bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Harvesting Solar Power Foments Prices in a Vicious Cycle: Breaking the Cycle with Price Mechanisms
Authors: Mamaghani Fariba F. , Çakanyildirim Metin
Published: December 2023

Harvesting Solar Power Foments Prices in a Vicious Cycle: Breaking the Cycle with Price Mechanisms

An important paper in this issue quantifies and explores how residential solar power adoption affects the price of electricity and the profit of a utility firm. It reveals the mechanism behind what is known as the “utility (death) spiral.” As more residences adopt solar power generation, the price of electricity goes up, whereas the profit of utility firm comes down. The study finds the equilibrium of a game played between consumers deciding to adopt residential solar power and the utility deciding on prices in a regulated market. The equilibrium, involving a potential bankruptcy for the utility firm and a high price for a nonadopter consumer, is desirable for neither. To avoid this, it suggests either decreasing the buyback price that the utility pays for the excess power of an adopter or introducing a subscription for adopters. These suggestions can inform pricing policies in the power market.
Is medical assistance in dying just medically-administered death?
Authors: Shenouda John , Haslam James
Published: December 2023

As medical assistance in dying seemingly gains traction, this editorial discusses the arguments for and against it, looking at the balance of patient autonomy and alleviation of suffering vs the potentially far-reaching and unintended consequences. The authors hope that this provides a platform for further debate and education around assisted dying.
Unlocking the learning potential of simulation-based education
Authors: Gormley Gerard J , Carr Davina , Murphy Paul , Tallentire Victoria R , Smith Samantha E
Published: December 2023

Simulation is ubiquitous in the training of hospital-based doctors worldwide, often focusing on an individual level in traditional ‘skills and drills’-based training. However, there has been an expansion in the use of simulation in healthcare practice and training. Simulation is being adopted into many disciplines that traditionally have not used this form of experiential learning. Moreover, simulation is increasingly being harnessed to enhance team and organisational learning in hospital-based practice. This article shares some insights into simulation-based education and makes the ‘familiar unfamiliar’ about this important method of learning. The aim is to broaden readers’ outlook about what simulation has to offer beyond the classic notion of skills and drills-based training.
AVALIAÇÃO EXTERNA NA ORGANIZAÇÃO DO TRABALHO DE UMA TURMA DE 5º ANO: AVALIAÇÃO OU REGULAÇÃO?
Authors: Duarte Pelegrini Mayara , Ferraz Pereira Maria Simone
Published: December 2023

Este artigo aborda a materialidade das políticas de avaliação externa em uma sala de 5º ano de uma escola pública, localizada na cidade de Uberlândia/MG. Para o desenvolvimento do trabalho, foi realizada uma pesquisa bibliográfica e análise dos dados que emergiram da pesquisa de campo, tendo como objetivo refletir sobre desdobramentos das avaliações externas na organização do trabalho pedagógico. Com a hegemonia neoliberal, as avaliações assumiram uma centralidade na obtenção da congruência das agendas entre mercado e governos, atrelando a qualidade educacional ao desempenho dos alunos nas avaliações. Na escola observada, as avaliações eram o cerne da organização do trabalho pedagógico, instituindo-se um ritual avaliativo, que exercia um controle e pressão nos sujeitos. Identificamos que, quase sempre, as avaliações chegavam à escola de forma confusa, desprovidas de sentido e desconexas do cotidiano e práticas da docente.
Equivalent circuit model of the traveling wave electrode for lithium niobate thin film Mach–Zehnder modulators
Authors: Guo Yanting , Li Lianyan , Zhang Yunshan , Sun Shiyuan , Quan Qihong , Shi Yuechun
Published: December 2023

We propose an equivalent circuit model of the traveling wave electrode for lithium
niobate thin film (TFLN) Mach–Zehnder modulators, in which the
distributed capacitance and conformal mapping techniques are applied
to calculate the microwave refractive index, microwave loss, and
characteristic impedance. Their accuracies are verified by comparing
with the results of the finite element method, and the relative errors
are less than 3.282%, 1.776%, and 5.334%, respectively. The influence
of the electrode’s structural parameters on the modulation
performances is analyzed, and a 3 dB modulation bandwidth
around 84 GHz with an 8-mm-long traveling wave electrode is
obtained.
A lightweight YOLOv7 insulator defect detection algorithm based on DSC-SE
Authors: Zhang Yulu , Li Jiazhao , Fu Wei , Ma Juan , Wang Gang
Published: December 2023

As the UAV(Unmanned Aerial Vehicle) carrying target detection algorithm in transmission line insulator inspection, we propose a lightweight YOLOv7 insulator defect detection algorithm for the problems of inferior insulator defect detection speed and high model complexity. Firstly, a lightweight DSC-SE module is designed using a DSC(Depthwise Separable Convolution) fused SE channel attention mechanism to substitute the SC(Standard Convolution) of the YOLOv7 backbone extraction network to decrease the number of parameters in the network as well as to strengthen the shallow network’s ability to obtain information about target features. Then, in the feature fusion part, GSConv(Grid Sensitive Convolution) is used instead of standard convolution to further lessen the number of parameters and the computational effort of the network. EIoU-loss(Efficient-IoU) is performed in the prediction head part to make the model converge faster. According to the experimental results, the recognition accuracy rate of the improved model is 95.2%, with a model size of 7.9M. Compared with YOLOv7, the GFLOPs are reduced by 54.5%, the model size is compressed by 37.8%, and the accuracy is improved by 4.9%. The single image detection time on the Jetson Nano is 105ms and the capture rate is 13FPS. With guaranteed accuracy and detection speed, it meets the demands of real-time detection.
Factors causing emergency medical care overload during heatwaves: A Delphi study
Authors: Paganini Matteo , Lamine Hamdi , Della Corte Francesco , Hubloue Ives , Ragazzoni Luca , Barone-Adesi Francesco
Published: December 2023

