bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
An Ensemble Learning Method for Text Classification Based on Heterogeneous Classifiers
Authors: Huimin Fan , Pengpeng Li , Yingze Zhao , Danyang Li
Published: June 2018

Ensemble learning can improve the accuracy of the classification algorithm and it has been widely used. Traditional ensemble learning methods include bagging, boosting and other methods, both of which are ensemble learning methods based on homogenous base classifiers, and obtain a diversity of base classifiers only through sample perturbation. However, heterogenous base classifiers tend to be more diverse, and multi-angle disturbances tend to obtain a variety of base classifiers. This paper presents a text classification ensemble learning method based on multi-angle perturbation heterogeneous base classifier, and validates the effectiveness of the algorithm through experiments.
The Research and Implementation of 3D Scene Simulation of Camouflage
Authors: Jun Yu , Zhonghua Li , Zhiyi Hu , Jun Dai
Published: June 2018

Aiming at the problems in the camouflage design of military engineering, such as strong subjectivity and unpredictable camouflage effect, etc. We propose a 3D camouflage scene simulation method based on MFC and Vega Prime technologies. On the basis of real DEM data in an area in American, we use 3D visualization technique to create terrain model and ground object model. The camouflage pattern is applied to the surface of the model by texture mapping technology, and real-time rendering is used. The engine Vega Prime API renders the model and creates a camouflage simulation scenario. The result shows that, the virtual scene of camouflage can be generated by using visual simulation technology, this helps to test the effect of the camouflage pattern.
A Searchable Re-encryption Storage Method in Cloud Environment
Authors: Hui Wang , Bo Hong , Junyong Tang
Published: June 2018

Traditional cloud storage systems do not adapt well to different application environment and does not guarantee the integrity and confidentiality of cloud data. In order to solve the problems brought by the hysteretic and density in the cloud storage system,A Searchable Re-encryption Storage Method (SReCSM) is proposed in this paper. The central idea of the SReCSM is to generate a re-encryption key and decrypte while the keyword matched. Simulation results show that SReCSM introduced in this paper has better security and reliability.
Implementation of a cost-effective fuzzy MPPT controller on the Arduino board
Authors: Algarín Carlos Robles , Fuentes Roberto Liñán , Castro Adalberto Ospino
Published: June 2018

This paper presents the implementation of a fuzzy controller on the Arduino Mega board, for tracking the maximum power point of a photovoltaic (PV) module; using low cost materials. A dc–dc converter that incorporates a driver circuit to control the turning on and off of the Mosfet transistor was designed. The controller was evaluated in a PV system consisting of a 65 W PV module and a 12 V/55Ah battery. The results demonstrate the superiority of the fuzzy controller compared to the traditional P&O algorithm, in terms of efficiency and oscillations around the operating point.
Prevalence and characteristics of three subtypes of dating violence among Danish seventh-grade students
Authors: Karsberg Sidsel , Bramsen Rikke Holm , Lasgaard Mathias , Elklit Ask
Published: June 2018

Background: A high prevalence of adolescent dating violence (ADV) has been documented in recent years. However, the majority of ADV studies have been conducted in North America and moreover, ADV studies have primarily focused on high school or college populations.

Objective: To investigate victimization and perpetration of ADV and related gender differences in a sample of Danish seventh-grade students.

Method: In total, 2934 seventh-grade students (M = 3.5, SD = 0.5) filled out questionnaires at school.

Results: The prevalence of victimization of emotional, physical and sexual ADV was 32.2%, 11.2% and 10.6%, and the prevalence of perpetration of emotional, physical and sexual ADV was 20.6%, 6% and 2.1%. One out of five students reported both victimization and perpetration of one of the three ADV types and 14.3% and 6% reported multiple forms of ADV victimization and perpetration respectively. Moreover, gender differences in the prevalence of ADV and the co-occurrence of ADV victimization and perpetration were identified.

Conclusion: The present study highlights that a large proportion of Danish seventh-grade students are experiencing ADV, and that ADV preventive programs are relevant already in early adolescence. Based on the high proportion of students reporting co-occurrence of victimization and perpetration experiences, comprehensive preventive programs that focus on both victimization and perpetration experiences and the transmission of violence are recommended.
IMPROVED ROTATION PATTERNS USING TWO AUXILIARY VARIABLES IN SUCCESSIVE SAMPLING
Authors: Karna Jaishree Prabha , Nath Dilip Chandra
Published: June 2018

The present paper emphasizes the role of two auxiliary variables on both the occasions to improve the precision of estimates at the current (second) occasion in two-occasion successive sampling. Information on two auxiliary variables, which are positively correlated with the study variable, has been used with the aid of exponential type structures and an efficient estimation procedure of population mean on the current (second) occasion has been suggested. The behaviour of the proposed estimator has been studied and compared with the sample mean estimator, when there is no matching from the previous occasion and natural successive sampling estimator, which is a linear combination of the means of the matched and unmatched portions of the sample at the current (second) occasion. Optimal replacement strategy is also discussed. The concluding remarks are discussed justifying utility of the proposed sampling scheme. The results have been well supported analytically as well as empirically by using real life data.
POWER ISHITA DISTRIBUTION AND ITS APPLICATION TO MODEL LIFETIME DATA
Authors: Shukla Kamlesh Kumar , Shanker Rama
Published: June 2018

