bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Fennoscandian Ice Sheet glaciation on the Kola Peninsula and Russian Lapland
Authors: Boyes Benjamin , Linch Lorna , Pearce Danni , Nash David
Published: March 2022

Previous reconstructions of the glacial history of the last Fennoscandian Ice sheet (FIS) in northwest Arctic Russia are limited in scope owing to a lack of empirical geomorphological and chronological data. As a result, previous reconstructions suggest the Kola Peninsula was glaciated by either the FIS, the Ponoy Ice Cap, or the Kara Sea Ice Sheet. Utilising new databases of over 245,000 mapped glacial landforms and 209 numerical ages, we present a new time-slice reconstruction of Late Weichselian (c. 40-10 ka) FIS glaciation on the Kola Peninsula and Russian Lapland.

Subglacial bedforms are used to reconstruct ice flow geometry in the region. The relative age sequence of events demonstrates an evolving ice sheet configuration, including ice sheet build-up and retreat stages, and evidence of ice streaming. Moraines and meltwater landforms are used to reconstruct ice margin positions in the region. The Kola Interlobate Complex, stretching almost 400 km, is likely to be a time-transgressive landform assemblage, which formed at an east- and northeast-migrating junction between the warm-based White Sea lobe and cold-based ice on the Kola Peninsula, probably before the Last Glacial Maximum. Reconstructed retreat ice margin positions indicate that FIS retreat is characterised by thinning, resulting in a lobate ice margin.

This new reconstruction provides a framework into which sedimentary and chronological reconstructions can be contrasted and compared. This research also provides crucial empirical data for validating numerical model simulations of the FIS, which in turn will further our understanding of ice sheet dynamics in other Arctic, Antarctic, and Alpine regions.
What determines the ice shelf shape? 
Authors: Nakayama Yoshihiro , Hirata Toshiki , Goldberg Daniel
Published: March 2022

Ice shelf melt rates near grounding lines are a few orders of magnitude higher than other locations. This intense melting close to
the grounding zone is crucial as it induces ice shelf thinning, further acceleration of ice flow, and grounded ice loss. However,
little is revealed about ice and ocean processes determining peak ice shelf melt rates close to the grounding line because (1) ocean
modelers apply a constant cavity geometry, (2) ice modelers typically assume some parameterizations for determining ice shelf melt rates,
and (3) ice-ocean coupled simulations typically require long model integration, necessitating coarse resolution, and they are not able to
resolve small-scale processes near grounding zones. Here, we develop an idealized high-resolution Pine-Island-like model configuration (250
m, 500m, and 1km horizontal and 10 m vertical grid spacings) and conduct ice-ocean coupled simulation for 20 years after 60 years of
initialization. We show that ice slope and ice shelf melt rate close to the grounding zone increases with higher grid resolution but ice
shelf geometry converges towards the highest resolution solution. We are also able to simulate the formation of sub-ice shelf channels by
applying seasonally varying oceanic conditions. We also present our preliminary results of ice-ocean coupled realistic Pine Island
simulation using unprecedentedly high horizontal and vertical resolution  (200m horizontal and 10 m vertical grid spacings). This is
a step towards understanding the ice-ocean interacting mechanisms determining ice shelf shape and melt rate, which is crucial for
improved projections of future Antarctic ice loss.
The future evolution of the auroral zones
Authors: Maffei Stefano , Livermore Philip , Mound Jonathan , Eggington Joseph , Eastwood Jonathan , Sanchez Sabrina , Freeman Mervyn
Published: March 2022

The auroral zones indicate the locations on the Earth’s surface where, on average, it is most likely to spot aurorae as a consequence of increased solar activity. The shape of the auroral zones and, similarly, the geographical locations most vulnerable to extreme space weather events are modulated by the geomagnetic field of internal origin. As the latter evolves in time, the formers will be subject to variations on the same timescales.

From available geomagnetic field forecasts (which provide an estimate of the future evolution of the geomagnetic field of internal origin) we derive AACGM latitudes and estimate the future evolution of the auroral zones. The novel aspect of this technique is that we make use of all available Gauss coefficients to produce the forecasts, while the majority of present techniques estimate the location of the auroral zones based on the dipolar coefficients only. Our results show that, while the shift of the geomagnetic dipole axis has a first order contribution, higher order Gauss coefficients contribute significantly to the location and shape of the auroral zones.

The same technique is then extended to estimate the future location of the geographical location that would be, on average, most exposed to extreme space weather event. We find that the space-weather related risk will not change significantly for the UK over the next 50 years. For the Canadian provinces of Quebec and Ontario, however, we predict a significant increase in the risk associated to extreme solar activity.
“It makes the buzz” – putting the demographic dividend under scrutiny
Authors: Hilbig Michael , Loichinger Elke , Köppen Bernhard
Published: March 2022

