bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Virtualization In The Social Sphere
Authors:   PhD, Associate Professor, Department Of ", Normamatova Dr Mahsuda Nurmamatovna ,   Sociology And Social Work",   , Samarkand State University, Samarkand, Uzbekistan
Published: September 2021

This article discusses the paradigm of the new direction of virtualism. It provides information about virtual images and virtual reality in the information society. The etymology of the concept of virtualism is also substantiated.
Dialectics Of Religious And Creative Thinking
Authors:   Researcher, Samarkand State University Samarkand, Uzbekistan, Jumaev Jonibek
Published: September 2021

This article analyzes the relationship between religious and creative thinking. A brief review of the history, development and current significance of religious thought was made. Creative ideas in the religion of Islam, their impact on the civilization and development of personality society have been studied. The role of creative thinking in creating an innovative environment is revealed.
Issues Of Artistic Concept In Contemporary Uzbek Poetry
Authors:   Master's Degree Student, Karshi State University, Karshi, Uzbekistan, Zulayxo Berdiyeva
Published: September 2021

This scientific article focuses on the importance of the concept of art in modern Uzbek poetry. This article is about the works of our talented poets Zebo Mirzo and Halima Ahmedova, who are currently working in the field of our literature. The scientific significance of the article is that it focuses on the main ideas and goals of contemporary poetry.
The Study Of Memory Characteristics Of Adolescents And Methods Of Its Development
Authors:   Master's Degree Student, Faculty Of Social Sciences, National University Of Uzbekistan, Ruzimurotovna Oymatova Dilorom
Published: September 2021

The article discusses the peculiarities of memory and its developmental features, the role of memory in human life, the variability of memory in adolescents, ways to strengthen memory, the relationship of thinking and perception with memory, reading and memory development.
Combination Of Modern Science And Artificial Intelligence
Authors:   Teacher of Denau Interpneurship and pedagogy institute, Uzbekistan, Djalilovich Tashbabaey Maksud
Published: September 2021

This article deals with the scientific basis of the interrelationship between science and artificial intelligence at a time when scientific innovations are evolving rapidly. Besides there is also concept of research and future prospects in the field of artificial intelligence. How the revolutionary changes in science today will use the potential of artificial intelligence in the future shows the interdependence and prospects for the development of technology and human thinking.
Improvement Of Organizational And Economic Mechanisms Of Organization Of Vine Clusters
Authors:   Doctor Of Economical Sciences, Professor, Department Of “Financial Analysis And Auditing”, Tashkent State University Of Economics, Uzbekistan, Isroilov Bahodir Ibragimovich , Ochilov Ilhom Sayitkulovich ,   Candidate Of Economical Sciences, Doctoral Candidate, Tashkent State University Of Economics, Uzbekistan
Published: September 2021

The article analyzes the role and importance of cluster structures in the development of the agricultural sector and foreign experience in organizing their activities. The authors also assessed the organizational mechanisms of agro-clusters and their role in improving the efficiency of cluster performance. As a result of the research, recommendations have been developed to improve the organizational and economic mechanisms of agro-clusters in Uzbekistan.
From The History Of Rhetoric (Ortaorian Skill) Of The Ancient East
Authors:   PhD, Associate Professor, Specialized Branch Of Tashkent State University Of Law, Head Of The Department Of General Education, Tashkent, Uzbekistan, Khasanovna Aripova Aziza
Published: September 2021

This article tells about the historical forms of the oral living word in the ancient East, about such forms as dabirlik (the writers and readers of the state correspondence), xatiblik (speakers of religious, political speech), and muzakkirlik (speakers of religious and moral issues). All types of rhetoric (oratory art) that were used by scholars of orientalism.
Socioeconomic Factors Of UAL Migration In The Educational System
Authors:   National University Of Uzbekistan, Researcher Of The Department Sociology, Uzbekistan, Abduvaliyev Fatxulla
Published: September 2021

It is worth noting that today's intellektual migration has become an integral part of the World Economic Relations. The more serious impact international labour migration has on the level of development and the indicators of statistical data around the world, intellektual migration has made its social and economic appearance completely unique. While labor migration has affected ethnic and religious factors, ual migration has linked professional activity to talent and ability. As the process of migration is studied by the state migration centers, the regulation of the migration policy is used by various bureaucratic bodies to slow down its possibilities, but this can stop the ongoing processes only for a certain period of time, which can not be the main task of getting out of the problem, since bureaucratic measures adversely affect.
Efficiency Of Using Domestic Feed Additive On Biological And Physiological Indicators Of Rabbits
Authors:   Republican Rabbit Breeding And Genetic Center, Uzbekistan, Khidirov K. I. , Kutlieva G. J. ,   Institute Of Microbiology Of The Academy Of Sciences Of The Republic Of Uzbekistan, Turaeva B. I. ,   Institute Of Microbiology Of The Academy Of Sciences Of The Republic Of Uzbekistan, Elova N. A. ,   Institute Of Microbiology Of The Academy Of Sciences Of The Republic Of Uzbekistan, Nurmukhamedova D.K. ,   Institute Of Microbiology Of The Academy Of Sciences Of The Republic Of Uzbekistan, Kamalova Kh.F. ,   Institute Of Microbiology Of The Academy Of Sciences Of The Republic Of Uzbekistan
Published: September 2021

