bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Glucosyl extraction from glycogen, by acid hydrolysis (v1) v1
Authors: T Hass Daniel , B. Hurley James
Published: March 2024

This protocol is designed to extract glycogen from samples and hydrolyze glycogen to glucose monomers that can be detected using an enzymatic system or using liquid chromatography-linked mass spectrometry. It has not been directly compared to other systems for measuring glycogen
Effects of microcurrent therapy combined with High-Intensity Interval Training on the reduction of localized abdominal adiposity: a randomized clinical trial
Authors: Korelo Raciele Ivandra Guarda , Pesaski Aline , Santos Nandara Lopes dos , Silva Natalia de Paiva da , Anjos Rubia Alana Souza dos , Macedo Ana Carolina Brandt de , Gallo Rubneide Barreto Silva , Vojciechowski Audrin Said
Published: March 2024

Background: The combination of aerobic exercise and transcutaneous microcurrent application (Microcurrent Electrical Stimulation - MES) was shown to have a positive effect on localized abdominal adiposity(LAA) reduction. However, the effect of the combination of MES and high-intensity interval training (HIIT) is still unknown. Objective: This study aimed to evaluate the effect combination of MES and HIIT on LAA reduction. Methods: 39 sedentary women with LAA, distributed in a Control Group (CG), an Exercise Group (EG), and a Microcurrent plus Exercise Group (MEG) participated in this randomized clinical trial. The CG was not submitted to intervention. The EG was submitted to a HIIT protocol (80% of Heart Rate max in a functional circuit) and MEG was submitted to abdominal transcutaneous application of MES prior to HIIT, 2x/week, during 5 weeks. The outcomes were collected by a blind evaluator and measured in three moments (before the 1st intervention, and after the 5th and 10th intervention), based on body composition parameters, anthropometric data, physical activity level (PAL), body satisfaction, quality of life (QoL), and lumbar functionality. Results: After 10 interventions, MEG showed significant improvement in skinfolds, QoL, and body satisfaction, but no significant difference compared to EG or CG. Regarding PAL, MEG differed significantly in relation to CG, but not in relation to EG. Conclusion: The combination of MES and HIIT in 10 interventions did not show satisfactory results for LAA reduction compared to HIIT, but the increase in PAL and the improvement in lumbar functionality may provide positive effects in the medium-term, although further studies are required.
Participation of Bodies, Organizations and Individuals in an Administrative Case to Render an Opinion hereon
Authors: Mikhailov S. M.
Published: March 2024

The paper is devoted to examination of some problems related to the participation of bodies, organizations and individuals in administrative cases in order to render a decision hereon. The author analyzes the grounds and objectives of such participation, determines the range of subjects obliged to render an opinion and the procedure for their involvement (entry) into the judicial administrative procedure, elucidates peculiarities of a procedural standing of the relevant bodies, organizations and individuals. On the basis of the research, the author concludes that it can serve to improve the legislation on administrative proceedings and the practice of its application, in particular: on expediency of supplementing the CAP of the Russian Federation with norms that would allow bodies and individuals to be involved in giving opinions not only in cases provided for by the Code, but also in other cases when the court considers it necessary, on specificity of the mechanism involving commissioners for the rights of the child in the judicial administrative proceeding in relevant categories of cases that allows combining an active role of the court and the human rights function of the commissioner.
The Quality of Civil Procedure Legislation as a Necessary Prerequisite for the Accessibility and Effectiveness of Justice
Authors: Alekhina S. A.
Published: March 2024

The paper is devoted to the study of the provisions of modern civil procedure legislation with regard to the grounds for the cancellation or amendment of court decisions in cassation in the Judicial Board for Civil Cases of the Supreme Court of the Russian Federation. The formulation of these grounds is unclear, which prompts their analysis. The author carries out an analysis in comparison with the grounds for the cancellation or modification of court decisions at other verification stages of civil proceedings — the appellate instance and in the cassation courts of general jurisdiction. The problem chosen for study has both theoretical and practical significance. The author substantiates that, despite the complexity and redundancy of the wording of the provisions of the law on the grounds for the cancellation (altering) of court decisions in the second cassation, in essence these grounds are the same as in the appellate and first cassation instances. The author also raises the issue of the impact of the quality of procedural legislation on the effectiveness and accessibility of justice in civil cases.
Relations Developing in Arbitration Proceedings and the Subject of Civil Procedure Law
Authors: Kazikhanova S. S.
Published: March 2024

The paper examines the question of whether relations developing in arbitration proceedings are included in the subject of civil procedure law. The author describes the positions of researchers and the arguments justifying them. In the paper, the author derives a criterion for the unification of public relations under the subject of civil procedure law. As such a criterion the paper defines an objective social need or interest in the legal regulation of certain public relations in a unified system of procedural safeguards (in a civil procedural form), taking into account the nature of these relations and ensuring to the maximum extent the real protection of the rights and legally protected interests of persons. It is concluded that the legal regulation of public relations developing with the arbitral tribunal is designed to satisfy the need for a qualitatively different procedure for resolving civil cases as compared with the system of justice. These relations objectively are non-procedural in their nature and are not included in the subject matter of law of civil procedure. In confirmation, the fact is given that in arbitration proceedings there is a rejection regarding procedural guarantees that are fundamental for civil procedure law.
Discursos Nocivos na Formação Inicial de Professores de Matemática
Authors: Melo Carlos Ian Bezerra de
Published: March 2024

