bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Nosocomial Infection in Patients with Severe and Critical COVID-19
Authors: Bychinin M. V. , Antonov I. O. , Klypa T. V. , Mandel I. A. , Minets A. I. , Kolyshkina N. A. , Golobokova Ya. B.
Published: February 2022

The aim of the study was to determine the etiology and frequency of nosocomial infections in patients with severe and critical COVID-19.

Material and methods. A retrospective, single-center study included 168 patients with COVID-19 admitted to the intensive care unit (ICU). All episodes of infection, clinical and laboratory characteristics, and outcome were documented in patients.

Results. Hospital-acquired infections were detected in 82 (48.8%) of 168 patients, more frequently in men (p = 0.028).  A total of 232 episodes of nosocomial infections were observed including ventilator-associated pneumonia (48.2%), bloodstream infection (39.2%), nosocomial pneumonia/tracheobronchitis (13.4%), and urinary tract infection (5.2%). The main causative agents of nosocomial infections were resistant strains of Acinetobacter baumannii and Klebsiella pneumoniae. Infections developed on the average on day 6 [3; 9] of ICU stay and were associated with the initial severity of the patients assessed by SOFA (p=0.016), SpO2 (p=0.005), lymphopenia severity (p=0.003), Neutrophil-Lymphocyte Ratio (p=0.004), C-reactive protein (p=0.01), aspartate aminotransferase (AST) level (p=0.022), or vitamin D (p=0.035) levels. Patients diagnosed with infection were more likely than those without infections to require mechanical ventilation (67.6% vs 32.4%, p < 0.001), high-flow oxygen therapy (50.0% vs 31.0%, p = 0.020), renal replacement therapy (36.8% vs 9.3%, p = 0.003), and had longer ICU length of stay (13 [9; 18] vs 4 [2; 8], p < 0.001), hospital length of stay (19 [14; 29] vs 15 [11; 20], p = 0.001) and mortality (47 (57.3%) vs 25 (29.0%), p < 0.001).

Conclusion. In patients with severe and critical COVID-19 a high incidence of nosocomial infections was found, which negatively affected the outcome. In more than half of the cases, the infection was caused by resistant strains of Gram-negative bacilli. Procalcitonin is a useful biomarker for identifying bacterial infection in patients with COVID-19.
Zum Gebrauch von Idiomen in der Sprache der Politik. Eine kontrastive Analyse der Vorkommenshäufigkeit und Struktur von Somatismen in deutschen und kosovarischen Parlamentsdebatten
Authors: Sadiku Milote , Hamiti Vjosa
Published: March 2022

This article deals with the use of idioms featuring the names of body parts in political speech, specifically in parliamentary debates. Its aim is to investigate the frequency of occurrence of idioms featuring the names of body parts. Accordingly, it investigates which names of body parts occur most frequently in German and Kosovar parliamentary debates. A further aim of the study is to examine the communicative-pragmatic performance of idioms featuring the names of body parts in this genre. As is well known, politicians often use idioms with the aim of expressing emotions and attitudes about certain events and thereby creating a degree of closeness to their voters.
Updating Civil Legislation in Accordance with European Quality Standards
Authors: Shyshka Roman , Shyshka Oleksandr , Shyshka Nataliia , Slipchenko Anatolii , Tkalych Maxym
Published: March 2022

The article is devoted to the study of European quality standards of the law to promote the effectiveness of the work begun in Ukraine on updating the civil legislation. The ability to achieve this goal depends on the quality of the process. Such a process primarily contributes to the assertion of the absolute value of the human person, freedom, democracy, equality, and the priority of man over the state; improving the mechanisms of protection and proper protection of human rights and freedoms, their equality before the law and justice. The latter especially in the context of counteracting the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic, which has led the state of Ukraine (as well as other states) to take steps to limit or reduce human rights and, accordingly, is not always compatible with the rule of law. General and special methods of scientific knowledge were used in this study, namely methods: Analysis and synthesis, systems analysis, formal-logical and structural-functional, along with some empirical methods. The practical significance of the study is that the materials summarized in the research and the conclusions reached by the authors are relevant for foreign legislators, regarding bringing national legislation to global trends in private law and its compliance with the rule of law, including the principle of legal certainty and legitimate expectations. Based on the analysis of the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) practice and other European Union requirements for the quality of law in Europe, the authors made several conclusions and recommendations on the process of updating the civil legislation of Ukraine.
Developing Computationally Efficient Property Calculations for High-Pressure, Multi-Component Droplet Vaporization
Authors: Hayes Michael Patrick
Published: February 2022

The combustion of liquid fuels such as gasoline, diesel, and jet fuels often occurs at elevated pressures. The complex composition of these hydrocarbon fuels makes modeling them a time-consuming process using traditional discrete component models (DCMs); continuous thermodynamic models (CTMs) are more computationally efficient. This paper utilizes high-pressure property calculations to improve upon the accuracy of an existing CTM in depicting the vaporization of liquid fuel droplets at high pressures. Increased model fidelity in replicating DCM results is accomplished by depicting these properties as functions of temperature, pressure, and a chosen distribution variable. This addition leads to high simulation accuracy at elevated pressures while maintaining the computational efficiency of CTMs.
Electroplating of Copper-Based Alloys for the Catalytic Conversion of CO2
Authors: Fuller Lee , Martin Jason , King Seth , Sen Sujat
Published: February 2022