Research has been carried out to study the influence of "ProBioKorm Uz", a biologically active feed additive, on the development and physiological characteristics of rabbits of ‘New Zealand’ breed. During the experiment, 2 experimental and a control groups were formed. Adding "ProBioKorm Uz" to the main feed at the rate of 1% and 2% had an increase in experimental group rabbits’ live weight. Average live weight of them was higher by 5,7 %-3.8% than in the control group. Feed units composed 1.59%, dry matter 0.56 kg (3.61%) and crude protein 0.11 kg (3.59%) compared with the control group. Rabbits of experimental groups had higher indicators of erythrocytes concentration by 0.34-1.00 1012/l (10.34-19.53%), leukocytes - by 0.370-0.46 109/l (5.66-8, 06%), as well as a high level of hemoglobin by 7.42-11.08 g/l (6.81-10.08%) and total protein - by 2.40-4.48 (3.64-6, 42%).
The ways improving legal regulation to protect lectures’ health and safety at Ukrainian higher educational institutions
Authors: SEVERYNOV Oleksandr , CHUPRYNA Yanina
Published: September 2021

The relevance of the research is due to the uncertainty of legal regulation to protect lectures’ health and safety in labour law and the necessity to find promising ways to improve legal regulation taking into account the characteristics of teaching in quarantine. Nowadays there are still unresolved issues of legal regulation of labour protection, namely lectures of higher educational institutions of Ukraine, the necessity for further thorough and comprehensive research to address the issue of labour protection of teaching in a pandemic. That is why the purpose of the following research is to identify promising areas for improving the legal regulation of labour protection of lectures at higher educational institutions of Ukraine in modern conditions.
In Ukraine, there has long been a need to systematize, revise and update existing legal acts in the field of teachers’ health. The article considers the structure and main components of current legislation in the field of labour protection at the international, national and local levels. Under the conditions of quarantine restrictions, the advantages and disadvantages of using remote work of teachers are analyzed. Promising areas to improve the legal regulation of lectures’ health and safety protection are establishing control over using breaks for employees working with personal computers and other office equipment to rest, revising state sanitary rules and regulations to work with a personal computer; regulating normative and legal provision of labour protection and safety in higher educational institutions, establishing a law to protect lectures’ health and safety, etc.
A large number of regulations, duplicating provisions acts of different legal force hinder the effective regulation of labour protection and indicating the feasibility of creating a separate law that would regulate the labour protection of lectures’ health and safety in Ukrainian higher educational institutions. To implement the proposed areas in the field of labour protection successfully it is necessary not only to adopt new and improve existing regulations taking into account European and world experience, but also their strict compliance with the subjects of labour relations in quarantine.
Scientific and theoretical aspects of the origin and development of the principles of the establishment and activities of the prosecutor's office of Ukraine as a law-enforcement agency
Authors: PRYSIAZHNA Anna
Published: September 2021

The current stage of development of the Ukrainian state is characterized by increased interest in the problems of public authorities. The organization and activities of all state bodies, including the prosecutor's office, are built in accordance with the principles that determine the specifics of the legal status of each of these bodies and thus allow to individualize the status of each of them. It is on their basis that the competence of the prosecutor's office, the powers of prosecutors are determined, and the legislation on the prosecutor's office is developed. In this regard, the principles (principles) are the basis, the foundation of the prosecutor's office and all areas of its activities. It is established that the study of the principles of organization and activity of the Ukrainian prosecutor's office is impossible without the scientific-historical aspect of the origin of these principles and their development at different historical stages. The dialectic of the development of social life is such that the present and the future do not exist without the past, without a definite history. The historical origins of the origin, formation of the concept and development of the system of principles of organization and activity of the prosecutor's office are studied. It is proved that the principles of organization and activity of the prosecutor's office in the conditions of its reform become extremely important both for science and for practice. The provision is substantiated that the knowledge of the principles as the basic ideas that became the basis for the reform of the prosecutor's office, allows not only to know the essence of this reform, but also to identify shortcomings and weaknesses of the reform. The origin and development of the principles (principles) of organization and activity of the Prosecutor's Office of Ukraine are studied; the meaning and content of the principles of organization and activity of the prosecutor's office are revealed. The principles of law are the criterion of legality and legitimacy of actions of citizens and officials and under certain conditions are of great importance for the growth of legal awareness of the population.
Constitutional right to information on the state of the environment in the provision of tourist services
Authors: RYZHUK Iryna , IVANOVSKA Alla , LYTVYNENKO Iryna
Published: September 2021

