bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Experimental Study on Stability Analysis of Shallow-Buried Metro Station Hard Rock Excavation under Blasting Vibration Effect
Authors: Li Wei , Zhang Qingsong , Peng Yuxuan , Yu Liyuan , Bai Jiwen , Liu Yankai , Wang Zhiheng , Han Gang
Published: January 2024

By considering a certain metro station of Qingdao Metro Line 4 as the research object, a three-dimensional geotechnical testing model has been developed to analyze the stress and deformation characteristics of the surrounding rocks under blasting vibration effect. The simulation of the surrounding rock blasting process is achieved through an electric spark source. We conducted simulation tests on the excavation stability of shallow-buried hard rock metro stations with and without considering blasting damage effects, respectively. The stress, displacement, and primary support stress changing laws of the surrounding rock under different overburden thicknesses using the arch cover method and the primary support arch cover method have been revealed. Finally, we analyzed the applicability of the primary support arch cover method in terms of vault settlement, clearance convergence, and floor heave. Results show that the surrounding rock of the arch has roughly gone through three deformation stages, namely a slow deformation stage, rapid deformation stage, and stable deformation stage. Whether it is blasting excavation or non-blasting excavation, the settlement of the arch is within a safe and controllable range. Because of the refinement of the excavation process by the primary support arch cover method, the stress release is relatively stable throughout the entire excavation process, but the significant impact of blasting vibration on the surrounding rock cannot be ignored. The excavating of the left and right guide holes is the key process for the displacement and stress variation. The deformation and stress generated by the arch cover method have a small difference compared to the deformation and stress generated by the primary support arch cover method, indicating that the latter excavation method can be used under current engineering geological conditions. No large-area collapse and instability occurred in the experimental process, which provides a theoretical basis for similar projects.
Age-related Pancoronary Characteristics in Patients with ST-segment Elevation Myocardial Infarction
Authors: Wu Tianyu , Zhao Jiawei , Zeng Ming , Jia Haibo , Yu Bo
Published: January 2024

Background: Age-related vulnerable characteristics of pancoronary plaques in patients with ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) have not been systemically evaluated by optical coherence tomography (OCT). Therefore, we sought to explore the discrepancies in pancoronary characteristics between younger and older patients with STEMI through OCT.

Methods: This retrospective single-center study included 588 patients who had STEMI and underwent three-vessel OCT through emergency percutaneous coronary intervention between October 2016 and September 2018. With a median age of 56 years as a cutoff, the patients were divided into a younger group (≤56 years, n = 298) and an older group (>56 years, n = 290).

Results: A total of 795 non-culprit plaques were found in 298 of the younger patients, whereas 858 non-culprit plaques were identified in 290 of the older patients. Fewer high-risk OCT plaques (15.8% vs. 23.1%; P = 0.025), as well as other structures (cholesterol crystals, P = 0.001; microchannels, P = 0.032; calcifications, P < 0.001; spotty calcifications, P < 0.001; large calcifications, P < 0.001; and thrombi, P = 0.001) were identified in younger patients than older patients, at the patient level. In addition, pancoronary vulnerability in younger patients was independently predicted by culprit plaque rupture {CLIMA-defined high-risk plaques (odds ratio [OR]: 3.179; 95% CI: 1.501 to 6.733; P = 0.003), non-culprit rupture (OR: 3.802; 95% CI: 1.604 to 9.014; P = 0.002), non-culprit thin-cap fibroatheroma (OR: 3.536; 95% CI: 2.051 to 6.094; P < 0.001)}, hypertension (OR: 1.920; 95% CI: 1.099 to 3.355; P = 0.022), and total cholesterol (OR: 1.094; 95% CI: 1.002 to 1.195; P = 0.045). In older patients with STEMI, the predictor was male sex (OR: 3.031; 95% CI: 1.352 to 6.795; P = 0.007).

Conclusions: Among patients with STEMI, younger patients had limited vulnerable plaque characteristics, and pancoronary vulnerability was associated with culprit plaque rupture, hypertension, and total cholesterol. In contrast, older patients had greater pancoronary vulnerability with the single predictor of male sex, thus suggesting that traditional risk factors have limited applicability in predicting pancoronary vulnerability in older patients.
Gut Microbiota and Vascular Diseases: An Update
Authors: Wu Jiaqi , Li Yuxuan , Yang Peipei , Fu Jiantao , Wang Yidong
Published: January 2024

Vascular diseases, including atherosclerosis, aneurysms, and vascular calcification, are a leading cause of morbidity and mortality worldwide. In past decades, the gut microbiota has been found to be an indispensable population exerting effects on hosts under physiological and pathological conditions. Gut microbiota-derived metabolites, such as trimethylamine-N-oxide and short-chain fatty acids, mediate these effects by regulating vascular cells systematically. Translation of research knowledge to clinical scenarios has led to the development of new therapies including dietary interventions and metabolite inhibitors. This review describes recent advancements in understanding of the interplay between the gut microbiota and vascular dysfunction, and potential treatments for vascular diseases.
Willingness to consume insects among students in France and Ireland
Authors: Ranga L. , Vishnumurthy P. , Dermiki M.
Published: January 2024