A variety of materials have been explored in the literature, but metals such as copper have been shown to uniquely generate appreciable amounts of hydrocarbon products during the electrocatalytic conversion of carbon dioxide (CO2). Furthermore, alloying copper with other metals such as tin has also been demonstrated to tune the selectivity towards more desirable products and minimize the parasitic hydrogen evolution reaction. Herein, we describe the use of pulsed current methods to successfully electrodeposit particles of copper-tin alloys on the surface of commercially available gas diffusion layer (GDL) substrates. Images obtained from an optical microscope were used to qualitatively assess the uniformity of the deposited particles. A scanning electron microscope (SEM) was used to qualitatively assess the size of these particles, which varied from micron-sized chunks to finer sub-micron particles. Additionally, x-ray diffraction (XRD) was used to identify the phase and composition of the alloys.
Magneto-active Slosh Control
Authors: Carls Liam Serafino , Bossong Cassandra Christina
Published: February 2022

The Magneto-active Slosh Control (MaSC) project seeks to demonstrate active slosh control in cylindrical propellant tanks by means of a thin, flexible metallic membrane that is acted on by a magnetic field in order to reposition itself to produce an optimized force on the surface of the liquid. Slosh is a destabilizing effect of engine burns and other orbital operations. The mitigation of slosh is a mission-critical effort in the aerospace industry. The overall objectives for the Magneto-active Slosh Control experiment are to demonstrate slosh control forces on liquid surfaces exerted by a high-permeability magnetic membrane in an external magnetic field, as well as develop active sensing and control of the membrane's position in microgravity environments.
The Evolution and Growth of Nearby Galaxy Groups
Authors: Fosdick Katiya Claire
Published: February 2022

This project strives to study the relationship between the group environment and individual galaxy properties. Group richness is used as a proxy for different environmental conditions and mass to form a sample of 40 low mass (3N<10), 40 medium mass (10N<20), and 40 high mass (20N) groups from the Berlind et al. 2006 volume-limited Mr18 catalog and Tempel et al. 2014 flux-limited catalog. Unique Color-Magnitude-Position and Color-Stellar Mass-Position diagrams are produced for each sample group. I identified dynamically active and inactive groups using the magnitude gap through a crude version of methodology described in Raouf et al. 2019. Project figures are used to analyze how BGG properties, dynamic activity, and group appearance depend on group richness. Analysis focuses on BGGs to understand how one evolutionary mechanism, mergers, is impacted by basic differences in a group’s environment.
Using sUAS-Acquired Imagery to Map Landslide Susceptibility along the Lake Michigan Shoreline of Wisconsin
Authors: Bojdak-Yates Itai , Marsh Elliott , McCormick Cal , Scott Tyler
Published: February 2022

Bluffs along the Wisconsin shoreline of Lake Michigan frequently collapse, and this collapse often occurs due to saturation and weakness in a sand layer present in the bluffs. We used an sUAS to collect visible and thermal imagery of bluffs along Lake Michigan in Kewaunee County, WI. We then proceeded to classify this imagery in ArcGIS Pro to determine whether the program’s classification tools could locate the sand layer. Furthermore, we examined imagery before and after a major storm to determine the storm’s effect on water content in the sand layer. Our results indicate that we can use automated computer programs to classify the sand layer based on a combination of visible and thermal imagery. Additionally, we found that large summer storms do not significantly alter the saturation of the sand layer and infer that their effect on bluff collapse is minimal.
Explorations of Post Constrained Recovery Residual Stress of Shape Memory Alloys in Self-healing Applications
Authors: Haider Muhammad Istiaque , Rezaee Maysam , Salowitz Nathan
Published: February 2022

Self-healing materials with intrinsic capabilities of geometric restoration and damage recovery have a tremendous potential to improve product safety and reliability, especially in space applications where recovery or manual performance of repairs may be prohibitive, dangerous, or impossible.  Self-healing materials typically incorporate a complex internal structure containing constituent materials of different functionality and one of the primary methods is to reinforce self-healing materials with shape memory alloys that can be activated to restore geometry and close a fracture.  Recent experimental investigation revealed that Nickel Titanium (NiTi) shape memory alloys (SMAs) could repeatedly produce stable residual stresses following constrained recovery when held in a constrained condition during temperature change through the forward and reverse transformations.  The ability to produce this post constrained recovery residual stress (PCRRS) in a low temperature state, without continuous actuation, and to regenerate it repeatedly have the potential to advance self-healing capabilities and even damage prevention.
Constraining simulated black hole feedback in the Perseus Cluster
Authors: Heinrich Andrew Mark , Chen Yi-Hao , Heinz Sebastian , Zhuravleva Irina , Churazov Eugene
Published: February 2022

Active galactic nuclei in galaxy clusters can produce tightly collimated jets that inject energy into the surrounding intracluster medium (ICM). This feedback process can offset cooling losses from X-ray radiation that otherwise would result in cooling flow structures. Jet-inflated bubbles can heat the cluster via a turbulent cascade. The density fluctuation spectrum inferred from X-ray maps of the cluster shows different levels and scales of turbulence in different regions of the clusters, and can be used to determine the contribution of different driving mechanisms. By applying observational power spectrum techniques to synthetic X-ray data from feedback simulations of the Perseus cluster, we find that the density fluctuation spectra produced by a single episode of jet activity are broadly consistent with analysis of Chandra observations inside 60 kpc. The velocity dispersion effected by the AGN approaches Hitomi's measurement of turbulence in Perseus during the AGN episode, but is underpredicted later in the simulation. A fully established volume-filling turbulent cascade therefore requres multiple periods of jet activity, along with turbulence driven by other processes outside of the inner 60 kpc core. This also suggests the X-ray fluctuations directly associated with the jet bubble substantially contribute to the overall density fluctuation spectrum.
High-Altitude Astrophotography and Investigating the Ionosphere: 2020 WSGC ELIJAH High-Altitude Balloon Payload
Authors: King Narisse , Alibio Rebecca Joyce
Published: February 2022

