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Violence, History and Silence in Amitav Ghosh’s The Shadow Lines
Authors: Gautam Devi Prasad
Published: December 2021

This article analyzes Amitav Ghosh’s The Shadow Lines to examine a narrative gap at its heart that conceals the central fact of the death of Tridib, arguably the most important character in the text. The novel concentrates on the Partition of Bengal and its impact on people from different countries and nationalities in Asia and Europe.  Accommodating the story of three generations of people in three cities--Dhaka, Calcutta, and London--The Shadow Lines shows the interaction of characters belonging to Hindu, Muslim, and Christian faith. Important events in the text revolve around the family of Mayadebi, her sister Tha’mma and the Prices, their English friends. The narrative begins in 1939 and ends in 1964, connecting the Second World War, the Partition in 1947, and the riots of 1964 in Calcutta and Dhaka. Using Tha’mma, the grandmother of the unnamed narrator, as the connecting link between their pre-modern life before Partition in Dhaka and diasporic life in post-Partition Calcutta, The Shadow Lines depicts the traumatic suffering of characters from different nationalities but mainly from India and Bangladesh. The paper argues that the silence and secrecy maintained by Tha’mma and others about Tridib’s death mirrors the silence of official history concerning violence in their narrative of civilization, freedom, and progress which Ghosh unravels to produce a novelistic revisionist history that not only challenges the mainstream history but also fills the gaps it leaves.
A Critique of Muḥammad Shahrūr's Views on the Qur’ān, the Ḥadīth Corpus, Sharīᶜah, and Early Islamic Scholarship
Authors: Ushama Thameem
Published: December 2021

This article describes the life, education, and thoughts of Muhammad Shahrūr, whose discourse on Islam generated confusion and much in the way of polemical debate. His controversial bias favoured modernity, influenced by modern Western epistemology, traditions, and secularism. The author applies qualitative content analysis to select writings. The analysis unveils his position (s) in light of mainstream Islam and focusses on Shahrūr’s approach to Islamic religious thought via (1) theories of Non-Synonymity and Limit; (2) his view of the Ḥadīth and Sharīᶜah; (3) the status of Muslim women with regard to polygamy, dress code and feminism; (4) the law of inheritance; (5) western culture and civilization; and (6) evolution; democracy, nationalism and pluralism, etc.
Surge of the Innovative Quest in the first lockdown period due to the Pandemic Effect
Authors: Ghosh Ishita
Published: December 2021

When the entire world is reeling under the COVID 19 pandemic effect and the tensed human race is struggling to return back to the normalcy of life, the one thing which has become very active is the grey cells of our brain. The pandemic effect has cut down our physical limits due to the movement constraints. But it is thankfully unable to restrict the ticking of the grey cells of the human brain. As is said, “Necessity is the mother of the invention”. Sure enough!! We can be extremely pleased to know that the innovative surge in science and technology continues unabated in this lockdown period. The prime requirement of the pandemic effect is social distancing, less physical contact and keeping ourselves away from infection by corona virus. Keeping this necessity in mind, the doctors, the engineers, the researchers as well as the students’ community are keeping themselves busy in pumping out the solutions to the currently faced problems. The outputs include automatic masks machines, low cost PPE’s, automatic wash basins, suitable ventilators, sanitizer tunnels etc. This review paper looks into the innovative surge already made and what more can be churned out for the effective social safety in this tensed pandemic effect. The most awaited news as of now is the successful implementation of an effective vaccine and cost effective drugs which can help the human beings breathe easy. The pandemic effect has also showed us the way for a cleaner and greener nature. It is now a challenge to the intellectual world to come up with inexpensive, innovative and smart solutions which will make our beautiful planet safer, greener, cleaner and worthier to live in.
Topikalizacja w tekstach Cypriana Norwida. Rekonesans
Authors: Kozłowska Anna
Published: December 2021

Topikalizacja, rozumiana jako uwydatnienie tematu wypowiedzenia, ma w twórczości Cypriana Norwida rozmaite wykładniki syntaktyczne, leksykalne i graficzne – te ostatnie, specyficzne dla wypowiedzi autora Vade-mecum, stanowią swoisty ekwiwalent suprasegmentalnych wykładników struktury tematyczno-rematycznej w tekście pisanym. Omawiana operacja wprowadza do wypowiedzi ukryty kontrast, wskazując, że mowa w niej właśnie o X, a nie o jakimkolwiek innym możliwym do pomyślenia temacie ani też nie o obiekcie, który można by wybrać z jakiejś sygnalizowanej wcześniej klasy. Towarzyszy jej następująca intencja: ‘mówię o X, a nie o Y, Z... itp.’. Zaciera ona wyrazistość podziału na część tematyczną i rematyczną i tym samym wpisuje się w charakterystyczną dla Norwida strategię mówienia, w której zarówno główny temat, jak i remat wypowiedzenia wydają się równie ważne.
„Podoba mi się ten miszmasz”. Enumeracje Juliana Kornhausera
Authors: Piotrowska-Grot Magdalena
Published: December 2021

