bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Use of mobile L-Band interferometric synthetic aperture radar observations to inform snow property estimation
Authors: Deeb Elias , Meehan Tate , Hoppinen Zach , Werner Charles , Frey Othmar , Forster Richard , LeWinter Adam
Published: March 2024

With the dawn of future L-Band satellite interferometric missions (e.g., NISAR - NASA/ISRO SAR and ESA ROSE-L) upon us, there are unique opportunities to explore the use of radar methods and techniques across a variety of applications. Moreover, through the advancement of radar remote sensing hardare and software, additional opportunities exist to specifically target and explore the development of snow estimation, snowmelt impact, and resulting soil moisture detection applications. With the development of mobile interferometric synthetic aperture (InSAR) hardware and software solutions, we present findings from field campaigns using a multi-polarization L-band (1.6 GHz) InSAR system (Gamma Remote Sensing) deployed from mobile vehicle (car), unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV), and helicopter-based platforms. These platforms allow us to control the temporal repeat of InSAR acquisitions assessing the role of changing environmental conditions on InSAR coherence, bracketing synoptic weather events to identify change in the radar signal, as well as simulating the temporal repeat of future satellite missions to estimate what may be done with these data when available. Results from time-series of InSAR acquisitions exploring snow water equivalent estimation, soil moisture, and airborne deployments (e.g., helicopter and UAV) show sensitivity to L-Band coherence and phase for application development. Future work will also be discussed exploring interferometric tomography and bistatic radar applications.
NOAA Carbon Monitoring, Research, and Innovation: Long-Standing Foundation to Support Climate Mitigation
Authors: Grubišić Vanda , Stein Ariel , Kopacz Monica , Mariotti Annarita
Published: March 2024

NOAA has over 50 years of experience monitoring global atmospheric levels of greenhouse gasses (GHG) emitted to the atmosphere by human activities and natural sources. This includes most notably measurements of atmospheric abundances of CO2 and other long-lived GHGs at its Global Greenhouse Gas Reference Network (GGGRN). The goal of GGGRN is to provide measurements of GHGs and their large-scale spatial and temporal distributions as precisely and accurately as possible to be able to determine spatial gradients in GHGs and inform changes in emissions and sinks. Success at meeting this goal requires long-term continuity of measurements and measurement quality. To that end, NOAA is largely responsible for the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) standard for CO2 and several other GHG measurements, providing a solid foundation for well-calibrated global atmospheric GHG measurements. The NOAA carbon monitoring covers both the atmosphere and the oceans and its unique multi-platform approach to observing GHGs, includes the ocean observing capabilities of air-sea carbon fluxes and pCO2 measurements, among other key assets. While these networks have been instrumental in providing a basic understanding of the carbon cycle, there are many gaps that need to be filled over the next decade to assess interannual variability in both natural and anthropogenic sources and sinks of GHGs. This presentation will highlight the latest developments in NOAA carbon monitoring, including the development of new planforms, networks, and tracers for observing atmospheric and ocean GHGs gradients and processes driving these gradients. Innovative research supported by NOAA has leveraged long-term GHG monitoring to accelerate the development of global GHG models, and advanced GHG research and accounting on urban, regional, and global scales. NOAA’s GHG capabilities span measurements, process research, modeling, data assimilation and data products such as the Annual Greenhouse Gas Index (AGGI) as well as future climate projections for IPCC reports and the National Climate Assessment. NOAA uniquely includes research and service capabilities under one roof. Decades of experience in carbon cycle research, including GHG monitoring, modeling and data assimilation provide the ideal foundation to accelerate national and international efforts for carbon measurement, monitoring, reporting and verification (MMRV) in support of climate mitigation.
Automated Mineralogy: from drill cores to sub-micron information
Authors: Menzies Andrew , Butcher Alan R. , Kelly Nigel M.
Published: March 2024

The transition towards cleaner energy and the manufacture of associated new technologies will require extraction of mineral resources at volumes much greater than at present.  Consequently, identification of new deposits is both economically and strategically important, driving a boom in mineral exploration coupled with a need to lower the environmental impact through more efficient mining capabilities.  Crucial is an understanding of mineralogy and texture across scales, and thus improving knowledge at each stage of the mining cycle – from exploration through to production and ultimately to waste handling.  A key tool in this understanding is Automated Mineralogy.     Automated Mineralogy has been integral to process mineralogy for more than two decades, with SEM being the traditional analytical platform.  However, the extension of Automated Mineralogy using scanning micro-XRF instruments allows the technique to be implemented across broader spatial scales.  In practice, the same logical workflow can be applied from the scale of large cut or split (minimally prepared) drill-core samples,through to polished thin sections or block mounts of various sample types (fragments or crushed plant material).  At the most detailed level, the information obtained can be at the sub-micron scale of mineral classification, or even zonation withing single grains. An example of Automated Mineralogy as applied to Au-Co exploration is presented that highlights the benefit of analysis across scales, integrating information collected using the AMICS platform on drill core measured using scanning micro-XRF, and thin sections measured by SEM.  The example will also demonstrate the ability to use the same Automated Mineralogy approach to define and quantify sub-micron information within individual mineral grains.   
Foreshock sequence prior to the 2024 M7.6 Noto-Hanto earthquake, Japan
Authors: Kato Aitaro , Nishimura Takuya
Published: March 2024

