bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Правове забезпечення містобудування: кейс паркувальних майданчиків
Authors:   Державний торговельно-економічний університет, АЛЬОНКІН Олексій , КОРЕЦЬКИЙ Сергій ,   Київський кооперативний інститут бізнесу і права
Published: February 2024

Висвітлено правове регулювання заходів у сфері державної політики, спрямованих на по­долання проблеми забезпечення власників при­ват­них автомобілів достатньою кількістю місць пар­кування автотранспортних засобів. Метою статті є огляд причинно-наслідкових звʼязків існування проблеми недостатньої кількості місць парку­вання приватних автотранспортних засобів у міс­тах і внесення пропозицій щодо запровадження заходів правового впливу, зокрема й адміністра­тивно-правовим шляхом, з урахуванням вимог земельного законодавства, спрямованих на розвʼя­зання зазначеної проблеми. Використано методи: діалектичний, герменевтичний, системний, аналізу та синтезу, індукції та дедукції, формально-юридичний та ін. Місця паркування приватних автотранспортних засобів є неодмінною складо­вою обʼєктів громадської забудови міста. Принцип "крокової доступності", який застосовується в українських містах для забезпечення правопо­рядку, надання адміністративних послуг, медич­ного обслуговування тощо, має бути викорис­тано під час формування розгалуженої мережі місць паркування приватних автотранспортних засобів. У нашій державі відсутні нормативно затверджені, науково обґрунтовані методики обрахунку необхідної кількості місць паркування автотранспортних засобів у містах. На цій підставі зроблено висновок про те, що зазна­чений факт не дає змоги проводити еквівалентне планування розвитку міст України з урахуванням наявної проблеми. Підкреслено, що суто шляхом застосування адміністративно-правових стягнень подолати проблему порушення правил паркування у містах, зокрема приватними автотранспорт­ними засобами, неможливо. Розглянуто відпо­відний європейський досвід правового регулю­вання паркування транспортних засобів. Наголошено, що в українських реаліях здебільшого власник авто­мобільного транспорту порушує правила парку­вання через брак самих місць для цього. Запро­по­новано практичні кроки, спрямовані на роз­робку методики обрахунку необхідної кількості місць паркування автотранспортних засобів у містах, зокрема проведення конкурсу на проєктування уніфікованого функціонального модуля підземного паркінгу з подальшим її нормативним закріплен­ням. Підкреслено, що у разі наявності розробленої та юридично оформленої відповідної методики в Україні зʼявиться реальна можливість розбудови обʼєктів громадської забудови з урахуванням нагаль­них потреб конкретного міста, а саме в місцях пар­кування приватних автотранспорт­них засобів.
The Rise of Green Competitiveness: A Global Study from Scopus Database
Authors: Ahmad Muhammad Aqtab , Ziaullah Muhammad , Tariq Muhammad Gulraiz
Published: February 2024

In this study, we explore the significance of environmental factors for companies and large businesses in the rapidly growing modern world. The focus is on green competitiveness, which plays a crucial role in sustainable development. A bibliometric analysis was conducted on 30,000 scientific papers indexed in the Scopus database from 1996 to 2019. The analysis revealed that 2004 marked a turning point when research articles from around the world began highlighting the value of green competitiveness, a trend that has continued to dominate since then. Major nations like the United States, China, India, Great Britain, and Taiwan have addressed this phenomenon. The study identified clusters of scientific papers that connect green competitiveness with concepts such as green marketing, green innovation, and sustainable development. The findings suggest that implementing effective marketing strategies based on green competitiveness can contribute to building a productive and sustainable society.
PERAN KEPOLISIAN DALAM UPAYA MENINGKATKAN KESADARAN BERLALU LINTAS UNTUK TERCIPTANYA KESELAMATAN DI JALAN RAYA
Authors: Ananto Djoko
Published: February 2024

Memperhatikan kesadaran hukum masyarakat saat ini, khususnya pengendara sepeda motor di jalan raya menurun. Banyak pengguna jalan yang tidak mematuhi rambu-rambu lalul lintas. Pelanggaran di jalan raya menyebabkan meningkatnya kecelakaan lalu lintas. Padahal polisi telah berusaha memberikan programsosialisasi, konseling dan pembinaan untuk memberikan penjelasan kepada masyarakat tentang pelaksanaan kesadaran dan keselamatan lalu lintas, namun masalahnya adalah kurangnya kesadaran hukum masyarakat itu sendiri.
Exploring strength and ductility responses of beam-column joints using UHPC and UHPFRC employing concrete damaged plasticity
Authors: Santos da Silveira Guilherme , Natã Zenatti Carlos , de Miranda Saleme Gidrão Gustavo , Mara Bosse Rúbia , Rogério Novak Paulo
Published: February 2024

