bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
“The Chinese as I Have Seen Them”: A Diachronic Analysis of Western Perception on the Chinese in the 19th and Early 20th Centuries
Authors: Franceschi Valeria
Published: January 2023

It is estimated that around 12000 Westerners were living in the Chinese Empire at the end of the 19th century (Détrie 509); especially after the first Opium War (1839-1842), locals and Westerners learnt to co-habit, with the latter improving their quality of life. However, both groups maintained their lifestyles, criticizing those habits they thought objectionable, or downright barbaric (ibid.). Locals are Othered in travel literature, seen through a Western “power gaze” (Calzati); we can assume this opposition was stronger at a time of political tension.  
This paper aims at looking at how Western perceptions of China and the Chinese changed over the course of the 19th and early 20th century, as emerging from war, travel and life accounts written by anglophone expatriates, travelers, and military men.
The analysis was carried out with a mixed quantitative-qualitative approach, drawing from corpus-assisted discourse analysis. The print books published between 1843 and 1919 were digitized using OCR software to make them readable by corpus analysis tools. Two subcorpora weree created, one including 2 2-volume books recounting the events of the first Opium War, and the second one including 6 books describing life and travel in China between 1897 and 1919. An analysis of selected keywords and their concordance lines, with the aid of Critical Discourse Analysis, attempts to shed light on how the perception of the Chinese on the part of Anglophone people has evolved between the second half of the 19th century and the early 20th century.
Cultural Images of the East and West in Elif Shafak's Novels
Authors: Ichim Mihaela
Published: January 2023

This article is intended to discuss the images of the East and West as they are portrayed in Elif Shafak’s novels, with emphasis on the ethnic cliches and stereotypes which are often engendered in and disseminated through fiction. More specifically, it examines how the novelist depicts Turkish and Oriental culture, often in contrast with its Western counterpart, through the complex and insightful images she skillfully creates. The theoretical part of the article relies on the seminal works of imagologists such as Joep Leerssen and Manfred Beller, who have laid the foundations for the study of cultural images, with emphasis on their shifting, dynamic and context-dependent nature, as well as on David Katan’s logical levels of culture, which are used as a starting point for the analysis of the similarities and differences between the East and the West as represented in Shafak’s work.
Intercultural Communication in the Work of Leslie Marmon Silko
Authors: Chirica Irina
Published: January 2023

The paper discusses Leslie Marmon Silko’s contribution as a writer born and bred in the Four-Corner Area of the United States (where the states of Utah, Colorado, Texas and New Mexico come together), a contact zone characterized by the meeting of three cultures: Pueblo, Chicano and Anglo-American. A mixed-race woman, Silko was perhaps the most suitable person, because of her family heritage and her life at the limits of the Laguna Pueblo, to explore multiculturalism from both a Native and a Euro-American perspective. She has become a bridge between cultures, writing for a Native American and a planet-wide audience. We explore Silko’s best-known work, the novel Ceremony and the short story Yellow Woman, focusing on the new literary devices and philosophical perspectives that open up through intercultural mediation.
Souvenir Photography: Documenting a Foreign Culture for the Western Audience
Authors: Gross Eduard-Claudiu
Published: January 2023

Photographer Felice Beato (1832-1909) was a pioneer of souvenir photography, a genre of photography that depicted foreign cultures for an unfamiliar audience. A type of photography that was popular in the 19th century, particularly in Japan, souvenir photography was created to export images of foreign cultures to people in the West. This article explores the historical implications of souvenir photography, the influence of Felice Beato on the genre, and how he represented Asian culture to people in the West. Beato’s work in Japan, China, and India allowed him to experiment with different types of photography, such as architectural, panoramic, and war photography. His photography was characterized by the use of panoramic and colorization techniques, which allowed him to capture the essence of the places he visited. His work contributed significantly to the emergence of souvenir photography as a genre, and his ability to convey the beauty of his subjects was widely recognized. Beato’s photography brought a part of Asian culture to the western population, and his images often portrayed what the westerns perceived as the exoticism of these cultures.
Foundations of the theory of magmatic ore formation in works by M. N. Godlevsky and their modern development
Authors: Krivolutskaya Nadezhda A.
Published: January 2023

On the occasion of the 120th anniversary of the birth of Mikhail Nikolayevich Godlevsky, an outstanding geologist and researcher of magmatic sulfide deposits, a book about the life of this remarkable man “From the depths of the Norilsk ores. Mikhail Godlevsky” is being prepared at the Central Research Geological Prospecting Institute for Base and Precious Metals, where he worked in 1961-1984. The material published below is based on the article “The theory of magmatic ore formation in works by M. N. Godlevsky and its modern aspects” from the anniversary edition and contains minor editorial changes. The article considers the principal theoretical provisions of the magmatic genesis of the Norilsk platinum-copper-nickel deposits, that were developed by M. N. Godlevsky in his works. Particular attention is paid to his still unpublished doctoral dissertation that covers all aspects of the genesis of the unique Norilsk ores: from the formation conditions of the ore-bearing magmas in the northwest Siberian Platform and their crystallization in the upper zones of the earth's crust, to the formation of disseminated and veined ores of the Norilsk 1 and Zub-Marksheiderskoe deposits. Modern views are presented on the origin of ore deposits of the Norilsk region, which were characterized in the works by M. N. Godlevsky.
Relationship Between Debt Experiences and Indebtedness of Employees in the Formal Sector in Kenya
Authors: Kariuki Morris Irungu
Published: January 2023

