bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Embodied in Indigenous Research: How Indigeneity, Positionality, and Relationality Contribute to Research Approaches and Understanding
Authors: Simon Diane , Burns Nicole , Hunter-Porter Nikki , Lanceleve Tina , Préfontaine Noé , Herkimer Jaiden , Roan Samantha , Auger Josie , Benoit Anita , Morton Ninomiya Melody , Bourque Bearskin Lisa
Published: August 2023

Objectives: As the presence of Indigenous Peoples, world views, perspectives, and teachings continues to grow within academia, the institutional narrative regarding Indigenous approaches to knowing, doing, and being evolves and expands. We would like to contribute to this shifting narrative. Introduction: We are a diverse group of trainees invited into an Indigenous-led research project, entitled IndWisdom, that is exploring the context-mechanism-outcome relationships of Indigenous research. By conducting two parallel study components—an Indigenous-informed realist review and case studies—the larger IndWisdom project aims to advance Indigenous Peoples’ sovereignty and rights related to how Indigenous Knowledges are centred in research. Through the process of this research, we have come to the understanding that Indigenous Knowledges and Indigenous Knowledge Systems are contextualized and dynamic in nature and are embodied and interconnected in all aspects of one’s lived experience, language, traditions, and culture. Methods: As a collective, the trainees were supported to participate in a sharing circle to introduce ourselves and reflect on how our positionality and understanding of who we are impacts our approach to engaging with research. Results: While we span different nationhoods and time zones, we share how we have fostered virtual spaces that respect each other's perspectives and approaches as well as honour our own Indigenous world views and allied identities. Discussion: In the same way that our realist review involves recording and analyzing context-mechanism-outcome details of other peoples’ studies, our paper provides the context of who we are as co-authors, our mechanisms (approaches) of engaging with each other and the IndWisdom study content, and outcomes from our ways of knowing and doing research.Keywords: Indigenous, research, typology/methodology, lived experience, Indigenous research methodologies, ways of knowing
Infographics and/or Pictograms and Medication Adherence: A Scoping Review
Authors: Chanzu Abdullah , Wells Molly , Vitkin Natasha , Nersesian Sarah
Published: August 2023

Introduction: Medication adherence is the act of following medication instructions from a health care provider. Infographics and pictograms are visual science communication tools that have been shown to improve medication adherence. Objective: To synthesize and critically evaluate literature surrounding the use of infographics and pictograms in medication adherence. Methods: We conducted a literature search on PubMed, Ovid MEDLINE, CINAHL, Web of Science, and PsycInfo with the purpose of identifying literature published between the years 2000 and 2022. Primary research articles were included for quantitative analysis if they explored/reported the following topics and/or outcomes: (a) infographics and/or pictograms as the exposure of interest and (b) adherence, comprehension, or health outcomes as the outcome measures. Results: 30 studies were included in the results. Outcome measures assessed included (a) comprehension and understanding of factors surrounding medication adherence, (b) medication adherence, and (c) health outcomes. Our review of the studies showed that 87.5% of studies measuring outcome (a), 78.2% of those measuring outcome (b), and 100% of those measuring outcome (c) found improvements when using infographics or pictograms. Conclusion: Our review supports the use of infographics and pictograms as a means of improving medication adherence among a diverse set of demographics, illnesses, and treatments. Practice Implications: Infographics and pictograms are useful tools to improve medication adherence. When these tools are designed carefully, they increase the accessibility of medication information in a wide range of patient populations.
Endothelial structure contributes to heterogeneity in brain capillary diameter
Authors: Sargent Sheridan M , Bonney Stephanie K , Li Yuandong , Stamenkovic Stefan , Takeno Marc M , Coelho-Santos Vanessa , Shih Andy Y
Published: August 2023

The high metabolic demand of brain tissue is supported by a constant supply of blood flow through dense microvascular networks. Capillaries are the smallest class of vessels in the brain and their lumens vary in diameter between ~2 and 5 μm. This diameter range plays a significant role in optimizing blood flow resistance, blood cell distribution, and oxygen extraction. The control of capillary diameter has largely been ascribed to pericyte contractility, but it remains unclear if the architecture of the endothelial wall also contributes to capillary diameter. Here, we use public, large-scale volume electron microscopy data from mouse cortex (MICrONS Explorer, Cortical mm3) to examine how endothelial cell number, endothelial cell thickness, and pericyte coverage relates to microvascular lumen size. We find that transitional vessels near the penetrating arteriole and ascending venule are composed of two to six interlocked endothelial cells, while the capillaries intervening these zones are composed of either one or two endothelial cells, with roughly equal proportions. The luminal area and diameter are on average slightly larger with capillary segments composed of two interlocked endothelial cells vs one endothelial cell. However, this difference is insufficient to explain the full range of capillary diameters seen in vivo. This suggests that both endothelial structure and other influences, including pericyte tone, contribute to the basal diameter and optimized perfusion of brain capillaries.
My story in Calgary
Authors: Amado Rodrigo
Published: August 2023