Structures subjected to severe loads, such as earthquakes, often develop cracks at the beam-column joints, underscoring the significance of these regions in design. This study focuses on a comparative analysis of beam-column joints constructed with Ultra-High-Performance Concrete (UHPC) and Ultra-High-Performance Fiber-Reinforced Concrete (UHPFRC) using the Finite Element Method (FEM) within the Abaqus software, contrasting with Low-Strength Concrete (LSC) and Normal-Strength Concrete (NSC). The results underscore the superiority of UHPFRC in compressive and tensile strength, coupled with enhanced ductility. Furthermore, distinct failure mechanism are observed in the concretes, captured by concrete damaged plasticity (CDP), leading to a deeper understanding of the behavior of these high-strength materials. These findings carry significant implications for enhancing structural safety and performance, particularly in situations involving seismic or other severe loads.
The Use of Python, Owlready, Sparql in Processing the Words Ontological Model of Public Political Discourse
Authors: Sairanbekova Ayaulym , Bekmanova Gulmira , Omarbekova Assel , Mukanova Assel , Zulkhazhav Altanbek
Published: February 2024

The article describes a technology processing ontological model of words in public political discourse. The research task is developing an information question-answering system of political discourse in Kazakh language. The Python programming language, Sparql data-query language, and Owlready module are used to develop the system.
RETRACTED: k-Zumkeller graphs through mycielski transformation
Authors: Kalaimathi M. , Balamurugan B.J. , Nagar Atulya K.
Published: February 2024

This article has been retracted. A retraction notice can be found at https://doi.org/10.3233/JIFS-219433.
RETRACTED: Multi-modal sarcasm detection based on emotion perception and cross-modality attention fusion
Authors: Yu Bengong , Ji Xiaohan
Published: February 2024

This article has been retracted. A retraction notice can be found at https://doi.org/10.3233/JIFS-219433.
EMG Testing throughout behavioral recovery after rat sciatic nerve crush injury results in exuberant motoneuron dendritic hypertrophy
Authors: Meadows Rena M. , Richards Sarah M. E.V. , Kitsis Michelle R. , Brown Todd J. , Jones Kathy J. , Sengelaub Dale R.
Published: February 2024

Background:

Peripheral nerve injury (PNI) is the most common type of nerve trauma yet, while injured motoneurons exhibit a robust capacity for regeneration, behavioral recovery is protracted and typically poor. Neurotherapeutic approaches to PNI and repair have primarily focused on the enhancement of axonal regeneration, in terms of rate, axonal sprouting, and reconnection connectivity. Both electrical stimulation (ES) and treatment with androgens [e.g., testosterone propionate (TP)] have been demonstrated to enhance axonal sprouting, regeneration rate and functional recovery following PNI. To date, very little work has been done to examine the effects of ES and/or TP on dendritic morphology and organization within the spinal cord after PNI.

Objective:

The objective of the current study was to examine the impact of treatment with TP and ES, alone or in combination, on the dendritic arbor of spinal motoneurons after target disconnection via sciatic nerve crush injury in the rat.

Methods:

Rats received a crush injury to the sciatic nerve. Following injury, some animals received either (1) no further treatment beyond implantation with empty Silastic capsules, (2) electrical nerve stimulation immediately after injury, (3) implantation with Silastic capsules filled with TP, or (4) electrical nerve stimulation immediately after injury as well as implantation with TP. All of these groups of axotomized animals also received bi-weekly electromyography (EMG) testing. Additional groups of intact untreated animals as well as a group of injured animals who received no further treatment or EMG testing were also included. Eight weeks after injury, motoneurons innervating the anterior tibialis muscle were labeled with cholera toxin-conjugated horseradish peroxidase, and dendritic arbors were reconstructed in three dimensions.

Results:

After nerve crush and ES and/or TP treatment, motoneurons innervating the anterior tibialis underwent marked dendritic hypertrophy. Surprisingly, this dendritic hypertrophy occurred in all animals receiving repeated bi-weekly EMG testing, regardless of treatment. When the EMG testing was eliminated, the dendritic arbor extent and distribution after nerve crush in the treated groups did not significantly differ from intact untreated animals.

Conclusions:

The ability of repeated EMG testing to so dramatically affect central plasticity following a peripheral nerve injury was unexpected. It was also unexpected that gonadal steroid hormones and/or ES, two neurotherapeutic approaches with demonstrated molecular/behavioral changes consistent with peripheral improvements in axonal repair and target reconnection, do not appear to impact central plasticity in a similar manner. The significance of peripheral EMG testing and resulting central plasticity reorganization remains to be determined.
“We just take care after each other”: Relational health strategies of nurses and nursing aides working in residential long-term care as a mechanism of in- and exclusion in care teams
Authors: Duijs Saskia Elise , van Wees Martine , Abma Tineke , Bourik Zohra , Plak Olivia , Jaspers Yvonne , Jhingoeri Usha , Senoussi Naziha , Verdonk Petra
Published: February 2024