Os discursos estão presentes e moldam a realidade social, bem como os homens e suas visões de mundo, e, de modo específico, as práticas realizadas nos projetos formativos das licenciaturas, implicando, em muito, na formação dos futuros professores. Esta pesquisa teve por objetivo discutir ideias consideradas nocivas à formação inicial do professor de Matemática presentes em discursos de um formador de uma universidade pública cearense. Para tanto, realizamos uma entrevista e discutimos trechos potencialmente problemáticos à formação docente em Matemática. Dentre as ideias evidenciadas estão a consideração da licenciatura como um apêndice do bacharelado; a confusão dos fins da formação inicial para a docência e da formação para a Matemática; a sustentação do mito da vocação, quanto à profissão docente e à Matemática, em si; a dicotomização da objetividade e da subjetividade presentes no processo de formação, usualmente representada na valorização da primeira em detrimento da segunda; a aplicabilidade do conhecimento matemático e formativo; e, ainda, a associação da identidade profissional do professor de Matemática estritamente ao conhecimento matemático e, por conseguinte, à identidade do bacharel. A discussão aqui proposta pretende suscitar reflexões em torno do papel e das potencialidades dos discursos na formação inicial do professor de Matemática.
Palavras-chave: Discursos Nocivos. Formação de Professores. Licenciatura em Matemática. Professor Formador. Identidade Profissional Docente.
AbstractThe discourses are present and shape the social reality, as well as the men and their worldviews, and, specifically, the practices carried out in the training projects of the degrees, implying, in a lot, the training of prospective teachers. This research aimed to discuss ideas considered harmful to the initial formation of the mathematics teacher present in the speeches of a trainer from a public university in Ceará. In order to do so, we conducted an interview and discussed potentially problematic passages for teacher training in Mathematics. Among the ideas highlighted are the consideration of the degree as an appendix of the bachelor's degree; the confusion of the purposes of initial training for teaching and training for Mathematics; the support of the myth of vocation, in terms of the teaching profession and Mathematics itself; the dichotomization of objectivity and subjectivity present in the training process, usually represented in the valorization of the first to the detriment of the second; the applicability of mathematical and training knowledge; and, still, the association of the Mathematics teacher's professional identity strictly to the mathematical knowledge and, consequently, to the bachelor's identity. The discussion proposed here intends to provoke reflections about the role and potential of discourses in the initial formation of the mathematics teacher.
Keywords: Harmful Discourses. Teacher Training. Degree In Mathematics. Teacher Trainer. Teacher Professional Identity.
Educação Inclusiva e seus Significados: a Percepção dos(as) Professores(as) de Matemática no Município de Porangatu (GO)
Authors: Silva Braynna Aretuza Fonseca da , Rolim Carmem Lúcia Artioli
Published: March 2024

Este artigo tem como objetivo compreender, pelas vozes de professores(as) de matemática dos anos finais do ensino fundamental, no município de Porangatu (GO), como a educação inclusiva é significada no exercício da docência. De forma específica, buscou-se conhecer a educação inclusiva no contexto do ensino da matemática; entender o conceito de significado a partir dos pressupostos vigotskianos e analisar como a educação inclusiva é compreendida pelos professores(as) de matemática. Metodologicamente, sustentou-se na abordagem qualitativa, na perspectiva da pesquisa de campo e do levantamento bibliográfico, de caráter exploratório e descritivo. Os pressupostos teóricos foram embasados a partir de conceitos afetos à educação inclusiva, ao ensino de matemática e ao significado a partir dos conceitos vigotskianos. Para a coleta de dados, foram utilizadas, como instrumento, as entrevistas semiestruturadas. Os resultados apontaram que os significados para os(as) docentes são constituídos por diversas mediações, tais como a formação, a dialética inclusão–exclusão, o descompasso entre a legislação e a realidade educacional, as preocupações com a aprendizagem e o fato de que a comunidade escolar tem papel fulcral nesse processo. Concluiu-se que os(as) professores(as) vivenciam desafios para assegurar a educação, sendo necessários avanços sociais, políticos e econômicos para que a educação inclusiva seja uma realidade a todos(as) os(as) estudantes.
Palavras-chave: Significado. Educação Inclusiva. Ensino de Matemática.
AbstractThe aim of this article is to understand, through the voices of mathematics teachers in the final years of primary school in the municipality of Porangatu (GO), how inclusive education is signified in their teaching practice. Specifically, the aim was to learn about inclusive education in the context of mathematics teaching; to understand the concept of meaning based on Vygotskian assumptions and to analyze how inclusive education is understood by mathematics teachers. Methodologically, the qualitative approach underpinned this study, from the perspective of field research and a bibliographical survey, of an exploratory and descriptive nature. Concepts related to inclusive education, math teaching and meaning based on Vygotskian concepts served as the basis for the theoretical assumptions. Semi-structured interviews were used to collect data. The results showed that meanings for teachers are made up of different mediations, such as training, the dialectic of inclusion and exclusion, the mismatch between legislation and educational reality, concerns about learning, and the fact that the school community plays a central role in this process. The conclusion was that teachers face challenges in providing education and that social, political and economic progress is needed if inclusive education is to become a reality for all students.
Keywords: Meaning. Inclusive Education. Mathematics Teaching.
Factores que influyen en la adherencia al tratamiento nutricional en pacientes hipertensos, Paraguay 2021
Authors: Fariña Bruno Nelly Mabel , Balmori Pamela Gisselle , Espínola Martínez Rosa Noemi , Viveros de Cabello Guiomar , González Vázquez Gloria Sebastiana , Martínez Gutierrez Gisselle , Méndez Romero Julieta María
Published: March 2024

