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Exploring the Contemporary Challenges of Urbanization and the Role of Sustainable Urban Development: A Study of Lagos City, Nigeria
Authors: Auwalu Faisal Koko , Bello Muhammed
Published: October 2023

As urbanization accelerates, sustainable approaches are necessary to counter the adverse environmental impacts. The study investigates the multifaceted challenges of Lagos City due to urbanization and evaluates the effectiveness of sustainable urban development in tackling these problems. It employed a mixed-methods approach to provide informed decisions for liveable urban environments. Census data, satellite imagery, interviews, surveys, and focus group discussions provided a comprehensive understanding of Lagos’s urbanization and its effects. Findings reveal pressing problems such as housing shortages, infrastructure strain, traffic congestion, waste management difficulties, and socio-economic disparities in Lagos City. Local authorities and NGOs have implemented sustainable urban development initiatives, including transport upgrades, green space promotion, waste management, and housing solutions. Such case studies have revealed various interventions, such as informal settlement transformation, renewable energy integration, and urban regeneration. However, persistent issues still exist due to the city’s urbanization. Therefore, Integrated urban planning, inclusivity in policy-making, and technological advances are essential for tackling these challenges. The findings contribute to the academic discourse by providing insights into Lagos City’s urbanization and practical implications for sustainable urban development. It also highlights the need for comprehensive strategies to build a prosperous, equitable, and eco-friendly city.
Beneath the City: Unearthing Naples' Archaeological Underground for New Urban Continuity
Authors: Barone Chiara
Published: October 2023

This study explores the potential of connecting the visible cityscape with concealed subterranean spaces, aiming to reshape urban continuity. It departs from the traditional perception of underground areas as purely technical domains, seeking fresh perspectives on inhabiting these concealed environments. Using three Naples locations as case studies, we develop a methodology applicable to similar urban contexts, emphasizing the archaeological underground's ability to trigger socio-economic transformations. Accordingly, it advocates for deliberate design interventions to reintegrate the archaeological underground into contemporary urban dynamics, offering strategies to redefine the relationship between city dwellers and their urban environment. Through case studies and visual representations, the study presents design solutions that enhance the use of subterranean spaces, fostering accessibility, community engagement, and cultural preservation. These initiatives promote enduring economic sustainability, potentially benefiting other cities facing similar challenges, and creating a harmonious connection between archaeological underground layers and the modern urban fabric. In summary, this research underscores the vast potential of subterranean spaces for future urban development, requiring innovative methodologies and technological integration to shape a unified and adaptable cityscape.
Technical Land-Sea Spaces: Impacts of the Port Clusterization Phenomenon on Coasts, Cities and Architectures
Authors: Moretti Beatrice
Published: October 2023

Land-sea interactions, extending inland and towards the marine spaces, are affected by major management and design transformations. Globalization processes, port expansion projects and extensive energy transition requests have recently led port institutions to demand more land, engaging deeply with logistics platforms and radically restructuring forms of port governance. In this competitive context, the phenomenon of Port Clusterisation, i.e. the administrative aggregation whereby two or more ports are merged to form port clusters, is heavily impacting the institutional sphere. However, not only does this phenomenon have no control over cities, but its spatial component seems to be neglected by the disciplines of space, such as urbanism and architecture. As a result, port and city institutions lack design tools to tackle urgent challenges as coastal utilization, the need for resilient port-city infrastructures and the regeneration of the port-city architectural heritage.  In terms of novelty and contribution to academia, an examination of the spatial footprint of port clusters will allow research to move beyond its state-of-the-art by targeting a phenomenon that, though pivotal, is under-researched, especially within the spatial disciplines.
Cellular Automaton-Based Emulation of the Mersenne Twiste
Authors: Bhattacharjee Kamalika , More Nitin , Singh Shobhit Kumar , Verma Nikhil ,   Department of Computer Science and Engineering National Institute of Technology Tiruchirappalli, Tamilnadu – 620015, India
Published: October 2023

The Mersenne Twister (MT) (MT19937), developed 30 years ago, is the de facto pseudorandom number generator (PRNG) used in many computer programs. This paper proposes a candidate that offers a randomness quality that is better than MT19937 and its sisters SFMT19937 and TinyMT. A special three-neighborhood, two-state cellular automaton (CA), called CA (150′) is the underlying model of this PRNG. The same working style of MT19937 is used, while avoiding the problems of the MT, like a large state space and the zero-access initial state problem. Nonlinearity is added in the base simple linear CA such that the properties of the base CA are not violated. Finally, a PRNG is developed using this CA that beats MT19937 as well as its advanced versions over the standard empirical platforms Dieharder, TestU01 and NIST.
Cálculo de la rentabilidad de inmuebles residenciales en proyectos urbanos financiados por valorización. Estudio de caso: proyecto de la Longitudinal Occidental, Medellín, Antioquia
Authors: Moreno Soto Guillermo León , Bedoya González Camila Andrea
Published: October 2023