Acceptance of insect-containing foods remains low among European consumers. This study aims to explore the factors affecting willingness to consume insects among students in two European countries with different culinary traditions, namely France and Ireland. An online survey was developed and distributed in both countries, with 183 participants (France: n = 103; Ireland: n = 80) included in total. While more participants in France (43.7%) had a positive opinion of entomophagy compared to the ones in Ireland (21.3%), no significant difference was found in their willingness to consume insects for the first time. When given information on the approval of insects as a novel food in Europe, students in France were significantly more willing to consume insects than students in Ireland. For both groups, food neophobia and disgust were impediments to entomophagy. Moreover, males older than 30 yr enrolled in engineering courses, not following a specific diet, more concerned about the environment and health and less about familiarity, culture and religion were the most willing to consume insects. Participants in France and Ireland were more willing to consume insects if they were tasty or disguised (invisible) in another product and not if they were presented in their usual form (‘whole’). This case study shows that entomophagy acceptance is affected by the characteristics of the products, food neophobia, disgust and food choice motives of the consumers, while the impact of information on regulation is country dependent. These findings could be the starting point to guide the development of insect-containing foods acceptable to consumers in Europe.
Prefrontal Regulation of Safety Learning during Ethologically Relevant Thermal Threat
Authors: Felix-Ortiz Ada C. , Terrell Jaelyn M. , Gonzalez Carolina , Msengi Hope D. , Boggan Miranda B. , Ramos Angelica R. , Magalhães Gabrielle , Burgos-Robles Anthony
Published: January 2024

Learning and adaptation during sources of threat and safety are critical mechanisms for survival. The prelimbic (PL) and infralimbic (IL) subregions of the medial prefrontal cortex (mPFC) have been broadly implicated in the processing of threat and safety. However, how these regions regulate threat and safety during naturalistic conditions involving thermal challenge still remains elusive. To examine this issue, we developed a novel paradigm in which adult mice learned that a particular zone that was identified with visuospatial cues was associated with either a noxious cold temperature (“threat zone”) or a pleasant warm temperature (“safety zone”). This led to the rapid development of avoidance behavior when the zone was paired with cold threat or approach behavior when the zone was paired with warm safety. During a long-term test without further thermal reinforcement, mice continued to exhibit robust avoidance or approach to the zone of interest, indicating that enduring spatial-based memories were formed to represent the thermal threat and thermal safety zones. Optogenetic experiments revealed that neural activity in PL and IL was not essential for establishing the memory for the threat zone. However, PL and IL activity bidirectionally regulated memory formation for the safety zone. While IL activity promoted safety memory during normal conditions, PL activity suppressed safety memory especially after a stress pretreatment. Therefore, a working model is proposed in which balanced activity between PL and IL is favorable for safety memory formation, whereas unbalanced activity between these brain regions is detrimental for safety memory after stress.
Human Foot Outperforms the Hand in Mechanical Pain Discrimination
Authors: Ng Kevin K. W. , Lafee Odai , Bouchatta Otmane , Makdani Adarsh D. , Marshall Andrew G. , Olausson Håkan , McIntyre Sarah , Nagi Saad S.
Published: January 2024

Tactile discrimination has been extensively studied, but mechanical pain discrimination remains poorly characterized. Here, we measured the capacity for mechanical pain discrimination using a two-alternative forced choice paradigm, with force-calibrated indentation stimuli (Semmes–Weinstein monofilaments) applied to the hand and foot dorsa of healthy human volunteers. In order to characterize the relationship between peripheral nociceptor activity and pain perception, we recorded single-unit activity from myelinated (A) and unmyelinated (C) mechanosensitive nociceptors in the skin using microneurography. At the perceptual level, we found that the foot was better at discriminating noxious forces than the hand, which stands in contrast to that for innocuous force discrimination, where the hand performed better than the foot. This observation of superior mechanical pain discrimination on the foot compared to the hand could not be explained by the responsiveness of individual nociceptors. We found no significant difference in the discrimination performance of either the myelinated or unmyelinated class of nociceptors between skin regions. This suggests the possibility that other factors such as skin biophysics, receptor density or central mechanisms may underlie these regional differences.
Predicted shifts in suitable habitat of interacting benthic species in a warmer and invaded Canadian Arctic
Authors: Goldsmit Jesica , McKindsey Christopher W. , Schlegel Robert W. , Deslauriers David , Howland Kimberly L.
Published: January 2024

Climate change and related expanding shipping activity are predicted to increase the risk of aquatic invasive species arriving in the Arctic. The goal of this study was to predict the distribution of an interconnected set of native and non-native primary producers and primary and secondary consumers in this changing context. Groups of species were selected to represent a benthic coastal Arctic food web in Hudson Bay, including kelps and eelgrass as primary producers (Alaria esculenta, Agarum clathratum, Saccharina latissima, Laminaria solidungula, and Zostera marina), amphipods as primary consumers (Gammarus oceanicus and G. setosus), and fish as secondary consumers (sculpins Gymnacanthus tricuspis, Myoxocephalus scorpius, M. scorpioides, and M. quadricornis). Ensemble models were used to predict the distribution of these native and several analogue non-native species (species known to be invasive elsewhere that can be considered analogues to Hudson Bay species): Dumontia contorta, Undaria pinnatifida, Sargassum muticum, and Codium fragile (primary producers); Gammarus tigrinus (primary consumer); and Artediellus atlanticus and A. uncinatus (secondary consumers). Predicted habitat suitability of trophic groups and analogue non-native species were overlaid under current and future climate change scenarios to assess areas of change through time. The predicted direction of potential distribution shifts varies by species identity (species composition) but not trophic group. Overall trophic relationships and roles in the ecosystem are likely to be maintained over time because while some species are predicted to decrease their potential ranges (e.g., M. quadricornis), others in the same trophic groups are predicted to increase (e.g., M. scorpius). Overlap (or lack thereof) between native and analogue non-native species pairs are expected to vary through time enabling novel interactions (e.g., competition) in space and time. This approach will help to identify current and future high-risk areas for trophic level changes and interactions with invasive species in response to global warming.
Effects of various pre-treatments on dormancy-break and seed germination of Saussurea veitchiana (Asteraceae), an endemic medicinal herb of southwest China
Authors: Tanga A.J. , Yan G.R. , Zhenga C.B.
Published: January 2024