Abstract. We contribute to this theme issue on “(Re)Thinking population geography” with a critical engagement with the
concept of the demographic dividend (DD). We put the DD – a concept based
on interactions between demography, development and policy making – under
scrutiny and investigate in particular whether a demographization of politics, a criticism
concerning political decision-making based on a reductionist use of
demographic data, as described by Barlösius (2007) and Schultz (2019),
is happening. Our findings, based on literature analysis and interviews with experts
working in the field of development cooperation, policy advocacy and
demographic research, show that simplistic demographic explanations for
economic growth are appealing to political leaders and advocacy groups. In
the context of the DD, demographization is being strategically used by advisors and
scientists to convince and engage decision makers at all administrative
levels in order to promote voluntary family planning, multi-sectoral
development policies and human rights. Our research suggests that the well-established and widely used paradigm of
the DD might be a prominent example of what we call positive demographization. At the same time,
particularly when it comes to the politicization of the female body through
demographic intervention, the concept of the DD remains potentially prone to
politically motivated interpretation and use.
SciKit-GStat 1.0: a SciPy-flavored geostatistical variogram estimation toolbox written in Python
Authors: Mälicke Mirko
Published: March 2022

Abstract. Geostatistical methods are widely used in almost all geoscientific disciplines, i.e.,
for interpolation, rescaling, data assimilation or modeling.
At its core, geostatistics aims to detect, quantify, describe, analyze and model spatial covariance of observations.
The variogram, a tool to describe this spatial covariance in a formalized way, is at the heart of every such method.
Unfortunately, many applications of geostatistics focus on the interpolation method or the result rather than the quality of the estimated variogram.
Not least because estimating a variogram is commonly left as a task for computers, and some software implementations do not even show a variogram to the user.
This is a miss, because the quality of the variogram largely determines whether the application of geostatistics makes sense at all.
Furthermore, the Python programming language was missing a mature, well-established and tested package for variogram estimation a couple of years ago. Here I present SciKit-GStat, an open-source Python package for variogram estimation that fits well into established frameworks for scientific computing and puts the focus on the variogram before more sophisticated methods are about to be applied.
SciKit-GStat is written in a mutable, object-oriented way that mimics the typical geostatistical analysis workflow.
Its main strength is the ease of use and interactivity, and it is therefore usable with only a little or even no knowledge of Python.
During the last few years, other libraries covering geostatistics for Python developed along with SciKit-GStat.
Today, the most important ones can be interfaced by SciKit-GStat.
Additionally, established data structures for scientific computing are reused internally, to keep the user from learning complex data models, just for using SciKit-GStat.
Common data structures along with powerful interfaces enable the user to use SciKit-GStat along with other packages in established workflows rather than forcing the user to stick to the author's programming paradigms. SciKit-GStat ships with a large number of predefined procedures, algorithms and models, such as variogram estimators, theoretical spatial models or binning algorithms.
Common approaches to estimate variograms are covered and can be used out of the box.
At the same time, the base class is very flexible and can be adjusted to less common problems, as well.
Last but not least, it was made sure that a user is aided in implementing new procedures or even extending the core functionality as much as possible, to extend SciKit-GStat to uncovered use cases.
With broad documentation, a user guide, tutorials and good unit-test coverage, SciKit-GStat enables the user to focus on variogram estimation rather than implementation details.
Salinity as a key control on the diazotrophic community composition in the southern Baltic Sea
Authors: Reeder Christian Furbo , Stoltenberg Ina , Javidpour Jamileh , Löscher Carolin Regina
Published: March 2022

Abstract. Over the next decade, the Baltic Sea is predicted to
undergo severe changes including decreased salinity due to altered
precipitation related to climate changes. This will likely impact the
distribution and community composition of Baltic Sea dinitrogen-fixing (N2-fixing)
microbes, among which heterocystous cyanobacteria are especially adapted
to low salinities and may expand to waters with currently higher salinity,
including the Danish Strait and Kattegat, while other high-salinity-adapted
N2 fixers might decrease in abundance. In order to explore the impact of salinity on the distribution and activity
of different diazotrophic clades, we followed the natural salinity gradient
from the eastern Gotland and Bornholm basins through the Arkona Basin to the
Kiel Bight and combined N2 fixation rate measurements with a molecular
analysis of the diazotrophic community using the key functional marker gene
for N2 fixation nifH, as well as the key functional marker genes anfD and vnfD,
encoding for the two alternative nitrogenases. We detected N2 fixation rates between 0.7 and 6 nmol N L−1 d−1, and the diazotrophic community was dominated by the cyanobacterium
related to Nodularia spumigena and the small unicellular, cosmopolitan cyanobacterium UCYN-A.
Nodularia was present in gene abundances between 8.07 × 105 and 1.6 × 107 copies L−1 in waters with salinities of 10 and below, while UCYN-A
reached gene abundances of up to 4.5 × 107 copies L−1 in waters
with salinity above 10. Besides those two cyanobacterial diazotrophs, we
found several clades of proteobacterial N2 fixers and alternative
nitrogenase genes associated with Rhodopseudomonas palustris, a purple non-sulfur bacterium. Based on
principal component analysis (PCA), salinity was identified as the primary
parameter describing the diazotrophic distribution, while pH and temperature
did not have a significant influence on the diazotrophic distribution. While
this statistical analysis will need to be explored in direct experiments, it
gives an indication for the future development of diazotrophy in a freshening
Baltic Sea with UCYN-A retracting to more saline North Sea waters and
heterocystous cyanobacteria expanding as salinity decreases.
Neurocognitive Profiles of Children With High Intellectual Ability: A Pilot Study
Authors: Georgiou George K. , Dunn Kristy , Naglieri Jack
Published: March 2022