BACKGROUND: The health of care workers in residential long-term care (LTC) is under pressure. Scholars emphasize the importance of gender-sensitive and intersectional approaches to occupational health. OBJECTIVE: To unravel how the health of nurses and nursing aides is shaped by gender, class, age, sexuality and race. METHODS: A qualitative participatory study. A participatory research team, consisting of academic scholars and nursing aides, conducted semi-structures interviews (N = 20) and one natural group discussion (N = 8 participants) to validate our findings. Thematic data-analysis was guided by gender and intersectionality theory. RESULTS: Empirical findings suggest that gendered norms limit possibilities for self-care for female nurses and nursing aides. Feeling uncared for by society and LTC organizations, paid care workers describe how they take care of each other. These relational health strategies require a feeling of sameness, limiting space for diversity and disability within care teams. Care workers seen as ‘cultural other’, or those who experienced (chronic) health issues, financial struggles or informal caregiving, risked being excluded from relational care within care teams, which negatively impacted their health. CONCLUSIONS: Care workers’ relational health strategies are a gendered and care ethical response to the lack of societal and political care for LTC, but can become mechanisms of exclusion within care teams. This can be understood as a sign of exhaustion, shaped by adverse working conditions and leading to moral stress. The lack of societal appreciation needs to be addressed by occupational health physicians and LTC organizations, to counter mechanisms of exclusion among paid care workers.
Did changing work and family demands during COVID-19 (de)motivate academic parents to craft sustainable careers?
Authors: Kilic Eren , Cetin-Kilic Nergiz , Tatar Berivan
Published: February 2024

BACKGROUND: Covid-19 has introduced many contextual changes into individuals’ work and family lives, affecting their career sustainability. Although previous studies have provided evidence for these changes, little is known about how changing contextual demands (de)motivated them to take proactive initiatives for crafting sustainable careers. OBJECTIVE: This study aims to explore how changing work and family demands of academic parents during Covid-19 affected their career sustainability indicators and career initiatives regarding health, happiness, and productivity. METHODS: Data were collected through semi-structured interviews with 21 academic parents during the post-lockdown period of Covid-19 in Turkey. We analyzed the qualitative data by using content analysis via MAXQDA software. RESULTS: Results revealed differing career sustainability experiences and initiatives regarding gender roles, career stage, and work/family demands and resources. Notably, women academics with higher contextual demands and lower contextual resources and early-career academics reported relatively adverse experiences concerning their health, happiness, and productivity. Besides, even though early-career academics faced problems with sustaining their career development, they were relatively more oriented to engage in career initiatives, such as reorganizing developmental needs, improving career skills, and seeking career support and guidance. CONCLUSIONS: This study sheds light on the context, time, and person aspects of sustainable careers during Covid-19. Moreover, the study represents one of the first investigations into the proactive initiatives for crafting sustainable careers during the pandemic and provides a deeper insight into the (de)motivators for career proactivity.
Improving Learning Outcomes through Well Designed MCQ Tests
Authors: Phutela Nishtha , Mishra Atul , Sharma Kiran , Gupta Yogesh , Shah Kushal
Published: February 2024

The rapid growth in the number of students pursuing engineering degrees worldwide has resulted in an overburdening of teachers at many universities and engineering colleges. This situation makes it challenging for them to maintain high standards of assessments and provide personalized feedback to students. In large classes, many teachers use MCQ-based examinations for assessments, but these exams suffer from high incidences of copying and guesswork by students. In addition, large class sizes also make it difficult for the teacher to provide effective personalised feedback to each student. To address both these issues, we have developed a specialized protocol for conducting online MCQ-based examinations. We tested this protocol in a few courses at two universities, and our findings suggest that its use can significantly reduce incidences of copying and guesswork in MCQ-based assessments, and also help in providing personalized feedback to each student for further improvement.
Teaching Mathematics with Creativity
Authors: Tap William , Bulbul Helicopter Mark , Jomah Sulieman A.S. , Rilando Ceasar Oromo , Lagure Ben Salibaa
Published: February 2024

This article explores and reviews the literature about the latest research-based teaching and learning techniques or strategies that are used by passionate and enthusiastic classroom teachers, often for the purpose of enlightening, firing up, or illuminating classroom lessons to grab students’ immediate attention, curiosity, and overall interest in the learning process. The question used to guide the exploration of the existing literature is: How do effective classroom teachers manage to always create a conducive, welcoming, and exciting rather than depressive learning environment? Participants’ engagement, observation and informal-oral interviews (or conversations) were the methodologies employed for this review study. While the current research output is often forward-looking, that is, it is too busy moving forward as it comes up daily with suggested new ways of teaching and learning, almost nothing or little attention is given to what is already available. This means there is an implication that a valuable knowledge already discovered could remain largely un-utilized, unused knowledge domain which can be put into practice in classroom settings.  Hence, this qualitative, cumulative, and narrative review article highlights some of the latest, creative, and effective teaching techniques that the authors explored and found impressive. These are effective strategies that might be overlooked, overshadowed, or blurred; but they are effective techniques that can be utilized by the most passionate and enthusiastic classroom teachers for the purpose of making mathematics attractive. It is therefore recommended that the classroom teachers be allowed certain decree of freedom to experiment with new ways of teaching.
‘Ergodicity Economics’ is Pseudoscience
Authors: Toda Alexis Akira
Published: February 2024

In a series of papers (Peters, 2011; Peters and Klein, 2013; Peters and Gell-Mann, 2016; Peters, 2019), Ole Peters and his collaborators claim that the ‘conceptual basis of mainstream economic theory’ is ‘flawed’ and that the approach they call ‘ergodicity economics’ gives ‘reason to hope for a future economic science that is more parsimonious, conceptually clearer and less subjective’ (Peters, 2019). This paper argues that ‘ergodicity economics’ is pseudoscience because it has not produced falsifiable implications and should be taken with skepticism.
On a New Two-Point Taylor Expansion With Applications
Authors: Pakdemirli Mehmet
Published: February 2024

