bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Comparative analysis of efficiency criteria for investment projects
Authors: Yankovyi O , Yegupov Yu , Koshelok H , Yankovyi V , Chernyshova O
Published: October 2022

Purpose. Analysis of the advantages and disadvantages of indicators of the internal rate of return and the modified internal rate of return as criteria for the effectiveness of an investment project. Methodology. The mathematical and graphic apparatus for studying the functions and dependencies between the economic characteristics of future financial and production activities of entrepreneurial activity was used in the process of the analysis of the most important indicators of the effectiveness of the investment project. Findings. The characteristics of the criterion of the internal rate of return are studied on the basis of the properties of the function which describes the dependence of the net present value of the project on the value of the discount rate. The main advantages of the modified internal rate of return in comparison with its unmodified analogue are revealed. The inequalities between the indicated indicators are mathematically proved, their influence on the stability (safety) characteristics of the investment project is analyzed, and the interrelation of the criterion of the modified internal rate of return with the value of the profitability index is shown. Originality. The originality consists in the mathematical proof of the interrelation between the indicators of the internal rate of return and the modified internal rate of return, as well as the interrelation between the criterion of the modified internal rate of return and the profitability index of the investment project. Practical value. Theoretical conclusions and suggestions can be used in the investment analysis of future financial and production projects in the domestic economy, which opens up the possibilities of rational use of resources in entrepreneurial activity at all levels of business process management.
Model of business processes of delivery of goods during martial law
Authors: Voynilovych V , Lukashova L , Parkhaieva N , Kotova M , Nechyporuk A
Published: October 2022

Purpose. To analyze the difference in the business-processes of the goods delivery during martial law and to develop an optimization model of the business processes of the supply of goods in these conditions. Methodology. The methods used are: system analysis to establish the fact that the main risk of supplying goods under martial law is the integral operational risk; content analysis for detailed impact of operational risk; comparative analysis to establish the fact that the risk can provoke crisis in the supply chain in the conditions of war; abstracting to establish the fact that there is significant probability of the formation of domino effect in related areas of activity; inductions and deductions regarding the importance of setting the rate of risk for forecasting and planning of business processes; analysis and synthesis to develop a model algorithm; mathematical formalization for the formation of a program trigger for matching the rate of risk change and the rate of the business cycle. Findings. It is proven that the influence of risk in dynamic conditions can have a character of domino effect both in the main and in adjacent areas of activity. Therefore, it is important not only to quantify the risk, but also to determine its rate of change. Inadequate adaptability of enterprise management to external conditions is established. It is indicated that the reliability of goods supply is the main criterion of efficiency in the conditions of martial law. Originality. An optimization model of the business processes of the goods supply in the conditions of martial law is developed. An indicator for changing the forms and methods of work while comparing the rate of change in risk and the rate of the business cycle is proposed. Practical value. The proposed model of business processes for the supply of goods under martial law conditions and an indicator of the comparison of the rate of risk change and the rate of the business cycle can be widely used by scientists and practitioners.
Concept of national innovation system: etymologization and complications of management
Authors: Pavlov V , Shtuler I , Gerasymchuk N , Mirzoieva T , Lisovyi A , Kucher I
Published: October 2022

Purpose. To develop the concept of the national innovation model which considers obstacles to the model implementation. Methodology. The methods used are: scientific observation to form the topic, purpose, objectives of the study; systematic approach to analyze existing methods and structure of innovation system management bodies; methods of analysis and synthesis to study interconnected structural elements of the national innovation system; scientific abstraction to develop the concept of the national innovation system of Ukraine; logical analysis to predict consequences of management actions; induction/deduction for the analysis of resource saving component of the national innovation system; quantitative/qualitative comparison for the analysis of regulatory-legislative support for regulation of innovation activity in economy. Findings. Analysis of the different methods of creating the national innovation system is carried out, and as a result, a development management system model of the Ukraines innovative economy is developed. This model is of integrative nature and can be used for convergent alignment of interests, functions, potential and specificity of activity of authorities, business, research institutions and consumers in the process of creating, implementing and disseminating innovation as a factor in stimulating the formation and development of Ukraines innovative economy. According to our vision, the main goal of the development of the innovation economy is to ensure the economic development of Ukraine through the rational use of innovative potential, efficient organization, resource saving and management of innovation activity. Originality. The novelty of the study is to build an integrative model of the system of managing the innovative economy development of Ukraine. Practical value. Implementation of the developed model will contribute to the formation of an effective, innovative environment in the country, which is possible in the context of Ukraine due to structural shifts in strategically important spheres of economy, and expectedly lead to the emergence of progressive sectors and industrial-financial network links and disappearing or modification of old traditional ones as well as to creation of new activities and forms of interaction of economic entities on the basis of public/municipal-private partnerships.
ЗАСТОСУВАННЯ ІНТЕРНЕТ-ТЕХНОЛОГІЙ У НАВЧАННІ СТУДЕНТІВ-МЕДИКІВ
Authors: Ілясова Юлія Станіславівна , Шевченко Людмила Станіславівна
Published: October 2022

