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Selection of HR-Strategy in the Location of the Transport-Technological System of Oil Fields in the Russian Arctic
Authors:   N. Laverov Federal Center for Integrated Arctic Research, Ural Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Arkhangelsk, Russia, CHIZHOVA Lyudmila A. , GUBAIDULLIN Marsel G. ,   Northern (Arctic) Federal University named after M.V. Lomonosov, Arkhangelsk, Russia; N. Laverov Federal Center for Integrated Arctic Research, Ural Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Arkhangelsk, Russia
Published: September 2021

The development of Arctic hydrocarbon resources is in the sphere of interests of many large companies. At the same time, the vast northern territories and polar seas do not have a developed infrastructure that would allow implementing various transport and technological solutions for the development of oil fields. The opportunities for attracting the resources of the Russian Arctic into economic circulation are currently being used to a small extent, which is caused by various factors, both objective and subjective, that were formed at the previous stages of the country's development. This work is devoted to the problem of choosing an HR strategy when placing objects of the transport and technological system of oil fields in the Russian Arctic, taking into account the ecological, economic and socio-economic features of this macroregion. Using the example of oil and gas fields in the coastal-shelf zone of the south-eastern part of the Barents and Kara Seas, the authors consider multivariate forecasts for the formation of a rational scheme for the transportation of hydrocarbons as an integral part of the regional oil and gas complex. The authors assign a special role to the important economic and socio-psychological components associated with the processes of organizing the work of oil workers. At the same time, they come to the conclusion that the shift method of labor organization, adopted by many large mining companies, should not displace, but only complement the traditional methods of attracting personnel to the Arctic oil infrastructure facilities. The use of the combined method of labor organization in the Arctic is the most optimal, allowing to integrate the advantages and localize the disadvantages of other methods of labor organization.
State Terror in the Western Ukrainian Lands as a Method of Establishment of Soviet Power
Authors: MISINKEVYCH Leonid
Published: September 2021

The course of historical events is studied with regard to the reunification of Western Ukraine with Soviet Ukraine. The formation of the foundations of the new state-political and territorial system with the formation of new regions of Western Ukraine is shown. The characteristics of the most important regulations on the formation of law enforcement agencies of the Soviet government and their repressive actions on the territory of the region are given. The first repressive actions were directed against the Polish servicemen and the members of counter-revolutionary, espionage organizations, the former landowners, the manufacturers, the Polish officers, the officials, and the defectors, who were at the prisons in the western regions of Ukraine. The activities of Ukrainian political parties were banned. The activity of «Prosvita», Taras Shevchenko Scientific Society was stopped and the work of cultural and educational institutions, theaters, philharmonics, museums was reorganized. The policy of forced collectivization, nationalization of the industrial enterprises, the banks was tracked on the basis of the research materials. There were four waves of deportations during the 1939–1940 years, when not only the Polish settlers and Polish civil servants of local self-government but also a group of Ukrainian foresters, members of public, political, nationalist organizations, entrepreneurs, merchants, wealthy peasants were deported. The priests of various denominations, members of the OUN underground did not escape deportation and repression. It is stated that the victorious conclusion of the war with Germany promoted realization of administrative measures to restore the Soviet power in the western Ukrainian lands. The edge of mass repression is directed against the Ukrainian bourgeois nationalists. The mass inspections were introduced under the guise of registration and population censuses. The repressive politics aims to fight the Greek Catholic clergy of the region. Strengthening the struggle against politically unreliable intelligentsia, students, Western Ukrainian literary and artistic elite, and members of Lviv organization of the Union of Soviet Writers of Ukraine is substantiated. Repressive bodies had a special attention to the assessment of the political views of the scientific and pedagogical workers of Lviv universities and the pupils of M. Hrushevskyi.
Project Activity as a Tool for the Development of Territorial Communities
Authors: POLYANSKA Alla , ZAPUKHLYAK Ivanna
Published: September 2021

The article substantiates the need to find modern mechanisms for resolving the conflicts between private and public interests, individual and managerial approaches, public and state vision on solving the problems of local community development. It is proved that one of the elements of such a mechanism is the project activity of the united territorial communities, which due to purposefulness, focusing on timeliness and quality of project results, as well as opportunities to attract financial resources from various sources, will increase the efficiency and effectiveness of the united territorial community activity, improvement the quality of public life and strengthening its competitive potential. The project activities of the united territorial communities of Ivano-Frankivsk region were diagnosed, which allowed to establish that short-term and low-budget projects predominate among local communities’ projects, which insufficiently resolve the systemic problems of territorial development due to financial insolvency of existing territorial communities. The directions of further development of the united territorial communities on the basis of project management are outlined.
Implementation of Innovative Energy Saving Projects to Strengthen the Competitiveness of Domestic Enterprises
Authors: SOBKO Olha , KRYSOVATYY Ihor , SMEREKA Svitlana
Published: September 2021