The objective of the 2020 WSGC Elijah High-Altitude Balloon Payload Team was to design a payload intended to collect data during the total solar eclipse taking place in April 2024. The COVID-19 pandemic posed unique challenges to the research team, primarily restricting their correspondence to remote meetings and preventing them from fabricating a payload to launch for flight testing. Ground-based experimentation was conducted to analyze the viability of each of the payload modules to be constructed and launched in a future research term. Two of the four designed experiments are elaborated on in this document: an astrophotography and luminance tracking system to image celestial objects and determine the visibility of deep-space objects, and a surveillance system to identify and measure variation in magnetic fields and solar radiation in the ionosphere.
Forced Convection Heat Rejection System for Mars Surface Applications
Authors: Colgan Nathan , Nellis Gregory , Anderson Mark
Published: February 2022

A forced convection heat exchanger for waste heat rejection to the Martian atmosphere is designed based on existing heat transfer and pressure drop correlations for low-Reynolds-number finned tube arrays. The design is optimized to determine the mass-optimal heat exchanger geometry for a range of candidate heat exchanger materials and power loads. For a 100 kW thermal load, the optimal heat exchanger mass is found to be 27.0 kg and a frontal area of 3.94 m2. This is 95% less mass and area than a comparable radiator and only requires 638 W of fan power (or 0.6% of the output power) to operate. Optimal geometries are also found for heat rejection loads of 1 kW to 250kW across a range of coolant and atmosphere temperatures, indicating wide applicability of this technology for Martian heat rejection applications such as cryofuel refrigeration or in-situ resource utilization (ISRU) plant cooling. An experimental facility has been designed and partially constructed to experimentally validate the predicted heat exchanger performance in a Mars-like environment. A subscale heat exchanger has been built based on the predicted mass-optimal geometry. Heat transfer and pressure drop performance data of this heat exchanger will be collected and will refine the modelling predictions.
2021 Elijah High-Altitude Balloon Payload
Authors: Kalish Julia , Gutierrez Jorge , Salazar Bryanna , Cioni Jordan
Published: February 2022

The 2021 WSGC Elijah High-Altitude Balloon Payload Team focused their projects on the upcoming 2024 solar eclipse. These included solar sensing, solar imaging, and the study of cosmic radiation. The solar sensing project involved collecting flight data such as altitude, temperature, and pressure. In addition to this data, quantitative UVA, UVB, light intensity, and solar energy values using various sensors and solar panels. Solar imaging utilized an action camera with solar, IR, and IR cut-off filters in conjunction with a 360-degree camera that captured the entire payload’s flight. The radiation shielding project focused on studying the effectiveness of low-density polyethylene as a radiation shielding material by comparing observations collected by shielded and unshielded Geiger counters. To observe radiation originating from nearby star systems, a particle detector consisting of a scintillator coupled to a silicon photomultiplier was constructed.
Mapping the Photoresponse of Quantum-Dot-Based Photon-Number-Resolving Detectors
Authors: Bettcher Brecca , Geerdts Trevor , Govin Connor , Gansen Eric
Published: February 2022

We report on the spatial uniformity of the photoresponces produced by a quantum dot, optically gated, field-effect transistor (QDOGFET) with photon-number-resolving capabilities. In these devices, a photoresponce is produced when a photon photocharges a quantum dot, altering the current flowing through the transistor. Variation in the photoreponces produced by different quantum dots reduces the photon-number resolution of the QDOGFET. By using an optical scanning microscope (OMS) to spatially resolve the photoresponse and a solid immersion lens (SIL) to enhance the spatial resolution of the OSM, we acquire contour plots depicting the response magnitude and efficiency of the QDOGFET across the active area. In an analysis of the contour plots, we found that the QDOGFET exhibits optimal signal uniformity when operated at low gate voltages.
Searches for Gravitational Waves from Supermassive Black Hole Binaries using Hamiltonian Monte Carlo
Authors: Freedman Gabriel
Published: February 2022

Pulsar timing arrays (PTAs) can detect low-frequency gravitational waves by looking for correlated deviations in pulse arrival times. Current Bayesian searches using PTAs are hampered by the large number of parameters needed to be sampled concurrently with Markov Chain Monte Carlo methods. As the data span increases, this problem will only worsen. An alternative Monte Carlo sampling method, Hamiltonian Monte Carlo (HMC), utilizes Hamiltonian dynamics to produce sample proposals informed by first-order gradients of the model likelihood. This in turn allows it to converge faster to high dimensional distributions. We implement HMC as an alternative sampling method in our search for an isotropic stochastic gravitational wave background, and present the accuracy and efficiency of the algorithm for this analysis. We also discuss implications of tailoring this algorithm to additional gravitational wave searches.
Testing Ranking Statistics for Joint Gravitational Wave and Gamma-Ray Burst Searches
Authors: Piotrzkowski Brandon
Published: February 2022

