bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
“You want me to sign my own indictment.” The personality of Ivan Mikhailov, the Minister of Finance of White Omsk, in the assessments of his secretary Anton Soloveitchik
Authors:   Historical Archive of Omsk Oblast, Stelmak Maksim M. , Petin Dmitriy I. ,   Omsk State Technical University
Published: December 2024

The study analyzes a scandalous episode from the history of anti-Bolshevik Omsk, which took place at the turn of 1919 and is associated with political intrigues, in which a number of government, military and public figures of White Siberia were involved. Among the main defendants in the incident are Minister of Finance Ivan Mikhailov and his secretary Anton Soloveitchik. The considered plot, connected with Soloveitchik’s arrest by white counterintelligence and his deportation from Omsk, is analyzed through the prism of the original source base. The base includes fairly informative and previously unpublished fragments of Soloveitchik’s diary and testimony (stored in the funds of the State Archive of the Russian Federation, identified by the authors of the article and characterized in this study), and published ego-documents of figures of the White Movement who became direct or indirect witnesses of that history. The subject the authors chose has not been presented in historiography. In this regard, the aim of the study is to characterize the political activities of Mikhailov at the end of 1918 in Omsk on the basis of the specified documentary complex combined with the developments of historiography, which is a direct reflection of the atmosphere in the highest circles of power in anti-Bolshevik Siberia. The theoretical basis of the study was the combination of the anthropological approach and historical-biographical, historical-genetic and comparative-historical methods that determined its narrative genre. This methodological set allowed, taking into account the personal and psychological characteristics of Mikhailov, Soloveitchik, and a number of other individuals, interpreting their political behavior during the formation of the right-wing conservative White statehood in the east of Russia, as well as making new assessments of the participation of a number of anti-Bolshevik figures in these processes. The significant role of specific reactionary leaders and government functionaries of various orders is emphasized, as well as the rather significant importance of the power bloc and intrigue at the top of the Siberian anti-Bolshevik movement. The research is addressed to a wide range of readers, including specialists in historical anthropology, political and social history, the Civil War in eastern Russia, and Siberian local history.
La-tèn type adornments and costume accessories from Scythian graves on the left bank of the Lower Dniester (findings of 2017)
Authors:   Pridnestrovian State University named after T.G. Shevchenko, Sinika Vitalij S.
Published: December 2024

A Scythian cemetery, located near Glinoe village on the left bank of the Lower Dniester region, was studied by the Dniester archaeological expedition of T. G. Shevchenko Pridnestrovian State University during 1995-2012. Eighteen years of work on this cemetery brought the following results: 113 burial mounds have been studied, including 181 Scythian burials. Analysis of chronological indicators from burials of the Glinoe cemetery allow us to set its lower (turn of 4th – 3rd centuries BC) and upper (last quarter of the 2nd century BC) dates. Currently, there is no doubt that the Scythian steppe culture in the Lower Dniester littoral, not only does not extinguish at the end of the first or third quarter of the 3rd century BC, but also continues to develop until the end of the 2nd century BC, at least. Grave goods on the Glinoe cemetery are represented by all categories – weapons, horse harness, tools, household items, wares, decorations, details and accessories of costume, fancies and cult items. Materials from the Glinoe cemetery allow us to fix, quite surely, the Greek, Thracian and La-Tène elements, expressed in the funerary practice and material culture of the Lower Dniester Scythians. The elements of the material culture of the Central and Eastern European tribes are rarely found in adornments, costume accessories, horse harness and weapons. The emergence of the majority of hooks-clasps and all of the fibulae found on the cemetery however, should be attributed not only to the influence of the East European La-Tène cultures on the steppe Scythians of the North-West Black Sea littoral, but also to the penetration of their carriers directly into the Lower Dniester region. In addition, a belt buckle (2009), a pendant in the form of a sphere (2015, near Ternovka village) and two fibulae (2016, near Slobodzeya town and near Tokmazeya village) of the La-Tène construction were found on the settlements of the Lower Dniester region. But the most informative are items of the La-Tène type which were discovered in the Scythian graves of the last quarter of the 4th – the first half of the 3rd century BC, excavated in 2017 in the barrow groups "Sluiceway" and "Garden", as well as in the barrow 116 of the cemetery near Glinoe. These
are torque, two rings and a bracelet, two belt plaques and three fibulae. Analysis of these findings in relation to the items from the Scythian cemetery of the 3rd – 2nd centuries BC near Glinoe village (excavations 1995-2012) shows that from the last quarter of the 4th century BC the material culture of the Scythians of the North-Western Black Sea Region is beginning to be influenced by the La-Tène and La-Tène type cultures of Eastern Europe. In the 3rd – 2nd centuries BC this influence increased and became especially noticeable in the costume complex.
Dodona`s priesthood: features of terminology and historiographical aspect
Authors:   Southern Federal University, Kazarov Sarkis S.
Published: December 2024

