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HANDEL’S OPERAS IN THE CONTEXT OF CONTEMPORARY DIRECTING: ON THE IMPLEMENTATION OF FILM COMPOSITION PRINCIPLES IN OPERA PERFORMANCES
Authors:   Russian State Social University, KONSON GRIGORIY R. , KONSON IRINA A. ,   Union of Composers of the Russian Federation
Published: December 2020

The article was inspired by the authors’ reviews of modern productions of Handel’s Baroque operas in 2019, presented in the three German cities: Halle, Bad Lauchstädt and Bernburg. Halle, where Georg Friedrich Handel (1685–1759) was born, is also a venue of the annual International Handel Festival, dedicated to the works of the great Saxon and his contemporaries. The concept of the festival in 2019, Sensitive, heroic, sublime: Handel’s women, was devoted to studying the female images embodied in his operas. In considering the scientific and artistic concept, the authors concluded that the directors’ understanding of these operas has expanded through the integration into musical drama of the compositional principles of film editing and the expressive means of modern, primarily screen arts. To study this phenomenon, we turned to the scientific tools developed in Russia by the two Soviet researchers who have become seminal in their field. One of them was the psychologist Lev Vygotsky, who, exploring the spiritual world of the protagonists in fine literature, revealed their psychological contradictions, expressed in the conflict of the narrative and the plot. Another The other, Sergei Eisenstein, was well-versed in Vygotsky’s manuscript of his study, Psychology of Art, and, influenced by some of these ideas, created his own “psychology of art”, which is set out in his works of various years. The core of this concept was “the transition from the Expressive Movement to the image of the art work… as a process of interaction of layers of consciousness” [1, p. 188], which allowed for multiple entries into the artistic image (one of the authors has applied this method of analysis in a work devoted to the integration of the principles of painting and cinema: [2, pp. 63–86]). Some features of the cinematograph also support such entries, and the first among equals here is the principle of intellectual editing developed by Eisenstein. In his montage theory, other types of editing—linear, parallel, associative—have been generalized and developed into a large-scale system for exploring the psychology of heroes in art. The essence of these processes, identified in the article, made it possible for the authors to discern the phenomenon of building the meaning in the Halle directors’ interpretations of Handel’s operas, which arises from the merger of the two seemingly irreconcilable and conflicting layers of consciousness: Baroque and eclectic modern, which emerged at the turn of the last century.
Considering Genre through the Lens of Space: The Case of the Grimmsʼ Fairy Tales
Authors: Kujundžić Nada
Published: December 2020

Lectio praecursoria delivered at the University of Turku on 4 September 2020
Influence of destructive methods of the cervix on reproductive function of woman
Authors: I. Yu.  Kоstyuk
Published: December 2020

After destructive methods of treatment of the cervix, women are at high risk for the development of gestational complications as one of the causes of reproductive losses, which determines the social significance of the problem.The objective: to carry out a comparative analysis of the reproductive function in women who have undergone various surgical interventions on the cervix, to study the effect of destructive methods of treating cervical pathology on the course of pregnancy to improve the principles of antenatal care.Materials and methods. All examined women (n=201) who underwent organ-sparing operations (electroconization, cryodestruction, laser vaporization or radiowave excision) on the cervix for dysplasia of I-III degree, were divided into 3 groups: 1 group (retrospective, n=114) – patients in whom the features of menstrual and reproductive function were studied anamnestically; group 2 (prospective, n=57) – women who were included in the study immediately after surgery; group 3 (control, n=30) – almost healthy women. Patients in the comparative groups were comparable in age (mean age 25,7±4,4 years) and the course of the pathological process in the cervix.Results. In a 5-year study, menstrual and generative functions in patients after surgery were studied. Menstrual function is preserved in all patients, but most women complain of algodysmenorrhea and bleeding before and after menstruation: the highest percentage – in women after electroconization, the lowest – after cryodestruction, after laser vaporization and radiowave excision changes were not observed.In the analysis of pregnancy complications, the most significant were significant differences between the percentage of pregnant women at risk of abortion in the first two groups (47,9% and 26,0%, respectively) and the control group (14,8%), which can be explained by the development of isthmic-cervical insufficiency. Patients who underwent surgery on the cervix, as well as the presence of placental dysfunction, confirmed by violations of doppler indices.Conclusion. Modern destructive methods of treatment of cervical pathology, the least traumatic of which are laser vaporization and radiowave excision, can cure the underlying disease and preserve both menstrual and generative functions. Taking into account the clinical picture of the disease and the established diagnosis, it is necessary to develop individual management tactics for each patient, to conduct active monitoring during the year after surgery and observation during the year after pregnancy, regardless of its outcome.
A LEI DOS PORTOS E A INFLUÊNCIA NO DIREITO DO TRABALHO
Authors: GUSMAN ZOUAIN CARLA
Published: December 2020

