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On the semantics of (negated) approximative kaada in Classical Arabic: a case for embedded exhaustification
Authors: Abu Helal Abdel-Rahman
Published: December 2023

The purpose of this paper is twofold. First, it proposes a compositional semantic analysis for approximative kaada in Classical Arabic which has the property of being a clause-level rather than predicate-level operator: [KAADA α] is paraphrased as [α is false but there exists β close to α such that β is true]. The analysis is based on the integrated semantics of Penka (Penka, Doris. 2006. Almost there: The meaning of almost. Proceedings of Sinn und Bedeutung 10. 275–286) in which the negativity component of kaada is interpreted as part of its lexical meaning within a situation semantics framework. It also makes a novel use of the concept of semantic closeness among situations in terms of the intuitively appealing dimension of the relative completion of an event. Second, the paper presents and analyzes an instance of a puzzle noted by most descriptive Classical Arabic grammarians (see, for example, al-Ahmad, Ayman. 2021. Dalalit KAADA l-manfiah fi l-Qurʾaan l-kareem. Journal of the Association of Arab Universities for Literature 9(2). 838–859) in which negated kaada has an interpretation where the negativity implication disappears altogether. The paper offers a solution to the puzzle based on a previous suggestion made by Kilbourn-Ceron (Kilbourn-Ceron, Oriana. 2016. Embedded exhaustification: Evidence from almost. Journal of Semantics 34(1). 43–60) in which an instance of embedded exhaustification appears to apply in approximatives in certain contexts in such a way that the negativity inference is obscured.
Fichtes Bestimmung des Menschen und die Rhetorik des Transzendentalismus
Authors: Raisbeck Joanna
Published: December 2023

The importance of philosophical rhetoric for Fichte is well-known, and in particular how it connects to his concept of the public role of the philosopher. This article examines Fichte’s Die Bestimmung des Menschen (1799) – a popular work in a double sense – in the context of Fichte’s philosophical rhetoric, with a focus on the use of persuasio. Much as Die Bestimmung des Menschen was met with substantial criticism upon its initial publication in German, it proved to be one of the central works in Fichte’s English-language reception in the nineteenth century, where Fichte’s philosophy became integrated into Transcendentalism. Fichte’s work was praised for its aesthetic and persuasive qualities, and it is this element of persuasio which can be traced in readers’ use of Die Bestimmung des Menschen.
Die Beredsamkeit bereden
Authors: Görner Rüdiger
Published: December 2023

Rhetorical features in a text are integral to its aesthetic and persuasive quality. They prefigure its oral, or indeed oratory, character. However, with their inevitable exaggeration of a discursive point they often run contrary to any claim of truthfulness. This very fact has given ‚rhetoric‘ a negative flair. Around 1800, in the aftermath of the French Revolution and in the course of Napoleon’s occupation of most of Europe, discourses on rhetoric as a liberating, or at least emancipatory force regained a politically charged prominence. Adam Müller, for one, argued that in Germany in particular, a proper culture of the rhetorical would be crucial whilst Heinrich von Kleist examined the emergence of thought from rhetorical situations. This contribution discusses the far-reaching implications of these discourses in terms of their aesthetic and political implications.
The Effects of Low-Load Squat Jump and Maximal Isometric Priming Exercise on Muscular Performance and Perceptual State
Authors: Harrison Peter W. , James Lachlan P. , Jenkins David G. , McGuigan Michael R. , Holmberg Patrick M. , Kelly Vincent G.
Published: December 2023

Harrison, PW, James, LP, Jenkins, DG, McGuigan, MR, Holmberg, PM, and Kelly, VG. The effects of low-load squat jump and maximal isometric priming exercise on muscular performance and perceptual state. J Strength Cond Res 38(1): 1–9, 2024—The aim of this study was to examine responses at 3 and 27 hours after low-load jump squat (LL) and maximal isometric half-squat (ISO) priming stimuli. Fifteen resistance-trained males performed LL (4 × 3 at 20% 1 repetition maximum [1RM]), ISO (4 × 3 seconds), and control (CON) activities (standardized warm-up) in a randomized and counterbalanced order. Countermovement jump (CMJ) and isometric midthigh pull tests were conducted to assess performance changes after priming and CON activities. No clear changes in CMJ measures were found after priming activities compared with CON. However, small effect size improvements were found after priming stimuli completed on the same day. A 2.9% decrease in concentric phase duration (CI = 0.3–5.9, p = 0.333, Cliff's delta = −0.156) and a 9.1% increase in RSImod (CI = 0.2–12.3, p = 0.151, Cliff's delta = −0.218) occurred at 3 hours after LL compared with CON. Braking phase duration (CI = 0.8–10.6, p = 0.333, Cliff's delta = −0.213) was 2.9% shorter at 3 hours after ISO compared with CON. No clear changes in isometric peak force occurred after priming activities compared with CON. Additionally, questionnaires were completed to assess perceptual state and perceived effectiveness of the priming stimulus to influence performance. An increase in the “effect of activity” was perceived at 3 hours after LL and ISO (p = 0.013–0.044, Cliff's delta = 0.578–0.6) and at 27 hours after ISO (p = 0.99, Cliff's delta = 0.173) compared with CON. An increase in “muscular heaviness” was also reported at 3 hours after ISO compared with CON (p = 0.199, Cliff's delta = 0.320). The collective findings suggest limited benefits over the day after LL and ISO priming stimuli. However, as there was substantial variation in individual responses, the relative nature of priming responses should be considered when prescribing similar strategies in practical environments.
Jednotky volkssturmu a konec druhé světové války v Liberci
Authors: Poloprudská Eliška
Published: December 2023

