bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Ethnic characteristics of bone remodeling in female patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus
Authors: Bardymova T. P. , Shestakova M. V. , Sandakov Ya. P. , Mistiakov M. V. , Berezina M. V.
Published: January 2022

Background: Structural and metabolic disorders of bone tissue in women with T2DM have no clinical manifestations, but they are accompanied by the risk of fractures.

Aim: To study the parameters of bone metabolism, BMD and microarchitectonics in female patients with T2DM in the Buryat population.

Materials and methods: The observational single-center one-stage controlled study included 73 women with T2DM, which were divided into 2 groups depending on the functional state of the ovaries (reproductive and postmenopausal periods). In each group, subgroups of the Buryat and Russian populations were identified. The first group included 34 patients with T2DM of the reproductive period: 16 from the Buryat population and 18 from the Russian population. The second group consisted of 39 postmenopausal patients with T2DM: 17 from the Buryat population and 22 from the Russian population. The study of BMD in the lumbar spine (L1-L4), femoral neck (Neck), in the proximal femur (Total hip), trabecular bone score (TBS), serum osteocalcin (OC), N-terminal propeptide type 1 procollagen was carried out (P1NP), vitamin D 25 (OH), blood plasma type I collagen C-terminal telopeptide (β-Cross laps) and ionized calcium (iCa).

Results: In female patients with T2DM of the reproductive age of the Buryat population, an increase in both markers of osteosynthesis P1NP (p=0.035), OC (p=0.047), and bone resorption β-Cross laps (p=0.040) was found relative to the similar group of the Russian population. In women with T2DM in the postmenopausal period of the Buryat population, there was also an increase in P1NP (p = 0.016), OC (p = 0.048), β-Cross laps (p = 0.020) compared with the group of postmenopausal women in the Russian population. Structural disorders, characterized by a decrease in TBS, were detected only in the postmenopausal period in female patients of the Buryat population compared to women in the Russian population (p = 0.029).

Comparative analysis among women with T2DM of the Buryat population, depending on the functional state of the ovaries, showed that activation of bone remodeling with an increase in P1NP (p = 0.019), OC (p = 0.004) and β-Cross laps (p = 0.004) is characteristic of postmenopausal women accompanied by a decrease in BMD Neck (p = 0.006), BMD Total hip (p = 0.003), BMD L1-L4 (p = 0.049) and TBS (p = 0.020) relative to female patients with T2DM in the reproductive period.

Conclusion: In women with T2DM in the Buryat population, both in the reproductive and postmenopausal periods, an increase in bone remodeling markers and BMD stability was found when compared with the corresponding groups of patients in the Russian population. The postmenopausal period was characterized by an additional decrease in TBS in patients with T2DM in the Buryat population relative to women in the Russian population.
Notas sobre o retorno às aulas na rede estadual de ensino de Minas Gerais
Authors: Santos Jakes Paulo Felix , Colesanti Marlene Teresinha de Muno
Published: January 2022

O presente artigo é resultado de uma revisão bibliográfica dos protocolos sanitários de retorno às aulas para o ano de 2021, concomitante à análise das medidas de aprendizagem propostas no contexto ainda de pandemia. Neste breve exame, apontaremos a exclusão dos professores e dos demais profissionais de educação do papel central que lhes cabe no processo de ensino e de aprendizagem, pari passu suas necessidades no contexto de pandemia. Outrossim, debateremos a necessidade e o verdadeiro lugar da escola como equipamento de inclusão, que é de primordial importância para a construção do tão propalado projeto de vida dos alunos.
influência do pensamento freireano na Educação Física escolar
Authors: Nogueira Valdilene Aline , Maldonado Daniel Teixeira , Farias Uirá de Siqueira , Freire Elisabete dos Santos
Published: January 2022

O objetivo deste ensaio foi problematizar a influência do pensamento freireano na prática político-pedagógica da Educação Física escolar e na produção de pesquisas em uma perspectiva contra-hegemônica nessa área de conhecimento. Após resgatar a história do patrono da educação brasileira, mostramos que as contribuições dos escritos de Paulo Freire foram muito relevantes para existir um deslocamento da função social do componente curricular na Educação Básica, já que o seu objeto de estudo passou a ser a cultura das práticas corporais, a partir de epistemologias produzidas pelas Ciências Humanas. Especificamente sobre a produção de conhecimento, em diálogo com Freire, defendemos a importância de construirmos saberes científicos com os/as professores/as de Educação Física e não para eles e elas, na utopia de pensarmos juntos enquanto docentes intelectuais transformadoras nas escolas públicas.
Potential of Tithonia diversifolia Hemsley A. Gray (Kembang Bulan) Leaf Extract as Anti-Cancer Agents
Authors: Rizkawati Muflihah
Published: January 2022