This map tells the story of the author’s participation at the CARTO 2023 Conference in Calgary. It shows locations they travelled to and some memories related to them. It also summarizes the author’s exploration of Calgary during their stay, mostly around the University of Calgary and some parts of downtown. All the vector data was downloaded from the City of Calgary’s Open Data Portal. The software used to create the map were QGIS, Google Earth, GIMP and Inkscape.
The Orphic Argonautica
Authors: Alexandrova Tatiana
Published: August 2023

The publication presents a literary translation of the late Antique poem “Orphic Argonautica”, approximately dating from the 4th –5th centuries AD. This is a pseudepigraph, the author of which deliberately hid his name by signing the poem with the name of the mythical singer Orpheus. Along with the “Lithica”, the “Orphic Argonautica” is one of the two epic poems included in the corpus of orphic texts. From other versions of the epic on the plot of the myth about the Argonauts, it differs in length, being shorter, and in the special emphasis on the role of the ‘author’ and narrator, Orpheus; with attention to the sacred rites that he performs and with the description of the path itself. The love story of Jason and Medea, unlike other poems, is consigned to the periphery. In addition to the predictable coincidences with the “Argonautica”by Apollonius of Rhodes, in the “Orphic Argonautica” some intersections can be seen with the Latin epic poems: “Argonautica”: by Valerius Flaccus and “Punica”: by Silius Italicus, although the author can be not familiar with them he uses the same sources. The second part of the poem is of the greatest interest, in which the periplus of Northern Europe is given. The author follows the version of Timaeus from Tauromenium (4th century BC), according to which the Argonauts returned from Colchis through the Tanais, northern rivers and Ocean, and, having rounded Western Europe, entered the Mediterranean Sea. At the same time, he uses other geographical sources of Hellenistic time, thanks to which the narrative is basically plausible and testifies to the acquaintance of the Greeks with the northern sea routes. The literary merits of the poem are traditionally underestimated by scholars, but such an assessment is largely biased: the author pursues his own goals and chooses literary means in relation to them.
Slovak nouns of short duration chvíľa, okamih vs. German Weile, Augenblick according to the parallel corpus
Authors: Vashchenko Daria
Published: August 2023

The article examines the semantics of Slovak nouns with the meaning of short duration in relation to their German equivalents. The systems of temporal substances of short duration in Slovak and German demonstrate a significant degree of semantic and formal parallelism. Both languages have different indicators of exact and inaccurate time (minuta, sekunda vs chvila, okamih - Minute, Sekunde vs Weile, Augenblick). Similarly, in both languages, these nouns correlate both in terms of external form (minuta - Minute, sekunda - Sekunde, Weile - chvila: in the latter case, the Slovak noun is borrowed from German) and in terms of internal form (okamih – Augenblick: eyes blinking). It is revealed how the indicators of inaccurate time correlate with each other in terms of the real semantic content of tokens. The study was conducted on the material of the Slovak-German parallel corpus included in the Slovak National Corpus: the source language in the translations used is German. The main translational equivalent of the German Weile is indeed the Slovak chvila (for 2061 occurrences, 1288 cases are translated through chvila, and only 5 through okamih), while for Augenblick the situation is completely different: out of 5760 occurrences in 1471, the lexeme is translated as okamih, and 1952 – through chvila. The ways of transmitting Augenblick in different types of constructions are considered: prepositional, attributive, in constructions with particles and with verbs. At the same time, some of the constructions in the source language in translations are assigned to chvila, a small part is assigned to okamih, in a number of German constructions the number of equivalents of chvila - okamih is comparable. It is revealed that the semantics of Slovak nouns differs from their German correlates, since the Slovak chvila and okamih, in addition to the indefinite quantification of the time interval, have a number of additional connotations. In translations, chvila is oriented to the speaker's point of view, tends to situations of minimal tension or to those that do not involve drastic changes. In turn, okamih is focused on the point of view of an outside observer, as well as on situations of maximum tension - situations with sharp dynamics.
Prevalence of metabolic syndrome and chronic inflammation in psoriasis before and after biologic therapy: a prospective study
Authors: Timis Teodora-Larisa , Beni Lehel , Florian Ioan-Alexandru , Orăsan Meda , Orăsan Remus Ioan
Published: August 2023

Background. As a chronic inflammatory disease, psoriasis affects not only the skin but also the metabolic profile of the patients. Biologic therapies, including tumor necrosis alpha (TNF-a) inhibitors and interleukin (IL)-12/23 and IL-17 antagonists, have proven effective in the reduction of psoriasis severity; however their impact on the metabolic and chronic inflammatory profiles of the patients remains incompletely elucidated.

Methods. We performed a longitudinal case-control study on 106 psoriasis patients and an equal number of controls without the disease, as well as a prospective study on the patient group with the end point being 6 months of biologic therapy. Patients received either ixekizumab, secukinumab, guselkumab, certolizumab, ustekinumab, risankizumab, or adalimumab. Abdominal circumference, serum fasting glucose, triglycerides (TG), high-density lipoproteins (HDL), erythrocyte sedimentation rate (ESR) and C reactive protein (CRP) were measured for both patients and controls, with an additional measurement for patients after 6 months.

