bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Serum Level of Ceruloplasmin, Angiotensin Converting Enzyme and Transferin as Markers of Severity in SARS-Cov-2 Infection in Patients With Type 2 Diabetes
Authors: Restea Patricia , Țigan Ștefan , Vicaș Laura Grațiela , Fritea Luminita , Marian Eleonora , Jurca Tünde , Pallag Annamaria , Mureșan Iulius Liviu , Moisa Corina , Micle Otilia , Muresan Mariana
Published: June 2023

The aim of this study was to analyze other possible new markers of severity that can be assessed in patients with type 2 diabetes and SARS-CoV-2 (Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2) infection. Our study included 90 subjects: 45 patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus and infected with the SARS-CoV-2 virus, and 45 healthy persons as control. The serum level of ceruloplasmin at hospital admission was statistically significant directly correlated with the severity of COVID-19 (Coronavirus disease) (p=0.037) and with the serum level of IL-6 (Interleukine 6) (p=0.000). Ceruloplasmin was statistically significant inversely correlated with serum iron level (p=0.000). However, we observed that ACE (Angiotensin converting enzyme) decreased in severe forms of the infection with SARS-CoV-2 virus in patients with type 2 diabetes (p=0.001). Moreover, the decrease in ACE level was correlated with an increase in IL-6 level in these patients (p=0.001). IL-6 increase was statistically significant inversely correlated with serum iron, transferrin and ACE levels. There was a noticed a decreasing tendency of the transferrin depending on the severity of the COVID-19 infection (p=0.000). In addition to the known severity factors in the context of infection with the new coronavirus, decreased concentrations of ceruloplasmin, ACE and transferrin may represent new markers of COVID-19 severity in patients with type 2 diabetes. These parameters analyzed at the hospital admission could show the evolution towards the severe forms of infection with the SARS-CoV-2 virus.
Algorithm-based Data Generation (ADG) Engine for Data Analytics
Authors: Sulayman Iman I. M. Abu , Voege Peter , Ouda Abdelkader
Published: June 2023

The rising importance of Big Data in modern information analysis is supported by vast quantities of user data, but it is only possible to collect sufficient data for all tasks within certain data-gathering contexts. There are many cases where a domain is too novel, too niche, or too sparsely collected to adequately support Big Data tasks. To remedy this, we have created ADG Engine that allows for the generation of additional data that follows the trends and patterns of the data that’s already been collected. Using a database structure that tracks users across different activity types, ADG Engine can use all available information to maximize the authenticity of the generated data. Our efforts are particularly geared towards data analytics by identifying abnormalities in the data and allowing the user to generate normal and abnormal data at custom ratios. In situations where it would be impractical or impossible to expand the available dataset by collecting more data, it can still be possible to move forward with algorithmically expanded data datasets.
Biosecurity and Mitigation Strategies to Control Swine Viruses in Feed Ingredients and Complete Feeds
Authors: Shurson Gerald C. , Urriola Pedro E. , Schroeder Declan C.
Published: June 2023

No system nor standardized analytical procedures at commercial laboratories exist to facilitate and accurately measure potential viable virus contamination in feed ingredients and complete feeds globally. As a result, there is high uncertainty of the extent of swine virus contamination in global feed supply chains. Many knowledge gaps need to be addressed to improve our ability to prevent virus contamination and transmission in swine feed. This review summarizes the current state of knowledge involving: 1) the need for biosecurity protocols to identify production, processing, storage, and transportation conditions that may cause virus contamination of feed ingredients and complete feed, 2) challenges of measuring virus inactivation, 3) virus survival in feed ingredients during transportation and storage, 4) minimum infectious doses, 5) differences between using a Food Safety Objective versus a Performance Objective as potential approaches for risk assessment in swine feed, 6) swine virus inactivation from thermal and irradiation processes, and chemical mitigants in feed ingredients and complete feed, 7) efficacy of virus decontamination strategies in feed mills, 9) benefits of functional ingredients, nutrients, and commercial feed additives in pig diets during a viral health challenge, and 10) considerations for improved risk assessment models of virus contamination in feed supply chains.
Preparation, characterization, antioxidant activity of 1-(2-furoyl) thiourea derivatives and study the molecular docking of them as potent inhibitors of Urease enzyme
Authors: Al-Jeilawi Oday H. R. , Oleiwi Abdullah Qays
Published: June 2023

In this work, we synthesized thirteen compounds of 1-(2-furoyl)thiourea derivatives 1-13 by conversion of 2-furoyl chloride to 2-furoyl isothiocyanate by reacting it with potassium thiocyanate in dry acetone in a quite short reflux time then, in the same pot, different of (primary and secondary amines) were added individually to achieve thiourea derivatives. The products were characterized spectroscopically using (FT-IR, 1H NMR and 13C NMR) techniques. Some of them were evaluated as antioxidant agents using DPPH radical scavenging method, and all were examined theoretically as enzyme inhibitors against Bacillus pasteurii urease (pdb id: 4ubp) and  by studying  molecular docking using Autodock (4.2.6) software.
Insulin Like Growth Factor Binding Protein 7 as a Novel Diagnostic Marker in Sera of Iraqi Patients with Acromegaly
Authors: Farhan Layla Othman , Abed Baydaa Ahmed , J. Kashtl Ghasaq , Salman Isam Noori
Published: June 2023