The main objective of this review is to explain the great potential of herbal plants as anticancer agents. Cancer is a disease caused by abnormal cell growth in the body. The high number of cancer incidents still become a global concern because of the high mortality rate. The treatments of cancer such as chemotherapy can cause serious side effects by killing the normal cells. This is the reason why it is necessary to develop an alternative treatment of cancer. I discussed a plant that is believed to has health benefit. Many studies have showed the positive effect of Tithonia diversifolia plant for health. After 2000, the researchers discovered a new potential through its cytotoxicity to neoplastic cells. This plant needs to be developed sustainably. However, in the future this plant might become an effective alternative to treat cancer with lower side effects.
Determinants of sustainable building materials (SBM) selection on construction projects
Authors:   Quantity Surveying Department, Federal University of Technology, Owerri, Nigeria, Eze Emmanuel Chidiebere , Ugulu Rex Asibuodu ,   Quantity Surveying Department, Federal University of Technology, Owerri, Nigeria, Onyeagam Onyealilam Peter ,   Quantity Surveying Department, Federal Polytechnic, Nassarawa, Nigeria, Adegboyega Desoji Anthony ,   Quantity Surveying Department, Waziri Umaru Federal Polytechnic, Birnin Kebbi, Nigeria
Published: January 2022

The complexity and fragmented nature and the multiple stakeholders in the construction industry often make it difficult to come up with a firm decision regarding sustainable building materials selection. The wrong choice could negatively impact the project objective and performance outcome. This study assessed the critical factor influencing the choice of sustainable building materials (SBM) selection on construction projects in the Southeast geopolitical zone of Nigeria. Data were collected using a well-structured questionnaire, non-probability (purposive and snowball) sampling techniques, and an internet-mediated survey. Data analyses were carried out using the appropriate descriptive and inferential statistical tools and exploratory factor analysis (EFA). The study revealed recycled plastic, natural clay and mud, stone, bricks and tile, cellulose, stray bales, grasses, limestone, and wood timber, are the commonly used sustainable building materials. Also, their level of awareness is high while their adoption is moderate. EFA revealed that the major clusters of determinants of the choice of green building materials are: emissions minimisation, low running cost and reusability, low thermal and energy consumption efficiency, low cost and high health and safety consideration and waste minimisation. The key factors influencing the choice of sustainable building materials selection in construction are: reducing greenhouse gas emissions from buildings, materially embodied energy cost, operating and maintenance costs, non-toxic or low toxic emissions generated by the products/materials, recyclability of the building materials, availability of the technical skills, renewable (reusable) properties, inhibiting the impact of buildings on the environment, safety and health of the occupants, and appearance and aesthetic. It is recommended that consideration be given to these factors in selecting sustainable/green building materials in the designs and specifications of construction projects.
RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE OF A NON-DESTRUCTIVE TESTING OBJECT GENERATION IN A VIRTUAL REALITY ENVIRONMENT
Authors: Kovshov E. E. , Kuvshinnikov V. S. , Kazakov D. F.
Published: January 2022

The basic analysis of prerequisites for training and practical training virtualization in non-destructive testing is carried out. The current requirements for the training of nondestructive testing specialists are considered. Presented the arguments in favor of the importance of the role of radiographic method of radiation control (RC) in solving the problems of the nuclear industry. The features of the RC, which significantly affect the organization of practical classes and the profitability of training, are noted. The main groups of requirements for specialists in the course of practical training are listed. Methods of processing and visualizing information about the structure of dense three-dimensional bodies are considered. A simplified alternative is proposed, considering the specifics of the problem stated. The principle for constructing and processing the image of digital samples copies is given, making it possible to obtain a close to real metal samples X-ray shooting image. The basic physical principles underlying the digital model are considered and formalized. Synthesized digital radiographs are demonstrated.
PREDICTION OF FOREST FIRE USING NEURAL NETWORKS WITH BACKPROPAGATION LEARNING AND EXREME LEARNING MACHINE APPROACH USING METEOROLOGICAL AND WEATHER INDEX VARIABLES
Authors: Rosadi Dedi , Arisanty Deasy , Agustina Dina
Published: January 2022

Forest fire is one of important catastrophic events and have great impact on environment, infrastructure and human life. In this study, we discuss the method for prediction of the size of the forest fire using the hybrid approach between Fuzzy-C-Means clustering (FCM) and Neural Networks (NN) classification with backpropagation learning and extreme learning machine approach. For comparison purpose, we consider a similar hybrid approach, i.e., FCM with the classical Support Vector Machine (SVM) classification approach. In the empirical study, we apply the considered methods using several meteorological and Forest Weather Index (FWI) variables. We found that the best approach will be obtained using hybrid FCM-SVM for data training, where the best performance obtains for hybrid FCM-NN-backpropagation for data testing.
MODELING OF LOCAL POLYNOMIAL KERNEL NONPARAMETRIC REGRESSION FOR COVID DAILY CASES IN SEMARANG CITY, INDONESIA
Authors: Utami Tiani Wahyu , Lahdji Aisyah
Published: January 2022

Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is an infectious disease caused by the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) which was recently discovered. Coronavirus disease is now a pandemic that occurs in many countries in the world, one of which is Indonesia. One of the cities in Indonesia that has found many COVID cases is Semarang city, located in Central Java. Data on cases of COVID patients in Semarang City which are measured daily do not form a certain distribution pattern. We can build a model with a flexible statistical approach without any assumptions that must be used, namely the nonparametric regression. The nonparametric regression in this research using Local Polynomial Kernel approach. Determination of the polynomial order and optimal bandwidth in Local Polynomial Kernel Regression modeling use the GCV (Generalized Cross Validation) method. The data used this research are data on the number of COVID patients daily cases in Semarang, Indonesia. Based on the results of the application of the COVID patient daily cases in Semarang City, the optimal bandwidth value is 0.86 and the polynomial order is 4 with the minimum GCV is 3179.568 so that the model estimation results the MSE is 2922.22 and the determination coefficient is 97%. The estimation results show the highest number of Corona in the Semarang City at the beginning of July 2020. After the corona case increased in July, while the corona case in August decreased.
ПОЛОНИЗМЫ И ПОЛЬСКИЕ РЕАЛИИ В ПОВЕСТИ А. БЕСТУЖЕВА-МАРЛИНСКОГО НАЕЗДЫ
Authors: АНАНЬЕВА НАТАЛИЯ
Published: January 2022