Heatwaves pose an important risk for population health and are associated with an increased demand for emergency care. To find factors causing such overload, an online Delphi study included 15 experts in emergency medicine, disaster medicine, or public health. One open-ended question was delivered in the first round. After content analysis, the obtained statements were sent to the experts in two rounds to be rated on a 7-point linear scale. Consensus was defined as a standard deviation ≤ 1.0. Thirty-one statements were obtained after content analysis. The experts agreed on 18 statements, mostly focusing on the input section of patient processing and identifying stakeholders, the population, and primary care as targets of potential interventions. Additional dedicated resources and bed capacity were deemed important as per throughput and output sections, respectively. These findings could be used in the future to implement and test solutions to increase emergency healthcare resilience during heatwaves and reduce disaster risk due to climatic change.
Commercial hatchery practices have long-lasting effects on laying hens’ spatial behaviour and health
Authors: Montalcini Camille M. , Petelle Matthew B. , Toscano Michael J.
Published: December 2023

The commercial hatchery process is globally standardized and exposes billions of day-old layer chicks to stress every year. By alleviating this early stress, on-farm hatching is thought to improve animal welfare, yet little is known about its effects throughout production. This study compared welfare indicators and spatial behaviours during the laying period of hens hatched in an on-farm environment (OFH) to those hatched in a commercial hatchery and transferred at one day-old to a rearing barn (STAN). In particular, we assessed how OFH and TRAN hens differed in space-use and movement behaviours following the transfer to the laying barn at 17 weeks of age, a similar stressor encountered by STAN hens early in life, and determined whether effects aligned more with the ’silver-spoon’ or ’environmental matching’ hypothesis. We found that for the first three months post-transfer into the laying barn, OFH hens, on average, transitioned less between the aviary’s tiers and spent less time on the littered floor. Because OFH hens became behaviourally more similar to STAN hens over time, these results suggest that OFH hens required a prolonged period to establish their daily behavioural patterns. Furthermore, OFH hens had more severe keel bone fractures throughout the laying period but similar feather damage and body mass to STAN hens. No differences were found in hen mortality or the number of eggs per live hen. These findings support the environmental matching hypothesis and suggest that early-life stressors may have prepared hens for later-life stressors, underscoring the importance of both early-life and adult environments in enhancing animal welfare throughout production.
Which breathlessness dimensions associate most strongly with fatigue?–The population-based VASCOL study of elderly men
Authors: Cristea Lucas , Olsson Max , Sandberg Jacob , Kochovska Slavica , Currow David , Ekström Magnus
Published: December 2023

Background

Breathlessness and fatigue are common symptoms in older people. We aimed to evaluate how different breathlessness dimensions (overall intensity, unpleasantness, sensory descriptors, emotional responses) were associated with fatigue in elderly men.

Methods

This was a cross-sectional analysis of the population-based VAScular disease and Chronic Obstructive Lung Disease (VASCOL) study of 73-year old men. Breathlessness dimensions were assessed using the Dyspnoea-12 (D-12), Multidimensional Dyspnoea Profile (MDP), and the modified Medical Research Council (mMRC) scale. Fatigue was assessed using the Functional Assessment of Chronic Illness Therapy–Fatigue (FACIT-F) questionnaire. Clinically relevant fatigue was defined as FACIT-F≤ 30 units. Scores were compared standardized as z-scores and analysed using linear regression, adjusted for body mass index, smoking, depression, cancer, sleep apnoea, prior cardiac surgery, respiratory and cardiovascular disease.

Results

Of 677 participants, 11.7% had clinically relevant fatigue. Higher breathlessness scores were associated with having worse fatigue; for D-12 total, -0.35 ([95% CI] -0.41 to -0.30) and for MDP A1, -0.24 (-0.30 to -0.18). Associations were similar across all the evaluated breathlessness dimensions even when adjusting for the potential confounders.

Conclusion

Breathlessness assessed using D-12 and MDP was associated with worse fatigue in elderly men, similarly across different breathlessness dimensions.
Shedding light on the dark genome: Insights into the genetic, CRISPR-based, and pharmacological dependencies of human cancers and disease aggressiveness
Authors: Kafita Doris , Nkhoma Panji , Dzobo Kevin , Sinkala Musalula
Published: December 2023

Investigating the human genome is vital for identifying risk factors and devising effective therapies to combat genetic disorders and cancer. Despite the extensive knowledge of the "light genome”, the poorly understood "dark genome" remains understudied. In this study, we integrated data from 20,412 protein-coding genes in Pharos and 8,395 patient-derived tumours from The Cancer Genome Atlas (TCGA) to examine the genetic and pharmacological dependencies in human cancers and their treatment implications. We discovered that dark genes exhibited high mutation rates in certain cancers, similar to light genes. By combining the drug response profiles of cancer cells with cell fitness post-CRISPR-mediated gene knockout, we identified the crucial vulnerabilities associated with both dark and light genes. Our analysis also revealed that tumours harbouring dark gene mutations displayed worse overall and disease-free survival rates than those without such mutations. Furthermore, dark gene expression levels significantly influenced patient survival outcomes. Our findings demonstrated a similar distribution of genetic and pharmacological dependencies across the light and dark genomes, suggesting that targeting the dark genome holds promise for cancer treatment. This study underscores the need for ongoing research on the dark genome to better comprehend the underlying mechanisms of cancer and develop more effective therapies.
The UAE animation industry: Current perceptions, challenges and future directions
Authors: Tariq Urwa Muhammad , Nesti Willard Sarah L.
Published: December 2023