El presente artículo de investigación tiene como objetivo estimar la rentabilidad que puede generar el desarrollo de proyectos urbanos en los inmuebles residenciales ubicados en el área de estudio o influencia, los cuales serán sujetos a la Contribución de Valorización, según lo establecido en el acuerdo 058 de 2008. Se toma como estudio de caso el proyecto de la Longitudinal Occidental, que abarca 8 comunas, que incluyen 85 barrios/veredas y 209.702 matrículas residenciales. La investigación se basó en una revisión bibliográfica, recolección de información primaria, recorrido territorial, análisis normativo y la adopción de diversas metodologías para el cálculo de la rentabilidad. Se presentan los principales resultados en términos de rentabilidad en porcentaje y en pesos, incluyendo: 1) rentabilidad por alquiler; 2) rentabilidad por valor de oferta de venta; y 3) Retorno sobre la Inversión (ROI). Además, se analizan aspectos territoriales y se realiza un análisis cualitativo, territorial y contextual que relaciona los resultados de la rentabilidad con la posición que ha tomado la ciudad de Medellín en las últimas dos décadas a nivel internacional. La ciudad se ha vuelto atractiva para el turismo, como centro de negocios y como un lugar que ofrece calidad de vida y bienestar a sus habitantes y visitantes. Esto ha impactado en el valor de los inmuebles como bienes comerciables, presentando una relación entre corporaciones financieras y propietarios respaldados en activos transables en los mercados financieros globales. Esta dinámica es más notable en ciudades principales y ubicadas globalmente. Además, se proporcionará una descripción detallada de la metodología con el objetivo de democratizar el acceso a la misma.
Las ciencias sociales en la contabilidad. Aproximaciones epistemológicas desde el pensamiento complejo
Authors: Rodelo Sehuanes Mario Alberto , Pérez Torres Wilber Enrique
Published: October 2023

Este artículo presenta una serie de debates epistemológicos que colocan de manifiesto la necesidad de re-pensar en un nuevo paradigma, sobre las formas de investigar y educar en el área de la contabilidad, percibiendo a ésta como una disciplina social, científica y académica. Por consiguiente, este documento tiene como objetivo explicar la incidencia de las ciencias sociales en la estructura teórica y metódica de la contabilidad, manteniendo como eje transversal, el pensamiento complejo. En términos metodológicos, la investigación es de tipo cualitativa, con horizonte de comprensión crítica, por su propensión de brindar respuestas ante las carencias de la corriente positivista ante entornos complejos. Se realizaron encuestas semiestructuras a académicos de la profesión contable, con el fin de recolectar elementos claves desde su experiencia como docentes y académicos, así como también, se realizó una revisión documental sobre el tema de estudio. Lo cual permite que se evaluen los principales soportes de esta tendencia bajo una perspectiva crítica. Como resultado, se precisa la existencia de contribuciones teóricas posibles, que, a partir de la heterodoxia, pueden ser un elemento innovador y alternativo para la formación del profesional contable de manera integral. Generando en el dicho profesional, la capacidad de pensar en clave compleja y de manera holística, para poder afrontar la realidad como un ente con elementos interrelacionados.
Comparación de algoritmos de Deep Learning para pronósticos en los precios de criptomonedas
Authors: Jiménez Gómez Luis Miguel , Lambis-Alandete Erick , Velásquez-Henao Juan D.
Published: October 2023

Debido al alto atractivo de las criptomonedas, los inversionistas y los investigadores han prestado mayor atención en la previsión de los precios de las criptomonedas. Con el desarrollo metodológico del Deep Learning, la previsión de las criptomonedas ha tenido mayor importancia en los últimos años. En este artículo, se evalúan cuatro modelos de Deep Learning: RNN, LSTM, GRU y CNN-LSTM con el objetivo de evaluar el desempeño en el pronóstico del precio de cierre diario de las dos criptomonedas más importantes: Bitcoin y Ethereum. Se utilizaron métricas de análisis de desempeño como MAE, RMSE, MSE y MAPE y como métrica de ajuste, el R2. Cada modelo de Deep Learning fue optimizado a partir de un conjunto de hiperparámetros y para diferentes ventanas de tiempo. Los resultados experimentales mostraron que el algoritmo RNN tuve un rendimiento superior en la predicción del precio de Bitcoin y el algoritmo LSTM en el precio de Ethereum. Incluso, ambos métodos presentaron mejor desempeño con dos modelos de la literatura evaluados. Finalmente, la confiabilidad del pronóstico de cada modelo se evaluó analizando la autocorrelación de los errores y se encontró que los dos modelos más eficientes tienen alto poder de generalización.
DETERMINAÇÃO DO RENDIMENTO, TEOR E COMPOSIÇÃO QUÍMICA DE ÓLEO ESSENCIAL DE ESPÉCIE MEDICINAL ALOYSIA GRATÍSSIMA (GILLIES & HOOK.) TRONC. EM DIFERENTES HORÁRIOS DO DIA
Authors: Paulus Dalva , Becker Dislaine , Ramos Celso Eduardo Pereira
Published: October 2023

