bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
l-carnitine and l-acetylcarnitine supplementation for idiopathic male infertility
Authors: Khaw Shen Chuen , Wong Zhen Zhe , Anderson Richard , Martins da Silva Sarah
Published: November 2020

Fifteen percent of couples are globally estimated to be infertile, with up to half of these cases attributed to male infertility. Reactive oxidative species (ROS) are known to damage sperm leading to impaired quantity and quality. Although not routinely assessed, oxidative stress is a common underlying pathology in infertile men. Antioxidants have been shown to improve semen analysis parameters by reducing ROS and facilitating repair of damage caused by oxidative stress, but it remains unclear whether they improve fertility. Carnitines are naturally occurring antioxidants in mammals and are normally abundant in the epididymal luminal fluid of men. We conducted a systematic review and meta-analysis to evaluate the safety and efficacy of carnitine supplementation for idiopathic male infertility. We searched ClinicalKey, ClinicalTrials.gov, Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials (CENTRAL), EMBASE, MEDLINE, PubMed and ScienceDirect for relevant studies published from 1 January 2000 to 30 April 2020. Of the articles retrieved, only eight randomised controlled trials were identified and included. Analysis showed that carnitines significantly improve total sperm motility, progressive sperm motility and sperm morphology, but without effect on sperm concentration. There was no demonstrable effect on clinical pregnancy rate in the five studies that included that outcome, although patient numbers were limited. Therefore, the use of carnitines in male infertility appears to improve some sperm parameters but without evidence of an increase in the chance of natural conception.

Lay summary

Although male infertility affects 1:15 men, there is no obvious reason in the vast majority of cases. Reactive oxidative species (ROS) are highly active molecules containing oxygen and are natural byproducts of normal metabolism. However, high concentrations of ROS have been shown to damage sperm, which negatively impacts a couple’s ability to conceive. Carnitines are natural antioxidants found in the body that counterbalance the damaging effects of ROS. We conducted a comprehensive review of published studies to assess whether carnitine supplements are safe and effective in improving sperm quality and pregnancy rates. Our analysis shows that carnitines improve sperm swimming and production of normal-shaped sperm cells but do not affect sperm count or pregnancy rates, although there are only a few studies and scientific evidence is limited. Whilst it is possible that carnitines may benefit male infertility, more evidence is required regarding chances of pregnancy after carnitine therapy.
LEGAL PROTECTION OF STATE PROPERTY IN THE CONTEXT OF THE CONSTITUTION OF UKRAINE
Authors:   Vasyl Stus Donetsk National University, Vinnitsa, Ukraine, Belianevych O.A.
Published: November 2020

The article considers topical issues of constitutional and legal protection of state property as public property. The objective necessity of functioning of the public sector of the economy follows from the constitutional provisions on the obligation of the state to ensure the social orientation of the economy (part 2 of Article 13 of the Constitution) and political, economic and ideological diversity of public life in Ukraine (part 1 of Article 15 of the Constitution). It is substantiated that the provisions of Section I of the Law of Ukraine "On repealing the Law of Ukraine "On the list of state property objects not subject to privatization" do not comply with the provisions of Articles 1, parts one and two of Article 8 part 2 of Article 19, part four of Article 13, Article 16, part 1 of Article 17 of the Constitution of Ukraine (in their sys temlogical connection). It is determined that a mandatory element of the system of constitutional and legal protection of state property is the norm of paragraph 36 of part 1 of Article 85 of the Constitution of Ukraine, according to which the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine approves the list of state property not subject to privatization. Defining the range of objects that are not subject to privatization, the legislator uses such a technical and legal technique as the simultaneous enshrinement in the text of the Law "On privatization of state property" types of state property that are not subject to privatization (currently these are objects of national importance, and state-owned enterprises) and enshrining in a separate law a list of objects of state property rights, the privatization of which is not allowed. The norms of such laws form an integral element of the special legal regime of state property. Taking into account the legal positions of the Constitutional Court of Ukraine, it is determined that the list of objects of state property that are not subject to privatization may be subject to change taking into account the needs of socio-economic development of the country. It is substantiated that the repeal of the Law of Ukraine "On the list of objects of state property that is not subject to privatization" means the emergence of a gap in the system of legal protection of state property relations, which can not be filled in any other way than the adoption of the relevant law, and which will negatively affect the state’s performance of its social functions.
ON JUDICIAL PRACTICE IN DISPUTES IN PERMISSIVE LEGAL RELATIONS IN THE SPHERE OF ECONOMIC ACTIVITY
Authors:   Chernihiv Polytechnic National University, Chernihiv, Ukraine, Apanasenko K.I.
Published: November 2020