The purpose of this study was to measure serum levels of insulin-like growth factor-binding protein (IGFBP7), Insulin-like Growth Factor 1 (IGF-1), Growth Hormone (GH), Interleukin 6 (IL-6) and insulin in acromegaly patients and healthy controls. The acromegaly group had 60 patients, while the population group had 30 people who had never had acromegaly before. The concentration of IGFBP7, IGF-1, GH, IL-6, and insulin were determined. The results of the present study indicate that IGFBP7 level in the acromegaly group was significantly lower (1.690.07 ng/mL vs. 2.740.12 ng/mL, respectively, p = 0.001). IGF-1, GH, IL-6, and insulin concentrations were also significantly higher in acromegaly patients. The diagnostic accuracy (2.194) was excellent in separating acromegaly from the healthy patient group, and the area under the curve (AUC = 0.871, p = 0.001). From the results of the present study, we can conclude that serum IGFBP7 can be used to distinguish acromegaly patients from healthy individuals.
Hemato-Serological Findings as Early signals in Nile Tilapia Oreochromis niloticus Treated with Benzalkonium Chloride
Authors: Said Rashad E M , Abd–ElRaouf Mohamed H , Moustafa Mohsen A , Badrey Ahmed E A
Published: June 2023

To evaluate the toxicity of benzalkonium chloride in aquaculture, the hemato-serological indices of Nile tilapia Oreochromis niloticus are used as biomarkers. Following exposure to three concentrations of benzalkonium chloride BAC 0.1, 0.25, 0.50, and 1 mg/l (BAC1,2,3 and 4) in aquaria for two durations 21 and 42 days, the microbiological assay in fish aquaria, in addition to blood parameters were assessed. Except for the mean difference between BAC2 and BAC3 (P > 0.05) at 42 days, the mean values of the bacterial counts revealed a significant difference between all compared groups (0.05 ≥ P ≤ 0.01). Following exposure to the lower concentrations of BAC (1, 2 and 3), the main blood parameters of Oreochromis niloticus namely red blood cells RBCs, and hemoglobin Hb decreased in fluctuated pattern when compared to control treatment (0.05 > P< 0.01), but interestingly peaked at the higher concentration (BAC4), despite there were no significant differences when compared to control (except hemoglobin at 42 days, P< 0.01). Contrarily, the white blood cells WBCs rapidly rose at the first concentration BAC1 (P< 0.01), particularly at the second duration, compared to the control treatments. The counted WBCs changed after exposure to the following two concentrations BAC2, BAC3, before peaking at the higher experimental concentration BAC4 (P< 0.01). The mean cells volume MCV, mean cells haemoglobin MCH and MCHC mean cells haemoglobin concentration exhibited a narrow fluctuation between control and BAC treated fish. Regarding biochemical findings, the average levels of cholesterol and triglycerides showed erratic behavior depending on BAC levels in treatment. The mean alanine transaminase ALT and aspartate aminotransferase AST levels fluctuated between the control and BAC1,2,3   before abruptly increasing at the higher BAC4, with significant differences (0.05 > P< 0.01) when control, BAC1,2,3, compared to BAC4, except AST between BAC3 and BAC4 (insignificant- 42 days). Following BAC exposure, other parameters, including protein and urea remained the same as in control fish. The alteration in some hemato-serological markers demonstrated how a compensatory mechanism is generated in response to the stress caused by exposure to biocides.
Determination of Molecular Weight and Viscosity of Irradiated Polystyrene
Authors: Nabhan Baydaa Jaber , Raouf Raouf Mahmood , Abdulkarem Mais A. , Ghalib Lubna
Published: June 2023

The varied applications of polystyrene in various fields of life led to examining the cause of radiation influence on some rheological behavior of commercial Polystyrene (PS) solution in the chloroform (CHCl3) solvent. Polystyrene grains shape samples were irradiated using the radioactive element Cesium- 137 with (9 µci) activity for 10, 20, and 30 minutes. The viscosity of the polymer solution depends on the concentration and size (i.e. molecular weight) of the dissolved polymer. Experimental data showed that the radiation dose affected the value of viscosity (shear, relative, specific, and reduced). The viscosity value significantly reduced at 10 min radiation dose and when increasing the dose, the viscosity value increased up to 30 minutes. Deterioration of the polymer structure was recorded for a 10 minutes radiation dose. With the increase of radiation time, which reached 30 minutes, cross-linking was performed due to the substance gaining additional doses of radiation. The molecular weight of polystyrene increased with the increase of irradiation time, but no value was recorded for a molecular weight higher than 56089, which is for not irradiated polystyrene. The study concluded that the radiation dose is able to control the chemical composition of the polymer, therefore the behavior of the polymer in the solvent is determined by the radiation dose to which it is exposed.
Computation of Several Banhatti and Reven Invariants of Silicon Carbides
Authors: Mahboob Abid , Rasheed Muhammad Waheed , Bayati Jalal Hatem Hussein , Hanif Iqra
Published: June 2023