Introducción: el tratamiento nutricional está afectado por la conducta de los sujetos para generar adherencia. Objetivo: determinar factores que influyen en la no adherencia al tratamiento nutricional en pacientes hipertensos que acuden al Hospital Regional de Coronel Oviedo, 2021. Metodología: estudio descriptivo transversal. La población estuvo comprendida por pacientes registrados en el Programa de hipertensión arterial/Departamento cardiovascular del Hospital Regional de Coronel Oviedo. Se estudiaron los datos sociodemográficos, los factores de tratamiento nutricional y el grado de adherencia al tratamiento nutricional. Resultados: participaron del estudio 206 sujetos, el 53,4 % poseía 55 años o menos y el 81,1 % fue del sexo femenino. Se pudo hallar que solo el 3,8 % de los pacientes se adhieren al tratamiento. La no adherencia al factor conocimiento estuvo relacionado con el bajo nivel educativo (p=0,032), al factor equipo de salud con provenir del área rural y tener un bajo nivel educativo (p=0,006, p=0,002), al factor paciente con provenir del área rural (p=0.002), ser de bajo nivel educativo (p=0,008) y poseer obesidad grado II y III (p=0,036). La no adherencia global estuvo relacionada a estar casado (p=0.001) y realizar trabajos domésticos (p=0,009). Conclusiones: la adherencia al tratamiento es baja en la población de estudio.
Identifying High-Risk ZIP Codes for Childhood Lead Exposure: A Statewide ZCTA-Level Priority List for North Carolina
Authors: Callender Rashida , Avendano Carolina , Bravo Mercedes A. , Tootoo Joshua , Norman Ed , Miranda Marie Lynn
Published: March 2024

Background

Research has consistently shown that there is no safe blood lead level (BLL) for children. Despite progress in lead poisoning prevention, lead exposure remains a persistent threat to the health and neurological development of children. To identify high-risk ZIP codes for use by families and health care providers for the entire state of North Carolina, we developed a risk model using ZIP Code Tabula­tion Area (ZCTA)-level census data.

Methods

We obtained all available BLL testing data from the North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services for the years 2010–2015 via data use agreement. We fit a multivariable regression model with the ZCTA-level mean of log normalized BLLs as the de­pendent variable and ZCTA-level census data for known risk factors of childhood lead exposure as predictors. We used this model to create a priority risk categorization.

Results

We organized ZCTAs into 20 quantiles, or priority risk categories, that can be used in local and statewide screening programs. The first six (of 20) quantiles were identified as particularly high-risk areas for childhood lead exposure.

Limitations

Because BLL testing is not universal, the BLL testing data used in this study are likely biased toward those most at risk for lead exposure.

Conclusion

This study demonstrates the utility of ZCTA-level census data in identifying high-risk ZIP codes for childhood lead exposure, which can be used to ensure that the highest-risk children are tested in a timely manner. This approach can be replicated to address lead exposure nationally.
Rethinking Online Teaching Evaluation in Post-Pandemic Era
Authors: Cheng Ke , Pang Ming , Wang Yingwei
Published: March 2024

Online education in the post-epidemic era is bound to reshape Chinese education, while the integration of online and offline education will inevitably pose a summoning for refreshing the conventional teaching evaluation system. The saying paper proposed that online teaching evaluation should take learners’ evaluation as the core as well as the “Four Evaluations” as keystone to build a refreshed online teaching evaluation system, and to make it meet the needs of the new era. Moreover, the saying paper conclusively argued that the idealized online teaching evaluation should realize scientific evaluation by different educational stakeholders, and provide references for designing, developing, and implementing the effectiveness of online teaching and learning.
Los indicadores de Desempeño de la Distribución Urbana de Mercancías: Un Análisis Bibliométrico
Authors: Gómez-Marín Cristian Giovanny , Villa-Molina Alejandro , Serna-Uran Conrado Augusto
Published: March 2024

Este artículo presenta una revisión sistemática de la literatura sobre Distribución Urbana de Mercancías (DUM) en logística de última milla, utilizando la metodología PRISMA y un análisis bibliométrico basado en análisis estadísticos de calidad y cantidad. Se realizaron búsquedas en bases de datos como Scopus y Web of Science, identificando tendencias, coautorías y patrones a lo largo del tiempo. Se destaca un crecimiento anual en las publicaciones, junto con palabras clave recurrentes, autores influyentes y revistas relevantes en el ámbito de las entregas urbanas. Se propone una taxonomía de clasificación con diez diferentes tipos de indicadores de desempeño en la DUM con tres métodos diferentes de evaluación y su campo de aplicación. Este análisis cuantitativo y cualitativo proporciona una base sólida para futuras investigaciones en logística urbana y distribución de mercancías
Formation of Hydroxyapatite Coating by Mechanical Alloying Method
Authors: Hannora A. , Mamaeva A. , Mofa N. , Aknazarov S. , Mansurov Z.
Published: March 2024

