bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Complex physical therapy for degenerative and deforming lesions of the joints
Authors:   Kharkiv .State Academy of Physical Culture, Brelyus H.M.
Published: October 2023

The article deals with the complex program of physical therapy for degenerative-deforming arthrosis: purpose, tasks, forms, therapeutic gymnastics technique, physiotherapy and therapeutic massage in the complex therapy of degenerative-deforming joint lesions.
The Effect of Environmental Tax - Spending Mix on Province Air Quality
Authors: Qibthiyyah Riatu Mariatul , Zen Fauziah
Published: October 2023

The provincial government in Indonesia has been mandated to collect environmental-related taxes in recurrent vehicle taxes, vehicle transfer taxes, and gasoline taxes. These vehicle-related taxes have been the dominant type for the provincial government. Yet, the environment-related spending has been relatively low, within 1-3% of total expenditures. This study examines to what extent such environmental tax–spending mix affects the environmental outcomes measured by the air quality index. The novelty of this study comes in using detailed environmental-related tax revenues at the sub-national level and providing a context of the large developing country in a decentralized economy – Indonesia – as a case study. Our study finds the link between environmental tax in the case of the vehicle recurrent tax and gasoline tax in improving air quality and environmental quality index, respectively. But on the spending side, there is no evidence that provincial environmental spending may improve the air or environmental quality index. Nonetheless, we found a correlation between the vehicle transfer tax revenues and the share of province environmental spending, implying that environmental tax revenues, to some extent, correspond to the related provincial expenditures on environmental protection. This study signals the need also to expand environmental spending to complement existing environmental tax policy at the provincial level.JEL Classification: H71, H76, Q53How to Cite:Qibthiyyah, R. M., & Zen, F. (2023). The Effect of Environmental Tax Spending Mix on Province Air Quality Index. Signifikan: Jurnal Ilmu Ekonomi, 12(2), 221-230. https://doi.org/10.15408/sjie.v12i2.32395.
Informal Traffic Controller: Study on Shadow Economy in Indonesia
Authors: Chalid Pheni , Kuswini Isniati
Published: October 2023

The urban low-income segment of society survived on their earnings in the informal sector. This study examines the informal traffic controllers in the shadow economy framework who assist incoming cars at traffic-congested intersections and turning lanes in the main cities to earn income. This paper originates from the preliminary study of “Pak Ogah”: the Portrait of Shadow Economy in the Greater Area of Jakarta. The field study was conducted at 60 congested intersections and turning lanes on roadways where the informal traffic controller groups operated. The study employs a mixed method of qualitative and quantitative procedures and conducts a triangulation strategy. The study's implications suggest that the shadow economy was created by institutional failure to anticipate the negative impact of urban development policy.JEL Classification: O17, E26, R41, I32How to Cite:Chalid, P., & Kuswini, I. (2023). Informal Traffic Controller: Study on Shadow Economy in Indonesia. Signifikan: Jurnal Ilmu Ekonomi, 12(2), 399-412. https://doi.org/10.15408/sjie.v12i2.33434.
Banking Selection Criteria among Millennials: Insights from Islamic and Conventional Banks
Authors: Rama Ali , Wiranata Suhenda
Published: October 2023

The increasing number of millennials presents an enticing market opportunity for business. Understanding their preferences is the key to attracting their sympathy and interest. Thus, this study aims to analyze banking selection criteria for Islamic and conventional banks among the young generation. A group of students represents the millennial group in this study. Data is collected through questionnaire instruments, and factor analysis is employed to capture millennials' preference for banking. The finding highlights a relatively lower level of knowledge and awareness among millennials regarding the products and services offered by Islamic banks. Interestingly, among them, an inverse relationship exists between the criteria for selecting Islamic and conventional banks. Factors associated with banking preference among millennials are managerial performance and service quality, religiosity, recommendations, and finances. This study provides valuable insights for banking industry players, enabling them to understand millennial banking preferences better and formulate suitable marketing strategies.JEL Classification: G21, G32, D81How to Cite:Rama, A., & Wiranata, S. (2023). Banking Selection among Millennials: Insights from Islamic and Conventional Banks. Signifikan: Jurnal Ilmu Ekonomi, 12(2), 341-354. https://doi.org/10.15408/sjie.v12i2.35104.
Biomarkers to Improve Decision-making in Acute Heart Failure
Authors: de la Espriella Rafael , Núñez-Marín Gonzalo , Codina Pau , Núñez Julio , Bayés-Genís Antoni
Published: October 2023

Acute heart failure (AHF) is a complex clinical syndrome that requires prompt diagnosis, risk stratification and effective treatment strategies to reduce morbidity and mortality. Biomarkers are playing an increasingly important role in this process, offering valuable insights into the underlying pathophysiology and facilitating personalised patient management. This review summarises the significance of various biomarkers in the context of AHF, with a focus on their clinical applications to stratify risk and potential for guiding therapy choices.
Learning from nature by leveraging integrative biomateriomics modeling toward adaptive and functional materials
Authors: Arevalo Sofia E. , Buehler Markus J.
Published: October 2023

Biological systems generate a wealth of materials, and their design principles inspire and inform scientists from a broad range of fields. Nature often adapts hierarchical multilevel material architectures to achieve a set of properties for specific functions, providing templates for difficult tasks of understanding the intricate interplay between structure–property–function relationships. While these materials tend to be complex and feature intricate functional interactions across scales, molecular-based multiscale modeling, machine learning, and artificial intelligence combined with experimental approaches to synthesize and characterize materials have emerged as powerful tools for analysis, prediction, and design. This article examines materiomic graph-based modeling frameworks for assisting researchers to pursue materials-focused studies in a biological context, and provides an overview of methods that can be applied to bottom-up manufacturing, including a historical perspective of bioinspired materials research. Through the advent of novel modeling architectures and diverse systems from nature, there is potential to develop materials with improved properties.