The article deals with the features of innovative projects launch of the energy saving on the enterprises of Ukraine, the necessity of research of essence and specific of introduction of such projects is substantiated concerning the energy-savings on enterprises, their place in the system of economic relations is examined. Foreign experience of market of innovative projects introduction of the energy-saving is investigated, that is one of the basic component elements of effective competition which is beneficial in innovative activity of enterprises, which means the launch of innovative developments, new technologies, knowledge, information. The basic most effective districting over of territory of Ukraine is demonstrated, where realization of innovative projects of the energy efficiency introduction and energy-savings of sunny power stations and surface windy power stations is carried out. Considerable technically accessible potential of power mediums production of redintegrated energy and alternative types of fuel sources in Ukraine is revealed. The basic barriers over introduction of innovative projects in the market of energy-savings are shown, in particular: limited access to technologies and innovations, high cost of services in energy efficiency, lack of skilled specialists, sub-zero quality of suggestion of services in energy efficiency in the market etc. Attention is focused on using of project management for realization of innovative projects, as a basic tool of management, in particular to the energy management and energy audit, and their basic tasks on an enterprise are given. The basic strategic constituents regarding the development of fuel and energy complex of Ukraine and its competitiveness are pointed out, as well the use of alternative energy sources on a period to 2035, that is mentioned in operating Power strategy «Safety, energy efficiency, competitiveness». The mechanism of electric power production stimulation of iterated sources in Ukraine is demonstrated which means the «Green» price for the subjects of managing that produce power from the solar and wind energy.
Protection of Property Rights to Property Acquired Family Unions under Legislation of Ukraine and States of the European Union
Authors: HAVRIK Roman
Published: September 2021

In the scientific article, the author explores the peculiarities of legal regulation of protection of property rights to property acquired in marriage by spouses, in actual, religious marriage, other family unions by its members under the civil and family law of Ukraine and some European Union states. In particular, the author determined that in Ukraine and the leading states of the European Union legal regulation of the main methods and forms of protection of property rights is carried out in accordance with the general provisions of civil law with certain features to protect the property of spouses and family unions, illegal behaviour of one of the spouses. In this aspect, there is a dualism in the legal regulation of these issues regarding the protection of property rights of spouses: in legal relations with third parties are subject to general methods of protection, in legal relations between spouses — methods defined by family law. The protection of property rights of de facto spouses, spouses in a church marriage and partners in a registered partnership has a different legal nature in the European Union: some of them do not recognize these family unions and protection of property acquired in these unions is governed by general rules; the other part of the states recognizes features in protection of the property right to the property acquired in the specified family unions, fully or partially equating them on these parameters to protection of the property right to property of spouses. In particular, French civil law lays down a special procedure for the protection of spouses’ property rights and the extension to civil partners (including de facto spouses) of the general provisions of civil law on the protection of their property rights. The German Civil Code does not recognize the legal consequences of actual marital relations, as well as church marriages, and civil partnerships concluded before 2017 (the time of recognition of same-sex marriages) in terms of protection of property rights and obligations equates to a registered marriage. Czech civil law defines the same ways of protecting the property of spouses and civil partners, and the protection of property rights acquired by de facto spouses is regulated on a general basis in accordance with the provisions on joint property and the protection of civil rights. Latvian civil law recognizes the possibility of protecting only the right of ownership of property acquired in a registered marriage, without recognizing other family unions.
IMPROVEMENT OF REQUIREMENTS FOR THE PRESIDENT OF THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION IN THE CONTEXT OF THE CONSTITUTIONAL REFORM 2020
Authors: Шпехт Любовь Ивановна
Published: September 2021

В данной статье проанализировано изменение правового статуса Федерального Собрания Российской в контексте принятия поправок в Конституцию РФ 2020 года. Конституционная реформа привела к расширению полномочий палат Федерального собрания, данное явление обусловлено рядом причин рассмотренных автором.

This article analyzes the change in the requirements for the President of the Russian Federation in the mechanism for adopting amendments to the Constitution of the Russian Federation in 2020. The constitutional reform introduced additional restrictive requirements for candidates for President of the Russian Federation, due to a number of reasons considered by the author.
THE ROLE OF DEFENDER IN THE PRODUCTION OF SEPARATE INVESTIGATIVE ACTIONS AT THE PRELIMINARY INVESTIGATION STAGE
Authors: Кузин Ярослав Александрович , Фантров Павел Петрович
Published: September 2021

Актуальность темы исследования заключается в том, что на сегодняшний день отсутствует единое мнение ученых-процессуалистов относительно роли защитника при производстве следственных действий на стадии предварительного расследования. В статье охарактеризовано участие защитника в контексте проведении некоторых следственных действий - обыск, предъявление для опознания, допрос и производство судебной экспертизы.