Joint searches looking for associations between gravitational waves and gamma-ray bursts use ranking statistics toseparate real from random coincidences. However, there is no clear choice of which ranking statistics are more useful.We perform a simulated joint search simulating gravitational waves from the LIGO-Virgo-KAGRA (LVK) collabo-ration and Fermi-GBM gamma-ray candidates from the third operating run of LVK. We find evidence that rankingstatistics that include more information on the significance of the individual candidates perform better, although morerealistic data is needed to confirm this.
A Beginner’s Guide to Line Intensity Mapping Power Spectra
Authors: Oxholm Trevor
Published: February 2022

Line intensity mapping (LIM) is an emerging technique in measuring galaxy evolution and the large-scale structure of the universe. LIM surveys measure the cumulative emission from all galaxies emitting a given line at a particular redshift, which trace the distribution of dark matter throughout the universe. In this proceeding, we provide an introduction to LIM modeling, focusing on power spectrum calculation. Beyond these calculations, we describe how these power spectra may be used to constrain properties of galaxy evolution and large-scale structure cosmology. Throughout, we use the anticipated EXCLAIM signal of ionized carbon ([CII]) at redshift z=3 as a case study. Our goal is to provide a starting point to non-experts, e.g. upper-level undergraduate and graduate students familiar with the basics of cosmology, with the tools necessary to understand the literature and generate LIM power spectrum models themselves, while also describing a wide array of literature for continued studies.
Paleoenvironmental Reconstruction of Glaciovolcanism in the Cascades of the Pacific Northwest: Implications of Potential Habitable Environments on Mars
Authors: Glenister Chase , Cameron Barry
Published: February 2022

The interaction between volcanic processes and glacial ice is termed glaciovolcanism and is a process that is prevalent on Earth and potentially once prevalent on Mars. Such processes are dynamic, forming potentially habitable environments under glacial ice. This work will attempt to describe the glaciovolcanic deposits at the Crazy Hills and Lone Butte in central Washington and evaluate the potential habitability of these glaciovolcanoes. The identification of pillow lavas and thick hyaloclastite beds point to the hosting glacier being at least 300m thick, although precise estimation is not possible at this time. X-ray fluorescence results show that the two provinces shared a magmatic source deep in the mantle and evolved separately to form the Crazy Hills basalt and Lone Butte basaltic andesite. The identification of putative biogenic alteration textures in the pillow rims of the Crazy Hills basalt indicates a stronger potential for habitable conditions in a glaciovolcanic environment.
Multi-Point Mapping of Thunderstorm Electrical Structures
Authors: Fischer Cameron Ivans
Published: February 2022

Electric field measurements are necessary to understand thunderstorm evolution and lightning initiation. However, most existing measurements are made with single instruments carried by weather balloons. It is difficult to interpret such data since a change in observed electric field could be due either to motion of the instrument or charging/discharging currents. In order to decouple these behaviors, it is necessary to make simultaneous measurements at multiple locations. To avoid the complexity of multiple balloon launches, we describe a single balloon instrument with multiple, independent dropsondes to be released at desired time intervals. The dropsondes are designed to rotate and be self-stabilizing, enabling them to measure electric fields as they fall. The dropsondes are lightweight, robust, and low-cost, and include a preamplifier, GPS receiver, search coil and accelerometer for orientation sensing, microcontroller, and a telemetry system to transmit data to a ground station. Prototype instruments have been drop-tested to demonstrate aerodynamic stability and rotation and have been calibrated for electric field measurement. A balloon payload set to release a set of such dropsondes via hot-wire release mechanisms can thus accomplish the goal of multi-point measurements of thunderstorm electrical structures.
Бедность российских профессионалов: распространенность, причины, тенденции
Authors: Тихонова Наталья Евгеньевна , Слободенюк Екатерина Дмитриевна
Published: February 2022

Бедность российских профессионалов распространена довольно широко и в конце 2019 года охватывала почти миллион представителей данной группы; еще шире распространена среди них малообеспеченность. Сокращение бедности профессионалов в сравнении с 1990-ми годами пришлось в основном на середину 2000-х, в то время как в 2010-е годы его темпы начали отставать даже от темпов сокращения среди ряда других профессиональных групп. Бедность и малообеспеченность представителей данной группы обуславливаются прежде всего последствиями поселенческих, отраслевых и региональных неравенств. Роль этой группы причин для попадания в число бедных за 2010-е годы для профессионалов выросла, и ключевыми среди них являются поселенческие неравенства, «стягивающие» на  себя другие их виды. Вторая группа причин объединяет факторы, связанные с размером и характером иждивенческой нагрузки, особенно нагрузки несовершеннолетними детьми. Поскольку зарплата каждого шестого профессионала в России ниже полутора прожиточных минимумов в регионе его проживания, то она не обеспечивает для него даже суженного демографического воспроизводства. Значимость этой группы причин бедности и малообеспеченности профессионалов в последнее десятилетие, несмотря на меры помощи государства семьям с детьми, не уменьшилась. Третья группа причин их бедности связана с различиями в качестве человеческого капитала представителей данной группы. Вероятность бедности среди профессионалов с низкими его показателями во всех типах поселений относительно выше, чем со средними и высокими, хотя и у имеющих высокие показатели каждый пятый получает зарплату не более двух прожиточных минимумов в своем регионе. За  низкими зарплатами российских профессионалов даже с высоким качеством человеческого капитала кроется традиционная для нашей страны недооценка высококвалифицированного нефизического труда, а их общий зарплатный профиль сейчас мало отличается от профиля других профессиональных групп. При этом такие способы улучшить свое положение, как миграция, смена работы в рамках своего населенного пункта, вторичная занятость и наращивание своего человеческого капитала для них в настоящее время малоэффективны, хотя в той или иной степени ими используются все эти способы.
The Role of the Russian Orthodox Church in the State’s Promotion of the “Traditional” Family as Part of Family Policy
Authors: Русских Светлана Николаевна
Published: February 2022

