bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Bursting the bubble: Border crossing and return in Adekunle Gold’s Ire
Authors: Eshalomi Henrietta O.
Published: January 2023

Using textual analysis, this article reflects on Adekunle Gold’s Ire (‘goodness’). It situates the song within the Nigerian contemporary orientation of ascribing ‘goodness’ to the Global North as a propellant for greener pasture quest abroad. It unpacks the representation of the images of time, returns, supplication and homeland opportunities for migrants who, over time, have not met their expectation(s) in host countries. The song affirms the call by ‘goodness’ in the homeland for migrants to return. This call to look back on the homeland’s ‘goodness’ discredits the assumption that there are better opportunities abroad. The discussion foregrounds Gold’s admonishment to work hard, considering that regardless of location, Ire can only be appropriated if one metaphorically waters the ground. The metaphoric resonance of ground watering underscores the contemporary construction of African youths as non-resourceful. It accentuates the understanding that the prerequisite for achieving ‘goodness’ is fundamentally the same both at home and on ‘the other side’. However, Gold impliedly realizes some hardworking individuals have not relented in watering the ground; yet, all efforts have proven fruitless. The climax of the sudden realization that concerted efforts can sometimes be futile and the fear of imagined poverty plunges the singer into a state of supplication and plea to his eda (‘destiny’) to lead him along a fruitful path. Reflecting on the track’s overarching philosophical import, the article concludes that the achievement of goodness is not a function of place, but hard work in harmony with eda.
Nutritional Composition and Antioxidant Activity of
Freshwater Lobster in Malaysia: A Short Review
Authors: Tengku Zainal Abidin Tengku Zarith Hazlin , Mat Ali Nurin Najmina , Abu Bakar Fazleen Izzany , Ahmad Bakri Faiznur Ain , Abu Bakar Mohd Fadzelly , Malik Nur Hafizah , Abidin Munira Zainal
Published: January 2023

Freshwater lobster or scientifically known as Cherax quaricarinatus is a non-native species from
Northern Australia and resided in Malaysia in the early 1980s. Out of species in freshwater crayfish
groups, the red claw is the sole tropical species and has received much appreciation for being a top
option for aquaculture. Thus, this study reviews C. quadricarinatus in Johor, Malaysia in terms of its
origin, influence in agriculture, nutritional composition, as well as the antioxidant activity. It can be
concluded that the consumption of crayfish lobster offers many health benefits due to its high antioxidant
content and nutritional value
Bioactive Phytoconstituents of Leucas zeylanica and its Molecular Docking Study
Authors: Islam Md. Din , Chowdhary Uttam , Rabi Saswata , Mitra Shyama Prasad , Nath Ranjit K. , Sutradhar Ranajit K.
Published: January 2023

Bioactive phytoconstituents 1-3 were isolated from the chloroform extract of aerial parts of Leucas
zeylanica. Structure of all the three compounds were elucidated by the spectroscopic analysis data.
Three compounds showed good activities, but compound 2 exhibited significant in vitro antioxidant
activity. In molecular docking study of compound 2 also showed good docking score within binding
pocket of the selected proteins.
Adsorption of Rhodamine-B Dye by Raw and Activated Bael Leaves:
Isotherms, Kinetics and Thermodynamics Perspectives
Authors: Yadav Renu , Sharma Anoop Kumar , Yadav Anil
Published: January 2023

The agricultural waste and their derived products to remove dyes from wastewater have attracted
ample attention due to its availability and economic advantages with high removal efficiency. In this
study, raw bael leaves and their prepared carbon were used to remove Rhodamine-B (RhB) dye present in
wastewater. The effects of different factors, including concentration (50-100 mg/L), contact time (20-140
min), adsorbent dosage (5-50 mg), pH range (1-10) and temperature (20-60 ºC) were investigated.
The maximum percentage removal of RhB dye were found to be 77.4 and 89.9, respectively using raw
bael leaves (RBL) and activated carbon of bael leaves (ACBL) with optimum conditions. Different
characterization techniques used to characterize the adsorbents (RBL and ACBL) via SEM, FTIR,
XRD and BET. Adsorption process obeyed Langmuir isotherm model for both cases viz. adsorption of
RhB on RBL and adsorption of RhB on ACBL. The maximum adsorption capacities 86.89 mg/g and
113.82 mg/g were found for RBL and ACBL, respectively. The kinetics adsorption study for adsorption
of RhB on RBL and ACBL had a great correlation with pseudo-second order model and confirmed the
processes are chemisorption. Therefore, the RBL and ACBL adsorbents could be encouraging
adsorbents for the removal of dyes.
Synthesis of Ca-doped CeO2 Nanoparticles for the Enhanced
Adsorption Activity of Chitosan and Other Applications
Authors: Geetha M.P. , Nazareth R. , Surya P. , Pratheeksha P. , Suchetan P.A.
Published: January 2023