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Shape memory thermoplastic polyurethane/polycaprolactone blend and composite with hydroxyapatite for biomedical application
Authors: Pinto Leonardo Alves , Backes Eduardo Henrique , Harb Samarah Vargas , Pinto Gabriel Matheus , da Cunha Daniel Aparecido Lopes Vieira , Andrade Ricardo Jorge Espanhol , Fechine Guilhermino José Macêdo , Selistre-de-Araújo Heloisa Sobreiro , Costa Lidiane Cristina , Pessan Luiz Antonio
Published: October 2023

Depending on its composition, thermoplastic polyurethane (TPU)/polycaprolactone (PCL) blend may present interesting properties for biomedical applications. Here, we have extensively developed and characterized blends of TPU/PCL and composites with 5, 10, and 20 wt% of hydroxyapatite (HA). The thermal, rheological, and mechanical characterizations showed that the blends present an intermediate behavior between pure TPU and PCL. The 75TPU/25PCL blend exhibited the best shape memory performance at temperatures below 50 °C. Filaments of this blend presented a fixation rate of 86.6% and a recovery rate of 73.3% at 50 ℃. The addition of HA had little influence on the shape memory properties; on the other hand, it strengthened the material, reaching elastic modulus values close to 100 MPa. In vitro tests revealed a biocompatible behavior for all blends, and the composite with 10 wt% HA from the 75TPU/25PCL blend demonstrated greater cell proliferation compared to the other composites.

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Photoinduced modification of optical properties of ferroelectric PZT thin films
Authors: Yousefi Saeed , Hua Nelson , Mehta Jugal , Li Jianheng , Guillemot Loïc , Rippy Geoffery , Zhong Louie , Schaller Richard D. , Maroutian Thomas , Haldrup Kristoffer , Matzen Sylvia , Kukreja Roopali
Published: October 2023

This study investigates ultrafast photoinduced changes in optical properties of ferroelectrics (PZT) on femtosecond to nanosecond timescales, using broadband transient reflectivity studies. Surprisingly, spectral features were observed below the bandgap, which could not be attributed to ground state bleaching, excited state absorption, and/or stimulated emission. A model based on probe energy independent changes in refractive index and extinction coefficient showed good agreement with experimental results. Three relaxation processes were phenomenologically considered for the temporal evolution. Laser-induced heating was ruled out as the cause of short timescale behavior and photorefractive effect was suggested as a potential mechanism for changes in the optical properties.

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Clinical features of menstrual disorders associated with psychopathology
Authors:   SI Institute of Health Protection of Children and Adolescents of the National Academy of Medical Sciences of Ukraine, Kharkiv, Dynnyk V.О. , Havenko H.О. ,   SI Institute of Health Protection of Children and Adolescents of the National Academy of Medical Sciences of Ukraine, Kharkiv
Published: October 2023

The health of the younger generation is a public value. Today, the state of health of teenage girls is of particular concern due to its progressive deterioration. Purpose - to study the features of the clinical course of menstrual function disorders in adolescent girls with comorbid mental health disorders. Materials and methods. 154 girls aged 11-17 were examined with menstrual cycle disorders (77 with oligomenorrhea (OM) and 77 with abnormal uterine bleeding (AUB)). Assessment of physical and sexual development, age of menarche was carried out. Depending on the examination by a psychiatrist, all girls with OM and AUB were divided into groups: without deviations in mental status, with anxiety-phobic disorders and depressive states. Results. It was found that the average growth indicators were probably higher in girls with OM in relation to adolescents with AUB, especially in the presence of psychopathology. The use of BMI did not reveal a significant difference when comparing patients with OM and AUB. Abnormalities of sexual development were probably more often registered in patients with AUB, with its advance, this acquired a significant difference (p˂0.01) and depended on both body mass index (BMI) and psychopathology. If the percentage of patients with disorders of sexual development did not differ depending on psychopathology in girls with AUB, then in adolescents with OM, the specific weight of girls with abnormalities of sexual development increased with the appearance of psychopathology. The average age of menarche was significantly lower in patients with AUB compared to patients with OM (p˂0.003). Early menarche was more typical for AUB. Much more often in adolescents with AUB, it was registered with normative fluctuations of BMI and its excess, as well as with anxiety-phobic disorders both with AUB and OM. Conclusions. The analysis of the conducted studies indicates reliable differences regarding the clinical course of menstrual function disorders by the type of OM and AUB with comorbid psychopathology. It was established that there are significant differences in such indicators as growth, puberty, time of menarche, which depended on the type of menstrual disorders and comorbid psychopathology. The research was carried out in accordance with the principles of the Helsinki Declaration. The study protocol was approved by the Local Ethics Committee of participating institution. The informed consent of the patient was obtained for conducting the studies. No conflict of interest was declared by the authors.
Facilitating participation in an online dance class for people living with dementia
Authors: Kosurko An , Arminen Ilkka
Published: October 2023