This study examined the relationship between debt experiences and indebtedness of formal sector employees in Kenya. Positivism paradigm was used in this study. The study adopted a cross sectional and correlational descriptive research design. The study targeted about 2.4 million employees in the formal sector. Three stage sampling was done, first, cluster sampling and then, stratified sampling and finally random sampling. The study used primary data collected by use of self-administered questionnaires. A pilot test of the questionnaire was conducted on 40 respondents to check its validity and reliability. Using Cockran 1977 formula, 384 questionnaires were circulated. Of the returned 337, 292 questionnaires were considered usable. Cronbach’s alpha for likert type items was found reliable (over 0.7). Data analysis used IBM SPSS statistics 21 for descriptive and correlation analysis. Further, OLS Multiple regression models were used to examine the relationship between debt experiences and indebtedness. The findings reveal that debt experiences have a significant effect on indebtedness. The study recommends increased use of debt advice and counselling by formal sector employees in Kenya.
Complying with Neoliberal Performative Techniques in Chinese Education
Authors: Achaa Lydia Osarfo
Published: January 2023

In this period where performance management has gotten to an abolishing degree of teacher quality and school viability; educational institutes, students and teachers are presently under pressure to compete for acknowledgment on the premise of evaluations, yearly audits, and ranking of tables: where teachers are now positioned as self-governing professionals with their work progressively measured against students’ performance on national and international tests. And teachers who are’ ethical subjects’ find their values have been tested by what Stephen Ball called ‘the terrors of performativity’. Further, the value placed on measuring, politicizing, and labeling teachers has caused emotional stress in transforming what it’s meant to be a teacher. The literature review results were based on one research question: Why do teachers still comply with neoliberal performative techniques? The literature search was based on the following primary keywords such as “teacher performativity,” “teacher + neoliberalism”, and “teacher + performance management”. The paper unravels that teachers are still complying with neoliberal performative techniques because it provides a stage to gain joy and social acknowledgment, which worked as a psychical motivating force persuading them to utilize them for their academic advantages.
Phân tích ứng xử của hệ bể chứa-chất lỏng dưới tải trọng động đất có xét đến biến dạng nền bằng phần tử vĩ mô
Authors: Huỳnh Văn Quân , Phạm Ngọc Bảy
Published: January 2023

Dưới tác dụng lặp của tải trọng động đất, phần đất nền xung quanh móng sẽ biến dạng, có thể làm móng tách khỏi mặt tiếp xúc với nền đất (phi tuyến hình học) và/hoặc tính chất của đất thay đổi dẫn đến xuất hiện phi tuyến vật liệu. Bài báo cải tiến mô hình phân tích hệ bể chứa-chất lỏng dạng thông số tập trung của tiêu chuẩn API 650 dưới tải trọng động đất bằng cách xét đến tương tác kết cấu-đất nền (SSI) giúp ứng xử của hệ gần với thực tế. Trong đó, hệ móng-đất nền được thay bằng một mô hình tiên tiến là phần tử vĩ mô (macro element) nên bài toán được đơn giản hóa nhưng vẫn đảm bảo tính chính xác. Mô hình đề xuất gồm chất lỏng, bể chứa, móng và đất nền sẽ được phân tích dưới tải trọng động đất El-Centro (1940) với gia tốc đỉnh tra theo tiêu chuẩn TCVN 9386:2012. Kết quả phân tích được biểu diễn theo thời gian giúp quan sát diễn tiến của phản ứng so với chỉ thu được giá trị cực đại của tiêu chuẩn API 650 và độ lệch các giá trị phản ứng cực đại giữa hai phương pháp đều lớn hơn 10% đã phần nào thể hiện ảnh hưởng của việc xét đến SSI
Cardiac complexities: all we have to know about our heart
Authors: Boodidha Pravallika , Doddi Anusha , Mamidi Sireesha , Nuka Himabindu , Viriti Uma Sankar
Published: January 2023

The leading cause of death worldwide is cardiovascular disease (CVD). In 2019, an estimated 17.9 million people died from CVDs, or 32% of all deaths worldwide. Over 75% of deaths from cardiovascular disease occur in low- and middle-income countries. Many CVDs can be prevented by identifying behavioural risk factors like poor diet, smoking, tobacco use, hyperlipedema, obesity, harmful alcohol use, and lack of physical activity. A group of ailments known as cardiovascular diseases (CVDs) include myocardial infarction, cerebrovascular disease, coronary heart disease, rheumatic heart disease, congenital heart disease, and other conditions. Additionally, heart attacks and strokes account for four out of every five CVD deaths, and one-third of these deaths occur in people under the age of 70. Frequently, the basic blood vessel disease goes unnoticed for years. A heart attack or stroke could be the first symptom of an underlying condition. Pain or discomfort in the middle of the chest, as well as discomfort or pain in the left shoulder, arms, jaw, elbows, or back, numbness, and weakness, are all signs of a heart attack. Additionally, the individual could experience respiratory problems or fatigue, numbness, and back pain. Additionally, the person may have shortness of breath or difficulty breathing, nausea or vomiting, faintness and light-headedness, sweating, shivering, and a change in skin colour. Women are more likely than men to have nausea, breathlessness, jaw or back discomfort, and vomiting. An array of imaging studies and laboratory testing are used to diagnose CVDs. The patient's medical history and family history, physical examination, risk factors, and combining these findings with the outcomes of treatments and tests make up the majority of a diagnosis The World Health Organization (WHO) encourages governments to manage, prevent, and monitor cardiovascular diseases (CVDs) by increasing global strategies to minimise the incidence, mortality, and morbidity of these diseases. Some of the typical tests performed to diagnose cardiovascular diseases include: Blood tests and chest X-rays include ECG or EKG, Echocardiogram, Coronary angiogram, MRI, CCTA, and other tests. Reduced risk factors, the cessation of tobacco use, reduced salt intake, increased consumption of fruits and vegetables, well planned physical activity, and abstinence from alcohol abuse have all been demonstrated to reduce the incidence of CVDs . Increasing the capacity of the health system to care for people with CVD, distributing standards of care, and monitoring disease patterns and trends to inform national and international initiatives. The consequences of behavioural risk factors, which are linked to important socioeconomic determinants and drivers including income, ageing, and urbanisation, may manifest in people as raised blood sugar, elevated blood pressure, elevated blood lipids, obesity, and overweight.
De sur a norte. Una perspectiva migratoria a partir de la gráfica contemporánea
Authors: Rojas Oliveros Marisol
Published: January 2023