The relevance of the research topic lies in the fact that today there is no consensus among procedural scientists regarding the role of the defense attorney in the conduct of investigative actions at the stage of preliminary investigation. The article describes the participation of a defense attorney in the context of certain investigative actions - search, presentation for identification, interrogation and forensic examination.
Homeopathy and COVID-19 Pandemic in India
Authors: Dutta Abhijit , Ghosh Shubhamoy
Published: September 2021

In the past few months, the Coronavirus infection (COVID-19/SARS-CoV-2) has invaded the globe with its infectious nature. The adverse situation and panic resulting from it has put the whole medical fraternity in a state of worry. Every country has engaged itself to fight with this deadly situation. History has rarely seen such rapidity in the development of therapies for any epidemic. Starting from Hydroxychloroquin, Remdesivir to Plasma therapy, or many of the opinion-based (or supported by weak/empirical evidence) therapies have been used.
Yoga in correctional settings: A randomized controlled study. Frontiers in Psychiatry. 2017 Oct 16; 8:204
Authors: Maity Kalyan
Published: September 2021

Yoga is a holistic approach and it is quite difficult to understand the specific effects of Yoga for its many aspects such as Asana, Pranayama, Meditation, etc. Inspite of these challenges, scientific study on Yoga has been grown optimally. Several studies have shown the positive outcome of Yoga on various psychological and physiological parameters such as stress, anxiety, depression, memory, aggressiveness, etc. ( , ). Prison population is vulnerable to different psychiatric morbidities and often represent antisocial behavior ( , ). A randomized control trial has shown a significant improvement in perceived stress, positive affect, and psychological distress in prisoners after 10 weeks of Yoga practice ( ). A few meta-analysis has also suggested the positive effect of Yoga and meditation on psychological well-being and behavioral functioning in the prison population. The study has revealed that 10 weeks Yoga was associated with increased positive affect, impulse control, psychological well-being, sleep quality, and decreased aggressiveness, stress, and negative affect.
OPPORTUNITIES OF JOB SEARCH THROUGH SOCIAL MEDIA PLATFORMS AND ITS DEVELOPMENT IN LITHUANIA
Authors: Gasparėnienė Ligita , Matulienė Snieguolė , Žemaitis Eigirdas
Published: September 2021

3.81 billion or 49.03 percent of people around the world in 2020 have been using social media platforms. On average, everyone has 8.6 accounts on social media platforms. In today’s world, social media platforms control a large part of life, one of which is job search. Job searches through social media platforms are already completing the elimination of older traditional job search methods, and the social network LinkedIn, which has become an interactive resume, is slowly outpacing resumes and cover letters in terms of the ability to share recommendations and various expertise. Employers are increasingly posting open job positions on social media platforms, making job postings simple and easily accessible to all users of social media platforms. The main goal of the presented paper is to introduce the recommendations for developing the process of job search through social media platforms using quantitative analysis. This article highlights the concept and peculiarities of social media platforms, advantaged and disadvantages of job search through SMP. The factors influencing job search through social media platforms were presented and analyzed according to the survey, steps for the further development were presented as well. Recommendation to improve the process of job search were provided after theoretical, methodological and empirical part. The results of the research will help to define the main advantages and disadvantages of job search through SMP from general population of Lithuania, also main concerns regarding its usage were determined. It is faster and easier to find the job through SMP, although do not like that it is necessary to keep an eye on their profile page in the social media, so privacy concern was defined as the biggest disadvantage. The article used the following methods: scientific literature review, quantative analysis (survey).
OPERATION ANALYSIS OF THE AIR-SOURCE HEAT PUMP USING TRNSYS SIMULATION TOOL
Authors: Daugirdaitė Gabrielė , Streckienė Giedrė , Kropas Tomas
Published: September 2021

In order to achieve ambitious goals for energy efficiency and requirements for near zero energy buildings, various technological solutions enabling the use of renewable energy are proposed and applied. One such rapidly spreading technology is heat pumps. However, the use of air-­to-­water heat pumps in countries where the cold season is cold and humid has unfavourable conditions for the operation of this equipment during the heating season. As a result, the performance efficiency of the equipment decreases. This article presents the simulation results of an air-­to-­water heat pump operation in Lithuania using the TRNSYS modelling tool; its nominal heating capacity is 6.55 kW. The model was calibrated using real data obtained at Vilnius Gediminas Technical University when measurements were performed under heat pump freezing conditions. The seasonal performance factor of the heat pump heating mode was determined during the calculation. Parametric analysis of the model was also performed, when sensitivity of the model to the initial climatic data was observed. Comparable results are obtained for Vilnius, Prague and London.
Evidence for a Nondichotomous Solution to the Kepler Dichotomy: Mutual Inclinations of Kepler Planetary Systems from Transit Duration Variations
Authors: Millholland Sarah C. , He Matthias Y. , Ford Eric B. , Ragozzine Darin , Fabrycky Daniel , Winn Joshua N.
Published: September 2021