The paper proves that one of the means of ensuring the right of citizens to health care from the adverse effects of the environment is the right to information about the factors that affect health. It is noted that reliable information about the state of the environment is the basis for the formation of an effective environmental policy of the state. In this regard, it is argued that a society with a high level of informatization is able to successfully solve both economic and environmental problems. In connection with the above, the importance of issues related to the exercise of the right to information about the state of the environment is highlighted. The state of consolidation of the right to information on the state of the environment and the natural environment in national regulations is analyzed. The content of ecological information contained in acts of international character is outlined. The problem of the ratio of ecological information and information about the state of the environment is determined. Environmental information includes information on the state of the environment, however, given the legislative definition of the environment, which covers a wide range of elements related to the conditions of human existence, it is proved that the concept of “environment” is broader in meaning than “environment”. In summary, the proposed definition of “environmental information” is information about the environment, about activities that adversely affect (or may affect) the environment and the human body, as well as information on measures to protect the environment and ensure compliance with environmental rights. The agreements concluded between the tour operator and the travel agent and between the tourist and the travel company when providing travel services define the obligation to provide information and the right to receive information about the state of the environment.
The right to information about the activities of public authorities: certain theoretical and legal aspects
Authors: IVANOVSKA Alla , HALUS Olena , RYZHUK Iryna
Published: September 2021

It is found that the right to information about the activities of public authorities is linked to the more general constitutional right of everyone to freely collect, store and disseminate information in any lawful manner. The analyzed law is subject to international and domestic rules governing the right of access to information in general. At the same time, this right is regulated in great detail by special regulations that establish additional guarantees. An important guarantee that ensures the realization of the right of citizens to information about the activities of public authorities is the principle of transparency, which applies in many democracies around the world. The principle of transparency is manifested, firstly, in the fact that public authorities are obliged to inform the public about their activities, and secondly, every member of society has the appropriate right to receive such information, and the level of access to information about activities of public authorities is very important. Forms of exercising the right to information about the activities of public authorities, taking into account the peculiarities of legal regulation, are divided into passive and active. The passive form presupposes that the citizen himself gets acquainted with the information about the activity of the public authority, which duty is to make it public. An active form of exercising this right involves direct appeals of citizens or their groups to public authorities with requests to provide relevant information. It is concluded that ensuring the exercise of the right to information about the activities of public authorities is the key to building a democratic state governed by the rule of law and relies on public authorities, which are obliged to create all conditions for public participation in the adoption of legal acts by these bodies and to provide adequate access to complete and objective information about their activities.
Organizing internal audit at enterprises: a risk-based approach
Authors: MAKSYMCHUK Iryna , UMANETS Tetіana
Published: September 2021

The paper investigates organization of internal audit at risk-oriented enterprises. The differences between traditional and risk-oriented approaches of internal audit at enterprises are considered. The risk-oriented internal audit allows us to investigate not only financial risks that arise in internal control and accounting, and the risks of differentiated audit are to evaluate various risks groups: financial, operational, technical, informational, etc. Each group has a corresponding hierarchy. Thus, financial risks include accounting risks (second level), which in accordance with IFRS and GAAP requirements include three groups of economic risks: market risk, credit risk and risk of main activity - third level. The risk-oriented internal audit allows you to evaluate the risks at the level of the enterprise divisions. The introduction of the principles and postulates of the concept of "liability centers" in the enterprise allows, for example, in the implementation of expert risk assessment, use personal opinion of managers and specialists of various units in the formation of the chain of values of the enterprise. The risk-oriented internal audit focuses on assessing risks that are not enough or excessively controlled. At the same time, risks are taken into account by the level of significance on the Luckyert scale: minor, moderate and large. But for each subdivision, the level of materiality can be different - it is necessary to calculate the integral risk for the enterprise in general. The risk map of the financial department of the enterprise is built on the basis of the concept of stakeholders. It has been proved that the risk map allows monitoring of the risks of significant distortion of accounting (financial) and non-financial reporting in terms of responsibility centers. The prospects for further research are determined: the development of internal audit documents using the principles of risk-oriented approach - an audit plan, audit program, audit report, schedule document circulation of internal audit service, etc.
Legal regulation of the taxation regime of agricultural enterprises in Ukraine
Authors: KABANETS Kateryna
Published: September 2021

The paper highlights the legal basis for the activities of agricultural enterprises in line with changes in tax legislation. It is pointed out that the dynamics of legal norms results in the imperfection of the legal regulation of taxation of agricultural enterprises, while the harmonization of Ukrainian legislation with the law of the European Union is a necessary condition for our country's accession to the European community. Thus, as a result of the administrative reform and decentralization processes in Ukraine, communities function as the main foundations of the activities of collectives of settlements, Starostyn districts.
We have established that an agricultural enterprise in modern communities is an enterprise whose main activity is the supply of agricultural goods (services) produced (provided) by it on its own or leased fixed assets, as well as on toll terms, in which the share of agricultural goods/services is not less than 75 percent of the value of all goods/services delivered during the previous 12 consecutive reporting tax periods combined. In the case of creation of a new agricultural enterprise, which operates for at least 12 months, the specified share is determined for each individual reporting tax period. In addition, this does not include taxable transactions for the supply of fixed assets that were part of its fixed assets for at least 12 consecutive reporting tax periods in total, if such transactions were not permanent and did not constitute a separate business activity. Such enterprises have the right to choose a general or simplified system of taxation. Prospective directions of further improvement of the national legislation are offered taking into account necessity of understanding of features of realization of agricultural activity, a disparity of the prices for production and means of its manufacture, dependence on natural and climatic conditions, profitability of separate branches of agriculture, prevention of discrimination between agricultural commodity producers for the taxation of small agricultural producers.
Caracterización morfológica de hongos asociados al agroecosistema café (Coffea arabica L.), en el estado de Tabasco, México
Authors: Huaman Angel , Torres Magdiel , Ramirez German , Leiva Santos , Sanchez Tito , Oliva Segundo
Published: September 2021