Expressions for the molecular topological features of silicon carbide compounds are essential for quantitative structure-property and structure-activity interactions. Chemical Graph Theory is a subfield of computational chemistry that investigates topological indices of molecular networks that correlate well with the chemical characteristics of chemical compounds. In the modern age, topological indices are extremely important in the study of graph theory. Topological indices are critical tools for understanding the core topology of chemical structures while examining chemical substances. In this article, compute the first and second k-Banhatti index, modified first and second k-Banhatti index, first and second k-hyper Banhatti index, first and second hyper Revan indices, first Revan vertex index, and third Revan index for Silicon Carbide SiC4-II [p, q] for all values of p and q
Detection of Autism Spectrum Disorder Using A 1-Dimensional Convolutional Neural Network
Authors: Kareem Aythem Khairi , AL-Ani Mohammed M. , Nafea Ahmed Adil
Published: June 2023

Autism Spectrum Disorder, also known as ASD, is a neurodevelopmental disease that impairs speech, social interaction, and behavior. Machine learning is a field of artificial intelligence that focuses on creating algorithms that can learn patterns and make ASD classification based on input data. The results of using machine learning algorithms to categorize ASD have been inconsistent. More research is needed to improve the accuracy of the classification of ASD. To address this, deep learning such as 1D CNN has been proposed as an alternative for the classification of ASD detection. The proposed techniques are evaluated on publicly available three different ASD datasets (children, Adults, and adolescents). Results strongly suggest that 1D CNNs have shown improved accuracy in the classification of ASD compared to traditional machine learning algorithms, on all these datasets with higher accuracy of 99.45%, 98.66%, and 90% for Autistic Spectrum Disorder Screening in Data for Adults, Children, and Adolescents respectively as they are better suited for the analysis of time series data commonly used in the diagnosis of this disorder
Future of the Artificial Intelligence: Object of Law or Legal Personality?
Authors: Filipova I. A. , Koroteev V. D.
Published: June 2023

Objective: to reveal the problems associated with legal regulation of public relations, in which artificial intelligence systems are used, and to rationally comprehend the possibility of endowing such systems with a legal subject status, which is being discussed by legal scientists.

Methods: the methodological basis of the research are the general scientific methods of analysis and synthesis, analogy, abstraction and classification. Among the legal methods primarily applied in the work are formal-legal, comparative-legal and systemic-structural methods, as well as the methods of law interpretation and legal modeling.

Results: the authors present a review of the state of artificial intelligence development and its introduction into practice by the time of the research. Legal framework in this sphere is considered; the key current concepts of endowing artificial intelligence with a legal personality (individual, collective and gradient legal personality of artificial intelligence) are reviewed. Each approach is assessed; conclusions are made as to the most preferable 

amendments in the current legislation, which ceases to correspond to the reality. The growing inconsistency is due to the accelerated development of artificial intelligence and its spreading in various sectors of economy, social sphere, and in the nearest future – in public management. All this testifies to the increased risk of a break between legal matter and the changing social reality.

Scientific novelty: scientific approaches are classified which endow artificial intelligence with a legal personality. Within each approach, the key moments are identified, the use of which will allow in the future creating legal constructs based on combinations, avoiding extremes and observing the balance between the interests of all parties. The optimal variant to define the legal status of artificial intelligence might be to include intellectual systems into a list of civil rights objects, but differentiating the legal regulation of artificial intelligence as an object of law and an “electronic agent” as a quasi subject of law. The demarcation line should be drawn depending on the functional differences between intellectual systems, while not only a robot but also a virtual intellectual system can be considered an “electronic agent”.

Practical significance: the research materials can be used when preparing proposals for making amendments and additions to the current legislation, as well as when elaborating academic course and writing tutorials on the topics related to regulation of using artificial intelligence.
Problems and Prospects of Regulating Relations within a Deal Effected with Participation of Artificial Intelligence
Authors: Kazantsev D. A.
Published: June 2023

Objective: to research the problem of determining the subject of a legally relevant act effected with participation of artificial intelligence, as well as distribution of responsibility for the consequences of its performance.

Methods: to illustrate the problematic and practical significance of the issue of legal personality of artificial intelligence, we chose automated procurements for public and corporate needs; the methodological basis of the research is the set of methods of scientific cognition, including comparison, retrospective analysis, analogy, and synthesis.

Results: by the example of the sector of competitive procurements for public and corporate needs, the evolution of automation of economic relations up to artificial intelligence introduction was analyzed. Successfully tested reactions to the challenges of stage-by-stage introduction of digital technologies into economic relations were demonstrated, as well as the respective modifications of legal regulation. Based on the current level of technological development, the prospective questions are formulated, associated with the legal regulation of  economic relations implemented with the use of artificial intelligence, first of all, the question of defining the subject of a deal effected with participation of artificial intelligence. As an invitation for discussion after analysis of jurists’ conclusions about the probable variants of the legal status of artificial intelligence, the author proposes variants of answers to the question of its legal personality when effecting a deal. To solve the issue of responsibility for the decisions resulting from the implementation of algorithms of a software and hardware package, we propose several models of distributing such responsibility among its creator, owner, and other persons, whose actions might influence the results of such an algorithm functioning. The proposed conclusions may be used to develop normative regulation both as a set and individually.