У статті обґрунтовано актуальність застосування інтернет-технологій у медичних закладах освіти в умовах карантину під час пандемії COVID-19. Здійснено аналіз наукових джерел у контексті застосування інтернет-технологій в освіті. Метою статті є визначення результативності організації освітнього процесу за допомогою освітніх інтернет-технологій, зокрема освітнього блогу, ментальних карт та онлайн-вправ сервісу LearningApps, під час підготовки майбутніх лікарів і фахових молодших медичних бакалаврів під час вивчення фахових дисциплін. Висвітлено основні питання організації онлайн навчання студентів-медиків, також перевірено ефективність запропонованого підходу. Описано результати опитування майбутніх лікарів і молодших медичних фахових бакалаврів стосовно їх оцінювання сучасного викладання фахових дисциплін у медичних закладах освіти. Дослідження проводилось у Вінницькому національному медичному університеті та медичних коледжах Вінницького регіону в 2017-2020 роках. Освітній процес у дистанційному режимі охоплював онлайн заняття з використанням освітнього блогу Blogger, ментальних карт Mindomo та інтерактивних вправ сервісу LearningApps. На початковому етапі дослідження було визначено недостатній рівень професійних знань і практичних навичок студентів-медиків. Виявлено недоліки професійної підготовки майбутніх медиків під час вивчення фахових дисциплін, зокрема традиційність підготовки та обмежене використання ІКТ у медичних закладах освіти. Емпіричну базу на формувальному етапі педагогічного експерименту склали 247 студентів та 70 викладачів фахових дисциплін Вінницького національного медичного університету та медичних коледжів Вінницької області. На формувальному етапі педагогічного експерименту студенти контрольної групи навчалися за традиційною методикою, а їхні викладачі фахових дисциплін використовували традиційні технології навчання. Студенти експериментальної групи навчалися за інноваційними методиками, а їхні викладачі використовували сучасні інтернет-технології. У результаті майбутні медики експериментальної групи показали кращі результати, ніж студенти контрольної групи. Зроблено висновок, що використання Інтернет-технологій в освітньому процесі значно покращує якість та ефективність навчання, наближає студентів до реальних умов клінічного середовища, дає змогу якісно вдосконалювати свої практичні навички. Ефективність використання блогів, ментальних карт та онлайн-вправ LearningApps під час викладання фахових дисциплін була перевірена шляхом проведення комплексного клінічного оцінювання. Статистична перевірка також підтвердила ефективність впровадження інтернет-технологій. Перспективи подальших досліджень зумовлені необхідністю використання педагогічного досвіду онлайн-технологій в організації ізольованого дистанційного навчання в медичній освіті під час вивчення природничих, соціально-економічних та гуманітарних дисциплін у сучасних умовах воєнного стану в Україні.
TRAINING OF STUDENTS IN THE HOTEL AND RESTAURANT BUSINESS DURING DISTANCE LEARNING
Authors: Sopiha Viktor B. , Havryshchak Halyna R. , Soroka Taras P. , Aliluiko Maria S.
Published: October 2022

The peculiarities of the use of Internet resources in the process of teaching students for hotel and restaurant business in the process of their distance learning are revealed in the researching. Scientific publications were analyzed, in which the introduction of distance learning in general and in the conditions of the COVID-19 pandemic in particular was studied. The potential aspects of using Internet resources in educational process is considered. It includes the following opportunities: search for literature sources according research problem, synchronization of translation work from foreign sources, storage and accumulation of information, organization of communication, graphics, sound effects, distribution, planning, testing and implementation research results.
Students should be introduced to the organization of the educational process and material and technical base of the university in the process of distance learning are investigated in this article. In particular, it proposes to do with the help of created viber groups, introductory meetings in ZOOM, 3-D excursions. The study focuses on the use of Internet environments Moodle, ZOOM, Viber, and also revealed methodological aspects of the use of Internet sites in the process of distance learning of individual educational components of future hotel and restaurant professionals. Aspects of the use of the Internet resources during the introduction of students with the infrastructure of hotel and restaurant enterprises are also substantiated; the peculiarities of the organization of hotel and restaurant enterprise and catering are defined; the classification of hotel and restaurant enterprises, analysis of PR-technologies in the hotel and restaurant business are investigated. Approaches to the formation of knowledge the design of objects of the service sector, and training in graphic and design activities using the following software environments Kompass-3D, AutoCAD and NanoCAD are represented. The authors developed a model of using Internet resources in the process of professional training in hotel and restaurant business, which provides for the grouping of methodological aspects of the use of Internet sites in the process of studying disciplines in hotel and restaurant business. The positive and negative aspects of distance learning technology with the use of Internet resources are outlined.
BIBLIOMETRIC ANALYSIS IN DETERMINING THE RESEARCH DIRECTIONS OF EARLY CAREER RESEARCHERS
Authors: Kuzminska Olena H. , Mazorchuk Mariia S. , Barna Olha V. , Sydorenko Sergiy
Published: October 2022

