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Usability Evaluation of Elder-Friendly Design: Application to Take Alipay App
Authors: Xiang Yan , Chang Danni , Yao Ying , Wang Leqi , Chen Anqi , Li Jiajie
Published: November 2022

In the context of the increasing aging population, design for the elderly has become more and more important. Many products have taken into consideration the elder-friendly design. However, the actual usability in real practice has not been sufficiently investigated. This study aims to tackle the problem and examine the practical usability of such a design through an experimental way. In particular, the Alipay app was selected as the target product to test. Its normal mode and elder-friendly mode were compared. For this purpose, we designed a set of experiments with 16 participants who are older than 45 years old and randomly divided them into two groups. One group used the normal mode, and the other used the elder-friendly mode. The eye tracker of Tobii Pro Glasses 2 was employed to collect participants’ eye movement data on these interfaces. Moreover, user interviews, user behavior observation, and System Usability Scale were jointly adopted to collect related user behavior information and subjective experience evaluation. Based on the qualitative and quantitative data, the differences between the two modes in the dimensions of information architecture, interface design, and task flow were identified. The results show that the current elder-friendly design cannot effectively facilitate usability for elderly users. Furthermore, the corresponding transdisciplinary design strategies were proposed to help with the improvement in design for the elderly.
Community Biology Labs in Practice: A Pasteur’s Quadrant Perspective
Authors: Aldulijan Ibrahim , Asgarali-Hoffman S. Nisa , Hamidi Foad , Stamato Lydia , Walker Justice , Mansouri Mo , Scheifele Lisa
Published: November 2022

Donald Stokes developed a paradigm that categorizes research into three quadrants based on two dimensions: the pursuit of basic understanding and consideration of utility. His ultimate goal was to create synergy between science and technology for economic advancement. Academics working on basic research fall into the Bohr quadrant; engineers fall into Edison’s quadrant of applied research. Pasteur’s quadrant, use-inspired basic research, is largely occupied by government agencies and societal input into setting their research priorities is indirect. Community labs are organizations that enable community members to perform research. Yet their utility as scientific organizations is unclear; understanding where they fall within the quadrant paradigm may enable their role to be better defined and may help their contributions to the scientific endeavor to be more fully realized. We use interviews with participants, review of literature, and review of lab and project websites to understand the nature of community lab projects and participants’ motivations. We show that the role of community labs falls most frequently into Pasteur’s quadrant. Community labs’ ability to integrate diverse expertise, pivot between basic and applied work quickly, support collaboration, and focus on local priorities makes them valuable additions to this quadrant and to the scientific research community.
A Design Method to Achieve Decarbonisation in Airports with Battery Operation Algorithm Considering Uncertainties
Authors: Matsumoto Taihei , Tanaka Kenji
Published: November 2022

Decarbonisation of social infrastructures such as airports have attracted wide attention. In commiting to the global decarbonisation target, introduction of renewable energy is important. However, few research has focused on the specifications of renewable energy facilities for airports. Thus, it is vital to enable airport operators to determine the necessary facility specifications for installing renewable energy systems. Moreover, the efficiency of battery operation influences the necessary facility specifications. Yet, many previous studies have proposed linear battery optimisation, even though forecasts for renewable energy supply include uncertainties derived from natural factors, and demand forecasts can also fluctuate due to future uncertainties. This study provides a framework for analysing the cost efficiency of photovoltaic systems, wind systems, and batteries to determine the optimal specifications for each hardware to achieve 100% renewable electricity. Further, it proposes a novel battery operation algorithm considering uncertainties of supply and demand forecasts. A case study on Chubu Centrair International Airport was conducted. The results show practical steps for the airport to achieve decarbonisation. In addition, battery operation based on the proposed algorithm outperformed the linear optimisation in the unpredicted rain weather scenario. It can be said that the proposed method performs well in considering uncertainties.
Measuring Characteristics and Influence of Fluctuating Teamwork Processes Based on Natural Language Processing: The Relationship Between Equal Participation and Creativity
Authors: Peng Sixiong , Torii Katsuya
Published: November 2022

To leverage different skills of transdisciplinary teams, understanding team processes critical for team performance is crucial. This study examined temporal participation equality and creativity using behavioral data and natural language processing. Twenty-one teams of four people generated business ideas for post COVID19 societies in teams. We segmented their discussion based on lexical similarity and clarified the relationship between each segment and generated ideas. Then we calculated the equality of turn-taking and speaking time and examined their relationship with creativity scores of ideas using hierarchical regression analysis. The result suggested temporal participation equality did not relate to creativity. We discussed its implication and future studies.
Transdisciplinary Evaluation of Simulation Software for Industry 4.0 Assembly Lines
Authors: Lettori Jacopo , Borsato Milton , Raffaeli Roberto , Pellicciari Marcello , Grandi Fabio , Peruzzini Margherita
Published: November 2022