Calcium doped cerium oxide (CeO2) nanoparticles (NPs) were synthesized by co-precipitation method
with ammonium ceric sulfate as the precursor and ethanol as solvent. They were characterized through
X-ray diffraction (XRD), scanning electron microscopy (SEM) and energy-dispersive X-ray (EDX)
analyses. Pure CeO2 NPs have a crystallite size of 9 nm, while, calcium-doped ones have 2 nm and are
having regular spherical shapes. Brunauer-Emmett-Teller (BET) surface analysis indicated that
calcium-doped CeO2 NPs have larger specific surface area (59.806 m2/g) than pure CeO2 NPs (30-40
m2/g). As a result, chitosan incorporated with calcium doped CeO2 NPs showed better adsorption
efficiencies (48-70%) than when incorporated with undoped CeO2 NPs (35-51%). Studies suggested
that calcium doped CeO2 NPs are better potential photocatalyst for methyl orange degradation, with
efficiencies between 25-68 % (in the time interval of 15-75 min) than their pure counterpart (2-15%).
Microbial Approaches for the Plastic Bioremediation and
Ecofriendly Environmental Sustainability
Authors: Devi R. Jayakala , Usha R.
Published: January 2023

The world’s first “infinite” plastic waste is a major issue existing in both developed and developing
countries. Synthetic plastics are correlated to the current lifestyle in packing of food, detergents,
cosmetics, plastic bottles, sanitary wares, household utensils, artificial leather and pharmaceutical
products. These synthetic plastics include polyurethane, polystyrene, polypropylene, low-density
polyethylene, polyvinyl chloride, high-density polyethylene and polyethylene terephthalate in the
descending order of recycling codes. Extensive use of these synthetic polymer materials paves way
for accumulation in the ecosystem. Improper handling of this plastic wastes by traditional disposal
methods like landfill and incineration in open fields leads to the release of toxic chemicals in the
environment. The recent advancement in the degradation of synthetic plastics is concentrated on the
use of microorganisms and their enzymes as biological treatment. The interaction between microbes
and the plastic polymer is needed to understand for quenching the thirst for microbial bioremediation
approach to overcome plastic pollution. However, knowledge of scientific evidence for plastic
degradation by microbes is paucity. This review highlighted insight gist about the effective microbial
technology applied in bioremediation techniques like in situ and ex situ strategies. Further exploration
of the vast diversity of plastic-eating microorganisms and their enzymes involved in the mechanism
results in a valuable end product. This literature represents the green route to the bio-recycling of
harmful plastic material from the ecosystem.
Study on Fluorine Removal Performance of Gibbsite by Different Calcined Temperature
Authors: Liu Xiuwu , Zhong Yang , Wang Yuxing , Cao Jilin , Ge Leijiao , Ali Syed Kashif , Mazahirul Islam
Published: January 2023

When applied to wastewater treatment, natural gibbsite has a low fluorine capacity and is therefore
rarely used. In this work, the gibbsite was calcined at different temperatures to improve the fluoride
adsorption capacity. The adsorption responsible parameters, such as calcination temperature and time,
initial fluoride concentration, dosage, reaction time and temperature were optimized. The results showed
that the adsorption capacity of fluorine ion varies significantly by the gibbsite calcined at different
temperatures. The best fluorine removal effect is the gibbsite calcined at 573 K for 0.75 h and its
adsorption fluoride capacity of 8.3470 mg/g, which is 7.4 times that of natural gibbsite under the same
conditions. Calcination temperature on its structural properties by means of scanning electron
microscopy (SEM), thermogravimetric and differential thermal analysis (TGA/DSC), X-ray diffraction
(XRD) and Brunauer-Emmett-Teller (BET) for the gibbsite were investigated. The results of
characterization analysis showed that the phase composition of gibbsite calcined at different
temperatures is different and the significantly different effect of fluorine removal may be attributed to
the increase of specific surface area after calcination. The pseudo-second-order kinetic model and
Langmuir adsorption isotherm model can better describe the fluorine removal process of gibbsite
calcined at high temperature.
Adsorption of Chromium(VI) from Aqueous Solution using
Iron Oxide Loaded Strong Base Anion Exchange Resin
Authors: Revankar Harish N. , Koujalagi Prasanna S. , Gurjar Vijayendra R. , Kulkarni Raviraj M.
Published: January 2023

A hybrid adsorbent (FO-Tulsion) was prepared by altering Tulsion A-62(MP), a commercial strongly
basic anion-exchanging resin, with hydrated ferric oxide (HFO) particles of average crystallite size
49.6 nm and the removal of Cr6+ from water on Tulsion A-62(MP) and HFO-Tulsion was observed
under optimized parameters. This study examines the effectiveness of chromium(VI) removal from
water utilizing Tulsion A-62(MP) and Fe-loaded Tulsion A-62(MP) as selective sorbent materials. As
the resin and HFO-ion-exchange Tulsion’s mechanism was rather easy and after 210 min of Cr6+
solution interaction, the optimum equilibrium was reached. Almost all the chromium ions was removed
by the sorption process when the pH was between 4.0 and 5.0. The Freundlich and Langmuir adsorption
isotherms were used to compare the equilibrium data for Cr6+ adsorption and it was found that both are
highly suitable for Cr6+ adsorption. Under the same conditions, evaluation of the adsorption attainment
of the prepared HFO-Tulsion and the anion resin indicated that the HFO-Tulsion had an elevated
adsorption capability with a value of 207.18 mg/g than the anion resin (181.55 mg/g). The resulting
hybrid resin was studied using spectroscopic and solid-state methods. Adsorption is governed by
first-order reversible kinetics. It is possible that modifying anion resin with hydrated ferric oxide can
greatly pick up the adsorption performance in the elimination of Cr6+ from drinking water and polluted
water.
Ten Simple Rules for Post-Pandemic Preprinting
Authors: Avissar-Whiting Michele , Aziz Ramy , Bandyopadhyay Soham , Blommaert Julie , Dimairo Munya , Lunny Carole , McIntosh Leslie , Mobasheri Ali , Treweek Shaun , Verspoor Karin
Published: January 2023