Subalpine Saussurea veitchiana (Asteraceae) is useful for the treatment of various diseases and is vulnerable to extinction. Methods to break seed dormancy and enhance germination of this species, as well as the response of seeds to different temperatures, were investigated.
Freshly harvested seeds germinated to very low percentages at ten temperature regimes in light conditions. Gibberellic acid (10 - 200 μM) partially broke the dormancy of fresh seeds, and the highest germination was 54% when seeds were treated with 200 μM GA3 and incubated
at 20°C or 25/15°C. Cold stratification significantly increased germination over that of the control (i. e., seeds dry stored at room temperature, approximately 18°C). Seeds cold stratified at 4°C for 60 or 90 days germinated to 83 and 87%, respectively, at 25/15°C and
had a MGT of 7.11 and 6.37 days, respectively. Taken together, the seeds of S. veitchiana have non-deep physiological dormancy, and cold stratification for 60 days or longer is recommended as a practical dormancy-breaking treatment for propagation of this species from seeds.
The Jurisdiction of Administrative Courts and Common Courts in the Industrial Property Cases from a Historical Perspective
Authors:   Uniwersytet w Białymstoku (University of Bialystok, Poland), Sieńczyło-Chlabicz Joanna
Published: January 2024

The origins of the administrative court system go back to the period of building of the system of government in the Second Republic after Poland’s partitions and are associated with the establishment of the Supreme Administrative Tribunal (SAT) in 1922. Significant changes were made to the administrative court system by the Polish Constitution of April 2, 1997, which, in Article 175(1), stipulates that administrative courts – in addition to common courts and military courts – administer justice. Administrative courts are therefore a separate part of the judiciary based on a two-instance adjudication system. In this paper, the author presents the origins of the administrative court system, including the Supreme Administrative Tribunal, the Supreme Administrative Court (SAC). The author indicates the models of the administrative court system, its essence, and the role it plays in the justice system. Then she analyzes the jurisdiction of administrative courts in industrial property cases from a historical perspective An interesting issue in this context is the existing dualism of the consideration of industrial property cases by administrative courts and by common courts. An important change that came into effect on July 1, 2020 pursuant to the Act of February 13, 2020 on amendments to the Code of Civil Procedure (CCP) was the introduction of separate proceedings in the intellectual property cases and the establishment of the so-called IP courts (intellectual property courts), and the impact of these changes on the development of relations in terms of the jurisdiction of administrative courts and common courts.
The Evolution and Legacy of the Legal Aspects of the Activities of the Rural Housewives’ Clubs in Poland
Authors:   Katolicki Uniwersytet Lubelski Jana Pawła II (John Paul II Catholic University of Lublin, Poland), Lis Artur
Published: January 2024

The subject of this article is the analysis of the changes and the legacy of the legal aspects of the Rural Women’s Associations. Its specific purpose is to characterise their history, the legal forms of functioning: as associations, as independent Rural Women’s Associations and the changes resulting from entering into force of the Act of November 9, 2018 on the Rural Women’s Associations. The Author of the article used the dogmatic and the historical-legal methods. The Act of 2018 on the Rural Women’s Associations introduced numerous new legal solutions. Currently, the associations cultivate traditions, contributing to the rural development. They show initiative and build a good image of their area. The implementation of many activities undertaken by the associations is possible thanks to the financing granted from the state budget. Pursuant to the Act on the Rural Women’s Associations of November 9, 2018, a separate organisational formula was created for RWAs which constitute voluntary, independent and self-governing social organisations of village residents. Based on the previously applicable law, the Rural Housewives’ Associations could be created as part of agricultural associations as their independent units. They could also function in the form of associations. The legislator has granted the legal personality to the associations, which allows them to conduct business activity on their own account and use the financial support the public funds. The Rural Women’s Associations perform an important function in the rural environment. They support the integration of local communities, cultivate local and regional customs, develop women’s entrepreneurship in rural areas, combining tradition with modernity.
Zoomorfinis žmogaus apibūdinimas lietuvių kalboje (psicholingvistinio eksperimento duomenimis)
Authors: Rosinienė Gražina
Published: January 2024