El complejo y multifactorial proceso de la migración visto desde el arte gráfico, se configura como un medio que invita a la reflexión más allá de la contemplación. A partir del análisis de las obras de Martha Muñoz Aristizábal, la experiencia migratoria puede ser vista desde otra mirada, desde la ficción de la representación del espacio, el territorio, las fronteras, la huella y el rastro, por mencionar algunos. La reconfiguración del territorio migratorio, hace mirar a las naciones  fusionadas que se  difuminan y se reconfiguran como nuevos espacios en donde el referente que se tiene de los países del norte y del sur se desdibujan, dando pie a una nueva forma de organizar el mundo. Y es que, estos cambios también constituyen un acto político en cuanto que esta estética agita, mueve o desplaza literalmente las estructuras simbólicas, al dar nuevos sentidos a dolorosas historias de colonización, división o exclusión.
Las aguas y el mar. Meditaciones sobre su representación en el pensamiento mesoamericano
Authors: Battcock Clementina Lisi
Published: January 2023

La cosmovisión mesoamericana pensó en el mar como un espacio sagrado que se relacionaba de manera profunda con la composición del mundo en el que habitaban varios pueblos y culturas. Las aguas fueron figuradas como un importante elemento de representación de las limitantes del poder profano, ya que ellas marcaban la frontera —física y simbólica—más contundente de los grandes centros políticos, a la vez que ofrecían productos rituales muy valorados para denotar el estatus y el prestigio social de los grupos dirigentes. Por otra parte, entre ríos, lagos y océanos los grupos humanos se aprovisionaron de alimentos a través de la pesca, además de utilizar la lluvia y los manantiales para cultivar la tierra y utilizar importantes tecnologías hidráulicas de las que dependía el sostenimiento de las ciudades. En este artículo se analizan las interpretaciones sobre las aguas que se encuentran en diferentes documentos históricos vinculados al pasado mesoamericano, a la vez que se reflexionan argumentos sobre los nuevos horizontes de investigación respecto a la relación de las culturas prehispánicas con los cuerpos acuáticos, vinculando de manera cuidadosa dicha información con algunos datos etnográficos contemporáneos.os datos etnográficos contemporáneos.
El aire envenenado de la bella Tenochtitlan. Impresiones de servicios públicos en La Patria Ilustrada
Authors: Hernández Flores Fabiola
Published: January 2023

Este trabajo analiza la iconografía de servicios públicos de la Ciudad de México publicados en La Patria Ilustrada de 1883 a 1896. Dichas mejoras materiales caracterizaron la modernización porfirista de la capital. Con base en la historia urbana y la estética ambiental se plantea que el editor Ireneo Paz representó las cualidades sensoriales de calles, parques, transportes y pavimentos con un doble discurso. Las impresiones pintorescas de turistas y antepasados fungieron como propaganda de la urbanización capitalista. Mientras la estética negativa de lo sublime en las impresiones de la gente decente señaló la corrupción de los funcionarios públicos conocidos como “científicos”, los empresarios y la centralización de las municipalidades. La calidad del aire en ambos casos desencadenó juicios ambientales, morales, sociales y políticos sobre la modernización urbana.
Pandemi Sürecinde Ortaöğretim Öğrencilerinde Görülen Problem Davranışların Odak Grup Görüşmesi Yöntemiyle Değerlendirilmesi
Authors: NAZLI TUTAŞ Emine , KARAMAN Omer
Published: January 2023