A new two-point Taylor series expansion is proposed. The expansion is slightly different than the classical definition. The coefficients are calculated as recursive relations in a general form. The two-point Taylor expansion is applied to several functions which are odd, even, neither odd nor even. Functions having finite interval of convergence or infinite interval of convergence are investigated. The conditions for convergence are derived and the results are compared with the results of single-point Taylor expansions as well as two-point Taylor expansions reported in the literature. It is found that for a finite radius of convergence, two-point Taylor expansions can have a single convergence interval as well as two separate convergence intervals. Generally speaking, two-point Taylor expansions better represent the real function when the series is truncated. The new two-point expansion and the classical two-point expansion produced identical results for all the problems treated. Based on the results of this analysis, the asymmetric two-point Taylor expansion presented here does not have an advantage compared to the classical symmetric expansion. An application of the series to solution of a variable coefficient differential equation is also treated.
Demographic and Clinical Characteristics of Refugee Children Utilizing Healthcare Services of Türkiye (2021-2022): A Single-Centre Study
Authors: Ercan Gözde , Kraft Colleen , Worthington Roger , Çetin Şadiye Elif , Göktaş Necibe Tuğçe , Bozköylü Nadire Ece , Polat Esra , Güven Şirin
Published: February 2024

BACKGROUND: The number of refugees in the world has been increasing due to ongoing wars, political instability, violence, poverty and climate change. Türkiye has the world’s largest refugee population and half of the refugees are children. The aim of this study is to describe healthcare utilization patterns of the pediatric refugee population admitted to emergency, outpatient and inpatient services to enable hospitals to be better prepared to treat large numbers of refugee children.

METHODS: This was a retrospective observational study using data from medical records of refugee children who had visited the _University of Health Sciences Sancaktepe Training and Research Hospital_, Istanbul, in pediatric emergency, outpatient and inpatient services between 1 June 2021 and 1 June 2022.

RESULTS: 4383 refugee children including emergency (81.9%), outpatient (15.1%) and inpatient clinics (3%) were analyzed. The most frequently seen diseases for each service were upper respiratory infection and gastroenteritis in emergency; vitamin D deficiency and malnutrition in outpatient; lower respiratory infection, fever and intoxication in inpatient services. Most of the visits were non-urgent visits. COVID-19 disease was found in 1.3% of all children.

CONCLUSION: Up to now, there is little data available on the health status of these pediatric refugees. This study demonstrates that refugee children’s visits to the Emergency Department (ED) are an initial first step for accessing healthcare. Identifying the reasons for non-emergency ED use might provide additional insights and new approaches to help serve the healthcare needs of this vulnerable population.
The influence of the press of the party leadership of Kazakhstan in the ninth five-year plan on military personnel (1971-1975)
Authors:   A.Baitursynov Kostanay Regional University, Karekenov M. , Shurentayev A. ,   L.N. Gumilyov Eurasian National University, Azhgaliyev M. ,   West Kazakhstan University of Innovation and Technology
Published: February 2024

Мақалада Тоғызыншы бесжылдықтағы Қазақстан партиялық басшылығы баспасөзінің әскери қызметшілерге әсеріне қатысты мақалалар мен ғылыми жұмыстар қаралды. Кеңестік жүйе кезеңіндегі республиканың партиялық ұйымдары жүзеге асырған баспасөз қызметтерін басқару тәжірибелері барынша зерделенді. Зерттеу барысында аталмыш тақырыптағы жұмыстардың зерттелеуі, жинақталуы және ғылыми негіздеріне шолу жасалды. Баспа арқылы басқарудың пәрменді нысандары мен әдістерін бөліп көрсету жолдары қарастырылды. Оларды жетілдіру мен жүзеге асыру жолдары анықталды. Партия мен Кеңес үкіметінің басшылық құрамының сол кезеңдердегі Қазақстанның партиялық-кеңестік баспасөз жүйесінің дамуына және журналистік кадрларды даярлауға, тәрбиелеу мен одан әрі дамуына аса көңіл бөлінгені көрсетіледі. Республиканың партиялық-кеңестік баспасының әскери қызметшілердің жеке құрамына қалай әсер еткендігі туралы сөз қозғалады. Оның «Коммунистік партия» талаптары рухында насихаттық және ұйымдастырушылық рөлінің әскери қызметшілерге баспасөз қызметі арқылы қадағалау жұмыстары күшейгені туралы айтылады. Әскерилердің күштік құрамдарының бұқаралық ақпарат құралдарымен бірге өзара іс-қимылда әрекет ететін баспасөздің және насихаттың түрлі проблемаларын зерделеу және тиімділігін көтеру жолдары мақалаға арқау болады. Коммунистік құрылыс міндеттерін әскери ортаға баспа беттері арқылы жеткізе отырып, шешудегі республикалық (жергілікті) баспасөздің рөлін арттыруға орталық баспасөздің ерекше ықпалын көрсетті. Әскер қатарында еліне адал қызмет етіп жүрген сарбаздарға партия ұйымдарының қызметін жақсартуға бағытталған бірқатар бұқаралық ақпарат құралдарының практикалық жұмыстары туралы сөз болды. Аталмыш мақалада Қазақстанның партиялық басшылығы баспасөзінің әскери қызметшілерге әсері туралы кең көлемде айтылды
Transformation of the magazine «Aqiqat» («Communist of Kazakhstan») in a new era
Authors:   Korkyt Ata Kyzylorda University, Yermaganbetova Z.N. , Aitbaeva A.E. ,   Korkyt Ata Kyzylorda University, Abdrazakova A.K. ,   Korkyt Ata Kyzylorda University
Published: February 2024