В статье изложены методика и результаты двух психолингвистических экспериментов, которые проведены с целью а) более объективно определить иерархию зооморфизмов, характеризующих человека, и частотную иерархию семем (таких, как ‘быстрый’, ‘злой’, ‘глупый’ и т.д.), подвергающихся зоохарактеристикам; б) экспериментально проверить и уточнить выводы, полученные на основе словарной и текстовой выборки.
Lietuvių kalbos frazeologizmų, pejoratyviškai apibūdinančių žmogaus charakterio bruožus, semantika ir stilistinės ypatybės
Authors: Ruškys Algirdas
Published: January 2024

В данной статье рассматриваются некоторые постоянные выражения со значением ‘неудачный, вялый человек’. В литовском разговорном языке большая часть их имеет пейоративное значение, выражает различные оттенки иронии. Выдeляются следующие группы идиоматических выражений: 1) идиомы, возникшие на основе метафорического переосмысления природных явлений; 2) метафоризованные ФЕ, построенные на базе зооморфных определений; 3) ФЕ, созданные на основе переосмысления мифологических явлений; 4) ФЕ, метафоризованно переосмысляющие бытовые реалии; 5) идиомы с самой тесной семантической спаянностью; 6) ФЕ с местоименным компонентом niekas (ничто).Выдвигаются два варианта объяснения происхождения исковно литовского идиоматического выражения molio motiejus: 1) указание на ретроспективную связь с идиомой sliekų pavėsis (досл. ‘тень червей’); 2) объяснение происхождения в связи с личными качествами определенного лица. Происхождение идиомы muilo dėdukas (досл. ‘мыльный дедушка’) связано, на наш взгляд, с формой muilą ėdęs (досл. ‘мыло евший’) (обобщенно: muilo žmogelis – досл. ‘мыльный человек’).Семантическая структура и стилистические свойства анализируемых фразеологизмов раскрываются методом фразеологической трансформации.
Atributinė bendratis dabartinėje lietuvių kalboje
Authors: Vitkauskienė Vilhelmina
Published: January 2024

В глубинной структуре языка атрибутивное словосочетание noras miegoti (желание спать) и объектное словосочетание noriu miegoti (хочу спать) с семантической точки зрения обозначают одно и то же. А в поверхностной структуре языка это уже совершенно различные феномены: в глагольном сочетании имеем объектные отношения, где стержневое слово – глагол noriu (хочу) управляет инфинитивом miegoti (спать) и из инфинитива трансформированным родительным падежом miego (сна) – noriu miego. В этом случае – управление. В атрибутивном сочетании связь между компонентами меняется. Инфинитив здесь уже выполняет типичную функцию имени существительного, т.е., будучи несогласованным определением, примыкает к имени существительному. Различия в связи обусловлены различиями в синтаксической функции. В первом случае – глагольное сочетание (хочу спать) – управление, во втором – атрибутивное (желание спать) – примыкание. Это примыкание инфинитива не всегда носит одинаковый характер. Чем сильнее корень существительного связан с глаголом, тем больше примыкание подобно управлению. По этой причине примыкание атрибутивного инфинитива граничит с управлением (когда стержневое слово сочетания – глагольное существительное), и наоборот, чем слабее имя существительное ассоциируется с глаголом, тем меньше это словосочетание связано с управлением.
Функционирование процессуального пассива в немецком и литовском языках
Authors: Плаушинайтис Сигитас
Published: January 2024

Als passivisch gelten die Konstruktionen, in denen die Aufhebung der Entsprechung Subjekt-Agens durch die passive Form des Verbs markiert wird. In dem vorliegenden Artikel wird der Gebrauch der dreigliedrigen, zweigliedrigen und eingliedrigen Passivkonstruktionen im Litauischen und Deutschen behandelt. Er wird durch die Struktur der Konstruktionen und die Struktur der Sprache bestimmt.
Kuo gali skirtis šiaurinių panevėžiškių priegaidės
Authors: Kačiuškienė Genovaitė
Published: January 2024

В статье изложены некоторые соображения по поводу слоговых акцентов северопаневежского диалекта. Основной предпосылкой данного исследования является эмпирически верифицированное утверждение, что слоговые акценты – акут и циркумфлекс – в диалекте сохраняются и могут выполнять различительную функцию не только на дифтонгических, но и на монофтонгических слогах (по меньшей мере – в некоторых фразово-интонационных условиях).На основании инструментального (осциллографического) анализа (обработано 120 осциллограмм) к математико-статистической обработки результатов делается вывод, что одним из наиболее достоверных индикаторов слоговых акцентов на долгих монофтонгических слогах можно считать различный характер кривой основного тона. Aкyтовыe долгие гласные отличаются от циркумфлексныx большей средней крутизной (резкостью) изменения этой кривой, что связано с общей “пилообразной” ее картиной. Другие акустические признаки (длительность, различные параметры интенсивности и др.) играют, по-видимому, только второстепенную роль.
Lietuvių kalbos būdvardžių būtinojo semantinio valentingumo raiška
Authors: Tekorienė Dalija
Published: January 2024

