 ile maksimum değere ulaşmıştır. Motor gürültü düzeyi B95O5 ile çalışmada yükselmiştir. MWCNT ilavesi ile gürültü seviyesi azaltılmıştır.
Modifiye edilmiş AlMgSi1Mn alaşımında Zr mikrosegregasyonunun karakterizasyonu ve mikroyapıya etkisi
Authors: Kahrıman Fulya , Zeren Muzaffer
Published: November 2024

Bu çalışmada, otomotiv sektöründe kullanılan bir AlMgSi1Mn alaşımının ağırlıkça %0,3 Zr ilave edilerek modifikasyonu sonrasında döküm prosesinde meydana gelen zirkonyum mikrosegregasyonunun mikroyapı ve alaşımın yeniden kristallenmesine etkisi karakterize edilmiştir. Alaşımlar yarı sürekli döküm yöntemi ile endüstriyel boyutlarda döküldükten sonra mikroyapıları mikroskobik olarak incelenerek dökümde oluşan fazlar belirlenmiştir. Alaşımlarda döküm konumunda zirkonyum segregasyonun incelenmesi için elektron prob mikroanalizi yapılmıştır. Daha sonra alaşımlar endüstriyel koşullara uygun olarak homojenize edilmiştir. Homojenize edilen alaşımlardan alınan numuneler soğuk deforme edilerek tavlanmıştır. Bu numunelerde de elektron prob mikroanalizi yapılarak zirkonyum segregasyonunun yeniden kristallenme davranışına etkisi incelenmiştir. Analizler sonucunda dökümde katılaşma sırasında zirkonyumun alüminyum dendrit merkezlerine doğru segrege olduğu ve interdendritik bölgelerde çözünürlük sınırının aşılamadığı bölgelerde sonraki uygulanan deformasyon ve ısıl işlemler sonrasında bu bölgelerde deformasyon yapısının kaybolarak yeniden kristallenmeye neden olduğu bulunmuştur.
Multidisciplinarity in Geoscientific Research
Authors: Olívia Maria Cordeiro de Oliveira , Antônio Fernando de Souza Queiroz , Ícaro Thiago Andrade Moreira , Karina dos Santos Garcia , José Roberto Cerqueira , Aristides Pavani Filho , Agostinho Gomes Cascardo
Published: November 2024

The multidisciplinary approach of geoscientific research in the academic setting underscores the increasing necessity of integrating diverse fields of knowledge to tackle complex interconnected issues. This multidisciplinary field seeks to uncover the complex operations of the Earth, encompassing the analysis of its past movements of tectonic plates, historical climates, and valuable natural resources like minerals and hydrocarbons. In this context, geospatial intelligence plays a crucial role by enabling the effective analysis and interpretation of extensive geographic datasets, thus enhancing our understanding of environmental dynamics. Nevertheless, advancements in technology, globalization, and the difficulties posed by environmental and climatic transformations demand an even more profound collaboration among various disciplines, facilitating an expansive viewpoint and yielding more holistic solutions to contemporary predicaments.
Studies on durability, thermal and morphological property with partial replacement of single use waste plastic and complete recycled aggregate in eco-friendly self-compacting concrete
Authors:   Department of Civil Engineering, Om Sterling global University, Hisar, Haryana, India, Suvidha Suvidha , Jain Sumesh ,   Department of Civil Engineering, Om Sterling global University, Hisar, Haryana, India, Kumar C. Arvind ,   Department of Civil Engineering, Matrusri Engineering College, Hyderabad, Telangana, India
Published: November 2024