The study focuses on the creation, organization and activities of the militia units of Volkssturm in Great Reichenberg / Liberec in 1944–1945. It will present their division into Liberec battalions and, thanks to historical sources, will describe the basic training of the conscripts and the circumstances that accompanied their arming and equipment. In connection with the advancing front, the activities of the militia will be emphasized not only within the city of Liberec, but als o in the area of the Ostrau / Ostrava-Troppau / Opava or Berlin operations.
H of H and the Combustion of Thought
Authors: Jansen Laura
Published: December 2023

This piece looks into the atmospheric and catastrophic environments that punctuate H of H: storms, ice-breaks, volcanic eruptions, and nuclear explosions that give the tragic narrative an electrifying edge. It draws attention to a “chemical” poetics at the heart of Carson’s translation technique and thinking about Euripides’ play. This mannerism, also found in Euripides’s “combustible mixture of realism and extremism” (Grief Lessons, blurb), is not exclusive to H of H. It can be detected across Carson’s oeuvre – a tendency to combust the reader’s mind in ways that become a philosophy for re-reading Euripides and, more ambitiously, Carson’s own sense of the tragic.
Blood in the Gutter: The Graphic Art of Narrative Co-poesis in H of H Playbook and The Trojan Women
Authors: Liveley Genevieve
Published: December 2023

This essay explores the narrative potency of the many silences and gaps, the holes and empty spaces, that shape Carson’s H of H Playbook. It argues that the “comic” styling of this tragedy – that is, its formatting as a comic or a graphic novel analogous to that of Carson’s Euripides’ Trojan Women – engages reader, text, and image in a highly collaborative dynamic of narrative co-production.
Heraclean Overhaul(s): Par-a-noia, Badiou’s Un-thought, and Neurodiversity in H of H*
Authors: Telò Mario
Published: December 2023

This paper considers Carson’s rewriting of Heracles’ tragic madness— through the art of collage, an assembling and disassambling of textual fragments, scraps of papers, drawings, chromatic smears, and sketches—as an imagistic site for theorizing the anti-normative materiality, physical and metaphysical, of par-a-noia. I make a case for a materiality of par-a-noia by proposing a comparison with Alain Badiou’s Marxist political formalism. The distinctive formal trait of H of H, verbal and pictorial juxtaposition, invites us to think of par-a-noia as an aesthetico-political radicality located on the edge of a voiding of thought (noein), a radicality that, as I suggest at the end, can be aligned with modes of non-normate cognition, with neuroqueer countersociality.
Comedy in Carson’s The Trojan Women: A Comic
Authors: Rae Ian
Published: December 2023

This essay examines Carson’s The Trojan Women: A Comic, a 2021 translation of Euripides illustrated by Rosanna Bruno. Carson’s subtitle, through the intersection of classical and modern senses of “the comic” as a genre, demands that the reader ask of her book: What is the place of comedy in a comic about one of the bleakest plays in the Western canon? The comic elements of The Trojan Women reframe Euripides’ narrative and underscore, in a bitter irony, the disastrous impact on the Greeks of the reconciliation of the gods Athena and Poseidon.
Slanted Translation[s]: An Interview with Artist Rosanna Bruno
Authors: Lilly Gina Prat
Published: December 2023

In this interview-essay, artist Rosanna Bruno talks with the author about her illustrations of The Trojan Women, a comic-book made in collaboration with Anne Carson. Bruno’s illustrations offer the reader an oblique entry into a devastated Troy: they are translation “at a slant.” The artist speaks on going against what is visually expected or plausible, in her use of surprising imagery to convey and counterpoint suffering, and touches upon the use of humor to bring the tragedy into sharp focus. Bruno explains how the comic-book format can communicate radical ideas in the interdependence of word and image. She talks through creating the feeling of live theater and the emotional tenor brought about by an almost entirely non-human cast: dogs, cows, a huge wave, a turnip-like rootling, a pair of dungarees. The illustrator elucidates the collaborative process between herself and Carson, revealing the various iterations of characters before they settled on their final forms, and the materials and methodologies Bruno employed in its rendering.
The Empire’s Sweet Tooth
Authors: Tsay Lillian
Published: December 2023

This article examines how the commercial success of Western-style confectionery (yōgashi) of the Japanese Empire was largely built on the capital and resources of colonial Taiwan. Building on existing studies that acknowledge the importance of Taiwan’s colonization in Japan’s sugar industry, this article explores the tension between sweetness and power in the Japanese Empire through the lens of Western-style confectionery, a product regarded as a symbol of progress and modernity. Through the examination of the activities of two confectionery companies—Niitaka Confectionery and Morinaga Confectionery—in Taiwan, this article addresses how the making of Western-style confectionery required raw materials other than sugar, such as bananas and cocoa, that were obtained through the means of colonialism. By expanding the studies on sweetness and colonialism from sugar to confectionery, the article shows that the sugar industry, confectionery manufacturers, and the Japanese state wove together a complicated network that formed the foundation of Japan’s rising empire of sweetness. It also highlights the significance of the colonization of Taiwan in the rise of Japan’s Western-style confectionery industry that has long been obscured in people’s memories of sweetness.
Objection to Inspection Activities as a Special Legal Instrument for Protection of the Entrepreneur
Authors: Etel Maciej
Published: December 2023