Results. At baseline, the number of psoriasis patients suffering from obesity, metabolic syndrome, and chronic inflammation significantly outnumbered controls (p<0.05), with the calculated odds ratio being 1.88, 6.83, and 81.84 for these conditions in psoriasis, respectively. Biologic therapies increased the abdominal circumference of patients in a slight but significant fashion (p<0.05), as well as significantly improved HDL, CRP, ESR levels at 6 months (p<0.05). Moreover, after 6 months, the number of patients meeting the diagnostic criteria for metabolic syndrome and chronic inflammation was significantly lower than at baseline (p<0.001).

Conclusions. According to our results, biologic therapies improve the overall metabolic and inflammatory profiles of psoriasis patients, the most significant ameliorations being noticed for serum HDL, CRP, and ESR.
Delinquency as a manifestation of the pathopsychological state of the transformation of society during the transition from totalitarianism to democracy
Authors:   Educational and Scientific Institute of Public Administration and Civil Service Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv, Afonin E. A. , Martynov A. Yu. ,   Institute of History of Ukraine, National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine 4, Hrushevsky Str., Kyiv, 01001, Ukraine, Khasanov R. R.
Published: August 2023

The article examines the nature of delinquency as a manifestation of the pathopsychological state of society in the conditions of transformational changes. The general background of this relationship is the visible weakening of social norms and institutions regulating and disciplining people’s behaviour through transformational processes, which leads to the denial of the authority of existing social norms and provokes various forms of deviant behaviour. Therefore, the psychological (psychosocial) aspect, which covers the individual and the collective conscious and unconscious nature of social behaviour, comes to the forefront of the knowledge of the new – Postmodern social situation. For the analysis of transitional processes and the social situation as a whole, the authors use both the established concept of the Modern era – “social identity” and introduce a new one, corresponding to the realities of the postmodern era, the concept of “societal identity” as a multidimensional psychosocial reality, which is measured by the author’s BAD methodology. It is about its six binary scales-oppositions, which measure such qualitative features of the social system as: “extroversion – introversion”, “emotionality – pragmatism”, “irrationality – rationality”, “intuitiveness – sensory”, “externality – internality”, “executiveness – intentionality”. Monitoring the trends of changes in these qualitative characteristics during the years 2002–2023 provided an opportunity not only to establish the fact of the birth and subsequent dominance of a new type of “social identity” in Ukraine but also to determine the “landmarks” of the irreversibility of the process of social transformation, which became: the “Orange Revolution” (2004), the “Revolution of Dignity” (2013–2014), the Russian-Ukrainian war (2014–2023), especially its final phase – Russia’s large-scale aggression against Ukraine (2022–2023). The latter seems to be the equifinal moment of social transformation, which brings victory for Ukraine while turning into a strategic defeat for Russia. This defeat is accompanied by the criminal nature of the delinquent behaviour of the military and politicians, which is caused by the pathopsychological state of Russian society with its conformist behavioural colouring, which is based on the archetypal tradition of the “oprichnina” of the Muscovite state of the 16th century, during the reign of Ivan 4th the Terrible.
Analysis of the Ukrainian consumer’s behaviour in terms of Carl Jung’s psychological types (context of delinquency in war conditions)
Authors:   Interregional Academy of Personnel Management 2, Frometivska Str., Kyiv, 03039, Ukraine, Zavgorodnia A. A.
Published: August 2023

Entrepreneurs use innovative methods and tools to attract consumers to their products or services in competitive conditions. Almost every innovative means includes psychological principles and techniques that force the consumer to draw attention to the product (service) and purchase it. Business usually uses psychological influence on the consumer to increase sales, which increases the company’s financial results. The article analyzes the influence of approaches on consumer behaviour considering C. Jung’s psychological types, using suggestive factors (economic, social, legal, psychological, innovative) and modelling consumer behaviour (microeconomic, social, psychological, integrated). Ukraine has been at war with Russia since 2014. This is a war at the front and in the sphere of economy, diplomacy, and information warfare. During the war, the behaviour of Ukrainian consumers changed significantly. After all, this war not only has physical consequences but also strongly affects the psychological state of Ukrainians and their consumer behaviour. War takes life and health, forcing people to leave their homes and be distant from loved ones. The entire population of Ukraine lives in constant stress. There is a great fear of insecurity in the life of every citizen. Everyone experiences the inevitable effects of war on psychological health. It has negative physical and emotional consequences for both combatants and civilians. Mental pain occurs not only due to a direct threat to a relative’s life, violence, mutilation, or death but also to other stressors – economic difficulties and uncertainty in life prospects. Consumer preferences were transformed during the war, not so much needs as problems. The psychological impact on consumer behaviour has changed as delinquent causes have been affected (death, demonstration of power, violence, intimidation, information and psychological operations, information wars, migration, nuclear terrorism, looting, etc.). Delinquency during entry transformed problems into the following positions: goods and services to help others, to normalize everyday life, and to survive. The Ukrainian consumer changed with the beginning of the war.
Como animar uma oficina literária: orientações para professores de Escrita Criativa
Authors: Roberto Amabile Luís , Postay Andrezza , Antonio de Assis Brasil Luiz
Published: August 2023