A destructive M7.6 earthquake occurred on January 1st, 2024, at shallow depths along the northern coast of Noto Peninsula on the back-arc side of Central Japan. The earthquake rupture started from an area where an intensive seismic swarm has lasted for more than 3 years (from December 2020). The seismic swarm consisted of numerous small planar faults dipping toward the southeast. In May 2023, an M6.5 event, that was the largest event before the M7.6 rupture, emanated from the swarm area toward shallow depths, resulting in the subsequent increase in the seismicity in the swarm area (Kato 2024 GRL). Then, the seismicity had gradually decayed to a level before the 2023 M6.5 event. Here we have explored the seismic and geodetic data to revel the nucleation process of the M7.6 event. Approximately two weeks before the M7.6 event, seismic activity exhibited a weak localization around the point of rupture initiation. After that, a foreshock sequence commenced roughly one hour before the occurrence of the M7.6 event, concentrated in proximity to the epicenter (within a 1-kilometer epicentral distance). The tightly clustered foreshock sequence consisted of around 20 events, including an M5.5 event 4 minutes prior and an M3 class event 1 second before the onset of M7.6 event. The M7.6 rupture nucleated from the deep side of one of planar clusters that were dominantly dipping toward the southeast direction. The growth process of the rupture in the M7.6 event is characterized by a complicated nature.
Multi-proxy characterization of the Messinian Salinity Crisis deposits in the Sorbas Basin (SE Spain): Implications on the paleo-environmental evolution during the uppermost Miocene
Authors: Raad Fadl , Pezard Philippe , Viseras Cesar , Sierro Francisco J. , Yeste Luis M. , Schleifer Andrea , Lofi Johanna , Camerlenghi Angelo , Aloisi Giovanni
Published: March 2024

The Sorbas Basin (Spain) has been a key study area for the understanding of the Late Miocene Messinian Salinity Crisis (MSC) (5.97-5.33 Ma). The MSC deposits of the Sorbas Basin consist of four sedimentary units: (1) the pre-MSC Abad marls topped by (2) the evaporitic Yesares gypsum member, followed by two non-evaporitic units known as the (3) Sorbas and (4) Zorreras members. These deposits have been widely studied almost exclusively in the several outcrops across the basin.In 2021, four ~175m-long boreholes (named SG0, 1, 2 and 3) covering most of the MSC sequence were drilled, cored, and logged in the Marylen gypsum mine in Sorbas. These successions provided for the first time a continuous, non-outcropping succession of the MSC record. In addition to the recovered cores (~75% recovery), downhole geophysical logging data was obtained from the four holes and digital images of the area were collected with a drone.Optical borehole wall images provide mm-scale images of the borehole walls, highlighting the sedimentological and structural characteristics of the deposits. Downhole geophysical measurements included acoustic velocity, electric resistivity and magnetic susceptibility, and natural spectral gamma ray. In addition to the petrophysical logs, a Vertical Seismic Profile, including a walk-away distributed acoustic sensing experiment, was acquired in holes SG2 and SG3.Preliminary results confirmed not only the astronomical precession-driven cyclicity observed elsewhere in the Messinian gypsum, but also potentially higher-frequency cyclicity in the post-evaporitic Sorbas Mb. The Digital Outcrop Model allowed for a detailed correlation between the wells while recognizing various discontinuities and obtaining 3D data of geometry and dimensions of the different geobodies that respond to the interaction of auto and allocyclic processes that conditioned erosion and sedimentation in this western sector of the Mediterranean.
Study of atmospheric CO and CH4 trends and their response on global climate changes based on experimental data and model simulations
Authors: Rakitin Vadim , Skorokhod Andrey , Shtabkin Yury , Kirillova Natalia , Fedorova Eugenia
Published: March 2024

Based on the analysis of orbital measurements and GEOS-Chem model calculations with different anthropogenic and wild-fires emission scenarios, a study of trends in the total content of CO and CH4 in different periods and seasons of 2003-2023 for the Eurasia domain, -20°E - 180°E, 0°N - 80°N. A response of CO trends to climate change was estimated. Data from the orbital AIRS instrument and ground-based spectrometers were used as experimental information to assess atmospheric composition trends.A good agreement has been established between estimates obtained from the orbital data and from simulations. However, certain regional features of the discrepancies have been identified and are associated with the inaccuracy of specifying the spatial distribution and integral power of anthropogenic CO, CH4 and another species emission and their trends for Russia, South-East Asia and other regions of Eurasia. These emission uncertainties affect the accuracy of model calculations.In general, according to average annual estimates, CO TC trends over entire Eurasia for 2000-2023 was slightly negative (~ 0.5-1.2 %/year depending on the region); however, after approximately 2008 the downward trend slowed down, and in some areas the CO TC began to rise.Thus, a positive change in CO TC trends after about 2008 was established. In the entire domain under study, this change was about 2–3%/year, according both experimental and model estimates. In autumn months of 2008-2023 the increase in CO TC was established over almost the entire Eurasia, including Arctic regions and Europe. This growth (at least in Europe) cannot be explained by either anthropogenic emissions or releases from wild-fires. A possible reason for this rising may be the formation of additional CO from methane, the increase in concentrations of which began around the same time (after 2007), and change in the source/sink ratio for CO.Additionally, to assess the parameters of correspondence between orbital and ground-based measurements, we have compared the trend estimates using only synchronous orbital and ground-based CO and CH4 observations and obtained the drift of the difference between them.The study was supported by Russian Science Foundation under grant №20-17-00200.
Brief Communication: Weak correlation between building damage and loss of life from landslides
Authors: Van Wyk de Vries Maximillian , Dunant Alexandre , Johnson Amy L. , Harvey Erin L. , Li Sihan , Arrell Katherine , Baniya Jeevan , Basnet Dipak , Basyal Gopi K. , Bhotia Nyima Dorjee , Dadson Simon J. , Densmore Alexander L. , Dong Tek Bahadur , Kincey Mark E. , Oven Katie , Puri Anuradha , Rosser Nick J.
Published: March 2024