The article analyses Polish linguistic elements noted in Arrivals, a novel by A. Bestuzhev-Marlinsky, which describes the events on the border of Russia and Poland which occurred shortly after 1613. Words of Polish origin are presented in all the parts of speech; they are tasked with conveying the local Polish atmosphere and the characteristic speech of Poles as well as people of non-Polish origin (Jews, Russians) who came into contact with Poles.
FRAGMENT KALENDARZA W JĘZYKU POLSKIM Z XIV/XV WIEKU ZE ZBIORÓW BIBLIOTEKI JAGIELLOŃSKIEJ W KRAKOWIE
Authors: LEŃCZUK MARIUSZ , WYDRA WIESŁAW
Published: January 2022

A manuscript stored in the Jagiellonian Library (no. 1564 from 1404) holds a fragment of a Polish calendar, previously unpublished, from the late 14th century or the early 15th century. Written on the last, extra parchment page, it is a fragment of a much larger manuscript. The first 13 days of January have survived (1 to 13 January) and 13 days of February (4 to 19 February). The fragment contains 17 names, five of which are not included in the Słownik staropolskich nazw osobowych (Dictionary of Old Polish Proper Nouns, W. Taszycki, ed., vol. 1-7, Wrocław 1965-1987), namely Arkadyj, Emilijan, Iginij, Sotera, Wedast. The word january (January, in Polish styczeń) has not been recognised by dictionaries, either. There is no equivalent of the calendar in question in Poland or other European countries. It is impossible to indicate the diocese or a milieu where it could have been used. The document includes a few names of saints properly attributed to the days of their cult and names attributed to days not used in other known calendars. This leads to a conclusion that the calendar was either used in an unknown milieu or we are dealing with a simple error of the copyist. The latter theory best explains the peculiarity of this fragment of the calendar. This is confirmed by marking 4 nd 5 February as Ide rather than Nones, and 12 and 13 February as calends rather than Ides. The calendar was probably erroneously planned by the copyist who confused the days and affiliation of saints. Perhaps these errors were spotted early, the copying process was never completed and the parchment was recycled. Most probably, the intention behind the calendar (1564) was a large parchment “poster”, reminiscent of a scroll, used to inform the congregation about the holidays in the year. The calendar is unique because of the names of saints included in it and the fact that it is written in Polish.
Practical Identity, Contingency and Humanity
Authors: Ranzenigo Damiano
Published: January 2022

Aim of this paper is to support the view that all human practical identities are contingent by arguing against the view that there is at least one necessary practical identity shared by all human beings, namely Humanity. The view that Humanity is a necessary practical identity is explicitly defended by Christine M. Korsgaard (Korsgaard, C. M. 1996. The Sources of Normativity, edited by O. O’Neill. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press; Korsgaard, C. M. 2009. Self-Constitution: Agency, Identity, and Integrity. New York: Oxford University Press) and indirectly by Marya Schechtman (Schechtman, M. 2014. Staying Alive: Personal Identity, Practical Concerns, and the Unity of a Life. New York: Oxford University Press). Korsgaard understands Humanity both in terms of pure self-legislation, and as deep sociality. In the first case, Humanity as self-legislation faces what I call ‘Existential dilemma’: either Humanity has specific content, typical of contingent practical identities, but stops being necessary for all human beings; or Humanity is emptied of its content and is conceived of as necessary self-legislation, but stops being a practical identity. In the second case, i.e., Humanity as deep sociality, Korsgaard confuses the necessary natural fact that human beings are social creatures, with contingent contexts of human socialization, which are the true sources of specifically human practical identities. I articulate this confusion in the guise of what I call ‘Nature/Nurture dilemma’, which also applies to the morally neutral account of human personhood advocated by Schechtman (Schechtman, M. 2014. Staying Alive: Personal Identity, Practical Concerns, and the Unity of a Life. Oxford University Press). In conclusion, I address the worry that without the necessary practical identity of Humanity we might not be able to extend our practical and moral concerns to distant fellow human beings by sketching an alternative path to extend such concerns.
The anisotropic broadband surface plasmon polariton and hot carrier properties of borophene monolayer
Authors: Jian Chaochao , Ma Xiangchao , Zhang Jianqi , Jiang Jiali
Published: January 2022