Consagradas ao redor do mundo, oficinas de criação literária promovem o conhecimento da literatura, geram estímulo para o ato de escrever e proporcionam o domínio de técnicas narrativas e poéticas aos participantes. Desse modo, fomentam o surgimento de novas vozes, contribuindo para a difusão no sistema literário de uma bem-vinda diversidade de estilos e autores. E como se ministra uma oficina de sucesso? Neste livro, com abordagem inédita no Brasil, renomados professores de Escrita Criativa narram suas experiências como participantes e ministrantes de oficinas: Andrezza Postay, Arthur Telló, Bernardo Bueno, Bruno Ribeiro, Carolina Zuppo Abed, Cintia Moscovich, Fred Linardi, Juliana Maffeis, Luís Roberto Amabile, Luiz Antonio de Assis Brasil, María Elena Morán, Moema Vilela, Rafael Bassi e Tiago Germano
TRAJETÓRIAS ADOLESCENTES E INFRAÇÃO: JOSÉ, ENTRE A MORTE E A APOSTA
Authors: de Oliveira Moreira Jacqueline , Máris Campos Guerra Andréa , Couto Marinho Frederico , Figueiredo Alves da Silva Bráulio , Ferreira Rodrigues Bianca , Carolina Dias Silva Ana , Caetano Pereira de Oliveira Lucas
Published: August 2023

Os homicídios são, hoje, a principal causa de morte entre jovens no Brasil e atingem especialmente jovens pobres e negros, do sexo masculino, moradores das periferias de áreas metropolitanas dos grandes centros urbanos. Nas Notas de Homicídios 4 (Waiselfisz, 2017) do autor do Mapa da Violência (Waiselfisz, 1998), foi ressaltado o aumento da mortalidade entre negros na população jovem brasileira, comparada à mortalidade entre jovens brancos, realidade recorrente ao longo dos anos. Interessante notar que o Brasil figura em terceiro lugar no ranking mundial de assassinato de crianças e jovens, precedido somente por México e El Salvador. “De 1980 a 2014, a taxa de homicídio da população na faixa de 0 a 19 anos de idade passou de 3,1 por 100 mil habitantes para 18,1 – um salto de 483,9%” (Waiselfisz, 2017, pp. 5-6).
ALGUMAS CONSTANTES DE UM PROFESSOR DE ESCRITA CRIATIVA
Authors: Antonio de Assis Brasil Luiz
Published: August 2023

Há um conselho usual em manuais de Escrita Criativa. Pense bem antes de escrever que seu personagem, ao tomar uma decisão ou realizar uma ação, “não poderia prever o que ocorreria muitos anos depois em decorrência daquilo”. Quando escrevemos isso corremos o o risco de passar por óbvios – porque o inusitado seria se tivéssemos o dom da previsão. Pois bem, assumo o risco. Eu não poderia prever, em 1985, nos primórdios da Oficina de Criação Literária de PUCRS, os desdobramentos da inauguração do curso. Hoje, quando penso quase quatro décadas ininterruptas de trabalho com a Oficina e, ainda, nos últimos anos, no mestrado e doutorado em Escrita Criativa do PPGL da Escola de Humanidades da PUCRS, percebo que meu legado não se materializa em grandes obras, mas no contingente agora inumerável de meus alunos somados a ex-alunos. São essas mulheres e homens que passaram a considerar a literatura a sua forma privilegiada de expressão e partilha de sensações.
NARRATIVAS MEMORIALÍSTICAS E ARTE NA CENA DA PESQUISA PSICANALÍTICA DE FENÔMENOS SOCIAIS
Authors: Máris Campos Guerra Andréa , de Oliveira Moreira Jacqueline , Carolina Dias Silva Ana
Published: August 2023

Este trabalho surge de um estudo psicanalítico sobre a desistência do crime na adolescência2, realizado no período de 2016 a 2018, no escopo de projeto de pesquisa financiado pela Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de Minas Gerais (FAPEMIG) – Edital 01/2017 Demanda Universal.
SOBRE O ESTATUTO PSICANALÍTICO DA ESCRITA DE SI NAS NARRATIVAS MEMORIALÍSTICAS
Authors: Máris Campos Guerra Andréa , de Oliveira Moreira Jacqueline , Ferreira Rodrigues Bianca
Published: August 2023

A perspectiva metodológica que adota narrativas nas pesquisas clínicas e nas de fenômenos sociais complexos parte dos estudos de campos conexos da literatura, da saúde e da história (Guerra et al., 2017). Enquanto ferramenta conceitual, dialoga, principalmente, com os modelos hermenêuticos de investigação científica. Reorientados pela psicanálise de orientação freudo-lacaniana, adotamos a ideia de narrativa a partir das noções psicanalíticas de inconsciente e memória. Nessa direção, seu uso opera menos pela busca do sentido e mais pela indução que a perda estrutural intrínseca à linguagem engendra. A escrita de si, nesse ato de construção de um saber em torno de um
Names of small fur-bearing animals in the Komi language
Authors: Rakin Anatoly N.
Published: August 2023