The early-1990s satellite TV revolution in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) brought foreign media broadcasts into the limelight, and Japanese anime and American cartoons dubbed in Arabic became the most-watched content in Emirati households. Currently, the trend is continuing. Providing an overview of animation trends in the UAE, through the collection of qualitative data, this article explains the popularity of foreign entertainment products that have impacted young Emiratis in recent decades. It also describes how local animation industries are reacting to this phenomenon by slowly trying to find a window into the local market. The article elaborates on how regional industries will boost their local production and live up to the expectations of these young Emiratis along with new audiences. Focus groups interviews were conducted in which Emirati youths shared the reasons behind their entertainment preferences of animated products and identified how foreign media positively affects the UAE animation industry. Interviews with members of the local animation and gaming industries were also carried out to discover their vision and how they are trying to create professional opportunities for young people interested in working in the field of gaming, animation or content creation.
Use of evidence and expertise in UK climate governance
Authors: Willis Rebecca
Published: December 2023

There is a clear scientific consensus that no new coal mines can be developed, if the Paris Agreement to limit global temperature rises is to be met. Yet in December 2022, following a lengthy Public Inquiry, the UK Government approved the development of Woodhouse Colliery in Cumbria. In doing so, it accepted the claim that the coal mine would be ‘zero carbon’, and could even result in lower global emissions overall. As this paper demonstrates, there is no independent evidence to support these claims, whilst a large body of independent evidence comes to the opposite conclusion. This paper uses the example of Woodhouse Colliery to examine the use of evidence and expertise in climate governance processes. It finds that the nature of expertise and evidence is not properly considered, and that there is ambiguity and confusion surrounding the implementation of the UK’s climate legislation, particularly the Climate Change Act. It also finds that the ways in which the decision-making process solicited and assessed evidence was flawed, promoting a ‘false balance’. This ambiguity and false balance provide scope for developers to argue the case for destructive developments, even while claiming adherence to climate ambitions. The paper concludes by suggesting reforms to governance processes, to provide a more transparent and credible implementation of policies to achieve the UK’s net zero target. Suggested reforms include clearer rules governing fossil fuel phase-out; greater transparency and better handling of conflicts of interest in decision-making; and devolution of climate responsibilities to local areas.
Identificación de buenas prácticas en las iniciativas de asociativismo municipal para la generación de avances en el cumplimiento de la Agenda 2030. Estudio de caso del Área Metropolitana de San Salvador
Authors: Argueta-Quintanilla Alejandra , Pérez-Hernández Lisandro
Published: December 2023

Este artículo analiza la importancia que los gobiernos locales salvadoreños que conforman el Área Metropolitana de San Salvador (AMSS) le atribuyen al asociativismo municipal en la identificación de buenas prácticas en materia de desarrollo territorial y su contribución a los Objetivos de Desarrollo Sostenible. La metodología utilizada en el proceso de investigación posee un enfoque cualitativo de tipo exploratorio, que implicó la revisión documental y programática de la Oficina de Planificación del Área Metropolitana de San Salvador (OPAMSS), y un instrumento de entrevista a profundidad que permitió realizar una caracterización de la asociación municipal de los catorce gobiernos locales pertenecientes al AMSS. Los resultados del estudio identifican potencialidades y desafíos en torno a los criterios de inclusión, cooperación y fortalecimiento de capacidades en la gestión de procesos de desarrollo territorial, aspectos necesarios para la contribución estratégica de la Agenda 2030.
Avances en la Agenda 2030 desde España y la Unión Europea. Pacto Verde Europeo, Fondos NextGen y Plan de Recuperación
Authors: Cruz Prego Fernando de la
Published: December 2023

En el año 2019 comenzó la legislatura del gobierno de coalición progresista en España, que tomó como marco de referencia para el despliegue de la acción pública la Agenda 2030 y los ODS. En paralelo, la Unión Europea presentaba ese mismo año su nueva estrategia de desarrollo sostenible con el Pacto Verde Europeo como buque insignia. Además, unos meses más tarde se aprobaban los Fondos Next Generation para hacer frente a la crisis del covid e implementar así las prioridades de desarrollo europeas a través de los Planes de Recuperación de los Estados miembros. La combinación de la voluntad política e institucional del gobierno español junto con los fondos y la orientación estratégica europea han cristalizado en el Plan de Recuperación español, que apunta a avances significativos para el país en las tres dimensiones de los ODS (económica, social y medioambiental). En los próximos años, con el despliegue completo del Plan y sus primeros resultados, se podrá valorar si el impacto del Plan ha sido de carácter coyuntural o estructural.
Introduction: Critical Animal Studies in an Age of Extinction
Authors: Kasprzycka Eva , Taylor Chloe , Struthers Montford Kelly
Published: December 2023