A study on two-parameter power Ishita distribution (PID), of which Ishita distribution introduced by Shanker and Shukla (2017 a) is a special case, has been carried out and its important statistical properties including shapes of the density, moments, skewness and kurtosis measures, hazard rate function, and stochastic ordering have been discussed. The maximum likelihood estimation has been discussed for estimating its parameters. An application of the distribution has been explained with a real lifetime data from engineering, and its goodness of fit shows better fit over two-parameter power Akash distribution (PAD), two-parameter power Lindley distribution (PlD) and one-parameter Ishita, Akash, Lindley and exponential distributions.
Adaptative strategy to mitigate impacts of repetitive flooding of residents in Thailand's Ayutthaya province
Authors: Thanvisitthpon Nawhath
Published: June 2018

This research investigates the socio-economic, behavioral, and psychological consequences of repetitive flooding on the residents of Ayutthaya's four flood-prone districts. The study also examines the individual-level adaptative strategies adopted by the local residents to coexist with the flooding. The findings revealed several challenges encountered by the flooded households. In addition, most of the respondents expressed a preference to live out the floods in their residences rather than relocating to a makeshift shelter. The ability to live through the floods was largely attributable to the architecture of their residences whereby the houses are raised a few meters above the ground with the living quarter on the upper level, which is the most prominent adaptative strategy. Other adaptative strategies included, e.g., the ownership of a flat-bottom boat and pre-flood stocking-up on basic necessities. Furthermore, in light of the residents’ preference to live out the repetitive flooding, this research also proposes a simple means to enhance the effectiveness of the localized flood relief efforts.
El Cristo liberador de Medellín.
Authors: Costadoat Jorge
Published: June 2018

The Latin American Christology of liberation depends on and tunes in with the Christological ideas of the Second Latin American Episcopal Conference. This pa- per is the result of a study on texts of different nature: a speech by Paul VI at the opening of the conference, a doctoral thesis, papers by theologians that explicitly refer to the Christological texts from Medellín and, fnally, the main emphases of the Christology of liberation developed in Latin America since then. At the end of this study, a deep continuity between this Christology and the concept of a liberating Christ of the poor from Medellín is verifed.
Algunos frutos de la conferencia de Medellín:
Authors: Tapia Miranda Fernando
Published: June 2018

The General Latin American Episcopal Conference at Medellin (1968) involved the emergence of a new pastoral practice based on a renewed way to understand Latin American ecclesiastical self-understanding, which became a “foundational” landmark. Its main fruits were the consequence of assuming the task to conciliate a renewing impulse to consecrate the approach to reality (see), read from God’s Word (Judge) and that will lead to a particular way of doing pastoral work (acting). This is not only restricted to a novelty in pastoral praxis, but is also a new way of doing theology, from the place of the poor, with novel expressions in ecclesiology and evangelization, that reach their most visible face in grass-roots ecclesiastical communities. Similarly, a testimonial view appears to understand education in the liberating dimension of people who suffer poverty and demand authentic human promotion. Thus, the Church becomes sympathetic with the just causes of the poor, even with martyrial testimonies.
San Agustín, su perfil político.
Authors: García José Juan
Published: June 2018

This paper intends to describe in the texts and gestures of Bishop Hippo, his deep political-social concern. At the same time, it tries to show how this request really exists within the framework of his pastoral work. Faithful to the gospel. Agustin is concerned with interceding among officials for the right of asylum, death penalty in certain cases, torture abolition, by working together with African bishops for collegiality and from there for genuine human rights. Everything leads to conclude that the great theologian was a pastor at heart and put his tools to work in the just causes of the political-social action of Roman Africa times.
Beyond Profits: The Rise of Dual-Purpose Organizations and Its Consequences for Disclosure
Authors: Arya Anil , Mittendorf Brian , Ramanan Ram N. V.
Published: June 2018

Organizations with a mission that extends “beyond profit” to achieve broader objectives are becoming increasingly common. This paper studies such hybrid entities—firms that value the profits they generate, as well as the utility they provide to customers—and details their implications for industry disclosure practices. The findings demonstrate that disclosure incentives are perturbed not just from being a hybrid entity, but also from competing with such entities. Accounting for both competitive and disclosure effects, the paper then assesses the circumstances under which a hybrid firm is economically viable and derives the ensuing equilibrium industry composition. As such, we show that the presence of firms with objectives beyond profit can be an endogenous characteristic of many industries.
Investigation of the Accuracy of 18 Marketed Blood Glucose Monitors
Authors: Klonoff David C. , Parkes Joan Lee , Kovatchev Boris P. , Kerr David , Bevier Wendy C. , Brazg Ronald L. , Christiansen Mark , Bailey Timothy S. , Nichols James H. , Kohn Michael A.
Published: June 2018

OBJECTIVE

Cleared blood glucose monitors (BGMs) for personal use may not always deliver levels of accuracy currently specified by international and U.S. regulatory bodies. This study’s objective was to assess the accuracy of 18 such systems cleared by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration representing approximately 90% of commercially available systems used from 2013 to 2015.

