bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Blended Teaching and Learning in Higher Education
Authors: Shohel M. Mahruf C. , Ashrafuzzaman Md. , Islam Md Tariqul , Shams Shahriar , Mahmud Arif
Published: August 2021

Emerging technologies and the digital transformation in society have changed the way teaching and learning take place. Therefore, techno-pedagogical content knowledge has become an integral approach in modern teaching and learning. This chapter explores issues related to blended teaching and learning in higher education and highlights the challenges and opportunities it possesses. This chapter also outlines how to overcome challenges to provide effective teaching and learning by exploring literature. Moreover, it categorizes challenges for discussion to identify possible solutions and outlines recommendations. In support of evidence, a case study approach was used along with a review of the literature to draw evidence for a wide range of best practices. According to the findings, the blended teaching and learning model allows students to learn freely, demonstrate their learning in a variety of ways, and develop crucial knowledge, skills, and attitudes that will help them become lifelong learners.
Challenges and Obstacles of Distance Learning in Higher Education
Authors: Vitálišová Katarína , Vaňová Anna , Mešťan Michal
Published: August 2021

The chapter characterizes the transformation of the learning process from full-time to distance learning on the example of Faculty of Economics, Matej Bel University in Slovakia, during the COVID-19 epidemic in the form of case study. The chapter analyses the strengths and weaknesses of this process during the summer semester 2019/2020 based on the secondary data and results of a questionnaire survey among faculty students realized in 2 rounds – in the first stage of transformation (April 2020) and after the end of summer semester (June 2020). It identifies the key steps that have (or had) to be taken to overcome the second wave of the COVID-19 pandemic and the key challenges for the future development of virtual learning as a full compensation of full-time form of study from the students' and faculty's perspective. This case is an example of smart education in crisis situations. The results show that distance learning can be a suitable complement to the fully presence learning process, and temporarily, it can replace it in emergency situations.
Cooperative Learning in Online Accounting Education
Authors: Crocco Edoardo , Culasso Francesca
Published: August 2021

Following the shift towards online education due to the COVID-19 pandemic, accounting educators have faced the difficult challenge of adapting their course delivery to an online environment. The purpose of this chapter is to offer a testimonial from two postgraduate accounting courses that heavily rely on cooperative learning and covers their transition towards a distance education approach. The authors explore the challenges students have faced when taking part in group assignments in the online environment, focusing on both quantitative and qualitative analysis of their overall experience. The findings discussed in this chapter are meant to serve as a base for future studies on the topic of post-pandemic online education and cooperative learning in the accounting field.
The Role of Technology Acceptance Model in Constructing Unbounded Learning Environments for Second Language Learners
Authors: Kavaklı Nurdan , Ölmez Rabia
Published: August 2021

This chapter provides a foundation as to why second language teaching and learning as a discipline should be refocused with caution in the world of technology, what sort of theoretical and practical implications should be in place for second language teachers to employ in unbounded learning environments, what the roles of technology acceptance model (TAM) in shaping unbounded language learning environments for second language teachers and learners are, in what ways it can be possible to provide an ecological perspective on learning to utilize web-based technologies for second language learners, which is basically different from traditional learning models. More specifically, this chapter takes an informed look at the significance of teachers' technology acceptance in constructing unbounded learning environments to teach a second language.
Make Full Advantage of New System - Research on the Design, Construction and Use of Low-Energy and Industrialized ICF House in Guanzhong Rural Areas of China
Authors: Song Ge , Chen Wen Jing , Cao Rui , Li Xiao Xuan
Published: August 2021

This paper conducts surveys on the design, construction and use of the ICF system, a new type of low-energy and industrialized house that has emerged in Guanzhong rural area of China in recent years. The survey content includes family background, house layout design, construction and cost, details and energy consumption simulation, temperature test etc. The paper summarizes the reasons for the popularity of the ICF system and the issues that need attention in future promotions. Construction optimization is also proposed for thermal bridge at the window opening, so that this new system can exert a more comprehensive energy-saving performance.
One-Part Geopolymer Synthesis of Greek Fly Ash
Authors: Panitsa Olga Andriana , Kioupis Dimitrios , Kakali Glykeria
Published: August 2021