A nova Lei dos portos brasileira, mais do que simplesmente estabelecer novas regras
na exploração da área portuária, trouxe novas regras nas relações de trabalho portuário. Não só
reforçou a atuação do OGMO – Órgão Gestor de Mão de Obra, como também parece
possibilitar a contratação por tempo indeterminado de trabalhadores dissociados do órgão.
Pretende-se fazer breve análise das matérias tratadas na nova lei procurando lançar luz a
situação no momento obscura, inserindo o tema de forma prática no aprendizado do estudante
do curso de direito. Optou-se por utilizar como metodología a pesquisa bibliográfica
The Role of Constitutional Courts in Promoting Healthcare Equity: Lessons from Hungary
Authors: Éva Földes Mária
Published: December 2020

This paper explores whether constitutional litigation contributes to sustaining the equity element of the right to health. Equity entails a fair distribution of the burden of healthcare financing across the different socio-economic groups of the population. A shift towards uncontrolled private healthcare provision and financing raises equity challenges by disproportionately benefitting those who are able to afford such services. The extent to which equity is enforced is an indicator of the strength of the right to health. However, do domestic constitutional courts second-guess, based on equity, policy decisions that impact on healthcare financing? Is it the task of constitutional courts to scrutinize such policy decisions? Under what conditions are courts more likely to do so? The paper addresses these questions by focusing on the case of Hungary, where the right to health has been present in the Fundamental Law adopted in 2010 and the Constitutions preceding it. While the Hungarian Constitutional Court has been traditionally cautious to review policy decisions pertaining to healthcare financing, the system has been struggling with equity issues and successive government coalitions have had limited success in tackling these. The paper discusses the role of constitutional litigation in addressing such equity concerns. In doing so, it contributes to the discussion on the role of domestic constitutional courts in the protection of social and economic rights.
Clinical characteristics and outcomes in coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) patients with and without hypertension: a retrospective study
Authors: Yao Qi , Ni Jian , Hu Tong-Tong , Cai Zhu-Lan , Zhao Jin-Hua , Xie Qing-Wen , Liu Chen , Wu Qing-Qing
Published: December 2020

The novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) has spread all over the world in a short time. Information about the differences between COVID-19 patients with and without hypertension is limited. To explore the characteristics and outcomes differences between COVID-19 patients with and without hypertension, the medical records and cardiac biomarkers of 414 patients were analyzed. A total of 149 patients had a history of hypertension, while 265 patients did not have hypertension, and the groups were compared based on their clinical characteristics and laboratory findings as well as the hazard risk for composite outcomes, including intensive care unit (ICU) admission, mechanical ventilation, or death. The results are as follows. On admission, 22.1% of patients in hypertension group had elevated high sensitivity troponin I (hs-TNI > 26 pg/mL), which was higher than the proportion in the nonhypertension group (6.4%). Median NT-proBNP levels in patients with hypertension (141.9 pg/mL) were higher than those in patients without hypertension (77.3 pg/mL). Patients in the hypertension group had a higher risk for in-hospital death [HR: 2.57, 95% CI (1.46~4.51)]. However, the impact of hypertension on the prognosis was not significant after adjusting for age and sex. Multivariate Cox hazard regression confirmed that NT-proBNP levels in the highest tertile (upper 75 % of patients with hypertension) was an independent risk factor for in-hospital death in all COVID-19 patients. Taken together, hypertension per se had a modest impact on the prognosis in COVID-19 patients. In COVID-19 patients with and without hypertension, NT-proBNP may be a better predictor of prognosis than hs-TNI.
Prevalence and risk factors for secondary hypertension among young Korean men
Authors: Kim Kihyun , Kim Jong-Youn , Choi Eui-Young , Kwon Hyuck-Moon , Rim Se-Joong
Published: December 2020

Screening for secondary hypertension (HTN) is recommended for early-onset HTN. However, there have been few studies on secondary HTN in young adults. We aimed to investigate the prevalence and risk factors for secondary HTN in young male military personnel. In this retrospective cross-sectional study, hypertensive men (age, 19-29 years) were identified using the electronic medical records (EMR) database between 2011 and 2017. Among them, patients with secondary HTN were confirmed through a review of the EMR. Using clinical characteristics and laboratory findings, independent predictors associated with secondary HTN were identified by binary logistic regression analysis. Secondary HTN was confirmed in 140 of 6373 participants (2.2%). Overall, the most common causes were polycystic kidney disease (n = 47, 0.74%) and renal parenchymal diseases (n = 24, 0.38%). The independent predictors of secondary HTN were abnormal thyroid function test (TFT) (odds ratio [OR]: 9.50, 95% confidence interval [CI]: 4.84-19.45, P < 0.001), proteinuria (≥ trace) (OR: 6.13, 95% CI: 2.97-12.99, P < 0.001), hematuria (≥ trace) (OR: 4.37, 95% CI: 2.15-9.01, P < 0.001), severe HTN (≥ 180/110 mmHg) (OR: 3.07, 95% CI: 1.42-6.65, P = 0.004), and non-overweight (OR: 3.03, 95% CI: 1.69-5.26, P < 0.001). However, there were no significant differences in the family history of HTN, headache, total cholesterol, and diabetes between patients with primary and secondary HTN. Therefore, to ensure cost-effectiveness, screening for secondary HTN in young hypertensive men should be performed selectively considering abnormal TFT, proteinuria, hematuria, severe HTN, and non-overweight.
Epidemiology and pathogenesis of heart failure with preserved ejection fraction
Authors: Nair Nandini
Published: December 2020