Animal Studies Journal 2023 12(2): Introduction: Critical Animal Studies in an Age of Extinction
Colonialism, Domestication, & Extinction: A Pre-Mortem for Our Ecological Futures
Authors: Chang Darren , Corman Lauren
Published: December 2023

This paper engages with Ghassan Hage’s concepts of ‘ungovernable waste’ and ‘generalized domestication’ to think critically about the sociopolitical position and futures of farmed animals in the context of ongoing climate and ecological crises. Against the erasure of farmed animal subjectivities, we posit that there is much to learn by turning to farmed animals as sources of wisdom, as unique knowers with lessons to teach us about extinction. We consider how Andil Gosine’s radical suggestion to embrace animality as a refusal of the civilizing discourses of colonialism, and as an act of solidarity with nonhuman animals, constitutes a critical step towards realizing multispecies justice and a move towards interspecies solidarity with farmed animals. Here Gosine provokes us to reconsider our attitudes towards animals facing extinction in varying contexts under colonial-capitalism.
Prison Zooing and Conservation: Human and Animal Caging in a Time of Ecological Catastrophe
Authors: Struthers Montford Kelly
Published: December 2023

Prisons are responsible for the social and biological death of the humans trapped within them, the animals whom it coerces prisoners to farm and slaughter, free-living animals displaced by prison building, as well as the ecosystems and waters destroyed by prison effluent which makes the lives of those dependent upon these systems and resources for survival, unliveable. In the context of the Sixth Extinction, the prison is at once one of the most resource intensive institutions contributing to Anthropogenic climate change and biodiversity loss, and paradoxically, in the last two decades, sometimes positioned similarly to zoos as an ecological saviour of threatened species. The most established example of this is the Sustainability in Prisons Project that operates in many United States prisons. Specific to conservation, it trains prisoners – often in partnerships with zoos – to captively rear endangered animals and plants. There is also a zoo located on the grounds of a Florida prison in which prisoners care for abandoned animals, which is open to the public for tours. This article argues that the current initiatives of prison zoos and prison conservation programs reflect the trajectory of animal zoo eras and human zoos, with unique implications: two institutions of captivity, the zoo and the prison, now reify each other under the auspices of ecological conservation – a project whose need and operation continues the racialized and anthropocentric projects that gave it rise.
ASPECTS OF OBTAINING HOMOGENEOUS DENSE CERAMICS FROM NON-SCARCE RAW MATERIALS
Authors: Anisina I. N. , Kanygina O. N.
Published: December 2023

The combined effect of the microwave field and the content of reinforcing medium-dispersed silicon carbide particles on the density of a ceramic material based on montmorillonite containing clay of the Orenburg region is investigated.
It is shown that with the content of carbide particles in the range of 20 – 30 wt. % after microwave drying of the samples, the maximum values of the density of the “ceramic mass-silicon carbide” system are reached. The increase in the density of all ceramic mass compositions is due to an increase in sintering coefficients and the appearance of a strong stable sillimanite phase in the phase compositions.
PRODUCTION OF GLASS FOAMS ON THE BASIS OF ROCKS
Authors: Makarov D. V. , Manakova N. K. , Suvorova O. V.
Published: December 2023

The results of research on the production of granular and block foam glass materials based on widespread highly siliceous rocks and technogenic waste are presented. The main attention of researchers is paid to the optimization of compositions and methods of obtaining materials that can be used as structural and heat-insulating, highly porous aggregates.
Use of Boric Acid Solutions in Organic Liquids as Boron-Containing Fertilizers. Influence of Root Treatment on Yield and Chemical Composition of Winter and Spring Wheat
Authors:   Nizhny Novgorod Research Agricultural Institute – Branch of “Federal Agricultural Research Center of the North-East named N.V. Rudnitskogo”, Nizhny Novgorod region, Kstovo district, s.p. Breeding station, Russian Federation, Kodochilova N. , Ivanenkova A. , Buzynina T. , Semenov V. , Petrov B. , Lazarev N. ,   G.A. Razuvaev Institute of Organometallic Chemistry of the RAS, Nizhny Novgorod, Russian Federation
Published: December 2023

The conditions for dissolution of boric acid in monoethanolamine, diethanolamine, triethanolamine, glycerol, ethylene glycol and morpholine were selected, which made it possible to obtain low-viscosity solutions with a concentration that was many times higher than the max-imum attainable concentration in water and did not produce precipitates during storage. The resulting solutions were used as microfertilizers for foliar feeding and seed treatment of win-ter (Moskovskaya 56) and spring (Zlata) wheat. The use of boron as a microelement contributed to the preservation of a larger number of living plants of winter wheat during the wintering peri-od, and, consequently, the better winter hardiness of the crop. The maximum value of the winter wheat yield was obtained when the seeds were treated with monoethanolamine borate. The high-est values of the indicators of the yield structure belonged to the grain of winter wheat against the background of the seed treatment with a chelated form of boron: for the number and weight of grains when monoethanolamine borate was used; for the length of the ear when glycerol borate was used. The treatment of the Moskovskaya 56 wheat seeds with the microelement led to an increase in the amount of nitrogen in the grain relative to the control by 7–11 %. The highest values belonged to the variants including the treatment of seeds with the traditional form of the element (aqueous solution of boric acid), as well as the treatment with monoethanolamine borate. The maximum increase in the yield of the Zlata spring wheat was observed on feeding with a solution of boric acid in glycerol: 3.26 t / ha (2.1 times higher than on feeding with the traditional form of the microelement). Boron as a microelement contributed to an increase in the structural parameters of spring wheat plants in all forms. The greatest positive effect was noted from the action of glycerol borate, where the difference to the control variant was 2.4 times for the number of grains in an ear to the control, and their weight was 2.7 times. After the use of boron the spring wheat gluten was characterized as good (quality group I).
. Synthesis and Structure of Ionic Complexes [Ph3PEt][Au(CN)2Cl2] and [Ph3PCH2CH2Br][Au(CN)2Br2].
Authors:   South Ural State University, Chelyabinsk, Russian Federation, Shevchenko D. , Khabina A.
Published: December 2023