Since the 2010s, the Russian government has promoted a family model in its family policy  – a heterosexual married couple with three children – explicitly defined as “traditional”. This definition is close to the representation of the family by the Russian Orthodox Church (ROC), which, since the 2000s, has positioned itself as an actor in family policy, in particular through the establishment of “The Committee of Patriarchs on the Family, Child Welfare and Motherhood” serving as an intermediary with the State. I show that the ROC and the State offer comparable family models and that they work closely together in the implementation of family policy. I show how the Russian government and the ROC support religiously motivated actions, including promotional events such as the creation of new holidays and restrictive measures such as limiting the right to abortion. I conclude that the demographic crisis led Russian family policy in the 2000s to combine a natalist dimension with a traditionalist dimension that values a family model based on ROC values. This work is based on official documentation and the results of a field work conducted between 2015 and 2018 in the Ulyanovsk Oblast. I conducted interviews with two categories of the population: officials of different governmental structures directly related to family policy and ROC priests. The choice of this region was motivated by the involvement of local authorities and ROC representatives in the realisation of the objectives of the federal family policy.
Университеты в России: взгляд изнутри
Authors: Денисова-Шмидт Елена Викторовна
Published: February 2022

Книга «Университеты в России: как это работает» является результатом совместной пятилетней работы Ярослава Кузьминова и Марии Юдкевич. В рецензии затрагиваются лишь некоторые из тезисов, представленных в книге: это переход из школы в вузы и проблемы средней школы вообще, сравнение кафедр российских университетов с оригинальной немецкой моделью, а также равные возможности как в получении высшего образования, так и в дальнейшей научной карьере. Очень подкупает откровенность авторов при описании некоторых правил игры академического рынка, упоминании коррупции, а также артикуляции проблем академического мошенничества и имитации работы вузов для достижения формальных показателей.
Обмен дарами в академической среде: хищнические практики, ложные сигналы и конфликт интересов в программах превосходства
Authors: Трубникова Екатерина Ивановна
Published: February 2022

Одной из главных целей программ превосходства в области высшего образования является повышение конкурентоспособности национальных университетов на мировом уровне. Однако в зависимости от страны реализации такие инициативы превосходства могут приводить к разным результатам. Исследование представляет анализ скрытых взаимоотношений внутри академических сетей, которые зачастую подменяют собой позитивный академический нетворкинг. Для иллюстрации предлагается использовать теорию обмена дарами. При возникновении взаимоотношений обмена дарами сложно избежать конфликта интересов. Представленное исследование акцентирует внимание на распространение этой проблемы в академической среде. Нечестное поведение в сфере науки и образования имеет долгосрочные последствия не только для страны реализации, но и для всей академической системы в целом. И академические сигналы, целью которых должны выступать снижение асимметрии информации и награждение более достойных претендентов, лишь усугубляют проблему и заполняют академический рынок имитациями и ложными атрибутами престижа. Завышенные ложные сигналы не только создают повышенный поток ренты для их обладателей, но также привлекают к использованию данной схемы других акторов, фактически разрушая систему стимулов и мотиваций в академической среде, отвечающую интересам общества.
Проект 5-100 в восприятии сотрудников университетов
Authors: Дежина Ирина Геннадиевна , Сорокин Александр Николаевич
Published: February 2022

В статье анализируется, как научно-педагогические работники вузов восприняли российскую инициативу превосходства Проект 5-100. Исследование проводилось методом качественных слабоструктурированных интервью на выборке из 83 респондентов, работающих в четырех вузах. Результаты рассматривались в сопоставительном контексте между двумя региональными и двумя столичными университетами, расположенными в Москве и Санкт-Петербурге. В целом респонденты оценили проект положительно. Главный эффект проекта для представителей региональных университетов заключался в росте качества публикаций, для столичных вузов – в развитии международной кооперации. Критические замечания, прозвучавшие в интервью, касались целей и задач проекта, а также подходов к его реализации в конкретном вузе; отмечались появление различных приемов наращивания числа публикаций и рост бюрократии, связанной с реализацией проекта.
THE MANAGEMENT OF CULTURAL DIVERSITY AND ITS IMPACT ON ORGANIZATIONAL PERFORMANCE
Authors: ALİ ABDULLAH Zozan , AHMAD MUSTAFA Hussein , YILDIRAN Canan , FİDAN Yahya
Published: February 2022