El objetivo del trabajo fue identificar a nivel morfológico los hongos asociados al agroecosistema café (Coffea arabica L.), en el estado de Tabasco, México. En campo se seleccionaron al azar 6 plantas de café y se colectaron muestras de hojas tallos y frutos con síntomas visuales atribuidos a hongos. En laboratorio se realizaron aislamientos en medio PDA a partir del tejido enfermo y se obtuvieron cepas puras. Para la caracterización morfológica a nivel de género se emplearon claves especializas (forma, color y tamaño). En total se obtuvieron 47 aislamientos, los cuales fueron distribuidos por órganos de la planta: en hojas hubo 22 aislados con afinidad morfológica con Colletotrichum gloesporoides, tres con Colletotrichum theobromicola, uno con Pestalotiopsis sp, tres con Paramyrothecium roridum, uno con Phomopsis sp, dos Hemileia vastatrix y dos con Marasmius sp; en el cuello de la planta se encontró un  Fusarium sp; en el tallo Lasiodiplodia sp y un Colletotrichum gigasporum; en frutos se reportó nueve aislados de Fusarium sp. Se identificaron 11 especies de hongos, asociados al patosistema Coffea arabica L., en sus diversos órganos; de éstos, 10 están reportadas como fitopatógenos este cultivo y uno como patógeno de Theobroma cacao L.
Anemia en niños menores de tres años en la zona altoandina San Antonio - La Libertad
Authors: Reyes Narvaez Silvia Elizabet , León Bibiana , Paredes Allison
Published: September 2021

El estudio se realizó en el Puesto de Salud San Antonio de la Red de Salud Julcán-La Libertad con el objetivo de identificar los factores asociados a la anemia en niños menores de tres años en una zona altoandina del Perú. La investigación fue básica de diseño descriptivo, realizado en 55 niños seleccionados mediante un muestreo no probabilístico. Los datos se recolectaron con un cuestionario de factores asociados a la anemia con 19 ítems. La hemoglobina se midió con el hemoglobinómetro portátil (Hemocue HB 201). En el análisis univariado se utilizó la regresión logística y se calcularon los respectivos Odds ratio (OR) y sus intervalos de confianza de 95%. Los resultados indican que existe mayor riesgo de padecer anemia cuando el niño no tiene seguro de salud (OR=1.875; IC:0.465 – 7.566), no acude a su control de crecimiento y desarrollo (CRED) (OR=2.6; IC:0.578 – 11.693), tiene bajo peso al nacer (OR=1.764; IC:0.270 – 711.467), tiene parasitosis intestinal (OR=8.4; IC: 1.638 – 43.465), o cuya madre tiene más de tres hijos menores de tres años (OR =6.67, IC: 0.724 – 61.403). Se concluye que existen algunos factores de mayor riesgo relacionado a la presencia de anemia en niños.
A new species of the genus Otiorhynchus Germar, 1822 (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) from Central Altai (Western Siberia)
Authors: Legalov Andrei A.
Published: September 2021

A new species, Otiorhynchus (Mongolorrhynchus) ivanovi Legalov, sp. nov. from Central Russian Altai of Western Siberia is described and illustrated. This species is similar to O. rectipilosus from Altai but differs from it in the profemora with obtuse tooth, curved pronotal sides and weakly rugose pronotum. A map and a key for identifying species from the subgenus Mongolorrhynchus are given.
First record of Titanomalia komaroffi (Faust, 1877) (Brentidae: Nanophyinae) from Volgograd region (Russia) with a list of the Russian Corimaliini
Authors: Legalov Andrei A.
Published: September 2021

The first record of Titanomalia komaroffi (Faust, 1877) (Brentidae: Nanophyinae: Corimaliini) from Volgograd region, the south-eastern part of European Russia is given. It is the most northern find of this species. The distribution map, illustrations and redescription of Titanomalia komaroffi are presented. A list of species of the tribe Corimaliini of Russia includes nine species from four genera is compiled.
INTERLEUKIN (IL) 12, IL-23 AND IL-23 RECEPTOR IN ANKYLOSING SPONDYLITIS PATHOPHYSIOLOGY
Authors:   Department of Immunology and Pathophysiology, Faculty of Medicine, Carol Davila University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Bucharest, Cherciu Marius , Cherciu Laura Ioana ,   Department of Immunology and Pathophysiology, Faculty of Medicine, Carol Davila University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Bucharest, Bojinca Mihai ,   Department of Rheumatology and Internal Medicine, Faculty of Medicine,  Carol Davila University of Medicine and Pharmacy, I.C. Cantacuzino Hospital, Bucharest, Serban Teodora ,   Department of Rheumatology and Internal Medicine, Faculty of Medicine,  Carol Davila University of Medicine and Pharmacy, I.C. Cantacuzino Hospital, Bucharest, Bara Constantin ,   Department of Immunology and Pathophysiology, Faculty of Medicine, Carol Davila University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Bucharest, Popa Olivia Mihaela ,   Department of Immunology and Pathophysiology, Faculty of Medicine, Carol Davila University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Bucharest
Published: September 2021