In any period, periodicals were able to be a mirror of true life. From the journalisticworks published in it, we know the face of that period, the history of the time. The article willtalk about the face of the magazine «Aqiqat» («Communist of Kazakhstan») in the years of reconstruction. The author analyzed materials and scientific articles reflecting changes in the development of society at that time, especially in the fields of politics, history, culture, literature, art, etc. The research tells about the editors who contributed to expanding the topic of the publication, raising the theoretical and cognitive level, and the outstanding Kazakh writers who activelyparticipated in the magazine and left behind a rich legacy with their exemplary work. The editorial skill of Kakimzhan Kazybayev in enriching the content of the magazine during the years of reconstruction is especially appreciated. The aim of the scientific research is to determine the role of the publication in the development of Kazakh journalism, which has been forming together with the history of the country. In the years of reconstruction, he paid attention to the specifics of the genre, showing with concreteexamples that he gave voice to the actual problems of his period. The author reviews the contents of the party journal of the Soviet period. Conclusions are made about the creative search of the magazine, which has turned to a new direction, to satisfy the needs of the readers. In the course of writing the article, the methods of studying and systematizing, analyzing, andsummarizing theoretical materials were used
Formation and development of sports journalism in Kazakhstan of the Soviet period
Authors:   International Information Technology University, Niyazgulova А. , Ibragimov N. ,   Al-Farabi Kazakh National University, Shayadilov A. ,   Al-Farabi Kazakh National University
Published: February 2024

The article analyzes the coverage of sports topics of Soviet Kazakhstan, starting from the revolution of 1917 until the appearance of the specialized newspaper "Sport". Sport in the Soviet period was of particular importance, it was given a big role in the struggle for the mass physical culture movement, in the creation of scientific and methodological foundations of physical education, in the training of physical education personnel. The first specialized publications on physical culture are considered – bulletins, leaflets, newspapers, magazines. The evolution of the sports press is traced, the mass media that pay close attention to the topic of sports are analyzed, the activities of sports journalists of Kazakhstan of the Soviet period are investigated. Special attention is paid to the newspaper "Leninshil Zhas" and the main sports journalist of the publication, Seidakhmet Berdykulov. The article presents the first periodicals about sports.
Problems of fake news analysis in social media
Authors:   L.N. Gumilyov Eurasian National University, Aigelova A.M. , Ishanovа A.K. ,   L.N. Gumilyov Eurasian National University
Published: February 2024

This paper has attempted to theorize about the phenomenon of fake news creation and dissemination in the modern media space. The concept of "fake news" is defined as "the intentional presentation of false or misleading information as news reports, manipulating users' biases and heuristics". The problem of misinformation and information manipulation is quite global, and it is also relevant for Kazakhstan. In today's world, there is a decline in trust in key institutions of society, including the media. For instance, content emerges in social media without editorial expertise, so false claims can spread much further, faster and with greater consequences than reliable news. The authors conducted a systematic review of the literature on the phenomenon of fake news based on scientific evidence from reputable sources. Previous research has been based on an empirical methodological approach to the study of fake news and its impact on user behavior, but the systematic review method expands current knowledge: it covers a wide range of disciplines studying fake news, highlighting the growing interest in the topic; reveals unique characteristics underlying fake news that can be applied to identify them; and summarizes questions and suggestions arising from the theoretical framework. The phenomenon of fake news is a new area of research in the field of journalism, business and marketing, in view of which this study makes a large contribution to the theoretical development of the above-mentioned problem
Инженерно-геологические условия территорий объектов строительства правобережья города Астаны
Authors: Мусабаев Т.Т. , Жумадилова Н.Ж. , Портнов В.С , Мусина С.К.
Published: February 2024

Природная опасность возникающая в результате подтопления застраевамой правобережной части города Астаны паводковыми водами реки Есиль является на сегодняшний день актуальной проблемой столичного строительного комплекса. Подтопление является опасной проблемой за счет изменения геологической среды под воздействием влияния нагрузок от зданий и сооружений. Характер изменения свойств геологической среды в процессе обводнения зависит от устойчивости геологической среды во времени. Геологическая среда за счет природно-техногенных воздействий переходит в стадию неустойчивости геологической среды. Исследование инженерно-геологических условий участков объектов строительства позволит регламентировать функциональное использование территорий. Авторами разработаны геотехнические методы применения надежных расчетов напряженного состояния осадок фундаментов при проектировании зданий и сооружений, что позволило обеспечить безопасноть и эксплуатационную пригодность объектов строительства. Предложен эффективный расчет осадки фундаментов для однородного грунта, в котором равновесие обеспечивается за счет сил сцепления и трения на границе вертикальных уплотняющих напряжений. Полученные результаты исследования применимы при решении геотехнических задач на стадии строительства зданий и сооружений.
Dmytro Ivanovych Kachenovskyi – a legal scholar, educator and teacher (based on the materials of Kharkiv Law Society)
Authors: Maliutina O. K.
Published: February 2024