On the semantic level it has been established that in Modern Lithuanian there are about 70 bivalent adjectives which possess two obligatory semantic actants – the possessor of the property and the complement. On the surface level both actants must have some kind of explicit or implicit expression, otherwise the meaning of the adjective is not fully realized. The paper describes various ways in which the complementary actant of the Lithuanian adjective can be signalled on the surface level, and draws several conclusions concerning the relationship between semantic and syntactic valency.Although each adjective has its own selection of the peculiar ways in which its complementary actant may be expressed, all the bivalent adjectives can have their complementary actant expressed by a word form or a phrase directly dependent on the adjective. Such word forms are called syntactic actants. If this is the only way in which the complementary actant of an adjective can be expressed, the syntactic valency of the adjective is obligatory. If the syntactic actant of an adjective is only one of the several possible ways of expressing the complementary actant, the syntactic valency of the adjective is optional.
Семантическая сочетаемость слов со значением “совокупность множества” в современном английском языке
Authors: Астраускайте Даля
Published: January 2024

The aim of the present article is to investigate the semantics of the nouns expressing a united multitude of certain objects (company, crew, bunch, flock, etc.) on the syntagmatic level. The author proceeds from the assumption that these nouns may be singled out into a separate semantic group on the basis of the semantic components “joint” and “multitude”. The analysis carried out shows that this semantic component may be explicated on the syntagmatic level. Grammatically this may be achieved by the absence of grammatical concord between the noun and the verb (or pronoun). On the semantic level the noun may enter into semantic concord with other words having the same semantic component.
The Phatic Function in the Scenic Composition of “Macbeth”
Authors: Drazdauskienė Marija-Liudvika
Published: January 2024

В статье рассматривается композиционная и стилистическая интеграция контактоустанавливающей функции речи в трагедии “Макбет”, определяется лингвистический стиль данной трагедии и перспектива исследований, касающихся контактоустанавливающей функции в пьесах Шекспира.
Скандинавские просодемы
Authors: Кузьменко Ю. К.
Published: January 2024

The function and phonetic properties of the Scandinavian prosodemes depend on the syllable structure of a language. In those Scandinavian dialects where the moracounting is preserved the tonal distinctions appear to be moric peak accents. In the most Scandinavian dialects and, in standard Swedish and Norwegian (in its both variants) the syllable type being V̄Č ∼ V̆C̄ with interdependence between vowel and consonant length. The tonal and dynamic distinctions here have become syllable accents. The syllable structure of Danish resembles that of the West Germanic languages. The stød in Danish is neither a moric nor a syllable accent but a device which enables one to distinguish four types of contact. The Danish “accent” stud is no more a suprasegmental unit but a device of segmental prosodics. In some Danish dialects the apocope took place, which changed their type into morphosyllabic. Prosodic characteristics function here as tones like those in morphosyllabic languages of the Chinese type.Thus the function of prosodic features is determined by the syllable structure of the language.
Полусвязочные лексико-семантические варианты средневерхненемецких переходных глаголов nemen, erkennen, vinden и sehen
Authors: Норкайтене Ирена
Published: January 2024

In diesem Artikel werden die demikopulativen lexikalisch-semantischen Varianten der millelhochdeutschen transitiven Verben “nemen, erkennen, vinden, sehen” behandelt.Viele Sprachforscher zählen diese mitlelhochdeutschen Verben zu den kopulativen, ohne sie einer gründlichen Untersuchung zu unterwerfen. Die Analyse dieser Verben auf Grunde der Valenztheorie und der Theorie der lexikalisch-semantischen Variierung des Wortes zeigt, daß die Verben “nemen, erkennen, vinden, sehen” nicht eindeutig sind. In der semantischen Struktur jedes Verbs gibt es eine demikopulalive lexikalisch-semantische Variante, die sich funktionell der kopulativen lexikalisch-semantischen Variante des mittelhochdeutschen Verbs “sin” nähert.
Семантическая структура глагола werden в средневерхненемецком языке
Authors: Норкайтене Ирена
Published: January 2024

In diesem Artikel werden die semantischen und syntaktischen Eigenschaften des Verbs “werden” im Mittelhochdeutschen behandelt. Die Untersuchung hat ergeben, daß das Verb “werden” vieldeutig ist. Seine semantische Struktur hat einige lexikalisch-semantische Varianten. Eine von diesen Varianten tritt in der kopulativen Funktion auf.
О конверсии и флективном словообразовании
Authors: Англицкас Вайдотас
Published: January 2024

The study of English and Lithuanian non-affixal deverbal nouns shows that conversion in English and inflectional derivation in Lithuanian are two different ways of word-formation. The creation of a word through conversion involves the formation of a new word stem without using any formal means within the word, the inflection having the only function – that of distinguishing between different words and forms. In Lithuanian a new word may be coined through change of the paradigm, one and the same stem being used for the formation of categorically different words.
Zur Frage der Stabilität der Grenze zwischen den Funktor- und Modifikatorsemen bei der Propositionalsemantischen Analyse deutscher Fortbewegungsverben
Authors: Lapinskas Saulius
Published: January 2024

Исход из пропозициональнo-семaнтического aнaлиза немецких глаголов движения, автор ставит вопрос о стабильности границы между валентнорeлевантными сементическими признаками и минимально диcтинктивными, вaлентноиррелевантными, признаками глагольного значeния и приходит к выводу, что лишь модификаторные семы глаголов, при посредстве форматива имплицитно выражающие цель движения, могут изменить свой cтатyc и cтать функторными семами.
Коммyникaтивно-грамматические характериcтики нарративного текста
Authors: Либерене Снегуоле
Published: January 2024