Scientific novelty: based on the analysis of evolution of the practices of using digital technologies in procurement, the work formulates potential legal problems, determined by the constant automation of economic relations, and proposes legal constructs to solve such problems.

Practical significance: the conclusions and proposals of this work are of prospective significance for conceptual comprehension and normative regulation of electronic procurement tools both at corporate and national level.
Artificial Intelligence as an Auxiliary Tool for Limiting Religious Freedom in China
Authors: Shumakova N. I. , Titova E. V.
Published: June 2023

Objective: based on studying the statistics of crimes, national legislation and norms of international law, to give a legal assessment to restrictions of the right to worship implemented with the use of artificial intelligence technologies in China.

Methods: the methodological basis of the research is the set of methods of scientific cognition, including specific sociological (analysis of statistical data and other documents), formal-legal (examining legal categories and definitions), formal-logical (analysis and synthesis), general scientific (induction, deduction), and other methods.

Results: the work researches prerequisites for using artificial intelligence technologies in China to control public relations arising during religious activity both in the digital space and beyond; analyzes the legal framework of the measures implemented; gives a legal assessment to restrictions of the religious freedom using artificial intelligence technologies; forecasts the further development of Chinese legislation and foreign policy associated with religious freedom. Additionally, the work analyzes materials of human rights organizations aimed at hindering the Chinese policy of “sinicisation” and “de-extremification” of ethnic and religious minorities, including with the help of control and propaganda using modern digital technologies.

Scientific novelty: the work researches the attempt of China to regulate the challenges related to religious activity, arising during rapid digitalization of the society and state, which the Republic faces being a developing, multinational and polyconfessional country. The established restrictions of religious freedom using artificial intelligence technologies are considered along with the relevant criminal statistics. The legal assessment of using artificial intelligence as a tool for restricting the right to worship is given from the standpoint of international law, as well as with the account of Chinese national legislation.

Practical significance: the research results can be used to elaborate a consistent legal framework for using artificial intelligence technologies to counteract extremism.
High Capacity Reversible Data Hiding with Optimal Bit Allocation
Authors: Cavagnino Davide , Druetto Alessandro , Grangetto Marco , Lucenteforte Maurizio
Published: June 2023

This paper extends and improves the performance of a digital reversible watermarking algorithm presented in a previous work. The considered algorithm exploits the property of image histograms of some kinds of medical images which present many contiguous 0-runs, i.e., a comb structure in the gray level frequencies. The previous work suggested to perform some gray level histogram shifting according to a local optimization technique. In this paper we apply combinatorial optimization techniques to entire blocks of contiguous 0-runs, improving the payload capacity of the reversible data hiding method.
Tuberculosis in Persons Deprived of Liberty in Tete, Mozambique.
Authors: Novidade Marcelino Alberto , Sato Ana Paula Sayuri
Published: June 2023

Objective - To assess the prevalence and factors associated with tuberculosis in Persons Deprived of Liberty (PDL) in the Tete Provincial Prison Establishment (EPPT) in Mozambique.
Methods -This was a cross-sectional observational study conducted in 2020 at the EPPT in Mozambique. The study population included the 525 PDL in the male EPPT and the 53 PDL in the female penitentiary. Data from the tuberculosis screening campaigns conducted by the EPPT Sanitary Department were collected from 356 PDL contained in the registration book. Relative and absolute frequencies of the variables studied were calculated. Fisher's exact test or the χ2 test was used to verify the association between the outcome (tuberculosis) and the independent variables, and logistic regression, considering a 5% significance level.
Results - Among the 356 PDL, 322 (90.5%) were male and 34 (9.5%) were female. Approximately 65.0% of PDL were in the age group of 18 to 34 years and single, and half were from the city, with at least primary level schooling. Around 70.0% had no expected monthly income. The prevalence of TB in the EPPT was quite high, 24.1% (86/356), with 24.2% (78/322) among male PDL, and 23.5% (8/34) in female PDL. HIV prevalence was also high at 9.8% (35/356), and approximately 3.1% (11/356) of PDL presented TB-HIV co-infection. The main factor associated with TB in male PDL in the EPPT was time in prison, ORadj=9.0 (95%CI: (1.1 - 71.0).
Conclusions - The prevalence of tuberculosis, HIV, and TB-HIV observed in the EPPT was high, implying a high risk of infection, transmission, incidence, and prevalence in the community at large. Conditions in the prison environment were associated with the prevalence of tuberculosis in male PDL in the EPPT.
Transcriptome analysis of liver sinusoidal endothelial cells in patients with liver cirrhosis
Authors: Ma Heming , Liu Xu , Wang Xiaomei , Wu Tong , Wang Guangyi , Lv Guoyue , Niu Junqi
Published: June 2023