Abstract. Mapping exposure to landslides is necessary to mitigate risk and reduce vulnerability. Exposure maps can be constructed from building databases, akin to seismic risk assessments, but there has been little investigation of the predictive relationship between building damage and risk to human life from landslides. Our study investigates this relationship globally and in Nepal (47,213 and 5,664 landslides, respectively). While a correlation exists for nationwide totals (R2=0.75), it is near zero for individual events (R2=0.025). It is important not to use building datasets in isolation for landslide exposure maps and disaster planning to avoid unintentionally prioritising building damage over human lives.
Features of successful appeals against criminal conviction 2019 - 2020
Authors:   , Dwyer Adam
Published: March 2024

This thesis examined successful criminal appeals in Queensland between 2019 and 2020. It identified that 72% of all successful appeals were against convictions for homicide and sexual offences. It found that homicide offences were generally overturned on appeal because of errors of law whereas sexual offences were overturned on a combination of grounds but specifically because the verdict was unsafe or unsatisfactory. The findings suggests that there may be systemic errors associated with how trials for these offences are conducted.
Contributions to statistical inference and forecasting in financial risk models
Authors:   , Li Dan
Published: March 2024

This thesis delves into predicting financial risks, exploring existing models and proposing enhancements for accuracy, reliability, and more precise uncertainty quantification in financial risk measures. It addresses issues like sensitivity in predictions and refines methods for anticipating how different financial assets move. In essence, the thesis contributes valuable insights to classical and Bayesian statistical inference and forecasting approaches within the context of financial risk models.
Conservación integral de BIC Edificación: Colegio Nuestra Señora de la Sabiduría Villavicencio
Authors: Heidy Tatiana Novoa Vargas
Published: March 2024

La presente investigación tiene como propósito el diseño y creación de una intervención arquitectónica de carácter patrimonial al inmueble del antiguo Colegio Nuestra Señora de la Sabiduría de Villavicencio, siguiendo los parámetros de la teoría del Restauro Moderno de Camilo Boito. 

La metodología implementada parte del método histórico, enmarcado en fuentes documentales-orales-; para su ejecución, se especificaron tres líneas: primera, el estudio de la arquitectura vernácula del centro histórico y la influencia de las comunidades religiosas en estas; segunda, el reconocimiento del contexto, el objeto y el sujeto para recopilar toda la fase histórica y construir el inventario-valoración del bien inmueble; y tercera, la propuesta de revitalización arquitectónica para el bien de interés cultural mediante los criterios desarrollados por el Ministerio de Cultura y la teoría creada por Camilo Boito, el Restauro Moderno. 

Por último, se instaura la revitalización del bien inmueble recuperando toda la memoria histórica, social y arquitectónica resguardándola de manera integral, además de rehabilitar y adaptar espacios a un nuevo uso, con el fin de conservar su estructura, su forma y el significado.
Resiliencia Territorial.
Authors: Rodríguez Estrada Santiago , Velásquez Posada Liseth Juliana
Published: March 2024

Esta es una propuesta que va dirigida a aquellas comunidades vulnerables, en donde estas se ven afectadas por los fenómenos emergentes que implican el despojo de tierras, la distribución incorrecta de la propiedad, el desplazamiento, el conflicto armado, el cultivo ilícito y la deforestación.
House of views.
Authors: Motta Ramírez Johan Stiven , Larrarte Hernández Jean Paul , Villalobos González Arezu Yulieth
Published: March 2024

Este proyecto es una tipología de vivienda unifamiliar aislada ubicada en Nueva Escocia – Canadá, en un paisaje costero glaciar, con un clima marítimo fresco.
Revista de Filosofía, avance en línea, pp. 1-18 1 El fenómeno de la huida y su fundamento metafísico en Ética Nicomáquea IX, 4
Authors: Ivanoff-Sabogal Christian
Published: March 2024

Esta investigación tiene por objetivo indagar el fenómeno de la huida (φυγή, fuga) tal como aparece en el libro IX, capítulo 4 de la Ética Nicomáquea de Aristóteles. La finalidad temática principal estriba en sacar a la luz que tanto su fundamentación teorética última, así como también su fundamento intrínseco radican en el principio metafísico del acto y potencia. Sobre la base de este principio metafísico mostramos que el “sí mismo” del cual el vicioso vive dividido en la huida consiste en el entendimiento recto actual, revelándose este como el correlato preciso ante el cual huye el vicioso. Esta interpretación recupera la relevancia sistemática de la huida en el contexto de la amistad, ya que la huida hace visible concretamente la relación “amical” que el vicioso mantiene con sus prójimos, a quienes comprende tácitamente como medios-de-huida.
Hiperética artificial: crítica a la colonización algorítmica de lo moral
Authors: Calvo Patrici
Published: March 2024

Este estudio reflexionar pretende críticamente sobre la posibilidad de un enfoque dataficado, hiperconectado y algoritmizado de clarificación, fundamentación y aplicación de lo moral: la hiperética artificial. Para ello, se mostrará la ética como un saber práctico que, preocupado por la racionalización de los comportamientos libres, ha encontrado en el diálogo entre afectados el criterio de moralidad desde el cual poder criticar tanto el conocimiento como el comportamiento. Posteriormente, se profundizará en la etificación, el intento de establecer procesos de transformación de la realidad social y moral en datos y metadatos computables en línea. Después, se expondrá cómo los modelos matemáticos artificialmente inteligentes están colonizando progresiva e implacablemente los procesos de racionalización con arreglo a sentido, produciendo falta de sentido, anomia y psicopatologías en las democracias maduras. Finalmente, se reflexionará críticamente sobre el diseño, aplicación y uso de algoritmos de inteligencia artificial como instrumento para establecer qué es justo y felicitante para una sociedad digitalmente hiperconectada.
Tiempo y memoria en Aristóteles
Authors: Ugalde Quintana Jeannet
Published: March 2024