Introduction. The paper considers the hunting vocabulary in the Komi language. As an independent microsystem, it studies the designations used for the nomination of small fur-bearing animals living on the territory of the Komi Republic. The whole set of the lexical units refers to both types of forest inhabitants – predators and herbivores. The analysis of the factual material is carried out to establish the main stages of the formation and development of this component of the Komi language hunting vocabulary.
Materials and Methods. The material contained in the paper refers to the Komi literary language. Of the dialect names, only a few examples are given that are contained in normative dictionaries. The names of both primordial and foreign-language origin are considered. When developing the research topic, the author uses such methods as descriptive, comparative-historical, synchronous-comparative and statistical, as well as methods of semantic and structural-word-formation analysis.
Results and Discussion. The article is the first experience of linguistic research of the names of small fur-bearing animals in the Komi language. By substantial basis, this lexical microsystem refers to the designations of the hunting object. The analysis of the factual material was carried out using synchronous and diachronic research methods. Based on the systematization of the available proto-forms, a diachronic hierarchy of the primordial vocabulary is characterized by four components of ancient names: Proto-Finno-Ugric, Proto-Finno-Permian, Proto-Permian and Proto-Komi. It establishes the types and quantitative composition of a group of foreign-language names consisting of ancient and late borrowings.
Conclusion. The formation of the Komi language vocabulary related to small fur-bearing commercial animals has taken place over many millennia since the Proto-Finno-Ugric epoch. Most of the names of the analyzed microsystem belong to the primordial vocabulary fund of the Komi language. The foreign-language component of the names of small fur-bearing animals takes an insignificant place, its formation occurred as a result of the penetration of borrowings from two external sources.
Anisotropic Transport of Dielectric Particles by a Uniform Electric Field in an Inhomogeneously Heated Viscous Fluid
Authors: Martynov Sergey I.
Published: August 2023

The anisotropic transfer of dielectric particles by a uniform electric field in a nonuniformly heated fluid is modeled. The transport anisotropy is determined by the mechanism of interaction between particles whose permittivity depends on temperature. The temperature distribution in the particles and in the fluid is determined by their thermal diffusivity and does not depend on the motion of the fluid, thus corresponding to small Peclet numbers. The fluid flow is considered in the approximation of small Reynolds numbers. The transfer of particles is due to the action of an anisotropic force exerted by applied uniform electric field and friction forces exerted by the fluid. The interaction of particles is taken into account. Numerical modeling of anisotropic transport dynamics of two dielectric particles is carried out. The process mentioned depends on the mutual orientation of electric field vector, temperature gradient, and initial orientation of the vector connecting the particle centers. For the case of a large number of particles, an anisotropic equilibrium distribution of the particle concentration in an external electric field is found taking into account the mechanisms of their diffusion and interaction.
EFFECT OF SALT STRESS ON RICE SEED GERMINATION AND SEEDING GROWTH
Authors: Desheva G. , Tosheva S. , Valchinova E. , Pencheva A.
Published: August 2023

PURPOSE: the purpose of the study was to analyse the influence of different NaCl concentrations on germination and seedling parameters in three rice cultivars belong to species Oriza sativa L. - Osmanchik 97, Kameo and Luna. METHODS: six NaCl salt concentrations were studied (low concentrations: 25 mM and 50 mM NaCl solutions, medium concentrations: 75 mM and 100 mM NaCl solutions and high concentrations: 125 mM and 150 mM NaCl solutions). Germination data and seedling parameters were recorded. RESULTS: The application of salt concentrations between 25 and 150 had no significant effect on seed germination, while suppressive effect on seedling characteristics. At 150 mM NaCl mean germination time ranged from 2.10 days (for Osmanchik 97) to 3.15 days (for Kameo), mean ShL ranged from 3.65 cm for Kameo to 5.33 cm for Osmanchik 97. With increasing concentrations of NaCl vigor index decreased from 2043 for Osmanchik 97 (control) to 1050.24 for the variety Kameo. CONCLUSION: At 150 mM NaCl concentrations, the studied varieties showed very high salt tolerance to seed germination, high salt tolerance to root growth and medium salt tolerance to shoot growth. Тhe study confirmed that rice cultivars at the stage of seed germination are more tolerant to salinity than at the early seedling stage.
Orlicz Algebras Associated to a Banach Function Space
Authors: CHEN Chung-chuan , BAGHERİ SALEC Ali Reza , TABATABAİE Seyed Mohammad
Published: August 2023

In this paper, we study the spaces ${\mathcal X}^\Phi$ as Banach algebras, where $\mathcal X$ is a quasi-Banach space and $\Phi$ is a Young function, and extend some well-known facts regarding Lebesgue and Orlicz spaces on this new structure. Also, for each $p\geq 1$, we give some necessary condition for the space $\mathcal{X}^p$ to be a Banach algebra under the pointwise product.
On the properties of the anisotropic multivariate Hermite-Gauss functions
Authors: Steinberg Shlomi , Eğecioğlu Ömer , Yan Ling-qi
Published: August 2023

The Hermite-Gauss basis functions have been extensively employed in classical and quantum optics due to their convenient analytic properties. A class of multivariate Hermite-Gauss functions, the anisotropic Hermite-Gauss functions, arise by endowing the standard univariate Hermite-Gauss functions with a positive definite quadratic form. These multivariate functions admit useful applications in optics, signal analysis and probability theory, however they have received little attention in literature. In this paper, we examine the properties of these functions, with an emphasis on applications in computational optics.
On the geometry of fixed points and discontinuity
Authors: PANT Rajendra Prasad , ÖZGÜR Nihal , JOSHI Bharti , RAM Mangey
Published: August 2023