Le schéma narratif est une composante essentielle de la compétence textuelle du sujet parlant. Tout texte est équipé d’un plan de développement et de fonctionnement dont dépendent ses propres réalisations matérielles. L’organisation de la progression thématique et la qualité des prédicats sont deux aspects fondamentaux de l’organisation du texte. L’ensemble d’un récit revient à la somme de ses parties constitutives.
О природе и некоторых особеннocтях целевых конструкций с инфинитивом (на материале современного английского языка)
Authors: Мацелите Виктория
Published: January 2024

The paper focuses on the problem of the semantic relations of purpose and cause in the infinitival construction expressing purpose and also on some peculiarities of their use with conjunctions. The data obtained suggest that the conjunction in order is used mainly to avoid ambiguity, whereas the conjunction so as differs from the conjunction in order in meaning.
Effect of high temperature thermal treatment on the electrochemical performance of natural flake graphite
Authors: Lähde Anna , Välikangas Juho , Meščeriakovas Arūnas , Karhunen Tommi , Meščeriakovė Sara-Maaria , Sippula Olli , Leinonen Seppo , Lassi Ulla , Jokiniemi Jorma
Published: January 2024

Natural graphite is currently considered as a critical raw material in EU. The demand for graphite is still increasing as it is commonly used in the anodes of the Li-ion batteries (LIBs). The total graphite content for energy storage applications such as LIBs should be more than 99.95%. Several purification processes for natural graphite exist but the requirement of high purity is challenging. Here we present the high temperature thermal treatment for natural graphite ores. Thermal treatment at 2400 °C for 15 min can produce battery-grade graphite with high purity and crystallinity needed for the optimum performance of the battery cells. In addition, the crystallinity and crystalline structure of graphite was improved during the treatment. The electrochemical studies of thermally treated graphite powders showed increased electrochemical performance compared to the untreated graphite samples. The improved performance was attributed to the increased purity and crystallinity of the thermally treated powders.

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Oxygen-ion and proton conductivity in the Ba3InGa2O7.5 complex oxide with incomplete oxygen sublattice
Authors: Kochetova Nadezhda , Cherepanova Veronika , Pikalova Alyona , Gilev Artem
Published: January 2024

The Ba3InGa2O7.5 complex oxide, possessing the perovskite-related structure with structural oxygen vacancies, was first synthesized by the solid state method. The phase was found to be characterized by monoclinic symmetry (sp. gr. P2/c) with the following unit cell parameters: a = 7.942(1) Å, b = 5.868(5) Å, c = 18.201(6) Å, b = 91.52(9). Comprehensive investigations of electrical properties were carried out; ceramic material based on the complex oxide was shown to be a predominantly ionic conductor in the temperature range 450–900 oC. The conductivity is due to oxygen-ion transfer in dry conditions and oxygen-ion and proton transfer in wet atmosphere. The proton conductivity value is 4.5·10–5 S/cm, and the proton transport number is ~50% at 700 oC in wet air; at lower temperatures, proton transport becomes dominant. Prolonged treatment of the sample in water vapors below 450 oC leads to hydrolysis decomposition.
Exploration of Diagnostic Markers Associated with Inflammation in Chronic Kidney Disease Based on WGCNA and Machine Learning
Authors: Wu Qianjia , Yang Yang , Lin Chongze
Published: January 2024

Chronic kidney disease (CKD) is a common disorder related to inflammatory pathways; its effective management remains limited. This study aimed to use bioinformatics analysis to find diagnostic markers that might be therapeutic targets for CKD. CKD microarray datasets were screened from the GEO database and the differentially expressed genes (DEGs) in CKD dataset GSE98603 were analyzed. Gene set variation analysis (GSVA) was used to explore the activity scores of the inflammatory pathways and samples. Algorithms such as weighted gene co-expression network analysis (WGCNA) and Lasso were used to screen CKD diagnostic markers related to inflammation. Then functional enrichment analysis of inflammation-related DEGs was performed. ROC curves were conducted to examine the diagnostic value of inflammation-related hub-genes. Lastly, quantitative real-time PCR further verified the prediction of bioinformatics. A total of 71 inflammation-related DEGs were obtained, of which 5 were hub genes. Enrichment analysis showed that these genes were significantly enriched in inflammation-related pathways (NF-κB, JAK-STAT, and MAPK signaling pathways). ROC curves showed that the 5 CKD diagnostic markers (TIGD7, ACTA2, ACTG2, MAP4K4, and HOXA11) also exhibited good diagnostic value. In addition, TIGD7, ACTA2, ACTG2, and HOXA11 expression was downregulated while MAP4K4 expression was upregulated in LPS-induced HK-2 cells. The present study identified TIGD7, ACTA2, ACTG2, MAP4K4, and HOXA11 as reliable CKD diagnostic markers, thereby providing a basis for further understanding of CKD in clinical treatments.
Clinical Significance of Serum CTRP3 Level in the Prediction of Cardiac and Intestinal Mucosal Barrier Dysfunction in Patients with Severe Acute Pancreatitis
Authors: Shao Qiang , Sun Lin
Published: January 2024