Covid-19 salgın süreci insanların yaşamında birçok değişime ve belirsizliğe yol açmıştır. Bu değişimden ve belirsizliklerden etkilenen kurumlardan biri okullar olmuştur. Okulların belirli bir süre kapalı olması ve uzaktan eğitim süreci gibi durumlar çoğu öğrenci için uyum sağlamaya yönelik çabayı ortaya çıkarmıştır. Lise çağı yaşam dönemi olarak ergenlik yıllarına denk gelmektedir. Hem ergenlik döneminin özellikleri hem de pandemi süreci göz önünde bulundurularak bu çağdaki gençlerin farklı davranışlar sergileyebileceği düşünülebilir. Buna göre araştırmanın amacı pandemi sürecinin lise öğrencilerinin problem davranışları üzerindeki etkisinin değerlendirilmesidir. Bu doğrultuda araştırmada Sivas il merkezinde pandemi öncesi ve pandemi sürecinde devlet liselerde görev yapan 12 psikolojik danışman/rehber öğretmen ile odak grup görüşmesi yapılarak pandemi sürecinin okullarda görülen sorun davranışlara etkisi değerlendirilmiştir. Katılımcılardan ulaşılan veriler içerik analizi yönteminden yararlanılarak bulgulara dönüştürülmüştür. İçerik analizi sonucu altı ana tema belirlenmiştir. Bu temalar uyumda zorluk, okul reddi, saldırganlık, kontrolsüz sosyal medya ve teknoloji kullanımı, psikolojik sağlamlığın azalması ve problem davranışlarla başa çıkmada önerilerdir. Son olarak bulgular tartışılmış ve öneriler sunulmuştur.
The silver lining: preliminary research into gold-coloured varnishes for loss compensation in two 19th C silver gilded frames
Authors: Tobin Genevieve Mary
Published: January 2023

Golden varnishes appear on frames, furniture, wall hangings, leatherwork, panel paintings, mural paintings, and polychromy, and were applied to white metal gilding to imitate gold and other semi-precious materials. Despite the number of examples in cultural heritage there are few publications that discuss the ethical considerations of treating coloured silver gilded surfaces. The chromatic reintegration of gold-coloured varnishes on white metal gilding present specific material and technical challenges. In 2021 the Art Gallery of New South Wales (AGNSW) treated two identical late 19th century silver gilded frames for portraits by Joseph Backler from the Australian collection. In addition, a third portrait required the fabrication of a reproduction frame identical to the others. Conservation of the frames presented an opportunity for carrying out experiments into coloured coatings for loss compensation on silver gilding exploring applications for select conservation paints, dyes, and synthetic resins as substitutes for shellac. The results of experiments demonstrate that with the right application Liquitex Soluvar Gloss Varnish, Laropal A81 and Paraloid B72, present gloss levels and visual film forming properties comparable to shellac coatings when applied to burnished gilding. Additional tests with various dye colours illustrate that Orasol ® dye mixtures in colours Yellow 2GLN, Yellow 2RL, and Brown 2GL are reliable colour imitations for traditional gold-coloured varnishes. Although this research is preliminary, it may inform the selection and application of appropriate retouching materials for compensating losses to burnished silver leaf and golden varnishes in gilding conservation.
MOISTURE SENSITIVE EASEL PAINTINGS: A PRACTICAL APPLICATION OF FILLING AND TEXTURING OF LOSSES WITH AQUAZOL® BASED FILLER
Authors: Morales Martín Daniel , Della Festa Antonella Magali , Sánchez Ortiz Alicia
Published: January 2023

The filling of losses in easel paintings must provide the level and texture of the original pictorial layers. Synthetic poly-2-ethyl-2-oxazoline based stucco (Aquazol®) has been one of the latest additions with good results in the filling of paintings on canvas. The main objective of this research is to determine the properties of Aquazol® 200 based filler as a texturing filling with respect to its workability and its mechanical behaviour in relation to the structural stability of different textile substrates. To this end, two case studies have been used as a starting point, both of which share the need to find a stucco that does not add moisture to the canvas and that can reproduce the texture of the painting layer. In the experimental part, 18 mock-ups were made reproducing the pictorial surface of each work, as well as the restoration treatments of their supports. These were subjected to accelerated ageing to qualitatively analyse the stability of the filling before and after. After testing, it was found that Aquazol® 200 has excellent qualities for levelling and texturing gaps on moisture-sensitive substrates. The good ability to reproduce brush grooves, small impasti and smooth surfaces is noteworthy. On the other hand, a satisfactory result was not achieved on very pronounced impasto, requiring further study.
THE INFLUENCE OF FILLERS ON THE CHROMATIC REINTEGRATION PROCESS ON EASEL PAINTINGS: ANALYTICAL STUDY FOR SKIN COLOR.
Authors: XAVIER ALEXANDRE FERREIRA , Bailão Ana , Manso Marta
Published: January 2023

Mimetic chromatic reintegration in easel paintings is usually achieved by levelling the surface of losses (lacunae) with a white filler, followed by its retouching with an appropriate paint. This investigation aimed to understand how different formulations of fillers (colored fillers and white fillers covered with three kinds of paints: watercolor, gouache, and mastic resin) influence mimetic reintegration. Colorimetry, using a smartphone with a color measurement application, and Fiber Optics Reflectance Spectroscopy (FORS) measurements were made on 29 samples of fillers and on the surface of the pictorial layer of our case study - a painting by Veloso Salgado.The combined use of these techniques allowed us to choose the most similar material filler system. The pigmented fillers gave us the best results to perform a safer and faster chromatic reintegration procedure. This procedure appears to be suitable for contemporary art as which usually do not present a protective layer. Also, the use of pigmented fillers simplifies the color achievement.
A TECHNICAL STUDY OF RED PAINTS IN THE RETOUCHING LAYER OF SOME WET-COLLODION GLASS PLATE NEGATIVES OF GOLESTAN PALACE PHOTO ARCHIVE
Authors: Noohi Sahar , Hadian-Dehkordi Manijeh
Published: January 2023