The article examines the scientific and pedagogical activities of the legal scholar, professor of Kharkiv University Dmytro Ivanovych Kachenovskyi (1827–1872). The researcher pioneered the national legal education and had a significant impact on its development. The study of the creative work of the mid-nineteenth century international law expert became relevant in the early twentieth century. In 1903, Kharkiv Law Society held a solemn meeting on the occasion of the 30th anniversary of Dmytro Kachenovskyi’s death. Following the meeting, a collection of materials in memory of Dmytro Kachenovskyi was published. These materials are a valuable historical source that contain special information and contribute to a deeper study of the scientist’s scientific heritage. The study of the source expands the existing documentary base. The purpose of the study is to study and analyse the materials of the collection published by the Kharkiv Law Society in honour of Professor Kachenovskyi.

The analysis of memoirs helps to reconstruct the key episodes of a scientist's life in more detail, to form an idea of his personality, to explore the directions of his scientific research, views on topical social issues, attitude to teaching, relationships with colleagues, and influence on students.

It has been proved that the distinctive features of the scientist were humanistic guidelines, breadth of outlook, and diversity of scientific interests. His natural abilities, academic education, developed intellect, and ability to work determined his personality. His knowledge of foreign languages, foreign internships, personal contacts with foreign colleagues, and the study of European scientific literature in the original allows us to characterise him as a typical representative of the “inner West” who saw his mission in spreading education and the latest scientific achievements. His lectures, which were characterised by a comprehensive approach to teaching, brought up a generation of public and judicial figures of the era of great reforms.
Methodological aspects of forensic commodity examination of live animals
Authors: Krivoruchko N. V. , Menshykh T. M.
Published: February 2024

The article is devoted to the generalisation of methodological approaches to the forensic commodity examination of live animals. It is determined that the main stages of the examination are: 1) verification of compliance of the characteristics of the object of study with the data provided in the case file; 2) determination of the value characteristics of the animal: age, breed, sex, colour, physical condition (weight, assessment of appearance), as well as examination of documents certifying the animal’s pedigree (if any); if it is necessary to use special knowledge to assess the physical condition of the animal, a forensic commodity expert may request a forensic veterinary examination; 3) market price research for live animals of the same breed, age, sex, etc.; 4) preparation of a forensic commodity examination report indicating the value of the object of research. It is established that animals which are the objects of forensic commodity expertise are subject to the legal regime of a thing. It is allowed to apply the main legal acts for conducting a commodity expertise, in particular, the Law of Ukraine “On Forensic Examination” and other laws of Ukraine, the Instruction on the appointment and conduct of forensic examinations and expert studies, as well as the Methodological Recommendations on the organisation and conduct of forensic examinations of livestock, poultry and other live animals - objects of management.

The article considers the peculiarities of applying the methods of assessment of live animals. During the examination, the expert must justify the feasibility of applying a particular approach, taking into account the purpose of the animal, its physical condition, and productivity indicators. To assess the value of domestic animals and individual heads of farm animals, it is advisable to use a comparative approach, which consists in finding out the market value of similar animals at the time of the study. For the purpose of livestock assessment, and depending on the subject matter of the claim (damage, recovery, etc.), it is advisable to take into account the amount of assessment calculated under the cost approach. When the real value of livestock depends on their productivity, it is advisable to take into account the amount of valuation determined by the income approach. This article analyses the state of information support on the basis of which such an assessment was made.
Aspects of conducting a forensic commodity examination of sunflower oil
Authors: Sоlоnіchenkо L. А. , Seredа D. Yu.
Published: February 2024

Vegetable oil production has been growing steadily, driven by increased consumption, including industrial consumption, and by producers developing the production of oils from fruits, nuts and grains. In this regard, there is a need for constant examination of vegetable oils, including the development of new testing methods, finding ways to improve the quality and safety of this product, and preventing the entry of falsified vegetable oil into the Ukrainian market. When conducting an examination of vegetable oils, the following research goals are determined: identification of the type of vegetable oil; methods of falsification and methods of their detection. Assortment falsification in vegetable oils is of the following types: re-grading is widespread, with highly refined vegetable oils being substituted for unrefined and technical oils most often. Also, more valuable types of oils: corn, sunflower can be replaced with low-value (soybean, cottonseed, rapeseed, etc.). Moreover, in a refined form, when specific aromatic and coloring substances have been removed, it is almost impossible to distinguish one oil from another by organoleptic indicators. It is possible to establish the origin of the oil only with physical and chemical parameters, in particular the composition of fatty acids. Quality falsification of vegetable oils can be carried out in the following ways: violation of production technology, violation of recipe composition, violation of purification (refining) technology.