Objection to inspection activities is a special legal instrument that allows an entrepreneur to react in a situation where inspection activities have been undertaken and conducted in violation of the regulations governing the rules and procedures for such inspections of business activities. This study analyses this instrument, in particular the possibility of filing an objection and exclusions in this regard, authorized entities, the issue of quasi-objections, the effects that the objection causes or may cause, the rules of procedure for the filing and resolution of the objection, as well as the issues of complaints against the decision to continue controlling activities and complaints to the administrative court. In addition to the analysis of legal provisions creating the normative construction of objection to inspection activities, the study includes related assessments, conclusions and findings of doctrine and jurisprudence. The study answers the question of whether an objection to inspection activities is an effective and available instrument to protect the entrepreneur in a situation where inspection activities are conducted in violation of regulations.
The Privilege against Self-Incrimination in EU Competition Law: Time for a Case Law Update?
Authors: Cleynenbreugel Pieter Van
Published: December 2023

Since 1989, the Court of Justice of the European Union has recognised a privilege against self-incrimination for undertakings subject to public enforcement procedures on the basis of Articles 101 and 102 TFEU. That privilege forms part of the fundamental rights of the defence. Over time, the privilege has been read into Article 6 ECHR and has gained ground in other domains of EU law as well. Against that background, the question arises as to whether the CJEU’s original case law in the field of EU competition law needs to be updated. This paper revisits that case law by comparing it with developments in the context of the ECHR and in other domains of EU law. It argues that, in light of those developments, a case law update may indeed prove necessary. However, such an update alone would not sufficiently address the practical difficulties currently surrounding the application of the privilege in practice. For that, more coordinated legislative action would be warranted.
Between Ideal and Reality: Professional Activation Facilities and the Employment of People on the Autism Spectrum
Authors: Oksztulski Maciej
Published: December 2023

Profit maximization is a process that companies go through to determine the best production levels and prices to achieve their goals. It would seem that the market’s ‘no limit’ applies, yet there are in fact impassable limits, set by law. Labour law and related human rights are undoubtedly well established among these limits. The balance in this area oscillates around an equilibrium, but time and again, niches of disproportionality are revealed on both sides. For example, although the right to work is effectively guaranteed by international law and domestic Polish law, only 2% of people on the autism spectrum are in work. This is all the more alarming because, due to the noticeable increase in the number of people diagnosed with autism in Poland and around the world, it is increasingly becoming a topic of public debate. A systemic way to include such people in the labour market is primarily through vocational development centres (ZAZs). This article presents the legal framework in question, in juxtaposition with the results of an empirical study conducted in 2022. Out of a total of 127 ZAZs operating in Poland, only four employ more than one person on the autism spectrum. The increase in the number of autistic people, along with the stagnation of the labour market supply aimed at them, prompts demands for remedial measures, such as incentive-based offers of financial support for ZAZs linked to employment quotas for autistic people.
ChatGPT: Risiken, Gefahren und Chancen in Lehre und Forschung
Authors: Theisen Manuel René
Published: December 2023

Wissenschaftliches Arbeiten steht im Mittelpunkt jeden Studiums. In welcher Form Leistungen gefordert werden, ist unterschiedlich. Aber die Techniken, Formvorschriften und Arbeitsmethoden sind überwiegend gleich. Die Herausforderung dieser Tage ist die Nutzung und der Einsatz Künstlicher Intelligenz (KI) für eigene wissenschaftliche Arbeiten. Eine Gefahr bei der Nutzung von KI ist das bewusste oder auch unbewusste Plagiat sowie jede Form der Fälschung. In dem Aufsatz werden die Grundlagen der KI aufgezeigt: Da die Verlockung, das Netz wissenschaftliche Arbeiten vorbereiten bzw. teilweise oder ganz schreiben zu lassen, immer größer wird, sollen in diesem Beitrag die Chancen, aber auch die Risiken und Gefahren bei der Verwendung von Texten oder Textteilen „aus der Feder“ der KI aufgezeigt werden; denn nur der eigene Erfolg zählt bei allen Arten von wissenschaftlichen Arbeiten.
Stability of single-atom iron complexes on graphene double vacancy
Authors:   Chuiko Institute of Surface Chemistry of National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, Karpenko O.S. , Lobanov V.V. ,   Chuiko Institute of Surface Chemistry of National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, Kartel M.T. ,   Chuiko Institute of Surface Chemistry of National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine
Published: December 2023

The equilibrium and spatial structure of the polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon C96H24, chosen as a model of the graphene plane, as well as the systems obtained from it by removing the diatomic molecule C2 (C94H24) and then replacing four carbon atoms with four nitrogen atoms (C90N4H24) have been studied by the DFT method (B3LYP) in the 6-31G** basis using Grimme corrections to account for dispersion interactions. In the same approximation, the energetics of the formation of a complex of an iron atom in zero oxidation degree (Fe0) with C90N4H24 ([C90N4H24Fe]0) in the square planar field of the ligand has been studied. The types of molecular orbitals of the ligand, which correspond to the symmetry of the atomic d-orbitals of the Fe atom, have been determined. Interaction diagrams of the d-orbitals of the Fe atom with some molecular orbitals of the ligand C90N4H24 of the corresponding symmetry are constructed. It is concluded that the binding of the transition metal atom on the double vacancy of the graphene plane can be rationally described based on the local symmetry of the coordination center and molecular orbitals of the ligand and the formed complex.
Absorption color and spatial structure of lead monoxide nanoparticles
Authors:   Chuiko Institute of Surface Chemistry of National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, Grebenyuk A.G.
Published: December 2023