Early analyses of exoplanet statistics from the Kepler mission revealed that a model population of multiplanet systems with low mutual inclinations (∼1°–2°) adequately describes the multiple-transiting systems but underpredicts the number of single-transiting systems. This so-called “Kepler dichotomy” signals the existence of a subpopulation of multiplanet systems possessing larger mutual inclinations. However, the details of these inclinations remain uncertain. In this work, we derive constraints on the intrinsic mutual inclination distribution by statistically exploiting transit duration variations (TDVs) of the Kepler planet population. When planetary orbits are mutually inclined, planet–planet interactions cause orbital precession, which can lead to detectable long-term changes in transit durations. These TDV signals are inclination sensitive and have been detected for roughly two dozen Kepler planets. We compare the properties of the Kepler-observed TDV detections to TDV detections of simulated planetary systems constructed from two population models with differing assumptions about the mutual inclination distribution. We find strong evidence for a continuous distribution of relatively low mutual inclinations that is well characterized by a power-law relationship between the median mutual inclination (

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Constraining Mornings and Evenings on Distant Worlds: A new Semianalytical Approach and Prospects with Transmission Spectroscopy
Authors: Espinoza Néstor , Jones Kathryn
Published: September 2021

The technique of transmission spectroscopy—the variation of a planetary radius with wavelength due to opacity sources in the planet’s terminator region—has been one of the most successful in the characterization of exoplanet atmospheres to date, providing key insights into the composition and structure of these distant worlds. A common assumption made when using this technique, however, is that the variations are the same in the entire terminator region. In reality, the morning and evening terminators might have distinct temperature, pressure, and thus compositional profiles due to the inherent 3D nature of the planet, which would, in turn, give rise to different spectra on each side of it. Constraining those might be fundamental for our understanding of not only the weather patterns in these distant worlds but also the planetary formation signatures that might only be possible to extract once these features are well understood. Motivated by this physical picture, in this work, we perform a detailed study of the observational prospects of detecting this effect. We present an open-source semianalytical framework with which this information can be extracted directly from transit light curves and perform a detailed study of the prospects of detecting the effect with current missions, such as TESS, and upcoming ones, such as JWST. Our results show that these missions show great promise for the detection of this effect. Transmission spectroscopy studies with JWST, in particular, could provide spectra of each of the limbs, allowing us to convey 3D information previously accessible only via phase curves.
Vanmanenia marmorata, a new species of loach (Teleostei: Gastromyzontidae) from the middle Chang-Jiang Basin in Guizhou Province, south China
Authors: Deng Shuqing , Zhang E
Published: September 2021

The gastromyzontid genusVanmaneniawas established by Hora in 1932, based on the type speciesVanmanenia stenosoma. The genus is a loach group adapted to running waters of streams from southern China, northern Vietnam and Laos. Currently, 19 valid species of the genus have been recognised. The northernmost distribution of the genus is the Yangtze River (= Chang-Jiang in Chinese) Basin and five species (V. maculata,V. intermedia,V. stenosoma,V. pseudostriataandV. gymnetrus) have been reported from the Basin.

Vanmanenia marmorata, a new hillstream species of loach, is here described from the middle Chang-Jiang Basin in Guizhou Province, south China. It is distinguished from its congeners by having a combination of the following characters: three triangular-shaped rostral lobules; postdorsal saddles wider than interspaces; a more backwards-placed anus (the vent to anal distance 30.5–36.9% of the pelvic to anal distance); a larger gill opening with its upper extremity reaching the level of the middle of the orbit; anal-fin base length 5.6–6.4% of SL; caudal-peduncle length 11.6–12.9% of SL; prepelvic length 51.1–53.4% of SL. Its validity is also affirmed by its distinct cyt b gene sequence divergence with all sampled congeners and its monophyly recovered in a cyt b gene-based phylogenetic analysis.
Comparative analysis of chromosome numbers and sex chromosome systems in Paraneoptera (Insecta)
Authors: Kuznetsova Valentina G. , Gavrilov-Zimin Ilya A. , Grozeva Snejana M. , Golub Natalia V.
Published: September 2021