Recently, there has been a considerable effort to obtain new solutions to the Rhoades' open problem on the existence of contractive mappings that admit discontinuity at the fixed point. An extended version of this problem is also stated using a geometric approach. In this paper, we obtain new solutions to this extended version of the Rhoades' open problem. A related problem, the fixed-circle problem (resp. fixed-disc problem) is also studied. Both of these problems are related to the geometric properties of the fixed point set of a self-mapping on a metric space. Furthermore, a new result about metric completeness and a short discussion on the activation functions used in the study of neural networks are given. By providing necessary examples, we show that our obtained results are effective.
Operator inequalities via accretive transforms
Authors: GÜMÜŞ İbrahim Halil , MORADI Hamid Reza , SABABHEH Mohammad
Published: August 2023

In this article, we employ certain properties of the transform $C_{M,m}(A)=(MI-A^*)(A-mI)$ to obtain new inequalities for the bounded linear operator $A$ on a complex Hilbert space $\mathcal{H}$. In particular, we obtain new relations among $|A|,|A^*|,|\mathfrak{R}A|$ and $|\mathfrak{I}A|$. Further numerical radius inequalities that extend some known inequalities will be presented too.
Connecting descent and peak polynomials
Authors: Kantarcı Oğuz Ezgi
Published: August 2023

A permutation $\sigma=\sigma_1 \sigma_2 \cdots \sigma_n$ has a descent at $i$ if $\sigma_i>\sigma_{i+1}$. A descent $i$ is called a peak if $i>1$ and $i-1$ is not a descent. The size of the set of all permutations of $n$ with a given descent set is a polynomials in $n$, called the descent polynomial. Similarly, the size of the set of all permutations of $n$ with a given peak set, adjusted by a power of $2$ gives a polynomial in $n$, called the peak polynomial. In this work we give a unitary expansion of descent polynomials in terms of peak polynomials. Then we use this expansion to give an interpretation of the coefficients of the peak polynomial in a binomial basis, thus giving a constructive proof of the peak polynomial positivity conjecture.
Homological objects of min-pure exact sequences
Authors: Alagöz Yusuf , Moradzadeh-dehkordı Ali
Published: August 2023

In a recent paper, Mao has studied min-pure injective modules to investigate the existence of min-injective covers. A min-pure injective module is one that is injective relative only to min-pure exact sequences. In this paper, we study the notion of min-pure projective modules which is the projective objects of min-pure exact sequences. Various ring characterizations and examples of both classes of modules are obtained. Along this way, we give conditions which guarantee that each min-pure projective module is either injective or projective. Also, the rings whose injective objects are min-pure projective are considered. The commutative rings over which all injective modules are min-pure projective are exactly quasi-Frobenius. Finally, we are interested with the rings all of its modules are min-pure projective. We obtain that a ring $R$ is two-sided K\"othe if all right $R$-modules are min-pure projective. Also, a commutative ring over which all modules are min-pure projective is quasi-Frobenius serial. As consequence, over a commutative indecomposable ring with $J(R)^{2}=0$, it is proven that all $R$-modules are min-pure projective if and only if $R$ is either a field or a quasi-Frobenius ring of composition length $2$.
The Vietoris hyperspace $\mathcal F(X)$ and certain generalized metric properties
Authors: Tuyen Luong Quoc , Ong Van Tuyen , Kočinac Ljubiša D. R.
Published: August 2023

In this paper, we study several generalized metric properties of the space $\mathcal F(X)$ of finite subsets of a space $X$ endowed with the Vietoris topology. In particular, we consider such properties $(P)$ for which $\mathcal F(X)$ has $(P)$ if and only if $X$ has $(P)$. Also, we obtain some results related to the images of metric spaces under some kinds of continuous mappings.
Fuzzifying pseudo-quasi-metric topologies on the fuzzy real line
Authors: Shi Fu-gui
Published: August 2023

In this paper, three natural fuzzifying topologies are presented on the fuzzy real line. Then the notion of fuzzifying pseudo-quasi-metrics is introduced. It is proved that the three fuzzifying topologies can be induced respectively by three fuzzifying pseudo-quasi-metrics. Our definition of fuzzifying pseudo-metric is slightly different from that of KM-fuzzy metric. A fuzzifying pseudo-metrics can be regarded as a weak form of a KM fuzzy metric.
Reconstruction of the nonlocal Sturm-Liouville operator with boundary conditions depending on the parameter
Authors: Adalar İbrahim , Özkan Ahmet Sinan
Published: August 2023

In the present paper, we consider the Sturm--Liouville equation with nonlocal boundary conditions depending polynomially on the parameter. We obtain a result and give an algorithm for the reconstruction of the coefficients of the problem using asymptotics of the nodal points.
Suzuki type $\mathcal{Z}_{c}$-contraction mappings and the fixed-figure problem
Authors: Gopal Dhananjay , Özgür Nihal , Savaliya Jayesh , Srivastava Shailesh Kumar
Published: August 2023