A common question among teachers of students with high intellectual ability is how to best teach this group of children. To answer this question, it is first necessary to better understand their cognitive profiles. Thus, the primary goal of this study was to examine the neurocognitive profiles of children with high intellectual ability. To do this, we used the Discrepancy Consistency Model (Naglieri, 1999), which allows researchers to detect patterns of cognitive strengths and weaknesses. One hundred forty-two children with high intellectual ability (70 females, 72 males; Mage = 127.41 months, SD = 10.76) from Grades 4, 5, and 6 were assessed on measures of general intelligence and academic achievement, as well as on measures of Planning, Attention, Simultaneous, and Successive (PASS) processes. Results showed that 54% of the sample had a PASS score that was significantly lower than that of each student’s average PASS score. Only 8% of the students had a PASS disorder (a score that was low in relation to the student’s average and below 90). Further, 4% of our sample had both a PASS disorder and an academic-skills disorder. The findings suggest that students with high intellectual ability can show variability in PASS scores that may have relevance for instructional programming and for identifying twice-exceptional children.
El hidrógeno verde en la Unión Europea: una vía necesaria para la transición energética
Authors: López Antoranz Juan
Published: March 2022

El hidrógeno verde es un activo fundamental para complementar el despliegue de energías renovables y ofrece múltiples oportunidades para descarbonizar sectores difíciles de electrificar, contribuir a la integración del sistema energético y desarrollar redes de comercio y cooperación tecnológica a nivel internacional. La Unión Europea ha liderado en los últimos años numerosas iniciativas en materia de reducción de emisiones y transición energética, incorporando el hidrógeno verde entre sus prioridades y planes de inversión. Aún en desarrollo, este vector energético podría ser clave para cumplir con los Objetivos de Desarrollo Sostenible (ODS) de la Agenda 2030.
Innovación periodística desde la economía social: cooperativas, sociedades laborales y accionariado popular en Cataluña
Authors: Camps-Durban Eloi , Mauri-Ríos Marcel
Published: March 2022

En un escenario de profunda mutación tecnológica y socioeconómica, los pioneros y los actores periféricos ganan importancia en la redefinición del periodismo. Estas transformaciones tienen que ver a menudo con los modelos organizativos de la empresa periodística. Así, en los últimos años se asiste a una proliferación de medios de comunicación ubicados en la economía social y solidaria, que impulsan la innovación en múltiples facetas. Este artículo se centra en la innovación organizativa y social tomando como caso de estudio las cooperativas, sociedades laborales y sociedades de accionariado popular en la prensa de Cataluña, territorio con una intensa historia cooperativa y un denso sistema mediático. El censo del estudio comprende 36 casos de cabeceras de la prensa catalana a lo largo de la historia que adoptan estas figuras jurídicas. Los métodos de estudio son el análisis de discursos metaperiodísticos y las entrevistas semiestructuradas a testimonios de estas publicaciones. Estas entidades nacen de la voluntad de periodistas y ciudadanos de ganar independencia, autonomía editorial y organización horizontal de la empresa periodística. Se observa en los casos actuales una orientación más decidida a la estabilización, la profesionalización y al cambio social, así como un mayor conocimiento del cooperativismo. Las actuales cooperativas de prensa catalanas son un claro ejemplo de actor periodístico periférico e innovador, especialmente en cuanto a la organización y al impacto social. También lo fueron los casos de la Transición y años posteriores, aunque no lograron consolidar estos modelos de empresa, que parecen estabilizarse en el panorama mediático.
Maqasid Methodology for Re-Envisioning Islamic Higher Education
Authors: Auda Jasser
Published: March 2022

This article aims to demonstrate how the Maqasid Methodology re-envisions and re-structures an Islamic approach to higher education. This restructuring has direct implications on the research agendas, course curricula and mission of the higher education process. Achieving the purposes or maqasid of Islam via research and education, however, requires a contemporary re-classification of disciplines. Both Islamic and secular classifications, classical and contemporary, are not compatible with the needs of our times. After a general survey of classic and current classifications of disciplines, a new classification is proposed, from an Islamic point of view. The new classification and the associated research agendas briefly presented are basis for a new design for the higher education system based on the Islamic maqasid-based framework.
How to Create, Maintain, and Reinforce Students’ Motivation and Engagement in Online Education: A Discussion
Authors: Dinh Mai Phuong Thi , Le Phuoc Tan , Tran Anh Tuan Pham
Published: March 2022

Online (virtual) education is a teaching and learning method selected by many institutions, including Eastern International University (EIU), to overcome the lockdown and curfew periods during the Covid-19 pandemic. In this knowledge transferring mode, maintaining students’ engagement and motivation is the concern of lectures and school administrators. This study discusses the origin, advantages, and disadvantages of online teaching, compared with on-campus face-to-face education. Also, using the results of a student survey conducted by the Student Services Office, this study highlights some serious issues related to online education in the Becamex Business School at Eastern International University, including poor internet connection, lack of interaction between lecturers and students, external noises, and students’ insufficient attention to the lectures. Then, this study proposes four solutions to remedy these problems: (1) student-friendly or familiar examples, (2) technology-aided teaching methods, (3) project-based assessment, and (4) seven principles for good practice in undergraduate education.
Curriculum Innovation in Vietnam: A Study on Teachers’ Attitudes using the Dimensions of ACB (Affective, Cognitive and Behavioral) Model
Authors: Pillai Ajay Kumar , Pereira Margaret , Roe Jasper , Luong Luong Khanh
Published: March 2022