The article is devoted to the staff of the Dodona sanctuary - the priests and their functions. The basis of the study was narrative sources - the works of Greek authors such as Homer, Hesiod, Pindar, Herodotus, Strabo, Pausanias. In his study, the author relied on the works of Western scholars, because there is not a single work on this topic in Russian historiography. The ancient Greeks, being suspicious people in their mentality, blindly believed in various interpretations and omens, as a result of which the role of interpreters and soothsayers in ancient Greece was especially great. The sanctuary with the oracle of Zeus in Dodona, located in a remote place in the north of Hellas, was one of the most ancient and authoritative in ancient Greece. The Greeks called the Dodonian priesthood in different ways, which makes it necessary to analyze the existing terminology. On the basis of surviving sources, the author distinguishes four categories of the Dodonian priesthood: sellas, peliades, tomurs and dodonides. The first group of Dodonian priests mentioned by Homer were the Selli, who were associated with the cult of the earth goddess Gaia, who was replaced by Dione. They were replaced by the servants of the god Zeus, the peliade doves, the news of which we found in Herodotus. The increase in the number of pilgrims in Dodona inevitably led to the expansion of the staff of the sanctuary. Even less is known about the other two categories of priests - Tomurs and Dodonids, mentions of which are rare and fragmentary. The complexity of the problem lies in the fact that both the divination procedure itself and the functions of the priesthood have not been fully reflected in the sources at our disposal. As the authority of the sanctuary increased and the number of pilgrims increased, so did the staff of the sanctuary. Modern researchers distinguish several categories of priests - sellas, peliades and tomurоs, who appeared in different periods of the history of Dodona, and in addition, were divided into men and women, who acted as repeaters of the will of the gods to those who questioned. It was the cells that were the first category of the Dodonic priesthood, which is mentioned by Homer. A feature of this study is that we are forced to partially build our study on the data of Greek mythology. Sometimes the Dodonian priests left the sanctuary and performed their prophetic functions in certain areas of Greece. Until the very liquidation of the Dodona sanctuary, the oracle of Zeus enjoyed authority not only in Greece itself, but also beyond its borders. The elimination of the Dodona sanctuary and, accordingly, the local priesthood was associated with the assertion of the power of Rome and the spread of Christianity, which categorically rejected all types of mantika.
The advertising policy of the newspapers “Eastern Outlook” and “Siberian Bulletin”
Authors:   Tomsk State University, Filonov Ilya D.
Published: December 2024

The newspapers «Siberian Bulletin» and «Eastern Outlook» were among the brightest representatives of the Siberian periodicals of the late XIX – early XX centuries. Representatives of these publications had special views on the further development of Siberia. In addition, the print media in question were known for their complex relationships. Since its foundation, the «Siberian Bulletin of Politics, Literature and Public Life» has been in a situation of controversy with the regional «Eastern Outlook». The combination of these factors had a noticeable impact on the editorial policy of the two publications. Their representatives sought to choose materials for the press in such a way as to simultaneously defend certain political views and respond to their opponents from other newspapers. This article compares the advertising policy of the «Siberian Bulletin» and the «Eastern Outlook». The study provides its characteristics, as well as provides a number of evidence in favor of the fact that the policy of the editorial offices of two opposing publications in the field of advertising was similar in many respects, even though the goals of the representatives of the press were significantly different. The materials of the two publications under consideration were used as the main source for writing the research paper. Special attention was paid to the block with advertisements in each of the newspaper issues. The text of the article contains a description of the relationship between representatives of the two newspapers, as well as examples of the most notable advertisements. The characteristic of the artistic techniques used in advertising is given. As a result of the research work, it was concluded that both editorial offices sought at the beginning of their activities to attract advertisers whose offers would be useful to readers, but later representatives of both periodicals changed their policy and began to attract more advertisers, which affected the actual composition of advertising blocks and filled them with ads of an exclusively commercial nature.
Liberal professorship and the student body of Tomsk in the early XX century: Nuances of relations in the conditions of politicization of Russian society
Authors:   Tomsk State University, Kharus Olga A.
Published: December 2024

The purpose of the study is to determine the impact of the politicization of Russian society in the early 20th century on the relationship between liberal-minded professors and students of the two universities: Tomsk University and Tomsk Institute of Technology. A comprehensive study of archival documents, materials of local periodicals as well as published personal sources allowed us to reveal the features of communication between the two main actors of the university community in different socio-political circumstances. The main factors supporting student resistance by teachers, driven by the revolutionary rise in 1905, were identified as:1) the similarity of positions of liberal professors and students on the issue of the need to modernize the social order; 2) the desire of professors to counteract the authorities’ interference in solving the internal university issues. The publication of the manifesto on 17 October 1905, the imposition of martial law and the beginning of repression influenced the change in attitude of the liberals to the student riots. While not impeding the students' legitimate social and political activities, professors have taken measures to prevent revolutionary disturbances in universities in the form of meetings, strikes and rallies. After the 1905-1907 revolution was completed, the traditional format of communication between teachers and students was restored. The problems of specific academic disciplines again was the subject area of communication. Communication channels and tone of communication acquired a more formalized character, generally corresponding to the status-role relations of professors and students. According to the results of the study, the conclusion has been made about the situational nature of extracurricular contacts between liberal professors and students during the revolution. As an invariant core in the relationship between professors and students the scientific and cognitive component has been defined, which determines the dominance of communication built on the principles of academicity.
On additive differential probabilities of a composition of bitwise XORs
Authors:   Novosibirsk State University, Sutormin I. A. , Kolomeec N. A. ,   Institute of Mathematics named after S.L. Sobolev SB RAS
Published: December 2024