The paper offers an overview of publications on the use of bibliometric analysis in various scientific studies. It was found out that the use of the scientific mapping tool to carry out such analysis at the stage of identifying early career scientists’ research directions has not been previously explored. A sample statistical survey of 68 supervisors of Master’s research from the National University of Life and Environmental Sciences of Ukraine and Ternopil Volodymyr Hnatiuk National Pedagogical University revealed that research supervisors with little experience, as well as supervisors in the field of social sciences and the humanities, lag behind in the use of channels and tools of modern digital scholarly communications. It is suggested that the use of built-in tools of bibliometric systems for systematic analysis aimed at determining the directions of Master’s research will contribute to the quality of Master’s theses, and hence to the development of university science in the context of its integration into the global research space. The authors propose a case of applying scientific mapping for the queries for search of scientific publications in Scopus and Web of Science (WOS) scientometric databases, based on the research areas of the Department of Informatics and Methods of Its Teaching of Ternopil Volodymyr Hnatiuk National Pedagogical University. The paper describes approaches to the use of VOSviewer to produce terminological maps based on concepts occurring in the titles, keywords and abstracts of the relevant sets of scientific publications. Since the Department offers Master’s programs for students majoring both in Education/Pedagogy (014 Secondary Education (Informatics)) and Information Technology (122 Computer Science), on the basis of the analysis of links in thesauri from the Web of Science and Scopus data sets the authors identified research directions and provided examples of research themes for Master’s theses majoring in Educational Technology and Information Technology, respectively. The results of the conducted survey and in-depth interviews with Master’s students’ research supervisors showed the expediency of expanding the pedagogical experiment aimed at the development of the methods of systematic literature review at various stages of working on a Master’s thesis, involving the use of a wide range of bibliographic analysis tools. The results presented in the paper can be useful both for early career researchers and their research supervisors.
Fear of COVID-19 among Health Care Workers: Roles of Resilience, Meaning in Life, And Proximity of Working with COVID-19 Patients
Authors: Shiri Shimon , Iwanaga Kanako , Marmor Anat , Hawley Carolyn E. , Adams Meredith , Schwartz Isabella , Sviri Sigal , Armstrong Amy J , Meiner Zeev
Published: October 2022

Background: While the COVID-19 pandemic has had a detrimental impact on most of the world's population, fear of COVID-19 has especially affected health care workers (HCW) who are on the battlefield with the virus. Yet, the factors that determine the level of fear of COVID-19 among HCWs are still obscure. Methods: A survey whose participants were 705 HCWs including physicians, nurses, administrative and other medical personnel. Multiple regression analysis was implemented to assess the relationship between demographic covariates, psychological variables, and fear of COVID-19. A second survey was conducted following the vaccination program. Results: Resilience, meaning in life, age, gender, and role in hospital (administration) were found to be significant in explaining the variance in fear of COVID-19 after controlling the effect of other predicting variables in the model. Among them, resilience was the most robust predictor for fear of COVID-19, indicating that HCW with higher resilience were less affected by fear of COVID-19. No difference was found in the level of fear of COVID-19 as well as other psychological variables in the second survey conducted after the vaccination phase in Israel. Discussion: The results suggest that among HCWs, those who work closely with patients carrying COVID-19, and those with greater resilience, have had significantly less fear of COVID-19. These findings emphasize the need to enhance resilience in order to reduce the psychological burden of the pandemic as well as other prolonged , stressogenic events among HCWs.
Mental Health Professionals’ Attitudes towards Patients with Borderline Personality Disorder: The Role of Disgust
Authors: Chrysovalantis Papathanasiou , Stelios Stylianidis
Published: October 2022

Negative attitudes towards patients with borderline personality disorder (BPD) may affect treatment outcomes. We aimed to identify a) negative attitudes exhibited by mental health professionals towards patients with BPD and b) the effects of disgust propensity and disgust sensitivity on these negative attitudes. Mental health professionals (N = 136) completed questionnaires on attitudes towards patients with BPD and disgust propensity/sensitivity. Significant differences in negative attitudes towards patients with BPD based on gender, marital status, occupational subgroup, educational level, psychotherapy training, level of exposure to patients with BPD, and political ideology were found. Results suggested patients with BPD are viewed by mental health professionals as ineffective, incomprehensible, dangerous, unworthy, immoral, undesirable to be with, and dissimilar to the mental health professionals. Moreover, disgust propensity and disgust sensitivity were associated with stronger negative attitudes towards patients with BPD. The findings emphasize the importance of mental health professionals’ awareness of the emotion of disgust as a relevant factor to their negative attitudes towards patients with BPD.
Spatiotemporal Clusters and Trends of Pneumocystis Pneumonia in Korea
Authors: Kim Hwa Sun , Nam Ho-Woo , Ahn Hye-Jin , Lee Sang Haak , Kim Yeong Hoon
Published: October 2022