The results of theoretical modeling of the spatial structure and electronic absorption spectra of isolated small particles of polymorphic modifications of lead monoxide - litharge and massicot, which are characterized by the presence of hypercoordinated atoms, have been analyzed. The optical properties of many oligomers of lead oxide are systematically considered in the work. The results of quantum chemical calculations by the methods of electron density functional theory (DFT and TDDFT) on the spatial structure and energy characteristics, as well as the electronic absorption spectra of the considered models, are discussed. Theoretical results are compared with available experimental data. The calculation method used and the proposed cluster models with or without attached (chemisorbed) water molecules allow us to reproduce the spatial structure and energy characteristics of polymorphic modifications of lead oxide at a semi-quantitative level. It has been found that the addition of water molecules to models for α-lead oxide nanoparticles contributes to their stabilization. The calculated values of the cohesion energy for litharge nanoparticles are greater than those for massicot ones, which corresponds to the experimental data for lead monoxide crystals. The calculated electronic spectra of the litharge nanoparticle models are characterized by absorption bands which lie in the region that corresponds to the red color, and those of massicot relate to yellow; the corresponding values of the width of the energy gap for the litharge models are smaller than for the massicot ones, which is consistent with the experimental data for crystals. The results of calculations show that the presence of hydroxyl groups in nanoparticle models leads to a hypsochromic shift of absorption maxima, so that with a sufficient number of such groups, these species may lose their color.
Theory of spatially indirect excitons in nanosystems containing double semiconductors quantum dots
Authors:   Chuiko Institute of Surface Chemistry of National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, Pokytnii S. I. , Terets A. D. ,   Chuiko Institute of Surface Chemistry of National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine
Published: December 2023

In mini-review, deals with the theory of exciton quasimolecules in a nanosystem consisting of double quantum dots of germanium synthesized in a silicon matrix. An exciton quasimolecule was formed as a result of the interaction of two spatially indirect excitons. It is shown that, depending on the distance D between the surfaces of the quantum dots, spatially indirect excitons and of exciton quasimolecules was formedin the nanosystem.The binding energy of the singlet ground state of the exciton quasimolecule has been gigantic exceeding the binding energy of the biexciton in a silicon single crystal by almost two orders of magnitude. The emergence of a band of localized electron states in the band gap of the silicon matrix was found. This band of localized electron states appeared as a result of the splitting of electron levels in the chain of germanium quantum dots. The nature of formation in the Ge/Si heterostructures was analyzed depending on the distance D between the surfaces of QDs SIEs and of exciton quasimolecules.It was shown that the binding energy of the ground singlet state of an exciton quasimolecule was gigantic, exceeding the binding energy of a biexciton in a silicon single crystal by almost two orders of magnitude.The possibility of using quasimolecules of excitons to create elements of silicon infrared nanooptoelectronics, including new infrared sensors, was established. The emergence of a band of localized electron states in the band gap of the silicon matrix was found.In this case, the band of localized electron states appeared as a result of the splitting of electron levels in the chain of germanium QDs.It was shown that the movement of an electron along the zone of localized electron states in the linear chain of germanium QDs caused an increase in photoconductivity.The effect of increasing photoconductivity can make a significant contribution in the process of converting the energy of the optical range in photosynthesizing nanosystems.
Quantum chemical simulation of the interaction of epirubicin with a fullerene and a carbon graphene-like plane
Authors:   Chuiko Institute of Surface Chemistry of National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, Demianenko E.M. , Khora O.V. ,   Chuiko Institute of Surface Chemistry of National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, Gorelov B.M. ,   Chuiko Institute of Surface Chemistry of National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, Sementsov Yu. I. ,   Chuiko Institute of Surface Chemistry of National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, Terets M.I. ,   Chuiko Institute of Surface Chemistry of National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, Havryliuk N.A. ,   Chuiko Institute of Surface Chemistry of National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, Grebenyuk A.G. ,   Chuiko Institute of Surface Chemistry of National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, Lobanov V.V. ,   Chuiko Institute of Surface Chemistry of National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine
Published: December 2023