Due to the increasing importance of cultural diversity in organizations with globalization, the management of cultural diversity and the effect of this management on organizational performance are the subject of the study. The survey method was used to collect the data, and the related survey was applied to the employees of the telecommunication companies in Iraq. As a result of the analysis, it has been determined that cultural diversity management increases organizational performance with a strong effect coefficient. It has been determined that all components of cultural diversity such as color blindness, justice, equal access, cultural integration and learning have a significant impact on organizational performance. In particular, it can be said that organizations with culturally different workforces have a managerial contribution to the scope of the research, considering cultural diversity while determining their strategies. In addition, it should be ensured that the improvement of organizational performance is better understood and that the factors affecting organizational performance are clearly known by the employees. As a result of an organization’s ability to effectively manage its culturally diverse workforce, it will be possible to satisfy a multicultural market and be preferred by multicultural customers. The fact that the research was carried out in a single sector can be expressed as a constraint.
ИЛЬЯ ОКРОМЧЕДЛИШВИЛИ И АКТУАЛЬНЫЕ ВОПРОСЫ КАРТВЕЛОЛОГИИ
Authors: KOBERİDZE Mariam
Published: February 2022

Илья Окромчедлишвили является одним из видных представителей нового поколения II половины XIX века – «тергдалеулеби», который еще с Петербургского университета дружил с Ильей Чавчавадзе. Он всегда был рядом с Ильей, как ближайший друг и соратник на арене грузинской общественной жизни. После окончания армяно-грузинского отделения Петербургского университета Илья Окромчедлишвили лучшую пору своей жизни – двадцать пять лет посвятил научно-педагогической деятельности в Московском лазаревском институте восточных языков и Московском университете. В то время Москва была вторым городом царской Российской империи (после Санкт-Петербурга), в одном из высших учебных заведений которого существовала кафедра грузинского языка. Вдохновителем открытия этой кафедры являлся Илья Окромчедлишвили. Составленная им учебная программа, дошедшая до нас, дает наглядное представление об объеме обучения грузинскому языку и литературе на первом, втором и третьем курсах специальных классов. Илья Окромчедлишивили внес особый вклад в дело воспитания, обучения, содействия, материальной помощи и обеспечения талантливой передовой грузинской молодежи. За длительный период своей деятельности в Москве он не прерывал тесную связь с родиной – занимаясь благотворительностью и оказывая материальную помощь, тем самим способствовал возрождению и развитию грузинской национальной культуры. Илья Окромчедлишвили систематически оказывал материальную помощь обществу по распространению грамотности. Следует отметить, что в сентябре 1881 года обществу по распространению грамотности среди грузин он пожертвовал 6000 рублей на издание грузинских рукописей. При финансовой помощи Ильи Окромчедлишвили и сделанных замечаний 29 июля 1884 года в типографии Эквтиме Хеладзе в Тбилиси была напечатана «Висрамиани» (редакторы: Илья Чавчавадзе, Александре Сараджишвили, Петр Умикашвили). Илья Окромчедлишвили занимался и архивной работой. Об этом свидетельствует личное письмо к Илье Чавчавадзе из Вены, датированное 10 сентября 1882 года, в котором он пишет, что в результате неустанной работы в московском архиве обнаружил один старый вариант «Витязя в тигровой шкуре» с миниаторами и исторические материалы, касающиеся Грузии последних двух столетий. Из Москвы Илья Окромчедлишвили Илье Чкония выслал пятый вариант рукописи «Килила и Дамана», который похож на первый вариант рукописи. 8-21 сентября 1881 года в Тбилиси был проведен пятый археологический съезд. Илья Окромчедлишвили прочитал на этом съезде доклад «Об изобретении грузинского алфавита». Эта работа Ильи Окромчедлишвили имела важный отклик в грузинской исторической науке того времени. Изучение материалов, отражающих научную и общественную деятельность Ильи Окромчедлишвили, имеет особое значение в связи с современностью.
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Direct RT-qPCR assay for the detection of SARS-CoV-2 in saliva samples v1
Authors: Saverio Tarantini Francesco , Wu Siyu , Jenkins Harry , Tellechea Lopez Ana , Tomlin Hannah , Hyde Ralph , Lis-Slimak Katarzyna , Louise Thompson Jamie , Pijuan-Galitó Sara , Scales Danielle , Kaneko Kazuyo , Dey Jayasree , Park Emily , Hill Jack , Lee I-Ning , Doolan Lara , Arendt-Tranholm Asta , Denning Chris , Seedhouse Claire , V Benest Andrew
Published: March 2022

Detection of SARS-COV-2 in Saliva Samples
An Investigation of the Consequences and Imperatives for the Development of the Problem-Solving Skill of Saudi English Major Students in Online Classrooms
Authors: Alasmari Nasser , Alkhamees Fahad
Published: March 2022

Based on the claim that problem-solving is one among other indispensable skills that 21st-century learners have to acquire and develop as it helps them face the increasingly intricate academic issues, especially at the tertiary level and due to the widespread pandemic that led to the resort to online learning as the only alternative available to guarantee the continuation of the learning process, the current work investigates the imperatives and consequences of problem-solving development in an online environment among Saudi English majors. It also examines the impact of online classrooms on Saudi academic learners and the difficulties they face. Whether online learning has provided the environment for students to thrive and develop their various skills or whether it has hindered their progress and negatively increased their reliance on technology with their skills and abilities, it also looks into the academic factor and the various impacts it has on students' language learning and skill development. 30 Saudi English majors in Jeddah University, Khulais faculty, contributed to the conduct of this research, which uses a mixed-method approach to get both the breadth and depth of the research. In addition to the study's theoretical work, it also shed light on the numerous challenges and obstacles that stand in the way of problem-solving skill development among learners.
An Inquiry Into EFL Teachers’ Perceptions of Integrating Student Self-Assessment Into Teaching Academic Writing at a Saudi University
Authors: Takrouni Afra , Assalahi Hussein
Published: March 2022