W artykule analizuję sposób sfunkcjonalizowania enumeracji w poezji Juliana Kornhausera, przyglądając się różnym etapom twórczości poety. Enumeracja spełnia w tej poezji wiele zadań, stanowi swego rodzaju metodę „zalaminowania” elementów rzeczywistości, ale jest przede wszystkim próbą wydobycia rzeczy i wspomnień z przeszłości, retroaktywnego ich odzyskiwania, choć w niepełnej formie. To zdecydowanie rodzaj awangardowego z ducha eksperymentu, prowadzącego do uchwycenia tożsamości podmiotu. Podążając za myślą Umberto Eco czy Michela Foucaulta, którzy (każdy na swój sposób) w swoich pracach odnosili się do nieskończonych możliwości wykorzystania oraz różnych form wyliczenia, warto przyjrzeć się ich zróżnicowanym układom i funkcjom, a przede wszystkim sposobom, w jaki potencjał tego zabiegu wykorzystuje autor Za nas, z nami.
W sieci metafor
Authors: Kaźmierczak Marek
Published: December 2021

Recenzja monografii Miłosza Babeckiego zatytułowanej Metaforyka polskich gier przeglądarkowych. Konteksty – porównania – analizy (Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Warmińsko-Mazurskiego w Olsztynie, Olsztyn 2020, ss. 340) zawiera uwagi pozytywne na temat teoretycznych podstaw dzieła, a także na temat ciekawych interpretacji. Autor recenzji zauważa, że Miłosz Babecki mógł poświęcić więcej miejsca w swej monografii na aspekty sieciowe istotne w przypadku funkcjonowania gier przeglądarkowych (i nie tylko). W konkluzji autor recenzji rekomenduje czytelnikom lekturę monografii.
Międzynarodowa mobilność edukacyjna jako determinanta rozwoju osobistego i zawodowego studentów
Authors: Zapotoczna Magdalena
Published: December 2021

The aim of the article is to analyze the extent, to which the participation of students in learning mobility projects on the example of the Erasmus+ programme influences the improvement of their individual skills desired from the perspective of the labour market. The text begins with an introduction that outlines the background to the considerations undertaken. Next, the historical context of learning mobility in Europe and the process of internationalization of universities are presented as one of the consequences of the globalizing labour market. In the following part of the article we characterized the best known European programme promoting academic mobility Erasmus+. The end of the article contains a review of the research on the competences of beneficiaries of learning mobility projects, supported by statistical data, and an attempt to draw a link between participation in student exchange and the chances of finding a satisfactory employment after graduation. The analysis shows that graduates with foreign mobility experience develop a number of characteristics and skills, that increase their employability and career opportunities.
Warunki praktykowania edukacji domowej w Polsce
Authors: Giercarz-Borkowska Magdalena
Published: December 2021

The article concerns the subject of homeschooling practice conditions in Poland – it focuses on the legal conditions and outlines the socio-economic conditions in which Polish homeschoolers operate. It discusses the specific kind of right which is the right to education, its position in the systematics of the constitution and the connection to the learning duty and school duty. It brings attention to state-citizen relations and the rule of state subsidiarity. It points to legal regulations which allow realization of the school duty outside of school, underlining the controversial and discriminatory regulations which ignore the parents’ priority to decide on their own children’s education and treat children learning in this way unequally to those who attend school. The article is ended by an observation about the state remaining decisive on the form of education of each citizen, despite the constant change of legal regulations, which in relation to the discussed subject characterizes the last three decades.
Media education role in achieving physical education goals in Poland
Authors: Lubońska Magdalena
Published: December 2021

Indirect education found and is still finding its source in various media for a long time. Technological advancement results in the educators having an increased ability to use new tools in education. The goal remains the same but the social conditions impose a new identity – the subject teacher evolves into a media one. In the school system, necessary corrections have been introduced to the most important documents and the curricula, but there is still a lack of knowledge on what media education looks like in practice in specific national realities. The review article shows how goals determined by the curricula are already realized through new media in Poland and for which goals the didactic activities should be expanded. In the thematic block concerning physical activity, there is an entry: “The contents of this area have been enriched with modern forms of movement, physical activities from other European countries and use of modern technologies to monitor and plan physical activity” (MEN, 2017: 191). When organizing activities in the classroom area and with the right equipment, conducting lessons with the use of the media is not a problematic task. But are the PE teachers in a similarly comfortable position? It turns out that the development of information technology is conducive to the achievement of the objectives of this subject as well. The literature review and the solutions used so far in the school system are the basis for the thesis of a correlation between the ways in which modern media are used and the formation of the students’ attitudes towards physical culture.
Opóźnienia w funkcjonowaniu językowym jako wczesny symptom zaburzeń w rozwoju dziecka1
Authors: Leszka Justyna
Published: December 2021

