bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Fabrication of FTO/Li2O/ZnO/p-PSi/Al solar cell by chemical precipitation method
Authors:   Department of Physics, College of Science, University of Diyala, Diyala, Iraq, Al Hussan S. M. A. , Bakr N. A. ,   Department of Physics, College of Science, University of Diyala, Diyala, Iraq, Abd A. N. ,   Department of Physics, College of Science, Mustansiriyah University, Baghdad, Iraq, Khalaf M. A. ,   Department of Physics, College of Science, Mustansiriyah University, Baghdad, Iraq
Published: March 2023

In this paper, electrochemical etching of the p-type silicon wafer is used to prepare p-type porous silicon with a current density of 10 mA.cm-2 for 10 minutes. Zinc oxide and lithium oxide nanoparticles are prepared separately by chemical precipitation method and simple precipitation method respectively and deposited on glass substrates by drop-casting method. Moreover, the structural and optical properties of the films were analyzed by using XRD and UV-Vis. The XRD results showed that the ZnO and Li2O films are polycrystalline with hexagonal wurtzite structure and cubic structure, and preferred orientation along (101) and (003) planes, respectively. Using Scherrer's formula, the crystallite size was measured and it was found that ZnO and Li2O thin films have a crystallite size of 22.04 and 45.6 nm respectively. The atomic force microscope image and the distribution chart of the grains of the ZnO and Li2O films displayed the grain sizes of~ 58.45 and 83.19 nm. The absorption coefficient spectrum of films were recorded by Ultra Violet–Visible spectrophotometer. The energy band gaps of the films calculated by Tauc’s formula were ~ 4.18 and 5.5 eV. The results demonstrated that the conversion efficiency for Al/Li2O/ZnO/p-PSi/Al, Al/Li2O/ZnO/FTO and FTO/Li2O/ZnO/p-PSi/Al tandem (porous silicon/FTO) solar cells were 0.313%, 0.764% and 24.6%.
Electron irradiation effects on InP-based HEMTs with different gate widths
Authors:   Henan Provincial Key Laboratory of Smart Lighting,School of Information Engineering, Huanghuai University, Zhumadian 463000, China, Sun S. X. , Fu X. L. ,   Henan Provincial Key Laboratory of Smart Lighting,School of Information Engineering, Huanghuai University, Zhumadian 463000, China, Wang L. ,   Henan Provincial Key Laboratory of Smart Lighting,School of Information Engineering, Huanghuai University, Zhumadian 463000, China, Yi J. J. ,   Henan Provincial Key Laboratory of Smart Lighting,School of Information Engineering, Huanghuai University, Zhumadian 463000, China, Yao R. X. ,   Henan Provincial Key Laboratory of Smart Lighting,School of Information Engineering, Huanghuai University, Zhumadian 463000, China, Zheng X. Y. ,   Henan Provincial Key Laboratory of Smart Lighting,School of Information Engineering, Huanghuai University, Zhumadian 463000, China, Wu H. T. ,   Henan Provincial Key Laboratory of Smart Lighting,School of Information Engineering, Huanghuai University, Zhumadian 463000, China, Liu F ,   Henan Provincial Key Laboratory of Smart Lighting,School of Information Engineering, Huanghuai University, Zhumadian 463000, China, Zhong Y. H. ,   School of Physics and Microelectronics , Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou 450001, China, Li Y. X. ,   School of Physics and Microelectronics , Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou 450001, China, Ding P. ,   Institute of Microelectronics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100029, China, Jin Z. ,   Institute of Microelectronics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100029, China
Published: March 2023

In this paper, the influence of electron irradiation on DC and RF characteristics of InP-based HEMTs with different gate widths were studied by irradiation experiment. The results show that the value of channel current (IDS) and transconductance (gm) are decreased for device with different gate width after electron irradiation, which is mainly due to the reduction of mobility in the channel by the irradiation-induced defects. However, the carrier concentration in the channel has a little change. Compared with the device with 100 μm gate width, IDS and gm of the device with 40 μm gate width were decreased by 1.5% and 3%. Meanwhile, the forward gate current decreased due to the increase of series resistance of gate contact caused by electron irradiation. The interface defects induced by electron irradiation induced the increase of the reverse gate current. Additionally, the current gain cut-off frequency (fT) and maximum oscillation frequency (fmax) were reduced by 19.8% and 10.9% for device with 40 μm gate width, and the fT and fmax were only reduced by 7.1% and 8.2% for device with 100 μm gate width. The experimental results indicate that designing a reasonable structure is an effective method to enhance the radiation resistance in InP-based HEMTs, and this method can also be utilized in other semiconductor devices.
A simulation study of perovskite based solar cells using CZTS as HTM with different electron transporting materials
Authors:   Department of Mechanical Engineering, College of Engineering, Taif University, P.O. Box 11099, Taif21944, Saudi Arabia, Ali H. T , Jamil M. ,   Department of Physics, Government College University Faisalabad, Pakistan, Mahmood K. ,   Department of Physics, Government College University Faisalabad, Pakistan, Yusuf M. ,   Department of Clinical Pharmacy, College of Pharmacy, Taif University, P.O. Box 11099, Taif 21944, Saudi Arabia, Ikram S. ,   Department of Physics, Government College University Faisalabad, Pakistan, Ali A. ,   Department of Physics, Government College University Faisalabad, Pakistan, Amin N. ,   Department of Physics, Government College University Faisalabad, Pakistan, Javaid K. ,   Department of Physics, Government College University Faisalabad, Pakistan, Ali M.Y ,   Department of Physics, Government College University Faisalabad, Pakistan, Nawaz M.R. ,   Department of Physics, Government College University Faisalabad, Pakistan
Published: March 2023