Ankylosing spondylitis (AS) is a chronic inflammatory arthritis which involves mainly the spine and the sacroiliac joints, but also the peripheral joints and non-articular structures. IL-12 and IL-23 are heterodimeric cytokines sharing a common p40 subunit. Studies showed than IL-12 is essential for Th1 differentiation while IL-23 promotes a particular subset of T cells characterized by IL-17 production, called Th17. Since the association of IL-23R with AS was reported, the scientific interest has focused on identifying new single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs), present in the coding genes for IL-12/IL-23 subunits and their receptors, that increase the susceptibility for AS. Another point of interest for researchers was to investigate if the identified gene variants modify the gene expression of the respective interleukins and/or their receptors, whether that refers to their mRNA expression, their serum levels or the expression of the receptors on the surface of T cells. Given the increasing amount of data that suggests the pivotal role of the IL-23/Th17 axis in AS pathophysiology, new promising therapies, designed to interfere with these pathways, are now in development.
ADIPOKINES BETWEEN OBESITY AND OSTEOARTHRITIS
Authors:   Carol Davila University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Bucharest, Nicolau Mihaela-Ana
Published: September 2021

WAT (white adipose tissue) is considered nowadays a real endocrine organ, which releases an increased number of biomarkers, known as adipokines. These ones have been closely examined during the last decade, as they play an important role in the cartilage homeostasis and they can serve the early diagnosis and the treatment of osteoarthritis.
NEUROPATHIC ARTHROPATHY OF THE HAND ASSOCIATED WITH CERVICAL SYRINGOMYELIA
Authors:   Internal Medicine and Rheumatology Department, Sf. Maria Clinical Hospital, Bucharest, Groseanu Laura ,   Internal Medicine and Rheumatology Department, Carol Davila University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Bucharest, Heretiu Laura ,   Internal Medicine and Rheumatology Department, Sf. Maria Clinical Hospital, Bucharest,   Internal Medicine and Rheumatology Department, Carol Davila University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Bucharest, Gudu Tania ,   Internal Medicine and Rheumatology Department, Sf. Maria Clinical Hospital, Bucharest, Bajenaru Ovidiu ,   Neurology Department, Emergency University Hospital, Bucharest, Ionescu Ruxandra ,   Internal Medicine and Rheumatology Department, Sf. Maria Clinical Hospital, Bucharest,   Internal Medicine and Rheumatology Department, Carol Davila University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Bucharest
Published: September 2021

Neuropathic osteoarthropathy is a rare chronic, degenerative arthropathy associated with decreased sensory innervation. Numerous causes of this arthropathy have been described, syringomyelia, fluid-filled intramedular cavity, being among them. Neuropathic osteoarthropathy associated with syringomyelia is usually mono/oligo-articular, asymmetrical, involving the elbow, shoulder, rarely the wrist. Skin and nails trophic changes sometimes may appear. The present case is that of a female patient with asymmetrical oligoarthritis of right wrist and metacapophalangean joints with rapid reumathoid-like deformity of the hand. The diagnosis key was the radiologic aspect with both lytic and sclerotic lesions but also the thermal sensory impairment, minimized by the patient, longtime considered to be related to cervival spine osteoarthritis. The MRI examination of the cervical spine confirmed the fluid-filled cavity of the whole cervival region with secondary medular atrophy.
SEX RATIO AND AGE IN PATIENTS WITH RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS. DATA FROM A COHORT IN SOUTH-EAST ROMANIA
Authors:   3rd Department, Ist Clinical Disciplines, Faculty of Medicine, Ovidius University, Constanta, Suta Cristina , Petcu Lucian ,   Biophysics and Biostatistics Department, Faculty of Dentistry, Ovidius University, Constanta, Craiu Elvira ,   3rd Department, Ist Clinical Disciplines, Faculty of Medicine, Ovidius University, Constanta, Suta Maria ,   3rd Department, Ist Clinical Disciplines, Faculty of Medicine, Ovidius University, Constanta
Published: September 2021

Background. Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) epidemiology is characterised by the preference of the disease for women under age of 50, a sex ratio female:male of ≤ 3:1 being classically described, along with a peak for age onset between 50 and 75 years old. The relationship between female sexual hormons and susceptibility of rheumatoid arthritis is not completely understood and regional differences in the prevalence of the disease support the idea of environmental factors influence. Aim. To evaluate demographic features of patients with rheumatoid arthritis from South-East Romania, living in the climatic, economic and ethnic profile of Constanta county. Material and method. We included 447 patients (age≥18) with RA (ACR 1987 or ACR/EULAR 2010 diagnosis criteria) admitted in our Rheumatology Department – IInd Internal Medicine Clinic, Sf. Apostol Andrei Emergency Clinical County Hospital Constanta from January 2013 to December 2014. All patients agreed to participate in the study through an informed consent (approved by local ethical comittee) signed at admittion time. All patients underwent a careful clinical, biological and imagistic evaluation. Results. Our group of patients was a rheumatoid arthritis cohort with 88.4% Caucasian, 380 women (85%) and 67 men (15%), with a female-male ratio (F:M) of more than 5:1 (5.7:1), mean age of our patients was 62.13 ± 11.44 years and a mean age at onset of RA of 51.71±13.67 years, statistically different between men and women (p < 0.001). Sex distribution of rheumatoid arthritis varies with actual age of the patients, significant differences being observed in extreme age categories: < 40 years (F:M = 17:1) and > 70 years (F:M = 4.25:1), age at onset, with smoking status (F:M = 2:1), in early disease (F:M = 3.6:1). Conclusions. Female:Male ratio increases impresively in RA cases with early onset (<45 years), young man’s hormon constellation being probably a protective factor for the disease. Patients’ age, especially age at onset, seems to be the most important factor that influences sex distribution of rheumatoid arthritis.
Gas-phase Formation of Cationic Fullerene/Amino Acid Clusters: Evidence for the “Magic Number” Chemical Reactivity of Fullerene Cations
Authors: Hu Xiaoyi , Zhang Deping , Yang Yuanyuan , Chen Yang , Qin Liping , Zhen Junfeng
Published: September 2021