We study the additive differential probabilities adp⊗k of compositions of k - 1 bitwise XORs. For vectors α1,...,αk+1 ℤ2n, it is defined as the probability of transformation input differences al,...,ak to the output difference ak+1 by the function x1 ⊗ ... ⊗ xk, where x1,... ,xk ℤ2n and k ≥ 2. It is used for differential cryptanalysis of symmetric-key primitives, such as Addition-Rotation-XOR constructions. Several results which are known for adp⊗2 are generalized for adp⊗k . Some argument symmetries are proven for adp⊗k . Recurrence formulas which allow us to reduce the dimension of the arguments are obtained. All impossible differentials as well as all differentials of adp⊗k with the probability 1 are found. For even k, it is proven that max max adp⊗k (α1,..., αk → αk+1) = adp⊗k (0,..., 0, αk+1 → αk+1). Matrices that can α1,...,αk be used for efficient calculating adp⊗k are constructed. It is also shown that the cases of even and odd k differ significantly.
On the complexity of graph clustering in the problem with bounded cluster sizes
Authors:   Dostoevsky Omsk State University, Baldzhanova R. V. , Il'ev A. V. ,   Institute of Mathematics named after S.L. Sobolev SB RAS, Il'ev V. P. ,   Dostoevsky Omsk State University; Institute of Mathematics named after S.L. Sobolev SB RAS
Published: December 2024

In problems of clustering on graphs, for a given graph G, it is required to find the cluster graph closest to it on the same set of vertices. A graph is called clustered if each of its connected components is a complete graph. The distance between two graphs is understood as the number of non-matching edges. The problem of clustering on graphs is considered, in which the sizes of clusters are bounded from above by the number s. An upper bound for the complexity of clustering an arbitrary graph for the case s = 2 is proved. An approximate polynomial algorithm for solving the problem of clustering on graphs for the case s = 3 is proposed, and an upper bound for the complexity of clustering an arbitrary graph for this case is proved.
On the principles of lexicographic description of the Old Russian phraseological fund in the light of current trends in the study of set phrases in diachrony
Authors:   Saint Petersburg State University, Generalova Elena V.
Published: December 2024

The article deals with the guidelines of lexicographic description of set phrases in a diachronic aspect. The aim of the article is to discuss the prospects and principles of a historical phraseological dictionary of set phrases fixed in the texts of the Russian language of the 16th and 17th centuries. Such dictionary’s innovation is: 1) in its type (historical phraseological dictionary), which is practically absent in Russian phraseography, except the only dictionary of Russian phraseology of the 18th century (1980), 2) in its material (phraseological fund of the period of the initial formation of the national Russian language); the material of the article is set phrases frontally selected from historical dictionaries of this period, as well as studies on some phraseological units and their groups in the language of Moscow Rus, and 3) in its approach. The author comes to the conclusion that lexicographic description of the phraseological fund of this epoc should be based on the following positions: (1) the principle of historicism, which means the need to take into account the specifics of a particular historical period; in diachrony, it is necessary to describe an extensive group of set phrases selected on the basis of their frequent occurrence and a possible semantic shift - the prophraseological fund, future basis of the idiomatic stock of national language; (2) the principle of completeness, which consists in the maximum coverage of set phrases of different types, some of which do not even have analogues in modern Russian; (3) the principle of differentiation, in accordance with which set phrases have different lexicographic descriptions due to their linguistic specifics. The author proposes algorithms of dictionary entries for phrases of different types (idioms, business and etiquette formulas, cliches, compound names, etc.). Thus, the historical phraseological dictionary of Russian of the 16th-17th centuries should be organized as a complete differentiated dictionary, describing a wide circle of different set phrases and their variants so that various types receive their own dictionary description depending on their structural, grammatical and functional-semantic features. The study of the phraseological system of the initial stage of national language formation is relevant for studies of the history of Russian phraseology, for the development of the theoretical basis of historical phraseology and creation of the currently missing system of historical phraseological dictionaries of Russian. The author declares no conflicts of interests.
The specificity of the description of prefixoids in neological academic lexicography
Authors:   Institute for Linguistic Studies of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Ridetskaya Yulia S.
Published: December 2024