The interaction of potassium dichloro- and dibromodicyanoaurates with the corresponding ethyl- and (2-bromoethyl)triphenylphosphonium halides in water leads to the ionic complexes [Ph3PEt][Au(CN)2Cl2] (1) and [Ph3PCH2CH2Br][Au(CN)2Br2] (2), which have been characterized by the X-ray diffraction analysis method. According to the X-ray data, complexes 1 and 2 consist of tetrahedral organyltriphenylphosphonium cations and two types of crystallographically independent centrosymmetric square-planar anions. The phosphorus atoms in organyltriphenylphosphonium cations have a distorted tetrahedral coordination (the CPC bond angles are 107.2(2)–111.4(2)° (1) and 94.4(7)116.8(9) (2); the P–C distances are 1.788(4)–1.800(4) Å (1) and 1.694(8)1.890(8) Å (2)). Centrosymmetric crystallographically independent anions [Au(CN)2Cl2] (1) have a slightly distorted square-planar geometry, while the geometry of anions [Au(CN)2Br2]– (2) is significantly distorted (the CAuBr cis-angles vary from 74.5(9) to 105.5(9)). The Au–Hal (Hal = Cl, Br) bond lengths in the anions are close to the sums of the covalent radii of gold and the corresponding halogen and equal 2.335(3), 2.283(3) Å (1) and 2.536(5), 2.409(7) Å (2); the Au–C bond lengths equal 2.198(11), 2.008(5) Å (1) and 1.95(3), 1.984(8) Å (2) and are close to the sum of the covalent radii of gold and carbon. The structural organization in crystals 1 and 2 is caused by the С–H∙∙∙N≡C hydrogen bonds (2.63 Å (1), 1.86–2.50 Å (2)) and by the additional С–H∙∙∙Br–Au interionic contacts (2.27–2.86 Å) in the case of complex 2.
Thermodynamics of the Metallic Phase Growth During the Solid Phase Reduction of Metals in Complex Oxides
Authors:   South Ural State University, Chelyabinsk, Russian Federation, Dudorov M. , Drozin A. , Roshchin V.
Published: December 2023

To improve the technologies of solid-phase reduction of metals in ores, it is necessary to study in detail the regularities of the growth of nuclei of the metal phase, taking into account the conditions existing in the reduction aggregates. At the first stage of the study, the general regular-ities of the growth of a new phase in a multicomponent oxide system were studied. Using the methods of non-equilibrium thermodynamics, a complex physicochemical description of the solid-phase reduction of metals in a multicomponent oxide phase was obtained, taking into account the thermal and diffusion processes occurring in this case. Additionally, using the methods of chemistry of imperfect crystals, the regularities of the influence of the movement of anionic vacancies on the thermodynamic state of the system were formulated. For the considered system the physicochemical equations for the balance of vacancies and entropy were written. The developed new theory made it possible to consider thermal and diffusion processes, as well as the processes of vacancy movement in a multicomponent oxide system in their complexity. For a practical study of the reduction of metals in ores, the case of the growth of a metal particle from the initial phase of the ore was considered, taking into account the additional effect of the reducing agent on the process. On the basis of an integrated approach, a general expression for the production of entropy in the system of a growing metal nucleus, an initial ore phase and a phase of reducer inclusions was obtained. The carried out research made it possible to develop a mathematical model of the growth of a metal crystal in the volume of the oxide phase, depending on the heating mode and the composition of complex oxides. In particular, the developed mathematical model made it possible to calculate the growth rate of the metal nucleus in the initial multicomponent oxide phase. The obtained technique also made it possible to evaluate the degree of influence of the movement of anionic vacancies on the regularities of the reduction process.
Kinetic Photometric Determination of Oxalate by Its Activation Effect on Catalytic Oxidation of Iodide and Formation of Iodine-Starch Complex
Authors:   South Ural State University, Chelyabinsk, Russian Federation, Danilina E. , Khaybullina O.
Published: December 2023