This paper aims to explore EFL teachers’ perceptions of integrating student self-assessment into teaching writing to EFL students, in the preparatory year at an English language center at a Saudi university. Previous research has indicated that through reflection and metacognition, self-assessment can help students in EFL contexts learn to write and improve the quality of their writing. The bulk of this research, however, simplistically underestimates the socio-cultural context in which learning to write takes place, especially one where the symbiotic relationship between different affordances is far from problematic. Drawing on Vygotsky’s socio-cultural theory, this study explores how these affordances play out in the context of this study and how they impact the quality of learning to write, in EFL contexts. The sample consisted of 53 EFL teachers, exploring their perceptions of, and experiences with, integrating self-assessment into teaching writing to students in the academic English track (ELIS). A mixed methods design was employed, and the findings revealed that although teachers have positive perceptions about self-assessment and encourage its implementation in their writing classrooms, they lack professional support for integrating self-assessment into the various stages of writing. The findings also suggested that the integration of self-assessment into teaching writing is a complex process, and the chaotic relationship between curriculum design, assessment policy, professional development initiatives, and students’ and teachers’ beliefs, might contribute to a lack of engagement when integrating self-assessment into teaching writing. Finally, pertinent recommendations for teaching writing and future research about integrating self-assessment into teaching writing are suggested.
Multi-Modal Discourse Analysis of Public Crisis Anti-Epidemic Documentaries—Take The City of Heroes as an Example
Authors: Zhang Min
Published: March 2022

With the rapid development of multi-modal discourse analysis theory, discourse research is no longer limited to text analysis. The documentary brings together multiple modalities such as thematic text, subtitles, images, background music, etc., providing researchers with new ideas. This article takes the documentary The City of Heroes launched by Xinhua News Agency as an example, analyzes the discourse of visual, voice and image modality, and explores the meaning conveyed by the documentary in a public crisis, which is conducive to expanding the multi-modality in the documentary. By discourse analysis, we can understand the way it realizes the meaning of the text.
Analysis of Hemingway’s Short Story “The Killers” From the Perspective of Cooperative Principle and Politeness Principle
Authors: Zhou Yan
Published: March 2022

The spiritual enjoyment that literature brings to you is not only due to the beauty of the words, the twists and turns of the plot, but also due to the skillful writing of the author, as can be seen from Hemingway’s many short stories. The novel "The Killer" is full of character dialogue, without too much environmental and psychological description, and Hemingway’s iceberg theory is shown vividly in it. From the perspective of pragmatics, this paper analyzes the characters’ dialogues, interprets the characters’ images and reveals the themes of the novel by using the principles of cooperative and politeness.
Implementasi Teknologi Digital untuk Meningkatkan Karakter Kejujuran dan Motivasi Belajar Peserta Didik Dalam Pembelajaran Sejarah
Authors: Nela Euis
Published: March 2022

Fokus masalah dalam penelitian ini adalah bagaimana implementasi teknologi digital (QR Code, Windows Movie Maker dan Quizizz) untuk meningkatkan karakter kejujuran dan motovasi belajara peserta didik dalam pembelajaran sejarah. Tujuan penulisan secara umum yaitu untuk memperoleh pemahaman mengenai pemanfaatan teknologi digital dalam pembelajaran sejarah, sehingga dapat meningkatkan karakter kejujuran dan motovasi belajar peserta didik dalam pembelajaran sejarah, yang pada akhirnya para siswa dapat mengikuti perkembangan revolusi industri 4.0. Sedangkan temuan dari penelitian ini adalah adanya peningkatan motovasi belajar saat peserta didik mencari instruksi atau arahan diskusi kelompok dengan menggunakan QR Code, peserta didik juga menjadi sangat antusias saat pembelajaran tersebut dikreasikan dengan learning by singing yang dalam bentuk video klip dengan menggunakan aplikasi video editing windows Movie Maker, sedangkan dengan adanya tes/ulangan menggunakan gamifikasi quizizz memperlihatkan peningkatan karekter kejujuran siswa.
Potensi Tugu Perjuangan Bagus Rangin sebagai Sumber Belajar dalam Pembelajaran Sejarah bagi Generasi Muda di Kecamatan Susukan Kabupaten Cirebon
Authors: Sofiani Yulia , Andriyani Silvi
Published: March 2022