Background: Care workers practice different approaches to facilitating social participation and managing (non-)responsiveness in activities for people living with dementia. Utilizing an on-screen dance activity in a foreign language, carers in this study draw on multimodal resources and shift their footings in participation frameworks to demonstrate and reformulate expectations in pursuit of responses. Method: Data were collected as part of a test pilot for a dance program designed for people with cognitive and physical challenges. The program was remotely delivered from Canada to a private, assisted living facility in Finland during the COVID-19 pandemic. Video recordings of five consecutive weekly dance classes were transcribed and analyzed using an ethnomethodology and conversation analysis (EMCA) approach to multimodal interaction, looking at directive-response sequences. Results: Our preliminary results explore how co-present facilitators encouraged participation of a non-responsive participant through embodied directives in three ways: through demonstrations and reformulations in co-participation; through repetition and emphasis in response to non-compliance; and through a subsequent proposal of a change in the interactional frame. Discussion/conclusion: There are various recipient-designed ways in which care workers facilitate participation in on-screen arts-based programs, including how they address non-compliance.
Collaborative turn-construction practices of people with primary progressive aphasia and their family conversation partners
Authors: Volkmer Anna , Mistry Shreeya , Thompson Daniella , Warren Jason D. , Beeke Suzanne
Published: October 2023

Background: Primary progressive aphasia describes a group of three rare language-led dementias: semantic, logopenic, and non-fluent. The small number of conversation analysis studies to date suggest that repair and turn-construction practices in primary progressive aphasia are similar to those seen in post-stroke aphasia. This study investigates the collaborative aspect of these practices between people with primary progressive aphasia and their conversation partners. Method: Conversation analysis was used to investigate collaboration in repair and turn-construction practices in 10-minute video recordings of natural conversation collected from two dyads, one with logopenic and one with mixed primary progressive aphasia. Results: This study demonstrates that people with primary progressive aphasia have a range of practices available to construct their turns, and that their conversation partners collaborate to co-construct talk. Discussion: Findings demonstrate that collaboration can support interaction or lead to further interactional trouble. Collaborative practices are important targets for speech and language therapy interventions.
Should they stay or should they go?
Authors: Nir Bracha , Dori-Hacohen Gonen
Published: October 2023

Background: The study investigates how participants in the institutional interaction between caregiver-child-therapist negotiate rapport-building. This setting, which is usually taken as a dyad, is an actual triad. Method: We focus on examples taken from five speech-language therapy (SLT) openings, analyzing the resources that lead to alliances as rapport-building through the turns of talk. We connect these alliances to the configuration of the setting. Results: The analyses highlight different dyadic participant alliances within the triadic constellation: child-therapist, caregiver-therapist, therapist-child. These alliances are formed through complaints regarding the participants’ investment in the therapy. The therapists concentrate their efforts on the child, whereas the parents focus on creating rapport with the therapist. Discussion and conclusion: The balancing act of rapport-building in the therapeutic triad of SLT is complicated, since the family is not composed of equal members. Therefore, ‘ironing’ the creases of the caregiver-child-therapist into a pseudo-dyad either ignores the differences that exist between a parent and a child or does not work.
Użycie form ראה i מראה oraz ich znaczenie w opisie wizji Ezechiela (Ez 1, 4–28)
Authors: Jasiński Andrzej
Published: October 2023

Treść Księgi Ezechiela odnosi się do okresu początków zesłania Izraela do Babilonii. Ezechiel został powołany na proroka i stróża nad zesłańcami. W artykule zostały przeanalizowane wypowiedzi zawierające formy ראה i מראה w wizji inauguracyjnej (Ez 1, 4–28). Wstępem do wizji i całej księgi jest tekst Ez 1, 1–3, w którym znajduje się wyrażenie: i ujrzałem wizję ( ואָרְֶאהֶ֖ מרְַאותֹ֥ ) Bożą (w. 1b). Wprowadza ono opisy wizji obecne w całej Księdze Ezechiela (Ez 1, 4–28; 8, 1 — 11, 25; 40, 1–48, 35 + 37, 1–14). Pierwsza wizja opisuje obecność chwały Jahwe pośród zesłańców w Babilonii. Jej tron umieszczony na sklepieniu podtrzymują istoty żyjące, przemieszczające się na kołach — rydwanie. Ezechiel poznał, że zesłańcy nie zostali opuszczeni przez Jahwe. Doświadczenie duchoweEzechiela zostało zainicjowanie ręką Jahwe, która na nim spoczęła (w. 3). Była to moc, która uzdolniła go do oglądu (i słuchania; por. w. 24) rzeczywistości niedostępnej innym zesłańcom. Ezechiel stał się zatem szafarzem tajemnicy obecności Pana w Babilonii pośrodku „golah”. Wydarzenie to miało dać początek procesowi odnowy Izraela. Ezechiel przestał być anonimową postacią, lecz dzięki objawieniu stał się wybrańcem Bożym, prorokiem, stróżem oraz kapłanem nowej świątyni. Następstwa tego „widzenia” opisuje Ezechiel w dalszych partiach księgi.
Polemika na temat natury małżeństwa na łamach „Ateneum Kapłańskiego” z projektem prawa małżeńskiego Komisji Kodyfikacyjnej w okresie międzywojennym
Authors: Skoczylas Kazimierz
Published: October 2023