The article considers some principles of describing affixoids, especially prefixoids, in neological academic lexicography. Academic neography (neological academic lexicography) is a direction that appeared in the 1960s at the Institute for Linguistic Studies of the Russian Academy of Sciences. The founder of this direction is Nadezhda Z. Kotelova, who created a typology of dictionaries of new words (iling.spb.ru/departments/14). The linguistic part of the article discusses prefixoids - a borderline morphological and word-forming phenomenon that has attracted the attention of linguists since the 1960s. The article analyzes compound words formed with prefixoids to see the characteristics of prefixoids of the 1990s - early 2020s. The research material are three types of neological dictionaries, a neological database of the Institute for Linguistic Studies, the Integrum text database. The analysis of prefixoids in terms of structure and part-of-speech belonging made it possible to identify 24 variants of formants. As the statistics based on the continuous sampling method show, pre-fixoiding is the most active way of forming compound words in modern Russian: words formed this way make up half of the total vocabulary (two dictionaries of the New in Russian Vocabulary. Dictionary Materials series were analyzed). The combinatorial ability of prefixoids has increased compared to the end of the 20th century. This type of word formation covers all styles and spheres, including colloquial and substandard vocabulary. The article summarizes the ways of describing affixoids, in particular prefixoids, in the dictionaries of neological academic lexicography; dictionary entries are subjected to such an analysis for the first time. The structure of entries describing prefixoids since the mid-1990s is also described. Based on the analysis of dictionary entries describing affixoids in neography, in 2022, a team of researchers of the Institute for Linguistic Studies created an electronic lexicographic resource (af-fixoid.iling.spb.ru). The database contains about 700 prefixoids and 200 suffix-oids. As the best way to generalize and unify materials on affixoids, in particular the most active category of prefixoids, a lexicographic presentation of the material was chosen. The entry of the electronic resource was based on Affixoids of the Russian Language. Experience of a Reference Dictionary edited by Evgeny Levashov. The resource is intended for linguists, specialists in the field of Russian lexicology, lexicography, word formation and morphemics, as well as for the widest audience. The scientific potential of the resource and its main purpose is to summarize in lexicographic form information about Russian af-fixoids, as well as to unify their semantic description. The resource is also an auxiliary tool for creating word-formation references in the main neological electronic resource neolex.iling.spb.ru. The author declares no conflicts of interests
Ecology: Dynamics of semantic changes of a word in the mirror of Russian explanatory dictionaries of the 20th – early 21st centuries
Authors:   Herzen State Pedagogical University of Russia, Vasileva Galina M.
Published: December 2024

This article aims to trace the dynamics of lexicographic fixation of the semantic development of the word ecology, which is the main nominee of environmental agenda, reflecting one of the most important trends in the development of the global community. The relevance of the task is driven by the fact that the semantic shifts recorded in the most important explanatory dictionaries may turn out to be a mirror of significant processes taking place in the society. Constant changes in lexical semantics, based on common models, are characterized by varying degrees of dynamics and intensity. They are actualized not only along logically predictable, trivial vectors of word development, but also along individual trajectories associated, among other things, with extralinguistic factors. In accordance with the task, the most important explanatory dictionaries of the Russian language of the 20th - early 21st centuries are analyzed. The semantic and lexicographic analysis of the dictionaries’ materials made it possible to single out the following stages of semantic derivation, corresponding to social trends: (1) Society: the emergence of the term. Dictionaries: the initial fixation of the word in the single meaning of a science of the biological cycle; (2) Society: distinction, arrangement, and actualization of the relevant science. Dictionaries: expansion of the semantic volume according to the regular metonymic model (up to two meanings); (3) Society: awareness of the severe adverse consequences of human impact on nature, the “environmental crisis”. Dictionaries: expansion of the semantic volume according to a regular model, appearance of connotatively expressed markers in some zones of dictionary entries, which are preconditions for shifting to another thematic class; (4) Society: awareness of the global nature of the problem of maintaining the harmony of human existence (not only material, but also spiritual). Dictionaries: generalization of the meaning; going beyond the thematic class, transition from the category of physical phenomena to the mental sphere of emotional states and relationships. Thus, the semantic derivation of the word ecology, reflected in the most important explanatory dictionaries of the 20th - early 21st centuries, indicates that the problems in the focus of attention of society contribute to the development of semantics, unique in intensity and significance. As a result, a rapid transition from monosemantic biological term to a word that nominates one of the most important concepts that accumulate value-evaluative and moral meanings relevant to the modern society is observed. Environmental issues, which have become crucial for humanity in the recent decades, contributed to the rapid development of the semantics of its main nominee in Russian explanatory dictionaries of the 20th-21st centuries, which became a mirror of this process. The author declares no conflicts of interests.
Dependent character personality from the personality of the soloist in the context of the composer’s creative process
Authors:   Tomsk State University, Prikhodovskaya Ekaterina
Published: December 2024

The article describes the personal experience of the author as a composer, who composed two mono-operas based on one source text. The dependence of the semantic accents of the work on the personality of the soloist for whom this work is composed is shown - subject to the personal acquaintance of the composer and soloist in the field of vocal music.
Obesity: A Key Causative Factor in Cardiovascular Disease Development
Authors: Shuai Wang , Ting He , Chunli Mo , Kangfeng Lin , Cui Yang , Weihua Li
Published: December 2024