With the OPC industry being responsible for the 8% of CO2 global emissions, alternative, eco-friendly building materials, called geopolymers, have been in the center of research interest. Their broader use is limited due to the concentrated alkali solution that is involved in the synthesis process. In this study, a wide range of solid reagents are tested for the development of solid mixtures with suitable alkali and silica content that will substitute the corrosive activation solution. One-part geopolymers were synthesized using Greek fly ash as the aluminosilicate precursor. The produced samples were appropriately characterized by XRD, FTIR and SEM analytical techniques while the mechanical performance was evaluated through uniaxial compressive strength measurements. One-part geopolymers using anhydrous sodium silicates with molar ratios SiO2/Na2O ≤ 2 as solid activators, can successfully substitute the activation solution since they achieve identical mechanical performance to that of the two-part geopolymers (≥ 60 MPa).
Interaction of Viscoelastic Tube with Inner Nonuniform Coating of Variable Thickness and Rigid Cylindrical Insert
Authors: Kazakov Kirill E. , Kurdina Svetlana P.
Published: August 2021

This work is devoted to the formulation and search of an analytical solution for the problem of the interaction of a rigid cylindrical body and a pipe with an inner coating in the case when the cylinder is placed inside such a pipe. It is assumed that the pipe coating can have a strong nonuniformity, and its thickness depends on the longitudinal coordinate. A special approach used in this work allows obtaining analytical solutions in which functions related to the properties and profile of the coating are separated by separate terms and factors. This allows us to provide efficient calculations even in cases where coating characteristics are described by complex functions. Other known methods lead to significant calculation errors.
Impact of Lean Manufacturing Practices on Operational and Business Performance: Evidence from Sri Lankan Food Industry
Authors: Silva C. W. C. , Warnapura H. H. S. C.
Published: August 2021

Lean is a strategy that aims to achieve smooth production flow by eliminating waste and hence helps manufacturing firms realize their time, cost, and quality goals. Food manufacturers not only have limited ability to offer uniform quality but also a greater chance of generating wastes due to the perishable nature of materials. This study investigates the degree to which the Sri Lankan food sector is practicing lean manufacturing and examines the direct and indirect relationships between lean manufacturing, business performance, and operational performance. Data were collected through a questionnaire distributed to managers who have lean experience in the food industry. Using a sample of 86, the hypotheses were tested applying Partial Least Square Structural Equation Modelling with SmartPLS software. Developing a new construct to represent four lean manufacturing practices, namely, Just-in-time (JIT), Total Quality Management (TQM), Total Preventive Maintenance (TPM), and Human Resource Management (HRM), this study empirically confirms that lean manufacturing has a significant positive impact on both operational and business performance. Furthermore, operational performance partially mediates the relationship between lean manufacturing and business performance. The findings offer valuable implications for mangers, particularly in the food industry to achieve sustainability through practicing lean in their manufacturing and supply chain operations.
The Impact of Social Assistance on Social Security of Elders: An Empirical Study of Elders in Matara District in Sri Lanka
Authors: Jayathma H. W. T. , Priyanath H. M. S.
Published: August 2021

This study investigates the impact of social assistance on the social security of elders in Sri Lanka applying the convergent parallel mixed method. The quantitative data collected from 149 elders in both formal and informal sectors in the Matara District. A structured questionnaire was used to gather data and the Partial Least Square Structural Equation (PLS-SEM) model was employed to analyze data. Qualitative data were gathered having the face-to-face interviews with six elders and analyzed employing qualitative content analysis. The study revealed that formal social assistance had the highest positive impact on the social security of elders in the formal sector while it was not significant with the informal sector elders. However, formal social assistance was significant in both sectors under qualitative content analysis. Informal social assistance was evaluated using four major dimensions; social net-work, social connectedness, economic support during the emergency condition, health care support. Among these dimensions, social security during emergency conditions had significance in both sectors, and health care support positively significant in the formal sector. However, qualitative results confirmed that all these dimensions directly affect the increase of the social security of elders. Thus, it can be concluded that both formal and informal social assistance has an impact on the enhancement of the social security of elders in the formal sector while formal social assistance has not impacted the increase of social security of elders in the informal sector.
Economic Growth and Environmental degradation nexus in Sri Lanka
Authors: Alabi M. K. , Ojuolape M. A. , Yaqoob J.
Published: August 2021