Ukrainian courts consider many cases related with using of norms of permissive legislation in a sphere of economic activity. The purpose of an article is to analyze a court’s rulemaking in cases on permissive relations in spheres of the town-building and the defense of an environment. The author presents and explores some legal positions of the Supreme Court. For example, there are such positions as: 1) absence of a legislation on a special permissive relations doesn’t give a right to do business without appropriate permits; 2) control organs have no power to obligate the economic subjects to receive permits in a situation as the Ukrainian Government hasn’t established a mechanism of giving permits; 3) violations of legislation during realization of rights based on permissive documents have to be confirmed in acts of authorized state organs/permissive organs drafted after the measures of the state supervision (control) in a sphere of economic activity. The author investigates court’s practice of the using of means of provision of obligations by subjects of permissive legal relations. There are court’s decisions on a suspension of enterprises/buildings which violate demands of economic and ecological legislation in a process of a realization of rights for economic operations in accordance with permissive documents. The court’s practice of using of a principle of acquiescence is analyzed in details. This analysis has concluded a declarative character of acquiescence. The author considers that in such cases court has to constitute conditions for a using of the acquiescence or its absence and to use this principle if there are enough conditions. The court’s decisions in cases about the economic operations realized without permits are investigated in the article. The analysis gives a reason to conclude that contemporary concept of a legal interest, which used by courts narrows possibilities for the defense of rights of citizens and organizations violated by breaches of an economic legislation of owners of permissive documents and nonlegal inaction of permissive organs. In addition, the author has proposed some changes for The Law of Ukrainian "On the permissive system in a sphere of economic activity".
INTERNATIONAL STANDARDS FOR ENSURING THE RIGHT OF ACCESS TO COURT FOR PARTICIPANTS OF ECONOMIC RELATIONS
Authors:   State Organization ", Koverznev V.O. ,   V. Mamutov Institute of Economic and Legal Research of NAS of Ukraine",   , Kyiv, Ukraine
Published: November 2020

Transformation and sustainable development of modern countries is not possible without providing all participants in economic relations with equal access to justice, which should be based on respect for fundamental rights, the Rule of Law, transparent courts and the effective administration of justice, guaranteeing public access to information about activity of commercial courts. The term "access to court" is a complex legal category based on several basic criteria, the simultaneous provision of which guarantees the actual observance of a person's right to access to justice, in particular: 1) financial, which provides for the obligation of the state to establish such an algorithm for determining the amount of court costs, which takes into account the property of the party and does not create obstacles to the exercise of the right to go to court, while acting as a safeguard against abuse of the right to go to; 2) territorial, which provides that the system of courts of general jurisdiction should be built taking into account the territorial structure of the state, with local courts, which consider all cases as courts of first instance, should be territorially as close as possible to the person; 3) organizational — provides for the optimal organization of the judicial system, which should be simple and, at the same time, clear and effective, in the context of access to court and the procedure for protection of individual rights. In addition, both the system of general courts as a whole and each individual court of general jurisdiction must be established and carry out their procedural activities in strict accordance with national law; 4) informational, according to which each state must legislate to inform its citizens and business entities about the procedure for going to court, about the conditions of providing certain categories of socially vulnerable citizens engaged in business activities, professional legal assistance provided by lawyers at the expense of the state, as well as the cur rent procedural rules; 5) procedural, which guarantees the administration of justice on the basis of the Rule of Law, as well as impartiality and impartiality of the court and judges, reasonable timeliness of court proceedings, publicity of proceedings and promulgation of court decisions, proper motivation and justification of court decisions, ensuring effective execution of court decisions and respect for final court decision; 6) quality of legislation, which imposes on the state the obligation to adopt legislation that meets the requirements of accessibility and predictability, so that each person has the opportunity to obtain adequate information about the circumstances of the application of legal norms in a particular case.
BANKS’ SUPERVISORY BOARDS: COMPARATIVE LEGAL ANALYSIS OF THE LEGISLATION OF UKRAINE AND GERMANY
Authors:   National University ", Shvets Yu.I. ,   Odessa Law Academy",   , Odesa, Ukraine
Published: November 2020