A Aloysia gratíssima, popularmente conhecida como alfazema-do-brasil é uma importante planta medicinal, sendo o óleo essencial rico em terpenos. Determinar o horário de colheita que resulte em maior rendimento, teor de óleo essencial e compostos químicos, são informações importantes para toda cadeia produtiva de plantas medicinais. Neste sentido, o objetivo do trabalho foi analisar o rendimento, teor e composição química do óleo essencial de A. gratíssima, em diferentes horários de colheita. O experimento foi realizado na Universidade Tecnológica Federal do Paraná - Campus Dois Vizinhos, nos anos de 2018 e 2019. Os tratamentos foram diferentes horários de colheita (9:00, 11:00, 15:00 e 17:00 horas) de massa fresca de A. gratíssima.  O óleo essencial foi obtido pelo método de hidrodestilação e a composição química determinada por cromatografia gasosa-espectrometria de massa.  Os melhores resultados de teor (1,18 e 0,55%) e rendimento de óleo essencial (0,71 e 0,33 g planta-1) foram obtidos nos horários de colheita das 9:00 e 11:00 horas, respectivamente, quando as plantas estavam no estádio de floração, e também as condições climáticas favoráveis, como temperaturas amenas.  A cromatografia gasosa-espectrometria de massa revelou que os principais componentes dos óleos essenciais foram classificados como terpenos. Eucaliptol (39,30%) foi o componente majoritário do óleo essencial no horário de colheita das 9:00 horas. Os resultados desse estudo podem contribuir para otimizar o período de colheita de A. gratíssima, quanto à quantidade e qualidade dos óleos essenciais para indústria de produtos farmacêuticos e cosméticos.
OPTIMIZATION OF THE GLOW DISCHARGE CONTROL PROCESS AS A HEAT SOURCE WHILE DIFFUSION WELDING
Authors:   Chernihiv Polytechnic National University, Bolotov Gennady , Bolotov Maksym ,   Chernihiv Polytechnic National University, Oleksienko Serhii ,   Chernihiv Polytechnic National University, Rudenko Mykhailo ,   Chernihiv Polytechnic National University
Published: October 2023

Nowadays the diffusion welding is the most effective method to obtain undetuchable joints, which is carried out in the solid phase without melting the metals that are welded due to thermomechanical influence. A large nomenclature of types of products performed by diffusion welding presents a set of requirements for diffusion welding heating sources, mainly related to their versatility and specialization in order to obtain the greatest technical and economic effect from its use. The experience of industrial application of diffusion welding shows that of the currently used energy sources (induction, radiation, electric contact, etc.), the heating of products with a glow discharge meets the specified requirements most fully, which allows to regulate the intensity of heating and the distribution of thermal energy in the heating zone within wide limits.However, the wide industrial application of glow discharge is limited by a number of factors, mainly caused by the lack of understanding of the specifics of heating by this source and management of its main parameters during the welding process.The latter leads to an increase in the level of defectiveness of welded joints due to the human factor, since the operator of the diffusion welding installation in the glow discharge has to work in the conditions of a multifactorial process where it is necessary to control a significant number of technological parameters.By applying mathematical methods of statistical analysis, the main parameters of the regime, which are most closely related to the temperature of the cathode of the glow discharge in the welding process, are determined in the work. It was determined that the greatest controlling influence on the heating temperature in the glow discharge field is the discharge current (Iр), which determines the total power released in the discharge interval, and the gas pressure (P), which changes the specific energy characteristics of the discharge.On the basis of the conducted research, we have developed technical means of controlling these parameters during diffusion welding, which provide regulation of the discharge current within 1...10 A and the gas pressure in the discharge chamber from 1.33 to 13.3 kPa.
ASSESSMENT OF THE APPLICATION OF THE POSSIBILITY OF COMPLEX PROCESSING OF ASH AND SLAG WASTE AT COAL ENTERPRISES
Authors:   Omsk State Technical University, Omsk, Russia, Nor P. E. , Sviridov A. S. ,   Omsk State Technical University, Omsk, Russia
Published: October 2023

Currently, a huge amount of ash and slag waste is placed in the ash dumps of energy complex enterprises. This entails the alienation of large areas of land, leads to the emergence of dust storms of ash. Particles of such dust cause various lung diseases in the population of the city, as well as harm the environment. Now there is an urgent issue of processing the accumulated volume of ash and slag and high-quality processing of the newly formed waste. This paper considers the complex processing of ash and slag waste, in large-tonnage volume, with the introduction of the recovery process. The work carried out an integral assessment of processing using such a complex of ash and slag waste placed in the ash dumps of Omsk thermal power plants. With the application of this approach, a decrease in the volume of waste water is predicted, the complete exclusion of the placement of such waste in the ash dump, the emergence of the recovery process at energy enterprises, new products for the industrial complexes of the country, and as a result, an increase in the quality of life of the population of the region.
THE SMART POWER METERING SYSTEMS SOLUTIONS FOR 0.4KV CUSTOMERS BY «MIR», INC
Authors:   Omsk State Technical University, Omsk, Russia, Bubnov A. V. , Dainovich A. M. ,   Mir, Inc, Omsk, Russia
Published: October 2023