The article reveals the possibility of conducting a forensic examination of vegetable oil, considers the types of sunflower oil in terms of organoleptic, physicochemical and safety characteristics. The procedure for conducting the examination has also been considered. The article outlines the problems of falsification of vegetable oils, conducting commodity research, identifying commodity properties of vegetable oils, their technological features during forensic examination. Recommendations on quality control of castor oil for participants of foreign economic activity, expert organisations and consumers have been provided.
Bathymetric and microbial investigations at the Grimsey Vent Field (Iceland), Cruise No. AL595, 31.5. – 20.6.2023, Kiel (Germany) – Grimsey Vent Field (Iceland) – Kiel (Germany) AUV@GVF
Authors: Hölz Sebastian , Perner Mirjam
Published: February 2024

During research cruise AL595 (31.5. - 20.6.2023) onboard research vessel ALKOR, investigations were carried out at the Grimsey Hydrothermal Field offshore Northern Iceland as part of the Helmholtz InnoPool project “High CO2 – metabolic responses and bioeconomic opportunities”. For the first time, the Hover-AUVs Anton and Luise were successfully operated at water depths of up to 400m, which is close to the maximum operational depth of 500m specified for these Girona 500 AUVs. AUV Anton was used to measure high resolution multibeam data with a horizontal resolution of approximately 40cm cov- ering a total area of ca. 1.4km2. AUV Luise acquired five photo-mosaics with sub-centimeter resolution covering a total area of ca. 5.000m2. In addition, both AUVs carried CTD probes, which will allow to investigate the local distribution of hydrothermal activity. Both high-resolution bathymetry and pho- togrammetry data yield new insights into the morphology and overall structure of the vent site and its surrounding, which will be valuable for the interpretation of geophysical data previously acquired in the working area. Sampling with a multicorer (three successful deployments), a 300cm long gravity corer (five successful deployments), a BIGO lander (two successful deployments) and casts with the CTD- rosette (seven deployments) generated fluid, pore-fluid and sediment samples to be analyzed by the working groups Geomicrobiology and Biogeochemistry, Marine Natural Products and Marine Geochem- istry at GEOMAR and at Matís (Iceland, Natural Products only). Lab work to be carried out in the home labs will yield insights into the physiological adaptation of microbial communities and individual microbes to very high CO2 concentrations and will explore microbial utilization of CO2 for establishing CO2-based bioeconomic value chains. (Alkor-Berichte ; AL595)
Food Waste Prevention and Local Policymaking: A Case Study Analysis of Food Waste Reduction Strategies in the City of Toronto and the City of Vancouver
Authors: Re Monica Da
Published: February 2024

Local governments are emerging as critical actors in the implementation of food waste interventions and are increasingly prioritizing the issue on local policy and planning agendas. However, systematic examination of policy instruments and evaluation procedures used by local governments to tackle food waste is lacking, particularly for Canadian cities. This paper presents a case study analysis of food waste strategies implemented by the City of Toronto and City of Vancouver to assess which policy instruments are being used. The findings demonstrate that although cities use a wide array of policy instruments, information-based instruments are the most common and are used to modify consumer behaviour and attitudes towards food waste. The findings also show that determining which policy interventions and instruments are most successful has been obscured by inconsistent or absent evaluation criteria. Accordingly, the potential for municipal policy interventions to be scaled and applied across other urban contexts remains underexploited. 
Regulation of Megalin and Clathrin-Mediated Endocytosis by Amp-Activated Protein Kinase
Authors: Leshchyshyn Nikol
Published: February 2024

AMP-activated protein kinase (AMPK) is a metabolic stress sensor, activated at low ATP levels. Our previous studies found AMPK activation reduced cell surface β1-integrin levels which are regulated by clathrin-mediated endocytosis (CME), an internalization mechanism dependent on adaptor proteins and triggered by cytosolic motif of a protein. This indicates that metabolic stress influences expression of some cell surface proteins, likely as a result of AMPK signaling regulating endocytosis. Integrin and Megalin both contain Dab2 recruiting NPXY motif and may both be regulated through AMPK. I confirmed that AMPK activation increased Dab2 recruitment to clathrin structures at the cell surface but decreased when ARFGAP3 and Arf6 are silenced. Using a transgenic LLC-PK1 cell-line I was able to observe increased levels of miniMegalin on cell surface after AMPK stimulation. In conclusion, this work highlights AMPK regulation of endocytic membrane traffic and that it varies depending on the cell type.
Multimodal Sensor Fusion Frameworks With Application to Human Action Recognition
Authors: Ahmad Zeeshan
Published: February 2024