The article is devoted to a comprehensive study of German legislation regarding the right regulation of the work of supervisory boards of joint stock companies — banks. During the writing of the article, the main legislative acts of Germany, the current version of which was published on the official website of the Federal Ministry of Justice and Consumer Protection (Bundesministeriums der Justiz und für Verbraucherschutz), were studied and analyzed, as well as scientific articles by German scientists and practitioners. Corporate legislation of Germany is compared with the legislation of Ukraine regarding the legal regulation of the activity of banks, which are joint stock companies. It is established that the banking activity should be performed by a legal entity in the form of a joint stock company. The two-tier system of governance with supervisory boards and executive boards, as well as a clear division of powers of management and control between these bodies, must be mandatory for banks. Suggestions were made on the possibility of electing not only shareholders and independent directors, but also other bank stakeholders, to the Supervisory Boards, in particular the election of employees, trade unions and, as a consequence, strengthening the influence of the labor collective on the management of the company. Emphasis is placed on the existence in German corporate law of provisions allowing the election, in certain cases, of members of the supervisory boards in court for the application of the list of persons defined by law. It is concluded that such practice is not practicable in Ukraine at this time due to the lack of speed of court proceedings and the possibility of unfair actions to influence the joint stock company on this basis. It is proposed to provide a mechanism for appealing the decisions of the Supervisory Board by the company Executive Board. The implementation of these innovations could strengthen the system of checks and balances in the management of the bank, namely to ensure mutual control of the supervisory board and the executive board of the bank, as well as to make it impossible (to prevent) the possibility of making decisions that could lead to negative consequences in the activity of the bank. There are a number of other statements and suggestions that can be used in further legislative work to improve the legal regulation of corporate governance in Ukraine.
RESTRICTION OF THE PRINCIPLE OF CONTRACTUAL FREEDOM IN THE BRANCH OF BANKING SERVICES
Authors:   State Organization “V. Mamutov Institute of Economic and Legal Research of NAS of Ukraine”, Kyiv, Ukraine, Ustymenko A.V.
Published: November 2020

Today, the consumer of banking services is actually a weak party, being in a wide range of financial (banking) relations. Due to the different status of the parties, one being able to dictate their conditions in the legal relationship and the other having no real influence on the counterparty. One of the legal guarantees is the extension of the scope of contractual freedom also to bank deposit relations, account opening and servicing, credit relations, etc. Accordingly, the limitation inherent in the very nature of contractual freedom is an integral part of it. In this connection, the role of contractual freedom in the private and public legal sphere, which is characterized by the existence of State coercion, is of particular interest. The banking sector of the economy proves the existence of contractual freedom in organic unity with its limitations. A practical problem is the effect on the contractual freedom of public authority or a body authorized to administer justice. This creates an imbalance of interest in favor of public law against private law. The purpose of the article is to study the impact, place and role of the principle of freedom of contract at the stages of conclusion, modification and termination of contracts in the branch of banking services. The article examines the relations of the bank and its clients within the framework of such contractual types (types) which are distinguished by publicity in the sense of article 633 of the Ukrainian Civil Code: bank account contract, bank deposit contract. The author’s vision of the principle of freedom of contract through the dialectic of unity of contract freedom and its limitations is presented and justified. This approach is the basis for the study of bank-client relations. The conditions for limiting the principle of freedom of contract beyond the elements of the traditional triad in the banking sphere at the stages of conclusion, performance, modification and termination are also described. The article affirms the existence of limitations to the principle of freedom of contract not only by law but also by the principles of law (general and special), by contract, by the customs of business and by the activities of the State in the form of administrative and judicial measures.
The great Chinese transformation: cynicism and the future of the world (article two)
Authors:   Transformation, Integration and Globalization Economic Research, TIGER at the Kozminski University in Warsaw, Kolodko Grzegorz W.
Published: November 2020

The huge leap made by the Chinese economy over the past four decades as a result of market reforms and openness to the world is causing fear in some and anxiety in others. Questions arise as to whether China’s economic success is solid and whether economic growth will be followed by political expansion. China makes extensive use of globalization and is therefore interested in continuing it. At the same time, China wants to give it new features and specific Chinese characteristics. This is met with reluctance by the current global hegemon, the United States, all the more so as there are fears that China may promote its original political and economic system, "cynicism", abroad. However, the world is still big enough to accommodate us all. Potentially, not necessarily. For this to happen, we need the right policies, which in the future must also include better coordination at the supranational level.
Confucianism and Protestantism: prospects for the East-West transcivilizational convergence
Authors:   Institute for Economics and Forecasting of the NAS of Ukraine, Piliaiev Igor
Published: November 2020

The aggravation of the struggle for global leadership between the United States and China in the context of rapidly developing globalization has brought to the fore the problem of a comparative analysis of the ethical and value foundations of socio-economic dynamics, innovativeness and competitiveness of the Euro-Atlantic (primarily Protestant) society, on the one hand, and the East Asian (primarily Confucian) society, on the other. The purpose of this study is to compare the religious and ethical systems of Confucianism and Protestantism in terms of their competitive advantages, compliance with the interests of global economic leadership, and mutual adaptability. The study applies the interdisciplinary approach, methods of synergetic, civilizational and world-system analysis. It is argued that the modernization potential and mental-value compatibility of the Protestant and Confucian worlds is much higher than that of respectively the Protestant and the post-Soviet Eurasian. The key correspondences of ethical-value principles and motivations of Protestant and Confucian cultures in their genetics, historical dynamics and modern dimension have been determined. It is shown that such fundamental principles of modern Western society as pluralism and the rule of law have their traditional correspondences, albeit in a transformed form, among the core values of Chinese and, geographically wider, Confucian social culture. Therefore, the current trend of China’s return to its cultural roots, to Confucian ethics not only does not interfere with the process of modernization and the country’s movement towards global financial and economic leadership, but, on the contrary, contributes to these processes. In this regard, the prospects for a rational convergence of East and West values, primarily Protestantism and Confucianism, within the framework of a new globalized civilization of the future look rather likely.
The Assessment of Immunomolecular expression and prognostic role of TLR7 among patients with Prostatitis
Authors: AlSaimary Ihsan Edan , Aldhaheri Hussein Naeem , ALMusafer Murtadha Mohammed
Published: November 2020