Hydroxyapatite [Ca10(PO4)6(OH)2 − HA] material has been clinically applied in many areas of dentistry and orthopaedics. Presented work describes the effect of mechanical alloying treatment, as a non-conventional solid-state process, on the microstructure of hydroxylapatite powder and Ti-alloy substrate. The relationship between the crystallinity, crystallite size and strain of the HA with milling factors was investigated. Milled HA powders and Ti-substrate were characterized by X-Ray Diffraction (XRD) and/or scanning probe microscope (SPM) using atomic force microscopy (AFM). Increasing the ratio of the weight of the ball to the powder (Wb:Wp) ratio and milling time accelerates the broadening and intensity reduction of XRD peaks. There was no evidence that milling time up to 2 hrs or Wb:Wp can change chemical composition of the HA. Decomposition of HA phase or secondary phases such as α and/or β-tri-calcium phosphate (α, β − TCP), and calcium oxide (CaO) was not observed throughout the milling process. The average grain size and the internal strain are calculated from the XRD by Scherrer's formula and Hall–Williamson method. The Ti doped HA samples shows a notable broadening and intensity reduction comparing with HA powders before and after milling.
The Solid Speciation of 90Sr, 137Cs, 226Ra, 238U and 239,240Pu in Surface Soils from Sites of Special Radiological Interest in Kazakhstan
Authors: Burkitbayev M. , Conway M. , Napoles H. Jimenez , Kuyanova Y. , Vintró L. León , Mitchell P.I. , Priest N.D. , Pourselot L. , Stegnar P. , Salbu B. , Uralbekov B.
Published: March 2024

The solid speciation of some radiologically important radioelements has been examined in soils sampled at the former Semipalatinsk (Nuclear) Test Site (STS) and at Kurdai, the site of a former major uranium mining operation − both situated in Kazakhstan. Specifically, the partitioning of radiostrontium, radiocaesium and plutonium has been examined using sequential extraction on selected soils from the test site, while the partitioning of radium and uranium has been evaluated in soils at Kurdai. The data show that at the STS, in general, little (if any) of the radiostrontium, radiocaesium and plutonium is in an exchangeable form, withthe great bulk of the radiostrontium and radiocaesium in a strongly bound or refractory form. In the case of plutonium, the proportion in a strongly bound or refractory form varies from 40% to 95% depending on site and appears to be a function of the explosive yield involved. At the Kurdai ore deposit, less than 5% of the uranium and radium is in an exchangeable form, with some 35-60% of the uranium and the bulk of the radium in a strongly bound or residual form.
Anatomi Tumbuhan Pakan Gajah Sumatra (Elephas maximus sumatranus Temminck) di Taman Nasional Way Kambas
Authors: Cholidin Muhammad Syafi , Dorly Dorly , Ariyanti Nunik Sri
Published: March 2024

Forage plants are one of the main aspects in the conservation management of the Sumatran elephant. Anatomical studies of elephant food plants can provide reference data needed in identifying the diversity of elephant food plants, especially in the studies with faecal samples. This study aims to provide anatomical data of Sumatran elephant feed plants. The observed samples consisted of leaf samples from 24 species and stem samples from four species. Samples were prepared for microscopic paradermal section using the wholemount method. The results showed that rectangular epidermal cell shapes were found in samples of Poaceae leaves, Cyperaceae leaves and stems, and Arecaceae leaves. Stomata with dumbbell-shaped guard cells were only found in Poaceae leaf samples and Cyperaceae leaf and stem samples. The presence of silica cells and cork cells distinguished the Poaceae samples from Cyperaceae. Other leaf samples had qualitative anatomical characteristics that varied based on anticlinal walls of epidermal cells, type of stomata, and trichomes. Quantitative characterization of epidermal cell size; stomatal size, density, and index; and trichome density are used to complete the species description and distinguish species that have the same qualitative characteristics.

 

Keywords: epidermis, paradermal leaf section, stomata, trichome, wholemount method
Perbaikan Retensi Air dengan Aplikasi Bahan Organik pada Pertanaman Sorgum
Authors: Nurmi Nurmi , Musa Nikmah , Ilahude Zulzain
Published: March 2024

This study aimed to determine the role of water hyacinth (Eichhornia crassipes Mart.) organic matter on water retention at pF 2.54 and pF 4.2, available water content, and bulk density (BD). The research method used was a factorial randomized block design. The first factor was the sorghum variety, which consisted of 2 levels, namely, V1 (variety) and V2 (Kawali). The second factor was the dose of water hyacinth organic matter, which consisted of 5 levels, namely P0 (without the application of water hyacinth organic matter), P1 (10 tons.ha-1), P2 (20 tons.ha-1), P3 (30 tons.ha-1), and P4 (40 tons.ha-1). Water retention was measured at pF 2.54 and pF 4.2 using a pressure plate apparatus and pressure membrane apparatus, respectively, and BD was measured using the ring method. The results showed that the treatment of organic matter application and varieties had a significant effect on water retention at pF 2.54, available water content, and BD with the best treatment of 40 tons of organic matter application and Kawali variety, but not affecting water retention at pF 4.2. There was no interaction between water hyacinth organic matter and sorghum varieties to improve water retention and BD. The highest water retention at pF 2.54 was 32.24% (P4), and the highest available water content was 11.67% (P4) but not significantly different from P3 (11.55%); the lowest BD was 1.11 g.cm-3 (P4) but not significantly different from P3 (1.13 g.cm-3). A very strong positive linear and negative linear correlation exists between available water content and BD with plant height, panicle length, and sorghum yield.