Polska rodzina po odzyskaniu niepodległości doświadczała wielu okoliczności, które miały wpływ na jej funkcjonowanie. Członkowie rodzin charakteryzowali się niskim wykształceniem, doświadczali chorób, bezrobocia, głodu, a wielu nie znajdując godnych warunków do życia udawała się na emigrację. Po pierwszej wojnie światowej pozostała wielka liczba sierot. Państwo na miarę swoich możliwości starało się poprawiać los rodzin. Duże znaczenie w nowym państwie złożonym z terenów po dawnych zaborach miało stworzenie nowego prawa, w tym także prawa małżeńskiego i rodzinnego. Tym zajmowała się powołana przez Państwo w 1919 roku Komisja Kodyfikacyjna. Ona też przygotowała projekt prawa rodzinnego opublikowany w 1931 roku, nad którym trwała dyskusja. W tej dyskusji uczestniczyło środowisko katolickie, a w jego obrębie redakcja „Ateneum Kapłańskiego”. W czasopiśmie „Ateneum Kapłańskie” podejmowano dyskusję na temat problematyki rodzinnej wykraczającą treściami poza obszar prawa. Jednak dyskusja prowadzona na jego łamach nad projektem prawa małżeńskiego Komisji Kodyfikacyjnej odegrała dużą rolę w środowisku katolickim. Ta dyskusja miała wpływ na dalszy przebieg procesu kodyfikacji.
Wierni wobec wytycznych Kościoła katolickiego w Polsce. Pierwszy rok pandemii COVID-19
Authors: Wąchol Grzegorz
Published: October 2023

Artykuł jest podsumowaniem badań, jakie zostały przeprowadzone w lutym i marcu 2021 roku wśród wiernych świeckich, na temat postanowień duszpasterskich Kościoła katolickiego w Polsce podczas pandemii COVID-19. Autor uzyskał kilka tysięcy wypowiedzi wiernych, którzy od roku zmagali się ze zjawiskiem pandemii zagrażającym zdrowiu i życiu nie tylko w wymiarze fizycznym, ale również duchowym. Po krótkim teoretycznym wprowadzeniu w problematykę podejmowanego tematu nastąpi analiza wyników badań.
Beet Moth: Has Summer 2022 Introduced a New Threat to the UK Sugar Beet Crop?
Authors: Stevens Mark , Orman Kate , Towler Eleanor
Published: October 2023

When the first samples of ‘beet black heart’ arrived at the BBRO Plant Clinic in May 2022, the initial reaction was that it was due to downy mildew or boron deficiency, but as the long hot summer continued it became increasingly apparent some of these early samples were more likely to have been the first signs of beet moth damage. Although not a new problem (several isolated cases were recorded in commercial beet during 2020), the extent of the issue and the widespread impact on the crop took many by surprise. In this article we highlight some of the challenges caused by this pest and reflect on what the industry can do to limit its impact in the future. The beet moth (Scrobipalpa ocellatella) is not regarded as a regular pest in the UK, but adult moths are trapped and reported by UK entomologists. It is known to be more problematic in Mediterranean areas and across Eastern Europe/Asia where its incidence and reports of damage are usually associated with warmer and drier climates. Unfortunately, to date, we have limited information on its life cycle in relation to UK conditions and our sugar beet crops.
Active elements based on composite material with additives of biogenic substances for biological treatment systems of seawater
Authors: Dmitriyev Yuriy
Published: October 2023

The increasing anthropogenic pollution of the Black Sea is one of the urgent environmental problems. The currently proposed seawater biological treatment systems using attached hydrobionts (the main part of which are various types of algae) cultivated on the surface of artificial reefs have a number of limitations related to the complexity of maintenance of such reefs and the variability of the concentration of nutrients necessary to ensure the vital activity of hydrobionts.
The objectives of the study were to develop a composite material containing additives of biogenic substances of prolonged action and compact active elements based on it, from which seawater biological treatment systems can be formed in certain water areas characterized by increased intake of anthropogenic pollutants (marinas, bays, ports).
The results of the experiments have shown that the synthesized highly porous composite material based on an environmentally friendly thermoplastic polymer (polyethylene) and additives of a number of biogenic substances of inorganic origin embedded in its structure can be considered as a promising artificial carrier that provides optimal conditions for the cultivation of marine microalgae. Due to the high concentration of microalgae in the biofilm, which is formed on its porous surface, this carrier is able to effectively purify seawater from ammonium ions at four times their maximum permissible concentration (hereinafter referred to as MPC): the degree of purification was 1.5–2 times higher than the same indicator of the seawater self-purification process; at the same time, the self-purification process during the experiment it did not provide a decrease in the concentration of ammonium ions to the MPC.
The developed composite material can be recommended as a basis for the production of block-type active elements having the shape of a cube with dimensions of 0.5x0.5x0.5 m and a relatively small mass (about 35 kg). Seawater biological treatment systems can be organized by installing the required number of such elements in selected areas of the water area; maintenance of such systems (cleaning, replacement of elements) should not be problematic due to the compactness and small weight of the elements.
The concept of extended producer responsibility in the electronic waste management system
Authors: Gureev Pavel , Grishin Valentin
Published: October 2023