This article is part (the 4tharticle) of the themed issue (a monograph) “Aberrant cytogenetic and reproductive patterns in the evolution of Paraneoptera”. The purpose of this article is to consider chromosome structure and evolution, chromosome numbers and sex chromosome systems, which all together constitute the chromosomal basis of reproduction and are essential for reproductive success. We are based on our own observations and literature data available for all major lineages of Paraneoptera including Zoraptera (angel insects), Copeognatha (=Psocoptera; bark lice), Parasita (=Phthiraptera s. str; true lice), Thysanoptera (thrips), Homoptera (scale insects, aphids, jumping plant-lice, whiteflies, and true hoppers), Heteroptera (true bugs), and Coleorrhyncha (moss bugs). Terminology, nomenclature, classification, and the study methods are given in the first paper of the issue (Gavrilov-Zimin et al. 2021).
A new species of pygmy mole cricket (Orthoptera: Tridactylidae) from the Lake Wales ridge of Florida and new records of Ellipes eisneri from the northern Brooksville ridge
Authors: Woo Brandon
Published: September 2021

Pygmy mole crickets (Orthoptera: Tridactylidae) are usually associated with the edges of ponds and streams, but in the sandy uplands of Florida, at least two lineages of these insects have evolved to live in xeric scrub and sandhill habitats. Very little work has been done with scrub tridactylids since they are tiny and often difficult to collect. In this paper, the pygmy mole cricket Ellipes deyrupisp. nov. is described from the northern Lake Wales Ridge of Florida. It is sympatric at all known locations with another scrub tridactylid, Neotridactylus archboldi Deyrup & Eisner, but has not been found co-occurring with the closely related Ellipes eisneri Deyrup. The habits of this new species are convergent with both N. archboldi and E. eisneri. In addition, new records of Ellipes eisneri are presented, extending this species’ known distribution to the Northern Brooksville Ridge. Both species of scrub Ellipes are found in restricted geographic ranges and suffer from a lack of study and recognition. Conservation implications for these two species are discussed.
Miscellaneous reverse order laws and their equivalent facts for generalized inverses of a triple matrix product
Authors: Tian Yongge ,   College of Business and Economics, Shanghai Business School, Shanghai, China
Published: September 2021

Reverse order laws for generalized inverses of products of matrices are a class of algebraic matrix equalities that are composed of matrices and their generalized inverses, which can be used to describe the links between products of matrix and their generalized inverses and have been widely used to deal with various computational and applied problems in matrix analysis and applications. ROLs have been proposed and studied since 1950s and have thrown up many interesting but challenging problems concerning the establishment and characterization of various algebraic equalities in the theory of generalized inverses of matrices and the setting of non-commutative algebras. The aim of this paper is to provide a family of carefully thought-out research problems regarding reverse order laws for generalized inverses of a triple matrix product $ ABC $ of appropriate sizes, including the preparation of lots of useful formulas and facts on generalized inverses of matrices, presentation of known groups of results concerning nested reverse order laws for generalized inverses of the product $ AB $, and the derivation of several groups of equivalent facts regarding various nested reverse order laws and matrix equalities. The main results of the paper and their proofs are established by means of the matrix rank method, the matrix range method, and the block matrix method, so that they are easy to understand within the scope of traditional matrix algebra and can be taken as prototypes of various complicated reverse order laws for generalized inverses of products of multiple matrices.
Long-time behaviors of two stochastic mussel-algae models
Authors: Zhou Dengxia ,   School of Mathematics and Statistics, Hubei Minzu University, Enshi, Hubei 445000, China, Liu Meng , Qi Ke , Liu Zhijun ,   School of Mathematics and Statistics, Huaiyin Normal University, Huaian 223300, China
Published: September 2021

In this paper, we develop two stochastic mussel-algae models: one is autonomous and the other is periodic. For the autonomous model, we provide sufficient conditions for the extinction, nonpersistent in the mean and weak persistence, and demonstrate that the model possesses a unique ergodic stationary distribution by constructing some suitable Lyapunov functions. For the periodic model, we testify that it has a periodic solution. The theoretical findings are also applied to practice to dissect the effects of environmental perturbations on the growth of mussel.
Tackling pandemics in smart cities using machine learning architecture
Authors: Ngabo Desire ,   College of Computer Science and Electronic Engineering, Hunan University, Changsha 410000, China, Dong Wang , Ibeke Ebuka , Iwendi Celestine , Masabo Emmanuel ,   African Center of Excellence in the Internet of Things, University of Rwanda, Kigali 3900, Rwanda,   School of Creative and Cultural Business, Robert Gordon University, Aberdeen, Scotland, UK,   School of Creative Technologies, University of Bolton, Bolton BL3 5AB, UK,   Department of Mathematics and Computer Science, Coal City University Enugu, Enugu 400231, Nigeria,   African Center of Excellence in Data Science (ACE-DS), College of Business and Economics, University of Rwanda, Kigali 4285, Rwanda
Published: September 2021