This study determined the recent status and trend of Pneumocystis jirovecii pneumonia (PcP) in the non-human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) (non-HIV-PcP) and HIV (HIV-PcP) infected populations using data from the Health Insurance Review & Assessment Service (HIRA) and the Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency (KDCA). SaTScan and Joinpoint were used for statistical analyses. Non-HIV-PcP cases showed an upward trend during the study period from 2010 to 2021, with the largest number in 2021 (551 cases). The upward trend was similar until 2020 after adjusting for the population. Seoul had the highest number of cases (1,597) in the non-HIV-PcP group, which was the same after adjusting for the population (162 cases/1,000,000). It was followed by Jeju-do (89 cases/1,000,000). The most likely cluster (MLC) for the non-HIV-PCP group was Seoul (Relative Risk (RR)=4.59, Log Likelihood Ratio (LLR)=825.531), followed by Jeju-do (RR=1.59, LLR=5.431). An upward trend was observed among the non-HIV-PcP group in the Jeju-do/Jeollanam-do/Jeollabuk-do/Gyeongsangnam-do/Busan/Daejeon/Daegu/Ulsan joint cluster (29.02%, LLR=11.638, P<0.001) located in the southern part of Korea. Both women and men in the non-HIV groups showed an overall upward trend of PcP during the study period. Men in the 60-69 age group had the highest annual percentage change (APC 41.8) during 2014-2019. In contrast, the HIV groups showed a falling trend of PcP recently. Men in the 60-69 age group had the most decrease (APC -17.6) during 2018-2021. This study provides an analytic basis for health measures and a nationwide epidemiological surveillance system for the management of PcP.
Antimalarial Efficacy of Aqueous Extract of Strychnos ligustrina and Its Combination with Dihydroartemisinin and Piperaquine Phosphate (DHP) against Plasmodium berghei Infection
Authors: Cahyaningsih Umi , Sa’diah Siti , Syafii Wasrin , Sari Rita Kartika , Maring Abdul Jafar , Nugraha Arifin Budiman
Published: October 2022

The development of drug resistance is one of the most severe concerns of malaria control because it increases the risk of malaria morbidity and death. A new candidate drug with antiplasmodial activity is urgently needed. This study evaluated the efficacy of different dosages of aqueous extract of Strychnos ligustrina combined with dihydroartemisinin and piperaquine phosphate (DHP) against murine Plasmodium berghei infection. The BALB/c mice aged 6-8 weeks were divided into 6 groups, each consisting of 10 mice. The growth inhibition of compounds against P. berghei was monitored by calculating the percentage of parasitemia. The results showed that the mice receiving aqueous extract and combination treatment showed growth inhibition of P. berghei in 74% and 94%, respectively. S. ligustrina extract, which consisted of brucine and strychnine, effectively inhibited the multiplication of P. berghei. The treated mice showed improved hematology profiles, body weight, and temperature, as compared to control mice. Co-treatment with S. ligustrina extract and DHP revealed significant antimalarial and antipyretic effects. Our results provide prospects for further discovery of antimalarial drugs that may show more successful chemotherapeutic treatment.
Biological Characteristics of Recombinant Arthrobotrys oligospora Chitinase AO-801
Authors: Gong Shasha , Meng Qingling , Qiao Jun , Huang Yunfu , Zhong Wenqiang , Zhang Guowu , Zhang Kai , Li Ningxing , Shang Yunxia , Li Zhiyuan , Cai Xuepeng
Published: October 2022

Chitinase AO-801 is a hydrolase secreted by Arthrobotrys oligospora during nematode feeding, while its role remained elusive. This study analyzed the molecular characteristics of recombinant chitinase of Arthrobotrys oligospora (reAO-801). AO-801 belongs to the typical glycoside hydrolase 18 family with conserved chitinase sequence and tertiary structure of (α/β)8 triose-phosphate isomerase (TIM) barrel. The molecular weight of reAO-801 was 42 kDa. reAO-801 effectively degraded colloidal and powdered chitin, egg lysate, and stage I larval lysate of Caenorhabditis elegans. The activity of reAO-801 reached its peak at 40˚C and pH values between 4-7. Enzyme activity was inhibited by Zn2+, Ca2+, and Fe3+, whereas Mg2+ and K+ potentiated its activity. In addition, urea, sodium dodecyl sulfate, and 2-mercaptoethanol significantly inhibited enzyme activity. reAO-801 showed complete nematicidal activity against C. elegans stage I larvae. reAO-801 broke down the C. elegans egg shells, causing them to die or die prematurely by hatching the eggs. It also invoked degradation of Haemonchus contortus eggs, resulting in apparent changes in the morphological structure. This study demonstrated the cytotoxic effect of reAO-801, which laid the foundation for further dissecting the mechanism of nematode infestation by A. oligospora.
Phylogenetic Characteristics of Fasciola hepatica Isolated from a Korean Patient
Authors: Jeong Mi Jin , Park Jae Kyun , Yu Hak Sun
Published: October 2022