There is an undeniable negative impact on the environment of various kinds of waste generated as a result of the disposal of exhausted electrical and electronic devices. Among these wastes, a special place is occupied by electronic waste, which has a significant content of expensive rare earth metals in its composition, which, moreover, with proper processing and subsequent reuse, can bring significant savings. Based on the study conducted by the authors, it was revealed that in many developed countries, various directives have been developed and used at the level of state legislation, not only obliging commodity producers to steadily reduce the proportion of hazardous substances in electrical and electronic equipment, but also to ensure competent disposal and processing of products to ensure the reuse of limited natural resources.
The principle of extended producer responsibility, set out in the article, begins to play a special role. For our country, this principle is also becoming particularly relevant not only because of the need to save money, but also because of the increasing volume of sanctions that prohibit the transfer of many modern technologies, especially in the field of electrical engineering, electronics and microprocessor engineering.
Based on the materials presented and analyzed, the authors have formulated the main conclusions that when implementing the concept of extended manufacturer's responsibility, first of all, the specific features of national legislation related to the use of hazardous components in electrical and electronic equipment, as well as the need for proper organization of safe processing (disposal) of electronic waste should be taken into account.
Dynamic complexes of aquatic landscapes in mixing zone of Don River and Taganrog Bay
Authors: Khavansky Alexander , Shpak Nadezhda , Latun Vladimir , Bogachev Ivan
Published: October 2023

One of the main peculiarities of aquatic systems over ground ones is their high mobility attributable primarily to the intensive water mass dynamics. The mixing zones of river and sea water are considered the most dynamic aquatic system where stream velocity change, wave action, and wind-induced currents lead to periodic changes in aquatic landscapes and their spatial attitude. These conditions lead to the creation of dynamic complexes of aquatic landscapes. Alongside with natural processes, mobility and changeability of aquatic landscapes is largely affected by anthropogenic factors. To reflect the dynamics of aquatic landscape, the term dynamic complex of aquatic landscapes is introduced. A dynamic complex of aquatic landscapes is a combination, on a specific defined area of a water body, of primal aquatic landscapes which, influenced by natural or anthropogenic factors, change their rank and/or positioning for a short or long period of time. In the mixing zone of the Don River and Taganrog Bay, 6 dynamic complexes were singled out: the delta of the Don, Taganrog Bay near-shore area, the eastern and the central areas of Taganrog Bay, the foreshore abrasion-rockslide area, and the area of cumulative spits. The main factors for the formation of dynamic complexes and transformation of aquatic landscapes are increasing amounts of total dissolved solids and reproportion of typomorphic ions; short-term increases in water salinity due to wind-induced activity; long-term increases in salinity due to an influx of large sea water masses from the central part of the Azov Sea; retrogression of the beach; and shifting of cumulative spits due to active wave effect.
A task of utmost importance for geography and landscape science is studying the development of natural complexes. One of the main peculiarities of aquatic systems over ground ones is their high mobility attributable primarily to the intensive water mass dynamics. In the study of water bodies, the most common approach is the compositional one: water, bottom sediments, and hydrobionts are studied separately. At the same time, aquatic systems are complex combinations of aquatic landscapes where separate elements are closely interconnected. However, the peculiarities of formation and the dynamics of aquatic landscapes have been least studied.
Embedding Ontologies in the Description Logic ALC by Axis-Aligned Cones
Authors: Özcep Özgür Lütfü , Leemhuis Mena , Wolter Diedrich
Published: October 2023

This paper is concerned with knowledge graph embedding with background knowledge, taking the formal perspective of logics. In knowledge graph embedding, knowledge— expressed as a set of triples of the form (a R b) (“a is R-related to b”)—is embedded into a real-valued vector space. The embedding helps exploiting geometrical regularities of the space in order to tackle typical inductive tasks of machine learning such as link prediction. Recent embedding approaches also consider incorporating background knowledge, in which the intended meanings of the symbols a, R, b are further constrained via axioms of a theory. Of particular interest are theories expressed in a formal language with a neat semantics and a good balance between expressivity and feasibility. In that case, the knowledge graph together with the background can be considered to be an ontology. This paper develops a cone-based theory for embedding in order to advance the expressivity of the ontology: it works (at least) with ontologies expressed in the description logic ALC, which comprises restricted existential and universal quantifiers, as well as concept negation and concept disjunction. In order to align the classical Tarskian Style semantics for ALC with the sub-symbolic representation of triples, we use the notion of a geometric model of an ALC ontology and show, as one of our main results, that an ALC ontology is satisfiable in the classical sense iff it is satisfiable by a geometric model based on cones. The geometric model, if treated as a partial model, can even be chosen to be faithful, i.e., to reflect all and only the knowledge captured by the ontology. We introduce the class of axis-aligned cones and show that modulo simple geometric operations any distributive logic (such as ALC) interpreted over cones employs this class of cones. Cones are also attractive from a machine learning perspective on knowledge graph embeddings since they give rise to applying conic optimization techniques.
Research on stage–discharge relationship model based on random forest algorithm
Authors: Gao Yuechuan , Jiang Zhu , Wang Yuchen
Published: October 2023