The COVID-19 pandemic transformed the practice of preprinting from a niche activity in the life sciences to a mainstream one, encouraged by large funders and publishers alike. In early 2020, preprint servers had to adjust to the huge volumes of pandemic-related research being produced and submitted and to the new challenges these outputs introduced. Like all servers, Research Square was inundated with submissions during the early months of the pandemic and had to become more vigilant in its approach to screening them. From this experience, we have learned a lot about how preprints can shape public discourse and the care that must be taken by both the producers and distributors of the content. In this poster, we reflect on our learnings from more than 20 months navigating rapid research dissemination in a global pandemic and present a list of 10 best practices for authors preparing a preprint submission.
Discoverability and the Small Publisher: A Case Study from RTI Press
Authors: Gering Anne , Wetterberg Anna
Published: January 2023

Digital publishing holds the promise of global dissemination of research findings. Small publishers, however, face numerous obstacles to making their publications discoverable: budget/personnel constraints, marketplace competition, a vast array of formats and types of metadata available, and so on. Where is a small publisher to start?

This poster summarizes RTI Press’s efforts to boost our discoverability. By looking at what worked and what didn’t work, we demonstrate how other small scholarly publishers can develop discoverability strategies and tactics that are cost-efficient, tailored to the appropriate audience, and effective. Since implementing these strategies, RTI Press had a 29% YOY increase in citations in fiscal year 2020 and a 32% increase in fiscal year 2021.

RTI Press is a global publisher of peer-reviewed, diamond open-access publications. We are also the small scholarly publishing arm of RTI International, our parent research institution. Because of our size, various institutional constraints, and the fact that we publish less traditional formats, we experience many of the obstacles small presses face in sharing their publications.

We used a twofold approach to investing in our discoverability. First, we made cultural investments: getting leadership buy-in, educating researchers, using researcher networks to promote publications, determining reader needs, and collaborating with our library services and corporate communications team. Second, we made technological investments by using analytics to determine our readers’ habits, improving our metadata, integrating additional metadata by using persistent identifiers and an institutional repository, indexing our publications where our readers can find them, and improving our website’s SEO.
The Future of Data Publication in an Open Science World: Perspectives from Researchers, Journal Publishers, and Industry Professionals
Authors: Krebs Kristine , Munro Eliana , Ruediger Dylan
Published: January 2023

As the norms of open science take hold, scholarly communication faces a moment of transition. Scholars must increasingly reckon with whether and where to publish research data. Publishers are grappling with how to integrate research data into their publication workflows and platforms. And professionals working in a range of fields need to know where they can publish and find the most up-to-date, verified public data to inform their decisions. How do researchers decide when and where to publish research data, and what value does open science bring to journal publishers and editors looking to build audiences and impact? How do their audiences seek to use data from and share data with peers? This poster explores data publication from multiple perspectives, including peer-reviewed journals, member publications in health care engineering, and over 200 interviews with big data researchers.
Impacts of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Early Career Publishing Professionals: Perspectives from the Remote Workplace
Authors: Harwood Hannah , Jewett Kevin , Lavallee Kate
Published: January 2023

Between the impacts of COVID-19 and the Great Resignation, many people are changing fields or finding new jobs, including those within the scholarly publishing community. Increased opportunities for remote work can provide expanded geographic flexibility, better work-life balance, and higher levels of productivity. However, the benefits of remote work may also come at a cost for those in the early stages of their career.

We collected perspectives from early career members of the scholarly publishing community who have moved to a remote or hybrid environment. We asked them to describe the perceived benefits and challenges faced by a transition to remote work and changes in their career. We also reached out to managers and mentors to ask their thoughts about bringing new employees up to speed and providing effective mentorship in a remote or hybrid environment.

We also asked both groups to provide recommendations to the other for how these challenges can be addressed and mitigated going forward. It is vital that both early-career members of the scholarly publishing community, and their managers and mentors, learn to adapt and thrive in a virtual setting as the reality of the remote workplace is here to stay.
Persona Profiles for CRediT roles
Authors: Hosseini Mohammad , Gonzales Sara , Carson Matthew , Holmes Kristi
Published: January 2023

CRediT is the most frequently used contributor role data model, adopted extensively by key scholarly stakeholders including funders (e.g., Wellcome Trust), publishers (e.g., Elsevier, Sage, Springer), and repositories (e.g., Zenodo/InvenioRDM), and is expected to play an increasingly critical role in the context of data sharing and open science workflows. By providing a standard list of fourteen roles to specify individual contributions to scholarly publications, CRediT enhances transparency and consistency about reporting diverse contributions to scholarly works, thereby improving the attribution of credit and responsibilities. However, CRediT can be limited, as it oversimplifies complex research activities and overlooks the rich range of responsibilities and requirements in today’s interdisciplinary research. Likewise, ethical application of CRediT suffers from inconsistent and sometimes inaccurate understanding of roles, resulting in the misattribution of credit and responsibilities due to brief descriptive definitions of roles that are difficult to apply across disciplines. In response, we have developed a strategy to articulate CRediT roles with persona profiles to facilitate better communication of these roles and reduce the likelihood of misunderstanding.