Industry 4.0 is driving the revolution of manufacturing processes by combining innovative technologies and new interaction paradigms among systems and operators. In particular, the layout, tasks and work sequences of assembly lines are designed according to several transdisciplinary Design Principles (DPs), such as process efficiency, product quality, ergonomics, safety and operators’ workload. A large variety of simulation software can be employed for evaluations. However, the related ability to assess multidisciplinary factors must be evaluated. The paper aims to provide a framework for guiding the assessment of simulation software in the context of Industry 4.0 assembly lines. Process requirements are first analyzed and mapped to select DPs, prioritized according to design goals by an analytical hierarchy process. Then, suitable simulation software is determined accordingly, and the virtual model is realized. Finally, the possibility of the software to provide meaningful elaborations for the selected DPs is assessed. The framework has been tested on a prototypal Industry 4.0 assembly line composed of automated logistic systems, cobots and systems to guide the execution of tasks. The line has been modeled in Siemens Process Simulate, analyzing the completeness and appropriateness of the functionalities of this software according to the defined DPs.
Pattern Recognition and Oxidation Classification in Metal Structures of Industrial Roofs Using Artificial Intelligence
Authors: Nogueira João Claudio , Hadano Fábio Seiti , Deschamps Fernando , Marques Alessandro , Teodoro Alan , Valle Pablo Deivid
Published: November 2022

The overall cost of structural corrosion is estimated to be in the order of trillions of dollars throughout the world. This is a fault that can bring numerous harms to industries through water infiltrations, roof breaking and collapsing of structures, and even create work-related accidents. In this research, an artificial intelligence was developed to evaluate aerial images of factory roofs, aiming towards a more accurate and efficient maintenance. Previous studies were conducted to evaluate optimal flight conditions of the unmanned aerial vehicle such as ambient illuminance, cruise speed and flight height. Afterwards a Taguchi analysis was made. Based on the knowledge of building maintenance, an artificial neural network was elaborated containing three great levels in its architecture. In the first step, an extractor model was applied to obtain only the information from roofs in the captured images. Next, the second stage included corrosion detection and its segmentation. In the third stage, the network performed the criticality classification of the detected failures. The proposed system was trained and evaluated in a total of 249,000 m2 of constructed area and the results presented potential of this application for a diagnosis of corrosions in metal structures.
Multi-Objective Optimization of Composite Structure Using Rule-Based Parametrization
Authors: Sobota Michał , Skarka Wojciech
Published: November 2022

Ultra-light unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV) benefit from use of composite materials due to weight savings and ease of manufacturing for piece production. However, complex shape and internal structure of wings limits the use of hand calculations that can be employed to optimize the structure. Therefore, design process can greatly benefit from the FEM (Finite Element Method) calculations coupled with CFD (Computational Fluid Dynamics), composite mechanics and composite failure theories. This multi-physics approach allows to accurately describe behavior of a wing during flight. Due to nonlinear response of a system after changes in wing design and flight characteristics, we present a method of optimization using artificial neural networks. This allows to accurately describe influence of given parameters on the stress and strain distribution as well as reduce number of design points. Material data has been gathered from experimental tests of simple specimens. Based on this data more complex elements were designed using FEM and tested experimentally in order to validate numerical calculations in a transdisciplinary rapid prototyping exercise. Advanced failure criteria not only predicted failure but also failure mechanism, thus catastrophic failure can be prevented. In the future this multi-physics approach can incorporate numerical analysis of manufacturing and curing process therefore reducing need for experimental validations. Further development of neural networks will lead to them being directly implemented into FEM codes.
A Cross-Functional Approach to Metal Additive Manufacturing in Enterprise
Authors: McMillan Khaalid , Hamid Mehdi , Torok John , Olson Kyle , Utter James , Tiano Anthony
Published: November 2022

Diverse internal capabilities are to be developed and connected to enable rapid and robust design and manufacturing of additively manufactured parts to meet the needs of mid to low volume production gaps in a large orgnization. This process includes elements of Design, Manufacturing, and Supply Chain followed with the application of application of modeling methods to simulate the additive manufacturing process of the part to reduce manufacturing related redesign. Akin to the traditional development process of design, analyze, prototype and evaluate, this process aims to leverage digital technologies and cross-functional expertise early in the design process to reduce time to market delays and late findings. This process aims to focus feedback from design, predictive modeling, manufacturing, and supply chain engineers during the concept generation process. The model is used to inform the concept using tacit knowledge, simulation, additive manufacturing, and functional prototypes to reduce late and costly changes to the design later in the product development process and is modeled using a Design Structure Matrix to evauluate improvements in the new process. The model has shown to reduce the feedback loops required to take a design to completion.
Data-Driven Reserve Personnel Placement to Balance Operation Default Risk and Resource Utility
Authors: Matsuda Yuki , Tanaka Kenji
Published: November 2022

In last mile delivery, to manage delivery default risks and ensure delivery completion, reserve personenel are placed. This is due to driver procurement having to be planned and executed about one-month ahead, when delivery demands could only be roughly predicted. Although reserve drivers occasionally work as final defense, it regularly lowers driver utility, and a method to place reserve drivers balancing delivery default risk and driver utility is required. Previous work tackled this problem by stochastic staffing problem approaches, but there existed a limit in feature modelling and result interpretability, which created a gap in algorithms and procurement manager decision making. The proposed method aims to fill this gap, by taking a transdisciplinary approach of traditional scheduling, probability modelling, and explainable AI. In doing so, a flow of first creating a staffing schedule based on fixed staffing number demands, and then determining a fixed number of reserve personnel required for each staffing window, was designed. A probablity distribution of required personnel number per delivery is calculated in doing so, and this distribution is used as a easy to understand decision support tool for delivery managers. Through a case study using delivery demand data of a Japanese EC-logistics company, the proposed method was shown capable of lowering reserve drivers, with having a high potential of no delivery defaults.
Mental States and Cognitive Performance Monitoring for User-Centered e-Learning System: A Case Study
Authors: Xia Ziqing , Lee Cherng En , Chen Chun-Hsien , Kuo Jo-Yu , Lim Kendrik Yan Hong
Published: November 2022