This study examines teachers’ attitudes towards curriculum innovation in Vietnam. The paper attempts to contribute to understanding teachers’ attitudes and responses towards curriculum innovation in terms of competencies, several affective, cognitive, and behavioral abilities of teachers which may affect the overall attitudes towards curriculum innovation, leading to extensive ramifications for the success of an educational project. To understand the attitude of teachers, a mixed-method explanatory sequential design approach is used. The authors collected quantitative data and then designed a qualitative open-ended plan to build upon the quantitative research. ANOVA was performed to test the statistical significance and correlations were established. Data gathered from interviews were analysed using thematic analysis. This study shows that the overall attitudes of teachers and educators towards curriculum innovation in Vietnam are favourable. However, both quantitative and qualitative show there are certain challenges to such innovations. No teacher had either a broad view of curriculum innovation or awareness of the interrelationship between the three dimensions of attitude and the implementation of the curriculum although aspects of each dimension were mentioned by individual teachers.
PERENCANAAN PRODUKSI DALAM PEGEMBANGAN USAHA PEMBUATAN KERUPUK PADA UD. ARAFAH KOTA KENDARI
Authors: Artia Artia , Liwaul Liwaul , Elwan La Ode Muhammad
Published: March 2022

Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk : megetahui perencanaan produksi dalam pegembangan usaha pembuatan kerupuk pada UD. Arafah Kota Kendari. Analisis yang digunakan dalam penelitian ini adalah analisis kualitatif deskriptif. Informan dalam penelitian ini adalah pemilik dan kordinator usaha industri kerupuk  UD. Arafah Kota Kendari. Berdasarkan hasil dan pembahasan dapat disimpulkan bahwa, perencanaan produksi yang dilakudan pada usaha industri UD.Arafah kota kendari dimulai dari menyiapkan modal usaha, bahan baku, memperkerjakan karjawan dalam lingkup perusahaan dan megadakan mesin sebagai alat bantu dan penerapan kereativitas produk dan motivasi karyawan.Usaha industri kerupuk UD Arafah telah melakukan  perencanaan produksi mulai dari meyiapkan modal usaha untuk menopang  jalanya produksi, bahan baku yang  selalu di stok untuk berapa kali produksi agar stok selalu tersedia,memperkerjakan karyawan di sekitar lingkungan perusahaan dengan tujuan menjalin kekerabantan yang tergolong dekat dengan tetangga dan mengadakan mesin untuk meringankan dan megefisienkan proses produksi kerupuk.
The improvement of tax control in the conditions of digitalization
Authors: Tsindeliani I. A. , Guseva Т. A. , Izotov A. V.
Published: March 2022

The subject. The features of the improvement of tax control and tax enforcement in the conditions of digitalization.

The purpose of the article is to identify features and trends of the improvement of tax control and tax enforcement in the conditions of digitalization. The methodology includes systematic approach, comparative method, formal-logical method, formal-legal method, analysis, synthesis.

The main results of the research. The article identifies the main directions of development of law enforcement activities of tax authorities and tax legal relations in the context of digitalization. The specifics of the development of intra-organizational analytical approaches to tax control, as well as trends in the transformation of tax legal relations have been established. Tax legal relations arising from tax control, while improving the intra-organizational analytical approaches of tax authorities, do not have significant changes due to the preservation of classical forms of control. Digitalization involves improving tax administration and increasing the efficiency of law enforcement activities of tax authorities.

Conclusions. Improving the law enforcement activities of tax authorities within legal relations arising in the implementation of tax control is associated, on the one hand, with the creation and development of effective intra-organizational control and analytical approaches, and on the other hand, with the transformation and differentiation of tax legal relations themselves. In the first area, tax legal relations are not subject to significant changes. In the second area, the transformation of tax legal relations entails changes in the system of rights and obligations of tax authorities, implemented in law enforcement.
Préconisations en vue de la mise en oeuvre du Plan S par l' ANR
Authors:   Collège Publications
Published: March 2022

En réponse à une demande de l'Agence nationale de la recherche, le Comité pour la Science ouverte formule des recommandations générales et spécifiques pour chacun des 10 points du Plan S, pour guider l'ANR dans la mise en application du Plan.
El procedimiento en la Corte de Castilla, según las Leyes del estilo
Authors: Callahan Joseph
Published: March 2022

Las Leyes del Estilo, una compilación anónima, terminada acerca de 1310, tratan de la práctica de la corte real de Castilla desde el reinado de Alfonso X hasta el reinado de Fernando IV.
La jurisdicción ordinaria de Santa Fe en el Virreinato de Nueva Granada. Estructura, cambios y relaciones
Authors: Toro Silva Alberto
Published: March 2022

El presente artículo analiza la estructura de la jurisdicción ordinaria en Santa Fe durante el virreinato de la Nueva Granada. A partir de documentación de archivo y otras fuentes, el artículo muestra los cambios que ocurrieron en este periodo, como la creación de los alcaldes pedáneos y de barrio. Otras transformaciones fueron la decadencia de los alcaldes de la Santa Hermandad del Cabildo y de los corregidores de indios como jueces ordinarios, y la creciente actividad de la Real Audiencia en la justicia de primera instancia gracias al uso de comisiones para los sumarios. Los conflictos alrededor de la jurisdicción, el poder público en este contexto, eran frecuentes. Lo anterior contribuye a presentar una imagen dinámica de la justicia ordinaria al enfatizar en sus relaciones y conflictos.
Algunas consideraciones sobre las obligaciones del gobernador del Consejo de Castilla según Lorenzo Armengual, obispo de Gironda (mayo de 1713)
Authors: Polo Martín Regina
Published: March 2022