 

Keywords: bulk density, water hyacinth, water content, water retention, sorghum
Charisma: replication of reception
Authors:   National Research Tomsk State University, Poizner Boris
Published: March 2024

Why the phenomenon of charisma deserves attention of social synergetics? How the sense of «charisma» concept has varied from antiquity up to now? What is a peculiarity of the charisma reception in Russian culture? How the midst of charismatic looks through the prism of nonlinear dynamics? The author aspires to answer similar questions proceeding from following thesis: propagation of the judgement about some person as a charismatic is typical case of a cultural pattern replication. The author bases on works on synergetics, theory of culture, sociology, linguistics, history of science, philosophical anthropology, examples of publicist style. In preceding parts of the paper characteristics of charisma as a psychological phenomenon starting in primeval society is done. Etymology of «charisma», meaning constants and variables of the word are shown. Contexts in which concept of charisma is used in Christianity, Judaism, East philosophy are touched. Some semantic peculiarities of the concept in Russian, French, English languages are noted. Interpretations of charisma in Shamanism, Christianity, modern cultural practice (the last is distinguished by vulgarization of the word) are compared. Concepts of charismatic and genius are compared. Replication of human activity structures is interpreted as a dynamical aspect of culture and a mechanism of culture self-renewal. Part 3 In third part non-linear interaction stages of the masses, charismatic and his promoters are described. The scheme known as «order out of chaos» and the concept of the replication are used. The suggested synergetic approach is applied to interpretation of soviet scholars’ perception of academician N. Marr and his «new doctrine оп language». An attitude to a charismatic is discussed as one of manifestation of the people spirit.
Application of double-wavelet analysis to study modulation phenomena in dynamics of nephrons
Authors:   Saratov State University, Pavlov Aleksej , Sosnovtseva Olga ,   Danmarks Tekniske Universitet
Published: March 2024

Based on the double-wavelet analysis, the paper proposes a method to study interaction phenomena of rhythmic components in nonstationary multimode dynamics. Possibilities and limitations of the approach are illustrated for a number of test examples. Application of the double-wavelet analysis is considered for tubular pressure signals from rat nephrons in order to quantify the modulation phenomena of the fast (myogenic) dynamics of nephrons by the slow rhythm caused by the tubulo-glomerular feedback mechanism. It is shown that interaction between the two mechanisms is stronger in hypertensive rats than in normotensive rats.
Phase-amplitude clusters in ensemble of Van der Pol generators
Authors:   Lobachevsky State University of Nizhny Novgorod, Klinshov Vladimir , Kazantsev Viktor ,   Institute of Applied Physics of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Nekorkin Vladimir ,   Institute of Applied Physics of the Russian Academy of Sciences
Published: March 2024

Collective dynamics of ап ensemble of globally coupled Van der Pol generators is investigated. The formation of phase-amplitude clusters according to a given stimulus is studied. The clusters appear as two groups of generators oscillating in opposite phase. The effect can be used for various information processing functions, including input, storage and recognition of binary images.
Turbulence in jet flows: what is it?
Authors:   Lomonosov Moscow State University, Landa Polina
Published: March 2024

Brief description of the properties of turbulent flows in submerged subsonic jets is given. Within the jet’s initial part, where turbulent pulsations are sufficiently small, the asymptotic Krylov-Bogolyubov method is used for calculating of the jet processes. It is shown that the results оf the calculations are in good coincidence with experimental data.
Forced oscillation modes in a birhythmic system of two coupled relaxation oscillators near Andronoy - Hopf bifurcation
Authors:   Lomonosov Moscow State University, Volkov Yevgeny
Published: March 2024

A system of two identical relaxation oscillators of the FitzZHugh-Nagumo type with the parameters chosen in the vicinity of a bifurcation of limit cycle emergence was examined for the dynamic modes arising in the presence of a weak harmonic signal applied to both elements. Slow variable exchange between them gives rise to three stable limit cycles called in-phase, anti-phase, and extremely asymmetrical, in which only one of the oscillators generates spikes. In this study, we show that slow variable exchange also causes this system to respond to weak harmonic forcing in a manner quite different from what is known in the classical dynamics of forced oscillations. In addition to the expected synchronization tongues generated by interaction of the signal with the in-phase attractor, we observed at least three other consequences of the coexistence of different solutions: (i) there appeared broad bands of synchronization of the signal with the anti-phase solution at high frequencies multiple to the frequency of the anti-phase oscillations, whereas the base synchronization frequency band became much narrower; (ii) signal period ranges were found in which the limit cycles were such that several spikes were produced over the complete period and each oscillator was characterized with the same set of discrete
Language Education, Gender, and Inclusivity: Focusing on Japanese Language Education in Sri Lanka
Authors: Lokugamage Samanthika
Published: March 2024

The female population in Japanese language education in Sri Lanka is remarkably high compared to male population. Not only learners, but the number of female teachers also outsmart the male teachers. However, this kind of gender distribution is not something specific to Japanese language education. Research has highlighted that in many parts of the world male has less interest in learning languages than female. Some studies prove that boys think that learning foreign languages would not lead them to lucrative careers and some believe that language learning is not something 'real boys' do or are good at. Nonetheless, when considering the number of Sri Lankans who apply for visa to enter Japan, male population is significantly higher than females. In recent years specialists in Information Technology have more tendency to get job placements in Japan. Further, in 2019 Japan has opened its doors to Sri Lanka for a visa category called Specified Skilled Worker (SSW) which offers 4 employment fields from Sri Lanka. To apply for SSW visa, one should clear a language competency test and skill test of the relevant field. Does the increase in employment opportunities in Japan has any impact on the attitudes of language learning among male population? Thus, this paper explores current situation of the Japanese Language education in Sri Lanka focusing on gender distribution. Both quantitative and qualitative research methods are used in gathering and analysing data. The findings show that though there is a growth of male population among learners the attitudes towards learning Japanese are not changing as fast as the rapidly growing enthusiasm to work in Japan. Though there are new opportunities in Japan, if language competency is not recognized as a soft skill that goes beyond gender stereotype, we will fail to gain the best from the available paths.   Further, changes towards inclusiveness in the curriculum as well as inclusiveness in the recruiters are given as recommendations to improve the current situation.
Arvurin eftir Guðruna Sjúrðardóttur og rættarstøðan í Føroyum 1403-1407
Authors: Mortensen Andras
Published: March 2024