Borophene monolayer with its intrinsic metallic and anisotropic band structures exhibits extraordinary electronic, optical, and transport properties. Especially, the high density of Dirac electrons enables promising applications for building low-loss broadband SPP devices. However, a systematic characterization of the surface plasmon polariton (SPP) properties and hot carriers generated from the inevitable SPP decay in borophene has not been reported so far. Most importantly, the mechanism for SPP losses remains obscurely quantified. In this work, from a fully first-principles perspective, we explicitly evaluate the main loss effects of SPP in borophene, including the Drude resistance, phonon-assisted intraband and direct interband electronic transitions. With this knowledge, we further calculate the frequency- and polarization-dependent SPP response of borophene, and evaluate some typical application-dependent figure of merits of SPP. On the other hand, we evaluate the generation and transport properties of plasmon-driven hot carriers in borophene, involving energy- and momentum-dependent carrier lifetimes and mean free paths, which provide deeper insight toward the transport of hot carriers at the nanoscale. These results indicate that borophene has promising applications in next-generation low-loss optoelectronic devices and photocatalytic reactors.
Mountain-Expressway Slope Safety Based on the Online Monitoring System and Fuzzy Comprehensive Evaluation
Authors: Yao Aijun , Gong Yifei , Li Yanlin , Tian Tian , Xu Chengshun
Published: January 2022

Mountainous highway slopes are characterized by their point-like distribution, large number, relatively small scale, and susceptibility to human activities and environmental changes. Overall monitoring and assessment of slopes are necessary to detect hazards in a timely manner and prepare disaster prevention measures in advance. There is a lack of integration and utilization of monitoring data, and the slope safety evaluation system is not mature. In response to these problems, this study uses real-time monitoring data of highway slopes as the research object. Real-time monitoring data of multisource monitoring indicators are used to evaluate and provide early warning on the degree of safety of the highway slopes. The main research includes the following: (1) Construction of an online monitoring system for highway slopes. This study analyzes the sensitivity of the slope’s influencing factors and the deformation characteristics of slopes along mountainous highway slopes. The application principles of monitoring indicators, points, and monitoring networks are created. (2) Highway slope stability evaluation hierarchical models are generated from monitoring the index layer to the judgment criterion layer based on multisource monitoring indexes. According to the analytic hierarchy process–fuzzy comprehensive evaluation methods, the real-time stability level of the slopes is determined on the basis of the stability assessment data set. (3) A real-time evaluation model was applied to the stability evaluation of slopes. The established model is suitable for stability evaluation and security classification of highway slopes in mountain areas. From the evaluation results, heavy rainfall is the main reason for the safety level reduction of slopes in mountain areas. According to monitoring items, the system can evaluate the safety level of slopes and monitor the subsidence of mountain highway subgrades and geological disasters, such as landslides and collapses, along mountain highways in real time.
The Practice of Texts: Education and Healing in South India
Authors: Cerulli Anthony
Published: January 2022

The Practice of Texts examines the uses of the Sanskrit medical classics in two educational institutions of India’s classical life science, Ayurveda: the college and the gurukula. In this interdisciplinary study, Anthony Cerulli probes late- and postcolonial reforms in ayurvedic education, the development of the ayurvedic college, and the impacts of the college curriculum on ways that ayurvedic physicians understand and use the Sanskrit classics in their professional work today. His fieldwork in south India illuminates the nature of philology and ritual in the ayurvedic gurukula and showcases how knowledge is exchanged among students, teachers, and patients. The result, Cerulli shows, is that the Sanskrit classics are presented and applied differently in the college and gurukula, producing a variety of relationships with these texts among practitioners. By interrogating the politics surrounding the place of the Sanskrit classics in ayurvedic curricula, this book reveals a spectrum of views about the history and tradition of Ayurveda in modern India.
Begriffsketten, Verschränkungen und Deontik der Pandemiediskurse
Authors: Rocco Goranka
Published: January 2022

Als ein vergleichsweise junges diskurslinguistisches Untersuchungsobjekt eröffnen Pandemiediskurse unterschiedliche Forschungsfragen und -desiderata (vgl. z.B. Rocco/Dreesen/Krasselt, im Druck). Im Zentrum des Interesses steht hier das Desiderat, die Verschränkung bestimmter Stränge von Pandemie(meta)diskursen mit anderen Diskursen bzw. Diskurssträngen näher zu erforschen. Ausgehend von einigen deutschen und italienischen Ausdrücken, die im Zusammenhang mit der Pandemie das Konzept des „Leugnens“ versprachlichen (Covidleugner, negazionista, negazionismo del covid u.a.), erkundet der Beitrag die Verschränkung von Pandemiediskursen mit anderen Diskursen und Diskurssträngen. Anhand der Schweizer Teilkorpora S_AL_DE_SNF_COVID19 und S_AL_IT_SNF_COVID19 in deutscher und italienischer Sprache werden hierzu Begriffsketten bzw. Begriffsäquivalenzen und Begriffsoppositionen untersucht, in denen einschlägige Ausdrücke vorkommen, die das Konzept des Leugnens und benachbarte Konzepte versprachlichen.
Gender Distribution of Scholarship and Measures of National Recognition in Hospital Medicine
Authors: Kim Juliann L. , Allan Jessica M. , Fromme H. Barrett , Forster Catherine S. , Shaughnessy Erin , Ralston Shawn
Published: January 2022

OBJECTIVE

Our specific aim was to assess the gender distribution of aspects of scholarly productivity and professional standing for pediatric hospital medicine over a 5-year period. We also evaluated for correlation between the makeup of editorial boards, conference planning committees, and chosen content.

METHODS

We reviewed scholarly publications, presentations, editorial boards, planning committees, awardees, and society leadership in pediatric hospital medicine from 2015 to 2019 and determined gender using published methods to assess for differences between observed proportions of women authors and presenters and the proportion of women in the field.