The unprecedented long-term online learning caused by COVID-19 has increased stress symptoms among students. The e-learning system reduces communications between teachers and students, making it difficult to observe student’s mental issues and learning performance. This study aims to develop a non-intrusive method that can simultaneously monitor stress states and cognitive performance of student in the scenario of online education. Forty-three participants were recruited to perform a computer-based reading task under stressful and non-stressful conditions, and their eye-movement data were recorded. A tree ensemble machine learning model, named LightGBM (Light Gradient Boosting Machine), was utilized to predict stress states and reading performance of students with an accuracy of 0.825 and 0.793, respectively. An interpretable model, SHAP (SHapley Additive exPlanation), was used to identify the most important eye-movement indicators and their effects on stress and reading performance. The proposed model can serve as a foundation for further development of user-centred services in e-learning system.
Engineering Tools as Boundary Objects Between Product Development and Production
Authors: Hussmo Daniel , Säfsten Kristina , Wlazlak Paraskeva
Published: November 2022

Product realization, i.e., product development and production, involves several transdisciplinary activities. People from different disciplines are involved, representing different practices and knowledge areas. These differences create boundaries, which must be crossed to succeed with the endeavor of product realization. One way of crossing boundaries is through boundary objects, i.e., artefacts that create common understanding between different domains. Boundary objects have been applied in for example educational research and are a promising approach in engineering. Between product development and production, engineering tools such as prototypes, simulation, and design for assembly are often used as boundary objects. Previous research has shown that different aspects affect whether an artefact function as a boundary object or not. However, the context of product realization remains unexplored in this topic. This paper, therefore, explores what aspects affect how an engineering tool can function as a boundary object. Based on a literature review, workshops and a case study, the paper presents aspects related to the situation, the tool and the individuals that affect it an engineering tool function as boundary objects. The paper addresses two important transdisciplinary concerns: knowledge from different disciplines is combined, and both academic and scientific goals are considered.
Privacy and Trust in pHealth – Past, Present and Future
Authors: Ruotsalainen Pekka , Blobel Bernd
Published: November 2022

From beginning to today, pHealth has been a data driven service that collects and uses personal health information (PHI) for personal health services and personalized healthcare. As a result, pHealth services use intensively ICT technology, sensors, computers and mathematical algorithms. In past, pHealth applications were focused to certain health or sickness related problem, but in today they use mobile devices, wireless networks, Web-technology and Cloud platforms. In future, pHealth uses information systems that are highly distributed, dynamic, increasingly autonomous, multi-stakeholder data driven eco-system having ability to monitor anywhere person’s regular life, movements and health related behaviours. Because privacy and trust are pre-requirements for successful pHealth, this development raises huge privacy and trust challenges to be solved. Researchers have shown that current privacy approaches and solutions used in pHealth do not offer acceptable level of privacy, and trust is only an illusion. This indicates, that today’s privacy models and technology shall not be moved to the future pHealth. The authors have analysed interesting new privacy and trust ideas published in journals, and found that they seem to be effective but offer only a partial solution. To solve this weakness, the authors used a holistic system view to aspects impacting privacy and trust in pHealth, and created a template that can be used in planning and development future pHealth services. The authors also propose a tentative solution for future trustworthy pHealth. It combines privacy as personal property and trust as legal binding fiducial duty approaches, and uses a Blockchain-based smart contract solution to store person’s privacy and trust requirements and service providers’ promises.
Decentralized EHRs in the Semantic Web for Better Health Data Management
Authors: Celuchova Bosanska Dagmar , Huptych Michal , Lhotská Lenka
Published: November 2022

Electronic Health Record (EHR) systems currently in use are not designed for widely interoperable longitudinal health data. Therefore, EHR data cannot be properly shared, managed and analyzed. In this article, we propose two approaches to making EHR data more comprehensive and FAIR (Findable, Accessible, Interoperable, and Reusable) and thus more useful for diagnosis and clinical research. Firstly, the data modeling based on the LinkML framework makes the data interoperability more realistic in diverse environments with various experts involved. We show the first results of how diverse health data can be integrated based on an easy-to-understand data model and without loss of available clinical knowledge. Secondly, decentralizing EHRs contributes to the higher availability of comprehensive and consistent EHR data. We propose a technology stack for decentralized EHRs and the reasons behind this proposal. Moreover, the two proposed approaches empower patients because their EHR data can become more available, understandable, and usable for them, and they can share their data according to their needs and preferences. Finally, we explore how the users of the proposed solution could be involved in the process of its validation and adoption.
Patients and Organizations eHealth Services Model
Authors: Machal Marlon Luca
Published: November 2022