Abstract
In the article, the proceedings in a legal document from 1407 are compared with the provisions of the Land Law of king Magnus Lawmender from 1274. Furthermore, it is examined to what extent the document supports a hypothesis, which was based on the fragmentary source material from the time before, that the Faroe Islands and Shetland in the time after the establishment of the monarchical form of government in approx. 1280 and up to approx. 1360 was arranged as a special judicial district under Gulathing with traveling lawmen from Norway. It is shown that the letters from 1403-1405, which are reproduced in the document from 1407, are reproduced in thematic order, and that this was done to prepare the case for consideration in another judicial district, after the case had been completed in the Faroese circuit of the judicial district. Together with other hints in the content, the thematic arrangement of the document shows that in the early 15th century both the Faroe Islands and the Shetland Islands were separate circuits in the jurisdiction of the Norwegian Gulathing. Name material in the document provides indirect support for the hypothesis that lawmen from Gulathing also served in Shetland and the Faroe Islands in the 14th century. The document also shows that in 1403 a Shetlander held a high royal office in the Faroe Islands.
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Í greinini verður málsgongdin í einum transskriptabrævi frá 1407 um arv samanborin við ásetingarnar í Landslógini frá 1274. Eisini verður kannað, í hvønn mun brævið stuðlar eini tilgiting, sum er grundað á tað ósamanhangandi keldutilfarið, sum finst úr tíðini frammanundan um, at Føroyar og Hetland í tíðini eftir at kongsstýrisskipan varð sett í verk umleið 1280 og fram til umleið 1360 vóru skipað sum eitt serstakt rættardømi undir Gulatingi við ferðandi løgmonnum haðani. Víst verður á, at brøvini, sum verða endurgivin í transskriptabrævinum og eru frá 1403-1405, verða endurgivin í evnislýsandi raðfylgju, og at hetta er gjørt fyri at fyrireika málið til viðgerð í einum øðrum rættardømi, eftir at tað var liðugt viðgjørt í tí føroyska rættardøminum. Saman við øðrum ábendingum í innihaldinum sýnir tann evnislýsandi skipanin í transskriptabrævinum, at í byrjanini av 1400-talinum vóru bæði Føroyar og Hetland egin rættardømi í Gulatings løgdømi. Navnatilfar í brævinum gevur óbeinleiðis stuðul til tilgitingina um løgmanssamband í 1300-talinum millum Gulating, Hetland og Føroyar. Eisini sýnir brævið, at í 1403 var ein hetlendingur kongligur umboðsmaður í Føroyum.
Ov høgt blóðtrýst
Authors: Jensen Bendt
Published: March 2024

A difinition of the arterial blood pressure is put forward, and the author gives a historical review of the developement of the sphygmomanometer, from the pr.mitive instrument of Stephen Hales to modern sphygmomanometers (Manotest). A brief description of a sphygmomanos meter is given. Reflections on the normal systolic and diastolic blood pressure are given, with references to publications by Master and others. The author díscusses symptomatic hypertension from a differentíal point of view, and it is emphasized that hypertensio arterialis maligna is a rare disease. The most important diseases with symptomatic hypertension are discussed. The symptomatologi of hypertensio arterialis essentialis maligna are brought in mind, particular stress being laid on changes in optic fundi, electrocardiogram, and X*ray of the heart. The classification of patients ad modum Hammerstrom and Bechgaard are described and Jiscussed. Principles of therapeutics are put forward with a brief discription of the sympatectomi and a thorough description of drug therapeutics, with special regard to veratrum viride derivatives, reserpine, hydralazine, hexamethonium, pentolonium, mecamylamine, oxaditone, and guanethidine.
Dupuytrens Contracture
Authors: Lygonis Constantine
Published: March 2024

A large number of people affected by Dupuytrens contracture, all members of the same family in Sandoy, Faroe Islands, in whom the incidence of Dupuytrens contracture suggests an autosomal dominant mode of inheritance for this condition, is reported. A brief account of the history, pathology and treatment is given.
Skiftið millum framgóma- og afturgómaframburð av g og k í forljóði í føroyskum
Authors: Zachariasen Ulf
Published: March 2024

This paper first refers to the occurrence of palatalized g and k in Old Norse, which sounds correspond to purely palatal sounds in Faroese. By showing presence and absence of velar sound in Old Norse and comparing with Faroese, it is evident that palatal pronunciation of g-k in Faroese does not always correspond to the palatalized pronunciation in Old Norse, which, ergo, applies to the velar pronunciation as well.
Munurin millum Suðuroyarmál og føroyskt annars
Authors: Zachariasen Ulf
Published: March 2024