RESULTS

The field of pediatric hospital medicine at large is 69% women (95% confidence internal [CI] 68%–71%), and an estimated 57% of senior members are women (95% CI 54%–60%). We evaluated 570 original science manuscripts and found 67% (95% CI 63%–71%) women first authors and 49% (95% CI 44%–53%) women senior authors. We evaluated 1093 presentations at national conferences and found 69% (95% CI 65%–72%) women presenters of submitted content and 44% (95% CI 37%–51%) women presenters of invited content. Senior authorship and invited speaking engagements demonstrated disproportionately low representation of women when compared with senior members of the field (senior authorship, P = .002; invited presenters, P < .001). Strong positive correlation between gender composition of conference planning committees and selected content was also noted (r = 0.94).

CONCLUSION

Our study demonstrated representative gender distribution for some aspects of scholarly productivity in pediatric hospital medicine; however, a lack of gender parity exists in senior roles.
Comparative analysis of the antioxidant capacity and secondary metabolites accumulation in the fruits of rowan (Sorbus aucuparia L.) and some closely related species
Authors: Lykholat Y. L. , Didur O. O. , Khromykh N. O. , Davydov V. R. , Borodai Y. S. , Kravchuk K. V. , Lykholat T. Y.
Published: January 2022

The paper presents the results of studying fruits antioxidant properties of several species, previously combined into the genus Sorbus L. (Rosaceae family). Ripe fruits were collected in September 2020 from the plants of Cormus domestica (L.) Spach, Sorbus aucuparia L., Karpatiosorbus latifolia (Lam.) Sennikov & Kurtto and Torminalis glaberrima (Gand.) Sennikov & Kurtto from the collection of the Botanical Garden of the Oles Honchar Dnipro National University. Total phenolic content (TPC), total flavonoids content (TFC), ferric reducing antioxidant power (FRAP) and total antioxidant capacity (TAC) were determined both in the fruits peel and pulp. In the fruits of all species, higher values of the determined indicators were found in the fruit peel than in the pulp. Moderate and strong positive correlation was found between FRAP and TPC as well between FRAP and TFC both in peel and pulp of all studied species. At the same time, notable interspecific differences of the phytochemical traits were established, indirectly confirming the ambiguity of the taxonomy of the genus Sorbus L. According to the fruits antioxidant properties and secondary metabolites accumulation, species K. latifolia (broad-leaved whitebeam) and T. glaberrima (wild service-tree) are the most promising for cultivation in arid conditions of the central steppe of Ukraine.
Characteristics of the toxic effect of imidacloprid on the state of Eisenia fetida (Annelida, Clitellata, Lumbricidae)
Authors: Huslystyi A. O. , Gasso V. Y. , Yermolenko S. V. , Petrushevskyi V. B.
Published: January 2022

Imidacloprid became the most sold neonicotinoid insecticide in the world in the 21st century. Due to their constant use, neonicotinoids are stored in soils, bottom deposits, and surface waters. It is known that neonicotinoids reveal toxicity for non-target species: annelid worms, insects, fish, birds, and mammals. Neonicotinoids exhibit reproductive toxicity, neuro-, hepato-, and genotoxicity for mammals. Earthworms are useful modeling organisms that are proposed to carry out toxicity tests. Eisenia fetida is considered a convenient and adequate species in toxicological studies. Analysis of available data shows that even low concentrations of imidacloprid caused protrusion of a belt, blackening, leakage of a cellar fluid, narrowing areas of the body with edema in segments, and dark body pigmentation in E. fetida. There are also biochemical changes. Low concentrations of imidacloprid (<0.2 mg/L) suppress the activity of cellulase. Imidacloprid also causes damage to DNA, production of reactive oxygen species, and alterations in antioxidant enzymes activity in E. fetida: inhibition of catalase, but activation of superoxide dismutase and glutathione-S-transferase. Imidacloprid reduces reproductive success in E. fetida, causing significant deformation of sperm, reducing the average number and size of cocoons and the success of birth. At concentrations ≥10 mg/kg of imidacloprid, the high mortality of worms makes it impossible for vermiculture. At 5 mg/kg of imidacloprid in plants remains for vermicomposting in seven weeks, the mortality rate of 25% of E. fetida individuals is fixed. The stereotypical escape reflex behavior in the worms was observed in relation to imidacloprid at a concentration of 1.32 mg/kg. At the same time, molecular and cellular mechanisms of toxic effects of imidacloprid on E. fetida are almost not studied and needed special attention with further research.
Assessment of adaptive capacity of native and adventive species of trees and shrubs in Dnipro region
Authors: Ivanko I. A. , Kulik A. F.
Published: January 2022