With the recent advancement in analytic techniques and the increasing generation of healthcare data, artificial intelligence (AI) is reinventing the healthcare system for tackling pandemics securely in smart cities. AI tools continue register numerous successes in major disease areas such as cancer, neurology and now in new coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 (COVID-19) detection. COVID-19 patients often experience several symptoms which include breathlessness, fever, cough, nausea, sore throat, blocked nose, runny nose, headache, muscle aches, and joint pains. This paper proposes an artificial intelligence (AI) algorithm that predicts the rate of likely survivals of COVID-19 suspected patients based on good immune system, exercises and age quantiles securely. Four algorithms (Naïve Bayes, Logistic Regression, Decision Tree and k-Nearest Neighbours (kNN)) were compared. We performed True Positive (TP) rate and False Positive (FP) rate analysis on both positive and negative covid patients data. The experimental results show that kNN, and Decision Tree both obtained a score of 99.30% while Naïve Bayes and Logistic Regression obtained 91.70% and 99.20%, respectively on TP rate for negative patients. For positive covid patients, Naïve Bayes outperformed other models with a score of 10.90%. On the other hand, Naïve Bayes obtained a score of 89.10% for FP rate for negative patients while Logistic Regression, kNN, and Decision Tree obtained scores of 93.90%, 93.90%, and 94.50%, respectively.
COVID-19 pandemic containment in the Caribbean Region: A review of case-management and public health strategies
Authors: Umakanthan Srikanth ,   Department of Para-clinical sciences, Faculty of Medical Sciences, St Augustine, The University of the West Indies, Trinidad & Tobago, WI, Chauhan Anuradha , Gupta Madan Mohan , Sahu Pradeep Kumar , Bukelo Maryann M , Chattu Vijay Kumar ,   Department of Psychology, University of Toronto Scarborough Campus, Toronto, ON M1C 1A4, Canada,   School of Pharmacy, Faculty of Medical Sciences, The University of the West Indies, St. Augustine, Trinidad & Tobago, WI,   Centre for Medical Sciences Education, The University of the West Indies, St. Augustine, Trinidad & Tobago, WI,   Department of Anatomical Pathology, Eric Williams Medical Sciences Complex, North Central Regional Health Authority, Trinidad and Tobago, West Indies,   Division of Occupational Medicine, Department of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, M5S 1A8, Canada,   Department of Public Health, Saveetha Medical College and Hospitals, Saveetha Institute of Medical and Technical Sciences, Saveetha University, Chennai-600077, India,   Institute of International Relations, The University of the West Indies, St. Augustine, Trinidad and Tobago, WI
Published: September 2021

COVID-19 emerged initially from Wuhan, Hubei province, China, in late December 2019, and since then, it has spread globally to be declared a pandemic by the World Health Organization. The Caribbean region started reporting COVID-19 cases in early March 2020, triggering new regional public health crises. The initial suspects and confirmed cases across the Caribbean countries were mainly imported cases and from cruise ships. The clinical manifestations varied from fever, cough, and malaise in mild cases to acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) and shock in severe cases. The Caribbean Public Health Agency has provided frequent updates on the preventive strategies and quarantine measures across the Caribbean member states. COVID-19 has had a serious impact on the Caribbean region's health system, economy, and psychology. This review presents the Caribbean perspective of COVID-19, detailing the epidemiology, clinical manifestations, diagnosis, management, and preventive and surveillance measures. Vaccine hesitancy was found to be a major challenge that needs appropriate health education strategies to address the public. Strong leadership and regional collaboration among the Caribbean member states are necessary to provide optimal real-time data to the public and implement appropriate and effective guidelines in the island states.
Virtual and Augmented Reality for Developing Emotional Intelligence Skills
Authors: Papoutsi Chara , Drigas Athanasios , Skianis Charalabos
Published: September 2021

The development and the cultivation of emotional intelligence and of the skills it can offer to the individual are the main elements and pursuits of contemporary research. The enhancement of self-control, the reinforcement of self-criticism and self-awareness and the cultivation of the constant self-development are the most central objectives of all the people and of the scientists since they are the cornerstone for euphoria. The aim of the present study is the review and the critical reproduction of information and conclusions that have been extracted from the international bibliography regarding the issue in question. More specifically, there will be an effort to evaluate and present the significance of the activities of virtual reality and of augmented reality that contribute to the development of emotional intelligence skills. Along the same lines, there will be an important review of the articles that refer to the exploitation of such digital tools, to achieve the same results for the people suffering from autism as well. Besides, the care for all the members of the society with no exceptions, and certainly of those members that suffer from mental retardation, should be of upmost importance. The present article focuses on the role that those tools play for the amplification of the skills in the sphere of emotional intelligence not only as far as the duration of the research is concerned.
Image Deblurring using Wiener Filtering and Siamese Neural Network
Authors: Setia Vaibhav , Kumar Shreya
Published: September 2021