Geometric approaches are important for the study of some real-life problems. In metric fixed point theory, a recent problem called fixed-figure problem is the investigation of the existence of self-mapping which remain invariant at each points of a certain geometric figure (e.g. a circle, an ellipse and a Cassini curve) in the space. This problem is well studied in the domain of the extension of this line of research in the context of fixed circle, fixed disc, fixed ellipse, fixed Cassini curve and so on. In this paper, we introduce the concept of a Suzuki type $\mathcal{Z}_c$-contraction. We deal with the fixed-figure problem by means of the notions of a $\mathcal{Z}_c$-contraction and a Suzuki type $\mathcal{Z}_c$-contraction. We derive new fixed-figure results for the fixed ellipse and fixed Cassini curve cases by means of these notions. Also fixed disc and fixed circle results given for Suzuki type $\mathcal{Z}_c$-contraction. There are couple of illustration related to the obtained theoretical results.
Problems of the Legal Regulation of Copyright as a Commodity
Authors:   Donetsk National University of Economics and Trade named after Mikhail Tugan-Baranovsky, Shirkova Irina
Published: August 2023

Introduction. The development of economic and social relations leads to a change in the role of the results of intellectual activity, which, in turn, requires new legal solutions to ensure the legal protection of intellectual property objects. There are many definitions of the concept in the scientific literature, but the unity in their understanding has not been achieved. There is no clear definition of the concept of “exclusive rights” in the regulatory framework; only the structure of exclusive rights is asserted. Taking into account the multidimensional definition of “copyright as a commodity”, it is quite possible and expedient from a scientific point of view to analyze certain ideas of this phenomenon, considering the legal regulation of protecting intellectual property as a commodity and protecting exclusive rights. Methods. In the study of the essence of copyright as a commodity, implying exclusive rights in its structure, the dialectical method was used, representing a complex interaction of theoretical deduction and empirical induction, the unity of analysis and synthesis, which made it possible to comprehensively study the content of the subject. Results. The legislative framework has made it possible to identify the ways to create items covered by copyright, to use protectable results of intellectual activity and means of individualization and to dispose of exclusive rights. The author has analyzed the inconsistency of the legal regulation of copyright as a commodity, which by virtue of the law is not absolute, since, in cases established by law, it can be conferred to several persons, and, therefore, does not belong to one person. Conclusions. The necessity of changing the civil legislation regulating exclusive rights is substantiated, since copyright has features that distinguish it from the right to ownership; it is necessary to consider it as an independent legal category belonging to a sub-branch of civil law.
Subjective Rights in Non-Prescriptive Legal Regulation: Methodological Foundations of the Study
Authors:   Volgograd Academy of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia, Popov Viktor
Published: August 2023

Subjective rights have been and are the subject of scientific focus both in this country and abroad. However, all these numerous studies sinby myriad mistakes and inaccuracies. This is a serious obstacle to the creation of a relevant to objective state-legal reality theoretical model of the use of subjective rights in the legal regulation. In turn, this makes it impossible to formulate a correct scientific foundation for improving not only legal activity, but also the entire public administration. Purpose. To avoid the methodological problems of legal science that lead to the noted errors and inaccuracies, the paper does not allow mixing of political-ideological and scientific, logical, approach to the phenomena studied. As a result of the analysis of the ontological status of subjective law in the informational aspect, the author concludes that this right does not have its own prescriptive nature, but is associated with prescriptions in the context of the legal semiotic triangle model. The pragmatic aspect of the analysis of the regulatory nature of subjective rights makes it possible to find the real place of these rights in the mechanism of non-prescriptive legal regulation. Conclusions. In the logical-semantic context, subjective law is not a prescription, but a duplicate or indirect exponent of a legal prescription. At the same time, the specifics of the formulation of such an exponent relate to factors of a pragmatic, political and ideological nature. Taking into account these factors allows interpreting subjective rights as special socio-legal assessments of antelegem, prelegem, sucundumlegem, praeterlegem, postlegem, which relate to a phenomenon poorly studied by legal science that has extremely important practical significance.
Система наказаний для физических лиц по Уголовному кодексу Социалистической Республики Вьетнам
Authors:   Kutafin Moscow State Law University, Long Tran
Published: August 2023

Introduction. On the one hand, the system of punishments clearly shows the criminal policy of the state and plays an important role in the prevention and fight against crime. The Criminal Code of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam (hereinafter referred to as the CC of SRV) provides for two systems of penalties: for individuals and commercial legal entities. The paper examines the system of punishments for individuals provided for by the CC of SRV of 2015 and its features when comparing the CC of SRV of 1985, 1999, and the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation. The purpose of the study is to point out the specifics of Vietnam’s criminal punishment system, its shortcomings and limitations, and to conduct an analysis of the content of punishments applied to individuals. The research methods used by the author include the comparative research method and the statistical method of data analysis. The author compares the provisions on punishment in the CC of SRV (1985, 1999, and 2015) to see the changes in the criminal legislation in general and the system of punishments in particular. The results of the research indicated by the author include the following main content: 1) the system of punishments for individuals is relatively diverse. The main punishments are arranged in a ladder of increasing severity; 2) the punishments applied to individuals specified in the CC of SRV of 2015 are more humane. This is reflected in a reduction in the number of crimes for which terms of deprivation, life imprisonment, and the death penalty are provided.
Smart Contracts in the Financial Sector of Russia
Authors:   Rostov State University of Economics, Gashenko Irina , Khoroshunov Mark ,   Rostov State University of Economics
Published: August 2023