This study focuses on creating an eco-friendly self-compacting concrete (EF-SCC) by recycling waste materials like plastic and construction debris. The researchers collected High-Density Polyethylene (HDPE) and Polypropylene (PP) plastics, cleaned and shredded them, then used them to partially replace fine sand at different levels, from 5% up to 20%. They also replaced all the traditional coarse rock aggregate with recycled materials from construction waste. The concrete’s flow and ease of pouring (workability) were tested, and it was found that mixes with recycled aggregates flowed faster, with the best result being a 6-second flow time when using 10% HDPE. Durability tests were done by exposing the concrete to acid and sulphate attacks over several weeks, showing that the recycled concrete with plastics held up well, with only minor weight loss after 56 days in acid. Thermal tests showed that adding plastic lowered the concrete’s heat conductivity by 30-35%, making it better at insulating. Microscopic analysis showed that the plastic was well integrated with the cement mixture, and chemical tests confirmed there were no harmful reactions between the plastic and the cement. Overall, the study suggests that EF-SCC made with recycled aggregates and plastic waste can keep key properties needed for construction, making it a promising, sustainable building material
AUTOESTIMA E ALTERAÇÃO DE PESO EM CRIANÇAS E ADOLESCENTES
Authors: Camero Caroline , Cortellazzi Mendes Karine Laura , Possobon Rosana de Fátima , Nogueira Lucia Yassue Tutui
Published: November 2024

A autoestima é a autoavaliação do indivíduo acerca de seu valor. A baixa autoestima na primeira fase da vida é um fator preditor de pobre saúde mental na fase adulta, enquanto a alta autoestima pode ser um fator protetor no desenvolvimento de distúrbios mentais e comportamentos de risco. Este estudo transversal retrospectivo investigou se os diagnósticos antropométricos de sobrepeso e obesidade podiam afetar a autoestima de escolares entre 05 e 17 anos. A partir de um banco de dados de 1.209 participantes, realizou-se análises descritivas para testar as associações entre as variáveis independentes (faixa etária, sexo, diagnóstico antropométrico, renda familiar e instrução do responsável) e a variável dependente (autoestima). Houve associação significativa entre as variáveis faixa etária e renda com a autoestima. Porém, não houve associação entre diagnóstico antropométrico e autoestima. Os dados permitem concluir que adolescentes, cujas famílias tinham renda menor ou igual a dois salários mínimos, tiveram mais chance de apresentar autoestima mais baixa do que crianças de famílias com maior renda.
“Pous van die Kaap”
Authors: Fourie Ruhan
Published: November 2024

“Pope of the Cape”: Koot Vorster and ultra-right politics in the 1960s
The Dutch Reformed Church (DRC), with an entrenched relationship with Afrikaner nationalism and apartheid, had to face socio-political changes in Afrikaner society in the 1960s. International pressure on the state, economic prosperity of Afrikaners, cultural exposure to the West, and internal criticism from cultural and academic spaces began to crack the bastion of Afrikanerdom during this decade. While the state had so-called dangers from outside under control at the time, it was the DRC’s focus to strengthen the people from within against unseen dangers such as liberalism and communism. In this context, Dr Koot Vorster emerged from the Cape NG Church as a leading national figure of Afrikaner anticommunism when he became head of the newly established National Council for the Fight against Communism in 1964. This article shows how Vorster was in fact a foreman for an ultra-right political pressure group from the Transvaal. Vorster is therefore considered here as a churchman and “organisation man”, as termed by N.P. van Wyk Louw, within verkrampte ranks. As the political winds blew against the verkramptes under the leadership of Koot’s brother, Prime Minister John Vorster, Koot also stood more and more on the periphery of popular politics as he tested the boundaries at the right of Afrikaner politics. As an organization man he would then stand on the periphery, but as a church man he did not lose his prestige.
Cinie Louw
Authors: Joubert Lisel
Published: November 2024

As part of a growing scholarly interest in the history of women in the field of linguistics the life of Cinie Louw (1872–1935), a missionary in Mashonaland, is revisited. The focus is her groundbreaking work in the fields of linguistics, Bible translation and theological interpretation. Her contribution is revisited outside of the normative evaluation of women’s work in the early 20th century and therefore not just as an extension of that of her male counterparts and husband.
“All is withered and burnt”
Authors: Rademan Daniel
Published: November 2024