Blurred images are difficult to avoid in situations when minor Atmospheric turbulence or camera movement results in low-quality images. We propose a system that takes a blurred image as input and produces a deblurred image by utilizing various filtering techniques. Additionally, we utilize the Siamese Network to match local image segments. A Siamese Neural Network model is used that is trained to account for image matching in the spatial domain. The best-matched image returned by the model is then further used for Signal-to-Noise ratio and Point Spread Function estimation. The Wiener filter is then used to deblur the image. Finally, the results of the deblurring techniques with existing algorithms are compared and it is shown that the error in deblurring an image using the techniques presented in this paper is considerably lesser than other techniques.
A Physics and Engineering Lab for Primary Teachers at CERN
Authors: Nantsou Tina P. , Kapotis Efstratios C. , Tombras George S.
Published: September 2021

Major international Research Centers run Continuous Professional Development Courses for Primary Teachers on Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics activities and experiments. The projects and the hands-on workshops inspire teachers through cutting-edge science and technology to influence and spread the research culture to their students in return. The STEM lab in this paper was presented in a CERN program for Greek primary educators teaching Physics and IT. The research focuses on the teachers' electromagnetic lab and was tested by students in the classroom environment for two subsequent years. The results of both labs, of teachers and students, are examined regarding their basic understanding of Physics Laws and scientific research.
COVID-19 & Prospects of Online Work from Home Using Technology: Case from India
Authors: Sahoo Bibhu Prasad , Gulati Ankita , Haq Irfan Ul
Published: September 2021

The outburst of the pandemic COVID-19 in 2019 from the land of China to the entire world has brought a major change in people's living style. The severity of the disease is so much that more than 20 million people are affected by it worldwide. The recommended preventive measure to avoid the spread of this fatal disease is to maintain social distance leading to a significant economic disruption that could submerge the economies globally. However in order to keep the economies moving, the work from culture is adopted globally wherein the employees are connected via the internet and the work continues to happen. This paper aims to discover how people adopt such an attempt in the working culture. Also, the purpose of the paper is to find out its bearing on the employees' working capacity and whether they would like to continue with this arrangement in the future. The research employs primary data collected from 400 employees across various industries who are currently working from home. The research proposes advantages and challenges in working from home with a majority of employees preferring the method.
The Implementation of Tele-Health Physiotherapy Services for Musculoskeletal Conditions: A Systematic Review
Authors: Husaain Fadheela S. , Irum Sobia , Al.Rayes Mohamed Merza Khalil , Jasim Zahra Isa Abdulla , Ashfaq Muhammad
Published: September 2021

It is obvious how the COVID-19 pandemic changed the whole aspects of our lives in the recent period. The health services are one of the most affected services during this pandemic. However, these services are vital and cannot be over missed in any context or situation. One of the most recent terms or services which has been used to overcome the challenges of the current pandemic is the " Tele-Health' or "Tele- Medicine" or "Tele-Rehabilitation" which refer in all cases to the using of technology such as video calls or smart applications to provide the health care services to the patients distally. The main goal of the current systematic review is to study the implementation of the Tele-health services in physiotherapy specifically for the musculoskeletal cases in terms of its effectiveness, challenges and barriers, and the implementation guidelines. Review of 32 articles from different databases (Springer, Scopus, and PMC) in the last ten years period (2011-2021) revealed that this topic is dramatically increased in the literature last year with the rise of COVID-19 pandemic. The current review is showing the methodology, theories, results, in addition to the details of countries and journals in which the articles were published. The current study could help in providing the guidelines to implement the Tele-health services in physiotherapy for musculoskeletal conditions, with concentrating on the effectiveness and challenges.
WILD HOPPER Prototype for Forest Firefighting
Authors: Ragab Ahmed Refaat , Ale Isaac Mohammad Sadeq , Luna Marco A. , Peña Pablo Flores
Published: September 2021

In Europe, fire represents an important issue for a lot of researchers due to economic losses, environmental disasters, and human death. In the last decade, the European parliament sheds light upon this problem by dealing with the community project” Forest Focus”. Thus, researchers and scientific research departments of European companies begin to work on solving and creating different techniques to deal with such a problem, these research centers found that the most attractive and accurate way of solving such a problem was using an Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV). In this paper, the research center at Drone Hopper Company analysis the deficiencies for forest fire fighting systems, in order to start designing its new prototype of a special drone named WILD HOPPER, solving all the shortcomings of similar systems. This paper is the first of a group of research papers that will take place during designing and producing our WILD-HOPPER system.
Investigating a Relationship between Perceived Stress, Religious Coping, and Religiosity in Migrant Muslim Women
Authors: Ozeto Nana-fatima Taini , Allan Thérèse
Published: September 2021