The current Finnish public hospitals’ eHealth services are organization-oriented rather than patient-oriented. Patients remain passive and use eHealth services that are designed by private or governmental organizations. Patients had little or no involvement in that process. This paper introduces a novel eHealth Services Model that can be used as a tool to capture the needs of both organizations and patients. Two eHealth services were used to verify and support the validity of the presented model. The first eHealth service features came from an existing Finnish eHealth service that was designed by a Finnish organization. The second eHealth service features have been derived from the collected patients’ feedback. A survey was carried out to compare the selected two eHealth services features. The finding of this paper suggests that an eHealth service with features that capture patients’ needs is favorable against the eHealth service features that came from a Finnish organization. The presented model is a long-term solution that can be utilized in designing and providing the right technologies and services that will continuously satisfy the needs of patients and organizations.
Monitoring of tacrolimus concentration after kidney or heart transplantation - the importance of intra-subject variability parameters
Authors: Cios Agnieszka , Wesołowska Anna , Paciorek Wojciech , Hońdo Łukasz , Kozłowska Sylwia , Sobczyk Dorota , Jastrzębska-Więsek Magdalena , Partyka Anna
Published: November 2022

Przedmiot badań. Właściwie prowadzona immunosupresja w terapii potransplantacyjnej jest warunkiem niezbędnym do zminimalizowania ryzyka odrzucenia narządu.
Cel badań. Analiza stężeń minimalnych (Cssmin) takrolimusu (TAC) w stanie stacjonarnym, w pierwszym miesiącu po przeszczepie serca lub nerki. Wyliczono współczynnik zmienności wewnątrzosobniczej (CV), poszukiwano korelacji z parametrami biochemicznymi oraz przedstawiono zalecenia/aktualne wytyczne optymalizacji dawkowania TAC na podstawie baz medycznych opartych na faktach (EBM).
Materiał i metody. Do retrospektywnej analizy wybrano 24 pacjentów w wieku 24-79 lat (średnia 47,1±13,9 lat); 12 po przeszczepie serca i 12 po przeszczepie nerki. Dawkowanie TAC było jednakowe w grupach pacjentów oraz nie ulegało zmianie w trakcie analizy (pierwszy miesiąc); w przypadku biorców serca wynosiło 2 mg/dobę oraz 1 mg/dobę u biorców nerki. Pomiar Cssmin TAC w pełnej krwi (stan stacjonarny) wykonano czterokrotnie u wszystkich pacjentów; pierwszy w 15 dobie leczenia, drugi w 16-18, trzeci w 17-19, czwarty w 18-21. Do analizy stężenia TAC zastosowano test immunologiczny QMS Tacrolimus stosując automatyczny analizator biochemiczny Indiko Plus.
Wyniki. Mediana wartości Cssmin TAC wynosiła 6,9-15,6 ng/mL po przeszczepie serca oraz 8,7-16,0 ng/mL po przeszczepie nerki. Zakres CV pacjentów po przeszczepie serca był 4-60%, natomiast po przeszczepie nerki 8-40%. CV>30% (wyższe prawdopodobieństwo ryzyka ostrego odrzucenia) po przeszczepie serca dotyczył 25% pacjentów, po przeszczepie nerki 15%. Analiza przeżycia narządu u biorców serca i nerki wykazała odpowiednio 83% i 100% po średnio 2,7±0,5 i 3,25±2,5 latach od transplantacji. Nie wykazano istotnych korelacji (p > 0,05) pomiędzy CV a wybranymi parametrami biochemicznymi.
Wnioski. CV>30% może wskazywać na dużą zmienność w farmakokinetyce TAC, a tym samym konieczność optymalizacji dawkowania/parametrów fizjologicznych wpływających na wartość stężenia. Konieczna wydaje się poprawa personalizacji terapii immunosupresyjnej z TAC, uwzględniająca indywidualne parametry zmienności zewnątrz- i wewnątrzosobniczej w celu uzyskania lepszych efektów oraz uniknięcia ostrego/przewlekłego odrzucenia, przyśpieszonej w czasie utraty przeszczepu i/lub występowania dodatkowych działań niepożądanych TAC.
Weather Shocks and Inflation Expectations in Semi-Structural Models
Authors: Romero-Chamorro José Vicente , Naranjo-Saldarriaga Sara
Published: November 2022

Colombia is particularly affected by the El Niño Southern Oscillation (ENSO) weather fluctuations. In this context, this study explores how the adverse weather events linked to ENSO affect the inflation expectations in Colombia and how to incorporate these second-round effects into a small open economy New Keynesian model. Using BVARx models we provide evidence that the inflation expectations obtained from surveys and break-even inflation measures are affected by weather supply shocks. Later, using this stylised fact, we modify one of the core forecasting models of the Banco de la República by incorporating the mechanisms in which weather-related shocks affect marginal costs and inflation expectations. We find that ENSO shocks had an important role in both inflation and the dynamics of inflation expectations, and that policymakers should consider this fact.
Phacoemulsification Results of Eyes with Primary Angle Closure and Primary Angle Closure Glaucoma Using the Pentacam System
Authors: Ün Yasemin , Cömerter Doğukan
Published: November 2022