In this manuscript, we have performed the device modeling on perovskite based solar cells (PSC,s) to investigate the potential of different hole transport materials (HTM’s) in combination with electron transport materials (ETM) using SCAPS 3.3 software package. Our simulated results depict that in the case of PSCs with CZTS, various parameters such as Voc, FF and PCE have demonstrated their maximum values at HTM thickness 700nm. It is further observed that the increase thickness of absorber layer resulted in the significant improvement of different performance parameters at specific limit then become constant. Moreover, studies of metal contact exposed that by increasing the work function of front contact of PSC efficiency decline to 7.34%. Optimized value of FTO front contact and Ni back contact metal work function were found to be 4.4 and 5.35 eV respectively. But at higher value of defect density in the PSCs, the performance of the cell is independent of thickness. At the carrier concentration of ETM is 1018 cm-3 , ZnO and TiO2 have PCE 12.52 and 12.69 % respectively.
Study of physical and magnetic properties of Mg:Co3O4 spinels using L-Arginine as fuel
Authors:   PG & Research Department of Physics, Paavendhar College of Arts & Science, M.V. South, Attur, Salem, Tamilnadu 636 121, India, Sundararajan M. , Vidhya J. ,   Department of Physics, M Kumarasamy College of Engineering, Karur, Tamil Nadu 639 113, India, Revathi R. ,   Department of Biotechnology, Periyar University PG Extension Centre,Dharmapuri, Tamil Nadu 636 701, India, Sukumar M. ,   Department of Physics, Anand Institute of Higher Technology, Kazhipattur, Chennai, 603103, India, Ravi V. ,   School of Electronics Engineering, VIT University Chennai Campus, Chennai-600  127,Tamilnadu, India, Rajkumar R. ,   Department of Electronics and Communication Engineering, Vel Tech Rangarajan Dr Sagunthala R&D Institude of Science and Technology, Chennai, Tamilnadu600 062, India, Kamalakannan M. ,   Department of Basic Sciences, College of Fisheries Engineering, Dr. J. Jayalalithaa Fisheries University, Nagapattinam-611 002, India, Dash C. S. ,   Department of Electronics and Communication Engineering, Centurion University of Technology and Management, Odisha, Bhubaneswar-752 050, India, Lohedan H. ,   Department of chemistry, College of Science, King Saud University, P.O. Box. 2455, Riyadh 11451, Saudi Arabia., Jothi Ramalingam R. ,   Department of chemistry, College of Science, King Saud University, P.O. Box. 2455, Riyadh 11451, Saudi Arabia., Arokiyaraj S. ,   Department of Food Science and Biotechnology, Sejong University, South Korea
Published: March 2023

Magnesium doped cobalt oxide nanoparticles were synthesized via microwave assisted combustion method (MACM). The X-ray diffraction (XRD) patterns of pure Co3O4 and Mg2+ doped Co3O4(x = 0.1 and 0.3) confirmed the cubic spinel structure and without any additional impurity peaks. However, doping Mg2+ concentration, x = 0.3 and 0.5 sample was occur a new hexagonal phase, while the average crystallite size of the cubic spinel structure in the range from 48.5 nm to 15.5 nm. The FT-IR bands at 661 and 573 cm−1 are attributed to the Co–Ostretching mode of cubic spinel Co3O4 structure. The band gap calculated using Kubelka–Munk (K–M) technique and increasedband gap values withthe increase in Mg2+ content (1.87–3.60 eV), due to the causes of sub-bands in the energy band gap. The morphological study revealed the prepared samples exhibited intragranular pores and merged grains with discrete grain boundaries.Magnetization analysis revealed the appearance of para-/superpara- magnetic behavior at ±15KOe.
The role of Co in doping ZnO nano-particles in enhancement the structural, optical and magnetic properties for spintronics
Authors:   Physics Department, Faculty of Science, Assiut University, Assiut 71516, Egypt, Abu El-Fadl A. , Mahmoud Ragaa S. ,   Physics Department, Faculty of Science, Assiut University, Assiut 71516, Egypt, Abu-Sehly A. A. ,   Physics Department, Faculty of Science, Assiut University, Assiut 71516, Egypt, Yousef El Sayed ,   Physics Department, Faculty of Science, King Khalid University, P.O. Box 9004, Abha, Saudi Arabia, Shaaban E. R. ,   Physics Department, Faculty of Science, Al-Azhar University, Assiut, 71542, Egypt, Abd-el Salam Mohamed N. ,   Higher Institute for Engineering and Technology, El-Minya 61768, Egypt
Published: March 2023