Background & Aims: Liver sinusoidal endothelial cells (LSECs) constitute the wall of the hepatic sinusoids, which are the first to be affected by various injuries and play an important role in the occurrence and development of chronic liver diseases caused by different etiologies. Using a combination of bulk RNA sequencing (bulk RNA-seq) and single-cell RNA sequencing (scRNA-seq) techniques, we explored the characteristics of human primary LSECs during liver cirrhosis.
Methods: A single-cell suspension containing human hepatic cells was prepared by circulating collagenase perfusion, and primary LSECs were isolated by density gradient centrifugation and magnetic-activated cell sorting. Immunofluorescence staining was used to identify the isolated LSECs, and cell purity was determined by flow cytometry. scRNA-seq analysis was performed on liver tissues from three patients with a non-cirrhotic liver and four patients with a cirrhotic liver. LSECs were annotated using gene expression patterns, and the differentially expressed genes (DEGs) were compared between the two groups. LSECs from seven patients with a non-cirrhotic liver and four patients with a cirrhotic liver were included in the bulk RNA-seq, and DEGs during liver cirrhosis were analyzed. The results of bulk RNA-seq and scRNA-seq were compared to screen for hub genes with similar trends. Quantitative real-time PCR, western blotting, and tissue immunofluorescence were performed on genes with significant differences to verify dysregulation of transcription and protein expression levels.
Results: A total of 1987 DEGs were identified in bulk RNA-seq, and 461 DEGs were identified in scRNA-seq. A total of 103 common DEGs were identified by combining the two sets of sequencing data. Further screening was performed based on changes in expression levels, and 24 DEGs were retained for additional analysis. There were 19 up-regulated genes (FGF23, CH25, ANGPTL4, IL1RL1, CYP3A7, SERPINE1, F2RL3, MT1M, APOLD1, ADM, MFAP4, ERRFI1, CD9, LCN6, AKAP12, PLIN2, BNIP3, CAV2, and MT1A) and five down-regulated genes (GPR182, HSPA1B, RGS16, HSPA6, and MT-ND4L). Among them, FGF23 mRNA expression was the most up-regulated during cirrhosis. Correspondingly, FGF23 protein levels in LSECs from cirrhotic livers also increased.
Conclusions: Through transcriptome analysis, DEGs related to the pathophysiological processes of LSECs during liver cirrhosis were identified, providing promising targets and pathways for the diagnosis and treatments of liver cirrhosis.
Inverse Magnus Effect Induced by Dilute Water Fog
Authors: Nagahiro Shin-ichiro , Hayakawa Yoshinori
Published: June 2023

The inverse Magnus effect is a phenomenon in which a spinning sphere experiences a lift force opposite to the conventional Magnus effect. This effect is typically observed in the flow higher than a critical Reynolds number or spin ratio. We experimentally studied the inverse Magnus effect on a spinning sphere in a flow containing suspended micrometer size droplets. The lift force was measured by injecting droplets into a closed return wind tunnel. We investigated the threshold of the inverse Magnus effect for several types of dispersed droplets. Our results indicate that the flow with suspended water droplets significantly affects the onset of the inverse Magnus effect, causing a decrease in the critical Reynolds number and spin ratio.
Quantifying the effect of migration status on family planning utilisation in Malawi. Evidence from 2019/20 Malawi Multiple Indicator Cluster Survey
Authors: Moyo Reuben Christopher , Nkhoma Dumisani
Published: June 2023

Background: Family planning (FP) is known to bring multiple benefits to people both individually and collectively. Individually, FP has been associated with reduction in risk of unintended pregnancy which also correlates well with low child mortality rates. Child mortality rates in women with child spacing of less than two years are reported to be 45% higher than their counterparts. Several factors that predict FP utilisation have been investigated but there is limited literature on the effect of migration status on FP utilisation in Malawi. Our study aimed at quantifying the effect of migration status on modern contraceptive use.
Methods: Data for this study came from a nationally representative 2019/20 Malawi multiple cluster indicator survey (MICS). At total of 22,730 women aged 15 to 45 participated in the survey. We applied sampling weights to facilitate survey data analysis to correct unequal representation of participants at cluster, district, and regional level. We used multivariable binary logistic regression to assess the effect of migration status on any modern contraceptive use. The final model had participants age, age at first sex, age at marriage, region, marital status, levels of education, children ever born, residence and wealth index as confounders.
Results: The overall CPR among women aged 15 to 45 was 53.16%. The contraceptive prevalence rates of participants by migration status were 48.38% for migrants and 53.40% for non-migrants. The fully adjusted effect of migration on modern contraceptive use was 0.77 (95% CI 0.67 – 0.91, p=0.001).
Conclusions: Our study concludes that women migrants and adolescent girls have low CPR and are less likely to access modern contraceptives compared to non-migrant women. Deliberate efforts are required to increase CPR for migrants as well as for adolescent girls.
A Neumann problem with supercritical and exponential growth in dimension N ≥ 3
Authors: Khatib Alireza , Moameni Abbas , Mousavinasr Somayeh
Published: June 2023