Previous research has identified the heightened amount of perceived stress experienced by migrants in the West. Muslim women specifically may be at a greater exposure to perceived stress, easily being identified as different from others due to the observance of the hijab (Ahmed, 1992). However, Muslims in the UK generally have one of the lowest rates of accessing mental health services (Joint Commissioning Panel for Mental Health, 2014). Current research shows the positive role religion plays in managing perceived stress and the potential development of mental health difficulties. Few studies have been conducted on migrant populations and even fewer with female Muslim migrants. The current study aimed to investigate religiosity, as a mediator of the relationship between religious coping and perceived stress in migrant Muslim women. It also aimed to investigate the relationship between perceived stress and migration. The results found religiosity to mediate the relationship between religious coping and perceived stress, that is, individuals with higher religiosity used religious coping and had lower perceived stress. However, there was no significant relationship between experiences of migration and perceived stress. These findings provide possible directions for mental health practitioners when working with clients from such backgrounds.
Opposing hypotheses of the reflection of light applied to the Michelson interferometer with a particular geometry
Authors: Filipescu Filip Dambi
Published: September 2021

The derivation of light paths in the Michelson interferometer is based on the hypothesis that the incident speed and reflected speed of the wavefront of a ray of light are equal in the frame at absolute rest. In this case, the Michelson‐Morley experiment predicts a fringe shift
of     0.40   . With the hypothesis that the incident speed and reflected speed of the wavefront of a ray of light are equal in the inertial frame
of a mirror at the instance of collision, the Michelson interferometer with a particular geometry predicts zero fringe shift, which is in agreement with the result of the Michelson‐Morley experiment.
Study on the Sintering and Mg Composition Effect on MgB2 Superconducting Bulks and Wires Synthesized by Powder-in-Sealed-Tube Method
Authors: Khan Md Rauf Ul Karim , Imaduddin Agung , Nugraha Heri , Hattori Reiji , Pramono Andika Widya
Published: September 2021

Numerous research efforts aimed at the MgB2(Magnesium diboride) as a superconducting material due to its higher critical temperature than Nb-based superconductors such as NbTi, Nb3Sn. Nowadays MgB2is becoming more popular as the candidate to be applied on medical devices and large-scale applications because of its full coherence lengths, improved critical current density and fields, and simple crystal structure. In this study, we fabricated the 4 mm MgB2superconducting wires by mixing stoichiometric mole ratio of Mg: B with 1.0:2.0 and 1.1:2.0 through the Powder-In-Sealed-Tube (PIST) method to optimize high critical temperature (TC) than the conventional MgB2bulk and wire. Furthermore, we decreased the diameter of 4 mm to 1.8 mm wire and analyze the effect of critical temperature. The specimens were sintered at a different temperature to investigate the sintering effect of MgB2superconducting wire. The resistivity versus temperature relationship, surface morphology, and crystal phase was characterized using Cryogenic system, SEM (Scanning Electron Microscopy), and XRD (X-ray Diffractometer), respectively. We optimized the high Tc,onset for the bulk and 4 mm wire compared to other studies that are 42.1K and 40.3K respectively at 800°C sintered temperature. Finally, the results suggest that the stoichiometric ratio of MgB2exhibited excellent feasibility to prepare conventional MgB2superconducting wire.
A Study on Material Dispersion around Zero Material Dispersion Wavelength of Different Material Composition based Optical Fiber
Authors: Chowdhury Prosenjit Roy , Mitra Arnab , Patra Sampurna , Biswas Sudipta
Published: September 2021

The Optical Fiber-based communication system has established its proficiency and inevitability towards regular progress and advancement worldwide. The most attractive wavelength for optical fiber communication is 1.55 μm, as it represents the lowest loss. The other challenging parameter ‘Material Dispersion’ gets reduced to ‘Zero’ at 1.27 μm wavelengths for conventional pure silica-based Optical Fiber. To improve the system towards a better unification between the loss and dispersion, the Dispersion Shifted Fiber (DSF) has been introduced. The Dispersion Flattened Fiber has introduced the concept of flat dispersion over a wide range of wavelengths. But the effective combination of the mechanisms to compensate for all the challenges is yet to be established properly. The said mechanisms are complex to design and implement. So, there is an immense scope to search for an alternative to get control over the loss and dispersion. At present, a fair number of material compositions of optical fiber are reported with different specifications. Our study on some of these fiber compositions has produced some interesting data towards the broader flatness and the minimum dispersion effect over a considerable range of wavelengths around the Zero Material Dispersion Wavelength (ZMDW). It helps to have more effective wavelength division Multiplexing (WDM). In this paper, we have studied different prospective options of optical fiber doping profiles to explore and propose an effective and optimized alternative among the available fiber profiles. We have studied the samples of pure SiO2 fibers along with B2O3 and GeO2 doped fibers and samples of Fluoride-based ABCY and ZBLAN glass Fibers to propose an effective combination of materials among the available options to get the optimized conjugation of loss and dispersion. Our report on the comparative study of different fiber materials has produced some effective results to have minimum material dispersion at the lowest loss wavelength to invite worldwide attention from system designers.