This study presents a part of a research project on retouching wet Collodion and dry gelatine glass plate negatives from Golestan Palace photo archive in Tehran, Iran, dating from the mid-19th century. The collection belongs to Qajar era. This is a case study on the use of red paint in retouching wet collodion glass plate negatives and aims to help the understanding of retouching material and their application. Red paints in four retouched negatives, and also their binder, identified in this study by means of, micro Fourier transform infrared (µ-FTIR), scanning electron microscopy-energy dispersive spectroscopy (SEM-EDS) and stereo microscopy technique. Elemental analysis performed with (SEM-EDS) revealed the presence of Lead (Pb), and Iron (Fe) elements in the paint. Thus, red Iron & red Lead pigments were identified as the red paints. The results confirmed by micro Fourier transform infrared (µ-FTIR), and a natural resin (probably gum Arabic) is identified as the binder of all paints as well. Red Lead, is realized as a paint to cover the boundaries, create more brightness, and as a binder to adhere masking papers, to the intended areas. Red Iron, is also found as a paint to correct emulsion defects and, make a perfectly clear and clean sky or background. Apparently, all these choices have been made consciously. It is believed that this study will contribute much to better understanding of retouching materials and the need to preserve them.
Patients’ attitudes about physiotherapists and self-referral to physiotherapy in Croatia – a pilot cross-sectional study
Authors: Kelečić Iva Lončarić
Published: January 2023

Introduction

Research from developed European countries shows that self-referral to physiotherapy can provide adequate clinically and financially effective care for musculoskeletal disorders and is supported by most healthcare stakeholders. This pilot cross-sectional study aimed to investigate Croatian patients’ attitudes about physiotherapists and self-referral to physiotherapy and determine whether specific characteristics of the respondents' influence attitudes.

Methods

The study involved 125 subjects, outpatient physiotherapy patients. Sociodemographic and medical data were collected at the end of the physiotherapy cycle. At the same time, the respondents' filled out a survey questionnaire on attitudes about physiotherapists and self-referral to physiotherapy, which was created for this research.

Results

The respondents' attitudes show that physiotherapists possess and practice the necessary competencies in the health care of musculoskeletal disorders and that they are insufficiently represented in health care. The results implicate that physiotherapy is a patient-centred, effective and well-accepted health service. Self-referral to physiotherapy has potential socioeconomic implications for the individual and the health system. The results show (p < 0.05) that attitudes do not differ concerning gender, level of education or the number of previously attended cycles of physiotherapy. Still, increasing age decreases a positive attitude towards the effectiveness of physiotherapy and the professional autonomy of physiotherapists.

Conclusions

The attitudes of Croatian patients toward physiotherapists and the possibility of self-referral to physiotherapy are positive and negatively correlated only with the characteristic of the age.
Musculoskeletal diseases as the basis for disability certificates in Lublin (Poland) in 2006–2021
Authors: Nieradko-Iwanicka Barbara , Witkowska-Zimny Małgorzata , Iwanicki Janusz
Published: January 2023

Objectives

Musculoskeletal diseases are not a leading cause of death but one of the common causes of disability and therefore play an important role in the global burden of diseases producing financial costs, need for hospitalization, treatment, rehabilitation, and hiring numerous medical personnel and caregivers. Patients who obtain a moderate or severe disability certificate may more easily find a job, have shorter working hours, apply for reduced tax, parking cards, co-financing of rehabilitation or renovation of the bathroom in order to adapt it to their disability. The aim of the study was to investigate the characteristics of people obtaining a disability certificate due to diseases of the locomotor system in Lublin within the last 16 years.

Material and methods

The authors asked the Municipal Disability Adjudication Council in Lublin to provide data on the number of disability certificates issued in the years 2006–2021.

Results

In the years 2006–2021 the Municipal Disability Adjudication Council in Lublin issued 76,581 disability certificates. The most common was the moderate degree of disability (36,458 certificates). The most common reason for being diagnosed with disability was diseases of the locomotor system. In the years 2006–2013, 41% of people obtaining disability certificates because of bone and joint diseases were in the 41–50 age group. From 2014, people over 60 years predominated. Of these, 57% were women. The majority of them had a secondary education. As many as 74% were unemployed, while only 36% were employed.

Conclusions

Musculoskeletal diseases are a leading reason for issuing disability certificates in Lublin within the last 16 years. The certificates most often let patients obtain parking cards, facilitate the search for employment and enable them to apply for tax reductions.
Investigation of Things
Authors: Xiao Ouyang
Published: January 2023

There is a bifurcation between shenghuo meixue and everyday aesthetics.
The disparity is observed on critical reflection on everydayness, the recognition
of negative aesthetic qualities and experience, and the expectation of
defamiliarization. In the Neo-Confucian practice of gewu or investigating
things, one may find another Chinese inspiration for dealing with the
familiar, ordinary, and routine aesthetically. Gewu offers another possibility
of “experiencing the ordinary as ordinary”. It can lead to an aesthetical immersive
experience, characterized by a sensuous and intuitive recognition
of the appropriateness of everyday things dwelling in their contexts, as well
as a cosmic understanding of generative power of the universe that is both
profound and poetic. By contemplating aesthetic experience facilitated by
gewu, aesthetic experience is typically not individual per se, but collective in
the sense that many prima facie private and personal aesthetic experiences
are possible only because of the collective underneath.
Why We Love Our Phones
Authors: McCracken Janet
Published: January 2023