Aim: To evaluate the phacoemulsification results of patients with primary angle closure (PAC) and primary angle closure glaucoma (PACG) using the Pentacam system.
Method: This retrospective cohort study included patients with PAC and PACG who underwent phacoemulsification and intraocular lens implantation between 2018 and 2021 in one tertiary center. Anterior chamber parameters measured using the Pentacam system and gonioscopic and intraocular pressure (IOP) changes were evaluated preoperatively and postoperatively.
Results: Nineteen eyes of 13 patients with PAC and PACG were included in the study. The mean age of the patients was 63.2 years, and 30.8% were male. The mean preoperative and postoperative third-month IOP was 21.0 ± 7.4 mmHg (11-40) and 13.7± 2.5 mmHg (9-18), respectively (p < 0.01). The mean preoperative anterior chamber angle (ACA) measured by the Pentacam system was 21.07 ± 4.16° (13-27). The mean preoperative anterior chamber depth (ACD) and the anterior chamber volume (ACV) measured by the Pentacam system were 1.79 ± 0.24 mm (1.39-2.22) and 72.55 ± 20.64 mm3 (45-109), respectively. The postoperative third-month topographic measurements were as follows: mean angle, 35.76 ± 7.32° (20.1-46.9); mean ACD, 3.52 ± 0.95 mm (1.15-4.46); and mean ACV, 133.21 ± 25.21 mm3 (81-173) (p < 0.01).
Conclusion: Pentacam is a useful system to evaluate anterior segment changes after phacoemulsification in patients with PAC and PACG. Phacoemulsification was found to result in significant IOP reduction in these patients.
Administrative and legal tools of the Ministry of Internal Affairs service centers interaction with other law enforcement agencies
Authors: Dzhafarova О. V. , Shatrava О. V.
Published: November 2022

Attention is focused on revealing the content of the new service ideology of service centers of the Ministry of Internal Affairs and law enforcement agencies, aimed at ensuring the rights and freedoms of people and citizens, as well as the interests of legal entities during the provision of high-quality public services in the field of road safety.

Based on the analysis of scholars’ scientific positions, the terms “administrative and legal instrument” and “interaction” were investigated. It has been proven that it is expedient to consider the administrative and legal tools of the interaction of the service centers of the Ministry of Internal Affairs with other law enforcement agencies through an understanding of the relevant legal forms and methods of operation of the Ministry of Internal Affairs service centers in cooperation with other law enforcement agencies in order to ensure the rights and freedoms of people and citizens in the field of ensuring road traffic safety through provision of public services.

The content and main forms of interaction of the service centers of the Ministry of Internal Affairs with other law enforcement agencies regarding the provision of high-quality public services in the field of ensuring road traffic safety have been clarified. On the basis of the analysis of legislative acts and normative legal acts of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Ukraine, the main administrative and legal tools for the interaction of service centers of the Ministry of Internal Affairs with other law enforcement agencies have been identified, namely: constant mutual exchange of information on the level of public service provision in the field of ensuring road traffic safety; implementation of joint measures for legal education of the population regarding the provision of public services in the field of ensuring road traffic safety; conducting joint exercises, meetings regarding the procedure for providing public services in the field of ensuring road traffic safety; joint forecasting, planning and coordination of joint actions regarding the implementation of the procedure for providing public services in the field of ensuring road traffic safety, etc.

A scientific analysis of the positions of scientists regarding the understanding of the category “principles” was carried out and the author's understanding of the concept of “principles of interaction of service centers of the Ministry of Internal Affairs with other law enforcement agencies” was proposed, as well as the content of the main principles in the researched field was highlighted and revealed. The need to improve the administrative and legal tools for the interaction of service centers of the Ministry of Internal Affairs with other law enforcement agencies was emphasized.
Legislative amendments regarding criminal proceedings under martial law
Authors: Ablamska V. V.
Published: November 2022

The issue of legal regulation of the specifics of criminal proceedings under martial law has been studied. When posing the problem, it was stated that Russia’s full-scale war against Ukraine significantly changed the functioning of state bodies and institutions, as a result of which appropriate changes and additions were made to a number of normative legal acts. This also affected the specifics of the procedure for conducting pre-trial investigation and court proceedings under martial law. A systematic analysis of the provisions of the CCP of Ukraine shows that certain innovations are quite debatable and controversial. In this perspective, the need to eliminate legislative conflicts in order to implement effective and unambiguous practical implementation of legislative norms is argued. The key aspects in ensuring the practical application of the norms of the criminal procedural legislation of Ukraine regarding the specifics of criminal proceedings under martial law should be the regulation of the specified issue in a single section. This statement has been made as a result of a systematic analysis of the Criminal Procedure Code of Ukraine, in particular, it was found that changes and additions were made not only to Section IX-1 “Special regime of pre-trial investigation, trial under martial law conditions”, but also to other general provisions of the Criminal Procedure Code of Ukraine.

It is noted that in paragraph 2, part 1 of Art. 615 of the Criminal Procedure Code of Ukraine fixes the definition of “absence of an objective possibility”, the interpretation of which is not provided in the law, and no cases of such an objective possibility are given. In this perspective, the vision is expressed that it is more logical for the legislator to provide a provision according to which the decision made by the prosecutor is subject to further approval by the investigating judge at the first opportunity.