Zn1−xCoxO (0 ≤ x ≤ 0.10) nano-particles were fabricated successfully via ball milling procedure. The influence of [Co]/[Zn] on the properties of nano-particles was examined employing X-ray diffraction, the energy dispersion of the X-ray (EDX), Scan Electron Microscope (SEM), these measurements exhibit the growth hexagonal wurtzite crystal phase Zn1−xCoxO nano-particles with the successfully incorporation of Co+2 ions in the ZnO lattice. The optical characterization investigated utilizing Ultraviolet-Visible (UV) absorption spectroscopy for Zn1−xCoxO nano-particles refers to a red-shift in the optical bandgap with increasing Co ion inside ZnO matrix, this result confirm the bandgap is considerably narrowed with increasing Co ratio. The measurements of magnetization applying vibrating sample magnetometer illustrated a hysteresis loop in Co-doped ZnO nano-particles. Thanks to the variation values of bandgap Eg opt and magnetic measurements of ZnO nano-particles doped Co% plays a major role for selective coatings of optoelectronics; use as antireflective coating materials, and fabrication of optoelectronic devices.
Study on the preparation of luminescent material BaCaSiO4 by combustion method and its luminescent properties
Authors:   Guangxi Key Laboratory of Optical and Electronic Materials and Devices, Guilin University of Technology, Guilin 541004, China, Li Y. , Xu S. X. ,   Guangxi Key Laboratory of Optical and Electronic Materials and Devices, Guilin University of Technology, Guilin 541004, China, Huang H. J. ,   Guangxi Key Laboratory of Optical and Electronic Materials and Devices, Guilin University of Technology, Guilin 541004, China, Yin J. R. ,   Guangxi Key Laboratory of Optical and Electronic Materials and Devices, Guilin University of Technology, Guilin 541004, China, Shi W. H. ,   Guangxi Key Laboratory of Optical and Electronic Materials and Devices, Guilin University of Technology, Guilin 541004, China, Wu B. ,   Suzhou Taihu Electric Advanced Material Co.,Ltd., Suzhou 215214, China, Jing L. R. ,   Suzhou Taihu Electric Advanced Material Co.,Ltd., Suzhou 215214, China, Dong L. M. ,   Key Laboratory of Engineering Dielectrics and Its Application, Ministry of Education, Harbin University of Science and Technology, Harbin, China
Published: March 2023

The blue phosphor material in trichromatic phosphors for white light emitting diodes (WLED) has a great application prospect. Therefore, the silicate blue luminescent material BaCaSiO4:Eu2+, Gd3+ for WLED was prepared by combustion method. Using urea as combustion agent, the optimum sintering temperature and sintering time of primary sintering and secondary sintering were studied. The main emission peak of the luminescent material is located at 499nm, which was the transition emission peak of 4f6 5d1→4f7 of Eu2+, and the luminescence properties of silicate luminescent material could be enhanced by doping a certain amount of Gd3+. The color of light emitted from the luminescent material was pure blue according to the color coordinates obtained from the emission spectrum
Structural and optical characterization of nanostructured undoped CuO and cobalt - doped CuO thin films
Authors:   University of Diyala, College of Science, Physics Department, Iraq, Abed Zaid A. , Al Dulaimi Ali H. ,   University of Diyala, College of Science, Physics Department, Iraq, Shatti Wafaa A. ,   University of Diyala, College of Science, Physics Department, Iraq, Jasim Ahmed N. ,   University of Diyala, College of Science, Physics Department, Iraq, Khodair Ziad T. ,   University of Diyala, College of Science, Physics Department, Iraq, Khaleel Sura Y. ,   University of Diyala, College of Science, Physics Department, Iraq
Published: March 2023

The undoped CuO and CuO:Co films are grown using spray pyrolysis technique(SPT). The deposited films undergo a clear morphological change due to an increase in Cobalt dopant from 0 to 4 %. The predominant peak was (200) plane has been confirmed by Xray diffraction. Maximum crystalline size was at the (CuO: 4% Co) film, and the strain decreases from 2.98 to 2.59. Study of the morphology specifies the presence of homogeneous grains, these grains were not homogeneous and had different sizes by adding Co atom. AFM images a reduction in roughness from (7.06 to 3.64) nm. The crystallite size was in the area of 41.35 nm to 32.46 nm as calculated by Scherrer’s formula. The average transmittance values for the films were (77, 74 and 71) % for Undoped CuO, CuO: 2% Co and CuO: 4% Co respectively. The optical energy gaps of the films were calculated. the absorption coefficient increased with an increase at 2% or 4% Cobalt dopant, the band gap of Undoped CuO sample was 2.12 eV, and then decreased slightly with Cobalt content to become 2.04 eV for CuO: 2% Co and 2.04 eV for CuO: 4% Co. also The refractive index and extinction coefficient increased via Cobalt contents.
La acumulación de capital, impedimento para los equilibrios eficaces del sistema económico
Authors: Reuben Soto Sergio
Published: March 2023

This paper is a review of five articles published at the Revista de Ciencias Económicas of the Universidad de Costa Rica, which presents the results of a research program that began with an attempt to explain the crisis of subprime with a heterodox perspective of the economy, using the main categories of Political Economy.  The articles cover a span of 12 years from the first published in this journal in 2008, to the last, published in this same journal in 2020.  To present an empirical basis that would give solidity to the hypotheses and inferences formulated in these articles, a study is added with data on the business composition of four economic sectors in Costa Rica. The paper’s aim is to articulate the central hypotheses proposed and supported in the reviewed articles, in order to facilitate their knowledge. And secondly, to present a study with empirical data of the main productive sectors of Costa Rica, which give objective support to the proposed hypotheses. Despite the methodological limitations of the empirical study, the work suggests a trend in the concentration of productive capital accumulation, which is consistent with the proposed hypotheses. The conclusions of the theoretical research and the result of the empirical study rises issues to support the need to regulate in multiple ways, according to the conditions of each society, the process of capital accumulation that governs nationals’ productions.
Der wirksame Wettbewerb – Kein konsistenter Terminus technicus
Authors: Schmid Christian
Published: March 2023