This essay reflects on using a cell phone, evoking broader claims about
our relationship to gadgets in general, arguing that despite (or rather in
addition to) people’s ubiquitous claims about their psychological dependence
on their cellphones for practical life, we love our phones for the
same reason we love most things: for their beauty and for our possession
of them. The chapter argues that function follows previous forms at least
as much as form follows function. It then considers the handheld quality
of handheld gadgets. Furthermore, we enjoy our phones partly because
of the enormous breadth of experience they pack into a tiny form. The
paper also considers the particular comforting experience we get from
fidgeting with our phones. We value our phones for their ability to etch
and record our personal interactions, and their allowing us to handily
carry our personhood for us.
Images and Reality
Authors: Carvalho John
Published: January 2023

Images cover our world and can be viewed as a threat to its everyday
reality. On inspection, images thicken that everyday reality or animate
events that pair bodies with the media where images are found. On another
interpretation, those events are viewed as scaffolds traced in media by
basic minds animating those bodies or as affordances that turn up in
media for embodied minds. As affordances, images prove to be resources
that, for good or ill, advance the forms of life embodied in minds. It is
up to those embodiments to form lives which pick up what is good in
affordances and cast aside what is not including the distractions images
often present. Education can help us form lives that more regularly turn
up the good that images afford us, but that education must be enacted in
lives also regularly disposed to enhance the reality where we find images.
Quantitative and Qualitative Analysis of AI and ML Projects on Github by the Firsttime Contributors
Authors: AR Vivek , P Karthikeyan
Published: January 2023

The terms "machine learning" (ML) and "artificial intelligence" (AI) are widely used today. AI is working with many algorithms that include ML also. However, novice users use these two phrases individually. Analyzing and Understanding the significance and role of First Time Contributors in AI and ML projects helps to improvise the projects' content and provides them an opportunity to take up new projects. This work is presented with quantitative and qualitative analysis of AI and ML projects on GitHub. There are three research questions (RQ) prepared to support the analysis. The analysis is made by considering many parameters such as programming languages, forked repositories and commits.
Data Management Issues and Study on Heterogeneous Data Storage in the Internet of Things
Authors: Selvi T.Kalai , Sasirakha S.
Published: January 2023

The Internet of Things is a networking standard that connects various hardware, including digital, physical, and virtual things that may communicate with one another and carry out user-requested tasks. Traditional database management methods cannot be used in this entity because of the variety, large volume and heterogeneous data generated by them. The rapid growth of heterogeneous data can only be managed by distributed and parallel computer systems and databases. When it comes to handling vast amount of diverse data, most relational databases have a variety of drawbacks because they were designed for a certain format. One of the most difficulties in data management is investigating such heterogeneous data. Consequently, IoT data management system design has to be considered with some distinct principles. These various guiding concepts enable the suggestion of various IoT data management system strategies. The solution should provide a unified format for the conversion of various heterogeneous data which are generated by the sensors. The integration of generated data is made simple by some middleware or architecture-oriented solutions. Other methods also offer effective storage of the unified data generated. This paper surveys the challenges of IoT Data management and provides a survey about the storage of heterogeneous data and the type of data used.
An Overview of Copy Move Forgery Detection Approaches
Authors: S Gayathri K , S Deepthi P
Published: January 2023

Images have greater expressive power than any other forms of documents. With the Internet, images are widespread in several applications. But the availability of efficient open-source online photo editing tools has made editing these images easy. The fake images look more appealing and original than the real image itself, which makes them indistinguishable and hence difficult to detect. The authenticity of digital images like medical reports, scan images, financial data, crime evidence, legal evidence, etc. is of high importance. Detecting the forgery of images is therefore a major research area. Image forgery is categorized as copy-move forgery, splicing, and retouching. In this work, a review of copy-move forgery is discussed along with the existing research on its detection and localization using both conventional and deep-learning mechanisms. The datasets used and challenges towards improving or developing novel algorithms are also presented.
Attack Detection Availing Feature Discretion using Random Forest Classifier
Authors: Dickson Anne , Thomas Ciza
Published: January 2023

The widespread use of the Internet has an adverse effect of being vulnerable to cyber attacks. Defensive mechanisms like firewalls and IDSs have evolved with a lot of research contributions happening in these areas. Machine learning techniques have been successfully used in these defense mechanisms especially IDSs. Although they are effective to some extent in identifying new patterns and variants of existing malicious patterns, many attacks are still left as undetected. The objective is to develop an algorithm for detecting malicious domains based on passive traffic measurements. In this paper, an anomaly-based intrusion detection system based on an ensemble based machine learning classifier called Random Forest with gradient boosting is deployed. NSL-KDD cup dataset is used for analysis and out of 41 features, 32 features were identified as significant using feature discretion. Our observations confirm the conjecture that both the feature selection and stochastic based genetic operators improves the accuracy and the effectiveness. The training time is shown to be reduced tremendously by 98.59% and accuracy improved to 98.75%.
Classification of Lungs Images for Detecting Nodules using Machine Learning
Authors: Hamdan Hussein , Alqasemi Umar
Published: January 2023