Heart failure (HF) is a complex syndrome that affects approximately6.5 millionadults in the United States. About half of the 6.5 million adults with HF are estimated to be individuals with heart failure with preserved ejection fraction (HFpEF). It is a common cause for poor quality of life, increased health-care resource utilization, and early mortality. HF incidence has risen to epidemic proportions in the recent years. This review attempts to address the epidemiology and pathophysiology of HFpEF. The incidence of HFpEF increased from 48% to 57% from 2000 to 2007 with a slight decrease in 2010 to 52%. The temporal trends in heart failure show an overall stable incidence of HF over the last two decades with increasing incidence of HFpEF and decreasing HFrEF incidence. Many etiologies contribute to the development of HFpEF which makes the treatment very challenging. Pathophysiology of HFpEF is multifaceted stemming from several disease-specific aspects of inflammation and endothelial function, cardiomyocyte hypertrophy and fibrosis, ventricular-vascular uncoupling, pulmonary hypertension and chronotropic incompetence. Hence identifying the risk factors and etiologies is imperative to achieve optimal outcomes in this population. Newer insights into myocardial remodeling have led to an interesting finding of abnormal fibroblasts in HFpEF which are apoptosis resistant and initiate the development of an abnormal myocardial matrix resulting in initiation and progression of the disease. Upregulation of ROS has also been implicated in HFpEF. Further investigation could provide new avenues to target therapeutics specifically to stop initiation and progression of fibrosis.
Cardiac surgery outcomes in patients with antecedent kidney, liver, and pancreas transplantation: a meta-analysis
Authors: Bacusca Alberto Emanuel , Enache Mihail , Tarus Andrei , Litcanu Cezara Ioana , Burlacu Alexandru , Tinica Grigore
Published: December 2020

Cardiovascular events are among the most common causes of late death in the transplant recipient (Tx) population. Moreover, major cardiac surgical procedures are more challenging and risky due to immunosuppression and the potential impact on the transplanted organ’s functional capacity. We aimed to assess open cardiac surgery safety in abdominal solid organ transplant recipients, comparing the postoperative outcomes with those of nontransplant (N-Tx) patients. Electronic databases of PubMed, EMBASE, and SCOPUS were searched. The endpoints were: overall rate of infectious complications (wound infection, septicemia, pneumonia), cardiovascular and renal events (stroke, cardiac tamponade, acute kidney failure), 30-days, 5-years, and 10-years mortality post-cardiac surgery interventions in patients with and without prior solid organ transplantation. This meta-analysis included five studies. Higher rates of wound infection (Tx vs. N-Tx: OR: 2.03, 95% CI: 1.54 to 2.67, I2 = 0%), septicemia (OR: 3.91, 95% CI: 1.40 to 10.92, I2 = 0%), cardiac tamponade (OR: 1.83, 95% CI: 1.28 to 2.62, I2 = 0%) and kidney failure (OR: 1.70, 95 %CI: 1.44 to 2.02, I2 = 89%) in transplant recipients were reported. No significant differences in pneumonia occurrence (OR: 0.95, 95% CI: 0.71 to 1.27, I2 = 0%) stroke (OR: 0.89, 95% CI: 0.54 to 1.48, I2 = 78%) and 30-day mortality (OR: 1.92, 95% CI: 0.97 to 3.80, I2 = 0%) were observed. Surprisingly, 5-years (OR: 3.74, 95% CI: 2.54 to 5.49, I2 = 0%) and 10-years mortality rates were significantly lower in the N-Tx group (OR: 3.32, 95% CI: 2.35 to 4.69, I2 = 0%). Our study reveals that open cardiac surgery in transplant recipients is associated with worse postoperative outcomes and higher long-term mortality rates.
Clinical outcomes after early ambulatory multidrug therapy for high-risk SARS-CoV-2 (COVID-19) infection
Authors: Procter Brian C. , Ross Casey , Pickard Vanessa , Smith Erica , Hanson Cortney , McCullough Peter A.
Published: December 2020

There is an emergency need for early ambulatory treatment of Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) in acutely ill patients in an attempt to reduce disease progression and the risks of hospitalization and death. Such management should be applied in high-risk patients age > 50 years or with one or more medical problems including cardiovascular disease. We evaluated a total of 922 outpatients from March to September 2020. All patients underwent contemporary real-time polymerase chain reaction (PCR) assay tests from anterior nasal swab samples. Patients age 50.5 ± 13.7 years (range 12 to 89), 61.6% women, at moderate or high risk for COVID-19 received empiric management via telemedicine. At least two agents with antiviral activity against SARS-CoV-2 (zinc, hydroxychloroquine, ivermectin) and one antibiotic (azithromycin, doxycycline, ceftriaxone) were used along with inhaled budesonide and/or intramuscular dexamethasone consistent with the emergent science on early COVID-19 treatment. For patients with high severity of symptoms, urgent in-clinic administration of albuterol nebulizer, inhaled budesonide, and intravenous volume expansion with supplemental parenteral thiamine 500 mg, magnesium sulfate 4 grams, folic acid 1 gram, vitamin B12 1 mg. A total of 320/922 (34.7%) were treated resulting in 6/320 (1.9%) and 1/320 (0.3%) patients that were hospitalized and died, respectively. We conclude that early ambulatory (not hospitalized, treated at home), multidrug therapy is safe, feasible, and associated with low rates of hospitalization and death. Early treatment should be considered for high-risk patients as an emergency measure while we await randomized trials and guidelines for ambulatory management.
Птицы района озера Урдюжское и нижнего течения реки Сула (Малоземельская тундра)
Authors: Минеев О. Ю. , Минеев Ю. Н. , Кочанов С. К.
Published: December 2020