A method for the kinetic photometric determination of oxalate ion in aqueous solutions, in-cluding extracts from foodstuffs, has been suggested. The initial rate method has been used: the straight parts of kinetic curves (approximately 5 min) are processed by the least square method to get the slope coefficients used as analytical signals. The procedure is based upon the oxalate ion action as an activator in the iron(II)-catalyzed reaction of iodide oxidation by potassium bromate. Unlike the previously used light absorbance in the UV region, the suggested procedure controls the rate of the iodine-starch complex formation at 590 nm. The greatest initial rate for the reaction is at pH 5.05 of the acetate buffer solution and the optimal concentration of soluble starch 0.30 mg/mL. The calibration graph is linear in the oxalate concentration range (0.1–10) mg/mL. In this interval precision error varies between 0.67 % and 4.71 %, accuracy error is within (0.22–9.30) %. The procedure has been applied to food analysis by the standard addition method. Aqueous extract has been obtained from 2.5 g of finely chopped sample of raw beet, stirred with 100 mL of water for 1 h, centrifuged, filtered, and quantitatively transferred to 250-mL volumetric flask. Determination of oxalate in 1-mL aliquot has required the same volume of colored beet extract for a reference solution, but otherwise the procedure stands valid. The oxalate content has been found to equal (379 ± 2) mg/g of the raw beet (P = 0,95; n = 4), with 0.6 % precision error and 3.0 % accuracy error.
Catalytic Properties of Yttrium Bromide Hydrolysis Products
Authors:   Catalytic Properties of Yttrium Bromide Hydrolysis Products, Bulanova A. , Avdin V. , Golovin M. , Zadorina O.
Published: December 2023

The effect of hydrolysis time, final pH of synthesis, and hydrothermal treatment on the for-mation of yttrium oxyhydroxides obtained by alkaline hydrolysis of yttrium bromide was studied. Hydrolysis was carried out at different duration of the hydrolytic agent addition: 5 minutes, 1 hours and 24 hours, as well as at different final pH values were checked: 8, 9 and 10. Methods for characterization of resulting materials were: thermogravimetry combined with differential scanning calorimetry and mass spectrometry of gaseous products of thermolysis, X-ray diffraction, high-resolution scanning electron microscopy with EDX elemental analysis. In addition, a photocatalytic activity of the obtained samples was evaluated in the decomposition reaction of methylene blue under the UV radiation. It is established that the hydrolysis of yttrium bromide involves the capture of a significant amount of impurities of bromide and carbonate ions, which are present in the structure of the samples. The physical and chemical characteristics of yttrium bromide hydrolysis products depend on both the pH value and hydrolysis duration, as well as on hydrothermal treatment. The latter significantly increases the crystallinity of the samples and their photocatalytic performance in destruction reaction of methylene blue.
Pieśń nad Pieśniami w Zoharze
Authors: Moreno-Szypowska Jadwiga Clea
Published: December 2023

Księga Blasku czyli Zohar to księga powstała w średniowiecznej Hiszpanii. I choć podaje się, że jej autorem był wielki rabbi początku wieków, Szymon bar Jochaj, głębsza analiza, szczególnie lingwistyczna (dzieło napisane jest sztucznym aramejskim, w który wpleciono słowa arabskie, greckie i romance) wykazała, że tak naprawdę napisał ją kastylijski kabalista Mojżesz z Leonu podający się za osobę, która tylko odnalazła manuskrypt i przepisała go w kilku kopiach. Zohar, obrazoburczy dla jednych, stanowi dla drugich trzeci – po Torze i Talmudzie – najważniejszy tekst religii żydowskiej. Jest on swoistym podsumowaniem wielowiekowej mądrości Sefardyjczyków – zarówno reprezentantów kabały ekstatyczno-profetycznej, jak i teurgiczno-teoretycznej – przekazanym w formie opowieści o przygodach Szymona bar Jochaja, który wraz z synem oraz adeptami przemierza Palestynę, rozważając hebrajską Biblię, a w szczególności Pięcioksiąg. Wędrowcy w swoich rozmyślaniach uciekają się do autorytetu najwybitniejszych rabinów, a z tworzonej rzez nich egzegezy wyłania się swoista teoria Bożych Imion stanowiąca podstawę dla przyszłej mistyki żydowskiej, która w oparciu o Księgę Blasku powstanie na ziemiach Safedu za sprawą m. in. Mojżesza Cordovero i Izaaka Lurii. Niniejszy artykuł przedstawia tą teorię szczegółowo, posiłkując się dla lepszego zrozumienia zawiłości Zoharu objaśnieniami najważniejszych jego znawców, takich jak D. Matt, Ch. Mopsik, M.A. Ouaknin, G. Scholem i G. Vajda.
Leksem siła ‘dużo, wiele’ w gwarach polskich i polszczyźnie południowokresowej
Authors: Kostecka-Sadowa Anna
Published: December 2023

Celem artykułu jest omówienie procesu numeralizacji rzeczownika w gwarach polskich oraz polszczyźnie poludniowokresowej. Podstawę analizy stanowi rzeczownik siła, który w swoim znaczeniu pierwotnym nazywa konkretne przedmioty czy zjawiska, a w połączeniu z innymi rzeczownikami oznacza w sposób przybliżony liczebność danego zbioru. Analiza kontekstów, w których występuje wyselekcjonowany leksem, pokazuje jego wieloetapowy i wielokierunkowy rozwój semantyczny, którego rezultatemjest przesunięcie wyrazów z klasy rzeczowników do klasy liczebników. Obserwacja ewolucji zmian znaczeniowych wyrazów wykazuje, że numeralizacja rzeczowników w gwarach przebiega podobnie jak w języku ogólnym. Cechą odróżniającą leksykę gwarową od polszczyzny ogólnej jest niestandardowy rozwój semantyczny rzeczowników ilościowych, polegający na wchodzeniu w zależności charakterystyczne nie tylko dla liczebników, ale także dla przysłówków.
Zastosowanie statystyki Pillaia w badaniach nad samogłoskami
Authors: Garczyńska Justyna
Published: December 2023