This poster will present our rationale and activities to create persona profiles for CRediT roles, providing an opportunity to gather feedback on our understanding of these roles across various research domains to improve the quality of our persona profiles. This project is supported by a Mission Advancement Award from Northwestern University Department of Preventive Medicine and the Northwestern University Clinical and Translational Sciences Institute (NUCATS, UL1TR001422).
Do social scientists care if their research makes outside impact?
Authors: Gamboa Camille
Published: January 2023

How much do social and behavioral scientists care that their research is valued and applied outside of academiaü How much does it matter to them that it makes a positive impact on societyü How important are journal reputation and impact factorü Does anyone care about publisher reputationü And how much does a researcher’s, gender, point in career, and the country in which they work correlate with responsesü In 2021, SAGE Publishing put out a survey to social and behavioral scientists asking them about what motivates them to do research and get it published and more than 3,000 from 117 countries responded. This poster will share findings related to researcher motivation, how researchers see that their institutions reward research with outside impact (or not), as well as if and how they make time to expand the reach of their research.

Full findings will come out in a white paper later in 2022.
Building a preprint community as a scholarly society: a case study of APSA Preprints
Authors: Gurstelle Jon , Marchant Emily
Published: January 2023

Preprints are growing, and even more so since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic. How can scholarly societies engage with the preprint space, and what are some of the considerations that are helpful when building new preprint communitiesü With this poster, we offer a case study and lessons learned from the first two and a half years of APSA Preprints, a collaboration between the American Political Science Association and Cambridge University Press, which launched in 2019, and uses Cambridge Open Engage technology. We share stats on site usage, user feedback, and also present a run-down of important considerations when setting up a new preprint community, including how to drive collaboration, manage content moderation and ways of integrating preprints with the journals publication process.
Chemical, physical, and biological attributes of the soil in integrated systems
Authors: Ventura Matheus Vinicius Abadia , Menezes Filho Antonio Carlos Pereira de , Batista-Ventura Hellen Regina Feranndes
Published: January 2023

Integrated systems are conservationist and sustainable systems with great prominence on the national scene for reducing financial and productive risk in the agricultural sector and reducing environmental damage. One of the successes of these systems is to see the cultivation environment in an integrated way, knowing each of its components; soil, plant, and atmosphere. In large-scale field production, the plant and the soil are the components of the production system that are more likely to be modulated, seeking greater productivity. The objective of this work was to survey scientific advances on the chemical, physical and biological attributes of soil in integrated systems. The works show that chemical, physical and biological attributes are influenced by soil management in integrated systems. In general, integrated agricultural systems are more efficient alternatives for Brazil and must meet international commitments to reduce the greenhouse effect for low-carbon agriculture. For the rural producer, the integrated systems are advantageous due to the greater production in a smaller area and the diversification of income.
As Modificações Antrópicas na Paisagem Fluvial da Cidade São João Del-Rei – Minas Gerais, Brasil
Authors: Ferreira André Barbosa Ribeiro , Zacharias Andréa Aparecida , Cardozo Francielle Silva , Fonseca Bráulio Magalhães
Published: January 2023

As intervenções antrópicas na paisagem natural tornaram-se recorrentes a partir da expansão dos núcleos e aumento populacional, fazendo com que a relação estabelecida entre o ser humano e a natureza se distanciasse do modelo naturalista e assumisse uma premissa intervencionista. Dentre as diversas interferências no meio natural, este trabalho estabelece um recorte espacial sobre as modificações na paisagem fluvial urbana, em particular, nas ocasionadas pelas retificações, canalizações e tamponamentos dos rios urbanos. A desnaturalização e descaracterização desse sistema faz com que a existência dos corpos hídricos seja ignorada, adquirindo notoriedade apenas quando processos de ordem natural, intensificados pelo ser humano, acarretam prejuízos ou desastres à população que, habitualmente, ocupa as áreas de várzea. Desse modo, reconhecer as referidas modificações e resgatar a relação de pertencimento com esse ambiente que, inicialmente, deu suporte à formação da maioria dos núcleos urbanos, torna-se essencial ao planejamento da paisagem local e ordenamento urbano. A partir desse entendimento, este estudo teve como objetivo efetuar um levantamento das modificações na paisagem fluvial da cidade de São João del-Rei — Minas Gerais. Para isso, foi empregado o método descritivo investigativo para a elaboração de um estudo de caso. Os resultados obtidos indicam que a paisagem fluvial da cidade em questão foi significativamente alterada, sobretudo por retificações, canalizações e tamponamento dos rios urbanos, os quais são apresentados em um contexto histórico e relacionados aos processos e a dinâmica das águas urbanas.
The effects of perceptual motor development programs on balance and quickness at preschool children aged between 4 and 6
Authors: Tüfekçioğlu Ertan , Ayça İnci Banu
Published: January 2023