Human linguistic development is constitutionally conditioned and is achieved through contact with adult language users. All children follow the same rules and stages in the development of speech. The knowledge of their course and consequences enables early recognition of deviations from the norm, which may be delayed speech development or a symptom of other, often serious developmental disorders. The analysis of the research results shows that the most common reason for parents’ seeking diagnosis and therapeutic support is an incorrect linguistic functioning of the child. Diagnostic procedures often end with the diagnosis of other developmental disorders in which linguistic retardation was an early symptom. Therefore, it is legitimate to increase social knowledge and sensitivity of parents and specialists in monitoring the linguistic development of children under 3 years of age.
Uczestniczki i uczestnicy procesu kształcenia wobec wyzwań kształcenia zdalnego
Authors: Porzucek-Miśkiewicz Maria
Published: December 2021

The article presents the results of study on the challenges faced by distance learning. It was carried out by means of a proprietary online questionnaire among students of pedagogy of the Faculty of Educational Studies at the University of Adam Mickiewicz in Poznań. Conclusions drawn on the basic research results may be helpful in understanding the well-being of students during distance learning.
ROLA CZYNNIKÓW AFEKTYWNYCH NA PRZYKŁADZIE STREFY KOMFORTU NA ZDALNYCH ZAJĘCIACH JĘZYKOWYCH
Authors: Jankowiak Agnieszka
Published: December 2021

Affective factors are one of the two types of individual factors that influence success in the process of foreign language learning. They consist of personality traits, as well as positive and negative emotions. This emotional dichotomy is also reflected in the popular concept of comfort zone. The aim of this paper is to define the comfort zone in the context of distance learning language classes and to check if and how it is possible to implement this model in research in the field of glottodidactics. The results of empirical research on the perception and experience of the comfort zone during synchronous distance learning classes by philology students are presented and analyzed in order to draw conclusions on the impact of positive and negative emotions on the process and effects of the language distance learning.
“The Other/Alien” Image in the Russian Federation Strategic Communications During the Russian-Ukrainian Confrontation (2014–2021)
Authors: Shuliak Antonina , Konstankevych Iryna , Kunytskyy Mykhaylo
Published: December 2021

The purpose of the study is to investigate what communication and media technologies and information operations are used by the mass media of the Russian Federation in relation to Ukraine to propagate the image of the “other/alien”. The methodology chosen for the work combines the application of the following methods and approaches: network analysis, SWOT-analysis, system, integrated and civilization approaches, system analysis, method of systematization and classification, methods of analysis, synthesis, objectivity, generalizations, analogies, case study, etc. The article explores the use of communication, media and information-psychological technologies by the Russian mass media to create and effectively promote the image of an enemy, alien, the other during the Russian-Ukrainian conflict, which began in 2014. The authors insist that the “Russkiy Mir” idea is promoted through the propaganda and manipulation resulting in the image of the adversary of this idea – “the other.” The “Russkiy Mir” foe does not perceive everything with the designation “Russian” as a priori positive and better, doubt the correctness of such a position, and therefore wishes evil to the supporters of the “Russkiy Mir”. Information operations and the most widespread media technologies in the Russian-Ukrainian information warfare are analyzed to model the image of “the other” as a threat. Prospects for further scientific researches are connected with the study of new scientific concepts that is some network-centric warfare, hybrid warfare, cyberwarfare, asymmetric warfare, undeclared information warfare, and others.
The Concept of China’s Peaceful Rise and Offensive Realism
Authors: Araszkiewicz Adam
Published: December 2021

This article aims at adressing several research issues. Firstly, to present offensive realism as a proper research tool to analyse US-China rivalry. Secondly, the author discusses the theory of “China’s peaceful rise” and I argues that it smoothly overlapped with the US strategy of liberal hegemony. Thirdly, He presents and defends the argument that China does not rise peacefully. Fourthly, the author claims that China wants to became a regional hegemon in South-East Asia and the USA according to offensive realism cannot let it happen. Last but not least the author considers the arguments that are frequently used to support the theory of “China’s peaceful rise” and explains why they fail to depict the current and predict the future nature of US-China relations. In this article the author employed the following research methods: historical, descriptive and decision making methods.
Institutional and Legal Mechanisms for Protection of the Rights of Ukrainian Minority in the Warmia and Mazury Region
Authors: Astramowicz-Leyk Teresa , Turchyn Yaryna
Published: December 2021

The research aims at presenting and exploring the mechanisms for protection of the rights of national minorities (based on the example of Ukrainian minority) in the Warmia and Mazury Region of the Republic of Poland. The research hypothesis is based on the statement that in fact the protection of rights of national minorities at the level of the Warmia and Mazury Region could be treated as a model, and thus implemented in other regions in Poland, or even in other countries facing the problems related to the protection of national and ethnic minorities. The main research problems are addressed within the questions: how is Ukrainian minority distributed in the studied region?; What are the state and local government institutions working for national minorities in the studied region of Poland?; What activities do these institutions undertake to ensure equal treatment of national minorities and provision for their rights?; How are these activities assessed by organizations/representatives of the Ukrainian national minority? The leading research method was the institutional and legal one. The research also contained the interviewing method as well as the focus group interview. Obtained results of the study confirmed the research hypothesis. It turned out that the Warmia and Mazury Region has created an effective institutional environment for the development of national minorities, including the Ukrainian one. It was possible thanks to the activity of the only Polish Plenipotentiary of the Marshal for national minorities and also the only National and Ethnic Minorities Committee of the Regional Council in Poland.
Subjectness of Digital Communication in the Context of the Technological Evolution of the Contemporary Society: Threats, Challenges, and Risks
Authors: Volodenkov Sergey , Fedorchenko Sergey
Published: December 2021