Obesity and cardiovascular diseases have become one of the most pressing public health challenges of the 21st century, garnering widespread attention worldwide. Adipose depot expansion can occur through either an increase in the size of adipocytes (hypertrophy) or the generation of new adipocytes via precursor differentiation during adipogenesis (hyperplasia). Hypertrophy of adipocytes in obesity causes increased hypoxia, triggering fibrosis, inflammation, and necrosis, which contribute to systemic complications, including coronary artery disease, heart failure, and stroke. Furthermore, enlarged adipocytes release pro-inflammatory cytokines like TNF-α and IL-6, driving chronic inflammation that contributes to atherosclerosis, increasing the risk of heart attacks and strokes. We aim to discuss recent insights into the mechanisms by which obesity leads to cardiovascular diseases, which will provide new perspectives for the treatment of obesity and cardiovascular diseases.
Optimization of Stocking Density for Improved Growth and Aquaculture Production of Euryhaline Tilapia, Sarotherodon melanotheron
Authors: Mbaye Tine , Maurice Correa , Moussa Guèye , Hamet Diaw Diadhiou , Mbacké Sembene
Published: December 2024

The study evaluates the impact of stocking density on the growth and survival of Sarotherodon melanotheron heudelotii juveniles in seawater, focusing on their performance under different stocking densities and fertilization regimes. One hundred sixty-two (162) S. melanotheron juveniles, each weighing approximately 3 grams, were used to test the effects of different densities: D10: (10 fish/m³), D15: (15 fish/m³), D20: (20 fish/m³) and D25: (25 fish/m³). Fish were stocked in 375-liter aquaria in triplicates, with the experiment lasting for 90 days. Temperature and dissolved oxygen levels were monitored daily and the fish were fed at 5-10% of their biomass. Survival rates, weight, size, weight gain, individual daily growth, specific growth rate, and voluntary intake were compared across different densities and fertilization regimes. Lower stocking densities (D10 and D15) resulted in better growth performance, with fish exhibiting higher weight gain, size, and specific growth rates compared to higher densities (D20 and D25). The reduced growth and survival rates observed at higher stocking densities indicate that overcrowding may negatively affect the welfare of the juveniles. Tanks with fertilization demonstrated better growth performance than unfertilized tanks, suggesting that fertilization can mitigate the negative effects of higher stocking densities. Fertilization likely enhanced water quality and availability of nutrients, contributing to the overall better health and growth of the juveniles. The study underscores the importance of managing stocking density and water quality in aquaculture systems, especially in marine and estuarine environments. Lower stocking densities (≤ 20 fish/m³), combined with good water management practices (e.g., fertilization) are crucial for optimizing the growth and survival of S. melanotheron. These findings could inform best practices for aquaculture operations focusing on this species.
AutoTestGPT: A System for the Automated Generation of Software Test Cases based on ChatGPT
Authors: Liu Hui , Liu Liang , Yue Caijie , Wang Yang , Deng Bo
Published: December 2024

The design and generation of software test cases stand as critical steps in elevating the levels of automation and intelligence in software testing. Given the robust natural language understanding and code generation capabilities of ChatGPT, this paper, after extensive research on ChatGPT’s applications in the field of software testing in recent years, introduces a ChatGPT-based software test case auto-generation system named AutoTestGPT. This system leverages ChatGPT as its intelligent engine to conduct dialogue training. It extracts key information from structured testing requirements, leading to the formulation of comprehensive testing plans. Subsequently, it systematically generates corresponding test cases according to the devised plans. Finally, the system executes the generated test cases, conducts result verification, and generates detailed testing reports. Experimental results within the API testing framework and test case generation demonstrate that the API testing framework generated using AutoTestGPT exhibits high usability. In comparison to manually coding and constructing test frameworks, the time required for test framework generation is reduced by over 70%. AutoTestGPT demonstrates high efficiency in handling complex test case generation tasks, thereby enhancing the automation and intelligence levels in test case generation. This system lays a robust foundation for the establishment of intelligent systems in software testing for the future.
QUANTITATIVE SCALES OF STRUCTURAL RIGIDITY AND CONFORMATIONAL RESTRICTION OF SEGMENTS AND MOLECULES AS A WHOLE BASED ON CALCULATED ENTHALPIES OF CONFORMER FORMATION: CONSTRUCTION ALGORITHM AND TYPICAL EXAMPLES
Authors:   Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv, Kyiv, Ukraine, Pivovarenko Vasyl
Published: December 2024

Based on the calculated enthalpy differences ΔE, an improved algorithm was proposed and combined logarithmic scales of structural rigidity - flexibility and conformational restriction - accessibility of molecules were created. Examples of calculations for characteristic structures and their results for chain, cyclic and skeleton molecules are given. The developed algorithm demonstrates the physical nature of the mentioned parameters, exponentially related to energy and entropy. It also demonstrates connection and differences between the spatial and force characteristics of molecules. The relationship of conformational accessibility, directly related to space, with the symmetry of the molecule, and structural rigidity, related to the ability of the molecule to undergo mechanical deformations, is quantitatively related. In addition, the proposed algorithm allows to calculate the numerical indices of structural flexibility and conformational accessibility as the inverse of the values ​​of the parameters of structural stiffness and conformational restriction. This approach greatly simplifies the perception of all four scales, because in the logarithmic dimension they are placed in pairs on one coordinate axis symmetrically to its origin.
SYNTHESIS, STRUCTURE AND OPTICAL PROPERTIES OF GLASSES BASED ON SODIUM PHOSPHATE-BORATES MODIFIED WITH MOLYBDENUM(VI) OXIDE AND EUROPIUM(III) OXIDE
Authors:   Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv, Kyiv, Ukraine, TEREBILENKO Kateryna , SAIENKO Liliia ,   Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv, Kyiv, Ukraine, ZOZULIA Valeriia ,   Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv, Kyiv, Ukraine, SLOBODYANIK Mykola ,   Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv, Kyiv, Ukraine
Published: December 2024

Background. The design of new luminescent materials based on isotropic oxide glasses is one of the key tasks for optimizing the optical properties of modern LED lighting sources. Particularly noteworthy are glasses based on phosphate – borate system, which contain modifiers of optical properties. Among them, europium(III) oxide is responsible for luminescent properties, and molybdenum(VI) oxide is a partial glass-forming and sensitizing agent.