Faroese has normally preaspirated p, t, k after short vowel. The change between long vowels (i. e. diphthongs usually) and short vowels (i. e. monophthongs usually) is here determined by the weight of the subsequent consonants, whether, on one hand, these were short in Old Norse or, on the other hand, long or more than one. It is pointed out in the paper that in the dialect spoken on the island of Suðuroy, some consonant groups of which p, t, k form the first element, have no preaspiration in spite of a preceding short vowel. In Faroese such groups, as a rule, have to be preeeded by an irregularly long vowel. In other words, the Suðuroy dialect has always a short vowel before the consonant groups of the ancient language or a long consonant, but the development of preaspiration of consonant groups is conditional on the consonant with which the stops p, t, k are collocated.
Intermittent Intrahepatic Cholestasis of Unknown Etiology in Five Young Males from The Faroe Islands
Authors: Tygstrup Niels , Jensen Bendt
Published: March 2024

Clinical and biochemical findings in 5 patients from the Faroe Islands with intermittent intrahepatic cholestasis of unknown etiology are described. This brings the number of recorded cases which fulfill the suggested criteria for the syndrome to 24. The Faroe patients are all males and born between 1938 and 1943. In three patients the episodes of jaundice started during the first years of life, in two they started after puberty. Four of the patients had symptoms of pancreatic affection,, in one thediagnosis of chronic pancreatitis was confirmed by calcifications demonstrated on X-ray. Two patients are distantly related, and one patient has a sister who presumably suffers from the same disease. It ís conjectured that the pathogenesis is a defect in bile acid metabolism.
Rótstovnar í føroyskum
Authors: Zachariasen Ulf
Published: March 2024

The paper deals with the root stems (athematic stems) in Faroese. In Old-Norse, these stems are mainly characterized by the plural -r, in contrast to the vowel-stems and »-stems, whose plural is formed by either -ar, -ir or -ur, but in Faroese they have, by separating some words (3. a. and partly e.) and attracting others, developed to be a group mainly characterized by i-Vmlaut in the plural (to some degree veiled by «-Umlaut «>o). Each word is treaded in 3. It is pointed out (3. d.), that several of the words, when definite, have kept their plural -r, which is else assimilated to the -n- of the article — a fact which does not clearly show from normal Faroese orchography. Furthermore it is shown (3. e.), that in some cases a preserved old plural form has given rise to new plural forms, which may sometimes spread into the singular as well.
Fríggjadagstrúgv og fríggjadagsnøvn
Authors: Poulsen Jóhan Hendrik W.
Published: March 2024

The present paper deals with the special Faroese cutstom of giving children born on Fridays names with phonetic similarity with the name of Friday, those names being originally Frederik and Frederikka (Danish forms, because the parish registers were written in Danish). An investigation in order to make an attempt to date the origin of this naming custom demonstrates that it is not older than the second half of the 18th century; the first child with such a name demonstrably born on a Friday was born on May 20, 1785 á Uppsølum, Borðoy. In addition examples are given of popular belief concerning the Friday, showing two opposite conceptions: According to one a child born on a Friday will be safe from withcraft, and the other, which is more widespread, claims that Friday is an unluky day to embark upon a new enterprise, to put on a new garment the first time, to stand out to sea first time in the year and the like.
Skotakollr
Authors: Bekker-Nielsen Hans
Published: March 2024

A by-name skotakollr is found in Hungrvaka and a few other places in Old Norse literature. It has apparently been dífficult to explain; the translations Scothead, Coll o'Scots and Scot-Coll have been offered, and it has been suggested that the by-name meant ruffian (Finnur Jónsson and Joh. Steenstrup) or »Schottenkopf« (B. Kahle). In the present paper -kollr is explained as 'bald head' or specifically 'tonsure', and when it is remembered that the word skotar may be used both about the Scots andche Irish, skotakollr would seem to mean 'celtic tonsure'. Anyone in the Norse-Celtic world who was familiar with this tonsure could have used the by-name skotakollr to denote a man's special hair-style or lack of hair.
Gannet Catching in the Hebrides
Authors: Maclnnes John
Published: March 2024

Súluveiðin, ið fer fram á hvørjum ári á Suluskeri (Sulaisgeir) norðan fyri Suðuroyggjar ytri (Outer Hebridies), er tað einasta, ið eftir er av skipaðari fuglaveiði á skotsk-gæliskum lendi. Fuglamenninir eru einar fjúrtan dagar úti á Súluskeri og halda til í smáum kúputum gróthúsum. Grásúlan verður tikin á rókunum og saltað á staðnum. Veiðin verður førd við báti inn aftur til Lewis, har ið hon verður býtt og avlopið selt. Hesin veiðiháttur er eldri enn menn vita um at siga. Rættindini hjá veiðimonnunum eru tryggjað av tingi Bretlands (U. K. Parliament).
Les »runes féroïennes« de J. H. Schrøter
Authors: Amundsen Sigurd
Published: March 2024

1829 skrivaði J. H. Schrøter til Rasmus Rask at stavsetingin, hann hevði valt Føroyingasøgu-týðing síni, hevði í summum førum rót í føroyskum rúnaarvi, og í brævi skrivaðum 15. juni 1829 (AM 972a 4°) sendi hann C. C. Rafn eitt »Rune Alphabeth« (1. mynd), sum hann segði vera úr »Brev af 1691«. Men rúnaristur funnar í Føroyum eru alt ov fáar í tali, at talað kann vera um »føroyskan rúnaarv«, og høvundurin sýnir at »brævið frá 1691«, ið er glatað, í royndum hevur sítt støði á »Runer« Óla Worms.
Viðbót til Føroya plantutal
Authors: Rasmussen Rasmus
Published: March 2024