The purpose of this article is to identify the risks, threats, and challenges associated with possible social changes in the processes of digitalization of society and transformations of traditional communication practices, which is associated with the emergence of new digital subjects of mass public communication that form the pseudo structure of digital interaction of people. The primary tasks of the work were to identify the potential of artificial intelligence technologies and neural networks in the field of social and political communications, as well as to analyze the features of “smart” communications in terms of their subjectness. As a methodological optics, the work used the method of discourse analysis of scientific research devoted to the implementation and application of artificial intelligence technologies and self-learning neural networks in the processes of social and political digitalization, as well as the method of critical analysis of current communication practices in the socio-political sphere. At the same time, when analyzing the current digitalization practices, the case study method was used. The authors substantiate the thesis that introducing technological solutions based on artificial intelligence algorithms and self-learning neural networks into contemporary processes of socio-political communication creates the potential for a wide range of challenges, threats, and risks, the key of which is the problem of identifying the actual subjects of digital communication acts. The article also discusses the problem of increasing the manipulative potential of “smart” communications, for which the authors used the concepts of cyber simulacrum and information capsule developed by them. The paper shows that artificial intelligence and self-learning neural network algorithms, being increasingly widely introduced into the current practice of contemporary digital communications, form a high potential for information and communication impact on the mass consciousness from technological solutions that no longer require control by operators – humans. As a result, conditions arise to form a hybrid socio-technical reality – a communication reality of a new type with mixed subjectness. The paper also concludes that in the current practices of social interactions in the digital space, a person faces a new phenomenon – interfaceization, within which self-communication stimulates the universalization and standardization of digital behavior, creating, disseminating, strengthening, and imposing special digital rituals. In the article, the authors suggest that digital rituals blur the line between the activity of digital avatars based on artificial intelligence and the activity of actual people, resulting in the potential for a person to lose his own subjectness in the digital communications space.
Cultural Security of Ukraine
Authors: Krasivskyy Orest , Pidberezhnyk Nadiia
Published: December 2021

Condition and problems of ensuring the cultural security of Ukraine were analyzed. Hypothesis that ensuring development and sustainability of the cultural sphere, formation of a single Ukrainian socio-cultural space based on Ukrainian language, historical memory, spiritual values, cultural traditions is one of priority national interests of the Ukrainian state at the present stage was put forward. Research methodology is based on the principles of objectivity and systematicity. During the research, methods of scientific learning of socio-political phenomena and processes were used, in particular: analysis, synthesis, systematization, empirical, and system-structural methods. The authors prove that cultural traditions, historical memory, self-consciousness and language are key factors that constitute and consolidate a nation, and threats to the nation’s cultural interests can jeopardize its existence. It was found that the centuries-old policy of de-ethnicization and assimilation of Ukrainian ethnos by foreign states has led to deformation and russification of the national linguistic and cultural space of Ukraine, loss of ethnic identity based on the language factor of the titular Ukrainian ethnos, deepening the spiritual crisis of Ukrainian society. It is determined that the key threats in the field of cultural security of Ukraine today are the following: Russia’s hybrid war against Ukraine, formation of information and cultural space of Ukraine under the influence of foreign information flows, imperfection of humanitarian policy in the context of cultivating Ukrainian national values, low level of development of cultural industries, dominance of foreign cultural and artistic products, control over Ukrainian media by financial and industrial groups that often take an anti-Ukrainian position. It was proved that the measures to assert and popularize Ukrainian language as the state language, ensure intercultural communication and interethnic socialization of ethnic subjects of Ukrainian society, formation of national-patriotic education, creation of competitive innovative cultural products and their popularization in the world should be priority directions of the state policy of ensuring cultural security of Ukraine.
State Policy Towards Demographic Changes in Poland
Authors: Andruszkiewicz Iwetta , Łebkowska Joanna
Published: December 2021

The aim of the article is to show that the modern civilization of technological, medical, structural and world-view progress determines the negative changes in the structure of families and the growth of the elderly population. Among the research hypotheses, in particular, it should be pointed out that the modern family policy should take into account the procreative context, as well as the family context with the participation of the older generation, as a consumer and participant in market services. The conclusions proposed by the authors concern a number of solutions in the field of social policy. The unfavorable demographic situation in the European Union raises specific challenges for social and demographic policy, among which, we should point out the changes in attitudes and individual behavior towards marriage and starting a family, changes in procreation attitudes, improving the quality of life of all generations, ensuring active participation of all generations in the demographic and socio-economic development of the country. The article has been written using the following research methods: descriptive, comparative and historical analysis.
The EU Global Strategy – 5 Years After. The Appropriateness in Face of the Dynamic Strategic Realities
Authors: Śledź Piotr
Published: December 2021