This article is about basic models of smart metering power systems for 0,4 kV consumers. The authors analyzed Federal Law’s № 522-FL influence on power metering systems structure and paid attention on main problems in system developing. There are typical solutions for smart metering systems for 0,4 kV consumers made by «Mir» Inc, based on three-level and two-level architecture. The authors identified benefits of twolevel smart power metering architecture. They presented the implementation results of pilot project based on GSM-gateway power meter in PAO «Rosseti».
INFLUENCE OF GEOMETRIC CHARACTERISTICS OF WIRE SPIRAL INSERTS ON THE HEAT TRANSFER COEFFICIENT OF COMBUSTION PRODUCTS IN BOILER FIRE TUBES
Authors:   Omsk State Technical University, Omsk, Russia, Vdovina E. A. , Batrakov P. A. ,   Omsk State Technical University, Omsk, Russia, Vdovin O. V. ,   Omsk State Technical University, Omsk, Russia
Published: October 2023

The article considers the influence of the geometric characteristics of a wire spiral turbulator on the heat transfer coefficient of combustion products. The design and operation principle of a fire-tube boiler are described. A technique for thermal calculation of a fire-tube boiler and a model for calculating the heat transfer coefficient when using a turbulator are presented. A computational experiment has been carried out and a comparative analysis of the change in the heat transfer coefficient of combustion products depending on various geometric characteristics of a wire spiral turbulator has been carried out. The maximum increase in the heat transfer coefficient by 58 % was recorded with an increase in the angle of inclination of the turns of the turbulator from 30° to 80°
GENETIC ALGORITHM FOR PARAMETER ESTIMATION OF INDUCTION MOTOR WITH SHORT-CIRCUITED ROTOR BASED ON INSTANTANEOUS TOTAL POWER BALANCE
Authors:   Gazprom transgaz Tomsk LLC, Tomsk, Russia, Rakov I. V.
Published: October 2023

Currently, four methods are mainly used to evaluate the parameters of an asynchronous motor with a short-circuited rotor(AD with a short-circuited rotor): according to catalog data, according to test results, preliminary parameter estimation and dynamic identification. Each of the above methods has its advantages and disadvantages, however, the only method that allows you to evaluate the parameters of the AD model with a short-circuited rotor without stopping the process is the method of dynamic parameter identification. The advantages of the method of dynamic identification of parameters of the asynchronous motor replacement circuit (AD), in addition to the absence of the need to stop the technological process, include the ability to evaluate the parameters of the AD model taking into account its dynamically changing temperature state. In turn, the disadvantage of this method of parameter estimation is the need to build a complex identification procedure, which requires taking into account many factors and does not have a generally recognized mathematical description. In connection with the identified problems, it can be argued that expanding the arsenal of tools that allow determining blood pressure parameters without stopping the technological process is an urgent and timely task
A Study of Glucose-6-Phosphate Dehydrogenase Deficiency among Children attending the Emergency Hospital in Zakho City Kurdistan Region, Iraq
Authors: Armishty Farhad S.
Published: October 2023

Background: G6PD deficiency, which affects 400 million individuals globally, is an X-linked hereditary enzymopathy that causes acute hemolysis after exposure to specific oxidative agents such as fava beans, more than 37 drugs, and infections viral or bacterial. Neonatal jaundice worsened by kernicterus is one of the condition's significant consequences. It can be prevented by avoiding the oxidative factors that cause a hemolytic episode alongside neonatal screening programs for early detection of afflicted individuals.
Objectives: This research aimed at investigating the variability in clinical and biochemical manifestations among children with G6PDD. This is the first study to be carried out in the Zakho area.
Methods: A cross-sectional study was used, recruiting 112 children attending Zakho Emergency Hospital from January 2022 to April 2023. Laboratory aids involved in obtaining CBC, liver enzyme activities, and blood grouping were all investigated. The IBM SPSS 26 program was used to analyze the obtained data.
Results: There was no statistically significant difference between male and female patients in terms of age, time of admission, hemoglobin level, WBC count, and liver enzymes. The majority of cases who visited Zakho Emergency Hospital within 72 hours of exposure to the triggering agent were males (67.9%), with the most common clinical features being jaundice, dark urine, and abdominal pain.
Conclusion: In this study, the three main symptoms in G6PD deficient patients with acute hemolysis were pallor, jaundice, and black urine. These signs appeared several hours or even days after consuming fava beans. The primary clinical symptoms and the patient's gender, family history, or prior newborn jaundice were not related, according to our research.
Exploring stress levels and physical activity patterns: A comparative analysis of blended and conventional learning methods
Authors: Yuliawan Ely , Suhartini Sugih , Yanto Anggel Hardi , Kuntaro Eko , Sofyan
Published: October 2023