Nowadays, deterioration and loss of ecological functions of urban tree and shrub plantations take place in Europe and, in particular, in Ukraine; it was noted that their number is insufficient to counteract the negative impact of global climate change and protect the population against industrial pollution effects. The issue of resistance of native and adventitious tree species used in the plantations of industrial cities remains relevant; it necessitates the assessment of physiological and biochemical aspects of their adaptation to extreme environmental factors, such as moisture limit in the steppe zone, periodic dangerously low winter temperatures and anthropo-technogenic load (in large urban agglomerations). In order to optimize the assortment of tree species of large megalopolises of the steppe zone of Ukraine and determine their potential resistance to anthropogenic pressures the study was conducted in conditionally clean forest biogeocenoses of the Samara River levee zone and in artificial plantations on the territories located in the coastal zone of the Dnipro River within 1500 m from the Prydneprovskaya thermal electric station (PTES, Dnipro city). It well known that the TPP is the source of atmospheric air pollution by such heavy metals as lead and cadmium. A study of the activity of antioxidant protection enzymes in leaves of native and adventive tree species showed that in the zone of Prydneprovskaya TES impact there was an increase of guaiacol peroxidase activity in Acer platanoides, Ulmus minor, Morus alba; benzidine peroxidase in Acer negundo, Ulmus laevis, Acer platanoides; catalase in A. platanoides, A. negundo, U. laevis, Ulmus pumila and Robinia pseudoasasia. High peroxidase activity, which is complemented by higher catalase activity, indicates the relative resistance of these species to atropo-technogenic pressures supported by antioxidant defense mechanisms. Total chlorophyll content (Chla + Chlb) in leaves of native species Ulmus laevis, Acer platanoides and adventive Morus alba decreased in the zone of TPP impact in relation to conditionally clean areas. The ratio of chlorophyll a to chlorophyll b in contaminated areas significantly increased in leaves of native species Ulmus laevis, Ulmus minor, Acer platanoides compared with control. The invasive species Acer negundo, Morus alba, Ulmus pumila had no significant changes in this indicator. In invasive species such as Ulmus pumila, Acer negundo there was an increase in leaf mass, which may indicate adaptation of these species to anthropogenically altered growth conditions.
Is true friendship possible on Facebook? A study from the psychological perspective of Laín Entralgo
Authors: García-Huertas Juan-Gabriel , Garrido-Pintado Pablo , Moreira José-Antonio
Published: January 2022

The present work aims to analyse the meaning of the concept of friendship through the study of the work of the doctor and philosopher Pedro Laín Entralgo. The initial hypothesis of the study is that the concept of friendship has been used instrumentally by social media networks, and that these do not offer the conditions necessary to fully experience true friendship. To verify this, we focused on the study of the psychological dimensions of friendship proposed by the author, identifying a series of variables and conducting an analysis by means of a survey of university students who are active users of the platform. With these results the descriptive statistics were extracted and a nonparametric analysis was performed of the variables to determine if Facebook does in fact offer the conditions necessary for to experience true friendship in its psychological dimensions. As the results show, to experience true friendship on social networks is difficult, given that the nature of the interactions between users of the platform are not appropriate for this experience. In calling this different type of relationship friendship Facebook benefits from an attractive hook which leads users to generate contacts as a form of currency which benefits the business model of the social media platform. The concept of true friendship is altered, deformed and displaced in favour of other types of relationships.
The news gap in the «triple digital agenda»: The different interests of media, audience and networks
Authors: Diez-Gracia Alba , Sánchez-García Pilar
Published: January 2022

Digital transformations entail continually reviewing the various Communication models and processes. The influence of the media themselves as agenda setters for an ever more active audience and social networks that select and make certain content they receive viral are also affected by such a convergent context. This current research analyses a model called here the ‘triple agenda’ within the media themselves, in which the journalistic criterion of relevance and their audience’s preferences in the web and the networks travel along different paths. The proposal includes the users and the viral effect as influencing agents in the shape and selection of news, generating a news gap of interests between the media and their audiences. In order to test this model, we study an exploratory case in ElPaís.es, applying a content analysis to the information (n=420) distributed among the online front page, what is most read by the audience in its webpage, and the most viral in its Twitter account. The main objective is to check whether or not these three spheres of relevance operate independently, showing different informative interests f rom the thematic selection that the medium establishes f rom its agenda, its audience and its social networks. The results confirm that there is a gap in the informative interests of the three spheres analysed, especially between the agenda marked by the medium and the interests that are reflected in their web audience, which is more attracted to soft news and the clickbait technique; while there is a greater coincidence of interests between the newspaper’s front page and the users’ selection in their social networks.
Controlled $g$-dual frames and their approximates in Hilbert spaces
Authors: RAMEZANİ Sayyed Mehrab
Published: January 2022

In this paper, we introduced and characterized the controlled $g$-duals of a frame in a separable Hilbert space $\mathcal{H}$ . Afterwards, we obtained new $C$-controlled $g$-dual frames from the given $C$-controlled $g$-dual frames. In addition, the approximation for controlled $g$-dual frames was defined and some of their properties were investigated. Finally, we characterized the relationship between approximately $C$-controlled dual and $C$-controlled $g$-dual.
On the strongly annihilating-submodule graph of a module
Authors: BEYRANVAND Reza , FARZI-SAFARABADI Ahadollah
Published: January 2022

In this paper we continue to study the strongly annihilating-submodule graph. In addition to providing the more properties of this graph, we compare extensively the properties of this graph with the annihilating-submodule graph.
2019–2020 measles in the Republic of Guinea: epidemic features and herd immunity
Authors: Lavrentieva I. N. , Bichurina M. A. , Antipova A. Yu. , Camara J. , Magassouba N’F. , Egorova S. A. , Totolian A. A.
Published: January 2022