W artykule przedstawiono możliwości zastosowania testu Pillaia w badaniach nad samogłoskami na przykładzie akcentowanej samogłoski [a] występującej w mowie Polek posługujących się gwarową odmianą polszczyzny południowokresowej, deportowanych w 1936 r. z Ukrainy radzieckiej do północnego Kazachstanu.
Regionalne różnice leksykalne w potocznej świadomości językowej
Authors: Kucharzyk Renata
Published: December 2023

Przedmiotem artykułu jest stosunek użytkowników języka niemających specjalistycznej wiedzy językoznawczej do szeroko rozumianego zjawiska regionalnego zróżnicowania leksyki, obejmującego wszelkie jednostki leksykalne charakteryzujące się występowaniem ograniczonym do konkretnego terytorium, niezależnie od ich statusu (regionalizm, mikroregionalizm, dialektyzm). Podstawą rozważań są metajęzykowe komentarze internautów zamieszczone na forach internetowych poświęconych odrębnościom regionalnym.
К вопросу о языковой интерференции при переводе китайской политической литературы на русский язык
Authors: Yu Xin , Шахаб-Костецкая Кассандра Сиямак
Published: December 2023

В статье рассматриваются ошибки в переводе, вызванные деструктивной языковой интерференцией. При переводе политической литературы языковая интерференция является неизбежным явлением. Китайский и русский языки принадлежат к разным языковым семьям, в связи с чем в процессе перевода могут возникать те или иные сложности, связанные с языковой интерференцией. Языковая интерференция может возникать как со стороны исходного, так и со стороны целевого языка. При переводе политической литературы принято различать лексическую, грамматическую, стилистическую и прецедентную интерференции. С каждой из них связан свой круг проблем, и в совокупности они негативно сказываются на качестве перевода текстов политической направленности и эффективности их распространения. Это приводит к возникновению в русском переводе характерных китайских языковых особенностей, а иногда к неправильной передаче смысла исходного текста. Ключевая причина появления переводизмов заключается в различиях языкового мышления двух народов. Чтобы преодолеть языковую интерференцию и устранить переводизмы, переводчики должны отказаться от китайского способа мышления в пользу мышления на языке оригинала.
A combinatorial algorithm and its application in computing all minimum toll sets of graphs
Authors: Nofal Samer
Published: December 2023

This article formalizes an algorithm that computes the minimum toll sets in an undirected graph. A core process in our algorithm is to check vertex subsets in order of size. We add a new flavor to the implementation of this process; when the

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An Unsupervised Learning Study on International Media Responses Bias to the War in Ukraine
Authors: Guan Qinghao , Lawi Melanie Nicole
Published: December 2023

Newspapers, as an important social media, is considered to be full of biased opinions. Whether newspapers in neutral state are neutral seems an interesting question. This research uses the topic modeling approach to probe into the aforementioned question on the basis of the Russian–Ukraine War. Comprehensively, we fully considered the results derived from LDA and Mallet and found that America and Switzerland reported more about their respective responses to the invasion and the countries involved in the war, whereas China tended to focus more on their country, negotiations and the effect on their citizens. Our results support the notion that international relations between countries affect the way that the media of the respective countries writes about each other. Further research could be on the larger datasets for improvement of comparability.
Mixed-type SP-iteration for asymptotically nonexpansive mappings in hyperbolic spaces
Authors: Paimsang Papinwich , Thianwan Tanakit
Published: December 2023

In this article, we introduce and study some strong convergence theorems for a mixed-type SP-iteration for three asymptotically nonexpansive self-mappings and three asymptotically nonexpansive nonself-mappings in uniformly convex hyperbolic spaces. In addition to that, we provide an illustrative example. The findings here expand and improve upon some of the relevant conclusions found in the published literature.
What’s going well: a qualitative analysis of positive patient and family feedback in the context of the diagnostic process
Authors: Liu Stephen K. , Bourgeois Fabienne , Dong Joe , Harcourt Kendall , Lowe Elizabeth , Salmi Liz , Thomas Eric J. , Riblet Natalie , Bell Sigall K.
Published: December 2023

Objectives

Accurate and timely diagnosis relies on close collaboration between patients/families and clinicians. Just as patients have unique insights into diagnostic breakdowns, positive patient feedback may also generate broader perspectives on what constitutes a “good” diagnostic process (DxP).

Methods

We evaluated patient/family feedback on “what’s going well” as part of an online pre-visit survey designed to engage patients/families in the DxP. Patients/families living with chronic conditions with visits in three urban pediatric subspecialty clinics (site 1) and one rural adult primary care clinic (site 2) were invited to complete the survey between December 2020 and March 2022. We adapted the Healthcare Complaints Analysis Tool (HCAT) to conduct a qualitative analysis on a subset of patient/family responses with ≥20 words.

Results

In total, 7,075 surveys were completed before 18,129 visits (39 %) at site 1, and 460 surveys were completed prior to 706 (65 %) visits at site 2. Of all participants, 1,578 volunteered positive feedback, ranging from 1–79 words. Qualitative analysis of 272 comments with ≥20 words described: Relationships (60 %), Clinical Care (36 %), and Environment (4 %). Compared to primary care, subspecialty comments showed the same overall rankings. Within Relationships, patients/families most commonly noted: thorough and competent attention (46 %), clear communication and listening (41 %) and emotional support and human connection (39 %). Within Clinical Care, patients highlighted: timeliness (31 %), effective clinical management (30 %), and coordination of care (25 %).