Der „wirksame Wettbewerb“ fungiert in der unionalen und nationalen Wettbewerbsrechtsordnung als wettbewerbspolitisches Leitmotiv. Indes zeichnen sich die wesentlichen wettbewerbsrechtlichen Teilrechtsordnungen durch ein heterogenes Verständnis dieses prägenden Begriffes aus. Um ein harmonisches Ineinandergreifen der grundsätzlich parallel anwendbaren Rechtsregime – vor allem der Regulierungsregime und des allgemeinen Wettbewerbsrechts – sicherzustellen, sollte auf ein kohärentes Verständnis dieses Merkmals im Sinne eines Terminus technicus hingearbeitet werden. Die Abhandlung beschränkt sich darauf, die aus der gegenwärtigen normativen Konzeption und Interpretation des wirksamen Wettbewerbs in den Wettbewerbsrechtsordnungen resultierenden Inkonsistenzen sowie Defizite darzustellen. Die konkrete Entwicklung und Ausgestaltung eines übergreifend implementierbaren Konzepts des wirksamen Wettbewerbs bleibt zuvorderst der Wirtschaftswissenschaft überlassen.
Impact bending strength as a function of selected factors: 2 – Layered materials from densified lamellas
Authors: Gaff Milan , Ruman Daniel , Svoboda Tomáš , Sikora Adam , Záborský Vladimír , Vallejo Carlos Rodriguez
Published: March 2023

This article examines the effect of selected factors (wood species, lamella combination, type of adhesive, number of loading cycles) on the impact bending strength (IBS) of laminated wood. The IBS was tested on specimens made from beech (Fagus sylvatica L.) and aspen lamellas (Populus tremula L.). The laminated wood was densified by 10% and 20% of the original thickness. For bonding the wood, polyvinyl acetate (PVA) adhesive was used, and the product was compared with laminated wood bonded with polyurethane adhesive (PUR). The wood species and lamella combination had significant effects on IBS. The highest values of IBS were found for beech wood lamellas.
Comparative study of chemical pretreatments of dairy manure for enhanced biomethane production
Authors: Yang Qiang , Wang Hui , Larson Rebecca , Runge Troy
Published: March 2023

Dairy manure containing partially digested plant cells is an inexpensive bioenergy feedstock. The carbohydrates and lignin that remain after digestion are typically processed in an anaerobic digester to produce biomethane, but due to the remaining material’s recalcitrance, the process has a low conversion efficiency. To improve the conversion of this lignocellulosic material, chemical, thermal, or biological pretreatments can be considered. This study compared several chemical pretreatments including dilute acid, sulfite, and alkali pretreatments for dairy manure as a bioenergy feedstock and analyzed their impact on biomethane production. The comparative study showed that a hot alkali pretreatment (180 °C, 30 min) can improve the methane production of dairy manure by 50%, which is more effective than dilute acid (6.8%), sulfite (26.3%), and cold or ambient alkali (19.8 to 32.8%) pretreatments. However, the ambient alkali pretreatment (23 °C, 12 h) was calculated to be more economically feasible because of the net energy production.
Smart Switching Power Supply System for Evaporative Air Coolers
Authors: Almarzouq Mohammed , Al-Somali Ahmed , Al-Abdulkarim Saud , Owes Amr
Published: March 2023

The energy consumption by residential air conditioners could cost about half of the total energy consumption of the building. A combination of conventional and renewable energy is still an emerging technology. Therefore, using solar photovoltaic panels to provide electricity to the air conditioner is a substantial application. This research shows the possibility of using photovoltaic panels as a power source for air conditioners in a sequence exchange with the conventional grid. A smart switching system has been offered to organize the power supply between the grid and solar panels. The photovoltaic panels have been connected to the conditioner across a power inverter module for adopting a reliable and accurate quantity of power supply to the conditioner unit. The smart switching system provides an intelligent connection between the solar power source and the grid, ensuring an uninterrupted electricity supply between the two power sources.
Development of anthropomorphic computational phantoms at the UFPE
Authors: Vieira José Wilson , Andrade Pedro Henrique Avelino , Oliveira Alex Cristóvão Holanda , Lima Vanildo Júnior de Melo , Lacerda Isabelle Viviane Batista , Silva Arykerne Casado , Santana Ivan Eufrázio , Farias Whoody Alem Wanderley , Santos Larissa Cristina Silva , Oliveira Fernanda Gonçalves , Lima Fernando Roberto de Andrade
Published: March 2023

To evaluate the amount of energy deposited in radiosensitive organs and tissues of the human body, when an anthropomorphic phantom is irradiated, researchers in numerical dosimetry use the so-called exposure computational models (ECMs). One can imagine an ECM as a virtual scene composed of a phantom in a mathematically defined position in relation to a radioactive source. The source in these ECMs produces the initial state of the simulation:  the position, direction, and energy with which each particle enters the phantom are essential variables. For subsequent states of a particle history, robust Monte Carlo (MC) codes are used. For the subsequent states of a particle's history, robust Monte Carlo (MC) codes are used, which simulate the average free path that the particle performs without interacting, its interaction with the atoms in the medium and the amount of energy deposited per interaction. MC codes also evaluate normalization quantities, so the results are printed in text files in the form of conversion coefficients between the absorbed dose and the selected normalization quantity. From the 2000s, the authors have published ECMs where a voxel phantom is irradiated by photons in the environment of the MC code EGSnrc (EGS = Electron Gamma Shower; nrc = National Research Council Canada). The production of articles, dissertations and theses required the use of specific computational tools, such as the FANTOMAS, DIP (Digital Image Processing) and Monte Carlo applications, for the various steps of numerical dosimetry, which ranges from the preparation of input files to the execution from the ECM to the organization and graphical and numerical analysis of the results. This article reviews computational phantoms for dosimetry mainly those produced in DEN-UFPE dissertations and thesis.
Long-term monitoring of the European roller (Coracias garrulus) in Ukraine: is climate behind the changes?
Authors:   Institute of Evolutionary Ecology, NAS of Ukraine (Kyiv, Ukraine), Shupova Tetiana , Tytar Volodymyr ,   I. I. Schmalhausen Institute of Zoology, NAS of Ukraine (Kyiv, Ukraine)
Published: March 2023