The objective of the article is to verify to what extent the European Union Global Strategy (EUGS) keeps up with the main global trends (at the level of international order as well as in relation to the global distribution of power) and the processes shaping the EU member states security environment of a regional scale which are perceptible from the perspective of five years following the EUGS adoption. This is also what the main research question concerns – to what extent do the diagnosis and postulates formulated inside the discussed document follow such processes in relation to the 2016–2021 period? For this reason too, the key research approach employed within the study is a critical analysis of source material.

The EU Global Strategy mostly appropriately diagnoses and interprets the realities affecting the member states security – especially when it comes to enduring processes of a global scale regarding the erosion of the liberal international order as well as the roots of possible threats for international security in its military dimension – and formulates the postulates that are pragmatic and detailed. At the same time the document underestimates some of important occurrences or even does not refer to them at all. Examples of such omissions were given in the paper.
Anne Applebaum’s Strategy of Telling the History of International Relations in Central and Eastern Europe
Authors: Nosova Bogdana
Published: December 2021

The text aims to present the strategy used by Anne Applebaum to bring the history of Central and Eastern Europe closer to western audiences. In the article, the author was presented as a journalist and public intellectual who developed an original way of speaking and writing about the past of Central and Eastern Europe. She has been portrayed as a kind of mediator who attempts to explain the essence and sources of the diverse identities and narratives that have formed among the nations and cultures of Central and Eastern Europe. Selected assessments of her activity, formulated by historians as well as public opinion leaders, were also presented.
The Weimar Triangle: France, Germany, Poland in the Middle East. United Arab Emirates Perspective
Authors: Krzymowski Adam
Published: December 2021

The article’s scientific goal is to investigate the Weimar Triangle countries’ relations with the United Arab Emirates. Therefore, the author asks the research question. Are the Weimar Triangle states’ role and significance increasing in the external dimension of the European Union? Based on the example of the United Arab Emirates, the research adopted a hypothesis. It is the statement that after Brexit, the Weimar Triangle countries have a chance to improve their importance in the EU external activities. Apart from case studies, to revise the hypothesis, the author performed a meticulous comparative analysis. Moreover, the research implemented International Practice Theory as an appropriate tool to investigate the presented issue. This empirical research and its findings resulted from over ten years of the author’s direct observation, analysis, and participation in many initiatives, both in the European Union and in the United Arab Emirates.

The Middle East for the Weimar Triangle countries is more significant than just from a trade potential perspective. The situation in this region is also affecting Europe, as well as global security architecture. For this reason, one should develop a coherent and comprehensive EU foreign and security policy towards the region, and the Weimar Triangle formula should be one of its pillars.
Analysis of objective quality metrics in computed tomography images affected by metal artifacts
Authors: Rodriguez-Gallo Yakdiel , Orozco-Morales Ruben , Marlen Perez-Diaz
Published: December 2021

Image quality (IQ) assessment plays an important role in the medical world. New methods to evaluate image quality have been developed, but their application in the context of computer tomography is yet limited. In this paper the performance of fifteen well-known full reference (FR) IQ metrics is compared with human judgment using images affected by metal artifacts and processed with metal artifact reduction methods from a phantom. Five region of interest with different sizes were selected. IQ was evaluated by seven experienced radiologists completely blinded to the information. To measure the correlation between FR-IQ, and the score assigned by radiologists non-parametric Spearman rank-order correlation coefficient and Kendall’s Rank-order Correlation coefficient were used; so as root mean square error and the mean absolute error to measure the prediction accuracy. Cohen’s kappa was employed with the purpose of assessing inter-observer agreement. The metrics GMSD, IWMSE, IWPSNR, WSNR and OSS-PSNR were the best ranked. Inter-observer agreement was between 0.596 and 0.954, with p<0.001 in all study. The objective scores predicted by these methods correlate consistently with the subjective evaluations. The application of this metrics will make possible a better evaluation of metal artifact reduction algorithms in future works.
SRPK1 promotes cell proliferation and tumor growth of osteosarcoma through activation of the NF-κB signaling pathway
Authors: Gong Yubao , Yang Chen , Wei Zhengren , Liu Jianguo
Published: December 2021