En este trabajo se analiza y publica el contenido de un documento de 10 mayo de 1713, hallado en el Archivo Histórico Nacional, que trata sobre las obligaciones del gobernador del Consejo de Castilla, cuyo autor es Lorenzo Armengual, obispo deGironda.
Jiménez de Asúa, «autoridad constitucional» en tres experiencias iberoamericanas de la década de 1930 (Argentina, Perú y Brasil)
Authors: Abásolo Ezequiel
Published: March 2022

En este ensayo se reconstruye un concreto episodio de asignación de autoridad jurídica. Se trata de la que se le atribuyó en la condición de constitucionalista, y en tres países de Latinoamérica, al penalista español Luis Jiménez de Asúa. Fundamentado en la consulta directa de fuentes constitucionales primarias españolas, argentinas, brasileñas y peruanas, no sólo proporciona un punto de vista desconocido sobre la trayectoria que tuvieron las ideas del intelectual mencionado, sino que también avanza en la recreación de algunas características del diálogo entre las culturas jurídico constitucionales iberomericanas y la española durante la primera mitad del siglo xx.
Design of Interactive Cultural Brand Marketing System based on Cloud Service Platform
Authors: Ziwei Pan Ziwei Pan
Published: March 2022

Changes in the marketing environment and consumer behavior are the driving force for the development of online marketing. Although traditional marketing communication still exists, it has been unable to adapt to the marketing needs of modern cultural brands. On this basis, this paper combines the cloud service platform to design an interactive cultural brand marketing system. In view of the problems of improper task scheduling and resource waste in cloud platform resource scheduling in actual situations, a dynamic resource scheduling optimization model under the cloud platform environment is established, and fuzzy evaluation rules are designed. Moreover, through problem analysis, based on the reinforcement learning algorithm, this paper proposes a deep reinforcement learning resource scheduling algorithm based on tabu search, and combines the algorithm to design the functional module of the marketing system. On this basis, this paper designs an experiment to verify the performance of this interactive cultural brand marketing system. The research results prove that the marketing system constructed in this paper has certain reliability.

 
An Improved Gated System that Combines the Techniques of the Internet of Things for Community Security
Authors: Shih-Hsiung Lee Shih-Hsiung Lee , Shih-Hsiung Lee Po-Hsiang Shih
Published: March 2022

Residential security is important in today’s society. As Taiwan will soon enter a super-aged society, there will be manpower shortages and scheduling problems in the dispatched resident guard service. Hence, how to develop a new security method and business model that uses the techniques of the Internet of Things to improve resident security is a top priority. In addition, in response to the severe global COVID-19 epidemic, residents’ access to and from residential areas shall be strictly controlled, such as body temperature records and access records, in order to enhance epidemic prevention within communities. Therefore, this paper proposes an improved gated system that combines the techniques of the Internet of Things (IoT) to ensure community security. In terms of access control, a facial recognition system is designed, which integrates with the functions of body temperature measurement, RFID, and QR codes. The QR code function is mainly used to allow guests to enter residential areas. Regarding the COVID-19 epidemic, the information recorded by the system can help to effectively control the contact history and body temperature of community residents. The advantages of this paper, including practicality, residential security, and integration, are explained in the experimental section.

 
An Internet of Medical Things Based Liver Tumor Detection System using Semantic Segmentation
Authors: Mehr Yahya Durrani Mehr Yahya Durrani , Mehr Yahya Durrani Sadaf Yasmin , Sadaf Yasmin Seungmin Rho
Published: March 2022

Internet of Medical Things (IOMT) based systems provide a framework for remote health monitoring. Liver tumors tend to have parallel intensities with neighboring lesions and may have an abnormal apparent form that directly depends on the stage, state, type, and luminosity setup. In this research, a segmentation model based on improved UNet has been deployed to segment the tumors by incorporating the side-by-side convolution layers based on Filter Response normalization layers (FRN) along with Threshold Linear Units (TLU). This combination of FRN along with TLU has a very strong impact on the performance of the model as the FRN layer operates on each batch sample and each response filter during training, and thus it eliminates the problem of batch dependence. Furthermore, we have also switched from the traditional up-sampling layers to fractionally strided convolutions in UNet which performs up-sampling of the required image with proper learning. Moreover, the tumors are directly segmented by the proposed framework from the given CT scan without any extraction of ROIs. To evaluate the performance of our proposed method, we use a publicly available 3DIRCADb dataset. The proposed technique has shown excellent results with 93.0% accuracy and 71.2% Jaccard score.