Lung nodules are tiny lumps of tissue that are common in the lungs. The nodule may be benign or malignant; malignant nodules are cancerous and can grow rapidly. For a long time, X-ray images of the chest have been utilized to diagnose lung cancer. We developed in this paper a computer aid diagnosis system (CAD) to atomically classify a set of lung x-ray images into normal and abnormal (with nodule and no-nodule) cases. We used 180 images in this work, the images are in full size no filtering or segmenting process were applied, 75 of them are for normal cases and the other 105 are for abnormal cases, at the same time 120 of the images have been used to train the classifier and 60 for testing. Our classifiers were fed with a variety of features, including LBP (local binary pattern) and statistical features. And a classifier was able to identify cases with nodule from cases without nodule with an accuracy (ACC) of 86.7%.
Neurological manifestations in pediatric patients with COVID-19: A case series
Authors: Zhumabekova Altynai , Dzhanuzakova Nurgul , Chynyeva Damirakhan , Mambetova Madina , Niyazalieva Mira , Vipin  , Vityala Yethindra , Tagaev Tugolbai
Published: January 2023

In this case series of two male and one female patient with an age range of 2-12 years, only one patient had a history of neurological disorder and underwent ventriculoperitoneal shunt for a medulloblastoma, which describes coronavirus disease-associated neurological manifestations in pediatric patients, among which seizures and sensory disturbances are noticeable. In order to describe the various clinical and neurological manifestations that appeared earlier or developed over the course of illness, a series of cases of pediatric patients with coronavirus disease was documented.
La recaudación de la responsabilidad civil derivada del delito de defraudación tributaria
Authors: Iglesias Capellas Joan
Published: January 2023

El presente trabajo tiene por objeto el estudio de las especialidades que respecto a la regulación del procedimiento de recaudación en vía de apremio representa el hecho de que la deuda cuyo pago se exige sea una indemnización en concepto de responsabilidad civil derivada de un delito contra la Hacienda Pública. A tal efecto, en primer lugar, examinaremos cada una de las actuaciones que se desarrollan en un procedimiento de recaudación de deudas tributarias, para valorar si pueden aplicarse a una deuda liquidada por un órgano judicial. Seguidamente, analizaremos la situación que se produce cuando respecto al responsable civil, junto a la vía de apremio iniciada por la Administración Tributaria para exigir el pago de la indemnización fijada en la sentencia condenatoria, se ha iniciado un procedimiento concursal ante la jurisdicción mercantil, y concluiremos nuestro trabajo estudiando las distintas vías de las que dispone el condenado al pago de una indemnización a favor de la Hacienda Pública para oponerse a la actuación ejecutiva tanto del órgano judicial como de los órganos de recaudación. Por último, y a modo de epílogo, no podemos dejar de comentar algunas de las consecuencias que la reciente entrada en vigor de la Ley Orgánica 5/2010, de 22 de junio, de reforma del Código Penal, puede significar respecto a la futura recaudación de la cuota tributaria defraudada por el autor de un delito contra la Hacienda Pública.
Las energías renovables, concretamente la eólica, y el Impuesto sobre Transmisiones Patrimoniales
Authors: Caamaño Anido Miguel A.
Published: January 2023

Existen razones sólidas sobre las cuales defender la idea de que la autorización administrativa en virtud de la cual se reconocen derechos de instalación de parques de aerogeneradores para la producción de energía eléctrica no está sujeta al ITP, y no lo está no solo en virtud de la inexistencia de concesión administrativa en sentido estricto, sino tampoco de atisbo alguno de actividad prestacional de servicios públicos –o equiparables– en la producción, o sea, generación de energía eólica.
Gestión por procesos. Una propuesta de implantación
Authors: Gancedo García Roberto
Published: January 2023

Los procesos constituyen un componente incuestionable de cualquier organización. Su identificación y control resultan esenciales para un eficaz (y eficiente) funcionamiento de la organización. Una vez definido lo que podamos entender por proceso, así como su relación con los elementos que lo componen y aquellos otros en los que se integra, señalaremos las clases de procesos y las herramientas a nuestra disposición para su análisis y diseño. El grueso del trabajo se centra en ofrecer una «hoja de ruta» que nos permite adquirir un conocimiento y control efectivo sobre los procesos en nuestra organización. La secuencia se inicia con la selección de procesos clave, en cuanto incidan sobre nuestros clientes e impliquen objetivos de la organización. A continuación se desarrolla la crucial actividad de planificación del proceso, en esencia, la fijación de sus objetivos y delimitación (composición), el establecimiento de las relaciones cliente-proveedor y el flujo del proceso. Igualmente la medición, que implica la generación de indicadores de funcionamiento del proceso diseñado hasta el momento y el establecimiento de sus márgenes de control. El análisis de sus resultados puede conllevar un diseño/rediseño de aquel. Finalmente, el encaje de tal diseño en la estructura organizacional se logra mediante las fases de transferencia y su desarrollo mediante la gestión operativa.
Procedimiento de puesta en equivalencia (X)
Authors: Dorado Guerrero Francisco Javier , Del Busto Méndez Juan
Published: January 2023