Conclusions

Patients/families valued relationships with clinicians above all else in the DxP, emphasizing the importance of supporting clinicians to nurture effective relationships and relationship-centered care in the DxP.
Clinical judgment in new nurse graduates: identifying the gaps
Authors: Kennedy Julie A. , Laskowski Pamela , Breyman Blake
Published: December 2023

Objectives

Clinical judgment has been identified as a key component of clinical practice. We sought to measure the elements of clinical judgment in new nurse graduates to identify future educational interventions.

Methods

Lasater’s clinical judgment rubric was adapted and distributed to nurse preceptors at two significant health care systems in central Illinois.

Results

One hundred and six surveys were returned and one hundred and five of those were included in the study. New nurse graduates were found to be the lowest ranking in ability to identify significant data and calm, confident responses.

Conclusions

The findings can guide nurse educators to create innovative, targeted educational interventions to improve students’ ability to identify important pieces of data and respond to challenging situations in a self-assured manner.

Implications for international audience

Identifying and addressing the gaps to improve students’ clinical judgment may facilitate NCLEX success and entry to practice.
Effect of wiggler magnetic field on wakefield excitation and electron energy gain in laser wakefield acceleration
Authors: Sharma Vivek , Kumar Sandeep , Kant Niti , Thakur Vishal
Published: December 2023

Laser wakefield acceleration is a frequently utilised research methodology for enhancing the energy levels of lighter charged particles, specifically electrons, to relativistic magnitudes. In this investigation, we utilised a linear polarised Gaussian-like laser pulse that propagated along the z-axis through cold collisionless underdense plasma in weakly nonlinear regime. An external planer magnetic wiggler field is applied along the y-axis. The influence of various critical parameters, such as amplitude and propagation constant of wiggler magnetic field, amplitude of laser electric field and laser pulse length on the wakefield and electron energy gain has been studied. A wiggler-assisted laser wakefield accelerator, the electron energy and wakefield evolution can be tuned by the wiggler magnetic field strength. The numerical findings demonstrate that by varying the strength of wiggler magnetic field and laser electric field, the amplitude of the wakefield is affected significantly. Furthermore, the equality of the order of pulse length and plasma wavelength is essential to obtain energy efficient acceleration mechanism. By employing specific parameters, a maximum energy increase of 2.26 GeV is achieved. This research will aid in the development of an energy-efficient electron acceleration technology by choosing suitable laser and plasma parameters.
„Von seiner Hochheit allenthalben recommendiret wird”
Authors: Krisztina Kulcsár
Published: December 2023

Based on archival material from the Hungarian Royal Court Chancellery Archive in Budapest, this study examines the extent to which the selection and advancement of offi cials were infl uenced by Prince Albert of Saxony (who became Duke of Saxe-Teschen in 1766). He was appointed by Maria Theresa, his future mother-in-law, as the lieutenantgovernor of the Kingdom of Hungary in late December 1765. From the official papers, it is possible to ascertain the reasons given for changes in personnel in the Hungarian Royal Lieutenancy Council, the primary government body (of which the Prince was the president) responsible for domestic policy in Hungary. The period under consideration is between 1765 and 1771. The influence of Prince Albert, an outsider in Hungary, was hardly discernable in the early four years. Appointments were invariably decided by the sovereign, Queen Maria Theresa. During this time, Prince Albert’s role was mostly limited to proposing individuals for non-salaried, so-called supernumerary posts or honorary councillorships. However, following the introduction of a new, more professinalised administration in 1769, the Hungarian Royal Lieutenancy Council required more experienced and qualified staff. Consequently, Prince Albert had the opportunity to advance his trusted officials who had proven their administrative efficiency. He achieved the promotion of talented secretaries to the rank of councillor, for example, even if it occasially involved unorthodox methods. The sources also show that low-paid, lowerranking officials received a pay increase, and from 1776, a special bonus. Hence, the files of the Hungarian Royal Court Chancellery clearly demonstrate that Prince Albert had an influential role in proposing candidates for administrative offices.
The Musical Semiotics of Voice in Distance: Some Reflections on the Question of Teleanalysis
Authors: Movahedi Siamak
Published: December 2023

Within the context of the debate over teleanalysis, I wish to reintroduce the discussion of voice as the primary link between analyst and patient, a link present in analysis on the phone. Far from questioning the importance of the in-person analysis, I aim to emphasize the voice, the musical semiotics of emotions, as a critical, if not the most vital, aspect of psychoanalysis as a “talking cure” and an art of listening. Insofar as the speaking is instituted in the body, the body is present through voice, even in the virtual analytic room in teleanalysis. I argue that the need for the presence of the material bodies in the session is one aspect of the analytic rituals that, along with the room, the couch, and other power objects, set the stage for the continuous projection of the role identities of the analytic couple. In teleanalysis, the seductive nature of the analytic situation and the status differential are more salient in the analyst's office turf than in the patient's room.
Psilocybin's Erasure of EGO
Authors: Ahlskog Gary
Published: December 2023

The psychoanalytic journey and the psilocybin journey both reveal unconscious dynamics. In this article a psychoanalyst discusses his own psilocybin journey. Similarities and differences between these journeys are discussed. Possibilities are offered for a dialogue in which psilocybin may contribute to psychoanalytic understanding and psychoanalysis may contribute to the understanding of psychedelic sessions. Patients may benefit from this cross-fertilization.