 
Improved Artificial Bee Colony Algorithm Based on Harris Hawks Optimization
Authors: Liyi Zhang Liyi Zhang , Liyi Zhang Zuochen Ren , Zuochen Ren Ting Liu , Ting Liu Jinyan Tang
Published: March 2022

Artificial bee colony algorithm, as a kind of bio-like intelligent algorithm, used by various optimization problems because of its few parameters and simple structure. However, there are also shortcomings such as low convergence accuracy, slow convergence speed, and not easy to jump out of the local optimum. Aiming at this shortcoming, this paper proposes an evolutionary algorithm of improved artificial bee colony algorithm based on reverse learning Harris Hawk (HABC). The basic inspiration of HABC comes from the good convergence of Harris Hawk algorithm in the process of finding the best point of the function. First, introduce the Harris Hawks optimization progressive rapid dives stage in the onlooker bee phase to speed up the algorithm convergence; Secondly, Cauchy reverse learning is added in the scout phase to make the algorithm development more promising areas in order to find a better solution; Finally, 13 standard test functions and CEC-C06 2019 benchmark test results are used to test the proposed HABC algorithm and compare with ABC, Markov Chain based artificial bee colony algorithm (MABC), dragonfly algorithm (DA), particle swarm optimization (PSO), learner performance based behavior algorithm (LPB), and fitness dependent optimizer (FDO). Compared with other algorithms, the convergence speed, optimization accuracy and algorithm success rate of the HABC algorithm are relatively excellent.

 
A randomized open-label clinical trial to evaluate convalescent plasma compared to conventional standard care management for SARS-CoV-2 (COVID-19) in hospitalized patients in the Dominican Republic
Authors: Camilo Reynoso Angiolina , Sosa Socrates , Mejia Dolores , Frontier Ludwig , Diaz Angel , Montero Rafael
Published: March 2022

Aims: The potential benefit of blood therapy in the pandemic is an opportunity for breakthrough therapy. Still, it is also a test for countries to understand their blood supply system and its regulatory infrastructure to succeed in a potentially life-saving alternative for emergent pandemics.

Methods: A multicenter, randomized, zero-phase exploratory study is to compare the efficacy and safety of Convalescent Plasma (CP, test group) with standard care therapy (control group) in hospitalized patients for SARS-CoV-2 (COVID-19).

Results: Thirty-five patients were randomized; 18 (51.4%) corresponded to the treated group. There was a clinical improvement over time for both groups (p < 0.001), but CP didn’t show a significantly different result than standard treatment for non-critically ill patients infected with COVID-19 in the Dominican Republic (p = 0.058). The appearance of dyspnea, the increase of >50% of pulmonary infiltrates between 24 and 48 hours of evolution, and positive qualitative polymerase chain reaction (PCR) results improved significantly in the control group. Therefore, convalescent therapy presented a significant recovery in these signs and symptoms. No adverse events were reported.

Conclusion: This prospective study serves as a pilot to propose an investigation with a representative sample to evaluate the benefits of this therapy’s effects in a bigger population. The most significant advantage of Convalescent Plasma (CP) therapy was obtained in the first six days, where the improvement in clinical categorization was faster, suggesting CP is best for early and mild cases of COVID-19. Actions for enrolling volunteers for this study were not productive, an opportunity for the Dominican Republic health authorities to improve their blood donation strategies and support blood availability.
University Learning Outcomes: Statement of the Issue Within the Theory of Ill-Posed Problems
Authors: Turganbayeva Alma , Bektemessov Maktagali , Skiba Marina
Published: March 2022

The article discusses the problem of determining the learning outcomes for educational programs of the university, including at the program level and the level of individual disciplines included in the program. The goal is to substantiate the understanding of the definition of learning outcomes at a university as an inverse ill-posed problem within the framework of the theory of ill-posed problems, which will allow further reengineering of the educational process at a university based on models of inverse and ill-posed problems. The article identifies the types of uncertainty inherent in education, which affect the possibility of an incorrect decision. The publication substantiates a new understanding of the educational process focused on learning outcomes at a university, as a process of finding a solution to an inverse incorrect problem. In this case, the learning outcomes formulated for a specific educational program are considered as an available solution to the inverse problem. The research carried out by the authors made it possible to construct a mathematical model of the educational process at the university and identify its components. The authors demonstrate that the optimal way to design the educational process is to design it as an inverse problem, and the list of disciplines, their content and the corresponding learning outcomes are determined and developed at subsequent stages, focusing on the goals of the program.
Технология за създаване на мисловни карти в обучението по технологии и предприемачество
Authors: Тошева Емилия
Published: March 2022

The proposed technology for creating mind maps provokes the design and creation of interactive web-based learning resources for teachers and students. The mind maps created in this way can be easily integrated into the learning process, which leads to increased motivation and engagement of students. They can be easily edited and shared. Following the proposed technology, the created mind maps meet both pedagogical requirements and technological requirements that must be imposed on web-based learning resources.
Assessment of the quality of life of patients with liver cancer being treated at the cancer center of Bai Chay Hospital, Quang Ninh Province in 2019
Authors: Nhung Ninh Thi , Xuan Luong Thi , Huyen Nguyen Thi Khanh , Huy Dinh Tran Ngoc , Hanh Nguyen Thi Luong , Phuong Tran Thi Tra , Nhung Le Thi Tuyet , Dung Pham Thi , Duong Phan Huong , Hung Nguyen Trong
Published: March 2022