Creation of new "targeted delivery" drugs is one of the priority areas of pharmacology. This is especially true for oncology. Medicinal substances, in particular of the anthracycline series, immobilized on the surface of nanosized carriers for the targeted delivery of drugs to target organs or target tissues, allow creating an optimal concentration of the drug in the area of therapeutic effect. The latter significantly reduces systemic toxicity by reducing the total dose and longer retention in the lesion, as well as increasing the solubility and bioavailability of drugs. One of the promising excipients are nanocarbon materials, in particular, fullerene (C60) and original and modified graphene. To date, the specifics of the interaction of epirubicin with a graphene-like plane (GP) and fullerene at the atomic level remain poorly understood. Therefore, the energy parameters of the interaction of HP and C60 with epirubicin in various protolytic forms, which exist at different pH values of the aqueous medium, were investigated using quantum chemistry methods. Calculations were performed using the MOPAC2016 program using the PM6-D3H4X method, in which, in addition to taking into account hydrogen bonds, dispersion interactions are also taken into account. Based on the analysis of the results of quantum chemical studies, the thermodynamic probability of the epirubicin adsorption process on GP is predicted in the entire pH range of the aqueous medium, as evidenced by the negative values of interaction enthalpies in all four cases. It has been found that epirubicin (protonated form) will have the greatest adsorption both on the graphene plane (-209.1 kJ/mol) and upon interaction with the fullerene molecule (-121.3 kJ/mol).
Porosity and packing features of nano- and micro-particles of carbon and silica adsorbents
Authors:   Chuiko Institute of Surface Chemistry of National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, Gun'ko V.M.
Published: December 2023

Comparative characterization of the particulate morphology and texture of various silicas (fumed silicas, silica gels, ordered mesoporous silicas) and carbons (chars and activated carbons, AC) is of interest from both theoretical and practical points of view since it allows one better understanding of advantages and disadvantages of various adsorbents upon their interactions with different adsorbates, co-adsorbates, and solutes in various dispersion media. Complete characterization needs application of a certain set of methods that is analyzed in the present paper. It is shown that the main difference in the textural characteristics of silica and carbon adsorbents is due to the absence (silicas) or presence (carbons) of nanopores in nanoparticles (NP). A great contribution of these pores in strongly activated carbons provides the specific surface area values greater by an order of magnitude than that of fumed silicas. Despite a high activation degree of AC, contribution of closed pores or pores inaccessible for nitrogen molecules remains relatively large in contrast to fumed silica A–300 composed of nonporous nanoparticles synthesized in the flame at higher temperature (~80% of melting temperature, Tm, for amorphous silica) than carbon activation temperature (~25%of Tm for carbons). Therefore, the pores inaccessible for nitrogen molecules in fumed silica could be attributed to narrow voids around contact area between neighboring NP in their aggregates, but for AC, there are both closed pores and open nanopores inaccessible for nitrogen molecules. For complete characterization of the morphology and texture of various adsorbents, such methods as transmission and scanning electron microscopies, probe (nitrogen, argon) adsorption, smallangle X-ray scattering (SAXS)and X-ray diffraction (XRD)could be used with appropriate software to analyze the data. The latter is especially important for the analyses of indirect data (e.g., adsorption, SAXS, XRD) characterizing the materials.
Investigation of water vapor adsorption kinetics on hydroxyapatite/magnetite/chitosan biocomposites
Authors:   Frantsevich Institute for Problems of Materials Science of NAS of Ukraine, Synytsia A.O. , Sych O.E. ,   Frantsevich Institute for Problems of Materials Science of NAS of Ukraine, Zenkov V.S. ,   Frantsevich Institute for Problems of Materials Science of NAS of Ukraine, Khomenko O.I. ,   Frantsevich Institute for Problems of Materials Science of NAS of Ukraine, Kolesnichenko V.G. ,   Frantsevich Institute for Problems of Materials Science of NAS of Ukraine, Babutina T.E. ,   Frantsevich Institute for Problems of Materials Science of NAS of Ukraine, Kondratenko I.G. ,   Frantsevich Institute for Problems of Materials Science of NAS of Ukraine
Published: December 2023

The work is devoted to the investigation of the morphology and adsorption properties of powder composites based on biogenic hydroxyapatite modified by magnetite (1, 5, 25, 50 wt. %) of various types (synthesis methods) and chitosan. The morphology of the powders evaluated using SEM micrographs and AMIS software is characterized by a uniform distribution of particles size and shape. It was established that the use of magnetite synthesized by chemical precipitation in the amount of 1-5% allows to obtain composite materials with a particle size in a narrower size range. Analysis of the kinetics of adsorption-desorption processes showed that the adsorption of water vapor is directly related to the ratio of hydroxyapatite and magnetite, increasing with increasing magnetite content. In addition, it is shown that the adsorption process for composites modified by magnetite obtained by the chemical precipitation method proceeds uniformly, while for composites containing magnetite obtained by the thermal decomposition method, three consecutive stages of the adsorption process are characteristic: rapid linear increase in mass, gradual inhibition of the adsorption process and stabilization of the mass of the material. The evaluation of the increase in mass also indicates a connection with the ratio of hydroxyapatite and magnetite, increasing with increasing magnetite content, which confirms the presence of physicochemical processes of interaction of gas molecules with the active centers of the molecules of the studied materials. DTGA also shows that the type of magnetite in an amount of more than 25% significantly affects the mass loss of composites during heat treatment up to 1000 °C, which is related to the initial characteristics of the magnetite used. The presented results in combination with previously obtained physicomechanical and biochemical properties testify to the prospects of biogenic hydroxyapatite/magnetite/chitosan composite materials for medicine.
Using 3d printing (CJP) technology to create composite three-dimensional products based on carbon nanostructures
Authors:   Frantsevich Institute for Problems of Materials Science of N.A.S. of Ukraine, Zolotarenko Ol.D. , Zolotarenko An.D. ,   Frantsevich Institute for Problems of Materials Science of N.A.S. of Ukraine, Akhanova N.Y. ,   Kazakhstan-British Technical University, Ualkhanova M. ,   Kazakhstan-British Technical University, Schur D.V. ,   Frantsevich Institute for Problems of Materials Science of N.A.S. of Ukraine, Gabdullin M.T. ,   Kazakhstan-British Technical University, Myronenko T.V. ,   Frantsevich Institute for Problems of Materials Science of N.A.S. of Ukraine, Zolotarenko A.D. ,   Frantsevich Institute for Problems of Materials Science of N.A.S. of Ukraine, Rudakova E.P. ,   Frantsevich Institute for Problems of Materials Science of N.A.S. of Ukraine, Chymbai M.V. ,   Frantsevich Institute for Problems of Materials Science of N.A.S. of Ukraine, Kamenetskaya E.A. ,   Frantsevich Institute for Problems of Materials Science of N.A.S. of Ukraine, Tarasenko Yu.O. ,   Chuiko Institute of Surface Chemistry of National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, Havryliuk O.O. ,   Chuiko Institute of Surface Chemistry of National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine
Published: December 2023