During the last 44 years — from 1908 (when »Botany of the Færoes« appeared) to this year — the number of higher plants in the Faroes have increased with 40 members. Table I shows life forms (Raunkjær), act of staying and first discovery. Table II shows how the annual and the perennial part of these plants divide themselves as to their ability to be naturalized or not. In the text a more detailed description is given regarding these plants. Of these 40 plants at least 4 may have been good natives for several centuries, only not discovered before 1908. Nr. 4 og 5 are hydrophytes and may easily be hiding in some waterpools among waterplants. Nr. 33 & 34 are hemicryptophytes both of them. Nr. 33 is possibly a »nova specia«. Nr. 34 is recorded by Jorgen Landt 1800, by W. C. Trevelyan 1821, nothwithstanding it was omitted from the list in »Botany of the Færoes« part III 1908. Rediscovered 1928.
Kannan av fiti í sild
Authors: Hoydal Karsten
Published: March 2024

Inquiries made about the fat content of herring caught northward of The Faroe Islands show that the fat content attains its maximum about the l.th of august. At this time fresh herring contains about 20 % of fat corresponding with 60 % of water and salted herring about 21 % of fat corresponding with 50 % of water.

Sampels of salted herring have been analysed until the middle of october and no decrease of the fat content has been found at the end of this period.
Tvey fornminni í Syðrugøtu
Authors: Dahl Sverri
Published: March 2024

Two archaeological researches at the village of Syðrugotu in Eysturoy.

I. Examination in 1940 of the remains of a cemetery on the shore with two layers of burials on top of each other with an interspace of about 1 meter. Two graves were examined. In one case the coffin(?) was surrounded by a frame of stones, in the other it was also covered with stones. The graves were placed in a south-easterly to north-westerly direction. No finds of antiquities. Presumable mediaevel.

II. Examination in 1950 of a house site high in the old cultivated field, internal measurements 9 meters by 2.50 meters.
Tingstaðurin á Tinganesi
Authors: Petersen Sámal
Published: March 2024

The article describes the old marks and bore holes at Tinganes (the ancient Faroese thingstead), Tórshavn, whioh the author has observed during the period 1968—72. The map shows the position of the marks; they are drawn on Tables I—VIII.
Epidermolysis Bullosa Heriditaria
Authors: Joensen Høgni Debes
Published: March 2024

A brief survey of the disease epidermolysis bullosa heriditaria is given. In the Faroe Islands, epidermolysis bullosa has been found to occur in two families. Among a total of 73 affected individuals, 56 are still alive. The disease was found to be systematically transmitted by a dominant, autosomal gene. According to a review of the clinical findings in the indívidual cases, the dísease was of dystrophic type, the symptoms including deformities of nails, scarring after bullae, miliae and, in some cases, bullae involving the mucous membranes. In one of the families, six members had congenital dermal aplasia of the feet.
In Situ Determinations and Statistical Analysis of Magnetic Susceptibilities of Basalts of the Faroe Islands
Authors: Overgård Hansen K. , Halskov Søndergard V.
Published: March 2024

The concept of magnetic susceptibility is shortly reviewed in the light of geophysics. A susceptibility meter is described and the basis for design of the instrument is examined. 200 determinations of magnetic volume susceptibility of the Faroese basalts are presented. Generally, it can be said that basalts of the lower series seem to have a higher susceptibility than basalts of the middle series. A statistical analysis shows that with a level of significance of 5 °/o the 200 determined values follow a logarithmic normal distribution. It is thus proposed that normally susceptibility data may be analysed by the logarithmicnormal distribution.
Earth Tides
Authors: Saxov Svend , Melchior P.
Published: March 2024

In the first part (in Danish) there is given a short description of the Earth Tide problem and the factors involved. In the second part (in English) are presented the development of the -work of the International Centre of Earth Tides for 1974 and the Establishment of the Trans World Tidal Gravity Profile, of which station 0821 Faeroe is a member. The preliminary results for station 0821 Faeroe show that the Diurnal waves are not very much disturbed, while the Semi-Diurnal waves are considerably affected by oceanic tidal loading effects, all compared with continental stations.
Fyribilsfrásøgn um garnasótt hjá seyði í Føroyum
Authors: Bærentsen Dánjal ].
Published: March 2024

Paratuberculosis has never been recorded before in Faroe Islands.

One sheep with symptoms of paratuberculosis was killed and the diagnosis was confirmed by microscopy and cultivation at the State Veterinary Serum Laboratory, Copenhagen.

The disease was caused by an orange-pigmented strain of Mycobacterium paratuberculosis.

Research will be carried out to find how widespread the disease is and how the morbidity is under the speciel circumstances in Faroe Islands.
Seismic Refraction Measurements around the Faeroe Islands
Authors: Hedebol Nielsen P.
Published: March 2024

In 1972 a refraction seismic project NASP took place between Iceland and Scotland. It gave observations from the Faeroe Islands where the main results are: The Iceland-Faeroe Ridge has a crust of Icelandic type whereas the Faeroese shelf seems underlain by continental crust. The thickness of the basalt lavas of the islands seems to vary around 3 km. On the shelf the P-wave velocity of the »basement« seems to decrease from about 6.1 km/s in the northwest to about 5.3 km/s in the east.