C1q/tumor necrosis factor-related protein 3 (CTRP3) has been demonstrated to play a protective role in mice with severe acute pancreatitis (SAP). However, its clinical significance in SAP remains unknown. This study was conducted to explore the clinical values of serum C1q/tumor necrosis factor-related protein 3 (CTRP3) level in the diagnosis of cardiac dysfunction (CD) and intestinal mucosal barrier dysfunction (IMBD) in SAP. Through RT-qPCR, we observed decreased CTRP3 level in the serum of SAP patients. Serum CTRP3 level was correlated with C-reactive protein, procalcitonin, creatine, modified computed tomography severity index score, and Acute Physiology and Chronic Health Evaluation II score. The receiver-operating characteristic curve revealed that CTRP3 serum level < 1.005 was conducive to SAP diagnosis with 72.55% sensitivity and 60.00% specificity, CTRP3 < 0.8400 was conducive to CD diagnosis with 80.49% sensitivity and specificity 65.57%, CTRP3 < 0.8900 was conducive to IMBD diagnosis with 94.87% sensitivity and 63.49% specificity, and CTRP3 < 0.6250 was conducive to the diagnosis of CD and IMBD co-existence with 65.22% sensitivity and 89.87% specificity. Generally, CTRP3 was downregulated in the serum of SAP patients and served as a candidate biomarker for the diagnosis of SAP and SAP-induced CD and IMBD.
Comparative Analysis of Agronomic Traits, Yield, and Effective Components of Main Cultivated Ganoderma Mushrooms (Agaricomycetes) in China
Authors: Sun Lei , Li Yin , Wang Lei , Pu Xiumin , Li Wei-Huan , Cheng Xian-Hao
Published: January 2024

To assess the strain resources and address production challenges in Ganoderma cultivation. 150 Ganoderma strains were collected from 13 provinces in China. A comparative analysis of agronomic traits and effective components was conducted. Among the 150 strains, key agronomic traits measured were: average stipe diameter (15.92 mm), average stipe length (37.46 mm), average cap horizontal diameter (94.97 mm), average cap vertical diameter (64.21 mm), average cap thickness (15.22 mm), and average fruiting body weight (14.30 g). Based on these agronomic traits, four promising strains, namely, L08, L12, Z21, and Z39, were recommended for further cultivation and breeding. The average crude polysaccharide content ranged from 0.048% to 0.977%, and triterpenoids ranged from 0.804% to 2.010%. In addition, 73 triterpenoid compounds were identified, constituting 47.1% of the total compounds. Using a distance discrimination method, the types, and relative contents of triterpenoid compounds in 150 Ganoderma strains were classified, achieving 98% accuracy in G. lingzhi identification. The 16 triterpenoid components used for G. lingzhi identification included oleanolic acid, ursolic acid, 3β-acetoxyergosta-7,22-dien-5α-ol, ganoderic acid DM, ganoderiol B, ganorderol A, ganoderic acid GS-1, tsugaric acid A, ganoderic acid GS-2, ganoderenic acid D, ganoderic acid Mf, ganoderic acid A, ganoderic acid K, ganoderic acid V, ganoderic acid G, and leucocontextin J. This study provides valuable insights for exploring and utilizing Ganoderma resources and for the development of new varieties.
Document of the Bishop of Krakow, Iwo Odrowąż, issued on Christmas 1220 – on the entry of Częstochowa and many neighbouring human settlements eight hundred years ago into the timeline of history
Authors: Antoniewicz Marceli
Published: January 2024

The published text presents a document of the Bishop of Kraków, Iwo Odrowąż, from 1220, translated for the first time from Latin into Polish, with a discussion on the historical context of the facts recorded in it and an extensive commentary. The presented document is an important historical source because it certifies functioning at that time of the settlement called Częstochowa, as well as of many villages in its immediate neighbourhood, i.e. it marks the beginning of the 800th anniversary of the recorded history of Częstochowa this year.
A register of entries in the book of marriages in the parish of St. Zygmunt in Częstochowa in 1653–1683
Authors: Nowak Tomasz Andrzej
Published: January 2024

The article contains a register of weddings given in the parish of St. Zygmunt in Częstochowa in 1653–1683. The content of the tables includes the most important data, i.e. first and last names, place of origin, wedding witnesses and the clergyman giving the sacrament. In total, there are 1399 entries.
Ks. Jan Związek (1937–2020). President of the Association of Church Archivists
Authors: Dziwoki Julia
Published: January 2024

Priest prof. dr hab. Jan Związek, historian and archivist. He was a scientist who combined didactic work with active organizational activity. Pr. J. Związek was the first president of the Association of Church Archivists in Poland. During his term of office, he united the community of archivists and historians around the issue of education, and it was then that he managed to open a Postgraduate Study in Church Archives at the University of Silesia and to conduct office courses for religious Congregations. SAK started to publish the periodical “Archiva Ecclesiastica” dealing with problems in the field of church archivistics. Importantly, thanks to the scientific involvement of Pr. J. Zawiązka, SAK members actively participated in scientific conferences and for the first time SAK organized its own section during the sessions of the 5th Congress of Polish Archivists in Olsztyn. Fr. J. The Association was appointed to the Archives Council at the Head Office of State Archives. Contribution of Fr. J. The relationship to the development of church archivistics in Poland is invaluable. In 2020, Pr. Jan Związek died in Częstochowa and was buried in his home parish in Działoszyn.
Bishop Karol Wojtyła in the Kraków cathedral chapter (1958–1963)
Authors: Urban Jacek
Published: January 2024