Changes in learning methods cause a crucial decrease in physical education needs and time of involvement in physical activity, which can affect individual stress levels. The objective of this study was to find out the comparison of physical activity patterns and stress levels between blended versus conventional learning methods. This study used quasi-experimental with a posttest-only approach with a control group design. The total subjects were 160 sports students from Universitas Jambi, who were divided into two groups (Experiment and Control) with average age of 21.69 ± 1.33 years, weight of 55.74 ± 6.48 kg, height of 170.10 ± 5.51 cm, and BMI of 21.06 ± 2.77 kg/m2. The results showed that the blended learning group had a lower level of physical activity when compared to their respective conventional groups. Furthermore, the stress level in the blended learning group had a moderate stress while the conventional group had a low-stress. Thus, the research findings have answered the question that physical activity can affect an individual’s stress level, and conventional learning methods are still the best method compared to blended learning methods. This finding can be used as a reference, especially for educators, both lecturers and teachers in schools, to be able to take a spiritual approach and invite students to do activities they like, such as exercise and recreation, to trigger a sense of enthusiasm in students to continue to improve their fitness degree. Therefore, this will have an impact on mental health, which can affect student stress levels much lower.
Chamber Instrumental Ensemble with Piano in the Work of Chinese Composers in the 1930–1970s: an Analytical Survey
Authors: Xiaoxue Liang
Published: October 2023

Chinese composers have been creating works for chamber instrumental ensemble involving piano since the early 1930s. To date, they have already formed a layer of national music, its depth and richness being hardly realised not only in the West, but even in the PRC. Despite the existence of a number of studies discussing individual works, no analysis has considered the entire course of the genre’s development so far. The paper traces the history of chamber instrumental ensemble with piano in the work of Chinese composers from the origins to the period of “Reforms and Openness”.
AIMNet2: A Neural Network Potential to Meet your Neutral, Charged, Organic, and Elemental-Organic Needs
Authors: Anstine Dylan , Zubatyuk Roman , Isayev Olexandr
Published: October 2023

Machine learned interatomic potentials (MLIPs) are reshaping computational chemistry practices because of their ability to drastically exceed the accuracy-length/time scale tradeoff. Despite this attraction, the benefits of such efficiency are only impactful when an MLIP uniquely enables insight into a target system or is broadly transferable outside of the training dataset, where models achieving the latter are seldom reported. In this work, we present the 2nd generation of our atoms-in-molecules neural network potential (AIMNet2), which is applicable to species composed of up to 14 chemical elements in both neutral and charged states, making it a valuable model for modeling the majority of non-metallic compounds. Using an exhaustive dataset of 20 million hybrid quantum chemical calculations, AIMNet2 combines ML-parameterized short-range and physics-based long-range terms to attain generalizability that reaches from simple organics to diverse molecules with “exotic” element-organic bonding. We show that AIMNet2 outperforms semi-empirical GFN-xTB and is on par with reference density functional theory for interaction energy contributions, conformer search tasks, torsion rotation profiles, and molecular-to-macromolecular geometry optimization. Overall, the demonstrated chemical coverage and computational efficiency of AIMNet2 is a significant step toward providing access to MLIPs that avoid the crucial limitation of curating additional quantum chemical data and retraining with each new application.
Stochastic electrochemical measurement of biofouling layer on gold
Authors: Jamali Sina S. , Somerville Samuel V. , Gooding Justin J.
Published: October 2023

Adsorption of a biofouling layer on the surface of biosensors decreases the electrochemical activity and hence shortens the service life of biosensors, particularly implantable and wearable biosensors. Real time quantification of the loss of activity is important for in situ assessment of performance while presenting an opportunity to compensate for the loss of activity and recalibrate the sensor to extend the service life. Here we introduce an electrochemical noise measurement technique as a tool for quantification of the formation of a biofouling layer on the surface of gold. The technique uniquely affords thermodynamic and kinetic information without applying an external bias (potential and/or current) hence allowing the system to be appraised in its innate state. The technique relies on the analysis of non-Faradaic current and potential fluctuations that are intrinsically generated by the interaction of charged species at the electrode surface, i.e. gold. An analytical model is extended to explain the significance of parameters drawn from the statistical analysis of the noise signal. This concept is then examined in buffered media in the presence of albumin, a common protein in blood and a known source of fouling layer in biological systems. Results indicate that the statistical analysis of the noise signal can quantify the loss of electrochemical activity which is also corroborated by impedance spectroscopy as complementary technique.
Systematic Evolution of High-affinity ssDNA Sequence to Carbon Nanotube
Authors: Lee Dakyeon , Lee Jaekang , Kim Woojin , Suh Yeongjoo , Park Jiwoo , Kim Sungjee , Kim YongJoo , Kwon Sunyoung , Jeong Sanghwa
Published: October 2023