The Aim of this study was to determine Immunogenetic expression of  Toll-like receptor gene clusters related to prostatitis, to give acknowledge about Role of TLR in prostatitis immunity in men. A case–control study included 135 confirmed prostatitis patients And 50 persons as a control group. Data about age, marital status, working, infertility, family history and personal information like (Infection, Allergy, Steroid therapy, Residency, Smoking, Alcohol Drinking, Blood group, Body max index (BMI) and the clinical finding for all patients of Prostatitis were collected , The molecular expression study include extracting DNA from blood of Prostatitis patients , Prostitis patients and Control group by using specific primers for conventional PCR and Real Time PCR , the amplification of all extracted DNA from blood samples was preform and confirm by using electrophoresis with (100volt/30min).   PCR product was 149bp for TLR7 on agarose gel (1%), (50voltage for 1hour) with a presence 100%. The results of the present study indicate that the Toll like receptor alleles associated with risk of prostatitis.
Coptotermes formosanus (Blattodea: Rhinotermitidae) established in Israel and world distribution of a major termite pest
Authors: Scheffrahn Rudolf H. , Bahder Brian W. , Lu Tomer
Published: November 2020

The Formosan subterranean termite, Coptotermes formosanus Shiraki, 1909, is a highly destructive structural pest endemic to East Asia. We report a land-based establishment of C. formosanus in Petah Tikva, Israel, over 6000 km from its nearest previous locality in China. The species’ identity was confirmed by soldier morphology and by COI sequence data. In addition, a population discovered in 1992 in suburban San Diego, California, USA, remains viable. Marathon hosts the first infestation of C. formosanus in the Florida Keys. The world distribution of C. formosanus is presented, and the biogeography and mechanisms of spread of this termite are discussed.
The Three Waves of the Charismatic Renewal in Réunion Island
Authors: Aubourg Valerie
Published: November 2020

In Réunion Island, the Charismatic Renewal was introduced in 1974 by the Mauritian nun Marie-Lise Corson. It quickly became extremely successful against the Assemblies of God, a Pentecostal movement which had established itself on the island eight years earlier. And just like this other movement, it drew heavily on the “Creole religious system” in order to foster a seemingly reverse process of “eradicating” popular religiosity. It redefined the traditional system without discrediting it.

Beginning with the 1980s-1990s, growing religious globalization encouraged new communities originally set up in mainland France or Quebec to come to the island. The life of these outside groups intersected with that of the local assemblies and leaders, winning them over. This second period further corresponded to a normalization of the Renewal which brought its practices back into the Catholic fold.

A third phase started in the late 1990s and early 2000s with the creation of groups on the fringes of the diocesan Renewal that tended to re-emphasize the attributes of Creole identity and move closer to the neo-Pentecostal movement.

Thus, the study of the birth and development of the Charismatic Renewal in the French Indian Ocean département brings to light three waves. Drawing on ethnological research, this paper will analyse them by looking at the ways in which this transnational and transdenominational movement has interacted with local religious and cultural practices.
AFOLAYAN, Adeshina, Olajumoke, YACOB-HALISO and Toyin FALOLA (eds). Pentecostalism and Politics in Africa: African Histories and Modernities
Authors: Heuser Andreas
Published: November 2020

AFOLAYAN, Adeshina, Olajumoke, YACOB-HALISO and Toyin FALOLA (eds).

Pentecostalism and Politics in Africa: African Histories and Modernities. Cham,

Switzerland: Palgrave Macmillan, 2018. 452pp. Pbk. ISBN 9783319749112. €83.
EN Energy efficiency projects deployment for Ukrainian industry. Efficiency assessment method for energy exchange and the ratio of temperature change in heat exchangers
Authors: Yakovleva O. , Ostapenko O. , Trandafilov V.
Published: November 2020