Preschool is the term that allows the most positive and permanent contributions to movements skills to be realized. This term includes the development stages that may shape whole life. It is known that, apporpriate education programs in sensitive age terms accelerate development at children. Therefore, the effects of perceptual motor development programs on balance and qucikness will be examined in this study.Pre-test Post-test control group model is carried out  in this study. 62 children, consisting of 30 for test group and 32 for control gorup and ages of which changing between 4 and 6 were participated in this study. Perceptual motor development activities were applied on test group for a period of 14 weeks and pre-test and post-test differences were analized by independent samples t test between the groups. Consequently; while significant differences (p<0.01) were seen at within-group measurements, there was no significant difference at between-group measurements (p>0.05) at the pre-test post test values of motor performance of test group and control gorup.
Legal and Institutional Impediments to Sharing Economy: Case of Uber’s Non-Uptake in Hong Kong
Authors: Iu Kwan-Yuen , Cheuk Paul W. H.
Published: January 2023

Technological innovations can significantly impact market structures and the behavior of actors, necessitating legal changes. However, in the face of technological changes brought by sharing economy, there is a differential in the responsiveness of rule-making institutions across different jurisdictions. This article analyses the rule-making institutions that allow for the regulatory changes procured by Uber and the institutional impediments that may restrict jurisdiction in accommodating this type of crowd-based technological disrupters. Uber’s non-adoption in Hong Kong is compared to its success in the United States to evaluate the limitations of rule-making institutions in responding to the legal change required by sharing economy companies. Changes in the rule-making institutions themselves may be needed to accelerate technological innovations and economic growth. This article suggests that there is a lack of institutional adaptability in Hong Kong, where the rule-making institutions are unable to facilitate potential regulatory reform. While the feasibility of changing a particular jurisdiction’s electoral system and political systems may be low, jurisdictions can improve the accountability of their executive regulators by modifying the incentive structure.
Plato’s Timaeus and the Limits of Natural Science
Authors: MacFarlane Ian
Published: January 2023

The relationship between mind and necessity is one of the major points of difficulty for the interpretation of Plato’s Timaeus. At times Timaeus seems to say the demiurge is omnipotent in his creation, and at other times seems to say he is limited by pre-existing matter. Most interpretations take one of the two sides, but this paper proposes a novel approach to interpreting this issue which resolves the difficulty. This paper suggests that in his speech Timaeus presents two hypothetical models of creation, one with an omnipotent demiurge and one where he is limited by matter, so as to investigate their theoretical and empirical validity. Further, he shows that each model is ultimately an inadequate explanation of the first principles of the cosmos. Timaeus’ speech is therefore properly understood to be aporetic: it leaves its listeners aware of the difficulties inherent in the two models of creation, but without a more viable alternative.
Asymptotic behavior of resolvents of equilibrium problems on complete geodesic spaces
Authors: Kimura Yasunori , Shindo Keisuke
Published: January 2023

In this article, we discuss equilibrium problems and their resolvents on complete geodesic spaces. In particular, we consider asymptotic behavior and continuity of resolvents with positive parameter in a complete geodesic space whose curvature is bounded above. Furthermore, we apply these results to resolvents of convex functions.
HWCD: A hybrid approach for image compression using wavelet, encryption using confusion, and decryption using diffusion scheme
Authors: Latha Heggere Rangaswamaiah , Ramaprasath Alagarswamy
Published: January 2023

Image data play important role in various real-time online and offline applications. Biomedical field has adopted the imaging system to detect, diagnose, and prevent several types of diseases and abnormalities. The biomedical imaging data contain huge information which requires huge storage space. Moreover, currently telemedicine and IoT based remote health monitoring systems are widely developed where data is transmitted from one place to another. Transmission of this type of huge data consumes more bandwidth. Along with this, during this transmission, the attackers can attack the communication channel and obtain the important and secret information. Hence, biomedical image compression and encryption are considered the solution to deal with these issues. Several techniques have been presented but achieving desired performance for combined module is a challenging task. Hence, in this work, a novel combined approach for image compression and encryption is developed. First, image compression scheme using wavelet transform is presented and later a cryptography scheme is presented using confusion and diffusion schemes. The outcome of the proposed approach is compared with various existing techniques. The experimental analysis shows that the proposed approach achieves better performance in terms of autocorrelation, histogram, information entropy, PSNR, MSE, and SSIM.
Crystal structure of N-(4-bromophenyl)-4-[3-(trifluoromethyl)phenyl]-piperazine-1-carbothioamide, C18H17BrF3N3S
Authors: Al-Sanea Mohammad M. , Blacque Olivier , Mohamed Ahmed A. B. , Tiekink Edward R. T. , El-Emam Ali A.
Published: January 2023

C18H17BrF3N3S, triclinic,

P

1
‾

$P\overline{1}$

(no. 2), a = 8.6380(2) Å, b = 14.5082(3) Å, c = 14.8000(3) Å, α = 98.177(2)°, β = 97.015(2)°, γ = 91.111(2)°, V = 1820.89(7) Å3, Z = 4, R
gt(F) = 0.0296, wR
ref(F
2) = 0.0783, T = 160 K.
Crystal structure of 9-(2-chloroethoxy)-4-(4-methoxy-3-(trifluoromethyl)phenyl)- 5,6-dihydrobenzo[h]quinazolin-2-amine, C22H19ClF3N3O2
Authors: Li Rong-Kai , Wang Chun-Hua , Hou Gui-Ge , Li Cheng-Bo
Published: January 2023