The conditions for the use of carbon nanotubes (CNT) synthesized by the pyrolytic method are described and a method for their use in a CJP 3D printer is developed. Methods for preparing synthesis products for use in 3D printers of CJP, FDM, SLA, SLS technologies are described. In the research work, the fact was established and the advantages of the composite material (СNT - Al2O3) over the original ceramic material were listed. Also, the technique for creating composite 3D products from consumable mechanical mixtures (СNT/Al2O3) was considered, where the technology for their preparation was considered. The bending strength of 3D printed ceramics reinforced with carbon nanotubes has been measured. The resistance to mechanical fracture of composites obtained using helical and straight СNT has been studied, and it has been shown that when using helical СNT, the parts of the product do not crumble during destruction, but remain united even under load. A small review was made in the form of a table comparing the strength characteristics of various ceramics in comparison with the resulting composite (CNT - Al2O3). The strength parameters of the composite CNT - Al2O3 after its 3D printing and sintering were determined, with the content of CNT 0, 20, 30, 50% vol. A comparative analysis of the strength indicators for composite 3D products reinforced with spiral or straight CNT was carried out, where the content of CNT reached from 0 to 50% vol. All obtained materials (CNT, Al2O3 and a composite based on them) were studied by electron microscopy.
Crystalline potassium dihydrogen phosphate (KDP) powders
Authors:   Frantsevich Institute for Problems of Materials Science of N.A.S. of Ukraine, Zolotarenko An.D. , Zolotarenko Ol.D. ,   Frantsevich Institute for Problems of Materials Science of N.A.S. of Ukraine, Matysina Z.A. ,   Frantsevich Institute for Problems of Materials Science of N.A.S. of Ukraine, Akhanova N.Y. ,   Al-Farabi Kazakh National University, Ualkhanova M. ,   Al-Farabi Kazakh National University, Schur D.V. ,   Frantsevich Institute for Problems of Materials Science of N.A.S. of Ukraine, Gabdullin M.T. ,   Kazakhstan-British Technical University, Zolotarenko A.D. ,   Frantsevich Institute for Problems of Materials Science of N.A.S. of Ukraine, Rudakova E.P. ,   Frantsevich Institute for Problems of Materials Science of N.A.S. of Ukraine, Chymbai M.V. ,   Frantsevich Institute for Problems of Materials Science of N.A.S. of Ukraine, Kamenetska О.А. ,   Frantsevich Institute for Problems of Materials Science of N.A.S. of Ukraine, Tarasenko Yu.O. ,   Chuiko Institute of Surface Chemistry of National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, Havryliuk O.O. ,   Chuiko Institute of Surface Chemistry of National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine
Published: December 2023

The article discusses the use of KDP ferroelectric crystals (phosphates and arsenates of potassium, rubidium, cesium) and their deuterated analogues in various industries, including the creation of electro-optical devices and as hydrogen sorbents. The paper describes the physical properties of KDP crystals, changes in their properties near the phase transition temperature, as well as methods for obtaining KDP nanocrystals and their application in biomedicine. The paper also states that the phase transition in KDP crystals occurs near room temperature and manifests itself in a change in their physical properties, such as dielectric constant, optical properties, and heat capacity. In addition, approaching the phase transition temperature causes a change in the crystal lattice parameters, which can lead to the appearance of anomalous effects. The structure of the unit cell of potassium dihydrogen phosphate (KH2PO4) is considered. The plots of the temperature dependence of the order parameter of spontaneous polarization and the plots of the temperature dependence of the configurational heat capacity of the crystal in the phase transition region are calculated, and the plots of the temperature of the inverse and direct dielectric susceptibility are calculated. Graphs of the order parameter, which characterizes the degree of spontaneous polarization for different temperatures, depending on the strength of the external electric field, are also calculated.
Intraorbitalis tumorok műtéti ellátása egy tercier centrumban
Authors: Ujváry László , Salomváry Bernadett , Szalóki Tibor , Geiszelhardt Balázs , Nagy Zoltán Zsolt , Magyar Márton , Nyilas Nóra , Zoltai Beáta , Korányi Katalin
Published: December 2023