In the years 1923-1929 the Clanwilliam Ring of the Dutch Reformed Church was struck by a drought that left the area’s traditionally rural and agricultural population struggling with issues of food security, unemployment, and bankruptcy. Occurring in the early 20th century, the still nascent Union government was unwilling to dedicate the resources to direct food assistance schemes under flawed sociological reasoning and lacked the institutional capacity necessary to provide direct alleviation for the impacts of the drought. Consequently, the Dutch Reformed Church became the main overseer of food provision and charitable relief efforts among stricken communities through its Algemene Armesorg Kommissie. Local Dominees, deacons and elders of the church bodies in the arid Karoo acted as a grass roots organization in the monitoring and distribution of assistance (primarily through clothing and food donations) for local communities. This article focuses on the social and political realities that led to the Dutch Reformed Church playing a central role in combating the impact of the 1923–1929 drought in the ring of Clanwilliam. The study made use of archival primary sources mostly from the Dutch Reformed Church Archive in Stellenbosch, with additional sources from the Western Cape Archival Repository System and the National Archive of South Africa. Secondary research sources such as published journal articles and books, as well as unpublished dissertations were used to contextualize primary information and to add previous studies’ discussions on the topic. The study proves that the church, through its well-organized Algemene Armesorg Kommissie charity wing, acted as a much-needed intermediary often organizing and distributing donations of food, clothing and money from donors in other congregations to drought-stricken areas in a time when the government could not or would not provide such assistance.
gevolg van die Loedolf-saak van 1862
Authors: Van der Merwe Johan Matthys
Published: November 2024

On the 2nd of November 1824, the first General Synod of the Dutch Reformed Church (DRC) convened in Cape Town. The unity that was established through synodical ties did not last long. In 1862 the denomination was thrown into turmoil when an elder of the church took the church to court. HH Loedolff challenged the participation of congregations outside the Cape colony to be part of the General Synod. After the court ruled in his favour, congregations of the church in the Transgariep established three individual synods, namely, Orange Free State (1864), Natal (1865) and Transvaal (1866). Two hundred years after the first General Synod, the DRC again finds herself in troubled waters with the denomination. Due to decisions taken by the General Synod, regional synods, presbyteries, and congregations want to sever their ties with the General Synod. To save the unity of the church, this can lead to a reorganisation of the church. This article focuses on the events and consequences of the ruling of 1862 to find directives for the current challenges in the church. The author makes use of the study of important literature which entails both primary and secondary sources to explore the topic. Many of the original documents were consulted online from the archives of the Dutch Reformed Church in Stellenbosch.
Páginas Visuales: "Sin título"
Authors: Vivas Ziarrusta Isusko , Lekerikabeaskoa Gaztañaga Amaia
Published: November 2024

2023-2024: "Sin título" (artilugios - mecanismos). Amaia Lekerikabeaskoa Gaztañaga & Isusko Vivas Ziarrusta.
AFTER WALTER SCOTT: THE ENGLISH HISTORICAL NOVEL OF THE 1830S – 1840S
Authors:   Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv, Kyiv, Ukraine, Boinitska Olga
Published: November 2024

Background. The study examines the unique evolution of the historical novel genre following its rise to prominence in the first half of the 19th century, driven by Walter Scott's "Waverley Novels". The further development of the genre in early Victorian and mid-19th century English literature is traced, particularly in the works of G. P. R. James, W. H. Ainsworth, E. Bulwer-Lytton, and C. Kingsley. The relevance of the study is determined by the need to reinterpret issues of history, and the interaction between history and literature in the context of contemporary literary discourse. The goal of the research is to identify the artistic dominants and main directions of the development of the historical novel throughout the 19th century. Methods. The research employs a combined approach that integrates elements of historical-cultural, comparative-historical, and reception-aesthetic methods, as well as genre and postmodernist criticism. The research strategy is also based on methods of semantic, stylistic, narratological, contextual, intertextual, and textual analysis with elements of comparative typology. Results. It has been established that the formation of the historical novel genre and its rapidly growing popularity indicate a shift in aesthetic dominants in 19th-century literature. The popularity of Walter Scott's novels coincides with an intensified interest in national history during the Victorian period. The historical works of Thomas Carlyle and Thomas Babington Macaulay significantly contribute to the rising authority and popularity of historical fiction, influencing writers. Victorian historical novelists advocate for adherence to factual accuracy. At the same time, there emerges a tendency within the genre towards formulaic romanticization and mythologization of historical portrayals to cater to popular tastes. Сonclusions. The rising popularity of Victorian historical novels was not accompanied by an improvement in their artistic qualities. As the genre became more popular, it gradually lost the best features of the Walter Scott model. Mid-19th century English historical novels interpret history in connection with contemporary issues, often marked by bias, didacticism, and ideological engagement. The depiction of history allowed Victorian writers to illustrate progressive changes and celebrate the triumph of contemporary progress over the "old times," thereby reflecting the Enlightenment view of history that was also characteristic of Victorian progressivism.
DISCURSIVE FUNCTIONS OF ANCIENT GREEK OATH FORMULAS IN ARISTOPHANES’ COMEDIES
Authors:   Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv, Kyiv, Ukraine, Polishchuk Anna , Liashenko Tetiana ,   Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv, Kyiv, Ukraine
Published: November 2024