The European range of the roller was formerly more extensive, but since the 1980s there has been a long-term decline in numbers and in range, particularly towards the north, including much of north-western Ukraine. Our specific goals were to reconstruct the environmentally suitable range of the species in Ukraine before the 1980s, gain better knowledge on its requirements, compare the past and current suitable areas, infer the regional and environmental variables that best explain its occurrence, and quantify the overall range change in the country. For these purposes we created a database consisting of 584 findings made in Ukraine, based on a lengthy record of occurrences extending back to 1851: 203 for the period prior to 1980, 91 for records made between 1985 and 2009, and 290 records made between 2010 and 2020. We employed a species distribution modelling (SDM) approach to hindcast changes in the suitable range of the roller during historical times across Ukraine and to derive spatially explicit predictions of environmental suitability for the species under current climate and a set of factors that were hypothesised to be of importance to roller presence and securing a sufficient food base. SDMs were created for three time intervals (before 1980, 1985–2009, 2010–2020) using corresponding climate data. SDMs show a decline of suitable for rollers areas in the country from around 86 to 44%. Several factors, including land cover and land use, human population density etc. that could have contributed to the decline of the species in Ukraine, were considered. For example, the loss of area of ‘short vegetation’ appears detrimental, although recent gains in this respect have favoured the bird in the Chornobyl Exclusion Zone and around, where Landsat images show the change from a previously vibrant agricultural and forestry economy, when crops have been replaced by grasslands. Threats posed to the roller by habitat and land use change are also likely to be compounded by the effects of global climate change. In summary, we suggest climate change, in particular velocity, have been responsible for shaping the contemporary home range of the European roller in Ukraine and perhaps beyond.
Construction and functional analysis of nattokinase-producing cucumber obtained by the CRISPR-Cas9 system
Authors: Ni Z.Z. , Li J.T. , Zhang S.M. , Dong Y.W. , Liu Q.Q. , Li M.G. , Wang Y.N.
Published: March 2023

Nattokinase (NK) is effective in the prevention and treatment of cardiovascular disease. Cucumber is rich in nutrients with low sugar content and is safe for consumption. The aim of this study was to construct a therapeutic cucumber that can express NK, which can prevent and alleviate cardiovascular diseases by consumption. Because the Bitter fruit (Bt) gene contributes to bitter taste but has no obvious effect on the growth and development of cucumber, so the NK-producing cucumber was constructed by replacing the Bt gene with NK by using CRISPR/Cas9. The pZHY988-Cas9-sgRNA and pX6-LHA-U6-NK-T-RHA vectors were constructed and transformed into Agrobacterium tumefaciens EHA105, which was transformed into cucumber by floral dip method. The crude extract of NK-producing cucumber had significant thrombolytic activity in vitro. In addition, treatment with the crude extract significantly delayed thrombus tail appearance, and the thrombin time of mice was much longer than that of normal mice. The degrees of coagulation and blood viscosity as well as hemorheological properties improved significantly after crude extract treatment. These findings show that NK-producing cucumber can effectively alleviate thrombosis and improve blood biochemical parameters, providing a new direction for diet therapy against cardiovascular diseases.
An advanced perceptual U-Net segmentation based DDO-SDN classification system for lung pulmonary cancer detection
Authors: Thangavel Chitra , Palanichamy Jaganathan , Chinnasamy Sundar
Published: March 2023

Developing an automated lung disease diagnosis framework is still remains one of the most challenging and demanding tasks in recent days. Most of the medical experts highly preferring the Computed Tomography (CT) lung images for an accurate disease detection. For this purpose, various segmentation, optimization, and classification techniques are developed in the conventional works for lung pulmonary disease detection. However, the existing techniques have the major problems of over segmentation, inaccurate ROI extraction, reduced accuracy, computational complexity, and high false positives. Thus, this research work intends to a simple and efficient segmentation based classification framework for an accurate lung nodules detection and pulmonary disease classification. Here, the tanh normalization technique is applied for preprocessing the input lung CT image with reduced noise and increased quality. After that, the perceptual U-Net segmentation algorithm is employed to accurately segment the lung nodules from the preprocessed CT images with simple computational operations. Moreover, the Decked Dragonfly Optimization (DDO) technique is used for choosing the relevant features based on the best optimal solution, which supports to obtain an increased detection accuracy and reduced classification error rate. Finally, the Speculative Deceptive Network (SDN) based classification algorithm is deployed to exactly detect the pulmonary lung cancer according to the optimal features. During evaluation, the performance of the proposed segmentation based DDO-SDN mechanism is validated and compared by using various evaluation parameters.
Out of East Asia: Epermenia sinjovi Gaedike, 1993 (Lepidoptera, Epermeniidae) newly recorded from the European Alps
Authors: Huemer Peter , Haslberger Alfred , Segerer Andreas H.
Published: March 2023

Epermenia sinjovi Gaedike, 1993, a species with a hitherto westernmost known occurrence in Central Siberia, is recorded from the European Alps (Tyrol, Austria and Bavaria, Germany). Its identification is based on DNA barcodes and morphological characteristics. The probability of a recent introduction is considered as very low due to the remoteness and wild nature of the habitat, and it seems likely that the species was previously over-looked due to its similarity to Epermenia chaerophyllella (Goeze, 1783). 
Językoznawstwo korpusowe w badaniach medioznawczych – ujęcie historyczne i praktyczne
Authors:   nstytut Dziennikarstwa, Mediów i Komunikacji Społecznej, Wydział Zarządzania i Komunikacji Społecznej, Uniwersytet Jagielloński, Hess Agnieszka , Hwaszcz Krzysztof ,   Instytut Filologii Angielskiej, Uniwersytet Wrocławski
Published: March 2023