Hydrological simulations and predictions are vital aspects of hydrological change research. Accurate predictions of hydrological factors such as stage and discharge are essential for water resources planning, reservoir dispatching and operation, shipping management and flood control. River discharge forecasting during flood seasons is an important issue in water resources planning and management. To improve the calibration accuracy and stability of the stage–discharge relationship model, the feasibility of integrated algorithms for studying the stage–discharge relationship was explored. A random forest (RF) algorithm based on a neural network (NN) was developed using a framework of integrated algorithms. First, the Levenberg–Marquardt (LM) algorithm was used to optimise the weight updating process of a back-propagation (BP) NN and improve the convergence speed. Then, the LM-BP algorithm was used as a decision tree to build an RF algorithm. The model was tested using hydrological data from Hongqi station on the Dadu River in China in the flood season. Results for the classical model, BP NN model, LM-BP NN model and optimised algorithm model were evaluated based on the mean absolute error (MAE), mean square error (MSE) and mean absolute percentage error (MAPE). The performance indicators showed that the optimised algorithm model (MAE = 3.13 m3/s, MSE = 19.28 m3/s and MAPE = 1.8%) was superior to the other models and showed high accuracy and good stability in flood-season flow forecasting.
HIERARCHY OF RUSSIAN LAW SOURCES: AN ANALYSIS OF LEGISLATION AND DOCTRINE THROUGH THE COMPARATIVE LEGAL PRISM OF BULGARIAN LAW
Authors:   Altai State University, Vasilev A. A. , Groysman S. ,   Sofia University named after St. Kliment Ohridski, Stoilov Ya. ,   Sofia University named after St. Kliment Ohridski, Pechatnova Yu. V. ,   Altai State University
Published: October 2023

Introduction: the article analyzes the conceptual problem of the formation of the ‘law on laws’, evaluates different approaches to the study of the system of normative legal acts, formulates the prerequisites for the uniform legal regulation of the hierarchy of sources of law. Purpose and objectives: the aim of the study is a legislative and doctrinal analysis of Russian and Bulgarian law from the perspective of the development of the law on normative legal acts. To this end, the authors set the following research tasks: firstly, to study the hierarchy of law as a conceptual problem and object of legal regulation; secondly, to study the problem of the status of judicial sources; thirdly, to research the place of doctrine in the hierarchy of law; fourthly, to analyze legislative regulation of the hierarchy of law through the prism of application of doctrinal developments. Results: the article discusses various bills aimed at legal regulation of sources of law (1996, 2014, 2021). The authors analyze the Bulgarian law of 1973 ‘On Normative Legal Acts’, which is one of the earliest and most famous ‘laws on laws’ in Eastern Europe, as a positive experience of legal regulation of the hierarchy and system of normative legal acts. The paper describes the general characteristics of the systems of normative legal acts in Russia and Bulgaria. Similar features include the priority place of constitutional acts in the system of normative legal acts, the problem of interaction between international and domestic law, the essential importance of judicial practice for the development of legal systems, the secondary position of legal doctrine, discrepancies in the principles of law, controversial issues of the recognition of legal custom, etc. The authors analyze related problems of sources of law, the role of legal doctrine, the relationship between domestic and international law.
THE RIGHT PERCEPTION OF THE CONCEPT OF RIGHT: A VIEW THROUGH THE PRISM OF OBLIGATIONS
Authors:   Osmaniye Korkut Ata University, Ustahaliloğlu M. K.
Published: October 2023

Introduction: the concept of right, which is one of the fundamental concepts of legal science, cannot exist as an independent concept. It is sine qua non dependent on the concept of legal obligation that gives the former its existence and meaning. This is similar to the relationship between the concepts of stove and fire: even though fire can exist and have a meaning without a stove, neither the existence nor the meaning of a stove is possible without fire. Purpose: this article aims to thoroughly analyze the concept of right, instituted in order to provide benefits for legal personality-holding entities and protect them from potential harms that may come from other entities, which requires the protection of an interest (directly or indirectly related to at least one human being) by imposing a legal obligation (expressed either in a legal prescription to perform or in a prohibition against performing certain legal acts) on another being (directly or indirectly related to at least one human being). Conclusion: this study concludes that the concept of right does not exist in and of itself, but rather appears from the perspective of a legal personality-holding entity when a legal obligation has been established in its favor.
ON THE DICHOTOMY OF THE CONSTRUCTION OF A MIXED CONTRACT
Authors:   Kikot Moscow University of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia, Deryugina T. V.
Published: October 2023