An experimental and theoretical investigation on the chemical reactivity of fullerene cations (C
n

+, n = [36, 60]) with amino acid molecules (e.g., isoleucine, C6H13NO2) is performed. The results show that, in the gas phase, fullerene cations can react with amino acid molecules to form fullerene/amino acid cluster cations with high efficiency. The formation rate constants for the ion–molecule collision reactions between fullerene cations and isoleucine are estimated under the pseudo-first-order reaction condition. We find the formation rate constants increase gradually with a declining C-atom number of fullerene cations (C
n

+, n = [46, 60]), and depict a plateau in the reactivity for smaller fullerene cations (C
n

+, n = [36, 44]). More importantly, by comparing to its neighbor fullerenes, the magic number of C-atom counts (54, 58) that process with enhanced chemical reactivity are determined. We also obtained the molecular structures and binding energies for the fullerene-monoisoleucine adducts by quantum chemical calculations, which give a good explanation for the magic number chemical reactivity and the enhanced chemical reactivity of smaller fullerene cations. We infer that our results demonstrate the importance of ion–molecule reactions to the formation of large and complex fullerene-amino acid derivatives in the ISM. The high reactivity of fullerene species may indicate that amino acid molecules or other related prebiotic compounds can accrete on small interstellar carbon dust grains.
Question to Question Similarity Analysis Using Morphological, Syntactic, Semantic, and Lexical Features
Authors: Hammad Mahmoud , Al-Smadi Mohammad , Baker Qanita , D Muntaha , Al-Khdour Nour , Younes Mutaz , Khwaileh Enas
Published: September 2021

In the digitally connected world that we are living in, people expect to get answers to their questions spontaneously. This expectation increased the burden on Question/Answer platforms such as Stack Overflow and many others. A promising solution to this problem is to detect if a question being asked is similar to a question in the database, then present the answer of the detected question to the user. To address this challenge, we propose a novel Natural Language Processing (NLP) approach that detects if two Arabic questions are similar or not using their extracted morphological, syntactic, semantic, lexical, overlapping, and semantic lexical features. Our approach involves several phases including Arabic text processing, novel feature extraction, and text classifications. Moreover, we conducted a comparison between seven different machine learning classifiers. The included classifiers are: Support Vector Machine (SVM), Decision Tree (DT), Logistic Regression (LR), Extreme Gradient Boosting (XGB), Random Forests (RF), Adaptive Boosting (AdaBoost), and Multilayer Perceptron (MLP). To conduct our experiments, we used a real-world questions dataset consisting of around 19,136 questions (9,568 pairs of questions) in which our approach achieved 82.93% accuracy using our XGB model on the best features selected by the Random Forest feature selection technique. This high accuracy of our model shows the ability of our approach to correctly detect similar Arabic questions and hence increases user satisfactions.
Integration of Decision Trees Using Distance to Centroid and to Decision Boundary
Authors: Biedrzycki Jedrzej , Burduk Robert
Published: September 2021

Plethora of ensemble techniques have been implemented and studied in order to achieve better classification results than base classifiers. In this paper an algorithm for integration of decision trees is proposed, which means that homogeneous base classifiers will be used. The novelty of the presented approach is the usage of the simultaneous distance of the object from the decision boundary and the center of mass of objects belonging to one class label in order to determine the score functions of base classifiers. This means that the score function assigned to the class label by each classifier depends on the distance of the classified object from the decision boundary and from the centroid. The algorithm was evaluated using an open-source benchmarking dataset. The results indicate an improvement in the classification quality in comparison to the referential method - majority voting method.
Have Variability Tools Fulfilled the Needs of the Software Industry?
Authors: Allian Ana , OliveiraJr Edson , Capilla Rafael , Nakagawa Elisa
Published: September 2021