El objetivo de este artículo es analizar la relación entre tiempo y memoria en dos escritos de Aristóteles: en la Física IV y en Acerca de la memoria y de la reminiscencia. En Física IV Aristóteles define el tiempo, en relación con el cambio y movimiento del mundo sublunar, como número del movimiento y del cambio. Por otra parte, en Acerca de la memoria y la reminiscencia realiza un análisis fenomenológico del tiempo que no requiere una concepción numérica, sino un reconocimiento de que lo que se hace presente, como imagen, forma parte de una experiencia pasada, caracterizada por no ser. De esta manera, la interpretación numérica del tiempo es el método de recuperación precisa de la memoria, pero el recuerdo implica una experiencia del tiempo, a partir de la cual se constituye la memoria como negatividad.
The Problem of Cybercrime in Russia: Current State and Prospects for Solution
Authors:   Lomonosov Moscow State University, Shvyryaev Pavel
Published: March 2024

Статья посвящена исследованию актуального состояния проблемы киберпреступности в России. Проведено качественное социологическое исследование: опрос экспертов, занимающихся изучением проблемы киберпреступности. Исследование было направлено на то, чтобы получить экспертную оценку актуального состояния киберпреступности в России: выявление причин ухудшения ситуации в стране с проблемой киберпреступности; определение наиболее эффективных стратегий решения данной проблемы. Среди наиболее опасных особенностей киберпреступности экспертами были отмечены её латентный характер; нарастание масштаба и актуальности проблемы, её переход в угрозу национального масштаба; низкая эффективность расследования киберпреступлений правоохранительными органами; усиление экономического и социального ущерба от киберпреступлений; снижение порога входа и приобщения к киберпреступному сообществу; оформление киберпреступности как полноценной индустрии. Предложенные экспертами меры для решения проблемы можно объединить в следующие ключевые направления: более масштабная, глубокая и системная работа с населением по повышению осведомлённости, цифровой грамотности и образованности; модернизация правоохранительных органов, которые оказались не готовы к быстрому переходу преступности в цифровой сектор; более тесное международное сотрудничество, необходимость которого вытекает из трансграничной природы киберпреступности; решение проблемы дефицита высококвалифицированных кадров для всей российской ИТ-отрасли; выделение дополнительного финансирования на проекты по борьбе с киберпреступностью; эффективное и оперативное взаимодействие правоохранительных органов, банков и операторов связи для блокировки мошеннических ресурсов и номеров; совершенствование российского законодательства в сфере информационных технологий; более глубокая поддержка российских стартапов и инициатив в области информационной безопасности и просвещения населения.
Evaluation of the Effectiveness of the Use of Food Cards for the Poor
Authors: Antipov Valery , Chashchina Tatyana ,   Institute of Economics of the Russian Academy of Sciences
Published: March 2024

Статья посвящена актуальной проблеме преодоления бедности населения России. Решить её можно, в том числе, посредством использования на законодательном уровне продуктовых карточек. В качестве одной из дополнительных мер поддержки лиц, имеющих доходы ниже прожиточного минимума, в статье рассматривается введение социальных продуктовых карточек. Предлагается использовать адресные продуктовые карточки для покупки отечественных продуктов для 16 миллионов лиц, имеющих доходы ниже прожиточного минимума. Проведено обоснование возможности и целесообразности введения продуктовых карточек для малоимущих слоёв населения. Для оценки эффективности этого мероприятия была использована отечественная имитационная модель воспроизводства ВВП России Р1-4-2(2023-0). Модель относится к классу имитационно-балансовых моделей и является последним вариантом однотипных моделей, отражающих материальный аспект воспроизводства ВВП экономики России. Модель Р1-4-2(2023-0) опирается на официальную отчëтность Федеральной службы государственной статистики по системе национального счетоводства с 1995 года и использует гипотезы экспертов о взаимосвязи различных параметров. Приводятся рабочие гипотезы модели, графики показателей сценария исходных данных и результатов прогноза на интервале 2024-2035 гг. Расчёты показали, что при гипотетическом увеличении денежных доходов беднейших слоёв населения в связи с введением продуктовых карточек, происходит существенное повышение ВВП и увеличение доходов консолидированного бюджета, что примерно на 75% компенсирует первоначальные расходы. Доказано, что мероприятия по внедрению адресных продуктовых карточек для бедных эффективны и приводят к существенному ускорению экономического развития.
FOREIGN MARKET ACCESS: THEORETICAL APPROACH AND FACTORS
Authors:   MGIMO University, Sidorov A.A.
Published: March 2024

The author analyzes the concept of access to foreign markets and theoretical approaches to study this category. He differentiates the concepts of market access and one of export support, presents a system of factors determining access to foreign markets, and singles out general factors, as well as factors of the I and II order conditioned by the general economic and market situation. Factors of the first order are directly related to foreign trade policy, factors of the second order correspond to other types of economic policy. The author identifies current trends in the above groups of factors and their significance for Russia. He analyzes the influence of economic integration on the formation of market access conditions by examining the degree of integration of groups of market access factors, as well as the level of their predominant formation (national or supranational) depending on the stage of economic integration.
Šta su muslimanske rezolucije iz 1941?
Authors: Karić Enes
Published: March 2024