Energy efficiency projects deployment for Ukraine is one of the challenging task today. Ukrainian in­dustry faces very complex environment for project development as well as its deployment within organization nowadays. UA Policy struggle to keep place on the European market to have possibility not only be a part of global policy but to go forward and to bring benefits for macro and micro economy. Fresh breath by integration energy systems within project management into business model of organization let to move closer to hold under control energy efficiency projects realization and avoid financial risks. Environmental policy and energy policy play crucial role for Ukrainian transformation into European pla­yer. Presented proactive plan provides possibilities to deliver the intended economic and environmental benefits of the Ukrainian energy labelling and ecological design directives. These directives are in use or are under development process by increasing the rates of compliance with their energy efficiency requirements. To start from the energy efficiency development process investigation in order to have possibilities to make corrections on the stage of modeling and design can bring benefits and reduce costs for end users. To evaluate the efficiency of heat exchangers, there are over 40 different private integral energy efficiency criteria. Such a number makes the estimation of heat exchangers not always objective and sufficiently definite, which does not allow to algorithmize the task of determining the efficiency of heat exchangers. On the foundation of the system element representation for the heat exchange network, the concepts of energy potential and energy efficiency of energy exchange are proposed. The obtained equations allow us to determine the efficiency of energy exchange not only for an element of the heat exchange network, but also for a complex system as a whole with a minimum of information about the system
Zoomorphic Pattern in Collective Nicknames among the Residents of the Russian North
Authors:   Ural Federal University, Makarova Anna A. ,   V. V. Vinogradov Russian Language Institute of the RAS, Popova Yulia B. ,   Ural Federal University
Published: November 2020

The paper studies collective nicknames of the residents of the Russian North (Arkhangelsk and Vologda regions) to describe a productive zoomorphic naming pattern. The research is based on findings of the Toponymic Expedition of the Ural Federal University which includes materials from field trips to the Russian North (1960–2019) as well as data published in dictionaries and monographs. The paper identifies lexical composition of the pattern, describes the geography of collective nicknames, and provides analysis of the material in terms of motivation, onomasiology, and language contacts. In some cases, collective nicknames are considered against the background of other types of nickname anthroponymy: family and individual nicknames. The analyzed body of nicknames includes both units formed from all-Russian vocabulary such as vorony, ershi, zaitsy, kuliki, etc., and less common names based on dialectal names of animals, birds, fish and insects (revyaki, svizi, sivkuny, pepyaki). The choice of animal species used in nicknames (in decreasing order: birds, fish, wild animals, pets, insects, amphibians) as well as substantial quantitative differences between Arkhangelsk and Vologda region (more than 200 units vs 88) are attributable to landscape features (forest and water) and occupations of the population (hunting, fishing). Characterological motivations, widely used in individual nickname anthroponymy, are relatively rare among zoomorphic collective nicknames. The prevalence of some thematic and motivational categories (especially “birds”) in the nicknames is probably due to the influence of substrate Finno-Ugric languages.
Semantic and Word-Formation Features of Horse Names in the History of the Russian Language (Based on the Inventory Books of Vologda Monasteries in the 16th — Early 18th Centuries)
Authors:   Petrozavodsk State University, Varnikova Evgenia N.
Published: November 2020

The paper considers a historical aspect of zoonymic studies which has not been sufficiently developed. The history of Russian horse names (hipponyms) is explored using zoonymic data from the inventories of the Vologda monasteries in the 16th — early 18th centuries, the materials from Listings of horses (Moscow, 1665), and archival documents of the Soviet farms of Sevmaslotrest from 1930s. The author identifies the lexical structure of Early Modern Russian hipponymy, delves into the meaning of names and appellatives they derive from, analyses the structure of horses’ names, and describes the name formation techniques. The studied sources bring the picture of the general development of lexical patterns in the Russian hipponymy. As it turns out, the vocabulary of Early Modern Russian hyponymy is almost identical with the Old Russian anthroponomy, which attests to their genetic unity. At the same time, the use of Christian names is noted, with these becoming more popular in the given period. The article also deals with structural types of Early Modern Russian hipponyms: zoonyms having a substantive form (nicknames formed from onomastic, agential, zoological, and object nouns; zoonymic compounds; suffixal compounds); adjective-based zoonyms; mixed names. In monastic scripts of the 16th — early 18th centuries, the vast majority of units used as hipponyms are “prefabricated” traditional names, the cases of creating original animal names are rare. In the latter case, zoonyms are usually formed using suffixal patterns peculiar for agentive and anthroponomic vocabulary. The word-building patterns include the onymisation of appellatives (sometimes by metaphoric transfer), substantivisation (nominalization) of adjectives, transonymisation of personal and place names. Due to the semantic, structural, and word-formation proximities between Early Modern Russian zoonymy and Old Russian anthroponomy, zoonymic vocabulary of the 16th–18th centuries provides a reliable source on Old Russian onomasticon, as well as explains the “anthroponymic” nature of modern Russian zoonymy and the active use of personal names for animals at present. This practice turns out to have deep historical roots.
Place Renaming and German Policy-Making in Temporarily Occupied Soviet Territories
Authors:   Russian State Archive of Social and Political History, Datsishina Marina V.
Published: November 2020