Introduction: the article deals with the problems of the legal nature of mixed contracts in comparison with the related constructions of non-defined (innominate), complicated, and complex contracts. The possibility of individual regulation excluding the effect of imperative prohibitions (subject to compliance with the principles of law) contradicts the essence of a mixed contract. Purpose: to formulate the features of the mixed contract that distinguish it from non-defined, complicated, and complex contracts. Methods: along with traditional theoretical and empirical methods, the author used the teleological approach, which makes it possible to consider the target orientation of a particular norm or contractual structure. Results: the study reveals contradictions in the legal regulation of mixed contracts; defines their constitutive features; determines the legal nature and legal regime; differentiates the mixed contract from the complicated contract, non-defined contract, and complex contract. Conclusions: the existing priority of individual regulation in the construction of the mixed contract is in logical contradiction with its features and with the prohibition against inclusion of elements of non-defined contracts in its content. It appears that this conflict can be overcome through establishing: a ban on changing the imperative norms that establish the rules of conduct in relation to defined contracts included in a mixed contract; a permission to exclude (not to change) the effect of imperative norms; a permission to use non-defined contracts in the construction of the mixed contract. A contract must be classified as mixed if there are two or more obligations included in it. Additional features are the object, the parties, and other characteristics that determine the contract type. The interest of the parties in a mixed contract should be focused on a single object. If there are different subjects focused on different objects, this is a complex agreement. If various elements of defined contracts are used in the construction, with the exception of the subject of the contract, the contract should be classified as complicated, not mixed. In a complicated contract, all additional (auxiliary) obligations ‘work’ to achieve the goal of the main one and are directly dependent on it. In a mixed contract, the structure is represented by two or more independent obligations that are equivalent. Complex contracts should be understood as such contracts that have a multiobject and multi-subject structure, whereas a mixed contract combines subjects and other contractual terms aimed at one object. In a complex contract, there should be no cross-regulation, each subject has its own object and is regulated by the rules that exist in the legislation for a certain type or kind of contract. This approach allows solving the problem of determining the priority of legal norms, which exists in the construction of the mixed contract.
Os Líderes Partidários Portugueses no Twitter: Interações e Estratégias de Hibridização Mediática
Authors: Gonçalves Vítor
Published: October 2023

Este estudo procura perceber até que ponto os líderes partidários portugueses utilizam as possibilidades de interação acessíveis no Twitter, nomeadamente o retweet, menção a outro utilizador e ligação web para outros endereços, e entender qual é a rede de ligações que é criada — se dentro do próprio partido, se aberta a protagonistas partidários de outras forças políticas ou a cidadãos. Adicionalmente, verificamos como é que, através do Twitter, os atores políticos põem em prática uma estratégia enquadrada no modelo mediático híbrido, estabelecendo ligações para os chamados “meios tradicionais de comunicação”, como jornais, rádio e televisão. Os dados são obtidos a partir de uma recolha de tweets publicados por quatro líderes partidários portugueses, do Partido Socialista, Partido Social Democrata, Bloco de Esquerda e Chega, em períodos específicos de 2021 e 2022, posteriormente sujeitos a análise de conteúdo e trabalhados informaticamente através do programa MAXQDA. A pesquisa revelou que todos os líderes utilizam as possibilidades de interação do Twitter, mas com intensidades diferentes. Verificámos que apostam numa estratégia de comunicação híbrida, fazendo convergir na plataforma do Twitter conteúdos dos média tradicionais. A partir dos dados obtidos foi possível estabelecer uma tipologia de estratégias de comunicação postas em prática pelos líderes partidários no Twitter, bem como identificar e caracterizar as possibilidades que as interações mediáticas, realizadas pelos líderes partidários, podem assumir na arena do Twitter.
Investigation of the Woman Image Displayed in Tourism Commercials from the Gender Perspective
Authors: CİVELEK Makbule
Published: October 2023

Considering the cultural elements, it’s natural to conclude that the image of women has different meanings in different cultures. This study aims to discuss and investigate the manners in which the woman image is utilized in tourism commercials in the context of gender. In doing so, the study makes use of semiotic analysis. Four tourism commercials on the “Go Turkey” website were examined in this respect. Evaluating the results of the study in a broad manner, the study reveals that the use of the stereotypical or assigned woman image in tourism commercials is still common. On the other hand, the woman image has also been displayed from different perspectives. In the commercials investigated, the female image is depicted in typical roles where they pay attention to their careers and families. Besides, during the commercials, the woman also carry out their duties and responsibilities even when they go on vacation. On the other side, the women’s image also portrays a strong impression that they are adventurous, free-minded, and can also spare time for themselves.
Euro Bölgesi Enflasyon Oranında Şokların Kalıcılığı Üzerine Bir İnceleme
Authors: TAŞDÖKEN Öznur , KAHYAOĞLU Hakan
Published: October 2023

Bu çalışmada 2001M1-2022M11 yılları arasında aylık veriler kullanılarak Euro bölgesinde seçilmiş ülkelerin enflasyon oranları üzerinden fiyat değişkenliğinin yapısı analiz edilmektedir. Yapı analizi enflasyon oranlarının farklı dönemler arasındaki durağanlıktan durağan olmayana veya tersine geçiş yapan bir sürecin tahmini yapılarak analiz edilmiştir. Ayrıca, söz konusu analizde incelenen bütün ülkelere ait enflasyon oranlarının değişim noktalarının tespitine yönelik tahminler de yapılmıştır. Bulgularımız covid19 döneminden önce enflasyon oranlarında ortalamaya dönme eğiliminin devam ettiği bulgusuna ulaşılmıştır. Bu fiyat istikrarı ve enflasyon hedeflemesi için öngörülen %2 enflasyon oranına karşı bir kalıcılık ve direnç olduğu biçiminde yorumlanabilir. Ancak bu yapı analiz sonuçlarımıza göre covid19 salgın döneminde enflasyon oranının ortalamaya dönme eğilimi yapısında bir değişim olduğu yönündedir.
A comparative analysis of the curriculum implemented in the village institutes
Authors: MİNDİVANLİ AKDOĞAN Esra , BİLGİLİ Ali Sinan
Published: October 2023