During the study of the amendments related to the application of preventive measures to servicemen who are suspected or accused of committing crimes provided for by Articles 402–408, 410, 420–425, 427, 431–433 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine, a proposal has been made to make certain changes aimed at protecting rights and freedoms of such a person. In particular, it is advisable to provide that in the event of the end of martial law, a serviceman or his/her lawyer has the right to apply to the investigating judge, the court with a request to change the preventive measure or choose a more lenient one.
Problems of improving the national legislation on labor protection
Authors: Melnyk K. Yu.
Published: November 2022

The article examines the norms of the current and future national legislation in the field of labor protection and the norms of the legislation of the European Union regarding the safety and health of workers at work. It is noted that the national legislation in the field of labor protection today is characterized by certain obsolescence and inconsistency with the normative documents of the European Union in the relevant field. An analysis of the norms of the drafts of the Law of Ukraine “On Safety and Health of Workers at Work” and the Law of Ukraine “On Amendments to Certain Legislative Acts of Ukraine Regarding Liability for Violation of the Requirements of the Law on Safety and Health of Workers at Work” prepared by the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine is being carried out.

The analysis of the structure and content of the norms of draft laws shows that the work on the selection and placement of normative material has been properly carried out. The norms of the draft laws correspond to the norms of the Council Directive No. 89/391/EEC and other documents of the European Union in the field of safety and health protection of workers at work.

Proposals and recommendations for improvement of the specified draft laws are substantiated. It is noted that it is appropriate to use the term “safety and health protection of employees at work” in the title and content of the draft laws, as it is more correctly constructed and more in line with Council Directive No. 89/391/EEC. The author’s definition of the term “safety and health protection of employees at work” is substantiated as a system of measures to prevent and/or reduce the impact of dangerous and harmful production factors, aimed at preserving the life, physiological and psychological functions of the body, and the optimal working capacity of an individual who works at on the basis of an employment contract, at the place of her employment.

Attention is drawn to the fact that Article 28 of the draft Law of Ukraine “On the Safety and Health of Employees at Work” uses the terms “employees who have recently given birth” and “employees who are breastfeeding”, establishing special measures to ensure safety and health for these categories of employees. At the same time, the main law in the field of labor – the Code of Labor Laws of Ukraine in Chapter XII, dedicated to the protection of women’s labor, does not use these terms, but establishes guarantees, in particular, for women who have children under the age of three, and women who have children aged three to fourteen or children with disabilities. It is emphasized that in Article 28 of the draft law, the last category of female workers is not given attention at all, which is not correct, since they also need special protection. In addition, the specified documents contain norms that are different in terms of content on ensuring the safety and health of female workers. It is proposed to harmonize the relevant norms of Article 28 of the draft law and Chapter XII of the Labor Code of Ukraine.
Policy Forum: Does Non-Filing Hinder Access to the Canada Learning Bond for Low-Income Families?
Authors: Robson Jennifer
Published: November 2022

Since the Canada learning bond (CLB) launched in 2005, 1.6 million children have ever received a CLB payment; these are from among the 3.8 million children who have ever been officially eligible. Starting in 2022, hundreds of thousands of CLB-eligible children will become adults able to make an independent claim for a retroactive benefit payment. While these adults will have formed their own core fiscal unit, eligible for other transfers tied to their own taxfiling, their access to the CLB will be determined by a core fiscal unit that they have left. This arrangement pushes at the boundaries of Canada's tax and transfer system, which generally assumes coordination within a core fiscal unit, where a fiscal unit refers to family grouping used by the Canada Revenue Agency to asses taxes and transfers. Extant data suggest that taxfiling may be an administrative obstacle for a non-trivial share of children and young adults, but it has not yet received much attention from policy makers. In this article, I discuss options for policy change that might improve access to the CLB by reducing reliance on annual filing to assess income for both adult claimants and current minors eligible for the program.
The Effect of pH and Mineral Content of Fe, Ca, Mg, And Cl On The Growth of Koi Fish (Cyprinus carpio) in Aquariums with Water Sources of The Tuntungan River in Medan
Authors: Alva Sagir
Published: November 2022

The effect of pH and mineral content of Fe, Ca, Mg and Cl on the growth of koi fish (Cyprinus carpio) in an aquarium with water sources of the Tuntungan Medan river has been studied. Cultivate koi fish in the aquarium with water from the Tuntungan river had various pHs between 5 to 10. NaH2PO4 is used to reduce pH level, while NaHCO3 is used to elevate pH level.  Before the fish was placed, the mineral content of Fe, Mg, Ca, and Cl in the water after pH arrangement was analyzed. The initial weight of the fish that will be incorporated into each aquarium was weighed. After ten days, the fish were weighed, and the mineral content of Ca, Mg, and Cl were determined by titration method, whereas Fe mineral was determined using the Visible Spectrophotometry method. The same thing is done on days 20, 30, 40, and 50. The results showed maximum growth at 120.50% of fish in the river water aquarium pH = 8.5 with high levels of iron (Fe) which fluctuated between 0.4343 mg / L - 0.6020 mg / L, the level of calcium (Ca) which fluctuated between 7.76 mg / L - 15.52 mg / L, the levels of magnesium (Mg) which fluctuated between 120.28 mg / L - 157.14 mg / L, and levels of chloride (Cl) which fluctuated between 27.99 mg / L - 32.48 mg / L. Minimum growth in amount of 88.02% found in the river water aquarium pH = 5.5 with the levels of iron (Fe) which fluctuated between 0.2246 mg / L - 0.5610 mg / L, the level of calcium (Ca) which fluctuate between 7.76 mg / L - 27.93 mg / L, the levels of magnesium (Mg) which fluctuated between 80.71 mg / L - 108.64 mg / L, and levels of chloride (Cl) which fluctuated between 17.99 mg / L - 39.98 mg / L. Water with pH = 9.5 is not suitable as a medium for the cultivation of koi fish.
Phytochemical of Ethanolic Extract of Cabbage (Brassica oleracea) Collected from Medan, Indonesia
Authors: Fachrizal Edy
Published: November 2022