Single-walled carbon nanotubes (SWCNTs) have gained significant interest for their potential in biomedicine and nanoelectronics; particularly, the functionalization of SWCNTs with single-stranded DNA (ssDNA) enables precise control of SWCNT alignment and the development of optical and electronic biosensors. Our study addresses gaps in understanding by employing high-throughput systematic evolution, enriching high-affinity ssDNA sequences from a vast random library. We identify specific base compositions and patterns that govern the binding affinity between ssDNA and SWCNTs. Molecular dynamics simulation validates the stable ssDNA conformation on SWCNT and reveal the pivotal role of hydrogen bonds in this interaction. Additionally, we demonstrate machine learning's capacity to accurately distinguish high-affinity ssDNA sequences, providing an accessible model on a dedicated webpage (http://service.k-medai.com/ssdna4cnt). These findings open new avenues for high-affinity ssDNA-SWCNT constructs for enduring and sensitive molecular detection across diverse scientific disciplines.
A hedgehog from Luxembourg: the story of a specimen as evidence of migrations of museum collections between Kharkiv and Kyiv in the 1930s
Authors: Zagorodniuk I.
Published: October 2023

The history of the formation and migration of natural history collections in Ukraine in the first half of the 20th century is considered on the example of a unique specimen – a hedgehog with the label "Luxembourg" collected in 1932, and on the label is written "Museum named after Artem". The study showed that the specimen represents the species Erinaceus roumanicus, collected by the Kharkiv botanist E. Lavrynenko and the zoologist Panchenko, who worked in the south of Ukraine. Information about this specimen was found in one of the old inventory journals (circa 1935) of the Zoological Museum of the Ukrainian Academy of Sciences, which is now part of the NMNH of Ukraine. The full reconstructed label information is as follows: "Zaporizhzhia Oblast, Polohy Rayon, Azov railway station near the village Luxembourg Ukrainian, 23/05/1932". This locality is situated 15 km away from the Kamyani Mohyly Reserve, which was most likely the destination of the researchers. According to the author’s reconstruction, the specimen was collected at a railway junction (RS Azov is known as "376 km Junction"), that is, at the place of long train stops in anticipation of passing the oncoming traffic, which was likely to have been the practice of the researchers at that time. The label "Museum named after Artem" should be identified as that belonging to the Kharkiv museum named after Artem (there were museums of the same name in Bakhmut and only since 1950 in Luhansk). An analysis of the movements of scientists, the most important of which took place in 1934–1936 in connection with the transfer of the capital of Ukraine from Kharkiv to Kyiv and the reorganization of a number of institutions, shows that this particular and many other collection specimens were transported to academic institutions in Kyiv. The collectors of this specimen are also the authors of mammal specimens from the Kherson (1928) and Kharkiv regions (1932, 1934); in 1934, Lavrenko moved to Kyiv, but there he was known only as a botanist. The analysis of the old inventory books of the NMNH collections and the history of movements of zoologists-collectors shows that the studied specimen, together with hundreds of others, was part of the working collection of O. Mygulin and was transported by him from Kharkiv to Kyiv when he began to work in “Zagotkhutro” in Zavorychy and as a doctoral student at the Zoological Museum of VUAN. Later, this specimen, like hundreds of others, was transferred to the osteological collection of the Department of Palaeozoology of ZooBIN (which was reorganized into the Institute of Zoology in 1939), and finally ended up in the Department of Palaeontology of the NMNH. During 90 years of forced "migration", the specimen changed at least four locations of storage and at least six nominal institutions (two in Kharkiv and four in Kyiv).
Gender topics in self-presentation of the right Populist italian and German Political Parties
Authors: Velikaya N. M. , Berezkina E. Yu.
Published: October 2023

The purpose of the article is to explore the features of the self-presentation of the right-wing political parties in Germany and Italy, based on a different approach to reflecting gender topics. the empirical base of the study is the results of the authors’ quantitative and qualitative content analysis of tests of EU official documents (pacts, doctrines), as well as the texts of the election programs of the elected in 2019 for the European parliament right-wing parties, and discourse analysis of the texts of speeches of party leaders. The themes of gender equality is used by all the analyzed parties both in Germany and Italy, however, they are not the main issues of the election programs, but serve as an auxiliary tool for explaining the proposed decisions on fiscal and economic issues in the programs. Quantitative analysis made it possible to identify a number of key thematic clusters in gender issues. The results of the study may be useful to specialists who study internal processes in the EU countries, as well as to those who are interested in the modern features of right-wing political parties.
State support for small and Medium-sized businesses as the Most important factor in Political stability
Authors: Shatokhin M. V. , Novoselsky S. O.
Published: October 2023

the purpose of the article is to study the mechanisms and instruments of state support for small and medium enterprises (SMEs) as a factor of political stability. To do this, it is necessary to substantiate the relevance of state support for SMEs in Russia; consider strategic priorities and directions for expanding its capacity; highlight the urgent problems of the systemic strategic development of SMEs in the current market macroeconomic conditions; outline the prospects for the development of SMEs based on the construction of a matrix of predictable risks. Materials and research methods. In the course of the work, a wide range of research methods was used. The use of the legal and regulatory method makes it possible to characterize the key elements of the domestic legal field related to state regulation of SMEs. Within the framework of the statistical method, the formation of the information base necessary for the study of the current state and development trends of SMEs is carried out. On the basis of the logical method, causal relationships are built between the patterns of development of SMEs and market factors that influence it. The analytical method creates conditions for the use of verified diagnostic tools for key performance indicators of SMEs. When using the monographic method, the most important regularities and features of the development of SMEs are focused in the current macroeconomic environment.
China’s Particular influence on the Nature of the Kashmir Сrisis
Authors: Bredikhin A. V. , Yadykina T. S.
Published: October 2023