В статье проанализированы результаты изучения распространения и численности птиц врайоне оз. Урдюжское и низовьях р. Сула в 1979, 1982, 1986 и 2018 гг. В ходе исследований зарегистрировано 98 видов птиц, принадлежащих к восьми отрядам: гагарообразные (2 вида), пластинчатоклювые (19), соколообразные (13), курообразные (4), журавлеобразные (1), ржанкообразные (27), дятлообразные (2), воробьинообразные (30). Из общего числа выявленных видов гнездятся 64, предположительно гнездятся 10, встречено на миграциях шесть, залетными являются пять, характер пребывания не выяснен для 14 видов птиц. В составе населения птиц района оз. Урдюжское за более чем 30-летний период (с 1986 по 2018 г.) выявлены заметные изменения. Вероятно, они связаны как с межгодовой динамикой видового разнообразия и численности, так с изменением фактора беспокойства в связи с прекращением промыслового лова рыбы в летний период, в результате чего значительно снизилась численность серых ворон, район стал местом крупной концентрации лебедей-кликунов на линьке, увеличилась плотность гнездования орланов-белохвостов. Исследования, проведенные в районе оз. Урдюжское, показали, что эта территория является важным местом обитания и линьки кликуна, ржанкообразных птиц, орлана-белохвоста и соответствует критериям водно-болотных угодий, принятых Рамсарской конвенцией.
Automated modeling of infection spread among the megalopolis population using monte-carlo method taking into account information security aspects
Authors:   Moscow State University of Technology STANKIN, Kuznetsova N.M. , Karlova T.V. ,   Institute of Design-Technological Informatics of RAS, Bekmeshov A.Y. ,   Institute of Design-Technological Informatics of RAS
Published: December 2020

Infection spread among the megalopolis population depends on many factors, the most important of which are social activity level of citizens, pathogen contagiousness, climatic conditions. The factors are variable, according to this, the calculation of infection spread could be referred to the problem of prediction the state of a complex system, consisting of many elements. To carry out the calculation (at the current level of computer technologies development) the most effective would be using Monte-Carlo modeling method. Besides the data about contamination of each citizen are personal, information security aspects should be used while design process of the automated modeling system.
Some questions of historical geography of Dagestan (4th—10th centuries)
Authors: Hasanov Magomed
Published: December 2020

In the publication, with the involvement of written sources, archaeological materials, published scientific works, some issues of historical geography of Dagestan (IV-X centuries) are revealed: the emergence and development of political entities: Lakza, Tabasaran, Muscat, Serir, Zirikhgeran, etc., as well as the state of economy and trade of these possessions.
The League of Arab States and the United Nations: A reading in the relation between both sides from 2000-2020
Authors: Al-Muallem Muhammad
Published: December 2020

This article examines aspects and features of cooperation between the United Nations and the regional organization of the League of Arab States. The study analyzes the development of bilateral relations between organizations in the 21th century.
Story of October revolution and reconstruction of reality: “Trotsky”
Authors: Ayhan Niyazi
Published: December 2020

The article focuses on the revolutionary narrative in the TV series Trotsky, which was released on the 100th anniversary of the October Revolution. Therefore, the general purpose of the study is to reveal the meaning of the October revolution in present-day Russia. A new reality has been tried to be constructed through the criticism of the cinematographic narrative and the method of planning and realizing the revolution.
From the history of Russian emigration. Georgy Bogdanovich Kistyakovsky: from the atomic bomb to the struggle for peace
Authors: Volodko Anna
Published: December 2020

The publication is dedicated to the outstanding scientist and chemist Georgy Bogdanovich Kistyakovsky, a Russian emigrant of the first wave, one of the creators of the American atomic bomb, special adviser on science to the President of the United States Dwight D. Eisenhower, an active participant in the Pugwash movement, his significant contribution to American science. Prepared mainly on the basis of the memoirs of GB Kistyakovsky and his interviews published in the American periodicals, some of which are introduced into scientific circulation for the first time.
Vietnamese lives matter… Image of democracy in US cinematography (on the example of Vietnam war’s theme)
Authors: Kosachova Olga
Published: December 2020