To explore the expression and the functions of SRPK1 in osteosarcoma, we retrieved transcription profiling dataset by array of human bone specimens from patients with osteosarcoma from ArrayExpress (accession E-MEXP-3628) and from Gene Expression Omnibus (accession GSE16102) and analyzed expression level of SRPK1 and prognostic value in human osteosarcoma. Then we examined the effect of differential SRPK1 expression levels on the progression of osteosarcoma, including cell proliferation, cell cycle, apoptosis, and investigated its underlying molecular mechanism using in vitro osteosarcoma cell lines and in vivo nude mouse xenograft models. High expression level of SRPK1 was found in human osteosarcoma tissues and cell lines as compared to the normal bone tissues and osteoblast cells, and predicted poor prognosis of human osteosarcoma. Overexpression of SRPK1 in osteosarcoma U2OS cells led to cell proliferation but inhibition of apoptosis. In contrast, knockdown of SRPK1 in HOS cells impeded cell viability and induction of apoptosis. Moreover, silencing SRPK1 inhibited osteosarcoma tumor growth in nude mice. Mechanistic studies revealed that SRPK1 promoted cell cycle transition in osteosarcoma cells and activation of NF-κB is required for SRPK1 expression and its pro-survival signaling. SRPK1 promoted human osteosarcoma cell proliferation and tumor growth by regulating NF-κB signaling pathway.
Intrinsic time decomposition based differential protection with adaptive threshold for UPFC compensated transmission line
Authors: Panday Ajay , Patidar Ram Dayal , Biswal Sandeep
Published: December 2021

In the presence of nonlinear response created by power electronics-based compensators, reliable fault detection and classification by distance protection relays is a major concern. The unified power flow controller (UPFC) has a dynamic characteristics that causes stability and protection issues. A intrinsic time decomposition (ITD) based strategy is proposed for addressing this issue. A differential energy based detection index computed using ITD and adaptive thresholding technique is employed such that unerring fault detection is achieved wherein faulty phases of a UPFC compensated transmission line are well pointed out. Various fault and non-fault cases considering critical power system conditions are analysed for power systems with varying configurations modelled using EMTDC/PSCAD. A comparison of the current detection method to recently proposed techniques reveals the benefits and feasibility of the presented detection strategy, which has been proved to be accurate and efficient.
A reliable islanding identification mechanism for DC microgrid using PCC transient signal
Authors: Prince Satyavarta Kumar , Panda Kaibalya Prasad , Affijulla Shaik , Panda Gayadhar
Published: December 2021

The islanding detection is a major problem for both AC and DC Microgrids. Failure to do so may result in problems such as system instability, increased non-detection zone, out-of-phase reclosing, personnel safety, and power quality deterioration. To address this issue, this paper presents a reliable island identification method for DC Microgrids that employs a Cumulative Sum of Rate of change of Voltage (CSROCOV) to reduce the non-recognition region. The proposed islanding protection scheme employs point of common coupling (PCC) transient signal to detect islands events. The voltage, power, and current sampling are accumulated from the PCC of the distributed generation terminals. The proposed scheme detects islanding in three test cases with varying power mismatching conditions, while non-islanding events are classified as capacitor switching and faults. The system is modelled and simulated in the MATLAB/Simulink environment, then islanding conditions are applied by turning off the main circuit breaker. Simulation results are presented to verify the methodology under different test cases. The robustness of the proposed scheme is also validated against measurement noise.
Non-destructive analyses of copper alloys and silver items from Voitenki. The recycling of metal in Cherniakhov culture
Authors: Liubichev Mikhail V. , Buhay Oleksandr M. , Schultze Erdmute
Published: December 2021

Brooches, belt buckles and other metal objects with a specific design are considered characteristic
of Cherniakhov culture. In contrast with well-known typologies, the metal composition of these
objects has rarely been investigated. Forty-four artefacts from the settlement and cemetery at
Voitenki (east Ukraine) were chosen for metal analysis. The fibulae selected, for example, consist
of crossbow tendril brooches, crossbow brooches with a closed catch-plate, brooches with a high
catch-plate, and other types. A total of 38 finds were made of non-ferrous metal; for six objects,
silver was presumed. The precise metal composition was determined by PIXE (particle-induced
X-ray emission) analysis. Based on this method, copper, bronze and brass could be determined
as material for the brooches and buckles. The bronze objects were divided into forged bronze and
cast bronze; furthermore, mixed material was detected. But these groups and subgroups of metal
do not coincide with archaeological types. Crossbow tendril brooches were first of all made of
copper, although some consist of bronze or brass. Cast bronze was used for manufacturing some
cast types of brooches. The producer probably intentionally selected this material to cast. But on
the other hand, it seems that the producer used the material that was available, for example, cast
bronze for forged brooches. For silver finds, the PIXE analysis detected a high content of this
metal. A comparison of the results with analyses of Roman silver denarii led us to the hypothesis
that such Roman coins were used as ‘raw material’ for manufacturing these silver items.
New results on horse trappings from the Hunnic-period Carpathian Basin based on non-destructive archaeometric analyses
Authors: Piros Réka Ágnes , Mozgai Viktória , Bajnóczi Bernadett
Published: December 2021