RESEARCH DESIGN AND METHODS

A total of 1,035 subjects were recruited to have a capillary blood glucose (BG) level measured on six different systems and a reference capillary sample prepared for plasma testing at a reference laboratory. Products were obtained from consumer outlets and tested in three triple-blinded studies. Each of the three participating clinical sites tested a different set of six systems for each of the three studies in a round-robin. In each study, on average, a BGM was tested on 115 subjects. A compliant BG result was defined as within 15% of a reference plasma value (for BG ≥100 mg/dL [5.55 mmol/L]) or within 15 mg/dL (0.83 mmol/L) (for BG <100 mg/dL [5.55 mmol/L]). The proportion of compliant readings in each study was compared against a predetermined accuracy standard similar to, but more lenient than, current regulatory standards. Other metrics of accuracy included the overall compliance proportion; the proportion of extreme outlier readings differing from the reference value by >20%; modified Bland-Altman analysis including average bias, coefficient of variation, and 95% limits of agreement; and proportion of readings with no clinical risk as determined by the Surveillance Error Grid.

RESULTS

The different accuracy metrics produced almost identical BGM rankings. Six of the 18 systems met the predetermined accuracy standard in all three studies, 5 systems met it in two studies, and 3 met it in one study. Four BGMs did not meet the accuracy standard in any of the three studies.

CONCLUSIONS

Cleared BGMs do not always meet the level of analytical accuracy currently required for regulatory clearance. This information could assist patients, professionals, and payers in choosing products and regulators in evaluating postclearance performance.
Social Network Characteristics Are Associated With Type 2 Diabetes Complications: The Maastricht Study
Authors: Brinkhues Stephanie , Dukers-Muijrers Nicole H.T.M. , Hoebe Christian J.P.A. , van der Kallen Carla J.H. , Koster Annemarie , Henry Ronald M.A. , Stehouwer Coen D.A. , Savelkoul Paul H.M. , Schaper Nicolaas C. , Schram Miranda T.
Published: June 2018

OBJECTIVE

The relation between clinical complications and social network characteristics in type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) has hardly been studied. Therefore, we examined the associations of social network characteristics with macro- and microvascular complications in T2DM and investigated whether these associations were independent of glycemic control, quality of life, and well-known cardiovascular risk factors.

RESEARCH DESIGN AND METHODS

Participants with T2DM originated from the Maastricht Study, a population-based cohort study (n = 797, mean age 62.7 ± 7.6 years, 31% female). Social network characteristics were assessed through a name generator questionnaire. Diabetes status was determined by an oral glucose tolerance test. Macro- and microvascular complications were defined as a history of cardiovascular disease and the presence of impaired vibratory sense and/or retinopathy and/or albuminuria, respectively. We assessed cross-sectional associations of social network characteristics with macro- and microvascular complications by use of logistic regression adjusted for age, HbA1c, quality of life, and cardiovascular risk factors, stratified for sex.

RESULTS

A smaller network size, higher percentages of family members, and lower percentages of friends were independently associated with macrovascular complications in both men and women. A smaller network size and less informational support were independently associated with microvascular complications in women, but not in men.

CONCLUSIONS

This study shows that social network characteristics were associated with macro- and microvascular complications. Health care professionals should be aware of the association of the social network with T2DM outcomes. In the development of strategies to reduce the burden of disease, social network characteristics should be taken into account.
Comparative study between CW and PW emissions in selective laser melting
Authors: Caprio Leonardo , Demir Ali Gökhan , Previtali Barbara
Published: June 2018

The definition of process parameters depending on the geometry of the workpiece is one of the main challenges for selective laser melting (SLM). The possibility to use different emission modes is an essential feature of the contemporary fiber lasers, which still requires further attention for controlling the melt pool size. Most of the commercially available SLM systems operate with continuous wave (CW) emission lasers. As a consequence, a substantial effort has been directed toward obtaining full densification by considering the variation of process parameters in CW modality. Pulsed wave (PW) emission achieved by power modulation of a fiber laser is preferred by a smaller fraction of the industrial SLM systems. The differences between the two emission regimes, advantages and disadvantages in their use have not been fully understood. Accordingly, this work proposes a comparative study between the two emission regimes in SLM, namely PW and CW. For this purpose, a single-mode fiber laser is coupled to a prototype SLM system composed of an automated powder bed and a scanner head. The laser source is extensively characterized for pulsed wave emission characteristics in a power modulated regime. Conditions providing the same energy content over the single track are determined and their effect on single-track densification is studied. High-speed imaging is used to observe the differences in the melt pool formation in situ. The overall results confirm that CW emission provides a larger and more stable molten pool during the process, resulting in higher deposition rates. On the other hand, under stable conditions, PW emission provides relatively narrow tracks, which might be problematic for porosity formation and at the same time useful for the production of fine geometries.
Superhydrophobic and superhydrophilic functionalized surfaces by picosecond laser texturing
Authors: Serles Peter , Nikumb Suwas , Bordatchev Evgueni
Published: June 2018