The article is devoted to the image of democracy in US cinematography through the theme of Vietnam war. Special attention is paid to the phases of the image development proposed by Jean Baudrillard. The author made the conclusion that the image of democracy in American cinema offers a distorted model of US intervention, in which the images of the aggressor and the victims replace each other, as well as the concept of democracy, which does not allow the fact of lawlessness and violation of the rights of citizens of any nationality or country.
Exergy analysis of marine waste heat recovery CO2 closed-cycle gas turbine system
Authors: Mrzljak Vedran , Poljak Igor , Prpić-Oršić Jasna , Jelić Maro
Published: December 2020

This paper presents an exergy analysis of marine waste heat recovery CO2 closed-cycle gas turbine system. Based on the operating parameters obtained in system exploitation, it is performed analysis of each system component individually, as well as analysis of the whole observed system. While observing all heat exchangers it is found that combustion gases-CO2 heat exchangers have the lowest exergy destructions and the highest exergy efficiencies (higher than 92%). The lowest exergy efficiency of all heat exchangers is detected in Cooler (51.84%). Observed system is composed of two gas turbines and two compressors. The analysis allows detection of dominant mechanical power producer and the dominant mechanical power consumer. It is also found that the turbines from the observed system have much higher exergy efficiencies in comparison to compressors (exergy efficiency of both turbines is higher than 94%, while exergy efficiency of both compressors did not exceed 87%). The whole observed waste heat recovery system has exergy destruction equal to 6270.73 kW, while the exergy efficiency of the whole system is equal to 64.12% at the selected ambient state. Useful mechanical power produced by the whole system and used for electrical generator drive equals 11204.80 kW. The obtained high exergy efficiency of the whole observed system proves its application on-board ships.
Conceptual model of the ferry que management system in ferry ports in the Republic of Croatia
Authors: Županović Dino , Grbić Luka , Cukrov Marijan
Published: December 2020

This paper proposes a model for optimizing the ferry traffic and the traffic demand at the macroscopic level by using information technology (IT) and the existing tourist amenities as a key element for achieving harmonization of supply and demand, i.e. optimization of the assessed system. Proposed approach differs from the other/present models because it includes the application of the macroscopic, instead of the microscopic (local) approach, i.e. harmonization of the ferry infrastructure demand from the place of its origin (road border crossings) to the place of its operation, i.e. the ferry infrastructure, and not solely in particular segments of the ferry infrastructure.
The use of hydrogen as an alternative fuel in urban transport
Authors: Vilke Siniša , Tadic Frane , Ostović Ines , Debelić Borna
Published: December 2020

This paper shows the analyses of hydrogen vehicles within urban centres, which have been gaining increasing importance lately. In fact, due to the negative impact of conventional vehicles on human health and environment, the need is imposed for implementation of eco-powered vehicles that also tend to be sustainable in transport. Gradual removal of fossil fuels and the use of alternative road transport technologies are among the primary objectives of most countries. This paper aims to examine the impact of hydrogen technology in urban transport, ie to point out how hydrogen vehicles have affected the satisfaction of customers and users through individual projects. Furthermore, the paper analyses the current situation in the application of hydrogen vehicles in the world, as well as future investments in infrastructure through strategies aimed at boosting higher demand for clean energy.
Economic aspects of automation innovations in electronic transportation management systems
Authors: Jović Marija , Tijan Edvard , Perić Hadžić Ana , Karanikić Petra
Published: December 2020

This paper presents an analysis of economic aspects of three selected automation innovations in electronic Transportation Management Systems: Maritime Transport Chain solution and Vessel Estimated Time of Arrival solution (related to the maritime transport) and Delivery Planning solution (related to the transport in general). The theoretical background of transportation, Transportation Management Systems, maritime transportation and seaports is provided, focusing on the economic aspects. A literature review has been conducted, in order to identify the research gap and to focus on the economic aspects of the selected automation innovations. A SWOT Analysis of the Maritime Transport Chain solution, Vessel Estimated Time of Arrival solution and Delivery Planning solution (from an internal and external perspective) is presented, adding to the existing research of the economic aspects of automation innovations in the transport sector.
Analysing volatility spillovers between grain and freight markets
Authors: Bangar Raju Totakura , Bavise Ayush , Chauhan Pradeep , Ramalingeswar Rao Bhavana Venkata
Published: December 2020

The International Grain Council (IGC) circulates two price indices which are the Grain and Oilseeds Index (GOI) and the Grain and Oilseeds Freight Market Index (GOFI). These two indices indicate the respective market prices. The GOI markets are affected by various factors like supply and demand, weather, freight markets, etc. This research article attempts to explore and analyse volatility in GOI and GOFI markets using various GARCH family models, that is Exponential Generalized Autoregressive Conditional Heteroskedasticity (EGARCH) analysis. The multivariate Dynamic Conditional Correlation Generalized Autoregressive Conditional Heteroskedasticity model (DCC GARCH) is used to find the spillovers between the two markets and thereby explore the effect of GOFI on GOI markets from the year 2013. The research article consists of four sections after introducing the subject namely a literature review, research methodology and models, analysis and conclusions of the study.
Fuzzy Cost Modelling of Diving Chamber Control Measures under Uncertainties
Authors: Nwaoha Thaddeus Chidiebere , Emovon Ikuobase
Published: December 2020