The environmental Kuznet curve (EKC) hypothesis suggests that at the initial stage of development, as the economy grows, environ-mental degradation rises until a turning point is reached whereby the pollution and degradation begins to decline while the economy continues to grow (it follows an inverted U curve). Is the environmental Kuznet curve (EKC) hypothesis applicable to Sri Lanka? What factors are responsible for environmental degradation in Sri Lanka? This study seeks to provide answers to these fundamental questions. Sri Lanka is one of the emerging economies in South Asia with an average annual growth rate of 4.16% in the last five years and the industrial sector contributing 25% of Gross Domestic Product (GDP). This hypothesis is tested for Sri Lanka. This study also investigated the major factors behind environmental pollution and degradation in Sri Lanka. Annual data from 1971-2014 was used in estimating the relationship between economic growth and environmental degradation. Carbon (CO2) emission was used as a proxy for environmental degradation while real per capita income was used as a proxy for growth along with other explanatory variables. An autoregressive distributed lag model was used. Results showed that neither the EKC hypothesis nor the pollution haven hypothesis are applicable to Sri Lanka. Long term estimates revealed that increasing energy consumption leads to increasing CO2 emissions. Secondly, it was observed that energy consumption, urbanization, trade openness, tourism and financial development are among the key factors responsible for the quality of the environment. The policy implication is that the Sri Lankan Government, in conjunction with the private sector must adopt energy saving and environmental friendly technologies and production processes in order to save the environment.
Subclinical TRAPS treated with canakinumab
Authors: Amatruda M. , Carucci N.S. , Fede C. , Conti G.
Published: August 2021

Tumor necrosis factor receptor–associated periodic syndrome (TRAPS) is a rare autoinflammatory disease characterized by recurrent episodes of fever and systemic inflammation. We describe the case of a 19-year-old patient who was referred to our attention with frequent subclinical TRAPS episodes characterized by mild arthralgias and crampy abdominal pain, without fever. Inflammatory markers, including serum amyloid A which increases the risk of long-term amyloidosis, were persistently high also when the patient was in good general conditions. Therapy with human anti-interleukin 1β monoclonal antibody, canakinumab, led to disease control and normalization of the inflammatory markers, which are currently still normal. This clinical case supports the need to treat also subclinical TRAPS. In this respect, canakinumab is effective and reduces the risk of developing amyloidosis.
A New Technique for Seprafilm® That Can Be Practiced with a 5-mm Trocar
Authors: Sano Rikiya , Ota Yoshiaki , Tanaka Tamaki , Suzuki Soichiro , Shimoya Koichiro , Shiota Mitsuru
Published: August 2021

Seprafilm® is an adhesion barrier sheet. However, it is difficult to handle it through a 5-mm trocar. We have devised a method of applying Seprafilm® safely and reliably through a 5-mm trocar by using a holder that comes with the film. We practiced this method in three cases of total laparoscopic hysterectomy for uterine leiomyoma. The quarter-pack is cut into three pieces. The film placed on the holder sheet was rolled up with forceps (or wrapped around forceps) and inserted into a 5 mm trocar. After application, the center of the short axis of the holder was pinched with a grasping forceps, and the holder was drawn out of the body through the trocar. Of the 36 pieces placed, Seprafilm® broke only in once. Insertion was successful in 100%, and the holder was successfully retrieved through the trocar in 92% (33/36) of the cases. The holder may be easily retrieved after application. This technique represents an extremely simple versatile application method in operations in which only 5-mm trocars can be used.
Trocar Configuration in Laparoscopic Hysterectomy for Benign Indications
Authors: Grigoriadis Georgios , Mumdzjans Androniks
Published: August 2021