The study of laser textured surfaces has been carried out in the pursuit of superhydrophobic and superhydrophilic functional surfaces on stainless steel and silicon carbide substrate materials, respectively. The theoretical aspects of laser texturing a surface were investigated in order to understand how replication of micro- and nanoscale features could be achieved by high intensity picosecond pulsed laser systems. A series of laser parameters, pre-processing, and post-processing steps were developed to achieve contact angles of 152° as well as 0° on stainless steel and silicon carbide substrates, respectively. The substrates were used to demonstrate functional characteristics such as water repellency, self-cleaning, water adhesion, and dispersion of water using micro-capillary forces.
Laser direct writing of carbon-based micro-supercapacitors and electronic devices
Authors: Cai Jinguang , Watanabe Akira , Lv Chao
Published: June 2018

Micro-supercapacitors (MSCs) are recognized as potential power supply units for on-chip micro-devices because they possess not only the advantages of supercapacitors but also the simplified packaging processes and compatibility with integrated circuits. Laser direct writing technique has been demonstrated as an effective tool for the fabrication of micro-supercapacitors and electronic devices using different materials. However, the high-performance micro-supercapacitors and the integration with electronic devices even the portable or wearable self-powered systems fabricated by the laser direct writing technique or in combination with other techniques still need to be demonstrated. In this paper, we will introduce our recent studies on the following several parts: the preparation of carbon-based micro-supercapacitors by laser direct writing on polyimide films in air, the improvement of the carbon MSC by laser direct writing in Ar, the carbon/TiO2 MSC with photo-rechargeable capability, the carbon/Au MSC with high-rate charge–discharge performance, and the in-plane integrated circuits with MSCs and sensors using the laser direct writing technique combining with other methods.
The struggle for the constitutionality of Obamacare in the Supreme Court of the United States
Authors:   Bashkir State University, Tukhvatullin Rustem Rasfarovich , Salimov Vadim Alekseevich ,   Bashkir State University
Published: June 2018

The paper described the struggle for the constitutionality of the US health care reform which began when the law initiated by the Democratic administration of Barack Obama was approved in 2010. The research analyzed the social and political dispute concerning the most fundamental issues that made up the essence of the reform. The authors attempted to elaborate on the confrontation between the opponents and supporters of the reform, their reasons and arguments that made it possible to grasp the different approaches to developing the social policy in the United States. Opponents of the reform seriously criticized its key aspects and sought to declare such provisions of Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act as an individual mandate and federal insurance subsidies unconstitutional. The research emphasized the confrontation between opponents and supporters of the reform in the Supreme Court of the United States. The authors considered the decisions of the US Supreme Court which were adopted in 2012 and 2015 and brought with them the victory of reform supporters. However, these decisions do not mean that the opponents of Obamacare abandon their efforts to reverse this reform, as evidenced by the actions of the Republican administration of D. Trump.
Christian denominations of Russia in contemporary cultural processes
Authors:   Think Tank of the Russian Academy of Science, Belousova Yulia Vladimirovna
Published: June 2018

The study reviews such urgent phenomena as multiculturalism, glocalisation, and interculturalism in their coexistence in the unified social and cultural space of the Cristian denominations in Russia; their cultural identity is revealed. The term ‘small religious group’ similar to the term ‘small ethnic group’ is introduced in relation to the cultural identity of the Christian denominations of Russia. The analysis of the concepts of globalization, glocalisation, multiculturalism, and interculturalism proves that the principle of interculturalism is the most relevant one and corresponds to the modern social and cultural realities. The research proves that interculturalism does not imply assimilation but requires greater integration, interaction, mutual influence of ethnocultural minorities. It is concluded that Christian denominations in Russia, being the glocal phenomena, are manifested, among other things, through media, affect each other overcoming the multiculturalism and engaging in the process of interculturalism and enculturation.
South Georgia ruled by the Russian Empire
Authors:   Kuban State Agrarian University, Ashkhamakhova Asiet Askerovna , Silantyeva Viktoria Aleksandrovna ,   Lobachevsky State University of  Nizhny Novgorod
Published: June 2018