The diving chamber is an important system needed for diving operations in the oil and gas industry. Divers use it for various purposes. Thus, the safety level of the diving chamber needs to be very high at all times and the system needs to be in a good state. To achieve this, various control measures such as control measures 1 and 2 can be adopted in preventing failures/hazards or mitigate their consequences. In this study, fuzzy cost algorithm is used to estimate the cost of using control measures 1 and 2 in ensuring optimal operational level for the diving chamber, while the preference degree approach is adopted in prioritizing the aforementioned cost of control measures 1 and 2. The result of the analysis indicated that control measure 2 is the most cost effective approach.
Mediating role of job satisfaction in the relationship between organizational identification and organizational commitment
Authors: Yorulmaz Murat , Mansuroğlu Ezgi , Kaya Özbağ Gönül
Published: December 2020

Understanding the relationship between an organization and the employees in that organization is of paramount importance for the success and future of that organization. This is related to the measurement of the organizational attitudes and behaviours of employees and the use of these attitudes and behaviours for forward-looking predictions. This being said, the aim of the study is to explore the relationship between the organizational identification levels of employees in ship agencies, and their job satisfaction and organizational commitment. For the purpose of this study, the data were obtained from 265 employees of different ship agencies in the cities of Istanbul and Kocaeli, Turkey, through questionnaire. The data then were analyzed via the structural equation modeling analyses, which were conducted using AMOS v22 by Bootstrap resampling with 5000 replications; the results have showed that organizational identification has both a positive direct and an indirect effect on organizational commitment, the latter through job satisfaction. Further, this study revealed that organizational identification, together with job satisfaction, explained about 0.59% of the variation in organizational commitment.
A hybrid framework for evaluating the performance of port container terminal operations
Authors: Fri Mouhsene , Douaioui Kaoutar , Lamii Nabil , Mabrouki Charif , Semma El Alami
Published: December 2020

This work intends to integrate artificial neural network (ANN) and data envelopment analysis (DEA) in a single framework to evaluate the performance of operations in the container terminal. The proposed framework is based on three steps. In the first step, a proposed identify the performance measures objectives and the indicators affecting the system. In the second step, the efficiency scores of the system are computed by using the Charnes Cooper and Rhodes (CCR) model (oriented inputs). In the last step, the Moth Search Algorithm (MSA) is employed as a new method for training the Feedforward Neural Network (FNN) to determine the efficiency scores. To demonstrate the efficacy of the proposed framework, two container terminals of Tangier and Casablanca are adopted to evaluate the performance.
Global shipbuilding activities in the modern maritime market environment
Authors: Hess Mirano , Pavić Ivan Filip , Kos Serdjo , Brčić David
Published: December 2020

The international trade, in the long run being influenced primarily by global economy, is hardly imaginable without maritime transport of goods. The investors in the shipping market, i.e. shipowners, foresee the key return of their capital investments through collection of the freight payments. Consequently, the position and ultimately survival of the owners is intensely influenced with the freight rate cycles, which in turn depend on demand and supply of ships. As historically proved, the higher the freight rates, the more orders for new ships are secured by shipyards. Most of the factors that impact shipowners’ decisions, especially those related to placing the orders, thus extend their influence towards shipyards’ operations and earnings. Competition among shipyards to ever attract more shipowners and secure more new orders or higher value orders, results in expanding their facilities, shortening delivery dates, making their ships’ design more appealing, lowering prices, etc. Observing fluctuations of the market and understanding impact factors on the freight rates’ segment and on shipbuilding segment therefore, is a crucial occupation accompanying executive decision making process for both, shipbuilders and shipowners. Recent state of the global shipbuilding industry is presented in this paper, based on the most recently available data on shipping market and on the global shipbuilding activities. Near-future outlook is given through analysis of the current market developments and industry potentials as well as with respect to the rivalry among competitors. Besides, clarification of market present state’s impact factors is herein given and significant conclusions for their current development and future perspectives are addressed, considering available information.
A public textual transcommunication device
Authors: Garrigue L.
Published: December 2020

We present a public instrumental transcommunication textual software, based on a random numbers generator enabling to produce either letters or words, in common or private sessions, and adapted to group work.
Pandemic, Humanity and Education
Authors: Asrifan Andi
Published: December 2020