We will consider the following problem:
-Δu + u = f(u),
x ∈ Ω, u > 0, x ∈ Ω,
∂u/∂ν = 0, x ∈ ∂Ω,
where Ω is a bounded annulus in ℝ^N (N ≥ 3), and the function f has either exponential growth given by the Trudinger-Moser inequality f(u) = u(e^{u^2}-1), or it is of the power form f(u) = u|u|^{p-2}, where p is supercritical. It is known that this problem always has a positive radial solution. Our main goal in this paper is to prove the existence of a positive non-radial solution for the case f(u) = u(e^{u^2}-1), and to establish the multiplicity of non-radial positive solutions for the case f(u) = u|u|^{p-2} when the annulus is thin. We shall first state our results for a general annulus when the right hand side of equation is of the form a(x) f(u) where the function a(x) belongs to a class of sufficiently smooth non-negative functions which enjoys certainsymmetry and monotonicity properties. This class includes the case where the function a is radial.
Adults with autism prefer person-first language in Dutch: a cross-country study
Authors: De Laet Hannah , Nijhof Annabel D. , Wiersema Jan R.
Published: June 2023

The correct language to refer to someone with a diagnosis of autism spectrum disorder has received a lot of attention in recent years. Studies in English-speaking countries found a main identity first-language (IFL) preference (e.g. autistic person) opposed to a person-first language preference (PFL) (e.g. person with autism) among adults with autism. However, a recent study conducted in a Dutch-speaking country (the Netherlands) reported a PFL preference (Buijsman et al., 2023). In the current study, we asked 414 Dutch-speaking adults with autism, living either in Belgium or the Netherlands, to fill in an online questionnaire about their language preference. We found that over half of the participants had a PFL preference (54%), followed by having no preference (27%). Only 14% of them had an IFL preference, and 5% proposed another term. Having more years of education was identified as a predictor for having an IFL preference when compared to a PFL preference, while being older predicted having no preference compared to a PFL preference. In conclusion, the majority of Dutch-speaking adults with autism showed a PFL preference, which is in contrast to findings from English-speaking countries, but in accord with a recent study conducted in the Netherlands (Buijsman et al., 2023). Implications of this finding for language use are discussed.
Higher-form symmetries, anomalous magnetohydrodynamics, and holography
Authors: Das Arpit , Gregory Ruth , Iqbal Nabil
Published: June 2023

In U(1)U(1) Abelian gauge theory coupled to fermions, the non-conservation of the axial current due to the chiral anomaly is given by a dynamical operator F_{\mu\nu} \tilde{F}^{\mu\nu}FμνF̃μν constructed from the field-strength tensor. We attempt to describe this physics in a universal manner by casting this operator in terms of the 2-form current for the 1-form symmetry associated with magnetic flux conservation. We construct a holographic dual with this symmetry breaking pattern and study some aspects of finite temperature anomalous magnetohydrodynamics. We explicitly calculate the charge susceptibility and the axial charge relaxation rate as a function of temperature and magnetic field and compare to recent lattice results. At small magnetic fields we find agreement with elementary hydrodynamics weakly coupled to an electrodynamic sector, but we find deviations at larger fields.
Las personas intersexuales:más allá de la clasificación binaria de sexos
Authors: Ramírez Thomas Dayamis , Lamas Bertrán Gretcher , Londres Osorio Mary Dennis
Published: June 2023

Según opinión doctrinal comúnmente aceptada, el sexo no es constitutivo de estado civil en la medida que la condición de hombre o mujer no determina, per se, la aplicación de un régimen jurídico distinto o la modificación entorno a la capacidad jurídica de una persona a razón de su sexo. Sin embargo, ello no implica que la referida circunstancia carezca de trascendencia jurídica. Al contrario, todos los esfuerzos dedicados a elaborar categorías, definiciones, criterios y protocolos para diagnosticar la intersexualidad, así como el auge en investigaciones y desarrollo de nuevas tecnologías biomédicas para corregirla, revelan la inquietud que provoca dentro de nuestro orden sociocultural, la ambigüedad y lo “inclasificable” en relación, en este caso: al sexo. La presente investigación se dirige fundamentalmente a la realización de un diagnóstico a partir del estudio doctrinal y exegético, de las deficiencias existentes en torno a la regulación jurídica del sexo neutro en la legislación constitucional y registral cubana.
La Psicopedagogía, orientación y tutoría educativa como herramienta para la mejora de la educación y formación profesional
Authors: Rafael Hidalgo Bertha Luz , Orbegoso Rivera Viky , Lucero Rafael Víctor Antonio de Jesús
Published: June 2023