The aim of this paper is to present the benefits and risks of implementing corpus linguistics for discourse analysis. The authors describe the origins and development of Natural Language Processing (NLP) tools in a historical perspective and provide examples of their application in social sciences, particularly in the methodology of Social Communication and Media Sciences. Fragmentary findings of studies carried out at the Institute of Journalism, Media and Social Communication at the Jagiellonian University in collaboration with the CLARIN-PL consortium illustrate a practical approach to the topic. The article presents the application of NLP tools in the analysis of the corpus of parliamentary discourse from 1989-2019 in terms of determinants for the institutionalization of civic dialogue in Poland and also in the comparative analysis of ulticulturalism in the city council discourse and media discourse in Krakow between 2014–2018 (7 th term of the Krakow City Council). The authors indicate in which phase and at which stage of communication research the use of computational linguistics can support the conclusion.
Sprawozdanie z III Azjatycko-Europejskiego Międzynarodowego Kongresu Innowacyjności, Ałmaty, 21–22 kwietnia 2016 roku
Authors:   Uniwersytet Mikołaja Kopernika w Toruniu, Marszałek-Kawa Joanna
Published: March 2023

Report from the 3rd Asian-European Innovation Congress, Almaty, April 21–22, 2016
Piotr Kwiatkiewicz, Przemiany polityczne w Azerbejdżanie. Od republiki radzieckiej do współczesnego państwa, Wydawnictwo Adam Marszałek, Toruń 2013, ss. 671
Authors:   Uniwersytet Warszawski, Bodio Tadeusz
Published: March 2023

Piotr Kwiatkiewicz, Political changes in Azerbaijan. From a Soviet republic to a modern state
1.9.1 ENERGY ANALYSIS: INTRODUCTION
Authors: Limb D.
Published: March 2023

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1.5.1 CHARTS FOR MEAN TEMPERATURE DIFFERENCE IN DSDUSTRIAL HEAT EXCHANGER CONFIGURATIONS: INTRODUCTION
Authors: Taborek Jerry
Published: March 2023

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2.7.3 BOILING AND EVAPORATION: BOILING WITHIN VERTICAL TUBES
Authors: Hewitt Geoffrey F. , Collier John G.
Published: March 2023

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Evaluation of reservoir operation schemes: from rule curve to many-objective optimisation
Authors: Chen Duan , Leon Arturo , Li Ruonan , Han Rui
Published: March 2023

Quantitative comparisons of different reservoir operation schemes can provide valuable suggestions for decision making and help to promote new planning tools under changing environments. The full spectrum of reservoir operation schemes (rule-curve-based setup (RBS), single-objective optimisation setup (SOS), bi-objective optimisation setup (BOS) and many-objective optimisation setup (MOS)) was considered in this work. A large reservoir in the southwest of China (Qinshitan reservoir) was used as a case study. The four reservoir operation schemes were established using similar formulations and were evaluated quantitatively under typical hydrological years. For the considered optimisation problem, progressive improvement on the solution was obtained from RBS to SOS, then BOS and finally MOS. Among the models, the MOS provided a comprehensive perspective on reservoir operation and achieved the best performance in terms of offering the most options for decision making. The MOS also discovered a step-wise operational scheme that had not been captured by the RBS, the SOS or the BOS.
Use of natural fibers in alternative wastewater treatment technologies, aiming at a more sustainable production: A review
Authors: Duarte Eduarda Bertoletti , Rezende Luciana Cristina Soto Herek
Published: March 2023

The most worrisome issues today are the excessive production of solids in wastewater and the discharge of wastewater containing toxic components. Despite current environmental legislation, there are still difficulties in treating wastewater and properly disposing of the waste generated in the various stages of the production process to avoid inadequate and premature disposal that may pollute the environment. As a result, techniques are being developed to reuse wastewater differently, and in this scenario, natural fibers can be used to treat wastewater through an adsorption-based technique. Thus, this research has been developed from an exploratory bibliographic survey carried out according to scientific papers that used natural fibers as bioadsorbents in Scopus, ScienceDirect, Web of Science, and Capes databases. VOSviewer® software was used to create a cluster map to analyze the correlation between citations of selected papers. It was observed an increase in the number of research on the above topic over the years, especially in 2021. The most used natural fibers were plant-based, mostly cellulose. When evaluating the scientific contribution by country, Malaysia, India, and China were the most relevant. Brazil ranked fourth. Therefore, even with legislation on wastewater disposal and targets for the 2030 wastewater treatment plan, some countries are lagging in alternative techniques for the use of natural fibers in adsorption processes.
Walkability and accessibility around the Unified Educational Centers of São Paulo
Authors: Shashiki Christiane , Mülfarth Roberta Consentino Kronka
Published: March 2023

The objective of this article is to draw a brief analysis of the walkability and accessibility of the immediate surroundings of some Unified Educational Centers (CEUs) in São Paulo, through the available information on Geosampa and Google Maps websites, related to enrollments in the municipal network in São Paulo. When evaluating the walkability and accessibility in the immediate surroundings of some CEUs in São Paulo, the contrast between the implantation so generous and inviting for the environments inside the CEU and the maintenance of the existing pattern of exclusion of space for the pedestrian’s circulation in its immediate surroundings becomes clear, leading to an invitation to reflect about how we can try to improve walkability in terms of accessibility and safety.
Espais d'aprenentatge a l'educació infantil: un estudi de cas
Authors: Minelli de Oliveira Janaina
Published: March 2023