Karol Wojtyła as a canon of Kraków from the introduction of Bishop K. Wojtyła to the Chapter in 1958 until the announcement of his nomination as Archbishop Metropolitan of Kraków. The basic source of information about this period of his life is the chapter records in the Archives of the Metropolitan Chapter in Kraków – Acta actorum Capituli from the years 1958–1963. The subject seems to be important both because of the little-known stage of the life of the future Pope John Paul II and because it was probably the last stage of the splendor of the Cracow Chapter, which at that time still had the authority to elect the Vicar of the Chapter, as well as to co-manage the diocese in a certain sense. Bishop K. Wojtyła's unquestionable merit for the Cracow Chapter was its new organization, its growth from 9 to 12 members, as well as securing the continuity of the election of two academic canons from among the professors of the Pontifical Faculty of Theology in Cracow. It was also an important time for the renewal of the cult of St Stanislaus and St Jadwiga the Queen. It was also an important time for taking a more serious interest in the needs of the chapter archives and thinking about the cathedral museum at Wawel. During the five years in question (1958-1963) Bishop K. Wojtyla visited Wawel Cathedral nearly a hundred times to preside at liturgies and to preach. Together with the chapter, Bishop Wojtyla discussed matters important to the chapter and the cathedral, as well as to the Archdiocese. He placed his trust in the chapter, which was reciprocated. After the Second Vatican Council, and especially after the introduction of the Code of Canon Law in 1984, the importance of the chapters was reduced almost exclusively to liturgical and representative functions. In this difficult time for chapters in general, and for the Cracow Chapter in particular, it remained an honorable memory that one of its canons was the future Pope John Paul II.
Owners of Łojki's estates in the face of problems economic activities of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. (An attempt to research)
Authors: Złotkowski Dariusz
Published: January 2024

Among research issues taken up lately by historians, works showing economic problems which manor faced in the XIX century are of great importance. The aim of the article is to show the process of fragmentation of manor economy in the area of Czestochowa on the example of the Kunert family coming from Silesia. In 1813 they bought the village of Łojki, located a few kilometers to the south-west of Czestochowa. The first owner of the mentioned village, Henryk Kunert - the "head forester" of Henryk Kurcjusz hr. Haugwitz had to face many economic problems. He established a manor farm there. His sons, tried to run a mill here and even set up a paper mill. They developed sheep farming. Local forests appeared to be a potential source of financial reinforcement of the estate. Throughout the 19th century, attempts were made to adapt the Łojki estate to the capitalist challenges of that period. Ultimately, they were unsuccessful. The Kunerts had family and economic relations with landowners from the area of Częstochowa. The landowners and peasants of the area benefited from the income created by the mining of local iron ore. The following decades brought a change of owners. Łojki was in the possession of Władysław Borowski, then it was periodically in the hands of Jews before it became the property of Stanisław Stetkiewicz. The last owners of Łojki at the beginning of the 20th century were Tadeusz and Franciszek Rudnicki, who actively parcelled out the property.
The activity of the Catholic Action in the parishes of the district of Wieluń (1927–1939)
Authors: Widera Michał
Published: January 2024

After the end of the First World War, the social movement, following the encyclical Rerum novarum by Pope Leo XIII, met favourable conditions to develop on the territory of Poland. Thanks to this movement, it was possible to organise and run numerous religious and social associations, which was one of the characteristic signs of the activity of the Church in the parishes of the distric of Wieluń in the inter-war period. In accordance with the will expressed by the diocesan authority, the above-mentioned associations functioned under the aegis of the Catholic League and later under the aegis of the Catholic Action. Spreading and defending the Catholic principles in the private and public life made the main objective of this organisation. Inhabitants of the district of Wieluń, whowere known for their deep religiousness, participated actively in the development of new forms of piety. On the one hand, their activity was viewed as an expression of the care for renewing their own religious life. On the other hand, the activity was a manifestation of happiness coming from the independence regained by Poland and the desire to build a new social order.
Holistic Treatment of Inflammatory Disease for the Mobility Impaired
Authors: M Laymon , K Laymon
Published: January 2024

Background: Previous studies have demonstrated the positive impact of yoga and deep breathing exercises on overall physical wellness. The effects of deep breathing alone on metabolic rate, weight, and cholesterol management have not been studied well. Objective: This study assessed changes in C-Reactive Protein (CRP) following a 60-day intervention of a 12-minute deep breathing program. Methods: Sixty-six participants with a BMI >27 kg/m2 and 18 years - 70 years were enrolled in this study. Participants were assigned to either the control or intervention group in a single-blind manner. The intervention group followed the novel deep breathing program, while the control group did not modify their lifestyle or exercise. Anthropometric measurements and metabolic markers were evaluated and compared between the two groups after 60 days. Results: After 60 days, the control group exhibited a mean increase change in CRP of 3.9%. The intervention group showed a mean reduction of CRP by 25%. Conclusion: A guided daily 12-minute-deep breathing program can lead to reductions in inflammation marker CRP even without additional lifestyle modifications or medication modifications. Further investigations are warranted to explore the effects of novel deep breathing programs on metabolic markers and elucidate the underlying mechanisms of CRP reduction.