The Kashmir crisis has a protracted multi-year character and its relevance in today’s scholarly discourse is characterised by a global confrontation between East and West. Apart from the main actors India and Pakistan, there are a number of stakeholders, the first of which is China. Beijing’s longstanding support to Islamabad has contributed to the latter’s military capabilities. China’s strengthening is also taking place around India’s borders. The authors of the study aim to analyse the current situation, clearly defining the role of the Chinese side in it.
Development of Marketing in the ecosystem of the University: economic and socio-Psychological aspects
Authors: Kirpicheva M. А. , Konycheva Yu. D.
Published: October 2023

The relevance of the chosen research topic is due to the fact that the market economy, increased competition and increased requirements for efficiency have made universities need to improve all aspects of their activities, ensuring competitiveness in order to develop and obtain additional resources. A well-built marketing strategy plays a key role in this process, which should be based on the most modern promotion tools and must take account of the characteristics of the target audience, for the university — these are the applicants, students and their parents. The article deals with the study of the role of marketing in the development of the university ecosystem. The definition of marketing in the field of higher education is given, the main subjects of marketing in educational activities, the tasks of marketing in the development of the university ecosystem, the principles of marketing educational services are considered, and effective tools for promoting the university are identified. A sociocultural and psychological portrait of a modern applicant and student is also presented, the main aspects of the motivation of the younger generation are identified, recommendations are given for building marketing communications, taking special account the characteristics of modern youth. On the basis of the study, the authors identify effective tools for promoting the university, describe the stages of developing a strategy, and present key aspects of building marketing for an educational organization.
Advertising opportunities in the Metaverse
Authors: Lukyanchikova A. S.
Published: October 2023

Successful cases of using the metaverse as a promotion channel are discussed in the article. However, States and governments have seen serious risks that need to be addressed to ensure security. In the course of the work, these threats were identified and described in detail. The successful practice of using the metaverse by companies and the presence of serious problems of its development create contradictions that require study. Thus, the purpose of this work is to answer the question whether the metaverse is a promising channel of promotion for business. In order to achieve it, an analysis of the report of the largest bank JPMorgan in 2022 with forecasts of the prospects of metaverses for business promotion was carried out. In the future, the next step will be to investigate whether the major and largest media- outlets are using the metaverse to promote their content. Perhaps it will become a new communication platform, just like once innovative messengers, marketplaces and ecosystems. To test this hypothesis, it is planned to conduct expert interviews with the marketing director of Sensorium Galaxy, Yandex, Sber and VKontakte.
Social Competencies in the development of the Professional Potential of Young People
Authors: Pondo E. А.
Published: October 2023

The article is devoted to assessing the need of the labor market for personnel with certain flexible skills, the so-called “soft-skills”. A literary review of scientific papers devoted to similar research issues is carried out, based on the data obtained, an expanded concept of the term “social competence” is presented. A detailed analysis of existing employers’ requests for the possession of a particular social competence by potential employees in the current conditions has revealed a number of “basic” and “composite” social competencies, which will allow further research to study the peculiarities of the combination of certain positions when considering employers’ requirements for candidates for vacant positions in various industries and spheres.
Evaluation of Prospects for Creating data storage and Processing Centers in the russian arctic
Authors: Volkhonskaya Z. I.
Published: October 2023

The article presents an assessment of the prospects for creating data storage and processing centers in the Russian Arctic. Despite the successful domestic and foreign practice and the obvious advantages of creating data centers in the Arctic zone, the implementation and further scaling of these projects is accompanied by a number of barriers. Based on the study of political, economic, social, technological, legal, environmental and geographical aspects of the external environment that affect the creation of a data center in the Russian Arctic, a SWOT analysis matrix has been compiled. Recommendations are given on the creation of data centers in the region, taking into account its specifics.
Tactics of Use of small arms Weapons in Combat operations during the Great Patriotic War
Authors: Kormazov A. Y.
Published: October 2023

The article is devoted to the study of the experience of using Soviet small arms during the Great Patriotic War. The author analyzes changes in tactical training and development of weapons throughout the entire period of the war are analyzed. The process of improving the small arms of the Red army is shown on the example of combat operations. It is concluded that due to close cooperation and the widespread use of new types of weapons and the development of new tactics the Soviet Union was able to defeat the enemy on its territory, and later in Europe.
Patriotism of Generations in Modern russian society
Authors: Parma R. V.
Published: October 2023