Objectives: To assess the quality of life of liver cancer patients being treated at the Cancer Center of Bai Chay Hospital, Quang Ninh province in 2019. Methods: A cross-sectional descriptive study using the FACT- Hep questionnaire. Results and conclusions: The quality of life of patients at levels of no effect, little influence, much influence and great influence all accounted for 25%. The level of not affecting the health of the group of patients under 60 years old was higher than that of the group of patients over 60 years old. People with many and many underlying diseases accounted for 26.3% and 33.3% higher than those without background diseases.
Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the education sector in Indonesia
Authors: Sarnoto Ahmad Zain , Hayatina Lamya , Hikmah Nurul , Alhan Khusni , Rahmawati Sri Tuti
Published: March 2022

This study examines the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on the education sector in Indonesia. This study sees the Covid-19 pandemic bringing enormous changes in the world of education, starting from the curriculum, learning media, and the social behavior of teachers and students. This type of research is qualitative research. Data is collected from documentation. The findings of this study: first, the lack of mastery of technology is an obstacle in the educational process in the midst of a pandemic. Second, there is the problem of limited facilities and infrastructure. Third, the weakness of the internet network for online learning. This research contributes to two disciplines of education. With the case raised.
Low Price of Fresh Milk and its Implications in Peruvian Family Farming
Authors: Vidaurre-Ruiz Julio
Published: March 2022

The dairy activity in Peru is being affected by the low prices in the purchase of fresh milk, discouraging the producers of family agriculture, which has forced them to take a position of social struggle and sell head of cattle to continue sustaining the family economy. This situation directly affects the main producing areas, located within the dairy basin of the departments of Cajamarca, Arequipa, and Lima, which represents 51.7% of the national production of fresh milk that is collected by three large dairy companies and formal and informal artisanal processors. The different purchase and sale channels have generated vulnerability in the price that small and medium producers receive today for fresh milk, which in the last ten years has been lower than international prices. Moreover, the industry is under a tax regulatory framework that has given it market advantages, generating disparity in terms of the benefits of Peruvian dairy producers in addition to the structural limitations that do not allow improving their performance. Therefore, it is expected and recommended that the Peruvian government fulfill a regulatory and articulating role within the system, generating policies, plans, workshops, among others, in order to improve the articulation and performance of the system for the benefit of families that call for state intervention to improve their living conditions and economic stability.
MODERN ULUSLARARASI TAHKİMİN GELİŞİMİNDE JAY ANDLAŞMASI’NIN YERİ
Authors: BÜYÜK Mehmet Emin
Published: March 2022

Uluslararas tahkim, devletleraras uyumazlklarn hukuk yoluyla kesin ve nihai bir ekilde çözülmesini amaçlayan barçl uyumazlk çözüm yöntemlerinden biridir. Bu yönleriyle, müzakere, arabuluculuk veya uzlatrma gibi dier uyumazlk çözüm yöntemlerinden farkllar. Tahkim müessesesinin özel hukukta kullanm tarihe yaylr. Kamu hukuku alannda günümüz uluslararas tahkiminin kökenine ise Antik Yunan ve Antik Roma’da rastlanabilir. Orta Ça boyunca farkl biçimlerde uygulanan tahkim yönteminin modern devletlerin ortaya çkmasndan sonra etkinliini kaybettii görülür zira uluslararas tahkim barçl bir yöntem olarak savan karsndadr ve Modern Ça, uyumazlklarn çözümünde sava birincil yöntem olarak gören mutlakiyetçi egemen devletlerin sahne alandr. Avrupa dönüüm sanclar yaad bu dönemde uluslararas tahkim için yeni ktadan bir giriim modern uluslararas yargnn seyrini deitirmitir. ABD Dileri Bakan John Jay’in adyla bilinen 1794 tarihli andlamayla Birleik Devletler ve Büyük Britanya aralarndaki uyumazlklar çözmek üzere üç farkl komisyonun kurulmasn kararlatrmlardr. Bu komisyonlarn ksmi baars uluslararas tahkim yöntemine olan ilgiyi arttrm ve önce Kuzey ve Güney Amerika’dan balamak üzere modern dünya, sorunlarn çözmek üzere tahkime daha sk bavurmaya balamtr. 1872 Alabama Tahkimi ile bu ilgi zirveye ulam ve bu dönemin uluslararas hukukçularnn çalmalar nda, 1899-1907 Lahey Konferanslarnda uluslararas tahkim usulüne ilikin kurallar ve tahkim sürecinin kolaylatrlmas adna bir Daimi Tahkim Mahkemesi kurulmas üzerinde katlan devletler arasnda uzlama salanmtr. Jay Andlamas’yla balayan süreç, zaman içinde Uluslararas Daimi Adalet Divan ve onun devamnda kurulacak dier yerleik mahkemelerin kurulmasna kadar gidecek bir ekilde uluslararas yargnn gelimesine hizmet etmitir.
Ancient angels as key to modern society
Authors: Lauritzen Delphine
Published: March 2022

Ancient angels as key to modern society

The making of Angels in Late Antiquity: Theology and Aesthetics (ALATA)” combines texts (in Ancient Greek, Coptic, and Syriac) and images (chiefly ancient mosaics) to research the origins of Christian angels’ figures.
On the Integer Solution of the Transcendental Equation
Authors:   Assistant Professor, National College (Affiliated to Bharathidasan University), Tiruchirappalli (Tamil Nadu), India., S Sriram , P Veeramallan ,   P.G Assistant, Department of Mathematics, GHSS, Yethapur, Salem (Tamil Nadu), India (Part-time Research Scholar, National College (Affiliated to Bharathidasan University), Tiruchirappalli.
Published: March 2022