The study analyzes the Russian government policy on the management of outlying ethnic regions in the 19th century. The purpose of the research is to discuss the problem of public administration by a case study of South Georgia annexed by Russia in 1829. Based on a historical and legal analysis, the paper demonstrates the specific nature of governance and administrative imperial reforms in Akhaltsikhe Territory. The archives help the authors examine the establishment and reforms of civil and military authorities involved in the management of the region; methods and forms of management; measures to integrate the region under review into the Russian Empire. The study emphasizes the legal regulations serving the basis for governance reforms in the region. The research analyzes the issues of land tenure and management, the class relations in Akhaltsikhe Territory after joining Russia. The authors concluded that reforms were progressively implemented in accordance with the overall trends in the eastern parts of Russia. South Georgia was gradually integrated into the political and legal space of the Russian empire in the Georgian local context.
The impact of Central Asia’s accession to Russia on the historical destiny of the peoples of the region
Authors:   Bashkir State University, Kilmamatov Ruslan Ramilevich
Published: June 2018

The study considered the impact of joining Central Asia to the Russian Empire in the second half of the 19th – early 20th centuries on the fate of the region’s population. Significant progress had been made during the imperial rule. Indigenous peoples had the opportunity to live and work in peace, and the land was given to them. Cruel punishment and slavery were abolished. Medical care had been introduced to cope with epidemics. The secular educational institutions, culture and science in the modern sense, entering into the Russian political space, tolerance towards ethnic and religious traditions contributed to the emergence of national intellectuals, the growing involvement of the population in the public and social affairs. Russia had modernized the region’s economy which helped bring the region to the global market. The author considers that the creation of the favorable environment for the consolidation of ethnic groups is one of the main achievements of Russian policy in the region as it has developed a culture of interethnic and interreligious communication, a kind of Turkestan multi-national phenomenon.
The impact of labor migration on the labor market in the Lipetsk region and its development targets
Authors:   Yelets State University, Pankin Pavel Vladimirovich
Published: June 2018

The study discusses the significance of labor migration and its impact on the labor market of the Lipetsk region based on correlation and cluster analysis. The paper reveals that the number of arriving migrants affects the social and economic indicators such as migration rate per 1,000 working-age people, remigration ratio, migration efficiency ratio, labor market strains, and migration impacts on the labor market. The municipalities of the Lipetsk region are differentiated according to the above-mentioned indicators describing the migration in the region. Such a differentiation identifies the groups characterized by a high or law impact of migration processes on the labor market. The development targets of the regional labor market are defined in view of factors affecting migration and providing market balance and its further development. The development targets are based on unified migration statistics, the improvement of social and economic environment, and the enhancement of laws and regulations in this regard.
Concerning the consolidation and implementation of electoral rights of citizens being treated in a leper colony
Authors:   North Caucasus Federal University, Kupaev Aleksey Aleksandrovich
Published: June 2018

The study considers the modern state of codification and implementation of the electoral rights of citizens who are suffering from a contagious disease of leprosy. The research defines the procedures for implementing the electoral rights of leprosy patients and restrictions related to the situation when leprosy patients are in a specialized medical institution (a leper colony). The research identifies the gaps in legislation regulating the procedures for ensuring and implementing the electoral rights of citizens being treated in a leper colony. It reveals the issues related to the temporary restrictions on the right of citizens suffering from leprosy to be elected to state and local government. It is concluded that such restrictions can be codified in certain instances. Besides, it is necessary to improve the regulatory list of guarantees of electoral rights of citizens being treated in a leper colony.
Music school education as a resource for life strategies of the modern Russian family
Authors: Ogorodova Tatyana Vladimirovna ,   Perm State University of  Humanities and Education Science
Published: June 2018

The study discusses the pre-professional music education, the role and place of education in children’s music school in the projects of life and life strategies of the modern Russian family. By means of P. Bourdieu’s theory of capital, the research reviews the children’s music school as a means of social mobility, a source of symbolic and cultural capital, an approach to keeping and improving the social status of the family and the child. The study presents the statistical analysis data in relation to the social status of the parents. It examines the compliance of this type of education with values of modern parents, the specific nature of cultural capital development in this branch of education, and the students’ cultural differentiation originated from the social one. The author tests the hypotheses about the expectations of parents whose children study at music schools. The research findings may be useful in further theoretical study of the institution of music education and devising strategies for managing music schools.
Group relative deprivation: network approaches to the identity formation
Authors:   Lomonosov Moscow State University, Svishcheva Anna Nikolaevna
Published: June 2018

Network approaches to the problems of collective identity formation are considered from the perspective of the micro and macro levels. From the standpoint of the relational approach, dense, strong, complex, mutual ties of individuals form socially cohesive and relatively isolated networks that create the environment for the common culture and identity development. In this regard, the researchers examined the tendency of strongly connected individuals to internalize similar attitudes/behaviors to a third party. Within the positional approach, the awareness of the same position in the network resulted in the same vision of the world was considered as the source of collective identity. In addition, the author discussed the role of brokers integrating network segments into one system in the formation of a single identity. Based on the theory of critical mass by M. Granovetter and his concept of the strength of weak ties, the researchers analyzed the impact of the network characteristics and types of networks among the population with different motivation levels on the degree of the subsequent protest participation.
Nefelinli Siyenit: Bir Gözden Geçirme
Authors: Haner Serhan , Demir Murat
Published: June 2018