Background. This paper investigates the pragmatic and sociolinguistic features of oaths in the corpus of Aristophanes' comedies, with a particular focus on "Acharnians" and "Lysistrata." From a communicative perspective, oaths are part of a complex ritual that combines verbal and non-verbal actions to confirm the truthfulness of a declaration and ensure the fulfillment of promises through an appeal to a deity. Typically, concise formulas invoking higher powers generally introduce the declaration and only occasionally specify sanctions for breaking the oath. Thus, oaths function not only as commissives, expressing promises and commitments, but also as representatives, focusing on the truthfulness of statements; expressives, enhancing the emotional background; and declaratives, performing speech acts. Methods. This article employs structural and corpus methods, functional and discursive analysis, conversational analysis, and hermeneutic techniques. Results. Using constructivist approaches to language study, the article analyses multifunctional idiomatic units, considering their structural elements such as particles, theonyms, noun case forms, articles, and sentence position. The analysis reveals that variations in these elements create pragmatic and sociolinguistic implicatures related to the presence or absence of propositional or presuppositional negation, focus of attention, modification of the illocutionary force of the utterance, and representation of the speaker's socio-cultural identity. Specifically, gender, dialectal, thematic, and genre-stylistic markings of the formulas are identified. Conclusions. The application of constructivist and hermeneutic methods allows for the examination of idiomatic oath formulas on both the local and discursive levels, uncovering implicit meanings essential for comic effects that cannot always be reflected in translations. A corpus analysis of formula variability in dramatic genres highlights their stylistic predominance in comedy and conversational style in particular. The study concludes with a comprehensive examination of a fragment from "Lysistrata" (78-89) to reveal the contextually driven dynamics of the oaths.
IN HONOR OF A GREAT UKRAINIAN: PYLYP ORLYK (1672–1742) AND HIS DIARY
Authors:   Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv, Kyiv, Ukraine, Slipushko Oksana
Published: November 2024

[Filip Orlik (1672–1742) and his Diary. Study, reading from the manuscript, introduction, comments by Walentyna Sobol. University of Warsaw Publishing House. 2021. 532 p.]
APPLICATION OF A CONVOLUTIONAL NEURAL NETWORK WITH MULTIPLE OUTPUTS FOR CIRCULATING COINS RECOGNITION
Authors:   National Technical University of Ukraine “Igor Sikorsky Kyiv Polytechnic Institute”, Kyiv, Ukraine, Vaivala Ye.Yu. , Tsopa N.V. ,   National Technical University of Ukraine “Igor Sikorsky Kyiv Polytechnic Institute”, Kyiv, Ukraine, Shmidke V.S. ,   National Aviation University, Kyiv, Ukraine
Published: November 2024

The problem of circulation coins recognition can be faced both by experienced collectors and by ordinary tourists or novice collectors. The easiest solution for those who do not have enough knowledge for coins recognition on one’s own may be coins recognition using software based on a neural network. Since most coin characteristics can be identified by obverse and reverse images and the process of creating coin photographs is fast and does not require additional measuring devices, the most convenient approach is to recognize coins by images. The article considers the problem of circulating coins recognition by images using convolutional neural networks, which contain layers designed specifically for working with images. The traditional approach to solving the problem of image recognition is described, which involves the use of a regular convolutional neural network with one output, when each image is assigned to a class that uniquely defines it. The analysis of this approach and obtained results shows that to solve the problem for the collected dataset, when there is a large number of classes, such an architecture is not the best. To increase the accuracy of recognition, the architecture of a convolutional neural network with several outputs was used, which includes branching of the neural network structure into several branches at a certain stage. When using such a neural network, the image is matched by a list of several independent characteristics instead of one composite class. Thus, the task of coin recognition can be divided into several subtasks, each of which corresponds to a separate branch of the neural network. The results obtained using a regular neural network and a neural network with multiple outputs were compared with each other, after that the reasons for the differences in results and the advantages and disadvantages of each of the approaches were given.
RISK PROCESS APPROACH IN PLANNING CYBER SECURITY MEASURES OF CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE FACILITIES
Authors:   Kruty Heroes Military Institute of Telecommunications and Information Technology, Kyiv, Ukraine, Kozubtsova L.М.
Published: November 2024