The paper discusses one of the most promising and widespread digital innovations in FinTech, the so-called smart contracts, which have the potential to increase the financial stability of the economy and entrepreneurship based on the digital modernization of other industries, including digital law. Methods. Based on the IMD statistics, a profile of the development of smart contracts in the Russian Federation in 2021 has been compiled. A factor analysis of the development of smart contracts in the Russian Federation in 2013–2021 has been carried out using the regression analysis method. Results. A forecast has been made and alternative scenarios for the development of smart contracts in Russia have been identified. It is proved that in Russia the current (as of 2021) level of development of smart contracts is moderate. A set of practical recommendations has been proposed to improve it. Conclusions. The key conclusion based on the results of the study is that the basis of the organization of smart contracts is the use of machine code and security protocols. The most common technology for securing smart contracts is blockchain. The results of modeling, forecasting and the proposed authors’ recommendations have identified significant prospects for the development of smart contracts in the financial sector in Russia.
A CRT Counterstory
Authors: Murtza Ayesha
Published: August 2023

While teaching young girls from the lower socioeconomic class and usually lower castes in a rural part of Punjab, Pakistan, I witnessed not only class-based learning gaps but also the ways in which class impacts their subjecthood and their academic lives. These experiential facts are even more complicated for those who are multiply marginalized based on class, caste, religion, and other discriminatory factors like color, accent, and hair but whose marginalization remains largely invisible. Storytelling, in these situations, serves both as a personal and political tool for marginalized people to have conversations about these challenges. By using the genre of counterstory, this paper highlights the intersectionality of caste system, gender hierarchy, colorism, and racism, particularly in the context of Pakistan. This “new rhetoric” of counterstory enables a storyteller to bring their experiences to a wider audience and talk about various issues with minimized possibility of chastisement. Many scholars offer and employ this methodology, for example, Martinez,[1] Derrick Bell,[2] and Patricia Williams[3]  have written dialogues and told stories by using their experiential knowledge of marginalized and underprivileged communities. Building on this previous work, this paper provides its readers the chance to analyze and understand their experiential knowledge because “counterstory or counter perspective is presented to develop the minoritized viewpoints and to critique the viewpoints which put forth by various characters.”[4]
 
[1] See Aja Y. Martinez, Counterstory: The Rhetoric and Writing of critical Race Theory (2020). https://www.amazon.com/Counterstory-Rhetoric-Writing-Critical-Theory/dp/0814108784
[2] Bell, Derrick. And We Are Not Saved: The Elusive Quest for Racial Justice. 1987. Print. Faces at the Bottom of the Well. New York: Basic Books, 1992. Print.
[3] Williams, Patricia J. The Alchemy of Race and Rights: Diary of a Law Professor. President and Fellows of Harvard College, 1991.
[4] See Aja Y. Martinez, Counterstory: The Rhetoric and Writing of critical Race Theory (2020).
Coming Over and An Ethics of Accessibility
Authors: Wilson Gabriella
Published: August 2023

This review grapples with the ongoing mental health crisis in higher education to contextualize Allison Hitt’s Rhetorics of Overcoming: Narratives of Disability and Accessibility in Writing Studies. In her text, Hitt acknowledges institutional barriers to access and accommodations while arguing that to meet the crisis, instructors must employ an ethics of accessibility that enables multiple points of engagement with class content. According to Hitt, to create institution-al change, instructors must work with students in a process of coming over. Hitt’s process of coming over actively engages the participation of disabled students in facilitating their learning. This review engages with Hitt’s text alongside a consideration of a discussion around mental illness and accessibility in higher education.
PAPER TITLE SYSTEM MODEL FOR TESTING AUXILIARY ELECTRIC MACHINES OF TRACTIONAL ROLLING STOCK
Authors: SHAPOVALOV O.
Published: August 2023

Purpose. The development and implementation of energy-efficient test schemes for auxiliary electrical machines of rolling stock requires mathematical modeling in order to determine the most rational scheme from the point of view of the quality of the tests performed, as well as to minimize energy costs for conducting the tests themselves. Methodology. The methodological basis of the research is the analytical research methods based on the compilation of the calculation system of differential equations by solving which it is possible to determine the parameters of the mutual load scheme. Findings. Given the fact that the mutual load system is complex enough to be solved by the system, in the work, the system was decomposed into simpler schemes for replacing the electrical and mechanical parts. A system of differential equations was created on the basis of substitution schemes, which made it possible to create a model of a mutual load system with three input and three output parameters. The developed model can be easily implemented in specialized software environments (for example, SIMULINK) using standard built-in blocks. Originality. A rational scheme for testing auxiliary machines by the mutual load method is proposed, with coverage of losses from one source of electrical power. Practical value. The implementation of the obtained results by enterprises for the repair of auxiliary rolling stock machines will allow to reduce the material costs of carrying out repairs while maintaining the quality of the conducted tests.