Bevezetés: A szemüreg daganatai ritka kórképekként kevés
centrumban gyűlnek össze számottevő mennyiségben, így saját adataink
statisztikai feldolgozása reprezentálhatja az érintett betegcsoport hazai
arányait, jellegzetességeit. Célkitűzés: A Semmelweis Egyetem
„Orbita-munkacsoportjának” első három és fél éve során (2019. februártól 2022.
augusztusig) végzett 94 tumorsebészeti beavatkozás elemzése.
Módszer: Retrospektív tanulmányunk során három és fél év
teljes ambuláns és műtéti beteganyagát tekintettük át a Semmelweis Egyetemen
használt MedSol informatikai rendszerben. Csak a Semmelweis Egyetem
Orbita-munkacsoportja által 2019. február és 2022. szeptember között végzett,
szövettanilag igazolt daganatos betegség miatt operált páciensek adatai kerültek
bele gyűjtésünkbe. A csupán a dermist és a subcutist érintő bőrelváltozások
excisióját, a körülírt conjunctivalis elváltozások eltávolítását és az
enucleatiókat kizártuk a vizsgált betegcsoportból. Így jártunk el azzal a
jelentékeny számú orbitaműtéttel, amelyeknél a mintavétel után nem bizonyosodott
be daganatos sejtszaporulat jelenléte. Eredmények: A
közleményünk által feldolgozott három és fél éves periódus alatt 94 műtétet
végeztünk intraorbitalis tumor miatt. Mintavétel 38,3%-ban (n = 36), a tumor
lehetőség szerinti megkisebbítése 18,1%-ban (n = 17) vagy in
toto eltávolítása 43,6%-ban (n = 41) történt. A szövettani leletek
alapján a tumorok 53,2%-a (n = 50) benignusnak és 46,8%-a (n = 44) malignusnak
bizonyult. A rosszindulatú betegségben érintettek átlagéletkora 60,5 év, a
jóindulatú szövetszaporulattal operáltaké 39,5 év volt. A leggyakoribb benignus
daganat a cavernosus haemangioma volt 13,8%-ban (n = 13), a leggyakoribb
malignus daganat pedig a lymphoma 31,9%-ban (n = 30).
Megbeszélés: A jóindulatú daganatokat többnyire in
toto, maradványtünet nélkül távolíthatjuk el. A szemüreg
rosszindulatú daganatai esetében gyakran csak a tumor megkisebbítése érhető el,
számottevő esetben pedig már morfológiai jellegzetességeik és kórlefolyásuk
alapján mintavételt tervezünk. Így járunk el lymphoma esetén, melynek terápiája
konzervatív. Következtetés: A rosszindulatú daganatok aránya az
életkor előrehaladtával nőtt, messze a leggyakoribb ezek között a lymphoma. A
jóindulatú daganatok 70,0%-át az ér- és nyirokér-, illetve a
perifériásideg-eredetű daganatok és a dermoid cysta alkotta. A benignus
daganatok az esetek 76,0%-ában egészben eltávolíthatónak bizonyultak. A
leggyakoribb, általunk alkalmazott műtéti feltárás a lateralis orbitotomia. Orv
Hetil. 2023; 164(49): 1947–1953.
Politeness of Chinese-Javanese cross-ethnic communication in the Javanese Cultural Area, Indonesia
Authors: Jauhari Edy
Published: December 2023

The ethnic Chinese and Javanese have lived together in the Javanese Cultural Area for hundreds of years, and use the same languages in daily life, but their tendency to apply different politeness systems can cause problems. This article investigates the politeness of Chinese–Javanese cross-ethnic communication in the Javanese Cultural Area, Indonesia. Data were collected using Discourse Completion Task and analysed using the theory of Scollon & Scollon (2001). The results show that the factors that cause differences in the application of politeness systems in the ethnic Chinese and Javanese are the realisation of strategies and the contexts of strategy use. Cross-ethnic communication that occurs in the contexts (=P–D) and (=P+D) is generally normal because both ethnicities apply the same politeness system. However, in the contexts (–P+D), (+P+D), (–P–D) and (+P–D), the two ethnic groups tend to apply different politeness systems. This is prone to cause politeness friction in cross-ethnic communication.
Building interpersonal closeness in complaint responses in customer service
Authors: Liu Ping , Liu Huiying
Published: December 2023

Positioned in interpersonal pragmatics, this article examines the role of building interpersonal closeness in complaint responses in telephone interactions. Based on four extracts drawn from the data of about two hours of 15 recordings of telephone interactions between customers and the customer service agents of one Chinese airline, it reveals that the agents mainly employ six types of strategies as ways of building interpersonal closeness: alignment, compliment, affiliation, solidarity, self-disclosure and empathy. The use of these strategies, very often in combination, is intended to create and/or enhance interpersonal closeness in behavioural, affective and cognitive dimensions to facilitate complaint settlement. The findings shed light on the improvement of customer service in a more and more digitalised world.
Don’t call me obasan ‘aunt’
Authors: Yonezawa Yoko
Published: December 2023

This study investigates the use of the kinship term obasan “aunt” as an address term in Japanese by analysing three types of data: metalinguistic discourse in online discussion; the most typical collocates for the term in a large corpus of Japanese websites; and the results of a survey of native speakers. The study demonstrates that address practices towards aunts appear to be changing. The most typically collocated adjectives and adjectival nouns with obasan as a term of reference in the corpus reveal an overwhelmingly negative conceptualisation of the term in contemporary contexts. The survey results show an increasing trend towards addressing aunts with their names and nicknames instead of obasan. The analysis shows an almost pejorative connotation of the fictive use of obasan, and this appears to interfere with its literal use as an address term towards actual kin, hence the decrease in its usage.
Pío XII en los Andes. Recepción de una figura entre los católicos peruanos
Authors: Armas-Asín Fernando
Published: December 2023