Cybersecurity as a state of security of critical objects of the national information infrastructure and its individual components, which ensures their sustainable functioning and development, timely detection, prevention, neutralization of cyber threats is an urgent task of modern society. Ensuring cybersecurity and its management in an organization is a continuous cyclical process. It is based on the creative approach recommended in NIST Special Publication 800-53 and in the introduction of the process approach, presented in the ISO 9001: 2000 standard. The purpose of the study is to justify an approach to planning cybersecurity activities of critical information infrastructure objects based on the analysis of global solutions and approaches to planning cybersecurity activities of organizations. The article analyzes the key experience in solving and the approach to planning cybersecurity activities of organizations. It is established that the provision of cybersecurity and its management in the organization is a continuous cyclical process. Therefore, preference is given to the use of a process approach according to the PDCA scheme (Plan, Do, Chek, Akt). Based on the analysis, it is proposed to choose a basic approach to planning cybersecurity activities of organizations. Thus, the scientific novelty is obtained, which consists in the fact that for the first time it is proposed to supplement the "protection measures" block to the improved ontology of cybersecurity with a model of processes according to the PDCA scheme. The practical significance is to supplement the improved 67 cybersecurity ontology, namely the "protection measures" block with a model of processes according to the PDCA scheme, which allows us to obtain a methodology for planning measures to ensure cybersecurity of critical information infrastructure objects. It is advisable to focus the prospects for further research in this direction on the justification of the formulation of the problem of the expediency of development: 1) methods of planning cybersecurity measures for critical information infrastructure facilities; 2) methods for evaluating the effectiveness of measures aimed at ensuring the cybersecurity of critical information infrastructure facilities.
Detecting new lung cancer cases using artificial intelligence: clinical and economic evaluation of a retrospective analysis of computed tomography scans 2 years after the COVID-19 pandemic
Authors: Zukov Ruslan A. , Safontsev Ivan P. , Klimenok Marina P. , Zabrodskaya Tatyana E. , Merkulova Natalya A. , Chernina Valeria Yu. , Belyaev Mikhail G. , Goncharov Mikhail Yu. , Omelyanovskiy Vitaly V. , Ulianova Ksenia A. , Soboleva Evgenia A. , Blokhina Maria E. , Nalivkina Elena A. , Gombolevskiy Victor A.
Published: November 2024

BACKGROUND: Chest computed tomography (CT) is the main modality used to diagnose lung lesions caused by COVID-19 infection. Since 2020, the use of this modality in the Krasnoyarsk krai has increased. However, the incidence of lung cancer decreased by 5.2%. The current situation has raised concerns about missing radiographic signs typical of lung cancer and has stimulated the search for new diagnostic modalities using artificial intelligence (AI) for data analysis.
AIM: The aim of the study was to evaluate the feasibility of using an AI algorithm to search for lung nodules based on chest CT data obtained during the COVID-19 pandemic to identify lung cancer.
MATERIALS AND METHODS: The retrospective study included chest CT scans of patients from Krasnoyarsk krai diagnosed with COVID-19 reported in the PACS base between 1 November 2020 and 28 February 2021. The interval between chest CT and AI analysis ranged from two years and one month to two years and five months. Chest-IRA algorithm was used. AI detected lung nodules with a volume greater than 100 mm3. The radiologists divided the results into three groups based on the potential for lung cancer. The assessment of the economic benefits of using the AI algorithm considered the cost of wages and savings in the treatment of early-stage lung cancer, which affects gross regional product.
RESULTS: The AI algorithm identified nodules in 484 out of 10,500 CT scans. A total of 192 patients with a high potential for lung cancer, 103 with no signs and 60 with inconclusive signs were identified, and 112 patients with a high and moderate potential for lung cancer did not seek medical care. AI confirmed 100 (28.2%) histologically proven cases of lung cancer, with stages I–II detected in 35%.
Using AI instead of radiologists would save 25 months and 4 days of work, which is equal to 2 million 430 thousand rubles. Expected budget savings due to early detection of lung cancer vary from 10 million 600 thousand to 12 million 500 thousand rubles for each 10,500 CTs. The total economic effect for a five-year period would be from 259 million 400 thousand rubles to 305 million 100 thousand rubles.
CONCLUSIONS: The use of AI to evaluate chest CT scans demonstrates high performance in identifying lung nodules, including those in patients with COVID-19, confirming its potential use for early detection of incidental lung nodules that might otherwise be missed.
The register of surgeries in 1925. To the 100th anniversary of Saint-Petersburg State Pediatric Medical University
Authors: Ivanov Dmitry O. , Podkamenev Alexey V. , Terekhina Elena V. , Ivanov Andrey P. , Vasilyeva Olga N. , Vorypin Dmitry M. , Pershikov Mikhail N.
Published: November 2024