C22H19ClF3N3O2, triclinic,

P

1
‾

$P\overline{1}$

(no. 2), a = 9.8138(7) Å, b = 10.9739(7) Å, c = 11.6878(9) Å, α = 62.633(7)°, β = 67.095(7)°, γ = 68.817(6)°, V = 1003.78(14) Å3, Z = 2, R

gt
(F) = 0.0454, wR

ref
(F
2) = 0.1158, T = 293 K.
The crystal structure of 2-(2-bromophenyl)-4-phenylbenzo[b][1,4]oxaphosphinine 4-oxide, C20H14BrO2P
Authors: Xu Xiaozhen , Xu Na , Ma Shengtao , Wu Xinan , Zhang Junling
Published: January 2023

C20H14BrO2P, monoclinic, P21/c (no. 14), a = 11.9837(14) Å, b = 9.9901(12) Å, c = 14.3621(18) Å, β = 94.873(2)°, V = 1713.2(4) Å3, Z = 4, R

gt
(F) = 0.0598, wR

ref
(F
2) = 0.1925, T = 296.15 K.
Crystal structure of niobium trigallide, NbGa3
Authors: Baldauf Jasper Arne , Block Theresa , Pöttgen Rainer
Published: January 2023

NbGa3, tetragonal, I4/mmm (no. 139), a = 3.7930(6) Å, c = 8.7049(13) Å, V = 125.24(3) Å3, Z = 2, R

gt
(F) = 0.0303, wR

ref
(F
2) = 0.0702, T = 293 K.
Crystal structure of dimethyl 4,4′-(((1R, 2R)-cyclohexane-1,2-diyl)bis(azanediyl))dibenzoate, C22H26N2O4
Authors: Pan Ting , Shi Da-Bin
Published: January 2023

C22H26N2O4, trigonal, P32 (no. 145), a = 8.0196(2) Å, c = 26.2366(5) Å, V = 1461.31(8) Å3, Z = 3, R
gt(F) = 0.0290, wR
ref(F
2) = 0.0829, T = 149.99(10) K.
The crystal structure of 6,6′-((1E,1′E)-hydrazine-1,2-diylidenebis(methanylylidene)) bis(2-(tert-butyl)phenol), C22H28N2O2
Authors: Xiao Zhenxiu , Deng Xin , Jiang Wujiu , Fu Weiwei
Published: January 2023

C22H28N2O2, monoclinic, P21/n (no. 14), a = 6.463(3) Å, b = 14.889(6) Å, c = 10.282(4) Å, β = 95.105(5)°, V = 985.5(7) Å3, Z = 2, R
gt(F) = 0.0425, wR
ref(F
2) = 0.1206, T = 296 (2) K.
Gain scheduling control of aero-engine based on mixing polynomial LPV synthesis
Authors: Shen Bin , Xiao Lingfei , Ye Zhifeng
Published: January 2023

A full envelope LMI-based multi-region linear parameter-varying power controller is designed for a turbofan engine in this paper. According to the characteristics of aero-engine model, three scheduling variables are divided into two groups firstly, and then part of them are partitioned, rather than all scheduling variables are partitioned directly as the usual multi-region LPV control. The polynomial LPV model of aero-engine is established under a specific flight condition. An explicit LPV controller by gridding method based on parameter-dependent Lyapunov function is designed and we propose a method to eliminate the dependence of LPV controller on the derivative of scheduling parameter. The flight envelope of turbofan engine is divided into multiple sub-regions, and a mixing LPV control method with overlapping regions is proposed, which can guarantee stability and performance across the full envelope. Finally, the simulation results on the nonlinear component level model of a twin-spool turbofan engine verify our method.
"Todo cuanto importa saber a médicos y farmacéuticos para el empleo de esta droga". Los estudios terapéuticos de Secundino Sosa, 1890-1901
Authors: Vega y Ortega Baez Rodrigo Antonio
Published: January 2023

Secundino Sosa fue un médico mexicano que al final del siglo XIX desarrolló varias investigaciones clínicas y terapéuticas. El objetivo del artículo es examinar la serie de estudios terapéuticos que Sosa emprendió sobre la flora, la fauna y las aguas minerales en el lapso 1890-1901. El corpus histórico se compone de diez escritos provenientes de la Gaceta Médica de México, El Estudio, Anales del Instituto Médico Nacional y Datos para la Materia Médica Mexicana. La metodología da lugar a analizar cómo Sosa evidenció las fases de experimentación de la época que garantizaban a los médicos la sanción terapéutica de las plantas, animales y aguas minerales que se usaban de forma popular.
Emilio Fernández, el intelectual detrás de la cámara que buscó justicia social a través de la pantalla grande. Análisis de cuatro filmes, del auge a la decadencia (1942-1968)
Authors: Mera Reyes Felipe , Zapata de la Cruz Jenny
Published: January 2023