Tugu Perjuangan Bagus Rangin merupakan salah satu jejak sejarah di Desa Kedondong Kecamatan Susukan Kabupaten Cirebon, sebagai monumen sejarah penggunaannya sebagai sumber belajar dalam pembelajaran sejarah belum maksimal. Tujuan penelitian ini untuk mengetahui aspek yang terdapat dalam tugu perjuangan Bagus Rangin yang bisa dikembangkan menjadi sumber belajar dalam pembelajaran sejarah  serta potensinya sebagai sumber belajar yang dapat membantu proses pembelajaran sejarah di kelas. Penelitian ini adalah penelitian kualitatif atau merupakan penelitian analisis/deskriptif tentang potensi tugu perjuangan Bagus Rangin sebagai sumber belajar dalam pembelajaran sejarah. Tempat penelitian ini adalah di Kecamatan Susukan Kabupaten Cirebon tempat monumen tersebut berada. Metode penelitian yaitu dengan langkah-langkah 1. Pengumpulan data melalui tahapan observasi, studi dokumen dan wawancara 2. Menguji kredibilitas data dengan berbagai sumber data 3. Analisis data bersifat kualitatif 4. Penulisan, dimana hasil penelitian ini lebih menekankan makna dari pada generalisasi. Kajian yang diteliti adalah potensi tugu perjuangan Bagus Rangin sebagai sumber belajar dalam pembelajaran sejarah. Tugu perjuangan  Bagus Rangin dibangun sebagai penghargaan atas perjuangan Bagus Rangin dalam memimpin Perang Kedondong melawan kolonialisme Belanda tahun 1802-1818. Monumen ini dapat dimanfaatkan sebagai sumber belajar dalam pembelajaran sejarah, sebagai jejak peristiwa sejarah di lingkungan sekitar peserta didik. Simpulannya tentu tugu perjuangan Bagus Rangin berpotensi sebagai sumber belajar dalam pembelajaran sejarah.
Pertempuran Normandia dan Refleksinya Terhadap Kekuatan Militer Indonesia dalam Menghadapi Pertempuran Konvensional
Authors: Rachmatika Anisa Nurur , Bangun Ernalem , Wibowo Agus , Waskito Wasis
Published: March 2022

Pertempuran di Normandia adalah satu peristiwa sejarah yang paling berpengaruh di dunia kemiliteran. Pihak Sekutu yang diwakili oleh Inggris, Amerika Serikat, dan Kanada berhasil merebut pantai di wilayah Utara Perancis tersebut karena menerapkan strategi pertempuran yang baik. Kemenangan Sekutu atas Jerman menunjukkan bahwa pantai adalah wilayah yang paling mempengaruhi hasil akhir dari suatu pertempuran. Tujuan dari tulisan ini adalah untuk mengetahui bagaimana strategi perang yang dilancarkan oleh Sekutu dapat direfleksikan oleh kekuatan militer Indonesia sebagai negara kepulauan. Penelitian ini ditulis secara kualitatif dengan menggunakan metode konten analisis berdasarkan teori strategi pertempuran. Dari berbagai artikel yang terkait dapat digambarkan bahwa besarnya kuantitas dari kekuatan militer Sekutu adalah faktor yang paling mempengaruhi kemenangan. Dikaitkan dengan kondisi lingkungan strategis regional, penulis menyimpulkan bahwa Indonesia masih perlu berusaha untuk mengimbangi kekuatan militer negara besar pada masa damai yang sedang berlangsung dalam menghadapi pertempuran konvensional.
Parent Involvement in Pre-school Science Activities: What Do Parents Think About It?
Authors: Sahin Cakir Cigdem , Uludağ Gonca
Published: March 2022

This study aimed to investigate parents' views about science and parent involvement in pre-school science activities. According to Cresswell's designs' sequential explanatory mixed-method design, the study was conducted. The participants were composed of parents of 39 children (60-72 months) who studied in two different classrooms, there were 20 children in one of the classrooms, and there were 19 children in the other classroom at a public pre-school in Ankara/Turkey in 2015-2016 school year. The Parents' Views about Science and Preschool Science Activities Scale and semi-structured interviews were used to collect data. In addition, semi-structured interviews were conducted with three volunteer parents, each from the parents who got high, medium, and low average scores from the scale. Thus, parents' views about science and parent involvement in pre-school science activities were examined in detail. According to the results of this study, it was determined that the parents who participated in this study had positive views on science and science education in pre-school, realized the importance of science activities in pre-school, were eager to participate in pre-school science activities. Therefore, this study suggests that teachers and parents should be informed that parents' involvement is essential for doing science activities in pre-school.
Bronchial asthma and myocardial infarction
Authors: Kogan B. B. , Danilyak I. G. , Zaslavsky M. L.
Published: March 2022

Recently, especially in connection with the study of non-coronary necrosis of the myocardium; the attention of researchers began to attract myocardial infarction in patients with bronchial asthma.
Blood loss during spinal surgery and its effect on blood circulation
Authors: Tsivyan Ya. L. , Kuznetsov D. I.
Published: March 2022

One of the complications associated with the operation is blood loss. Its size and duration affect hemodynamic shifts. Anesthesia in these cases can serve as an additional aggravating factor. This combination is fraught with the risk of developing cardiovascular and respiratory failure. We did not find a satisfactory coverage of this issue in relation to spinal surgery in the available literature.
Complex therapy of infertility with obstruction of the fallopian tubes
Authors: Pantsevich I. F. , Matsuev A. I.
Published: March 2022

We diagnosed 375 women with infertility associated with obstruction of the fallopian tubes. At the age of up to 30 there were 207 women, 31-35 years - 101 and older - 67. In 150 women, infertility was primary and in 225 - secondary.
Results of laparotomic incisions in operations on the biliary tract
Authors: Besova Z. N.
Published: March 2022

To clarify the question of the effect of nerve transection on the functional state of the muscles of the anterior abdominal wall and to compare the degree of trauma of the incisions used in performing operations on the biliary tract, long-term results (periods - from 1 month to 9 years) were studied in 100 patients operated by the methods S.P. Fedorov, Rio Branco and N.I. Golubeva.