Let C be a positive non-square integer. In this paper, we look at the complete solutions of the Transcendental equation , where 𝒙𝟐−𝑪𝒚𝟐=𝜶𝟐 or 𝟐𝟐𝒕. In addition, we find repeated relationships in the solutions to this figure.
Trophic Relationships, Life Cycle Strategies and Distribution pattern of Genus Curculio (Curculioninae: Curculionidae: Coleoptera)
Authors: Talwar Neelima
Published: March 2022

The host range and biology of three Indian species namely Curculio c- album Fab., Curculio ficusi (Pajni & Singh) and Curculio sikkimensis (Heller) has been reviewed in the light of similar information on eighteen species namely Curculio caryatrypes (Boh.), Curculio sayi (Gyll.), Curculio aurivestis Chitten., Curculio pardus Chitten., Curculio venosus (Graven.), Curculio glandium (Marsham), Curculio elephas (Gyll.), Curculio pellitus (Boh.), Curculio dentipes (Roel.), Curculio bimaculatus Faust, Curculio propinquus (Desbr.),Curculio obtusus Blanchard, Curculio nucum (Linn.), Curculio caryae(Horn), Curculio camelliae , Curculio chinensis Chevrolat Curculio occidentis ( Casey) and Curculio victoriensis (Chitten.) available in different parts of the globe. The role of Curculio species as pests of edible nuts and destroyers of forest seeds has been highlighted.
Effect of Treatment on Seedling Vigour of Cassia Glauca Lam.
Authors: Bahar Nawa
Published: March 2022

Cassia glauca a nitrogen fixing tree species produces hardcoated and light brown colour seeds. Seed has physical dormancy due to hardiness of testa. Suitable pretreatment to break the dormancy was investigated. Germination was enhanced from 10.22 percent (untreated) to 95.66 percent (mechanical scarification). Although mechanical scarification treatment gives early, uniform and highest germination but it is not practicable in large-scale purposes. Therefore, sulphuric acid for 30 minutes soaking is recommended.
Plant Succession in Abandoned Limestone mines of Himachal Pradesh (India)
Authors: Gupta B.
Published: March 2022

Vegetation recovery in limestone abandoned mine sites of 5, 10 and 18 years age was studied and compared with vegetation in natural dry mixed deciduous forest on Western and Northern aspects in Sirmaur district of Himachal Pradesh, India. Tree species were studied from two sample plots of 0.1ha in each site, two sub-plots of 10m2 in each sample plot were explored to study shrubs and five quadrates of 0.25m2 from each sample plot were harvested to study herbaceous growth. No tree species was observed in 5 and 10 years old abandoned mines and only two tree species invaded 18 years old abandoned mine compared to natural forests having eight tree species. Hamiltonia suaveolens was the dominant shrub and grasses outnumbered forbs in undisturbed sites. In abandoned mine sites Eupatorium odoratum was the dominant shrub and forbs outnumbered grasses. Soil bulk density, pH and E.C. showed decreasing trend while organic carbon and macro-nutrients (N, P, K) increased with the increase in the abandoned period from 5 to 18 years.
Multiplicity and concentration of solutions to a fractional p-Laplace problem with exponential growth
Authors: Thin Nguyen Van
Published: March 2022

In this paper, we study the Schrödinger equation involving \(\frac{N}{s}\)-fractional Laplace as follows

\(\varepsilon^{N}(-\Delta)_{N/s}^{s}u+V(x)|u|^{\frac{N}{s}-2}u=f(u)\) in \(\mathbb R^{N}\),

where \(\varepsilon\) is a positive parameter, \(N=ps\), \(s\in (0,1)\). The nonlinear function \(f\) has the exponential growth and potential function \(V\) is a continuous function satisfying some suitable conditions. Our problem lacks of compactness. By using the Ljusternik-Schnirelmann theory, we obtain the existence, multiplicity and concentration of nontrivial nonnegative solutions for small values of the parameter.
Reform of electoral law and practice
Authors: Peixoto Gomes Larissa , Downe James , Roberts Manon
Published: March 2022

The WCPP was asked to research how changes in electoral administration have affected turnout internationally, to inform Welsh Government decisions in this area and suggest possible areas of improvement. There were four areas of focus: Candidate and agent safety Innovative electoral practice Campaign finances and spending Early voting The role of electoral management bodies was also analysed.
Implementasi Rencana Kerja Pemerintah Gampong Sesuai Pemendagri No 114 Tahun 2014 Kabupaten Aceh Barat
Authors: Nur Annisah Fanny , Safrida Safrida
Published: March 2022

This article aims to understand how to evaluate the gampong annual development plan in formulating development strategies and policies as well as formulating the Gampong Government Work Plan program for 1 (one) year. The problem is focused on the obstacles that occur during the preparation of the work plan activities of the gampong government by the DPMG agency and the gampong apparatus. In order to approach this problem, a descriptive qualitative method is used as a reference. The data were collected through Interview, Observation, Documentation. This study concludes that in carrying out the work plan activities of the gampong government in accordance with the Ministry of Home Affairs No. 114 of 2014 that in order to achieve national development priorities and targets, annual planning synergies are needed between the central government and regional governments as well as between regional governments. Then analyze the process of achieving the maximum implementation of gampong development programs/activities and are easily identified which refers to the Minister of Home Affairs Regulation No. 114 of 2014.