El objetivo de este trabajo estriba en reflexionar a Emilio Fernández a través de sus obras cinematográficas. Las cintas elegidas nos permiten explicar cuáles eran los ideales culturales y políticos respecto a la educación, la identidad del mestizo y del indígena mexicano. A su vez buscamos plantear la figura de Fernández desde la idea de un intelectual constructor de símbolos nacionalistas durante el periodo de la unidad nacional. Para tal meta recurrimos a películas que dirigió entre 1942 y 1968; este recorrido también nos dio la oportunidad de comprender su auge y decadencia como director de cine. De esta forma, entregamos el análisis de las ideas políticas educativas nacionalistas, pero también un enfoque hacia los anhelos y sueños del hombre, del intelectual y del artista.
La Sociedad Médica José Ramos, una organización mutualista de principios del siglo XX
Authors: Ramírez de Lara María Elena
Published: January 2023

El mutualismo tiene una larga historia entre los grupos de artesanos y trabajadores en México, su aparición en nuestro país a mediados del siglo XIX, sus actividades para la protección laboral y apoyo de sus asociados han sido objeto de múltiples estudios, incluso también, su transformación en sindicalismo en la siguiente centuria. Menor atención han recibido las organizaciones similares de profesionistas. Éstos, si bien suelen reunirse para el impulso de sus respectivas disciplinas, también han unido esfuerzos para debatir y mejorar sus condiciones de trabajo y económicas. Una de esas agrupaciones fue la Sociedad Médica “José Ramos”, que desde 1904 sirvió para impulsar el mutualismo entre los médicos de la Ciudad de México, objeto de esta investigación.
SHIITE COMMUNITIES IN EUROPE: MODERATES VS. RADICALS. PART 1
Authors:   Institute of Europe, Russian Academy of Sciences, Shumilin Alexander
Published: January 2023

The author of the article focuses on a topic that has not been sufficiently studied by experts and analysts – the role of the Shiite factor in the religious and political life of Muslim communities in Europe. This situation is partly due to the small size of the Shia communities and the increased loyalty of most of their members to the authorities of the host country in comparison with the Sunni communities, which are much more numerous and have a longer history of coexistence with the indigenous population on the European continent. As part of the study of the problems of Islamic radicalism and extremism in Europe, the previous issues of the Bulletin examined in detail the structure, system and features of the activities of the cells and organizations of the international association of the Sunni Muslim Brotherhood there. They are almost openly patronized by such states as Turkey and Qatar, and Saudi Arabia, the UAE, Egypt and a number of other Arab states are trying to expose in the eyes of Europeans and limit the influence of «brothers» in the Old World. Behind the Shiite radicals in Europe are, of course, Iran and groups like Hezbollah sponsored by it, as well as international organizations of Shiite Muslims. The author notes the strengthening of radical sentiments in the Shiite communities of European countries. This is due not only to the efforts of Iran’s paramilitary structures, extremist Hezbollah, but also in many respects – paradoxically – the rapprochement between Sunni and Shiite radicals on European territory.
THE NEW GOVERNMENT OF GERMANY AND GERMAN-RUSSIAN RELATIONS. UKRAINIAN FACTOR. PART 3
Authors:   Institute of Europe, Russian Academy of Sciences, Belov Vladislav
Published: January 2023

The Russian special military operation in Ukraine has had a negative impact not only on German-Russian relations in the political and economic sphere, but also in the field of scientific, educational, cultural and humanitarian cooperation. The decision to terminate cooperation with the Russian Federation was made both at the level of the structures of the German government, and at the level of individual non–governmental organizations and institutions – leading scientific societyes, universities and colleges. It affected hundreds of existing joint programs, including international ones. The participation of the Russian Federation in scientific projects-lighthouse projects – the construction of a laser in Hamburg and an accelerator in Darmstadt, where it is one of the most important partners, has been frozen. An exception was the International Space Station, the operation of which was impossible without Russia. Since the end of February this year in Germany spread «denial of Russian culture» by leading German media. Representatives of Russian culture who did not condemn the SVO received a «professional ban» in the Federal Republic. Belonging to «Russian» turned out to be poisonous. Many representatives of the German establishment have massively declared their contribution to the development of German-Russian cooperation in recent decades to be wrong. The author analyzes the current situation in the field of cooperation between Germany and the Russian Federation in the field of science, education and culture and gives a forecast for its further development.
DEVELOPMENT OF LNG INFRASTRUCTURE IN GERMANY: RACE AGAINST TIME
Authors:   Institute of Europe, Russian Academy of Sciences, Kotov Alexander
Published: January 2023

The article considers the current problem to build terminals for the import of liquefied natural gas (LNG). The paper demonstrates that projects considered in recent years have been hampered due to lack of investment and lack of demand. Due to the aggravation of the conflict in Ukraine and the desire to reduce energy dependence on natural gas supplies from Russia, these projects is necessary for Germany’s economy. We examine the criticism of the projects by environmental public organizations. The article analyzes the unprecedented speed of investment decisions in the energy infrastructure, the newly created framework conditions by the Law on accelerating the construction of LNG terminals. The article discusses that the German federal government assigns them a key role in ensuring the security of gas supplies. On the example of key locations: Brunsbüttel, Wilhelmshaven and Stade, we examine various options potential investors. We hypothesise that in the future, these projects open up Germany the possibility of global natural gas supplies without the use of pipelines and, thus, interaction with new market players. Simultaneously, although LNG volumes from terminals in neighboring European countries are also available to the German natural gas market. This paper proved that in detail the importance for ensuring the reliability of gas supply of planned domestic investments that do not depend solely on commercial benefits. Significant positive impact of gas infrastructure is only found in the context of hydrogen energy in the country.
ANTI-CRISIS MEASURES OF THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT IN THE ENERGY SECTOR
Authors:   Institute of Europe, Russian Academy of Sciences, Belov Vladislav
Published: January 2023