Fascioliasis is a parasitic infection caused by liver flukes. Although several cases have been reported in Korea, phylogenetic analysis of isolates is lacking. In this study, a 66-year-old woman with right upper quadrant (RUQ) abdominal pain was diagnosed as fascioliasis involving abdominal muscle by imaging study. She received praziquantel treatment, but symptoms were not improved. Lateral movement of the abscess lesion was followed. Trematode parasite was surgically removed from the patient’s rectus abdominis muscle. The fluke was identified as Fasciola hepatica based on sequence analysis of 18S rDNA. To determine the phylogenetic position of this Fasciola strain (named Korean Fasciola 1; KF1), the cox1 gene (273 bp) was analyzed and compared with the genes of 17 F. hepatica strains isolated from cows, sheep, goats, and humans from various countries. Phylogenetic analysis showed that KF1 was closely related with the isolates from China goat.
The diversity of banana cultivars in East Kalimantan based on morphological characteristic
Authors: Lumowa Sonja Verra Tinneke , Sunaryo Widi , Turista Dora Dayu Rahma , Nasution Ruqoyyah , Anwar Yaskinul , Kurniawati Zenia Lutfi , Reflinur Reflinur
Published: October 2022

Banana is a plant with nutritious fruit and can help prevent stunting. Banana plants are widely cultivated in East Kalimantan, but the type characterization has not been identified. The purpose of this study was to determine the diversity of banana plants in East Kalimantan and to characterize banana plants based on morphology. This research is explorative in nature by identifying directly in the field the cultivated banana cultivars. Morphological characterization of stems, leaves and fruit was carried out based on the banana description contained in IPGRI-INIBAP/CIRAD. The research instrument is a banana morphology observation sheet which contains parameters: leaf habit, pseudostem color, predominant underlying color of the pseudostem, sap color, blotches at the petiole base, blotches color, petiole canal leaf III, color of leaf upper surface, color of midrib dorsal surface, color of leaf lower surface, color of midrib ventral surface, wax on leaves. The result shows that at East Kalimantan is found 12 types of banana cultivars were found, Talas bananas, Rutai bananas, Kepok bananas, Mas bananas, Morosebo bananas, Tanduk bananas, Susu bananas, Maulin bananas, Red bananas, Ambon bananas, Raja bananas, and Cavendish bananas.There are variations in the morphological characteristics of banana plants, leaves and fruit that can characterize each banana.
PENGEMBANGAN MEDIA PEMBELAJARAN MAGIC DISC MENGGUNAKAN ADOBE ANIMATE CC 21 MATERI HUKUM BACAAN MAD IWAD, MAD LAYYIN, DAN MAD ARID LISSUKUN
Authors: Netriana Neni , Khairat Annisaul
Published: October 2022

Tujuan penelitian ini adalah untuk mengembangkan media pembelajaran Magic Disc menggunakan Adobe Animate CC 21agar dapat mening katkan pemahaman peserta didik terhadap materi pembelajaran yaitu hukum bacaan mad ‘Iwad, mad layyin, dan mad ‘Aridh lissukun dan menghasilkan media pembelajaran Magic Disc yang valid dan praktis. Penelitian ini merupakan penelitian pengembangan dengan menggunakan model ADDIE (Analysis, Design, Development, Implementation, Evaluation). Instrumen pengumpulan data yang digunakan adalah pedoman wawancara, instrument validitas, dan instrument praktikalitas. Teknik analisis data terdiri atas dua cara yaitu teknik analisis data kualitatif dan teknik analisis data deskriptif kuantitatif.Hasil penelitian menunjukkan bahwa Magic Disc menggunakan Adobe Animate CC 21 memiliki nilai validitas sebesar nilai 3.59 dengan kategori sangat valid dari segi relevansi, keakuratan, kelengkapan sajian, konsep dasar materi dan kesesuaian sajian dengan tuntutan pembelajaran yang terpusat pada peserta didik. Hasil praktikalitas media pembelajaran Magic Disc menggunakan Adobe Animate CC 21 sangat praktis dengan nilai sebesar 3.58 oleh guru dan sangat praktis oleh peserta didik dengan nilai 3.39 dari segi kemudahan penggunaan, efesiensi waktu pembelajaran dan manfaat.
Effect of Professionalism and Work Discipline on Performance of Spers Tni Hq Personnel Through Organizational Commitmen
Authors: Waluyo Agus Hadi , Suharto Suharto , Silitonga Eddy Sanusi
Published: October 2022

This study aims to: 1) find out and analyze the effect of professionalism and work discipline on organizational commitment, 2) find out and analyze the effect of professionalism and work discipline on personnel performance, 3) find out and analyze the effect of organizational commitment on personnel performance, 4) find out and analyze the effect of professionalism and work discipline on personnel performance through organizational commitment. The research was conducted on the TNI Headquarters Personnel Staff, with a research sample of 57 respondents. The sampling technique used is a simple random sampling technique. The data analysis method used descriptive analysis and path analysis.
The results showed that: 1) there was an influence of professionalism and work discipline on organizational commitment, 2) there was an influence of professionalism and work discipline on personnel performance, 3) there was an influence of organizational commitment on personnel performance, 4) there was an influence of professionalism and work discipline on performance. personnel through organizational commitment. The organizational commitment variable can provide an increase in professionalism and work discipline to increase personnel performance
A Study on Factors Affecting Companies Long-Term Investments within the GCC Markets
Authors: Al Wahaibi. Ph.D. Mahmood Ali , Hussainy. Ph.D. Syed Sadullah
Published: October 2022