El present estudi de cas pretén entendre la dinàmica dels dissenys pedagògics d’espais d’aprenentatge a l’educació infantil a una escola pública catalana. Les dades de l’estudi inclouen observació a l’aula, entrevistes, notes de camp, enregistraments d’àudio i vídeo i fotografies. Els espais d’aprenentatge es teoritzen com la contrapartida tridimensional, tangible i observable dels entorns d’aprenentatge. Aquest estudi argumenta que els espais d’aprenentatge a l’educació infantil són dissenys pedagògics en què l’elecció és un actiu potent. Els professors i els aprenents exerceixen la presa de decisions sobre aspectes essencials de l’aprenentatge, com ara què s’ha d’aprendre, com s’ha d’aprendre, amb qui es durà a terme l’aprenentatge i a quin ritme. Els professors ho aconsegueixen mitjançant el disseny pedagògic de l’espai d’aprenentatge, i els aprenents ho fan explorant i actualitzant el disseny pedagògic. Els espais d’aprenentatge s’han d’harmonitzar amb l’entorn d’aprenentatge, és a dir, la promoció d’una cultura participativa i creativa impregna tots els aspectes de l’escola.
Trallero, C. (2020). El cálido abrazo de la música. Kit-book Servicios Editoriales.
Authors: Faure-Carvallo Adrien , Navarro-Calafell Mercè
Published: March 2023

Ressenya de: Trallero, C. (2020). El cálido abrazo de la música. Kit-book Servicios Editoriales.

La càlida abraçada de la música.
Una nova refundació de l'Escola Nova: Brussel·les 2022
Authors: Irigoyen Albert
Published: March 2023

Del 29 d’octubre a l’1 de novembre de 2022 s’ha celebrat a Brusseŀles la 3a Biennal Internacional de l’Escola Nova. Organitzada per Convergències per l’Escola Nova [Convergence(s) pour l’Éducation Nouvelle], hi han assistit més de 500 docents i investigadors d’arreu del món.
Jurisprudencia constitucional ambiental (Primer semestre 2022)
Authors: Esteve Jordà Clara
Published: March 2023

Jurisprudencia constitucional ambiental (Primer semestre 2022)
Derecho y políticas ambientales en el País Vasco (Primer Semestre 2022)
Authors: Lazkano Brotóns Iñigo
Published: March 2023

Derecho y políticas ambientales en el País Vasco (Primer Semestre 2022)
Biodiversidad y civilización ecológica en el aniversario de la Declaración de Estocolmo sobre el medio humano
Authors: Fajardo del Castillo Teresa
Published: March 2023

The commemoration of the 50th anniversary of the United Nations Conference on the Human Environment held in Stockholm in 1972 coincides with the 30th anniversary of the Framework Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) and the Conferences of the Parties (COPs) of the main biodiversity-related conventions. This coincidence has given us the opportunity to assess the influence of this first major conference on the adoption of subsequent regulatory instruments for the protection of biodiversity, leading us to realise that, although fragmented, they revolve as in a constellation around the CBD, according to common principles. The celebration of Stockholm+50 has led us to examine the major challenges for the protection of biodiversity, and how they will be addressed at CBD COP15, which has to adopt the Global Framework for Biodiversity and its new targets for the post-2020 period. These major challenges include not only the increasing loss of biodiversity but also problems of compliance with international rules and national plans that should curb it. Despite the shortcomings of biodiversity governance, there is still room for improvement by creating synergies between biodiversity-related conventions and their soft law instruments. Finally, we will examine China's grand proposal for an ecological civilization that makes it possible to make peace with nature as proposed by UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres.
Perspectiva del derecho del medio ambiente y de las políticas ambientales de la Unión Europea (Segundo semestre 2022)
Authors: Pallàs Secall Pol
Published: March 2023

Perspectiva del derecho del medio ambiente y de las políticas ambientales de la Unión Europea (Segundo semestre 2022)
Derecho y políticas ambientales en el País Vasco (Segundo Semestre 2022)
Authors: Lazkano Brotóns Iñigo
Published: March 2023

Derecho y políticas ambientales en el País Vasco (Segundo Semestre 2022)
Jurisprudencia ambiental en el País Vasco (Segundo semestre 2022)
Authors: Lazkano Brotóns Iñigo
Published: March 2023

Jurisprudencia ambiental en el País Vasco (Segundo semestre 2022)
Contrastes lingüísticos en secuencias discursivas: representaciones glotopolíticas
Authors: Narvaja de Arnoux Elvira
Published: March 2023

Desde la perspectiva glotopolítica, que se interesa por el estudio de la dimensión semiótica de los procesos políticos, abordamos en diferentes discursos el contraste de lenguas, variedades, géneros y registros. Nos referimos, en primer lugar, a escenas de una película argentina, La Patagonia Rebelde (1974) y analizamos cómo contrastes sociolingüísticos que se dan en distintos niveles exponen diferencias de clase y de posicionamientos políticos y nacionales. Nos centramos en dos escenas glotopolíticas -una en la que irrumpe el alemán y otra, el inglés- que interpelan al espectador y lo obligan a realizar determinadas inferencias a partir de otros aspectos semióticos que se interrelacionan con lo verbal. En la segunda parte, construimos una serie a partir de unos audios personales proferidos por una diputada en los que se contrastan variedades y registros que manifiestan en la violencia verbal de algunos segmentos las diferencias radicales de sectores del oficialismo. A estos materiales, cuestionados por los medios, agregamos una carta de la vicepresidenta que retoma los argumentos en un lenguaje cuidado y, finalmente, un afiche que combina un registro institucional y otro coloquial-popular. En todos los casos, observamos cómo los contrastes en un mismo texto y entre ellos condensan cadenas asociativas y proyectan en las diferencias sociolingüísticas lo que es objeto de censura. Los resaltes, los juicios metalingüísticos y metadiscursivos, el juego que los contrastes entablan con otros aspectos semióticos, las memorias que activan son indicios a partir de los cuales se pueden formular hipótesis sobre las ideologías lingüísticas que sostienen las producciones de diferentes locutores y los marcos ideológicos amplios en los que se inscriben.
Pragmalinguistics in the Spanish Translation of Humorous Discourse
Authors: Saleh Hussein Hanan
Published: March 2023