Objects manufactured from pressed gold, gilded silver or copper alloy plates are characteristic assemblages
from the Late Hunnic period (5th century AD, 420/430). In this study, horse trappings
that belong to the ‘pressed gold plate horizon’ from three archaeological sites in the Carpathian
Basin (Léva, Nyíregyháza-Oros and Pécsüszög) were analysed non-destructively by using a handheld
X-ray fluorescence spectrometer. The main aims were to determine the chemical composition
and the gilding technique used, and to attempt to prove whether the groups in an assemblage
are from the same set. The results of the chemical analyses give us the opportunity to confirm
whether damaged or presumably lost objects of an assemblage were replaced or repaired. According
to the results obtained, the objects were manufactured from gold (Pécsüszög), gilded silver
(Nyíregyháza-Oros) or gilded unalloyed copper plates (Léva). Later, replacements can be distinguished
based on their chemical composition and manufacturing quality. Two types of gilding
were observed: fire gilding with the presence of mercury (Léva), and leaf gilding (Nyíregyháza-
Oros).
An attempt to link a lithic complex with the Late Palaeolithic Rangifer tarandus antler axe from the Parupė site in northern Lithuania
Authors: Rimkus Tomas , Girininkas Algirdas
Published: December 2021

The recent intensification of AMS 14C assays of bone and antler artefacts in the east and southeast
Baltic region has revealed a number of reindeer (Rangifer tarandus) antler axes, and their prevalence
in the Late Palaeolithic osseous toolkit. One of the oldest, dating from 11 221–11 048 cal
BC, was discovered in 2014 in the village of Parupė, on the left bank of the River Nemunėlis, in
northern Lithuania. Until now, no such organic implements discovered in the region in question
have been associated with any Late Palaeolithic taxonomic group, but at the location of the antler
axe at Parupė between 2015 and 2019, three concentrations of numerous lithic findings have been
identified, whose typological and technological features allow for the consideration of their possible
association with the dated axe. In this paper, we present three concentrations of lithic finds
(sites 1–3) at Parupė village, providing their technological and typological data, and their possible
chronology and taxonomy, reflecting the Late Palaeolithic and Early and Late Mesolithic. We
conclude that the moderate lithic complex from site 1 should be associated with Late Palaeolithic
technology, and can possibly be linked with the antler axe.
Analysis of the E-Master Application as an Effort of Employment Data Processing
Authors: Novita Triske , Puspasari Durinta
Published: December 2021

This study aimed to analyze the E-Master application as an effort to process personnel data. This research type was descriptive qualitative. The research subjects were 5 people consisting of 2 OTKP teachers and 3 administrative employees at SMKN 10 Surabaya, while 2 administrative employees and 1 Head of Study Program as source triangulation. Data collection techniques were questionnaires and interviews, while data analysis techniques used data condensation, data presentation, drawing conclusions. The results of the study showed: (1) mapping indicators were able to map Civil servant; (2) SKP indicators, could be used as a medium for monitoring the performance of each Civil servant; (3) training analysis indicators, Civil servant could take part in training activities; (4) promotion indicators, making it easier for Civil servant during the promotion process; (5) pension indicator, providing a sufficient period of time in managing pension files; (6) periodic salary indicators, facilitating the finance department in processing periodic salary calculations; (7) Taspen indicator, making it easier for staffing department to process data on retired personnel; (8) Leave indicators, it was easier for staffing officers to print Civil servant attendance lists; (9) Study permit indicator, helping Civil servant if they wanted to continue their education again.
The Effect of Service Quality, School Image, and Student Satisfaction on Loyalty
Authors: Rani Lala Aulia Sanria , Nugraha Jaka
Published: December 2021

This study aimed to determine service quality, school image, and student satisfaction with student loyalty at SMKN 2 Buduran. This study used quantitative research methods. Data were obtained from 50 students at SMKN 2 Buduran Sidoarjo. Analysis of the data used using Google Form as a research medium for service quality, school image, and student satisfaction with student loyalty. The results obtained from the study can be concluded: the quality of school services to students was almost fulfilled. The better the quality of service provided by the school to students, the higher the student loyalty. The image of the school according to students' views was good. The higher the image quality of the school, the higher the loyalty that students had so that students became satisfied while learning. Student satisfaction according to the assessment of students was quite fulfilled. So that the higher the student satisfaction, the higher the student's loyalty to the school. Students' views on service quality, school image, and student satisfaction were almost fulfilled because the higher the loyalty given to students, the higher the students' loyalty to the school so that students felt satisfied in carrying out learning activities at school.
Improving Dynamic Archive Security Based Biometric System for Identification and Authentication with Personal Fingerprint
Authors: Ifriza Yahya Nur , Sudarno Sudarno
Published: December 2021