Nefelinli siyenit, nefelin, sodyum ve alkali feldispatlardan oluşmuş silisçe fakir siyenitik bir kayaçtır. Yerküredegeniş bir yayılıma sahip olmasına rağmen ekonomik değere sahip yatak oluşumları sınırlıdır. Ticari anlamda nefelinlisiyenitin en az %20 nefelin ve %60 feldispat içermesi gerekmektedir. Bu tip ekonomik sayılabilecek yataklar Rusya,Kanada, Norveç, Brezilya, Çin ve Türkiye’de bulunmaktadır. Nefelinli siyenitin ana kullanım alanlarını cam veseramik sanayileri oluşturmaktadır. Sağlık gereçleri, porselen, karo, cam, fiberglas gibi ürünlerde ergitici olarak roloynayan bir alümina (Al2O3) kaynağıdır. Seramik ve cam ürünlere kattığı çok sayıdaki avantaj sayesinde Asya,Avrupa ve Amerika kıtalarında tüketimi yüksek seviyelerde olmaktadır. Bu derleme çalışmasında nefelinli siyenitinözellikleri, oluşumu, üretimi ve tüketimi, kullanım alanları, teknolojisi hakkında bilgiler verilmiştir.
Public Interest Opposite the Freedom of Contractual Will in Administrative Contracts in the Republic of Albania
Authors: Spahiu Artan
Published: June 2018

The protection of the public interest is the main principle governing the activity regulation of the administrative bodies. This activity, traditionally, has been developed through administrative acts, as an expression of the unilateral and authoritarian willpower of public authority, which creates legal consequences. The administrative act has been and remains the most important instrument for the administration bodies to accomplish their mission, but it is no longer effective. Particularly this lack of efficiency is noticed in recent years when the development of the economy and the needs of the evergrowing society have prompted the administration to adapt its activity by making use of other mechanisms “borrowed” from private law. An important part of public activity can also be achieved through the contract as a way that brings the state closer to the private, mitigating its dominant position and leaving space for the efficiency of private activity to fulfil public engagements. Such contracts today are known as “administrative contracts” or “public contracts”. The terms mentioned above are instruments that establish legal relations, for the regulation of which the principle of public interest is opposed and competes with the principle of freedom of the contractual willpower. The regulation of these types of contracts is reached through the private law, which constitutes the general normative framework of contracts (lex generalis) even for the administrative contracts. But this general arrangement will have effect for as long as it does not contradict the imperative provisions of the specific act of public law (lex specialis), which regulates the administrative procedure for the completion of these contracts. This paper aims to bring to the spotlight the way our legislation predict and regulates administrative contracts, by emphasising particularly the features of their dualistic nature. The coexistence and competition of the principles of the freedom of contractual willpower and the protection of the public interest, evidenced in administrative contracts, is presented in this paper through the legal analysis of the Albanian legal framework which regulates these contracts. Under the terms when the role of the state in providing public services tends to increase and our legislation aims the harmonization in accord with the European legislation, it is necessary to improve the administrative contract regulation and extend its scope of action.
Factors that Hasten the Integrity of Albania in the European Union
Authors: Gjini Arjan
Published: June 2018

European Union is nowadays the most popular term used in Albania. Its integration means development, solidarity, justice, equality. Data of verified polls reveal Albania as the most enthusiastic country, bearing the highest percentage of popularity willing to join EU. Ben Rosamond defines European Union as an “endless, deep, broad process of the politic, economic and security cooperation among nations with the intention to restore peace”1. North Europe has been called Europe by greeks in the VII century B.C, naming it after the name of the Phoenician king’s daughter who was brought in Crete by her absconder Zeus. The integrity process is complex, complicated, multidimensional and deep in reforms of all fields. It is a long process with great responsibility that requires a big invest in fulfilling standards. The psychological factors have their role and impact in all other factors hasting this process.
Dimensão social da fé
Authors: Manzatto Antonio
Published: June 2018

Vivemos em uma sociedade que privilegia os direitos e as iniciativas individuais, praticamente deixando em segundo plano a dimensão coletiva da existência. Também se verifica a mesma coisa no âmbito das religiões. No entanto, a fé cristã comporta uma dimensão social que se dá em ao menos dois níveis. Trata-se de uma fé coletiva no sentido de que é a Igreja quem crê e a mesma fé é, então, partilhada por todos os seus membros. Por outro lado, é uma fé que afirma que Deus quis reunir para si um povo que estabeleça em seu interior relações de fraternidade e, dessa forma, testemunhe diante do mundo seu projeto de Reino. Visto desta maneira, o comportamento cristão não se compreende a partir de ritos ou práticas religiosas, mas a partir da conhecida opção preferencial pelos pobres. O presente artigo faz um trajeto bíblico-histórico para afirmar esta dimensão social da fé não como uma sua consequência, mas como uma sua dimensão constitutiva.
Sources on Regulatory Activity of the Inorodtsy Local Self-Government Agencies in the South of Russia in the 19th - Early 20th Century
Authors:   Kalmyk Scientific Center of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Elista, Russian Federation, Lidgieva Irina V.
Published: June 2018