The article deals with various aspects of Russian studies of patriotism within the framework of the theory of generations. The subject of the analysis was the patriotic values and attitudes of Russian citizens in the context and conditions of the reorganization and restructuring of the world order. Based on the sociological research data, the author comes to the conclusion about the high level of political consolidation of the Russian society and significant differences between generations in the content of patriotism. The prospects for further research of patriotism in Russian society are connected with the application of a complex methodology that reveals not only values and attitudes, but also frames, motivation, and models of behaviour in extraordinary conditions.
On the significance of Modern social and behavioral ontologies
Authors: Vorozhikhin V. V. , Larionova Е. I.
Published: October 2023

As challenges and uncertainties and risks are forming, the competition of countries for a better future is intensifying, and the number of studies and publications of multimillion global scientific community is growing, the role and importance of adequate description, accessibility and practical use of global knowledge is continuously increasing. Ontologies are becoming a tool for organizing both scientific and practical activities. As the world develops and becomes more complex, the importance and role of human beings grows — accordingly, the significance of ontologies in the social and behavioral sciences and the possibilities of their application for the purposeful creation of a better future grows significantly. Mastering modern digital approaches to creating dynamic ontologies and their application becomes the key to the development of a globally significant unique national project to create a better future for Russia and competitive strategic management of its sustainability.
Theoretical and Methodological foundations of the study of state Youth Policy in the Conditions of the development of a democratic state
Authors: Timofeeva E. А.
Published: October 2023

The article is devoted to the problems of the state approach to the implementation of youth policy in democratic countries. The author analyzes the trends in the orientation of youth policy in the United States of America, European countries, as well as the in the Russian Federation. The relevance of this study is due to the changes that are now occurring in all spheres of life of the world community, destabilising the policy of many developing and developed states by influencing its economic and social sphere. In the course of analyzing the effectiveness of the implementation of youth policy in these countries, the author comes to the conclusion that there is an urgent need to create a scientifically based methodology for the implementation of international youth policy.
Sociocultural achievements of the “soviet Project” as a Vector of World social development
Authors: Zamaraeva E. I.
Published: October 2023

The relevance of the article is due to the need for a full-fledged scientific analysis of the achievements of the Soviet era, which made an exceptional contribution to the world socio-cultural space, demonstrating unprecedented results in various spheres of human life. The author analyzes, first of all, the sphere of education as a key factor in socio-cultural development. It is noted that the “Soviet project” gave a unique experience of a breakthrough in the field of education in its various directions. It is stated that the Soviet GOELRO plan became no less decisive, laying the foundations for systemic industrialization. An analysis of the main achievements of the “Soviet project” in the field of economics allows us to conclude that the growth of economic indicators determines colossal changes in the entire socio-cultural paradigm of the Soviet society, which, in turn, determines the values and the general way of life of the Soviet people. The author concludes that the “Soviet project” is a colossal socio-cultural breakthrough in the history of mankind, and the analysis of the best achievements of this project will allow us to avoid such mistakes and miscalculations in the future and bring our country to new heights, strengthen its sovereignty and confidently go into the future.
A Myth as a Political tool for influencing Public Consciousness
Authors: Volkova N. P. , Volkova A. A.
Published: October 2023

The authors research aspects of the implementation of mythologization in the socio-political discourse. They determine the role of the political myth in the creation of individual and collective representations about the state and political processes. The article contents analysis of functions of the political myth. The political and psychological features of the myth and its value-semantic basis are given. As a result of the analysis, the authors revealed that myths are used for political purposes as a tool for maintaining the legitimacy of the existing system through mechanisms of justification events and glorification of people’s feats. The political myth can construct and change images of the past in the interests of the government or the public elite due to highlighting some events and overshadowing others.
Political transit in Germany in the 20–30s XX Century: background, Course, features
Authors: Zubov V. V.
Published: October 2023

This article examines the problem of regressive political transit in Germany in the 20–30s of the last century, which led to the transition from the bourgeois-democratic Weimar Republic to the criminal terrorist regime of the Third Reich. The general theoretical provisions on political transit are revealed, the influence of political transformation on all components of society is analyzed. The course of changes in the way of life and militarization of the German economy is outlined, the homogenization of the political field that led to the establishment of a one-party dictatorship is described, the political and philosophical features of the unification of the ideological field are revealed. It is noted that the totalitarian nature of transit was postulated both by the Nazis themselves, who saw in the comprehensive absorption of society the benefit and expression of their own power, and by convinced opponents of the racist dictatorship, who rightly opposed total expansion, irredentism and anti-semitism. In conclusion, it is stated that in the sphere of power relations, the Nazi transit entailed the complete sterilization of the political field, the purification of space from competitive forces through intimidation and destruction, a change in the way of life from mixed to command-administrative with a bias towards militarization took place in the economy, a single nazi idea of racial domination was established in the spiritual and moral sphere the “aryans” and the apology of force, aggression and suppression was fixed