This study aims to explore the determinants of companies' long-term investments within the context of Gulf Cooperation Council markets. The importance of this study arises from the fact that earlier researchers who investigated this subject had mostly concentrated on developed markets and evidence from developing markets is largely absent. Besides, the existing studies had focused on factors influencing companies' long-term investment at the company level, and evidence related to the impact of macroeconomic factors on such investments is scarce. A Panel Ordinary Least Squares regression is utilized to analyze the data of 435 companies from the year 2000 to 2014. This period is chosen due to the steady economic conditions of the investigated markets as they enjoyed a less volatile macroeconomic environment compared to post-2014, where the fall of oil prices severely affected these markets' growth. The analysis revealed contradicting findings compared to the existing literature regarding both macroeconomic factors and companies related factors that influences long-term investments. For instance, government spendings, oil prices, and trade levels are all significant factors in the Gulf Cooperation Council companies' long-term investments which is not the case in other emerging markets. Also, the industrial companies within these markets are not severely influenced by these factors compared to the services companies. Hence, the current study extends the existing literature on two dimensions by providing new insight into this subject from new markets and reveals new findings regarding the impact of macroeconomic factors on companies' long-term investments.
“What do you lack? What is’t you buy?”: Commodity and Community in Bartholomew Fair
Authors: Basu Anupam
Published: October 2022

Jonson’s Bartholomew Fair uses the comic representation of criminality to comment on the urban culture of commodities. The variety of goods bought, sold, circulated, stolen and exchanged in the fair become a trope for the fluidity and malleability of the commodity form, not tied to particular material histories or uses, but part of an emerging fluid ideological space of the market. Against the decay of traditional notions of community, the play proposes a new and radical model of temporary, tactical, mobile and fluid alliances – a community of rogues based on the trope of the commodity form and the economic contract.
Hamlet, Fortinbras, and the Time Value of Risk in Shakespeare’s Elsinore
Authors: Wong Edwin
Published: October 2022

Is it better to defend against or assault fortune? By weaving together the adventures of two princes—one who is “risk on” and the other “risk off”—Shakespeare explores the mysteries of risk. While tragic protagonists frequently perish because they take questionable risks (Macbeth committing regicide, Caesar ignoring warnings, or Lear dividing Britain), Shakespeare explores in Hamlet whether caution is risk free. Caution is a source of systemic risk because opportunity is a sliding door and a window. By choosing caution instead of action, the window of opportunity may close. Although both Hamlet and Fortinbras start from similar circumstances and backgrounds, they end up in different places. Fortinbras, by maximizing risk, restores his ancestral prerogatives. Hamlet, by taking a more prudent course, paradoxically fails. Because risk has a time value, Hamlet dramatizes how the greatest risk may be taking insufficient risk. In tragedy, a world where the only thing that can be expected is the unexpected, there are always unexpected ways to fail (or succeed) that cannot be foreseen, but are patently obvious afterwards. When audiences analyze Hamlet with hindsight, they sometimes forget that it was with foresight they enjoyed the play: this is an artifact of Hamlet being too famous. To original audiences, it was unclear until the last whether Fortinbras or Hamlet would prove most royal. Only after the play ends does hindsight become twenty-twenty. Until then, the question of whether to defend against or assault fortune hangs in the balance, fueling drama’s engines.
The Convention of Self-Addressed Speech in Shakespeare’s Plays: New Empirical Data
Authors: Hirsh James
Published: October 2022

This essay presents the findings of a long-term empirical investigation into the history of soliloquies. The investigation is based on the bedrock distinction between dialogue in the sense of a speech directed at the hearing of one or more other characters and soliloquy in the sense of a speech not directed at the hearing of any other character. Many soliloquies so defined are short; many are guarded in asides from the hearing of other characters; many are unguarded in the presence of other characters. Scholars have ignored these categories and so have underestimated the vast extent of Shakespeare’s employment of the convention and the contexts in which soliloquies occur. The present essay presents for the first time a comprehensive account of all 1185 soliloquies in the canon by indicating the number of soliloquies in each play, the number of characters who soliloquize in each play, the gender distribution of soliloquizers, etc. The essay also presents new evidence that soliloquies in Shakespeare’s plays represented self-addressed speeches as a matter of convention (rather than audience addressed speeches or interior monologues). What emerges from this survey is a new appreciation of Shakespeare’s daring inventiveness in employing the convention that governed soliloquies in his plays.
Sound Velocities in Aqueous Solutions of n-Butylamine between 303.15 and 323.15 K: Experiment and Theory
Authors: Muhammad A. R. Khan  , Mohammed Sohel  , I Chowdhury Faisal , Shamim Akhtar
Published: October 2022