Phytochemical screening of ethanolic extract of cabbage (Brassica oleracea)  has been successfully conducted. A phytochemical test was performed using FeCl3 to know the content of the phenolic compound from Cabbage. Cabbage is extracted until the ethanolic extract was obtained. It contained secondary metabolic compounds. mengandung senyawa metabolic sekunder. The largest secondary metabolic in cabbage extract was the flavonoid compound. The flavonoids total contained in the ethanolic extract of cabbage was 1.68 mg QE/g extract and the level of total phenol contained in the ethanolic extract was 45.090 mg GAE/g extract.
Isolation and Analysis of Chemical Components of Garlic (Allium sativum L.) Tuber Essential Oil As Well As Antibacterial and Antioxidant Activity Tests
Authors: Perangin-angin Sabarmin
Published: November 2022

The essential oil from garlic tubers (Allium sativum L) was isolated by hydrodistillation method using the Stahl apparatus. Garlic tubers were distilled for 4 to 5 hours to produce as much oil as 0.05% (w/ w). The chemical components of essential oil of garlic tubers were analyzed using GC-MS spectroscopy. The GC-MS results showed that there were 11 components with 5 main components, namely diallyl disulfide (44.98%), 1,3-diallyl tri sulfane (13.63%), allyl sulfide (13.06%), methyl allyl disulfide (11.87%), and methyl allyl trisulfide (4.84%). The antibacterial activity of essential oil of garlic tubers with diffusion method to use concentration variation of 5%, 10%, and 15% have strong antibacterial activity against Gram-positive bacteria like Staphylococcus aureus and have a medium to strong antibacterial activity against Gram-negative bacteria like Escherichia coli. The antioxidant activity of the essential oil of garlic tubers with DPPH (2,2-diphenyl-1-picrylhydrazil) showed an IC50 value was 22.863 mg/L and a very strong antioxidant group.
The effect of Brief Mindfulness Meditation (BMM) on reducing anxiety in cancer patients undergoing chemotherapy
Authors: Anak Agung Sri Sanjiwani  , Ketut Lisnawati  , Anak Agung Gde Oka Widana  , I Gde Wayan Bayu Wisastrawan
Published: November 2022

Abstract. Anxiety is one of the psychological problems that affect the condition of cancer patients. This study aims to determine the effect of Brief Mindfulness Meditation (BMM) in reducing anxiety in cancer patients undergoing chemotherapy treatment. This study uses a quasi-experimental design with a pre-posttest design with a control group. The instrument used is STAI (State-Trait Anxiety Inventory). The BMM intervention was given for 25 minutes three times during the chemotherapy process. The results showed that there was a significant change in anxiety scores (state & trait) in the treatment group after being given the BMM intervention (p < .005). This shows that the BMM intervention affects reducing anxiety in cancer patients undergoing chemotherapy.
Keywords: Anxiety, Cancer Patient, Chemotherapy, Brief Mindfulness Meditation,
Abstrak. Kecemasan menjadi salah satu permasalahan psikologis yang mempengaruhi kondisi pasien kanker.Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk mengetahui pengaruh pemberian brief mindfulness meditation (BMM) dalam menurunkan kecemasan pada pasien kanker yang menjalani pengobatan kemoterapi. Penelitian ini menggunakan metode penelitian kuantitatif desain quasi experiment dengan rancangan pre–posttest with control group dan menggunakan alat ukur STAI (State-Trait Anxiety Inventory). Intervensi BMM diberikan dalam durasi 25 menit selama tiga kali selama proses kemoterapi. Hasil penelitian menunjukkan bahwa terdapat perubahan skor kecemasan (state & trait) yang signifikan pada kelompok perlakuan setelah diberikan intervensi BMM (p < .005). Hal ini menunjukkan bahwa intervensi BMM berpengaruh terhadap penurunan kecemasan pasien kanker.
Kata kunci: Brief Mindfulness Meditation, Kecemasan, Kemoterapi, Pasien Kanker
Educação: novas perspectivas no uso das tecnologias
Authors: Guimarães Íris Lindbeck , Senário Flávia Fabiane Fernandes , Barreto Lúcia Angélica da Cruz
Published: November 2022