Learning is a series of activities designed to enable the learning processto occur in students. The implication is that learning habits must bedesigned, developed, and managed creatively, dynamically by applying amulti-approach to create a conducive atmosphere and learning process forstudents. One way to develop learning is to apply multiple intelligences andinvasion of learning.The level of student achievement is determined by curriculum types. Ifthe student's chosen teaching style does not fit the teaching practice or thelearning environment, the results may be negative behavioral reactions anddiminished student engagement. If the conflicts between learning styles andteaching styles persist, and there is no effort to deal with them, students canexperience physical, mental, and emotional problems. The weak students insome subjects may be due to non-parallel learning styles and teaching styles.This indicates that not all teaching methods are considered successful fromthe viewpoint of teachers' pedagogy compatible with students' expected orfavored teaching. Goodnaugh (2001) found out that the learningenvironment is not likely to weaken students' motivational orientation. Theskill of learners who do not dominate orientation-introduced-intelligenceled to chore-chored learning sessions. Leaving the intelligence orientation isa prerequisite for the development of a learning environment conducive tolearning. In shaping educational missions, curriculum creation, andpedagogy, more than ten nations incorporate the concepts of multipleintelligences. According to Hopper and Hurry (2000), the multipleintelligence approach emphasizes their own discovery and comprehension ofthe students in their learning process.Multiple intelligences are referred to by people who occur in nature asvarious abilities, talents, or skills (Armstrong, 2000). There are eight (8) different kinds of intelligence studied in this study, as outlined by Gardner(1993, 1999): verbal-linguistic, logical-mathematical, visual-spatial, musical,interpersonal, intrapersonal, kinaesthetic, and naturalistic.
Symposium on Suffering, the Self, and Self-conceptions
Authors: Aviv Eyal , Huebner Bryce , McRae Emily , Zawidzki Tad
Published: December 2020

The papers that are included in this symposium where initially presented during a session of the International Society for Buddhist Philosophy, which was held at the American Philosophical Association in Baltimore on January 4, 2017. And over the course of the next year, these papers were revised to be included in a special issue of the Journal of Buddhist Philosophy. That special issue was never published; and since the papers were written as symposium, we have decided to present them together here.
Digital Nudges for Screen Time Reduction: A Randomized Control Trial with Performance and Wellbeing Outcomes
Authors: Zimmermann Laura , Sobolev Michael
Published: December 2020

Many people want to reduce their smartphone usage to increase productivity and well-being, but fail to accomplish this goal. We conduct a randomized control trial with a student population (N=112) over three weeks to test the effectiveness of two widely available digital nudges for screen time reduction. Along with a tracking-only control condition, a passive digital nudge (i.e., grayscale mode) was compared to an active digital nudge (i.e., time limits). The passive nudge led to an immediate, significant reduction of objectively measured screen time compared to the control condition. Conversely, the active nudge led to a smaller and gradual screen time reduction. Those in the control condition, who simply tracked their usage, did not lower their screen time. As opposed to the popular belief that reducing screen time is beneficial, we found no immediate causal effects of reducing screen time on subjective well-being and academic performance.
Connected Despite Lockdown: The Role of Social Interactions and Social Media Use in Wellbeing
Authors: Sun Rui , Rieble Carlotta , Liu Yang , Sauter Disa
Published: December 2020

Humans are social beings, but during the COVID-19 pandemic, people around the world are periodically in lockdown and are required to try to physically distance themselves from others. The resultant limitation of face-to-face interactions presents a challenge to wellbeing. During periods of lockdown, people can, however, still connect to others via technology, but it is unknown whether such interactions offer benefits comparable to face-to-face interactions. In the present study, we examined how different ways of interacting with others impacted wellbeing during a period of lockdown in the United Kingdom. In a 30-day diary study conducted in April-June 2020, 110 adults reported the time they spent daily on face-to-face interactions and technology-mediated communication (video, phone, text) with different interaction partners. They also indicated the time they spent on active and passive social media use and their end-of-day wellbeing. Multilevel regressions indicated that more face-to-face interactions both within and outside of one’s household positively predicted wellbeing, while technology-mediated communication had less consistent positive effects. Additionally, more active and less passive social media use predicted better wellbeing. These results highlight the complexity of benefits of different kinds of social interactions during lockdown in the COVID-19 pandemic and point to the importance of taking into account communication channels, interaction partners, and how people use social media when studying the effects of connecting to others.
The Missing 15 Percent of Patent Citations
Authors: Verluise Cyril , Cristelli Gabriele , Higham Kyle , de Rassenfosse Gaetan
Published: December 2020

Patent citations are one of the most commonly-used metrics in the innovation literature. Leading uses of patent-to-patent citations are associated with the quantification of inventions' quality and the measurement of knowledgeflows. Due to their widespread availability, scholars have exploited citations listed on the front-page of patent documents. Citations appearing in the full-text of patent documents have been neglected. We apply modern machine learning methods to extract these citations from the text of USPTO patent documents. Overall, we are able to recover an additional 15 percent of patent citations that could not be found using only front-page data. We show that "in-text" citations bring a different type of information compared to front-page citations. They exhibit higher text-similarity to the citing patents and alter the ranking of patent importance. The dataset is available at patcit.io (CC-BY-4).
The Soil Museum of the ISSA SB RAS is 20 years old!
Authors: Sokolova Natalia A.
Published: December 2020

January 14, 2021 marks the 20th anniversary of the Foundation of the Soil Museum of the ISSA SB RAS. The formation and functioning of the Museum was dictated both by the amount of knowledge accumulated by the beginning of the XXI century about the soils of Siberia, and the need for broad education of the population in connection with urgent environmental problems. The advantages of the academic Museum are serious scientific support of collections, an opportunity for visitors to immerse themselves in the research environment, to touch science "first-hand". Soil science is a multidisciplinary science, so knowledge about soils is interesting not only for soil scientists themselves, but also for other scientists, i.e. botanists, geologists, geographers and other specialists in the field of agriculture, nature users, students, schoolchildren, etc. The Soil Museum today is a dynamic, developing structure aimed at accumulating and disseminating knowledge about soils, their development and functioning, overall aimed at the formation of a responsible attitude to the environment.
Dynamics of Maximum Snow Cover Area and Snow Line Altitude Across Nepal (2003-2018) Using Improved MODIS Data
Authors: Khadka Nitesh , Khadka Nitesh , Ghimire Shravan Kumar , Chen Xiaoqing , Thakuri Sudeep , Hamal Kalpana , Shrestha Dibas , Sharma Shankar
Published: December 2020