2025 will a year of the 100th anniversary of Saint Petersburg State Paediatric Medical University and a year of the 120th anniversary of the clinical hospital. The article presents a register of surgeries which were performed in 1925 in the surgical clinic of the University. The articles reviews nosological structure of surgical patients, surgical procedures and anesthesia techniques used one hundred years ago. In the article, one can also find brief historical biographical notes about surgeons who were at the origins of the department and clinic of pediatric surgery of Saint Petersburg State Medical University: N.E. Berg, V.N. Katin-Yartsev, M.A. Toporkova, V.D. Sokolov, V.L. Magsky, A.I. Savshinsky and many others. The role of outstanding orthopedic traumatologist Prof. Roman R. Vreden, who founded the department and headed the surgical clinic of the University (then the Institute of Maternal and Infant Health) from 1925 to 1934 is underlined separately. Dr. Nikolai E. Berg, one of the founders of paediatric surgery, worked at the clinic and subsequently at the department from 1905 to 1949, including the war years and the Leningrad siege. Little information has been found on functioning of the surgical clinic in 1905–1925. There is a lot of work ahead with archives so as to study the history of the clinic and department of paediatric surgery in Saint-Petersburg State Paediatric Medical University.
WEAR OF FUNCTIONAL PAIRS OF A GASOLINE ENGINE COMBUSTION CHAMBER
Authors:   Slovak University of Agriculture in Nitra, Faculty of Engineering, Institute of Design and Engineering Technologies, ZALEZAK ZOLTAN , BERNAT RASTISLAV ,   Slovak University of Agriculture in Nitra, Faculty of Engineering, Institute of Design and Engineering Technologies, KECSKES NORBERT ,   Slovak University of Agriculture in Nitra, Faculty of Economics and Management, Department of Statistics, Operational Research and Mathematics, PRAJOVA VANESSA ,   Slovak University of Technology in Bratislava, Faculty of Materials Science and Technology in Trnava, Institute of Industrial Engineering and Management, LESTYANSZKA SKURKOVA KATARINA ,   Slovak University of Technology in Bratislava, Faculty of Materials Science and Technology in Trnava, Institute of Industrial Engineering and Management
Published: November 2024

Gasoline combustion engine is generally the most important part of a car. With this driving unit the car achieves the best ratio between its fuel utilization and weight. In order to comply with required parameters, such as performance, ecology and economy of combustion engines, their regular service inspections and associated maintenance operations must be followed. For testing the operability of these engines, especially for testing the wear of functional pairs of the combustion chamber, we use various methods. The paper deals with detection of wear of combustion engine functional pairs and with subsequent comparison of obtained values with the values declared by the manufacturer. The measurements were carried out on a Suzuki gasoline engine G13BA with a cubature of 1298 cm3 and a total mileage of 160,000 km.
THE FIXED POINT ITERATIONS METHOD FOR THE CONTRACTION MAPPING
Authors:   University of Slavonski Brod, Mechanical Engineering Faculty, Novoselac V. , Katic A. ,   University of Slavonski Brod, Department of Social Sciences and Humanities, Matijasevic Z. ,   University of Slavonski Brod, Technical Department, Culetic Condric M. ,   University of Slavonski Brod, Technical Department
Published: November 2024