Methods. In this work, a method of rapid cooling of a salt melt was used to obtain phosphate-borate glasses, followed by quenching of the obtained samples on a copper sheet. The glasses were characterized by infrared and luminescence spectroscopy, diffuse reflectance spectroscopy, and X-ray diffraction analysis.

Results. The pecularities of obtaining phosphate-borate glass modified with molybdenum(VI) oxide of the following composition have been established: (45-0.5x)P2O5-xB2O3 -10.0MoO3 -(45-0. 5x)Na2O (x = 20.0-60.0) and it is shown that an increase in the concentration of B2O3 from 45 to 60 % mol is accompanied by an increase in the hygroscopicity of the obtained amorphous materials and a decrease in solubility relative to Eu2O3 at an isothermal holding of 1000 °C. For the first time, the influence of B2O3 on the structure of glasses is shown, namely, when x = 45 % mol B2O3 is reached, the density of glasses increases from ρ = 2.20 g/cm-1 to ρ = 2.45 - 2.50 g/cm-1, which is responsible for the formation of additional chains in glass due to the greater coordination capacity of borate tetrahedra compared to phosphate ones.

Conclusions. It has been shown that the most promising for modeling red phosphors is the glass 34.95P2O5 - 20.0B2O3 -10.00MoO3 - 34.95Na2O - 0.1Eu2O3, which is effectively excited by UV radiation. The band gap for the resulting luminescent glass is estimated as 3.65 eV.
OUR EVER-RENEWING HOME OF LOVE: THE SHAKESPEARE SERMON, 23 APRIL 2023
Authors:   Shakespeare Birthplace Trust, Stratford-upon-Avon, the United Kingdom, EDMONDSON Paul
Published: December 2024

Every year on the Sunday nearest Shakespeare's birthdate, 23rd April, crowds gather in Holy Trinity Church, Stratford-upon-Avon to give thanks for all that Shakespeare continues to give to the world. A 'Shakespeare Sermon' has been preached on this occasion for most years since 1879. In latter times it has been a tradition to alternate between a Shakespeare scholar and a cleric. Paul Edmondson first gave the Shakespeare sermon in 2005. He was invited to give it again (a rare honour) in 2023. The theme of the service was Anne Shakespeare, who died four hundred years ago.
Spatial Sound, Part 2: Exploring the Impact of Listening Room on Sound Character
Authors: Riionheimo Janne , Lokki Tapio
Published: December 2024

The spatial sound character in a listening room is influenced by both the room acoustics and the sound reproduction system. These elements, either individually or in combination, can improve or reduce the sound quality. This study investigates the impact of room acoustics and electroacoustics on the sound character of popular mainstream music mixed in 7.1 and 7.1.4 formats. Fourteen skilled assessors evaluated the impact on envelopment, clarity, proximity, and preference. As one might expect, the results suggest that room reverberation improves envelopment and preference. Surprisingly, most assessors found that reverberation also brings clarity to the music. Conversely, dry acoustics were not considered preferable, nor did they improve the proximity for the majority of assessors. Adding overhead channels made punk and rock songs more enveloping but improved the preference only with the simple sound field of a ballad. Overall, the results can help improve spatial sound quality and make it easier for sound mixers to deliver consistent immersive sound experiences to listeners.
Characteristics of Personal Sound and Noise Exposure at Large-Scale Music Events
Authors: Van Ransbeeck Wannes , De Poortere Nele , Kok Marcel , Verhulst Sarah
Published: December 2024

Regulations governing sound exposure at amplified-music events aim to safeguard audience’s hearing. However, current sound monitoring practices often rely on a single measurement position that is considered representative of individual exposure. Because this standard practice overlooks crucial inter-subject variation in sound exposure, this study analyzes individual dosimeter sound level exposure at large-scale music events to gain insight into this matter while comparing findings to local and global guidelines. Dosimeters were worn by 42 participants (19 female and 23 male, aged 18–25) and recorded octave bands and A/C-weighted sound levels at six large-scale music events (+4.000 visitors). Individual single-day exposure duration varied between 4.4 and 11.8 h. At four out of the six events, individual doses surpassed the WHO 100 dBA LAeq,15min recommendation, with most subjects also exceeding the ISO Standard 1999:2003 occupational limit and the WHO’s 100-dBA-for-4-h threshold (16 Pa2h). Equivalent exposures spanned 85.2–104.5 dBA (LAeq) and 97.1–119.6 dBC (LCeq) among participants. Additionally, LCpeak values fluctuated between 133.6 and 143.5 dBC. These findings highlight a discrepancy between the fixed-location exposure monitoring, as per country-specific legislation, and the actual potentially harmful exposure experienced by event attendees. These results can inspire safe-listening guidelines for such music events and offer insight into the representative degree of a single-position measure.
Clinical manifestations in POST-COVID-19 patients
Authors: Cibele P. Santos Thalyta , Weryka S. Santos Pammela , A. Souza Samara , Henrique L. S. Santos Pedro , S. Torres Hevan , Eduarda C. B. Nascimento Maria , F. Baptista Abrahão , A. Hazime Fuad
Published: December 2024