Human Action Recognition (HAR) is a progressive research area in the field of computer vision and machine learning. Earlier methods on HAR were based on single sensor modality, either vision-based sensor or wearable inertial sensor. Both of these modalities have some limitations that prevent widespread adoption of HAR; e.g. visual sensors typically require elaborate hardware setup and are limited to a small operating area, where inertial sensors are prone to drift. The solution is to fuse the information from different modalities. In this dissertation, we present novel multimodal sensor fusion frameworks that overcome the limitations of single sensor modality. In these frameworks, we convert all data streams to images through innovative signal to image conversion schemes and feed them to Convolutional Neural Networks (CNN), thus enabling extraction of higher-level features that CNNs are proven to be capable of especially from images. Moreover, we propose fast and robust multilevel fusion schemes by extracting features from multiple layers of the CNNs and employing statistical methods such as Canonical Correlation Analysis and gated fusion, instead of the more popular single stage fusion. We applied these fusion frameworks for HAR using depth and inertial sensors. At the input of each fusion framework, we transform depth and inertial sensor data into images called Sequential Front view Images (SFI) and Signal Images (SI). The SFI and SI images are then fused through our proposed multilevel frameworks for more accurate HAR while maintaining computational speed. We evaluate the proposed frameworks on three public multimodal HAR datasets, namely, UTD Multimodal Human Action Dataset (MHAD), Berkeley MHAD, and UTDMHAD Kinect V2 and achieved accuracies of 99.3%, 99.85% and 99.8% respectively.

While the proposed frameworks were developed with HAR as a target application area, they can be applied to other fusion problems as well. We show the generalizability of frameworks by applying them to a different domain, where ECG (1D time series) data is converted to multimodal images and fed through our fusion frameworks for arrythmia classification and stress assessment. Preliminary results in these applications are encouraging, further strengthening the significance of the proposed frameworks.
EFFECT OF GENOTYPE, SEX AND AGE AND ITS ASSOCIATION BETWEEN BODY WEIGHTS AND BODY MEASUREMENTS IN INDIGENOUS CHICKEN POPULATION
Authors: LAMIDO M. , ROTIMI E.A. , GARBA M.G.
Published: February 2024

A study was carried out to determine the effect of genotype, sex and age and its association between body weights and body measurements in indigenous chicken population. The parent stocks were sourced from the local markets within Dutsin-Ma and its environs. Each parental genetic group was separated into breeding groups of 1:10 cock to hen, respectively on a deep litter. Performance data of body weight (BW), chest girth (CG), body length (BL), shank length (SL), shank circumference (SL), wing length (WL) and keel length (KL), respectively of 120 progenies generated at 4, 8, 12, 16 and 20 weeks of age were analyzed using Statistical Analysis System (SAS, Version, 9.1). Generally, body increased with age. The overall mean obtained were 659.64 g, 20.93 cm, 22.12 cm, 8.00 cm, 11.93 cm, and 8.24 cm for body weight, chest girth, body length, shank length, wing length and keel length, respectively. The effect of genotype on body weight and body measurements were significant (P<0.05). The naked neck chickens had higher values for all the morphological traits, followed by normal and frizzle feathered birds, respectively. Males had significantly (P<0.05) higher body weights and body measurements than females. The phenotypic correlations among growth traits were positive moderate, high and significant (P<0.05). The estimates ranged from 0.49 to 0.73 between body weight and body measurements. Highest estimates were observed between body weight and chest girth (rp=0.73) in naked neck chicken. Correlations between sexes were generally high and positive and ranged from 0.61 to 0.77 and 0.56 to 0.70 in males and females, respectively. The highest (rp=0.77) positive coefficient was recorded between body weight and wing length in males and between body weight and body length (rp=0.71) in the females. This implies that selection for improvement in the linear body traits could lead to improvement in body weight of these chickens.
STATUS OF FISH FARMING IN KATSINA STATE, NIGERIA: THE CURRENT PRACTICES, OPERATION, MANAGEMENT AND CONSTRAINTS TO ITS DEVELOPMENT
Authors: DAUDA A.B , DASUKI A. , OSHOKE J.O. , NABABA A.S. , BELLO O.M.
Published: February 2024

This study examined the status of fish farming in Katsina State with a view to understanding the current practices, management, operation, and constraints to its sustainable development. All the active and accessible fish farms in the state, thirty-two in number were visited and data was collected through the administration of structured questionnaires. The data were analyzed and presented using descriptive statistics; frequency and percentage. The result showed that most of the respondents were male (87.5%) with a mean age of 41 years. The majority of the respondents (59%) are graduates of higher institutions and married (75%) with a mean household size of nine. Most of the respondents (56.3%) were owners of the farms with the majority of them (59.4%) gaining knowledge of fish farming on the job. The production technique and species cultured indicated that monoculture of African catfish (Clarias gariepinus) accounts for 84.4% with concrete tanks being the most used culture facility (34.4%). The majority of the respondents (62.5%) had grow-out units with 68.8% of their culture system being stagnant renewal. Most of the respondents (90.6%) had two sources of water with 71.9% never carrying out any water quality management. The high cost of feeding was adjudged a major constraint by the respondents, while disease infestation, inadequate technical expertise, marketing, and inadequate capital were classified as minor constraints. There is a gradual development in aquaculture production in the state, especially in terms of practices, operation and management, although, the development appears to be at a slow pace.
Thrall, Nathan. A Day in The Life of Abed Salama: Anatomy of a Jerusalem Tragedy. New York, NY: Metropolitan Books, 2023.
Authors: Margolin Elaine
Published: February 2024

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