For nearly 30 years, industry and researchers have proposed many software variability tools to cope with the complexity of modeling variability in software development, followed by a number of publications on variability techniques built upon theoretical foundations. After more than 25 years of the practice of software variability, there are not many studies investigating the impact of software variability tools in the industry and the perception of practitioners. For this reason, we investigate in this research work how existing software variability tools fulfill the needs of companies demanding this kind of tool support. We conducted a survey with practitioners from companies in eight different countries in order to analyze the missing capabilities of software variability management tools and we compared the results of the survey with the scientifoc literature through a systematic mapping study (SMS) to analyze if the proposed solutions cover the needs required by practitioners. Our major findings indicate that many tools lack important qualities such as interoperability, collaborative work, code generation, scalability, impact analysis, and test; while the results from the SMS showed these such capabilities are, to some extent, found in some of the existing tools.
La gauche révolutionnaire contre l’Internationale communiste : une relecture de la contrebande d’armes franco-espagnole de la guerre civile (1936-1939)
Authors: Salmon Pierre
Published: September 2021

Durant la guerre d’Espagne (1936-1939), des militants de la gauche antifasciste française se sont mobilisés pour envoyer des armes et du matériel de guerre au camp républicain. Cette contribution met en lumière une aide qui a existé en marge de celle, plus massive et aujourd’hui plus étudiée, entreprise par les groupes politiques affiliés à l’Internationale communiste et à l’URSS. Il s’agit d’abord de comprendre pourquoi l’historiographie s’est généralement contentée de mesurer les soutiens à l’Espagne républicaine à l’aune de la mobilisation soviétique. Cet article analyse ensuite la conduite de comités associés à l’Union anarchiste et à la Gauche révolutionnaire. L’étude de cas montre les ressorts d’une mobilisation transnationale appelée à dépasser certains clivages politiques. Sous couvert d’assistance humanitaire, les comités s’essayent à la contrebande et doivent pour cela collaborer avec des cercles criminels. Ainsi, la question des armes sert de prisme pour interroger les mobilisations partisanes en contexte d’illégalité.
Vu d’ailleurs – Le droit à l’erreur
Authors: Poitras Annick
Published: September 2021

On apprend de ses erreurs, dit-on. Mais encore faut-il avoir la possibilité de le faire en milieu de travail, où une personne qui gaffe s’expose souvent à des blâmes. Il y a pourtant de grandes leçons à tirer de nos erreurs et de celles des autres, constatent de nombreux chercheurs.
L’écofiscalité, un atout crucial dans le combat contre les changements climatiques
Authors: Venne Jean-François
Published: September 2021

La progression de l’écofiscalité au Québec demeure assez lente. Pourtant, elle représente une voie incontournable pour atteindre nos objectifs de réduction des émissions de gaz à effet de serre (GES). Afin que la cadence accélère, l’acceptabilité sociale devra être au rendez-vous.
Bien-être : et si l’instauration d’une culture éthique était la clé ?
Authors: Langlois Lyse , Truchon Manon , Foin Géraldine , Gril Emmanuelle
Published: September 2021

L’introduction d’une culture éthique en milieu de travail peut-elle améliorer le bien-être du personnel ? Bonne nouvelle : une étude semble démontrer que c’est bel et bien le cas. Voici quelques pistes de réflexion ainsi que des recommandations pour y parvenir.
La solitude ronge-t-elle les membres de votre équipe ?
Authors: Rousseau Alexandre , Bertholet Jean-François
Published: September 2021

Après un an et demi à travailler à la maison à plein temps, de nombreuses équipes sont habitées par un sentiment de solitude. Avant la pandémie, des chercheurs sonnaient déjà l’alarme : la lutte contre l’isolement 1 est un des plus grands défis du télétravail. Or, même lorsqu’elles sont bien entourées, les personnes qui se rendent chaque jour au bureau peuvent aussi avoir l’impression d’être bien seules.
Text mining, Hermione Granger, and fan fiction: What's in a name?
Authors: Rowe Rebecca Leigh , Henderson Tolonda , Wang Tianyu
Published: September 2021

When fans rewrite characters, how do they engage that character's identity and the social constructions around it? Fan fiction writers resist, replicate, and create oppressive social systems by changing characters between published and fan texts. As such, fan studies scholars have long been interested in how fans construct characters, an interest that has often been paired with readings of race, gender, and sexuality. Digital humanities can help confirm and nuance extant fan studies scholarship around specific characters popular in fan fiction. We used Word2Vec software to mine the text of 450 pieces of fan fiction based on J. K. Rowling's Harry Potter series. By focusing on the depiction of Hermione Granger in both Rowling's novels and Harry Potter fan fiction, we tested how text mining character names can reveal properties closely tied to a specific character through the relationships between the target name and other characters. Analysis via Word2Vec found that "Hermione" is used grammatically and contextually differently in the books (in which she is most like Harry and Ron) than in our fan fiction corpus (in which she is most like other girls/women). This difference suggests that these fans have a specific reading of Hermione that is communally understood even if Rowling's diction offers a different reading.
"Carmilla" fandom as a lesbian community of feeling
Authors: Kumar Sneha
Published: September 2021

The fandom of the contemporary lesbian web series, Carmilla (2014–16), is an affective community built on a set of inclusions and exclusions. Carmilla, a 121-episode web series shot in vlog format, follows the relationship between a human girl and a female vampire, and it has an active online lesbian fandom. Affective bonds are created between Carmilla fans through various kinds of online fan practices, and these flows of affect are influenced by the race and location of fans.
Celebrity news and cyberactivism in the #FreeBritney fandom movement
Authors: Daros Otávio
Published: September 2021