This paper studies the fixed point iterations method that considers the contraction mapping and one of its applications for the parameter re-estimation of the normal (Gaussian) distribution, where the presence of outliers is considered. In order to study the observed method Banach’s fixed point theorem is presented, where it is shown that the contraction property is directly related to the Jacobian of the observed mapping. Furthermore, convergence analysis is conducted in order to estimate the convergence order of the observed model.
Robotics and Algorithmic Trading: A New Era in Stock Market Trend Analysis
Authors: Gummadi Jaya Chandra Srikanth , Thompson Christopher Ryan , Boinapalli Narasimha Rao , Talla Rajasekhar Reddy , Narsina Deekshith
Published: November 2024

This paper uses machine learning to examine how robots and algorithmic trading have transformed stock market trend analysis. The main goals are to assess how these sophisticated systems improve prediction accuracy, trading efficiency, market liquidity, and their problems and policy consequences. The research synthesizes academic, industrial, and technical literature using secondary sources. Significant results show that robots and algorithmic trading have enhanced trading speed, accuracy, and market efficiency while increasing market volatility data quality and model overfitting issues. Machine learning improves trend analysis by spotting complicated patterns and improving trading techniques. These advances need solid regulatory frameworks to control risks, including market instability and ethical issues. Policy implications include circuit breakers and transparency standards to promote fair and stable markets. This study emphasizes balancing technology innovation with regulation to provide a safe and fair trade environment.
Epidemiological profile of severe malaria and sickle cell disease in children at the mother and child university hospital center Jeanne Ebori foundation of libreville from 2020 to 2021
Authors: Larissa Midili Tecle , Angela Mekame Meye Eurudys , Laetitia Mintsa Mi Nkama Edmée , Mariela Lembet Mikolo Aude , Raissa Koumba Maniaga , Levi Ikouyou Abessolo Adriel , Gael Kiba Live , Eliane Kuissi Kamguaing , Simon Ategbo
Published: November 2024

Background: Hemoglobinopathies represent the most common genetic diseases worldwide. In Gabon, the clinico-biological profile of patients with homozygous hemoglobin S or those with AS sickle cell traits, faced with this prevalence of serious malaria, remains unknown today. The objective was to evaluate the complications of severe malaria in SS homozygous sickle cell patients and those carrying AS sickle cell traits.
Methods: This is an observational, retrospective study, with descriptive and analytical aims which took place from January 2020 to October 2021. The parameters studied were socio-demographic, clinical and paraclinical data, the diagnosis chosen, therapeutic data and evolution.
Results: severe neurological form of malaria was the most common criterion with a frequency of 41.7%, followed by parasitic forms 35.8% and anemic forms 21.8%. Among AS heterozygotes, the most widespread severe form was the neurological form with a frequency of 63.2%, the anemic form 26.3% and parasitic at 10.5%. In homozygous SS subjects, the most widespread severe form was the anemic form with a frequency of 68.1% followed by neurological forms 27.7% and parasitic forms 4.2%. Abdominal pain, prostration, respiratory distress were the main signs in SS homozygotes. In heterozygotes, prostration, convulsion and clinical jaundice were the main signs. A total of 99.8% of our patients were cured.
Conclusions: All the electrophoretic profiles identified were subject to this infection which mainly affects heterozygous AS subjects and subjects with the AA electrophoretic profile in its severe neurological form and homozygous SS subjects in its anemic form.
DIVERSIDADES CATÓLICAS: UM NOVO OLHAR SOBRE O ANTIGO FENÔMENO
Authors: Martins Filho José Reinaldo Felipe
Published: November 2024

Vivemos tempos desafiadores e transformadores no Brasil, especialmente no âmbito da educação superior e da pesquisa científica. Enquanto atravessamos um cenário de mudanças políticas, sociais e econômicas, é fundamental refletir sobre o papel e o impacto da ciência, da religião e da educação em nossa sociedade. Neste contexto, a Caminhos - Revista de Ciências da Religião, vinculada ao Programa de Pós-Graduação Stricto Sensu em Ciências da Religião da Pontifícia Universidade Católica de Goiás (PUC Goiás), completa mais de duas décadas de atividades comprometidas com a produção e a disseminação do conhecimento nesses campos interdisciplinares.