The article analyses public censure as a source of regulatory activity of the inorodsty (non-Russian indigenous ethnicities) local authorities in the South of Russia in the 19th – early 20th century. Integration of nomadic peoples in the all-Empire legal and economic sphere made provisions for continuation of some common law institutions. Among these were local self-government bodies. Local self-government activities in indigenous societies incorporate practices of representative democracy within the framework of customary and positive law and also interactions between state and society, all of which has much relevance to this day and age. Assembly (skhod) produced public censure that included purview with majority decision. Most sources come from the State archive of Stavropol Region and the National Archive of the Republic of Kalmykia. General and special scientific research methods assess public censure as a source on the history of the inorodsty in the South of Russia in the 19th – early 20th century. The form of sentence was not fixed by law, and yet content analysis of documentary materials from the State Archive of the Stavropol Region and the National Archive of the Republic of Kalmykia concludes that it remained unchanged throughout the 19th – early 20th century. Content of public censure allows to reconstruct the spectrum of issues put before the assembly and to classify them by topic: legal, social, and financial and economic. The author concludes that verdicts of the inorodsty societies of the period, as legal acts of local significance and great information value, are one of the main sources on socio-political and socio-economic history of the region.
Preparation of Far Eastern Internal Affairs Agencies for Action under the Conditions of the Special Period in 1970-1972
Authors:   Far Eastern Law Institute of the Russian Ministry of Internal Affairs, Khabarovsk, Russian Federation, Dorokhov Vyacheslav Z. , Sinichenko Vladimir V. ,   Preparation of Far Eastern Internal Affairs Agencies for Action under the Conditions of the Special Period in 1970-1972
Published: June 2018

Drawing on unique documents that have not yet been introduced into scientific use, the article reviews the activities of the USSR Ministry of Internal Affairs in training its agencies for probable border war with China. A series of events was conducted by Shchelokov, Minister of the Internal Affairs of the USSR, in order to strengthen the regional internal affairs agencies. It included introduction of a list of ‘advanced alert,’ ‘special period,’ and ‘covert mobilization’ signals, accompanied by a list of mandatory positions. The article focuses on the work of internal affairs agencies in the Far East border areas and the Khabarovsk special secondary school of militia of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the USSR in particular, all of which hurried to fine-tune public order and state security maintenance, evacuation of the population and the internal affairs bodies in case of onset of the Special Period. Significantly, the Khabarovsk special secondary school of militia of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the USSR was to become not just a base for accelerated training of officers, but also a military reserve in case of enemy assault. It also was to enforce public order in case of mass riots. The manpower strength of the school allowed to form a battalion of 3 rifle companies. The author underscores that all measures implemented by the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the USSR were carried out in close cooperation with the KGB under the Council of Ministers of the USSR and its regional agencies. Training for Special Period was multifaceted, it included propaganda support via mass media, control over radio-broadcasting in the territories bordering China, camouflage of installations at the expense of the forest fund, mobilization by rail and road transport, etc.
DNA Lean Philosophy and TOC for Develop, Innovate and Improve Processes
Authors: Lu-Chang-Say Julio , Lu-Chang-Say Estuardo , Zuloaga-Rotta Luis , Zarate-Otarola Benito
Published: June 2018

EXPLORATORY RESEARCH. Analysis and review of fundamentals, principles, definitions and concepts around the DNA of the Lean Philosophy and Theory of Restrictions, to Develop, Innovate and Improve any Process.

PROBLEM: How? Develop, Innovate and Improve Processes, applying the TPS - Toyota Production System and TOC for improvement and innovation in the management of the processes of the transformative and productive operations, in the creation and exchange of value and benefits.

CONCLUSIONS:: Research exposed that the continuous improvement of all is achieved, focusing on improving the flow to increase the speed with which the system creates and delivers value, is the basis or the DNA of the TPS and TOC, for which it would be enough to identify the target value (truput) per unit of time that is creating the system, as well as what is the constraint (bottleneck or problem) that limits the capacity, to then develop innovations and improvements, which increase the trutput, applying the 4 principles followed by Ohno and the 5 steps of TOC.
Voluntariado y Derechos Humanos
Authors: Alcalde-Corzo Rocío
Published: June 2018