El estudio analiza, en el contexto de la realidad del Perú de entre 1939 y 1958, la recepción de la figura de Pío XII y su pontificado entre los católicos peruanos. Las disposiciones pastorales, la llegada y difusión de los documentos pontificios, y los mensajes a la comunidad católica son revisados a partir del análisis de los Congresos Nacionales Eucarísticos, las actividades del episcopado, clero y Estado, las acciones misioneras, así como del seguimiento que la prensa nacional hizo del papa. Se pretende mostrar de esta manera la presencia que tuvo Pío XII y su pontificado entre los católicos y peruanos en general. Se ensayan razones que explican los hechos, y se señalan la renovación pastoral, la labor misionera ocurrida en la Iglesia, así como la importancia de los medios de comunicación.
Como fuentes se utilizan revistas y boletines periódicos eclesiásticos de la época, así como la prensa escrita de circulación nacional
Removal of pollutants from aquaculture wastewater using chitosan/bentonite composite beads
Authors: Bensalem Soufiane , Henni Abdellah , Chouana Toufik , Hidouci Sabrina , Azib Salim
Published: December 2023

Aquaculture systems produce ammonia nitrogen as a by-product of aquatic animal protein metabolism. The dropwise method was used in this study to prepare composite beads based on the chitosan (CS) biopolymer and bentonite (Bt) clay to remove ammonia nitrogen from aquaculture wastewater. The composite beads were characterised using Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FTIR), X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS), Brunauer–Emmett–Teller analysis and environmental scanning electron microscopy. According to the FTIR analysis, CS was successfully immobilised on the surface of Bt. Furthermore, the XPS analysis revealed that the chemical surface of the chitosan/bentonite (CSBt) composite was rich in CS elements. To remove ammonia nitrogen, three samples of aquaculture effluents were collected and characterised in terms of physico-chemical and chemical aspects. The ammonia nitrogen removal from aquaculture effluents was 100, 91.8 and 87.7% for initial concentrations of 0.56, 1.72 and 2.13 mg/l, respectively. Ammonia nitrogen sorption tends to reach equilibrium in approximately 120 min. The findings also show that the kinetic data correlated well with the pseudo-second-order equation. pH values increased slightly after adsorption, and the same trend was observed for total hardness and alkalinity. As a result, the CSBt composite is a promising adsorbent for ammonia nitrogen removal from aquaculture effluents.
Influence of informal controls on organizational commitment and performance in accounting firms
Authors: Oliveira Rosana Santos de , Almeida Maiara Nascimento , Teixeira da Silva Crisiane , Facin Lavarda Carlos Eduardo
Published: December 2023

This study aims to analyze the influence of personnel and cultural controls on accounting services firms’ organizational commitment and performance. For this, a survey was conducted with 204 professionals, and the hypotheses were analyzed through structural equation modeling. The results indicate a positive influence of cultural controls on organizational performance. Also, it was observed that informal controls positively impact organizational commitment, which, in turn, affects organizational performance. Organizational commitment was also found to play a partial mediation role in the relationship between cultural controls and organizational performance and a total mediation role in the relationship between personnel controls and organizational performance. These findings contribute to the existing literature by expanding knowledge about informal controls, especially in accounting firms. Moreover, they offer practical insights to managers in these firms, highlighting the importance of informal controls to promote employee engagement and improve organizational performance.
Irish Modernism and the Politics of Sexual Health (2023) by Lloyd (Meadhbh) Houston
Authors: Piwinski Cathryn
Published: December 2023

Lloyd (Meadhbh) Houston’s Irish Modernism and the Politics of Sexual Health combines archival research with incisive textual analysis to examine how topics such as sex, fertility, contraception, hygiene, and eugenics were circulated in Ireland from the end of the nineteenth century and into the twentieth. Reading medical case studies and newspaper articles alongside literary works by J.M. Synge, W.B. Yeats, Samuel Beckett, Kate O’Brien, and Brian O’Nolan, Houston’s book is a remarkable history of sexual politics and sexual rhetoric in Irish public life.
Art for Flann’s Sake? A Possible Pseudonym for Michael Victor O’Nolan
Authors: McNally Frank
Published: December 2023

For several years just before the First World War, a columnist called ‘Art Flann’ was a regular contributor to northern Irish provincial newspapers including the Strabane Chronicle and Ulster Herald. Erudite, argumentative, often satirical, he was also invariably – as a later Flann O’Brien (or Myles na gCopaleen) would have said – sound on the national question. He wrote on a wide range of subjects, including education, the courts, the Orange Order, and the coming of Home Rule, but a common thread was the misgovernment of Ireland as part of the UK. The pseudonym’s career lasted from about 1908 to 1914, ending just as the future Flann O’Brien (then an infant) and a fast-expanding O’Nolan family moved from Strabane to Dublin. This note considers the possibility that Michael Victor O’Nolan, then crown servant and home-schooling patriarch of the O’Nolan clan, was the man behind the nom de plume.