Background: COVID-19 has significantly impacted the lives of individuals globally, as symp-toms can occur in both severe patients requiring intensive care and in patients with mild to moderate symptoms. Objective: To evaluate the clinical manifestations after COVID-19 in indi-viduals with and without comorbidities prior to infection by the new coronavirus. Methods: This was a cross-sectional observational study with a descriptive and analytical approach. One hundred and thirty-seven participants diagnosed with COVID-19 (3 to 12 months post-infection) of both sexes, aged between 18 and 59 years, underwent a clinical and functional evaluation to identify the late impacts of COVID-19, also known as “long COVID”. Results: The majority were female (n=103/75.2%) and brown (n=86/62.8%). The most common comorbidities were hyperten-sion (n=19/13.9%) and obesity (n=19/13.9%). The main post-infection symptoms were body pain (n=102/74.5%), cognitive impairment (n=53/38.7%), muscle weakness (n=59/43.1%) and hair loss (n=71/51.8%). There were significant differences between the groups without comorbidities (WCMG) and with comorbidities group (CMG) in mobility (p=0.03); labor productivity - pres-enteeism (p<0.05), total impairment at work (p=0.02) and impairment in activities of daily living (p<0.05); physical functionality (p=0.01) and subjective cognitive function (p<0.05). In the pulmo-nary function test, most participants had normal lung function (71.5%). Conclusion: Individuals with previous comorbidities have greater impairments in quality of life (mobility domain), rates of work impairment, and physical and cognitive functionality, when compared to patients without previous comorbidities.
Determination of Biomass Potential of Muş Province
Authors: Aktan Okan , Arslan Ömer
Published: December 2024

Fossil resources currently supply the majority of the world's energy needs. Even if fossil fuel sources are gradually depleted, the need for energy will continue due to population increases and the widespread use of life-improving technology. Biomass is one of these unique and sustainable energy sources. Anywhere there is life- human, animal, or plant-biomass may be a clean, readily available, and sustainable energy source. Furthermore, Türkiye, which depends on foreign energy and should reduce its carbon footprint, must benefit from this energy source to the maximum extent. Since the city of Muş has an economy based on agriculture and animal husbandry, it is a province with high biomass potential. Therefore, it was chosen as the subject of this study. Furthermore, with this study, the biomass potential of Muş province was tried to be determined for the first time in the literature. The theoretical annual amount of energy obtained from plant, animal, forest, and municipal waste in Muş province is 222,066.3 TOE. However, the economically realizable amount of the theoretical potential was calculated to be 8935.20 TOE. It has been estimated that this economical biomass energy can meet 27.15% of the city's electricity consumption. This contributes significantly to the socio-economically underdeveloped city economy and provides the utilization of waste that would harm the city's environment.
Suriyeli Göçmen Çocukların Türk Eğitim Sistemi İçindeki Durumları
Authors: Kocaoğlu Abdulkadir , Güner Yıldız Nevin
Published: December 2024

Suriye’de 2011 yılında başlayan iç savaş nedeniyle önemli bir kısmı okul çağındaki çocuklardan oluşan çok sayıda Suriye vatandaşı, kitleler halinde Türkiye’ye göç etti. Tarihin en büyük göç hareketlerinden biriyle karşı karşıya kalan Türkiye Cumhuriyeti Devleti, 2011’den bugüne göçün getirdiği ekonomik ve sosyal sorunlarla birlikte, Suriyeli göçmen çocukların eğitim sorunlarıyla da baş etmeye çalışmaktadır. Benzer şekilde, Türkiye’ye aileleriyle birlikte göç eden ya da Türkiye’de doğan göçmen çocuklar da çeşitli uyum sorunlarıyla karşılaşabilmektedir. Bu çocukların bir kısmının özel gereksinimli olduğu düşünüldüğünde hem onlara eğitim veren Türk eğitimcilerin hem de özel gereksinimli Suriyeli çocukların oldukça karmaşık ve zorlayıcı bir durumla baş etmeye çalıştıklarını söylemek olanaklıdır. Türkiye'deki Suriyeli göçmen çocukların eğitimleriyle ilgili var olan durumu ortaya koymayı hedefleyen bu derleme çalışması, aynı zamanda yanlış anlaşıldığı ve kullanıldığı görülebilen göç ile ilgili terimlere açıklık getirmektedir. Ayrıca özel gereksinimli olan ve olmayan tüm göçmen çocukların eğitim ortamlarına uyumlarını kolaylaştırmak için yapılması gerekenler konusunda uygulayıcılara ve araştırmacılara önerilerde bulunmaktadır.
On crimes against the state in ancient Rome in the publications of Wacław Osuchowski
Authors: Wiaderna-Kuśnierz Renata
Published: December 2024