Public awareness of pop singer Britney Spears's conservatorship has increased as fans have created independent information networks using collaborative platforms. This organization has been able to address real-world civil issues through the deployment of transmedia content strategies from pop culture.
L’esthétique didigaesque de Bottey Zadi Zaourou, une vision révolutionnaire de la dramaturgie ivoirienne  : le cas de La Tignasse
Authors: Logba Koffi Dominique Konan
Published: September 2021

Système symbolique, élément symbolique, tableau rythmique et tableau constituent les constantes fondatrices de la structure formelle de La tignasse. Ce vocabulaire dramatique innovant porte l’esthétique dramatique révolutionnaire de Bernard Zadi Zaourou, le Didiga, construite sur le socle du symbolisme. La tignasse est, en effet, un conglomérat de récits qui révèlent, les uns après les autres, telle difformité, telle cruauté, telle laideur de la société africaine post indépendance. La pièce s’inscrit, ainsi, dans les canons du théâtre épique où la satire sociale et le théâtre politique conduisent l’idéologie du dramaturge ivoirien : il souhaite voir l’Afrique, dans sa généralité, amorcer son essor social, économique et politique pour le bonheur de tous ses fils.
Le Doozi, chœur rythmique du Didiga de Zadi Zaourou
Authors: Soupé Lou Touboué Jacqueline
Published: September 2021

Si le théâtre est mimesis, spectacle, cette forme d’expression artistique existe dans l’Afrique traditionnelle. Ces arts spécifiques aux différentes régions et qui s’apparentent au théâtre ont pour nom : kotéba, mvêt, didiga, etc. Jouant un rôle social, économique, religieux, politique important, ces expressions dramatiques se faisaient, non pas par le théâtre tel que les Grecs vont l’expérimenter et plus tard toutes les sociétés occidentales. Il est, de ce point de vue, évident de les analyser, selon des critères esthétiques propres. Cependant, en tenant compte de l’histoire coloniale de l’Afrique et de l’avènement d’un monde moderne globalisé, il est nécessaire d’inscrire et d’appréhender aujourd’hui ces formes d’expressions dramatiques dans une vision globalisante, dans un choix éclectique. Telle est en réalité la démarche de Zadi Zaourou qui reprend le didiga du pays bété ivoirien pour lui donner un écho plus important et le faire exprimer dans cette société de rencontres. Le didiga est un spectacle dramatique d’initiation, de quête, de l’entre deux, symbolisé par un des personnages récurrents, le Doozi, chœur rythmique du didiga. Parce que sa situation relève toujours de l’extraordinaire, du surréel, Zadi Zaourou, le théoricien du genre, le définit comme un art de l’impensable que cette contribution vise à décrypter.
Macabre et désordre ontologique dans l’œuvre théâtrale de Sony Labou Tansi
Authors: Souâd Kedri
Published: September 2021

De Conscience de tracteur au Trou, l’écriture dramatique de Sony Labou Tansi questionne les grands problèmes de l’Afrique en mettant en évidence l’image des tyrans, de leurs victimes et du destin catastrophique de ce continent. Ce dramaturge révèle l’envers et l’endroit de l’Afrique à travers une symbolique de la mort globalement empruntée aux attitudes et aux pratiques funéraires traditionnelles négro-africaines. Le macabre traverse donc tout le théâtre de Sony Labou Tansi qui se décline au travers d’une philosophie négro-africaine. Il est cependant symptomatique que l’objectif de cet article est de dégager du texte dramatique tansien, l’enjeu ontologique qui se présente comme des jeux rituels funéraires. De ce fait, nous solliciterons la notion de « rite funéraire », selon la pensée de Louis-Vincent Thomas, pour voir comment le dramaturge congolais se saisit de cette pratique rituelle pour interpréter ce désordre ontologique qui révèle son caractère dévastateur sur l’ordre social.
Okumkpo Masquerade Concert: Traditional Public Theatre and Social Commitment in Afikpo, Southeastern Nigeria
Authors: Oko Ajah Richard
Published: September 2021

As an ethnical subgroup of Southeastern Nigeria, Afikpo has a cultural heritage that showcases its rich oral traditions and from where emerge its philosophy, mythology and religiosity. Sociological researches have unveiled the people’s ethnography and treated superficially their oral traditions. For example, Okumkpo community theatre prioritize its entertaining performance over its guided responsibility of community watchdog. From literary perspective that is built on some ideological and epistemological underpinnings of “théâtre engagé”, this study considers Okumkpo masquerade as a public theatre with social commitment. The masked major performer/character plays a role of a social commentator, critic and activist, thereby becoming a sacred actor who promotes moral growth and justice in Afikpo social space. It takes place in an open space called Ogo and it combines drama and dance, rhetoric and gestures, and humor and songs from. This work raises language and gender issues which, combined with the theatre’s ritualized performance, pose a threat to the survival of this oral tradition. Okumkpo’s risk of extinction is strongly premised on its gendered cast that makes its masked actors homogenously masculine with heterogenous public. This paper proposes that demythologization and partial feminization of Okumkpo masquerade would increase its cultural acceptability while the introduction of English and other international languages as its language of performance would enhance its eventual cultural commodification.