The article discusses the transfer of territory-remapping strategies by Nazi Germany from Europe to the occupied territories of the USSR, with a particular focus on place renaming. Measures concerning toponymy and onomastics were generally well-rooted in the policy of the Third Reich. In the year of 1942, as the German occupation zone in the Soviet Union reached its peak for the whole period of the war, specific guidelines for renaming were issued to secure the acclaimed territories. On the functional side, the guidelines were to eliminate confusion in the correspondence between administrative bodies of the occupied lands and their Berlin leadership. The author shows that each renaming decision could be due to several factors, but ultimately these were meant to contribute to further legal and cultural appropriation of the occupied territories and their subsequent Germanization. Renaming of places in the German way took different forms. Most commonly, it went through the integration of the Nazi ideology into the context of European and world history. The national socialists declared themselves heirs to Germany’s great past, the successors of its best traditions. The “Germanization” of place names in different occupation zones had different dynamics. Logically, the farther the occupied territories were from the Western border of the USSR, the fewer German names they featured. The article showcases how the “derussification” policy was used to disrupt the links with the Soviet past, to foster separatist tendencies, and ultimately to verbalize the expectations of a “blitzkrieg” victory. Renaming of toponymic objects also aimed to reduce the population’s resistance to occupation, as well as increase the loyalty to the occupiers. The paper builds on archival documents, the occupation press, eyewitness accounts.
Onomastic Vocabulary of the Loyma Sub-Dialect (Komi Republic) and Contemporary Dialectal Lexicography
Authors:   Voronezh State Pedagogical University, Zagorovskaya Olga V. , Lesnikov Sergei V. ,   Institute for Linguistic Studies of the RAS
Published: November 2020

The article tackles current problems of onomastic data presentation and correct delivering of its typological and semantic features in a modern dialectal dictionary. This particularly refers to a comprehensive electronic dialectal dictionary which covers a whole set of lexicographic fields of an article’s microstructure, including paradigmatic, syntagmatic, and additional ethnocultural information. The case is observed with the currently developed electronic Dictionary of the Russian Sub-dialect of Loyma Village of the Priluzsky District of the Komi Republic that builds on a machine-based version of the original dictionary. The authors proceed from describing the composition and the main categories of the onomastic vocabulary of the target (Loyma) sub-dialect: major groups of personal names (individual and social), toponyms (including names of cities, water bodies, and various microtoponyms), as well as some peripheral categories of proper names (names of peoples, local residents, etc.). It is noted that the onomastic vocabulary of the Loyma dialect shows a number of peculiar traits, such as extensive variability and synonymy, high incidence of emotional, evaluative, expressive, and stylistic features which reflect the specificity of the sub-dialect’s stylistic system distinctive from that of the standard Russian language. It is concluded that dealing with “living” Russian dialects, the task of creating computer-based versions of hard-copy dictionaries relates not only to the preservation of existing dialectal material but also to the addition and restructuring of these dictionaries to create multi-purpose lexicographic products, tapping cultural potential of the entire dialect, both the onomastic and the lexical.
Child-friendly Justice and Procedural Safeguards For Children in Criminal Proceedings: New Momentum for Children in Conflict with the Law?
Authors: Liefaard Ton
Published: November 2020

Child-friendly justice has its focus on on the effective participation of children in justice systems. During the past decade the concept, grounded in international children’s rights, has become meaningful for justice systems in Europe and beyond. Despite its flaws and gaps, it has the potential of making justice systems more accessible for children, including the (juvenile) criminal justice system with its particular complexity. However, in order to understand its true potential more research is needed. This article elaborates on the concept of child-friendly justice and sheds light on a research agenda around its core elements.
A Note on the New Dynamic Particles in Living System
Authors: Modak D K
Published: November 2020

We have proposed the existence of a new dynamic particle “Movion” in the living body which control the cellular commutations. The microscopic cellular systems are composed of microscopic electrons and protons which are relativistic particles having dual character of particle
and wave (photon) depending on the velocity of the particle. We call this particle with dual character Movion. This Movion concept can be used to explain the dynamic character and the communication process of the living cells.
Consensus and Eigenvalue Estimation in Dynamic Consensus Networks with Strictly Positive Real Systems
Authors: Lashhab Fadel
Published: November 2020

The use of consensus networks in networking has received great attention due to its wide array of applications in fields such as robotics, transportation, sensor networking, communication networking, biology, and physics. The focus of this paper is to study a generalization of consensus
problems whereby the weights of network edges are no longer static gains, but instead are dynamic systems, leading to the notion of dynamic consensus networks. Specifically, we consider networks whose nodes are transfer functions (typically integrators) and whose edges are strictly positive
real transfer functions representing dynamical systems that couple the nodes. We transform each concept of static graph theory into dynamic terms, out of which a generalized dynamic graph theory naturally emerges. We present a framework for dynamic graphs and dynamic consensus networks. This
framework introduces the idea of dynamic degree, adjacency, incident, and Laplacian matrices in a way that naturally extends these concepts from the static case. We show that strictly positive realness of the edges is a sufficient condition for dynamic networks to be stable (i.e., to reach
consensus). To study the spectral properties of dynamic networks, we introduce the Dynamic Grounded Laplacian matrix, which is used to estimate lower and upper bounds for the real parts of the smallest and largest non-zero eigenvalues of the dynamic Laplacian matrix. These bounds can be used
to obtain stability conditions using the Nyquist graphical stability test for undirected dynamic networks controlled using distributed controllers. Numerical simulations are provided to verify the effectiveness of the results.
Design and Implementation of A Wearable Monitoring System for Alzheimer's Patient and Elders
Authors: Asaf-Ud-Doulah Mohammed , Rahman Md. Tauhidur , Bari Naymul , Azad Jobayer Ibne , Nath Shantanu Kumar , Hani Sumaiya Umme
Published: November 2020