The aim of this paper is to demonstrate the relevance of the pragmalinguistic factor in the processes of translation of humorous discourse from Arabic into Spanish, specifically in the work of the Egyptian writer Naguib Mahfouz. The selection of this author’s narrative as the basis of the present work is due to the increase in the number of published translations of his works into other languages, including Spanish, especially in the last two decades. On many occasions, the lack or difficulty of transferring the humorous discourse into Spanish as the target language is observed, due to the lack of involvement of the pragmalinguistic factor in the translation process. In this sense, we will carry out a pragmatic analysis of some fragments of the Egyptian writer’s work, to verify the influence of this factor in the success or failure of the translation process of the humorous discourse. We will also provide answers to some of the difficulties encountered in the translation process, to guarantee the hilarious effect for the reader in the target language. The result of this analysis may help in future translations of the writer’s works, as well as in the translation of humorous discourse in general.
Justo Alejo a Contrapelo de la Realidad
Authors: Pascual José A.
Published: March 2023

Una cosa es que "Subspecie aeternitatis todos, sin excepción, s[ea]mos unos fracasados" y otra que, para lograrlo, unos tengan que esmerarse más que otros. Justo Alejo llegó a adquirir esta condición de fracasado sin tener que esforzarse demasiado. Contaba con todas las cartas para conseguirlo y si no fue el número uno en su promoción es porque se le adelantó la condición de poeta maldito a la del fracasado propiamente dicho.
La vulneración del derecho de la mujer a la vivienda en Europa
Authors: Bosch Jordi
Published: March 2023

El objetivo de este artículo es analizar la vulneración del derecho a la vivienda de la mujer en Europa en la actualidad a través de un modelo multidimensional de análisis de la exclusión residencial desde una perspectiva de género estructurado en tres dimensiones: la económica, la física y la psicosocial. Los resultados confirman la existencia de una brecha de género (gender gap) en el cumplimiento del derecho a la vivienda en Europa. Desde la dimensión económica (la vivienda inasequible), la evidencia estadística acerca las mayores dificultades de la mujer para satisfacer los costes residenciales en Europa es incontestable. Desde la dimensión física (la vivienda inadecuada), las condiciones residenciales de la mujer son también sistemáticamente inferiores en las variables analizadas. Y desde la dimensión psicosocial (la vivienda insegura), los elevados niveles de violencia que padece la mujer en Europa en su esfera doméstica provocan que para muchas de ellas su vivienda ya no desempeñe una función imprescindible, la de ofrecer un refugio seguro. Para corregir estas desigualdades hay que ir más allá del reconocimiento político y jurídico del derecho a la vivienda y de la igualdad entre hombres y mujeres, y desarrollar políticas efectivas en este campo.
Representatividad de las mujeres en Brasil y Argentina: de excluidas del ámbito político a electas sin paridad de participación
Authors: Moda Cirino Samia
Published: March 2023

El artículo analiza la representación de la mujer en la política brasileña, a partir de la metodología crítica feminista, con el fin de verificar la lógica que sustenta las injusticias relacionadas con la participación y representación política. La investigación se guía por la teoría de la justicia de género de Nancy Fraser, ya que problematiza la paridad de participación, categoría central de este artículo. Para tanto, realiza una revisión bibliográfica de los contextos históricos de la conquista de los derechos políticos de las mujeres en Brasil, para exponer cómo un feminismo liberal de buen comportamiento dejó marcas limitantes en el proceso de reconocimiento de los derechos políticos y en la representatividad. Posteriormente, realiza un análisis comparativo de las políticas públicas en Argentina y Brasil para la representación política de las mujeres, con el fin de señalar sus limitaciones. El análisis comparativo se justifica por el contexto del capitalismo periférico en ambos países y porque Argentina ha logrado una representatividad cuantitativa. A la luz de la teoría de Fraser, se concluye que, si bien la representación cuantitativa es un instrumento importante para la inclusión de las mujeres en los espacios de decisiones, es insuficiente para garantizar la representatividad, pues es necesario su reconocimiento como pares y que ellas mismas actúen según pautas feministas.
Traduciendo vidas invisibles: Paul Bowles reescribe a sus narradores marroquíes
Authors: Vidal África
Published: March 2023

Este artículo se propone analizar las traducciones de Paul Bowles como un espacio de choque o de encuentro de culturas mayores y menores. Esas traducciones son el resultado de su prolongada y bien conocida estadía en Tánger. Se basan en los relatos de sus amigos marroquíes. Estas no son en absoluto traducciones ortodoxas. El presente artículo busca responder una serie de preguntas para demostrarlo: ¿Cuál es el texto fuente? ¿Quién es el autor? ¿A qué literatura corresponde el manuscrito redactado en magrebí? La reescritura que hace Bowles de los relatos contados por sus amigos marroquíes tiene tantos defensores como detractores. Revelan la identidad de Bowles en múltiples frentes, incluidas la sexualidad y la nacionalidad. Pero a la vez son políticos en cuanto revelan que las traducciones pueden estar en el centro de encuentros asimétricos entre personas y culturas.