Ovaj rad obrađuje rezolucije bosanskohercegovačkih Muslimana donesene u nekoliko gradova širom Bosne i Hercegovine 1941. godine. Njima se protestiralo protiv zločina Nezavisne Države Hrvatske (nacističke marionetske države) koji su sistemski počinjeni nad Srbima, Jevrejima, Romima i ljudima drugih skupina (koje je država proglasila ideološkim neprijateljima). Ove rezolucije bosanskih Muslimana potpisali su mnogi pripadnici uleme i muslimanski intelektualci. Njihov je značaj impresivan, jer ne protestiraju samo protiv zločina NDH-a već i protiv pokrovitelja tog režima, Hitlerove Njemačke.
Diffusion Kurtosis Imaging and Radiomics in Diffuse Axonal Injury
Authors: Afandiev R. M. , Zakharova N. E. , Danilov G. V. , Pogosbekyan E. L. , Goryaynov S. A. , Latyshev Ya. A. , Kosyr’kova A. V. , Kravchuk A. D. , Usachev D. Yu. , Pronin I. N.
Published: March 2024

This study aimed to assess the feasibility of radiomic features derived from diﬀusion kurtosis imaging (DK MRI) in identifying microstructural brain damage in diﬀuse axonal injury (DAI) and predicting its outcome. We hypothesized that radiomic features, computed from parametric DK MRI maps, may diﬀer between healthy individuals and those with trauma, and may be related to DAI outcomes. The study included 31 DAI patients and 12 healthy volunteers. A total of 342,300 radiomic features were calculated (2282 features for each combination of 10 parametric DK maps with 15 regions of interest). Our ﬁndings suggest that the set of radiomic features eﬀectively distinguishes between healthy and damaged brain tissues, and can predict DAI outcome. A broad spectrum of radiomic parameters based on DK MRI data showed high diagnostic and prognostic potential in DAI, presenting advantages beyond the traditionally used average values for the regions of interest on parametric DK MRI maps.
Neuroimaging of brain tumors: back to the standardized MRI-protocol
Authors: Zakharova N. E. , Pronin I. N. , Batalov A. I. , Chekhonin I. V. , Tyurina A. N.
Published: March 2024

Despite the widespread application of MRI in brain tumor MR-imaging, the standardized MRI protocol has not yet been approved. This fact creates obstacles for interpreting of the obtained data and even limits the diagnostic power of MRI. Standardization of MRI studies facilitates successful planning of surgery, chemotherapy, or radiation therapy and provides more reliable follow-up. In this regard, uniﬁcation of image acquisition parameters and protocols remains relevant. We propose a standard MRI protocol that includes axial and coronal T2-weighted images, axial or 3D T2-FLAIR, 3D T2* (gradient echo), diﬀusion-weighted imaging, axial T1-weighted images, contrast-enhanced spin-echo T1-weighted images (either axial or three planes) and obligatory subsequent isotropic 3D T1 images. The following combination of sequences facilitates the correct diagnosis and follow-up. The least magnetic ﬁeld strength should be 1.5 T.
A Review of Advance Directives
Authors: Poku Lisa Kachina
Published: March 2024

The use of an advance directive, when drafted in accordance with the MCA, allows a person the right to refuse specified treatment at a later stage of their life, should they become incapacitated. This means that they, rather than others, can determine what would be in their own best interest. However, even when a person has made an advance directive, their express wishes can be overruled by the court if they have acted in such a way, or there has been a change in circumstances, that is inconsistent with their advance directive. That is, in the event of clear inconsistencies with an advance directive, the court will rule in favour of the preservation of life. Thus, in certain circumstances, it may be justifiable for an advance directive not to be binding.
This review aims to evaluate the practices around advance healthcare directives in England and Wales. In particular, it focuses on advance directives for refusal of life-sustaining treatment, and how the courts interpret Section 25(2) (c) MCA in determining when an advance directive is no longer valid or applicable to the specified treatment as a result of inconsistencies subsequent to the document’s drafting. Furthermore, it contends that a mandatory capacity assessment prior to drafting an advance directive could eliminate contentious issues at a later stage.
СТУДЕНТТЕРДИН КЕП МАДАНИЯТЫН КЕПТИК КОММУНИКАЦИЯНЫН НЕГИЗИНДЕ КАЛЫПТАНДЫРУУ
Authors: Батырова Ташхон , Бапышова Анаргүл
Published: March 2024

Бул макалада кеп коммуникациясынын жүрүшүндө студенттердин кеп маданиятынын деңгээли, өнүгүүсү жана калыптануусуна кедергисин тийгизген айрым маселелер каралат. Ошондой эле коомдун талабына ылайык студенттин кеп маданиятынын жалпы нормалары изилденет. Кеп маданиятынын калыптандырууга зарыл болгон жалпы аспектилер аныкталат. Азыркы мезгилде дүйнө жүзүндөгү болуп жаткан түрдүү өзгөрүүлөр кеп коммуникациясынын функцияларын кыйла кеңейтти.  Бүгүнкү күндө кеп коммуникациясы – “байланыш” - маалыматтык мүнөзгө ээ болгон карым-катыш процесси болсо, “маалымат” - иштин ал-жайы тууралуу, бир нерсенин ал-абалын билдирүү, ошондой эле маданияттар аралык байланыштын негизги каражаты катары эсептелет. Демек, кеп коммуникациясынын негизинде кеп маданиятын калыптандыруу - заманбап компетенттүү мугалимдин кесипкөйлүгүн, жалпы жана кесиптик маданиятынын негизги компоненттеринин бири болуп саналат.
另一種他者：從列維納斯的死亡觀點探問藝術中的「深度他者」
Authors: 高俊宏 高俊宏
Published: March 2024