Introduction. In connection with the Ebola epidemic in the West African countries, including the Republic of Guinea, a failure in implementing measles immunization program was noted. A proportion of measles seronegative subjects in 2017 was 52.4% of total examined individuals. In 2018, a high proportion of measles cases among children aged 1–5 years (61.6%) was identified. In order to stop the 2018 outbreak, the Supplemental Immunization Campaign was conducted in the Konakri and Nzerekore prefectures in the Republic of Guinea. The aim of this study was to examine the 2019–2020 measles epidemic situation and assess the measles population immunity in the Republic of Guinea. Materials and methods. Measles-specific antibodies were examined in 1697 blood serum samples collected from residents of different regions of the Republic of Guinea, aged from 7 months to 76 years, obtained in 2019–2020, and tested retrospectively. The ELISA test systems Anti-Measles Virus ELISA (IgM) Euroimmun and Anti-Measles Virus ELISA (IgG) Euroimmun (Germany) were used. The presence of serum IgM measles antibodies was considered as acute measles infection. Statistical analysis was performed using the software package Statistica 6.0. Results. Blood sera (n = 638) were tested for IgM-measles, and in 46.6% of cases the diagnosis was confirmed by laboratory tests. The biggest proportion of the total cases (61.6%) was found in children aged 1–4 years. The second most important age group was 5–9 years of age, the third is children under 1 year: 18.5% and 11.8% of the total number of patients, respectively. Measles infection was registered in vaccinated patients in 7.4% of the total number of laboratory-confirmed cases. 1059 subjects were examined for IgG measles antibody. The lowest seroprevalence rate was found among children under 4 years of age (47.8%). The highest (85.5%) was found among subjects of 40 years old and older. Conclusion. Measles in GR remains a poorly controlled infection. As in the previous years of observation (2017–2018), children under 5 years of age are the most vulnerable cohort of the population, despite the 2018 DI campaign conducted in a number of GR territories. More problems with the measles control in the Republic of Guinea are expected in the period from 2021, as along with the COVID-19 epidemic, Ebola is repeatedly registered in the country. The Republic of Guinea particularly requires assistance from the international community to implement the WHO measles elimination program on a global scale.
Hybrid Warfare or Hybrid Threat – The Weaponization of Migration as an Example of the Use of Lawfare – Case Study of Poland
Authors:   Pedagogical University of Kraków, Łubiński Piotr
Published: January 2022

This article aims to address the issue of alleged hybrid warfare attacks on Lithuania, Latvia, and Poland. The scope of the article covers the Belarus operations conducted in 2021. Firstly, the author addresses the issue of pushing migrants from a descriptive perspective. Secondly, he debates whether Belarus operation was conducted within the scope of hybrid warfare, hybrid threat, and lawfare? The author concludes that the Republic of Belarus has operated lawfare falling within the hybrid threat spectrum. It means that the situation is not to be classified under the law of armed conflict from the perspective of international and non-international armed conflicts and ius ad bellum violation. Thirdly, the author claims that Belarus has violated international law, so certain legal redress is appropriate and justified. Belarus's actions may result in a court proceeding before the International Court of Justice and before other international institutions.
Percepciones e intención de los padres de vacunar a sus hijos menores de 12 años contra la COVID-19: Estudio transversal en Perú
Authors: Zamora Jose Gonzales , Moreno David Soriano , Soriano Anderson , Ponce-Rosas Linda , De-Los-Ríos-Pinto Abraham , Murrieta-Ruiz Valentina , Morocho-Alburqueque Noelia , Caira-Chuquineyra Brenda , Alave-Rosas Jorge
Published: January 2022

Objetivos: Evaluar las percepciones e intención de los padres de vacunar a sus hijos menores de 12 años en Perú.

Metodología: Estudio transversal analítico a partir de una encuesta en línea (25 de noviembre al 6 de diciembre del 2021) para padres de niños menores de 12 años que recopiló la percepción sobre el riesgo de contagio por COVID-19 en sus hijos, sobre la necesidad de vacunación y sobre los eventos adversos relacionados con la vacuna. Evaluamos los factores asociados a la intención de vacunación mediante razones de prevalencia crudas (RPc) y ajustadas (RPa) con intervalos de confianza al 95% (IC 95%).

Resultados: El 83.5% de los padres tenían la intención de vacunar a sus hijos menores de 12 años. En el análisis multivariado, los factores asociados a una disminución de la intención de vacunación fueron pensar que la vacuna no es necesaria (RPa: 0.65; IC 95% 0.44 – 0,94), que no protegería (RPa: 0.14; IC 95% 0.03 – 0.63), que no sería segura (RPa: 0.80; IC 95% 0.70 – 0.92) y que ocasionaría efectos negativos a largo plazo (RPa: 0.92; IC 95% 0.85 – 1.00). Por otro lado, residir en la Selva (RPa: 1.09; IC 95%: 1.03 – 1.15) o en la Sierra (RPa: 1.06; IC 95%: 1.00 – 1.11) se asoció a una mayor prevalencia de intención.