Village Institutes were educational institutions in Türkiye that were structured in line with the educational, economic, social and political needs of the period. They constituted an important dimension of the works carried out to develop the country economically propagate the newly founded republic and its basic principles to the public. These institutions aimed to train well-equipped village teachers to develop the villages and the villagers in every aspect. The teachers who graduated from these institutions also shouldered the task of strengthening the bond between the village and the villagers and the state and the republic. The curriculum that determined the education process of the Village Institutes was first put into practice in 1943. Educational activities were carried out in line with the "education in work, education for work, education with work" principle. The students were active and educational activities were done holistically in these institutions. Furthermore, the students had the opportunity to apply the knowledge they had learned in the culture courses for themselves and in the agriculture courses through technical courses. However, in these educational institutions, the curriculum diverged partially from this aforementioned main principle after 1947. In the 1947 curriculum, which was revised in line with the criticisms made for the 1943 program, the agriculture and technical courses were reduced, and the culture courses were increased. With the 1953 Teacher Training Schools and Village Institutes curriculum, the five-year education increased to six years and the technical and agricultural courses were greatly reduced. Since the Village Institutes were closed in 1954, this curriculum could not be implemented for a long time. For this reason, it would not be wrong to state that the 1943 curriculum was the curriculum which that was developed and implemented in such a way as to fully meet the basic aims and principles of the Village Institutes.
Yerel tarih etkinliklerinin sosyal bilgiler öğretmen adayları üzerindeki etkilerine yönelik bir durum çalışması
Authors: GÜNAL Hasan , KAYA Ramazan
Published: October 2023

Merkezine sıradan insanı alan yerel tarih, bugün Türkiye dâhil dünya üzerindeki birçok ülkede, öğrencilere önemli yeterlilikler kazandırabilme potansiyelinden dolayı, bir öğretim yöntemi olarak sosyal bilgiler/tarih öğretimi programlarında yer almaktadır. Ancak yerel tarihin sağlayacağı yeterlilikleri gerçekleştirebilmek için öğretmen adaylarının lisans eğitimleri sırasında bu yönteme yönelik uygulamalı etkinlikler yaparak tecrübe kazanmaları çok önemlidir. Bu araştırmada; sosyal bilgiler öğretmen adaylarının yerel tarih öğretimi özelinde gerçekleştirdikleri etkinliklerle ilgili görüşleri ortaya koymak istenmiştir. Araştırmanın katılımcılarını Balıkesir Üniversitesi Necatibey Eğitim Fakültesi Sosyal Bilgiler Eğitimi Anabilim Dalı’nda öğrenim gören 55 öğretmen adayı oluşturmaktadır. Durum çalışması modeliyle gerçekleştirilen araştırmanın verileri açık uçlu anket, öğrenci günlükleri, etkinlik değerlendirme formu ve araştırmacı gözlem notlarıyla elde edilerek içerik analizi yöntemiyle analiz edilmiştir. Katılımcılar gerçekleştirmiş oldukları yerel tarih etkinlikleri sırasında en çok yaptıkları görüşmelerden haz aldıklarını belirtirken, en fazla zorluğu kaynak bulma ve bilgi edinme konularında yaşadıklarını ifade etmişlerdir. Yaptıkları etkinliklerin kendilerine kişisel/sosyal gelişim ve öğretmenlik mesleği açısından birçok katkı sağladığını dile getiren katılımcılar, Yerel Tarih Araştırmaları dersinin ve etkinliklerinin daha etkili olarak gerçekleşebilmesi için yapılacak sonraki uygulamalarda özellikle öğrencilere daha fazla rehberlik yapılması önerisini ön plana çıkarmışlardır. Araştırma sonucunda elde edilen bulgular doğrultusunda sosyal bilgiler öğretmen adaylarına başta yerel tarih öğretimi konusunda teorik ve uygulamalı eğitimler verilmesi olmak üzere bazı önerilere yer verilmiştir.
soteriological reflection on priestly Christology from an Akan perspective
Authors: Boaheng Isaac
Published: October 2023

The priesthood of Christ forms a key foundation upon which Christian soteriology is built. In the Akan traditional community where priesthood is a common religious institution, a proper understanding of the soteriological significance of Christ’s priesthood has the potential of making the Christian faith more relevant and meaningful. Nonetheless, there is inadequate scholarly attention given to this subject from an Akan perspective. This literature-based research was, therefore, conducted to contribute to the scholarly discourse about Christian soteriology by exploring how Akan traditional priestly tradition might enhance the Akan Christian understanding of the nature and relevance of Christ’s priesthood and sacrifice based on a theological study of Hebrews 9:11–14. This text has been chosen because it gives a clear expression the biblical perspective on the priestly sacrifice of Christ.As a work in the area of Christian theology, the article does not provide detailed exegesis of the text but explores theological themes that are relevant for the Akan appreciation of the priesthood of Christ. The main argument is that since the atonement of Christ is sufficient for holistic salvation, there can be no legitimate sacrifice for salvific purposes in any society. The article contributes to the contextualization of Christian theology in the Akan/African society.