「他者」（the other）對於當代藝術而言擁有致命的吸引力。在強調公共性、社群連結與群眾參與的藝術趨勢之下，他者已然成為不可或缺的要角。然而在此過程中，他者的概念往往也變得稀薄，特別是在慶典化、活動化的藝術形式演變之下，弔詭地使他者成為更為穩固的對象以及消費客體。如此一來，等同於將他者均值化，並且將其逐出於創作者自己的生命之外。有鑑於此，本文首先概論性地分析當代藝術發展歷程中，關於他者崛起的脈絡，以及目前所面臨到的問題。與此同時，從伊曼紐爾．列維納斯（Emmanuel Lévinas）對於他者、死亡與倫理之間的觀點出發，援引哲學的提問，對質藝術的現象。最後回到創作者作為「存有者」的位置，嘗試提出「深度他者」的觀點。哲學對於藝術而言並非指引的作用，但是兩者之間實則隱含著內在的關聯性。列氏相當具有創建的他者觀點，有助於吾人打開藝術創作中的「相互主體性」，並且為當代藝術逐漸產生空洞危機的他者觀念，提供一個全新且具深度的見解。

 

The concept of “the other” has become a fatal attraction for contemporary art. Under the trend of emphasizing publicity, community, and participation in art, it has become an indispensable role. However, in this process, the concept of “the other” is often diluted, especially when art become festival and event, it paradoxically makes the other a more stable and consumed object, homogenizing and expelling the other from the artist’s own life. In view of this, the article firstly analyzes the context of the rise of “the other” in contemporary art and the problems it is currently facing. At the same time, the article explores the interactive relationship of the other, death, and ethics of Emmanuel Lévinas’s viewpoint, citing philosophical questions and confronting the phenomenon of art nowadays. Finally, the article returns to the state of the artist as “entity”, and tries to find out the “deep otherness” in it. Philosophy doesn’t guide art, but there is an implicit connection between the two. Lévinas’s original idea of “the other” may help us to clarify the “inter-subjectivity” of artist and provide a new and in-depth insight in contemporary art scene.

 
車爾諾文（Chaya Czernowin）紀念猶太大屠殺歌劇《內在》之音樂分析與詮釋研究
Authors: 宋育任 宋育任
Published: March 2024

車爾諾文（Chaya Czernowin, 1957-）的室內歌劇（Kammeroper）《內在》（Pnima… ins Innere, 1998-99）是西方藝術音樂中最早由大屠殺第二代（也就是餘生者的孩子那一代）所創作的關於「猶太大屠殺」（Holocaust）的歌劇，並且它是車爾諾文最具代表性的創作之一。《內在》主要以大屠殺第二代的眼光，探討其第一代因為受到大屠殺的嚴重創傷而無法說出此創傷經歷的「無法言語性」，以及因為第一代的創傷經歷，造成第二代生長於這歷史悲劇的陰影下，而影響其心靈的成長。這部歌劇形式創新、音樂風格前衛且技法複雜困難，尤其此歌劇很特別的是，人聲完全沒有唱出任何一個完整的字，而只有發出母音、子音或單音節等發音，象徵《內在》主角對於大屠殺創傷經歷的無法言語性。筆者希望透過音樂分析與詮釋的方法，來理解此部歌劇創新前衛的風格特色，以及它所要表達的內容與情感，讓讀者可以較容易地進入這部歌劇和車爾諾文的音樂世界。另外，透過分析詮釋車爾諾文這部代表性的作品，筆者嘗試對於當代重要的（女性）作曲家以及主題關於「猶太大屠殺」的前衛藝術音樂進行探討，來補充台灣在這兩方面的研究。

 

Chaya Czernowin’s chamber opera Pnima... ins Innere (Inwards) (1998-99) is the first opera about the Holocaust composed by the second generation of the Holocaust (that is, the children of the survivors), and it is one of the most representative works of Czernowin. From the perspective of the second generation of the Holocaust, the opera deals with the impossibility of communicating the Holocaust trauma of the first generation, as well as its affecting the psychological growth of their children generation. This opera is innovative in form, avant-garde in musical style, and complicated in music technique. What is also special about this opera is that the human voice does not sing any complete word at all, but only pronounces vowels, consonants or monosyllables, which symbolizes the protagonist of this opera for the impossibility of communicating the Holocaust trauma. The author hopes to understand the innovative and avant-garde style and characteristics of this opera, as well as the content and emotion it wants to express, through the methods of musical analysis and interpretation, so that readers can more easily understand and enter this opera and the musical world of Czernowin. By analyzing and interpreting this representative work of Czernowin, the author attempts to supplement Taiwan’s research on these two aspects by discussing important contemporary (female) composers and avant-garde art music on the theme of the “Jewish Holocaust”.