Conclusiones: En Perú, un 16.5% de padres no vacunaría a sus hijos menores de 12 años, ya que perciben que la vacuna no es necesaria y no protegería contra la COVID-19, además de tener la preocupación de posibles eventos adversos.
PEDAGOGIAS E PERFORMANCES CORPORAIS E SEXUAIS DE HOMENS GAYS NO TWITTER
Authors: Desidério Ricardo , Couto Edvaldo Souza
Published: January 2022

O Twitter, enquanto artefato cultural, permite a seus usuários postagens informativas, mas também abordagens sexuais e pornográficas. Neste contexto,  a partir dos aportes teóricos dos estudos culturais na educação e dos estudos de redes sociais na educação, o artigo apresenta resultados de uma pesquisa cujo objetivo foi analisar como são construídas as performances corporais e sexuais de um grupo de homens gays no Twitter, destacando discursos e pedagogias que educam o olhar por meio destas interações em rede. O método usado foi o qualitativo, de cunho descritivo e analítico, numa perspectiva dos estudos de redes sociais, numa abordagem da etnografia virtual. Os resultados apontam que os perfis analisados evidenciam a exibição performática dos corpos, dos órgãos sexuais e de discursos que ressaltam sexualidades construídas em e para as telas. Tais performances são repletas de pedagogias que orientam modos de ser gay e a educação do olhar na era das conectividades.
Hydrogen Storage and Transportation Technologies to Enable the Hydrogen Economy: Liquid Organic Hydrogen Carriers
Authors: Southall Emma , Lukashuk Liliana
Published: January 2022

Reliable storage and transportation of hydrogen at scale is a challenge which needs to be tackled to allow a robust and on-demand hydrogen supply when moving towards a global low carbon hydrogen economy with the aim of meeting net-zero climate goals. Numerous technologies and options are currently being explored for effective hydrogen storage and transportation to facilitate a smooth transition to the hydrogen economy. This paper provides an overview of different hydrogen storage and transportation technologies, focusing in more detail on liquid organic hydrogen carriers (LOHCs), its advantages and disadvantages and future considerations for the optimisation of the LOHC technology.
Deploying an Artificial Intelligence‐based defect finder for manufacturing quality management
Authors: Lee Kyoung Jun , Kwon Jun Woo , Min Soohong , Yoon Jungho
Published: January 2022

This paper describes how the Big Data Research Center of Kyung Hee University and Benple Inc. developed and deployed an artificial intelligence system to automate the quality management process for Frontec, an SME company that manufactures automobile parts. Various constraints, such as response time requirements and the limited computing resources available, needed to be considered in this project. Defect finders using large‐scale images are expected to classify weld nuts within 0.2 s with an accuracy rate of over 95%. Our system uses Circular Hough Transform for preprocessing as well as an adjusted VGG (Visual Geometry Group) model. Our convolutional neural network (CNN) system shows an accuracy of over 99% and a response time of about 0.14 s. To embed the CNN model into the factory, we reimplemented the preprocessing modules using LabVIEW and had the classification model server communicate with an existing vision inspector. We share our lessons from this experience by explaining the procedure and real‐world issues developing and embedding a deep learning framework in an existing manufacturing environment without implementing any hardware changes.
Optimizing smart grid operations from the demand side
Authors: Zheng Yongqing , Yu Han , Shi Yuliang , Zhang Kun , Zhen Shuai , Cui Lizhen , Leung Cyril , Miao Chunyan
Published: January 2022

As demand for electricity grows in China, the existing power grid is coming under increasing pressure. Expansion of power generation and delivery capacities across the country requires years of planning and construction. In the meantime, to ensure safe operation of the power grid, it is important to coordinate and optimize the demand side usage. In this paper, we report on our experience deploying an artificial intelligence (AI)–empowered demand‐side management platform – the Power Intelligent Decision Support (PIDS) platform – in Shandong Province, China. It consists of three main components: 1) short‐term power consumption gap prediction, 2) fine‐grained Demand Response (DR) with optimal power adjustment planning, and 3) Orderly Power Utilization (OPU) recommendations to ensure stable operation while minimizing power disruptions and improving fair treatment of participating companies. PIDS has been deployed since August 2018. It is helping over 400 companies optimize their power usage through DR, while dynamically managing the OPU process for around 10,000 companies. Compared to the previous system, power outage under PIDS due to forced shutdown has been reduced from 16% to 0.56%.
Clarity 2.0: Improved assessment of product competitiveness from online content
Authors: Huang Yufeng , Bernagozzi Mariana , Morales Michelle , Usmani Sheema , Srivastava Biplav , Mullins Michelle
Published: January 2022

Competitive analysis is a critical part of any business. Product managers, sellers, and marketers spend time and resources scouring through an immense amount of online and offline content, aiming to discover what their competitors are doing in the marketplace to understand what type of threat they pose to their business' financial well‐being. Currently, this process is time and labor‐intensive, slow and costly. This paper presents Clarity, a data‐driven unsupervised system for assessment of products, which is currently in deployment in the global technology company, IBM. Clarity has been running for more than a year and is used by over 4,500 people to perform over 200 competitive analyses involving over 1000 products. The system considers multiple factors from a collection of online content: numeric ratings by online users, sentiment of user generated online content for key product performance dimensions, content volume, and topic analysis of content. The results and explanations of factors leading to the results are visualized in an interactive dashboard that allows users to track their product's performance as well as understand main contributing factors. Its efficacy has been tested in a series of cases across IBM's portfolio which spans software, hardware, and services. After initial release and first year of use, improvements to the methodology were implemented to ensure it was relevant to and served the highest impact needs of target users. Moreover, new use cases leveraging the initial ideas and approaches continue to be explored.