Hysterectomy is the most common gynecological surgical procedure worldwide. In recent years, there has been a significant increase in the proportion of hysterectomies performed laparoscopically. Despite attempts to standardize the procedure, there are various approaches available to the surgeon, in terms of number and position of laparoscopic trocars. We have conducted an electronic search on PubMed and, in this article, we present different laparoscopic trocar configurations in order to perform a laparoscopic hysterectomy
The tolerance to chemoradiation for cervical cancer patients
Authors: Somashekar Mohan Kumar , Gururajachar Janaki Manur , Arul Ponni TR , Koushik Kirthi Agrahara , Alva Ram Charith
Published: August 2021

Context:

Rural versus urban cervical cancer.

Aims:

This study aims to study the difference in toxicities and clinical outcome of chemoradiation in urban and rural cervical cancer patient.

Settings and Design:

This was a prospective study.

Subjects and Methods:

In a double-arm prospective study, cervical cancer patients were treated with chemoradiation followed by brachytherapy. Patients were monitored weekly for hematological, gastrointestinal toxicities, and electrolyte imbalance. Acute toxicities and long-term outcome were compared between the two groups.

Statistical Analysis Used:

Kaplan–Meier survival curves for analysis of disease free and overall survival and Pearson's Chi-square test and Fisher's exact tests for analysis of toxicities were used.

Results:

Fifty-seven patients from urban and 114 from rural region were studied. There were no difference between the two groups as far as the patient characteristics, overall treatment time (OTT), hematological, electrolyte imbalance, local control, and disease-free survival between the two groups. Associated comorbidities were significantly higher (53% vs. 17%) with P < 0.0001 in urban population. Grade II and III enteritis were significantly higher 15.78% versus 21.05% (P = 0.00001) and 12.28% versus 11.40% (P = 0.03) in urban patients, respectively.

Conclusions:

Tolerance to chemoradiation, disease-free survival, and overall survival are similar in both urban and rural patients of cervical cancer, with more enteritis in urban group. However, this did not increase OTT.
Alternating quotients of right-angled Coxeter groups
Authors: Buran Michal
Published: August 2021

Let

W

be a right-angled Coxeter group corresponding to a finite non-discrete graph

\mathcal{G}

with at least

3

vertices. Our main theorem says that

\mathcal{G}^c

is connected if and only if for any infinite index convex-cocompact subgroup

H

of

W

and any finite subset

\{ \gamma_1, \ldots , \gamma_n \} \subset W \setminus H

there is a surjection

f

from

W

to a finite alternating group such that

f (\gamma_i) \notin f (H)

. A corollary is that a right-angled Artin group splits as a direct product of cyclic groups and groups with many alternating quotients in the above sense.

Similarly, finitely generated subgroups of closed, orientable, hyperbolic surface groups can be separated from finitely many elements in an alternating quotient, answering positively the conjecture of Wilton [9].
Abelian subgroups of the fundamental group of a space with no conjugate points
Authors: Dibble James
Published: August 2021

Each Abelian subgroup of the fundamental group of a compact and locally simply connected

d

-dimensional length space with no conjugate points is isomorphic to

\mathbb{Z}^k

for some

0 \leq k \leq d

. It follows from this and previously known results that each solvable subgroup of the fundamental group is a Bieberbach group. In the Riemannian setting, this may be proved using a novel property of the asymptotic norm of each Abelian subgroup.
Fluctuations of ergodic averages for amenable group actions
Authors: Gabor Uri
Published: August 2021

We show that for any countable amenable group action, along certain Følner sequences (those that have for any

c>1

a two-sided

c

-tempered tail), one has a universal estimate for the number of fluctuations in the ergodic averages of

L^{\infty}

functions. This estimate gives exponential decay in the number of fluctuations. Any two-sided Følner sequence can be thinned out to satisfy the above property. In particular, any countable amenable group admits such a sequence. This extends results of S. Kalikow and B. Weiss [1] for