 
The Impact of Personality Traits and Organizational Factors on IT Project Success with Moderating Effect of Environmental Factors: Evidence from Pakistan
Authors:   COMSATS University, Islamabad, Pakistan, Khurshid J. , Shaf K. ,   COMSATS University, Islamabad, Pakistan, Waseem M. ,   COMSATS University, Islamabad, Pakistan, Usman M. ,   Quaid-e-Azam University, Islamabad, Pakistan, Fayyaz A. ,   COMSATS University, Islamabad, Pakistan
Published: March 2024

Project workforce in terms of personality traits, organizational factors (OF), and environmental factors (EF) face a daunting situation when it comes to project completion. The success of an IT project is usually dependent on several variables. The focus of this study is to examine the influence of project employees’ personalities on organizational factors in project success, with the help of external environmental variables, such as economic factors. Here personality traits and organizational factors are independent variables and environmental factor is moderating variables and project success is dependent variables. In this study, we learn how personality traits, Organizational factors and environmental factors affect project success. There is the direct impact of personality traits and organizational factors on project success and environmental factors play a moderating role in project success. Data is collected from the IT sector of Pakistan both public and private. The information was gathered using a wellequipped questionnaire. Therefore, Individuals, organizations, researchers, practitioners, and decision-makers will find it beneficial.
BENEFÍCIOS DA DRENAGEM LINFÁTICA NO PÓS-OPERATÓRIO
Authors:   LITERACIA CIENTÍFICA EDITORA & CURSOS, Costa Bethânia de Jesus , Lima Érica Maria Rios de , Kodel Helena de Almeida Cerqueira , Almeida Junior Enoque Chaves de , Gomes Denilson dos Santos , Correa Willamys Souza , Rodrigues Ítalo Samuel Gonçalves , Santos Tatiane Batista dos
Published: March 2024

OBJETIVO: Abordar a importância da drenagem linfática no pós-operatório e enfatizar seu processo cicatricial e o desempenho na imunidade. MATERIAIS E MÉTODOS: Trata-se de uma revisão narrativa de literatura, de cunho descritivo com abordagem qualitativa. Diante dos resultados, foram analisados os títulos e resumos 2.046 estudos disponíveis na integra, obtidos a partir do cruzamentos entre os descritores "drenagem linfática" AND "pós-operatório", através das bases de dados como Sciencedirect, sciELO, Google Acadêmico e PubMed. Destes estudos, apenas 16 foram selecionados por trazerem os beneficios e efeitos da utilização a drenagem linfática manual no pós-operatório. RESULTADOS E DISCUSSÃO: Mostrou que a drenagem linfática favorece quadros pós-cirúrgicos reduzindo hematomas além de proporcionar melhora significativa na circulação sanguínea e nutrição celular. Ademais, vale ressaltar que os benefícios da drenagem linfática manual também se relacionam na redução de estresse e dores em pacientes que acabaram de realizar procedimento cirúrgico. CONCLUSÃO: Portanto, a drenagem linfática manual garante uma recuperação mais rápida e sem complicações, a qual busca se aprimorar cada vez mais, com respeito a anatomia e fisiologia de cada organismo, sendo realizada de maneira correta por um profissional capacitado.
Big Data Review of the Influence of Agricultural Sector Development on Economic Resilience
Authors: Rendra Graha Dimas Tri , Nurinaputri Revika Fatridica , Salsabilah Isnaini
Published: March 2024

The agricultural sector in the East Java's GDP structure has been stable at around 11% over the past 5 years, despite disruptions caused by the Covid pandemic. The stable development of the agricultural sector has contributed to the region's increased resilience. This study aims to identify the relationship between factors influencing agricultural development and resilience in East Java and to formulate related development strategies. The method used in this study is Correlation and Regression. Regional resilience is viewed as the output of changes in the rate of GDP growth. Factors in agricultural development are viewed from Agricultural Production, Land Factors using Big data, including LST, NDVI, and NDWI, Internet User Farmers and Farmer Populations. The results of the study indicate that significant influential factors in agricultural development are found in NDVI, NDWI, and Farmer Population. The study shows that for East Java, development strategies through digital farming have not yet been able to increase regional resilience, and conventional agricultural development methods still dominate.
Modeling of the Policy Design to Build Public Confidence Facing Recession Issues
Authors: Puspita Rosana Eri , Iskandar  , Afina Khoirun Nisa
Published: March 2024

The condition of global economic uncertainty initiated the news that Indonesia is predicted to have the potential for recession. This study presents a model for designing policies to create public Confidence in East Java in the face of recession. The method used in this study begins with grounded theory and continues with modeling and policy simulation. Grounded theory is carried out with netnographic studies to find concepts and quantitative studies to test these concepts in the people of East Java. The netnography study was conducted by extracting sample data totaling 3,827 netizen comments using Nawala software and processed using NVIVO software. Quantitative studies are carried out by testing data collected with instruments in the form of questionnaires. The sample size amounted to 120, with respondents from East Java. Quantitative data were obtained using SPSS software to see how much influence factors affect public Confidence in East Java. Modeling is done using Powersim software, and policy simulation is done using Promethee software. The results show that low interest rates in optimistic simulations and Business as Usual (BAU) decisions can be made by Bank Indonesia (BI). The latest update in this research is that the modeling is carried out not only based on East Java's macroeconomic conditions but also on grounded theory studies in East Java community studies
From Cash to Central Bank Digital Currency: Can Gen Z Adopt It?
Authors: Khoirunnisa Annes Nisrina , Azka Moh Shadam Taqiyyuddin , Shofiatin Nanik
Published: March 2024

This study aims to examine the intention of youth in Indonesia to adopt Central Bank Digital Currency (CBDC). A sample of 285 respondents was analyzed using SEM-PLS and in-depth interviews. The results of the study found that involvement facilitation, institutional trust, and technology trust had a significant effect on youth's intention to use CBDC. These findings emphasize the importance of building trust in technology and institutions, as well as increasing public confidence in the ability of central banks to launch and regulate CBDC systems. Empirical evidence also shows that facilitation and literacy provided by the authorities need to be a significant focus in addressing potential barriers to technology use among the public. Furthermore, there are maximum literacy facilities and consultation given can increase public confidence in CBDC provider authorities to continue to develop technology to the fullest.
Is There J-Curve Phenomenon and Asymmetric Effects of Exchange Rate on Trade Balance in East Java?
Authors: Pertiwi Rizki , Syamad
Published: March 2024