Pandemic has impacted many areas of life and led to the development of much new behaviour due to people's efforts to adapt, including adaptation in the workplace. The WFO (Work from Office) and WFH (Work from Home) rules will be enforced during the Covid-19, and this is one of the adaptive steps taken. Some employees are required to work from the office, while others are allowed to work from home under this rule. The author aimed to investigate the development of a microcontroller-based dynamic archive security system to address archive security during the WFH and WFO periods. With security system, the goal was to develop security tools that can serve two functions simultaneously, namely protecting data from loss while making it easier for workers to access the dynamic archives they need. This research was conducted by using research and development methods and the object of research was education staff at the Faculty of Economics, UNNES, using research and development strategies, this study succeeded in making a Dynamic Archive Security System product based on Biometric System Identification. Suggestions in this research on security systems can also be added with variations with RFID cards or NFC cards to implement various security systems.
Problem Based Learning Model Analysis in Improving Student's Critical Thinking Ability
Authors: Hestiningtyas Widya , Rizal Yoh , Rahmawati Fanni
Published: December 2021

This reseach aimed to determine the level of critical thinking skills of Economic Education students at Universitas Lampung in the 2021/2022 academic year through a problem based learning model. The ability to think critically is one indicator of intelligence that must be possessed by every individual in facing the era of society 5.0, in an effort to respond to various challenges in the midst of social life. The population in this study were 256 students with a sample size of 144 students, which was obtained by using the Isaac-Michael formula. Methods of data collection used questionnaires, documentation, and interviews. Based on the results of the study, it was found that there was an effect of applying the problem based learning model on increasing students' critical thinking skills, which was 66.5% and the rest was influenced by other factors.
COVIDX: Computer‐aided diagnosis of COVID‐19 and its severity prediction with raw digital chest X‐ray scans
Authors: Abbasi Wajid Arshad , Abbas Syed Ali , Andleeb Saiqa , Bibi Maryum , Majeed Fiaz , Jaleel Abdul , Akhtar Muhammad Naveed
Published: December 2021

Background

Coronavirus disease (COVID‐19) is a contagious infection caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus‐2 (SARS‐COV‐2) and it has infected and killed millions of people across the globe.

Objective

In the absence or inadequate provision of therapeutic treatments of COVID‐19 and the limited convenience of diagnostic techniques, there is a necessity for some alternate spontaneous screening systems that can easily be used by the physicians to rapidly recognize and isolate the infected patients to circumvent onward surge. A chest X‐ray (CXR) image can effortlessly be used as a substitute modality to diagnose the COVID‐19.

Method

In this study, we present an automatic COVID‐19 diagnostic and severity prediction system (COVIDX) that uses deep feature maps of CXR images along with classical machine learning algorithms to identify COVID‐19 and forecast its severity. The proposed system uses a three‐phase classification approach (healthy vs unhealthy, COVID‐19 vs pneumonia, and COVID‐19 severity) using different conventional supervised classification algorithms.

Results

We evaluated COVIDX through 10‐fold cross‐validation, by using an external validation dataset, and also in a real setting by involving an experienced radiologist. In all the adopted evaluation settings, COVIDX showed strong generalization power and outperforms all the prevailing state‐of‐the‐art methods designed for this purpose.

Conclusions

Our proposed method (COVIDX), with vivid performance in COVID‐19 diagnosis and its severity prediction, can be used as an aiding tool for clinical physicians and radiologists in the diagnosis and follow‐up studies of COVID‐19 infected patients.

Availability

We made COVIDX easily accessible through a cloud‐based webserver and python code available at the site of google and the website of Github.
Erratum: Chondroitin Sulfate and Hyaluronic Acid Perfusion for Interstitial Cystitis/Bladder Pain Syndrome: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis
Authors: Xiao Xiang , Deng Huan , Chilufya Mumba Mulutula , Lv Yizhen , Zhao Yan , Liu Jiaxin , Guo Ziwei , Qiao Lichun , Han Jing , Wang Dong , Qu Chengjuan
Published: December 2021

Paper link corrected: https://bonoi.org/index.php/si/article/view/636
It has been brought to authors attention that there is a missing part in “Materials and Methods” of the Systematic Review article by Xiao et al., entitled “Chondroitin Sulfate and Hyaluronic Acid Perfusion for Interstitial Cystitis/Bladder Pain Syndrome: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis” in the Volume 39, No. 4 of Science Insights (pp.363-373).
The missing part of the “Materials and Methods” is as below:
Population: Patients with IC/BPS.Intervention: All patients underwent intravesical HA and/or CS treatment regimen.Comparison: Improvement in symptoms pre-treatment and post-treatment or other treatment regimen.Outcome: The primary outcome was the change in visual analogue scale (VAS) for pain symptom from baseline to the follow-up period; secondary outcomes were the changes in total scores of the O’Leary-Sant Interstitial Cystitis Symptom Index (ICSI) and Problem Index (ICPI), storage symptoms including frequency and urgency, and bladder capacity.
The Effects of Intergenerational Transmission on Education
Authors: Wang Chun
Published: December 2021

Intergenerational transmission exists in parents’ and children’s educational attainment as well as in biological genetic inheritance. In fact, it impacts educational attainment transfer across generations in many ways. This article elaborates from different angles on the characteristics, disparities and causes of intergenerational education transmission, and explores the effects of intergenerational transmission inequality on education and the implications of this study.