Em seu contexto, o artigo aborda a inclusão digital e a realidade dos professores ao ter que inovar a sala de aula durante o período pandêmico, principalmente diante da falta de recursos e de acesso às tecnologias; aborda-se também, acerca das tecnologias digitais na educação e suas contribuições para o ensino, onde o papel do professor é fundamental no protagonismo dos alunos, tornando-se necessária a ressignificação do processo formativo e educativo dos professores, nos diferentes níveis da educação, associado às suas implicações e todos os seus desdobramentos para garantir o atendimento das demandas que emergem de um novo modelo de sociedade, pautado na evolução constante da Tecnologia da Informação e da Comunicação (TIC) com o uso das tecnologias, sejam pelos meios remotos ou presenciais. Compreende-se que as novas perspectivas no uso das tecnologias envolvem mais do que o uso de equipamentos eletrônicos, e se questiona sobre a necessidade de uma preparação formadora diferenciada, eis que o problema norteador não se resume na capacidade de operar equipamentos, tecnologias, comunicação e informação, mas sim de saber ensinar de forma que os alunos assimilem o conhecimento, fazendo o uso dos recursos digitais. Deste modo, o objetivo geral desta pesquisa é descrever as novas perspectivas do uso das tecnologias no âmbito educacional de uma forma ampla, e não apenas sobre a necessidade de informatizar as escolas. Este trabalho se caracteriza como uma pesquisa de revisão bibliográfica, realizada por meio de uma abordagem descritiva e qualitativa, onde os dados e informações foram pesquisados e coletados no Google acadêmico, na base de dados da Scielo, em livros e artigos científicos para o enriquecimento e atualização da pesquisa por meio da contribuição das teorias dos autores citados, assim como, de seus interlocutores. Em linhas gerais, os estudos analisados revelaram que as TIC devem ser integradas à educação em todos os níveis educacionais, e são ferramentas com recursos poderosos que contribuem com a formação plena dos discentes, protagonizando os seus projetos de vida e preparando-os para viverem na sociedade do século XXI, cada vez mais digitalizada.
Estudo da bucha vegetal como material bioadsorvente para remoção de corante azul marinho
Authors: Fiches Iago Seginardi , Oliveira Kelly Regina , Felippe Monica Tais Siqueira D’Amelio
Published: November 2022

O aumento populacional ocasionou uma demanda de produção industrial que aumenta o descarte de efluentes contaminados, como os corantes, principalmente de indústrias têxteis e alimentícias. Este fato implica em aplicação métodos de remoção dos corantes, sendo que o mais indicado continua sendo o processo de adsorção devido à sua facilidade de manuseio, baixo custo e alta eficiência. Esse processo é realizado por adsorventes minerais e, portanto, faz-se necessário o desenvolvimento de novos materiais renováveis para este processo, de custo baixo e fácil acesso. O material estudado para a adsorção foi a bucha vegetal também conhecida como Luffa cylindrica, assim respondendo a seguinte questão: “O processo de adsorção seria realmente eficaz com o adsorvente Luffa cylindrica? ”. O objetivo foi avaliar a Luffa cylindrica , como bioadsorvente de corantes devido às suas características e abundância na natureza. Para tal, realizaram-se pré-tratamento de limpeza com água sanitária e tratamentos ácidos e básicos e construídas isotermas e de cinética de adsorção para verificar sua eficiência. Os resultados das isotermas mostraram que a bucha limpa com água sanitária ativada com HCl apresentou a maior capacidade adsortiva e o estudo cinético mostrou que a difusão intrapartícula pode ser a responsável pelo sistema estudado devido à transferência de massa ser um fator determinante. Desta forma, pode-se concluir que a bucha vegetal é eficiente como bioadsorvente e é um potencial material a ser aplicado industrialmente.
Co anceio de volver: conversas con Florencio Delgado e Celia Teijeiro
Authors: Gurriarán Ricardo
Published: November 2022

En agosto de 1979 a historiadora e antropóloga catalá Dolors Pla entrevista durante tres días a Florencio Delgado no seu domicilio en Guadalajara (Jalisco). Esta conversación forma parte do labor desenvolvido polo Instituto Nacional de Antropología e Historia (INAH) dentro do proxecto Archivo de la Palabra, creado pola doutora Eugenia Meyer, unha interesante investigación a partir da historia oral centrada no exilio español en México. A gravación, que presentamos transcrita e traducida ao galego, é un agasallo que a autora nos deixa para documentar un capítulo especialmente relevante da nosa memoria colectiva e da biografía de Florencio Delgado Gurriarán, a quen a Real Academia Galega acordou dedicar o Día das Letras Galegas neste ano 2022. Quixemos tamén que Celia Teijeiro, compañeira de Florencio, tivese presenza nesta publicación. Deste xeito trasladamos unha pequena entrevista que Ricardo Gurriarán lle fixera en 1998 en Guadalajara, para compartir os sentimentos de convivencia co seu home. Temos nas mans unha guía fundamental para afondar no rico e variado periplo do valdeorrés, desde que tivo que fuxir obrigado do seu Córgomo natal en 1936: a súa orixe, o seu ideario, as etapas circunstanciais, o seu pensamento e as súas sensacións vitais nos diferentes escenarios en que viviu, xunto co seu compromiso. E a través da súa biografía achegámonos tamén á Galicia do exilio republicano en México, país onde se desenvolveron iniciativas sobranceiras que mantiveron vivo o facho da nosa identidade e que constitúen un referente obrigado da nosa historia contemporánea.