El objetivo de este trabajo es el aprendizaje de las fases posteriores del método de participaciones puestas en equivalencia, así como el tratamiento de las modificaciones en la participación y la inversión, operaciones internas, deterioro y pérdida de la condición de sociedad asociada o multigrupo, en su caso.
En un primer momento, se analizará el tratamiento del incremento del patrimonio neto de la sociedad puesta en equivalencia, donde se observa que los diferentes ajustes van dirigidos a valorar la participación puesta en equivalencia por el valor inicial adoptado más el incremento del patrimonio neto en los años sucesivos.
En un segundo momento, se estudia el tratamiento de las operaciones internas, yendo más allá de la normativa al distinguir entre operaciones ascendentes y descendentes. El objetivo último de esta fase es ajustar el margen o resultado de las operaciones internas por el porcentaje de participación.
En el tercer punto, se tratará la modificación en las participaciones, haciendo especial hincapié en las diferentes tipologías existentes. Se podría discernir entre dos grandes grupos: modificación del porcentaje de participación e inversión, y el resto.
A continuación, al tratarse la participación puesta en equivalencia de una inversión financiera y, por ende, de un activo, está sujeta al deterioro, aspecto tratado en este trabajo.
Por último, se establecen diferentes casos en los que acaece la pérdida de condición de sociedad asociada o multigrupo, en su caso. Cabría recalcar la indiferencia en el tratamiento de la obtención del control de una sociedad sobre la que previamente se ejercía influencia significativa o en la que no hubiera influencia significativa previa. Por otro lado, es reseñable el traspaso de participación puesta en equivalencia a activo financiero disponible para la venta, dado que a efectos de consolidaciones posteriores se deberían tener en cuenta los ajustes que se hubieran realizado previamente, durante la fase en la que se consideraba esa participación como puesta en equivalencia.
Segundo ejercicio de las pruebas selectivas para el ingreso en el Cuerpo Superior de la Administración Económico-Financiera de la Administración de la Comunidad de Castilla y León (I)
Authors: Cabezas Pascual Carlos F.
Published: January 2023

Caso 1. Matemática financiera. Renta perpetua variable en progresión geométrica, empréstito comercial, préstamo alemán.
Caso 2. Diversas operaciones de arrendamiento. Lease-back, arrendamiento de nave industrial, contrato de renting, alquiler de maquinaria.
Caso 3. Contabilidad financiera y de sociedades. Constitución de sociedad, subvenciones de capital, moneda extranjera, ventas con descuentos por pronto pago, dividendos pasivos y accionistas morosos, impuesto sobre el beneficio, ampliación de capital, distribución del beneficio, dividendo a cuenta, error en la cuota de amortización, estado de cambios en el patrimonio neto.
Cambios en participaciones en entidades multigrupo. Pérdida de control conjunto (XII)
Authors: Toribio Temprado José Alberto
Published: January 2023

Aunque los porcentajes de participación en sociedades multigrupo tienden a permanecer estables a lo largo del tiempo, las normas locales no suministran a entidades y usuarios un conjunto completo y sistemáticamente sólido de reglas sobre la materia. Este artículo analiza esta cuestión y las diferencias con las NIIF aplicables, bajo la suposición de que el partícipe contabiliza sus intereses en la sociedad multigrupo de acuerdo con el método de integración proporcional y señalando diferentes incoherencias de las normas españolas sobre consolidación, que están integradas por una combinación de principios tomados de las normas internacionales y con otros extraídos de la normativa derogada. El trabajo pasa luego a explicar y tratar las breves reglas contables aplicables a la terminación de la relación de control conjunto.
El resultado global en España. Efectos del tamaño y del sector
Authors: Arimany Serrat Núria , Moya Gutiérrez Soledad , Rodríguez-Pérez Gonzalo
Published: January 2023

En este trabajo hallamos diferencias entre el resultado neto y el global (total de ingresos y gastos reconocidos) para el 84 por 100 de los grupos cotizados en España en 2008. En la mayoría de empresas en que los resultados difieren, el resultado global es inferior al neto. Por otro lado, a mayor tamaño más diferentes son ambos resultados, y estas divergencias afectan en mayor medida a empresas de determinados sectores. También las empresas de mayor tamaño utilizan en mayor medida que las de menor tamaño los diferentes componentes de ingresos y gastos reconocidos directamente en el patrimonio. Respecto a estas partidas, los resultados por diferencias de conversión (que en algunos casos afectan de forma positiva y en otros negativamente al resultado) y por coberturas de flujos de efectivo (casi siempre con efecto negativo) son las partidas que más explican las diferencias entre los dos resultados.
La regularización de la defraudación tributaria constitutiva de delito contra la Hacienda Pública
Authors: Iglesias Capellas Joan
Published: January 2023

Este trabajo ha obtenido el 1.er Premio Estudios Financieros 2011 en la modalidad de Tributación.
El propósito de este trabajo es analizar, desde una perspectiva fundamentalmente procesal, los distintos efectos jurídicos que se producen como consecuencia de la regularización de una defraudación tributaria que, por la cuantía de la cuota defraudada, puede ser constitutiva de un delito contra la Hacienda Pública. Para ello, en primer lugar, examinaremos el tratamiento tributario y penal de la actuación consistente en presentar una autoliquidación extemporánea de la que resulta una cuota tributaria a ingresar por importe superior a 120.000 euros. En segundo lugar, trataremos de diferenciar las consecuencias jurídicas de la regularización sobre la responsabilidad penal del autor de la defraudación tributaria según el momento en que se realiza. Finalmente, concluiremos el trabajo estudiando la incidencia de una regularización no eximente de responsabilidad penal sobre el contenido de la sentencia condenatoria, tanto en lo que se refiere a la determinación de la pena como de la posible responsabilidad civil derivada de un delito contra la Hacienda Pública.