El presente artículo nos permite valorar la importancia de la psicopedagogía, la orientación y tutoría, herramientas valiosas que constituyen una oportunidad para potenciar al máximo la educación, formación, aspectos profesionales y conseguir objetivos profesionales y de mejora competencial.  La psicopedagogía contribuye a preservar, mejorar, mantener en las y los estudiantes contribuyendo con su proceso de enseñanza-aprendizaje, creando condiciones de mejora algunas de manera individual y otras grupal, también realizar de manera adecuada la evaluación, diagnóstico y la ayuda, de una forma personalizada, a aquellos estudiantes que presentan dificultades en el aprendizaje. La orientación también busca apoyar a los estudiantes en el ámbito lo académico, para que logren mejores desempeños en las actividades que desarrollan, a fin de poder prevenir y superar vivencias de fracaso y frustración que puedan alejarlos de la experiencia educativa. La tutoría ayuda a los estudiantes a desarrollar y utilizar estrategias de pensamiento, de autoaprendizaje, de administración del tiempo, de trabajo en equipo y de motivación para el estudio. Fomenta en los estudiantes y profesionales habilidades y actitudes que les permitan optimizar su propio proceso de aprendizaje se busca que los estudiantes de todos los niveles y profesionales identifiquen sus logros y dificultades en el campo académico y las relacionen con sus metas personales.
El adolescente en México: del trabajo permitido al trabajo familiar
Authors: Lacerie Hernández Rolando , Sánchez Pérez Felipa Nery
Published: June 2023

El trabajo para las personas adolescente está permitido en México y las condiciones con las cuales prestan sus servicios subordinados es especial, esto en cuanto debe procurarse ante todo su mejor desarrollo psicológico y físico. La regulación que al respecto ofrece la Ley Federal del Trabajo no es adecuada para brindar seguridad jurídica a un adolescente que ha decidido prestar fuerza de trabajo en un entorno familiar. Para ello se ha empleado principalmente el análisis documental, comparando legislación internacional y nacional, y empleado el método comparativo, histórico, exegético, deductivo e inductivo para esta investigación. Como resultado se encontró que es necesario garantizar la plena justiciabilidad de las personas adolescentes para brindar mayor protección a sus derechos; además de implementar instituciones jurídicas extranjeras en nuestro cuerpo normativo. Por lo anterior es necesaria una reforma estructural a las leyes aplicables para fortalecer la eficacia y justiciabilidad de los derechos de este grupo vulnerable.
Modeling reference evapotranspiration using machine learning and remote sensing techniques for semi-arid subtropical climate of Indian Punjab
Authors: Duhan Darshana , Singh Mahesh Chand , Singh Dharmendra , Satpute Sanjay , Singh Sompal , Prasad Vishnu
Published: June 2023

A study was carried out to develop and evaluate the performance of different machine learning (ML) models for predicting reference evapotranspiration (ET0). The models included multiple linear regression (MLR), least square-support vector machine (LS-SVM), artificial neural networks (ANNs) and adaptive neuro-fuzzy inference system (ANFIS). The daily meteorological data for 50 years (1970–2019) were used to estimate ET0 using FAO-ET calculator. The FAO-ET calculator was compared with ML models to investigate the best-fit ML model for predicting ET. Thereafter, ET predicted by the best-fit ML model was compared with satellite (Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer – MODIS) ET, which was finally mapped to a larger landscape (over entire Punjab and Haryana). Modeling of ET0 was best performed through LS-SVM followed by ANN2, ANN1, ANFIS10, ANFIS2, MLR and ANFIS9 models. Among developed models, coefficient of determination (R2) value varied from 0.800 to 0.998, being highest (0.998) under LS-SVM model. MODIS overestimated ET when compared with LS-SVM having R2 and root mean square error (RMSE) values of 0.73 and 3.95 mm, respectively. After applying the bias correction factor, R2 and RMSE were 0.74 and 1.19 mm, respectively. The ML and satellite-based ET estimation would be useful for timely water budgeting to manage the water scarcity problems from local to regional levels.
On the issue of improving the efficiency of operational investigative activities in cooperation with the preliminary investigation bodies
Authors:   Ekaterina Y. Andreeva, St. Petersburg University of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia, Andreeva Ekaterina Y. , Polikarpova Ol'ga S. ,   Ol'ga S. Polikarpova, St. Petersburg University of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia, Zaharova Elena E. Zaharova ,   Elena E. Zaharova, St. Petersburg University of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia
Published: June 2023

В статье анализируются вопросы предоставления результатов оперативно-розыскной деятельности в органы предварительного следствия в рамках взаимодействия по цепочке «оперативный сотрудник–следователь». Выделяются проблемные аспекты предоставления результатов указанного вида деятельности для последующего их использования в уголовном судопроизводстве в качестве доказательств, что может явиться следствием признания их недопустимыми. Обращается внимание на необходимость совершенствования законодательства Российской Федерации в целях повышения эффективности использования результатов ОРД в процессе уголовно-процессуального доказывания. The article analyzes the provision of the results of operational investigative activities to the preliminary investigation bodies within the framework of interaction along the chain of "operational officerinvestigator". The problematic aspects of providing the results of this type of activity for their subsequent use in criminal proceedings as evidence are highlighted, which may result from their recognition as inadmissible. Attention is drawn to the need to improve the legislation of the Russian Federation in order to increase the efficiency of using the results of the ORD in the process of criminal procedural proof.
Financial pyramid as one of the ways of money legalization (laundering)
Authors:   Elena Vl. Bykadorova, St. Petersburg University of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia, Bykadorova Elena Vl. , Afanasiev Alexander V. ,   Alexander V. Afanasiev, St. Petersburg University of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia
Published: June 2023