Snow is one of the main components of the cryosphere and plays a vital role in the hydrology and regulating climate. This study presents the dynamics of maximum snow cover area (SCA) and snow line altitude (SLA) across the Western, Central, and Eastern Nepal using improved Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS; 500 m) data from 2003 to 2018. The results showed a heterogeneous behavior of the spatial and temporal variations of SCA in different months, seasons, and elevation zones across three regions of Nepal. Further, the maximum and minimum SCA was observed in winter (December-February) and post-monsoon (October-November) seasons, respectively. The inter-annual variation of winter SCA showed an overall negative trend of SCA between 2003 to 2018 at the national and regional scales. The SLA was assessed in the post-monsoon season. At the national scale, the SLA lies in an elevation zone of 4500-5000 m, and the approximate SLA of Nepal was 4750 m in 2018. Regionally, the SLA lies in an elevation zone of 4500-5000 m in the Western and Central regions (approx. SLA at 4750 m) and 5000-5500 m in the Eastern region (approx. SLA at 5250 m) in 2018. The SLA fluctuated with the changes in SCA, and the spatio-temporal variations of SLAs were observed in three regions of Nepal. We observed an upward shift of SLA by 33.3 m yr-1 in the Western and Central Nepal and by 66.7 m yr-1 in Eastern Nepal. This study will help to understand the impacts of climate change on snow cover, and the information will be useful for the hydrologist and water resource managers.
Formulation and Evaluation of Polyherbal Cream Containing Cinnamomum zeylanicum Blume, Glycyrrhiza glabra L and Azadirachta indica A. Juss. Extracts to Topical Use
Authors: Gyawali Rajendra , Gupta Rupesh Kumar , Shrestha Sahana , Joshi Rajendra , Paudel Prem Narayan
Published: December 2020

Alcoholic extracts of medicinal plants Cinnamomum zeylanicum Blume, Glycyrrhiza glabra L, and Azadirachta indica A. Juss were subjected to the evaluation of antioxidant properties and combined for the cream formulation. The antioxidant property was determined by using the 2, 2-diphenyl-1-picrylhydrazyl (DPPH) assay and inhibition of lipid peroxidase assays. The cream formulation was designed using Minitab software and a central composite design was used to study the effect of dependent variables, steric acid and cetyl alcohol on the response variables such as, viscosity, pH, and spreadability. The phytochemical screening of extracts showed the presence of tannin, phenol, flavonoids, saponins, and alkaloids. Antioxidant properties of the extracts and their relative composition were found variable. Composition F3 (C. zeylanicum Blume: G. glabra L: A. indica A. Juss; 01: 02: 01) possessed the highest antioxidant capacity compared to other ratios. The cream prepared from this composition was found stable for pH, viscosity as well as antioxidant activity under normal condition (25) and accelerated condition (40 ). The cream with DPPH scavenging activity of 93.86 % at 15 µg/mL (IC50 8.58±0.30) and lipid peroxidase assay 90.93 % at 200 µg/mL (IC50 72.30±0.60) with pH 5.50 was found with a non-Newtonian positive thixotropic flow property. Parameters like pH, viscosity, and spreadability of the cream were within the acceptance range, and found stable and permeable
An Analysis of COVID-19 Cases in Nepal: A Modeling Approach
Authors: Nepal Surendra Raj
Published: December 2020

Unlike previous coronaviruses infections, COVID-19 has badly affected not only the health of people but also the socioeconomic activities of Nepal. It would help the government of Nepal to manage this crisis if a proper mechanism to predict COVID cases has been developed. This study aims to look for patterns of confirmed, recovery and death cases. Moreover, it tries to check whether Gompertz and Logistic model would be able to read the patterns of total confirmed and death cases. It also forecasts the total number of confirmed as well as death cases. Data from January 23, 2020 to October 30, 2020 obtained from the website of Wikipedia are used for analysis. Gompertz and Logistic models were fitted to the total number of confirmed and death cases and models are compared based on various criteria. Besides, an automatic ARIMA model was used to predict cumulative confirmed and death cases and the accuracy of the model was also checked. ARIMA model forecasted 347,812 confirmed cases and 1,754 death cases till December 31, 2020. At 95 % confidence interval, the confirmed cases were expected between 273,889 and 421,734 whereas death cases were estimated from 1,387 to 2,119. Both models were fitted well in both total confirmed cases and total death cases. It was found that the Logistic model fits better in total confirmed cases whereas in total death cases, the Gompertz model was better. ARIMA model precisely forecasted the number of confirmed and death cases.