Advancing digital networking and improving technology offers an opportunity for the health sector to play a crucial role. The technology for interactive and remote patient care is now much more available and affordable. A patient with a severe disease like Alzheimer's should be checked
for wellbeing. In terms of a critical patient, the major problem is to go to the hospital for the routine checkup. In regards to vital care, the main challenge is regular screening in the hospital. Based on the capabilities of IoT based technology, a frequent medically impaired patient may
resolve their difficulties in consulting a doctor in a regular basis. A wearable device that allows people to get their real-time pulse rate, temperature, ECG and orientation is what this project suggested. This project led to the creation of a prototype health monitoring device. Four health
sensors are part of this prototype: MAX30100, LM35, MPU6050, AD8232. All these sensors were integrated into one system using Arduino Nano. In real-time, cloud storage is continuously updated. An android application was created, where the database was accessed and the health parameters were
graphically represented. This wearable health monitoring device will resolve the need for hospital admission or routine checkup in case of minor health issues. In order to clarify the functionality of the sensors used, a thorough study of the signal to respond to variability in physical and
environmental behaviours was carried out.
Structure from Randomness in Halfspace Learning with the Zero-One Loss
Authors: Kaban Ata , Durrant Robert J.
Published: November 2020

We prove risk bounds for halfspace learning when the data dimensionality is allowed to be larger than the sample size, using a notion of compressibility by random projection. In particular, we give upper bounds for the empirical risk minimizer learned efficiently from randomly projected data, as well as uniform upper bounds in the full high-dimensional space. Our main findings are the following: i) In both settings, the obtained bounds are able to discover and take advantage of benign geometric structure, which turns out to depend on the cosine similarities between the classifier and points of the input space, and provide a new interpretation of margin distribution type arguments. ii) Furthermore our bounds allow us to draw new connections between several existing successful classification algorithms, and we also demonstrate that our theory is predictive of empirically observed performance in numerical simulations and experiments. iii) Taken together, these results suggest that the study of compressive learning can improve our understanding of which benign structural traits – if they are possessed by the data generator – make it easier to learn an effective classifier from a sample.
La responsabilidad extracontractual en Colombia de la administración por vías de hecho
Authors: Angulo Marquinez Diana Maryury
Published: November 2020

Tema y alcance: el presente artículo establece como objeto de investigación la responsabilidad extracontractual imputable a la Administración como consecuencia del ejercicio de funciones de policía judicial.

Características: la investigación propuesta cobra importancia por tratarse del análisis de circunstancias fácticas de común ocurrencia en el caso colombiano (i) por la alta conflictividad que presenta en Colombia la concentración de funciones de policía judicial en el Cuerpo Técnico de Investigación (cti) de la Fiscalía General de la Nación, el alto número de funcionarios y empleados vinculados a este órgano esencial en la estructura del órgano judicial encargado de la investigación de los hechos punibles; y (ii) por la incursión significativa del personal vinculado a conductas contrarias al orden jurídico en el ejercicio de las funciones asignadas.

Hallazgos: el fundamento legal de la teoría de la responsabilidad en el campo civil son las obligaciones, y son fuente de obligaciones los actos y los hechos jurídicos. Es de los hechos jurídicos ilícitos en los que la responsabilidad jurídica encuentra su sustento jurídico por cuanto obliga a quien ha ocasionado un perjuicio a reparar el daño cometido.

Conclusiones: el tránsito del Estado Absoluto al Estado de Derecho y posteriormente al Estado Social de Derecho trajo, entre otras consecuencias, la transformación del Estado irresponsable al Estado patrimonialmente responsable por los daños que sus agentes causan.
AN UNDOCUMENTED RARE BRANCHING PATTERN OF EXTERNAL CAROTID ARTERY
Authors:   Department of Anatomy, University College of Medical Sciences and Guru Teg Bahadur Hospital, Delhi, India., Sonu  , Kalra Sunita ,   Department of Anatomy, University College of Medical Sciences and Guru Teg Bahadur Hospital, Delhi, India.
Published: November 2020