El voluntariado es un fenómeno complejo, que al igual que los Derechos Humanos, se desarrolla en muchas dimensiones. Como expresión de ello, en 2015, en España se reforma la ley del voluntariado que -entre otras cosas- combina las dimensiones de ayuda y participación, buscando la transformación social. Esta característica hace evidente la necesidad de abordar el estudio desde distintas teorías y ámbitos. Así, reflexionaremos sobre el concepto de voluntariado, por un lado, como un derecho, como forma de participación desde una actitud individual y, por otro lado, como recurso social que garantiza ayuda específica en situaciones en las que los derechos humanos son violados. Ambas dimensiones se desarrollarán desde dos perspectivas teóricas, una utilitarista y en relación a las teorías del capital social y otra, desde el antiutilitarismo y el paradigma del dar. Se introducirá en la línea argumental el protagonismo del trabajo social como promotor de la participación social y desde otro punto de vista, el papel del voluntariado como catalizador de las acciones del profesional.
Conditions of nitric acid treatment of phosphorus slag for rems recovery and production of precipitated silicon dioxide
Authors:   Suleyman Demirel University, Akcil A. , Karshigina Z.B. ,   “Institute of Metallurgy and Ore Beneficiation” JSC, Bochevskaya Ye.G. ,   “Institute of Metallurgy and Ore Beneficiation” JSC, Abisheva Z.S. ,   Satbayev University
Published: June 2018

Phosphorus slag is the most heavy-tonnage waste of yellow phosphorus production, which is stored in the dump fields for many years causing ecological problems in the regions. One of the relevant and priority directions is rare-earth metals (REMs) production, presence of which in the phosphorus slags allows considering the latter as an acceptable raw material source. Phosphorus slags contain about 30–40 wt% of silicon dioxide, therefore they can serve as a source of production of precipitated silicon dioxide highly required in different industries. The purpose of this work is studying the conditions for REMs recovery from phosphorus slag and further processing of silicon-containing cake to improve a quality of the obtained products.The work shows results of researches on the phosphorus slags’ chemical and phase compositions identification, processes of leaching of phosphorus slag and the obtained silicon-containing cake by nitric acid. Instrumental and chemical methods of phosphorus slag content analysis give following data. It consists of 90–92 % of pseudowollastonite α-CaSiO3, and also there are gyrolite Ca4(H2O)4[Si6O15](OH)2, small amounts of serpentine Mg6[Si4O10](OH)8, hydrated calcium aluminosilicate impurities CaO∙2Al2O3∙2SiO2∙H2O, quartz α-SiO2, calcite CaCO3, hematite Fe2O3, iron phosphate FePO4 and metallic iron with manganese impurity. As a result of kinetic studies of leaching process of phosphorus slag, the apparent activation energy for ΣREMs, calcium, aluminum and iron was determined which amounted to 4.31, 8.53, 7.43 and 12.31 kJ/mol, respectively. This, in combination with value of the Pilling-Bedward Criterion CP-B = 1.1 for orthosilicate acid H4SiO4, indicates that the process is characterized by an intradiffusion region. With a decrease in temperature of nitric acid treatment from 90 to 70 °C, purification degree of precipitated silicon dioxide from iron and aluminium impurities increases. Results of the experimental data will serve as a basis for development of the technology for complex processing of production waste of phosphorus industry and for improving quality of obtained products as REMs concentrate and precipitated silicon dioxide.
The process of liquid phase reduction of calcine obtained from gold-containing mattes
Authors:   “Institute of Metallurgy and Ore Beneficiation” JSC, Kozhakhmetov S.M. , Kvyatkovskiy S.A. ,   “Institute of Metallurgy and Ore Beneficiation” JSC, Semenova A.S. ,   “Institute of Metallurgy and Ore Beneficiation” JSC, Sejsembayev R.S. ,   “Institute of Metallurgy and Ore Beneficiation” JSC, Omirzakov B.A. ,   “Institute of Metallurgy and Ore Beneficiation” JSC
Published: June 2018

The results of researches on the direct restoring of refractory ores of gold and pyrometallurgy enrichment of the collector mattes of gold have been introduced in the article. The tests for gold containing calcine restoring at the temperature range of 1350-1450 ° C were performed in the laboratory. At the results of testing of temperature effect on the degree of gold containing calcine restoring it became known the process of restoring is much overall at the temperatures of 1400-1450 ° C. At this, the yield of a metalized phase is at 13-15% range, and iron content is 71% on the average. The effect of coke consumption on the rate of calcine restoring under the effective temperature of 1400 ° C has been studied. The coke consumption on the calcine restoring rate made by experiment have shown the possibility of regular control of metals content in the metalized alloy by changing its content in the feed stock. The basic parameters of liquid phase gold containing calcine restoring with obtaining copper-ferrous alloy and mattes enriched by gold and silver have been determined. The research results can be applied for the development and creation of the new methods of gold and other metals extraction from a collector sulphide mattes-CPS (contracted pyrometallurgical selection) process consisting of direct melting of ledge ores persistent to opening and gold concentrates. The roasting of collector gold containing sulphide mattes with further separating of gold-copper-iron alloys will enable to create a complete pyrometallurgy technology of processing of refractory ledge gold ores escaping the enrichment processes and cyanidation, with 98-99% of gold extraction. In case of providing a high-scale of precious metals extraction in finale products and the positive technical and economical characteristics of recovery melting the transfer of collector gold contained metal alloys for the copper mattes converting of copper plants is possible.