This study aims to analyze the effect of exchange rate asymmetry on the trade balance between East Java Province and the largest trading partner countries (China, Japan, and the United States) in the short-run and long-run and to detect the J-Curve phenomenon. This study uses the Nonlinear Autoregressive Distributed-Lag (NARDL) method with 2010Q1 - 2023Q1 time-series data. The results of the study show that in the short-run, both the appreciation (NEG) and depreciation (POS) of the exchange rate have no effect on East Java's trade balance in all models. However, in the long-run, exchange rate appreciation and depreciation have a significant negative effect on East Java's trade balance across all models. Based on the estimation results, it can be concluded that there is no J-Curve phenomenon in East Java's trade balance with trading partner countries. Because in the asymmetry model, the J-Curve phenomenon can occur if depreciation or appreciation has a significant positive effect and is cointegrated in the long-run, regardless of the short-run coefficient being positive or negative and significant or not significant. From these conditions, it can be concluded that the trade industry in East Java is called inelastic. That is, price changes do not affect demand for export and import volumes. Therefore, the policy of depreciating the Rupiah exchange rate is not the best strategy to be implemented as an export promotion for East Java because only a few sectors benefit.
Latex Allergy Implications in Nursing
Authors: Radadiya Daya
Published: March 2024

Latex allergy is a reaction to certain proteins found in natural rubber latex, a product used in examination gloves, latex-containing medical supplies, balloons, rubber bands, condoms, rubber household gloves, rubber balls, and adhesive bandages. Here I am presenting one such experience of latex allergy with one of my colleagues.
Tobacco and Anaesthesia
Authors: Motghare Abhilasha , Bansal Sumit
Published: March 2024

Smoking increases the risk of perioperative morbidity and mortality in a dose-dependent manner. Cigarette smoke has more than 4500 chemicals that have detrimental effects on various organ systems. The hazard of smoking is not only limited to the general health risks but also makes smokers more vulnerable to various perioperative complications ranging from pulmonary complications to wound healing to cardiovascular events. Smoking, whether active or passive, is always a general health problem, and when such patients are posted for surgery poses additional challenges to the anaesthesiologist. The preoperative assessment clinic provides an opportunity to discuss and encourage smoking cessation, and anesthesiologists can play a vital role in encouraging smoking cessation.
La construcción histórica de la identidad nacional japonesa
Authors: Urióstegui Monterde Diego Alejandro , Collignon de Alba Cristóbal
Published: March 2024

Utilizando la perspectiva de identidad relacional del constructivismo crítico, se plantea que la identidad nacional de Japón (es decir, la narrativa oficial, representada en el Nihonjinron) ha sido una construcción política por parte de los tomadores de decisiones, y se ha basado en replicar selectivamente a entidades del exterior, con el objetivo de brindar orden y legitimación a las autoridades al tiempo que se persigue una narrativa nacionalista. En el período Edo con China, en la etapa imperial con Occidente, y en la época posguerra con Estados Unidos; se observa que continuamente existe un “maestro” o centro (Hua) que ejerce una gran influencia sobre el país, y que los líderes japoneses buscan replicar selectivamente, al tiempo que se mantiene una noción de identidad particular. Se defiende la gran extensión temporal de la investigación argumentando la naturaleza del objetivo así como la importancia de una mirada amplia y distinta del Estado-centrismo en las Relaciones Internacionales.
Research on Vegetable Sales Volume and Pricing Strategy Based on GWO-LSTM Modeling
Authors: Wang Zihan , Liu Xinyi , Wang Yuzhuo
Published: March 2024

This paper focuses on an in-depth study of the problem of sales volume and pricing strategy for vegetable categories, aiming at constructing an automatic pricing and replenishment model to maximize revenue. First, by analyzing the sales data of each category and single item of vegetables, the mean value of sales volume is calculated, and the correlation between each category of vegetables is visualized using charts and Pearson correlation coefficient heat maps, and it is found that there is a significant correlation between specific categories. Secondly, this paper adopts the cost-plus pricing method to calculate the markup rate of each individual item and combines it with linear regression analysis to reveal the relationship between markup rate and sales volume, and further predicts the sales volume and price in the coming week through the GWO-LSTM model, which provides data-driven pricing and replenishment strategies for the superstore based on the data. Finally, for the data of a specific time, this paper develops a linear programming model to formulate a replenishment and pricing scheme that meets market demand and maximizes revenue. The methodology and findings of this study have important practical applications for retail formats such as fresh food superstores.
The treatment efficacy of dupilumab in autosomal dominant hyper-immunoglobulin E syndrome with severe atopic dermatitis
Authors: Li Weifeng , Qi Qiqi , Wang Weipeng , Li Dongqin
Published: March 2024

Hyper-immunoglobulin E syndrome (HIES) is a primary immunodeficiency disease characterized by atopic dermatitis, recurrent skin and lung infections, and significantly elevated serum immunoglobulin E levels. Autosomal dominant and loss-of-function pathogenic variants in the STAT3 gene are the most common causes of the disease and studies have shown that the presence of IL-4 receptor (IL-4R) is upregulated in patients with dominant-negative mutations in the STAT3 gene expression. Dupilumab is a monoclonal antibody that targets the IL-4α receptor and improves the symptoms of atopic dermatitis by inhibiting IL-4 and IL-13. We used dupilumab to treat severe dermatitis in a patient with STAT3-HIES and achieved satisfactory results.