Density (ρ) and sound velocity (u) have been measured for aqueous solutions of n-butylamine ( W + NBA) in the whole range of composition at an interval of 5 K. Deviation in Sound Velocity (∆u), Isentropic Compressibility (Ks), Excess Isentropic Compressibility (KsE), Specific Acoustic Impedance (Z), Rao's Constant (R) and Wada's Constant (W) have been calculated from measured u and ρ. ∆u versus x2 curve is negative and with the increment of temperature, ∆u decreases; Ks values of W + NBA are all positive whereas KsE values are all negative. All the above outcomes are interpreted in terms of molecular interaction especially hydrogen bonding and hydrophobic hydration between water and n-butylamine. Moreover, experimental data for u correlated with some theoretical equations. The relations are Nomoto’s Relation (uN), Impedance Relation (uIR), the Rao’s specific velocity method relation (uR), Van Deel’s ideal mixing relation (uIMR) and theoretical sound velocity according to Free Length Theory (uFLT). The validity of these relations with experimental values has been tested by measuring standard percentage deviation () and average percentage error (APE).
Axiological Characteristics of the Concept "Death" in "High Horse Tour" by Billy Connolly
Authors: Gordeeva M. N.
Published: October 2022

In the present paper, comic objectification of death concept in the stand-up concert “High Horse Tour” by British actor and comic Billy Connolly is analyzed. Death is considered as axiogenic situation that fears the majority of people. In humour discourse, addressers are laughing at death to remove themselves from it and become higher than the death. It was concluded that the important characteristics of death in humour are helplessness, worsened physical and psychological health of an elderly person, immediate death, absence of willingness to continue the life path, and unwillingness to accept death.
Mechanisms of muscle mass
Authors: Teplukhin E. I. , Trofimov E. V. , Koksharov F. V.
Published: October 2022

In the course of the work, the study of the main mechanisms of increasing muscle mass for beginners is carried out. As a result of the work carried out, it was revealed that with the right training method, balanced food and good sleep, the growth of muscle mass occurs much faster.
On the main reasons for the activation of right-wing social revolutionaries in Siberia at the beginning of the nep
Authors: Dobrovolsky A. V.
Published: October 2022

The article reveals the reasons for the activation of the right-wing socialist-revolutionaries in Siberia in the early 1920s, after the introduction of a new economic policy in Soviet Russia. The author shows that a number of objective and subjective factors contributed to the activation of the right-wing social revolutionaries in Siberia. Among the objective factors, he points out the discontent of the population with the policy of the Soviet government during the years of "War Communism "and at the beginning of the NEP, the personnel «deficit» of the ruling Bolshevik Party, the close location of the Far Eastern Republic. The sharp intensification of the activities of socialist revolutionaries in the article is demonstrated on the example of Siberian societies, where revolutionaries "captured" the leading posts in the middle and lower managerial level, it has used the material basis of cooperation for the establishment of inner work, expand their outreach. And only the decisive actions of the leadership of the RCP( b), punitive measures of the Cheka/GPU bodies stopped the activity of the Social Revolutionaries, led to the defeat of the socialist opposition in the early 1920s.
Artificial intelligence and digitalization in forensics
Authors: Nikulin D. V.
Published: October 2022

This article identifies potential areas for the use of artificial intelligence in investigative, operational-search and expert activities. An assessment was made of the possibilities of using this technology for analyzing initial information, modeling a crime and its traces, identifying signs of seriality, optimizing forensic research, assessing the sufficiency of evidence, predicting the commission of crimes and strategic planning of the operational environment.
Actual problems of staffing the construction and investment complex of the Russian Federation
Authors: Osipov A. G. , Savinykh V. N. , Grishanova A. V.
Published: October 2022

The tendencies of personnel training for the construction and investment complex of the country over a long period of time are considered. The correlation between the development of the construction industry and the scale of training in higher education has been revealed. The main trends in the development of the complex and some reasons for the decline in the training of personnel for the industry are identified. The importance of multifaceted interaction between the system of professional education of builders and the construction and investment complex is shown. The key to solving the problem of providing personnel with higher education for the construction and investment complex, which lies in the sphere of integrating this cluster of training specialists with the construction industry and reforming both the industry and higher education, is outlined.
Development of book publishing for visually impaired people in Sweden and the UK
Authors: Yakovlev I. V. , Kruteeva O. V.
Published: October 2022

The article examines the experience of making books for visually impaired people in the UK and Sweden by national and postal libraries, as well as commercial printing houses from the early 80s of the XX century to the 10s of the XXI century. The standards of registration and feature of interaction with volunteer organizations are taken into account, as well as the general regulatory and economic conditions that contributed to the development of book publishing at that time. The subject of the study is the book publishing activities of the national libraries of Sweden and the United Kingdom.
The Humorous Aspect of Anti-value Characteristics in "Chewed up" by Louis CK
Authors: Bochkarev A. I.
Published: October 2022

The present work explores the humorous objectification of anti-values in "Chewed up" by Louis CK. The author identifies the following main anti-values which are actualized in this work: stupidity, gluttony, lust, cowardice and uselessness. In addition, the author also highlights the main characteristics of the ridiculed concepts. Gluttony is ridiculed mainly through the result that gluttony leads to: the acquisition of excess weight. Lust in the present work is ridiculed through processes tabooed by society, such as sex with animals and sex with children. Furthermore, stupidity is ridiculed through ignorance of obvious things. Uselessness is ridiculed through the incompetence of representatives of certain professions. Cowardice is ridiculed through various types of fear, such as fear of the wife and fear of the state.
Investigation of the characteristics of a heated plume rise in a gas
Authors: Palymskiy I. B. , Palymskiy V. I. , Frolov I. V.
Published: October 2022