The article analyzes the deterioration in the situation in the German energy sector that began in 2021 and continued in 2022. It was complemented by a significant intensification of the crisis surrounding Ukraine. Its consequence was the introduction of a harsh sanction’s regime against Russia by the collective West, primarily by the United States and the European Union. As part of multiple sanctions packages in March-June, restrictions on a number of domestic primary energy sources were imposed, which were major contributors to rising global oil and gas prices and curbed Russian gas supplies to Europe. This has become one of the most important factors driving inflation growth in Germany and raising expectations of gas shortages on the eve of the next autumnwinter season. Since the beginning of the year, the government has taken a number of measures in the energy sector, which, however, at the beginning of the second half of the year were only able to partially alleviate the looming crisis. The author assesses the effectiveness of German anti-crisis instruments and the prospects of maintaining a consensus in the coalition government on further steps to resolve the situation. Particular attention is paid to the conflict over the Nord Stream 1 gas pipeline.
THE STRATEGIES OF POLICY RESPONSE TO GLOBAL TECHNOLOGICAL RISKS: THE CASES OF RUSSIA AND THE EU
Authors:   MGIMO University, Sorokova Ekaterina
Published: January 2023

The article explores the concept of global technological risks and attempts to define their political dimension. The author analyses the «Global Risks Reports» of the World Economic Forum published over the last 16 years, identifies four groups of risks repeatedly highlighted by experts. Based on the results of this research, the author compares the policy response strategies of Russia and the EU to two most recent risks, namely «Adverse outcomes of technological advances» and «Digital power concentration». The results show that Russia and the EU generally resort to similar measures in their policy response strategies. Increasing competition between the technical and economic models of the United States and China and the rise of digital corporations prompt Russia and the EU to strengthen their digital sovereignty. Most notably, both actors develop stricter legislative regulation to contain the activities of «IT giants», as well as foster their own competitiveness, technology development, infrastructural stability and personal data protection rules. Additionally, both Russia and the EU are gradually building a policy response system to prevent unacceptable humanitarian consequences of digital transformation. They combine the development of regulatory frameworks and conceptual approaches with «soft law», such as ethical requirements.
EU AND THE BULGARIAN-MACEDONIAN CONFLICT
Authors:   Institute of Europe, Russian Academy of Sciences, Kandel Pavel
Published: January 2023

The problem addressed in this article is the lifting of the Bulgarian veto on the start of the EU accession negotiations with Northern Macedonia (and Albania). It traces the main stages of the prolonged Bulgarian-Macedonian dispute and the development of the postures of both parties. It also explicates the domestic political situation in both countries and the causes under which the dispute aggravates and mitigates. Consequently, the unexpected willingness of Brussels for maximum concessions to Sofia’s ultimatums, actually contradictory to its principles, is explained. An apparently impulsive decision to grant, notwithstanding the established procedures, a candidate status for admission to Ukraine and Moldova tested the EU’s relations with the Balkan region. After having long stood in line, the leaders of the Western Balkan states viewed this step with jealousy and did not hide their disappointment. Under these conditions, the European Union felt it imperative to do something at any cost to revive the idea of «enlargement» in their eyes and restore its authority. However, in the end, the Bulgarian-Macedonian dispute is only ostensibly resolved, but in fact only mothballed. Therefore the difficult socio-political situation and the balance of power in both countries will not provide for rapid progress either in their relationship or in the EU negotiation with Skopje. The forecast in conclusion is that such tactics are unlikely to have a positive impact on the authority of the European Union in the Western Balkans. But the new idea of the «EU political community» put forward by Emmanuel Macron and supported by Olaf Scholz will probably continue to disguise the obvious fact that the EU in its current form is not ready to accept new members.
THE MODERN ARCTIC: GLOBAL BIPOLARITY OR BIPOLAR DISORDER?
Authors:   Institute of Europe, Russian Academy of Sciences, Timoshenko Diana
Published: January 2023

After February 2022, the situation in the Arctic begins to acquire some features of a hybrid war, which speak of new negative trends taking place in the region. Many large European and Asian companies from unfriendly countries have left or declared their intention to leave economic projects in the Russian Arctic. Interaction with the foreign scientific community in the field of Arctic research has almost ceased. The well-established algorithm of the Arctic Council’s activities was violated (in March, the participation of Western countries in the events of the chairmanship of the Russian Federation in the Arctic Council (2021–2023) was terminated; in June, the activities of the Council were resumed, but without the participation of Russia; the European Union is trying to increase its influence on Denmark, Sweden and Finland, which are founding members of the Arctic Council). In the summer, a conflict arose and was partially resolved in the Arctic related to the blocking by Norway of Russian cargo sent for Russians and employees of the Arktikugol trust in the village of Barentsburg on Spitsbergen under the pretext of implementing EU sanctions. Under these conditions, Russia is working out additional specific steps to ensure state interests in the Arctic in the socio-economic and defense spheres. According to the authors, a sharp increase in tension is possible in the Arctic after the successful completion of Russia’s special military operation in Ukraine.