В данной статье рассматриваются преступные схемы, связанные с легализацией денежных средств, добытых преступным путем в ходе организации финансовой пирамиды. Особое внимание уделено схеме Понци, изобретённой итальянским эмигрантом Чарльзом Понци в 1919 году. Преступления данной направленности отличаются изощренностью и высоким интеллектуальным уровнем. Приведены меры, принятые по предупреждению легализации (отмывании) денежных средств, имущества в Международном сообществе и в Российской Федерации. This article considers criminal schemes related to the legalization of funds obtained by criminal means during the organization of the financial pyramid. Particular attention is paid to the Ponzi scheme invented by the Italian emigrant Charles Ponzi in 1919. Crimes of this orientation are distinguished by sophistication and a high intellectual level. Measures taken to prevent the legalization (laundering) of funds, property in the International Community and in the Russian Federation are given.
The implementation of the Soviet national policy in the construction of the statehood of national autonomies in the South of Russia: historical and legal features of constitutional provisions
Authors:   Marat Kh. Saidumov,  Complex Research Institute named after Kh.I. Ibragimov of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Saidumov Marat Kh.
Published: June 2023

Научная статья посвящена проблеме осмысления вопросов, связанных с государственным строительством в СССР на принципах реализации ленинской национальной политики. Исследуется основа национального вопроса, ставшего ключевым в политико-правовой платформе при создании СССР в начале ХХ в. В статье предпринята попытка обозначить значение реализации национальной политики при создании советской государственности советских автономий Дагестана и Чечни, отметивших в 2021-2022 гг. столетние юбилеи со дня образования их государственности. Дана оценка первой конституции ЧИАССР 1937 г., которая закрепила автономный статус и определила её дальнейшее государственно-правовое развитие региона в рамках советского права. Abstract. The scientific article is devoted to the problem of understanding issues related to state building in the USSR on the principles of implementing the Leninist national policy. The basis of the national question, which became the key in the political and legal platform during the creation of the USSR at the beginning of the 20th century, is explored. The article attempts to indicate the importance of the implementation of national policy in the creation of the Soviet statehood of the Soviet autonomies of Dagestan and Chechnya, which celebrated in 2021-2022 centennial anniversaries of the formation of their statehood. An assessment is given of the first constitution of the CHIASSR of 1937, which secured the autonomous status and determined the further state and legal development of the region within the framework of Soviet law.
On double cassation in administrative proceedings
Authors:   Igor N. Ivanenko Kuban State University, Ivanenko Igor N. , Mitashova Anastasia A. ,   Anastasia A. Mitashova Kuban State Agrarian University named after I.T. Trubilin
Published: June 2023

В настоящей работе рассматриваются сущность и значение кассационного производства в административном судопроизводстве. Раскрывается понятие кассационного обжалования как исключительной стадии пересмотра, а также цели и задачи кассационного производства. Авторами анализируется действующий в настоящее время принцип двойной кассации: пересмотр судебного постановления в порядке первой «сплошной» кассации, после которой предусмотрена возможность обжалования судебного акта во второй «выборочной» кассации. Проводится небольшой сравнительный обзор указанных выше двух кассаций. Рассматривается целесообразность и обоснованность дуализма кассационного производства в рамках административного судопроизводства на основании позиций представителей научной юридической доктрины. Сделан аргументированный вывод в пользу рациональности ухода от принципа двойной кассации и реформирования кассационного производства в единую кассационную инстанцию. This paper examines the essence and significance of cassation proceedings in administrative proceedings. The concept of cassation appeal as an exceptional stage of revision is revealed. The goals and objectives of cassation proceedings are revealed. The author reveals the principle of double cassation currently in force: the revision of the court decision in the order of the first «continuous» cassation, after which the possibility of appealing the judicial act in the second «selective» cassation is provided. A small comparative review of the above two cassations is carried out. The expediency and validity of the dualism of cassation proceedings in the framework of administrative proceedings is analyzed on the basis of the positions of representatives of scientific legal doctrine. A reasoned conclusion is made in favor of the rationality of avoiding the principle of double cassation and reforming cassation proceedings into a single cassation instance.
Jurisdiction of the Arbitration Court for tax disputes
Authors:   Maisarat A. Magomedova,  Dagestan State University, Magomedova Maisarat A. , Pirbudagov Zakhar M. ,   Zakhar M. Pirbudagov, Dagestan State University
Published: June 2023

В статье раскрываются общие и специальные критерии определения компетенции арбитражного суда по налоговым спорам. Анализируются категории «экономическая деятельность», «хозяйственная деятельность», «предпринимательская и иная экономическая деятельность» их соотношение и ее значение при определении характера экономического спора. Подробно характеризуются условная, альтернативная и единичная компетенции арбитражного суда по налоговым спорам. Перечисляются признаки, характеризующие ненормативные акты, их отличие от актов, обладающих нормативными свойствами. The article reveals general and special criteria for determining the competence of an arbitration court in tax disputes. The categories “economic activity”, “economic activity”, “entrepreneurial and other economic activity”, their correlation and its significance in determining the nature of an economic dispute are analyzed. The article describes in detail the conditional, alternative and individual competence of the arbitration court in tax disputes. The features that characterize non-normative acts, their difference from acts with normative properties are given.