The characteristics of an ascending heated plume in a compressible, viscous and heat-conducting gas are studied by numerical simulation. It is known that at the subcritical height of the region, the isobaric convection regime is realized, and at the supercritical one, adiabatic and superadiabatic. It is shown that adiabatic processes play a decisive role at the supercritical height of the region, and diffusion processes at the subcritical height.
Optoelectronic complex for measuring of functional parameters of MEMS deflectors with electromagnetic control
Authors: Korneev V. S. , Shergin S. L.
Published: October 2022

An optical-electronic complex has been developed and tested, which makes it possible to measure the dynamic parameters of MEMS deflectors with arbitrary sizes and shapes of reflecting micromirrors, and dipoles made of various ferromagnetic materials. The complex makes it possible to measure the following parameters of MEMS deflectors: current strength in the control coil, magnetic field induction in the air gap, angular size and relative intensity of the diffraction pattern maxima, as well as their movement during synchronous rotation of the micromirrors at small angles. Using the presented optical-electronic complex, dynamic parameters of MEMS were measured. Deflectors with specified dimensions of reflective elements and dipoles made of various ferromagnetic materials, while the deviation angle measurement accuracy was ± 10´´, the measurement error of the current strength in the control coil is ± 0,1 mA.
Application of volume hologram optical elements. Part 1
Authors: Batomunkuev Yu. Ts.
Published: October 2022

This paper is devoted to an overview of practical applications of volume holographic optical elements in devices developed at the Siberian State Geodetic Academy (SSGA) and at the CKB «Tochpribor» (Novosibirsk). In the first part of the work, examples of the use of volume holographic optical elements in a holographic level, in a holographic sight and in a holographic spectrum indicator are considered. It is shown that the use of volume holographic optical elements opens up the possibility of developing and creating fundamentally new design solutions for optical and spectral devices. The paper notes both the advantages and some disadvantages of using volume holographic optical elements in the developed holographic devices. It is indicated how the emerging shortcomings of these devices can be corrected with their further improvement.
Fabrication of a diffractive optical element by the precision diamond micro-turning method
Authors: Gurin N. A.
Published: October 2022

The paper considers the manufacturing process of a diffractive optical element by precision diamond micro-turning using a diffractive lens as an example. The process consists of a preparatory stage and the stage of manufacturing a given diffractive element on specialized equipment with computer program control. The preparatory stage includes selection of a special diamond cutter with a response offset of the cutter angle relative to the calculated microstructure of the diffractive element, the preparation and manufacture of the necessary equipment, including fasteners, with the help of which the optical part is installed and adjusted, on the surface of which a diffractive lens is formed. After that, the specified values of the parameters of the lens zones, the values of the parameters of the diamond cutter are entered into the computer software, and the process of manufacturing a diffractive lens is started.
Promising developments of chalcogenide nanoresists for optical, x-ray and electron beam lithography
Authors: Nalivaiko V. I. , Ponomareva M. A.
Published: October 2022

The results of application of combined systems chalcogenide layer - silver layer as nanoresists are presented. With the help of electron-beam lithography, elements of drawings with a size of 4-7 nm are obtained. These experimental results put chalcogenide combined systems among the most promising lithographic nanoresists.
Circuit designs for construction of pancratic telescopes
Authors: Kolmogorcev N. I. , Khatsevich T. N.
Published: October 2022

The improvement of classical telescopes designed to observe distant objects is currently associated with the provision of operating modes with interchangeable magnification and the possibility of photo and video recording. The purpose of the paper is to propose circuit designs for optical systems of high-magnification pancratic telescopes and substantiate the possibility of their use in engineering. The paper is based on the engineering design of two variants of telescope optical systems with a magnification of 20 to 60 times, in the first of which the pancratic change of magnification is provided by the movements of the components in the ocular part, in the second - in the objective part. The characteristics of pancratic telescopes are considered. It was revealed that in modern models the pancratic change of magnifications is carried out in the ocular and objective parts of the system. Computer simulation methods were used to synthesize optical schemes in the paraxial approximation, followed by the implementation of systems with finite apertures and thicknesses. The developed systems can be used at domestic enterprises of optical instrumentation.
Measurer calibration method based on phase triangulation for measurements in limited volume with refraction of optical signals
Authors: Zuev V. O. , Dvoynishnikov S. V. , Kabardin I. K. , Rakhmanov V. V.
Published: October 2022

The paper presents a method for calibration of a three-dimensional geometry measurement system based on the phase triangulation for measurements in the conditions of limited volume with optical signals refraction. The calibration algorithm implements calibration procedures directly in the measurement volume in the presence of all the limiting objects that cause optical signals refraction. The method is universal for various conditions of limiting volume with optical signals refraction. The developed calibration method was tested in the case the limiting volume in the form of a plexiglass tube with the transverse size of 200 mm ´ 200 mm and the wall thickness of 20 mm and the measurement volume of 100 mm ´ 100 mm ´ 100 mm. The accuracy of 12 microns was achieved in the measurement of flat object three-dimensional geometry.