The external carotid arterial system supplies the areas of head and neck region. The knowledge of possible anatomical variations occurring in branching pattern of external carotid artery is crucial especially in the surgeries of head, neck and face; as well as for interpretation of radiological investigations like angiograms. During routine dissection of head and region for undergraduate students we discovered common trunk for lingual, facial and ascending pharyngeal arteries. Also, the occipital artery is arising just before the common trunk from the external carotid artery. KEY WORDS: External carotid artery, branches, common trunk, occipital artery.
MORPHOLOGY AND MORPHOMETRIC ANALYSIS OF FORAMEN MAGNUM IN ADULT HUMAN SKULLS
Authors:   Third year MBBS Student, ESIC Medical College & PGIMSR, Rajajinagar, Bengaluru, , Karnataka, India., Dasegowda Giridhar , Padmalatha K  ,   Associate Professor, ESIC Medical College & PGIMSR, Rajajinagar, Bengaluru, , Karnataka, India., Priyanka B P  ,   Third year MBBS Student, ESIC Medical College & PGIMSR, Rajajinagar, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India., Mirmire Sanjiti ,   Third year MBBS Student, ESIC Medical College & PGIMSR, Rajajinagar, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India.
Published: November 2020

Background: The Foramen magnum is an important landmark present at the base of the skull, it serves as a transitional zone between spine and skull. It is closely related to vital structures such as medulla oblongata, meninges, anterior and posterior spinal arteries, vertebral arteries and spinal accessory nerve, passing through it hence thorough knowledge of foramen magnum is required. These structures passing may undergo compression in case of foramen magnum herniation, meningiomas and foramen magnum achondroplasia. Aims: The present study aims in performing the morphometric analysis foramen magnum and to classify it based on its shape. Materials and methodology A total number of 64 adult dry human skulls were evaluated from the Department of Anatomy, ESIC MC & PGIMSR, Rajajinagar, Bengaluru, Karnataka. Results: The mean antero-posterior diameter was found to be 34.10 ± 2.63 mm, mean transverse diameter was 28.07 ± 1.87 mm, with mean area of 752.07 ± 111.97 mm2 and foramen magnum index was 1.21 ± 0.12. The foramen magnum shapes were classified as oval (30%), circle (12%), hexagonal (3%), pentagonal (5%), egg (17%), leaf (6%), irregular (27%). Conclusion: The morphometry along with other parameters can be used for sex determination in partially damaged skull bones of unknown individuals. The obtained data is useful not only for anatomists but also the neurosurgeons, otorhinolaryngologist and radiologists. Keywords: Foramen Magnum, Morphometry, Meningioma, Achondroplasia, Antero-Posterior Diameter, Transverse Diameter, Foramen Magnum Area, Foramen Magnum Index.
Colonialité
Authors: Levy Joseph
Published: November 2020

Issue de l’anthropologie sud-américaine, le concept de colonialité traite des continuités entre les période coloniale et postcoloniale. Elle vise à l’analyse des rapports de pouvoir qui affectent les différentes sphères sociales mais aussi le développement des connaissances et des savoirs pour permettre la mise en place d’une anthropologie ouverte sur une « pluriversalité décoloniale ».
Consilience
Authors: Candau Joel
Published: November 2020

La consilience propose un cadre épistémologique commun à l’ensemble des sciences qui s’appliquent à Sapiens : « naturelles », « sociales » ou « humaines ». Fondée sur la récusation du dualisme nature/culture, elle considère la culture comme une aptitude naturelle dont notre espèce est doté à un niveau inégalé.
Inmigración y COVID-19: Análisis de los informativos en televisión durante la pandemia
Authors: Matarín Rodríguez-Peral Eva
Published: November 2020

En este estudio se elabora un análisis del tratamiento informativo de la inmigración durante la pandemia producida por la COVID-19. Su objetivo es profundizar en los elementos que caracterizan las referencias realizadas sobre el fenómeno migratorio desde los informativos televisivos durante este contexto pandémico. En la metodología se ha empleado la técnica del análisis del contenido. Las unidades de análisis forman parte de una muestra representativa obtenida utilizando las transcripciones de los informativos de TVE puestas a disposición del público a través de la aplicación web de código abierto, Verba. Los principales resultados evidencian similitudes con el tratamiento informativo llevado a cabo por los medios de comunicación en los periodos prepandémicos, así como la influencia de contextos y actores internacionales.
BC derivatization for dissolved marine metabolites v1
Authors: Widner Brittany , Soule Melissa , Ferrer-Gonzalez Frank , Ann Moran Mary , Kujawinski Elizabeth
Published: November 2020

Benzoyl chloride derivatization of dissolved metabolites in seawater and culture medium improves sensitivity, number of quantifiable compounds, and sample throughput. Samples are quantified using a standard curve and stable isotope labeled internal internal standards prepared from an isotopically labeled reagent. Samples are filtered (0.2 um), derivatized in basic solution and extracted from seawater/culture medium using a solid phase extraction resin (PPL, Bond Elut, Agilent). Benzoylated metabolites are detected using UPLC-MSMS with Orbitrap detection. Peaks are analyzed with Skyline.