The achievements of Wacław Osuchowski, professor of Roman law at the Jan Kazimierz University in Lwów, the Catholic University of Lublin, the University of Wrocław, but first of all the Jagiellonian University in Krakow, cover almost all areas of Roman law: public and private, trial and criminal law. His monographs on obligatory law constitute a particularly valuable contribution both to the Polish and global field of Roman law studies. The subject of this article, however, is to analyze his less known achievements in the field of Roman criminal law, to be more precise, the subject of crimes against the state.

Wacław Osuchowski conducted extensive research on Roman criminal law in post-war Poland. However, no major synthesis took place. Only minor studies on the system of crimes in Roman criminal law and the genesis of the so-called quaestio de repetundis (court dealing with cases of administrative malpractice) have been published. He returned to legal and criminal issues at the end of the 1970s by publishing foreign-language articles on perduellium (treason) and crimen maiestatis (insult to majesty). In the second half of the 1970s, the first version of his book Zarysu rzymskiego prawa karnego covering twenty-two publishing sheets was ready. Unfortunately, serious problems with eyes did not allow him to complete his work. In 1990, professor of Roman law, Henryk Kupiszewski, expressed his hope that Osuchowski’s students would finish their teachers’s work. Unfortunately, this monograph has not been published since the time these words were spoken. The present article aims to remind his scholarly activities in the field of Roman criminal law, hoping that the publication prepared by Wacław Osuchowski will finally see the light of day and gain its readers.
Regional mapping of climate variables in Galicia from point samples
Authors: Hernández Samira , Dafonte Jorge
Published: December 2024

Galicia's (NW Spain) diverse climate, driven by various factors, exhibits significant spatial and temporal variability, directly affecting the region's economy and society. Taking this into account, it is of great importance to have climate observation networks that cover most of the territory, and in the case of not having them, to have tools that allow the estimation of climate parameters.
The main tools used for the estimation of parameters in unmeasured locations are climate database and the interpolation of data from climate stations, with kriging being one of the most widely used interpolation methods.
The evaluation of climatic database is very important to establish how well they estimate the parameters and to ensure that they result in a homogeneous data series. For this purpose, in the present study a comparison was made of point data from the MeteoGalicia weather station network with data extracted from the SIMPA, AEMET and ERA5 databases and with data resulting from interpolation using regression kriging methods. The climatic parameters for which data were used for the study are: mean temperature, precipitation and reference potential evapotranspiration (Eto).
To extract the data from SIMPA, ERA5 and AEMET and to interpolate point data from MeteoGalicia, we worked with the statistical programming environment R. After extracting the data or interpolating them, they were compared with the data measured in the MeteoGalicia network of climatological stations using the Nash-Sutcliffe index.
The results of this study seek to conclude which method is more effective for estimating each of the parameters studied. In general, the predictions based on interpolation (AEMET and regression kriging) presented the best goodness of fit, while SIMPA also presented good results for some parameters. In general, the parameters with the best estimation results were mean temperature, followed by precipitation and finally potential evapotranspiration.
note on Dodgson’s Rock platform, Elkington quarry, and the origin of bornhardts on north-western Eyre Peninsula, South Australia
Authors: Twidale Charles Rowland
Published: December 2024

The excavation of what was Dodgson‘s Rock, now Elkington quarry, exposed a domical bedrock form that can be construed as a stage in the development of incipient bornhardts. It confirmed the earlier interpretation of the domical inselberg known as Ucontitchie Hill as a structural feature initiated by the differential etching in the shallow subsurface of compartments of granitic rock of contrasted fracture density and exposed by the erosional lowering of the densely fractured and weathered surrounds. Stages in the excavation provided evidence concerning the nature of sheet fractures and structures as well as the origin of breached arches or A-tents. Other bornhardts in the district (Mt Wudinna, Polda Rock, Little Wudinna Hill) as well as sundry additional inselbergs, turrets, and elevated platforms may be of a similar origin.
marcación discursiva en la mímesis de la oralidad de Pío Baroja: el caso de bueno, pues y mira
Authors: Uceda Leal María
Published: December 2024

En esta investigación se estudia el uso que Pío Baroja hace de los marcadores discursivos en los diálogos de los personajes que se insertan en la La lucha por la vida. Se aborda su análisis desde un punto de vista onomasiológico y semasiológico, con el fin de observar qué marcadores se reflejan en esta obra y qué macrofunciones están mejor representadas, así como su polifuncionalidad. A su vez, se resaltará la posible existencia de diferencias entre las funciones que estos desempeñaban a principios del siglo XX y las que desempeñan hoy en día.
A. Sampietro, Lengua e imagen en la comunicación digital, Madrid, Arco Libros (Cuadernos de Lengua Española, 153), 2023, 96 pp.
Authors: GARCÍA PÉREZ JOSÉ
Published: December 2024

Reseña de esta obra