\mathbb{Z}^{d}

actions and of N. Moriakov [3] for actions of groups with polynomial growth.
Mexican slang ese “dude, buddy” and its Iberian Caló-Romani antecedents
Authors: Sayers William
Published: August 2021

Use of the demonstrative pronoun ese “that, that man” in familiar North American Spanish speech is traced to Andalusian Spanish and the influence of Caló, the cryptolect of the Iberian Roma. In early para-Romani, the inherited four-term deictic system (situational/contextual, general/specific) yields to the very differently organized Romance three-part paradigm (este, ese, aquel), as, concurrently, Caló locative adverbs often replace personal pronouns. Yet, even after the wholesale replacement of Caló demonstratives by Spanish forms, the function of an earlier deictic vocative phrasing is maintained in ese, to be understood as you, right there, my conversational partner.
Сашко-lect: The translanguaged grammar of a hyper multilingual global nomad. Part 3 – Contact languages and translanguaging
Authors: Andrason Alexander
Published: August 2021

This study examines the idiolect of Сашко – a hyper-multilingual global nomad whose language repertoire draws on forty languages, ten of which he speaks with native or native-like proficiency. By analyzing grammatical and lexical features typifying Сашко’s translanguaging practices (code-switches, code-borrowings, and code-mixes), as documented in the corpus of reflexive notes that span the last twenty-five years, the author designs Сашко’s translanguaged grammar. Instead of being a passive additive pluralization of separated, autonomous, and static monolects, Сашко’s grammar emerges as a deeply orchestrated, unitary, and dynamic strategy. From Сашко’s perspective, this grammar constitutes a tool to express his rebellious and defiant identity; a tool that – while aiming to combat Western mono-culturalisms, compartmented multilingualisms, and nationalisms – ultimately leads to Сашко’s linguistic and cultural homelessness. This paper – the last in a series of three articles – is dedicated to Сашко’s mixed languages and translanguaged grammar typifying Сашко-lect in its integrity.
Przywództwo instytucji artystycznej w czasie pandemii na przykładzie Teatru Muzycznego w Poznaniu
Authors: Kieliszewski Przemysław
Published: August 2021

Leadership in an Artistic Institution during a Pandemic. Case Study of the Musical Theater in Poznań

The article deals with the topic of leadership in a public cultural institution – a musical theater. The pandemic has highlighted the weakness or strength of such organizations, their passivity or proactivity. The strength of an institution lies in a team built by a reliable leader. The point of reference for the author are the leadership concepts formulated by prominent experts in management, such as Ken Blanchard or Jim Collins. A good leader creates a space for good communication, which then gives rise to an organizational culture that fosters creativity and shared responsibility. The article contains a summary of the research on organizational culture in the selected theater carried out using the Cameron and Quinn method and discusses the impact of their implementation on the development of the organization. Public cultural institutions can benefit greatly from business achievements in this area.
Avalokiteśvara in Tibetan Buddhist art of the Later spread (Tib. phyi dar) of the Dharma. Image classification proposal, part 1.
Authors: Grela Joanna
Published: August 2021

According to traditional Buddhist narratives and popular beliefs, Tibetans are a people chosen by Avalokiteśvara. Therefore, his worship and multitude, as well as diversity of his images are quite common both in temples and public areas. Unlike the widespread analyses where the Bodhisattva has been treated as a peaceful tutelary deity, and classifications of its images have been based on morphological features (i.e. the number of hands, heads, etc.) or by artistic styles and techniques. This paper proposes another approach by grounding images in Tantric Buddhism models used locally. In the first part of the article, the images of Avalokiteshvara are inscribed in the bodyspeech-mind models as well as the external, secret and the first of the three internal aspects of the Three Refuges, also known as the Three Jewels, which covers a much wider set of iconographic material than usually considered.
Paradygmat czeskiego bohatera narodowego – wokół filmu Roberta Sedláčka Jan Palach
Authors: Kulmiński Robert
Published: August 2021

Czech national hero paradigm – around Robert Sedláček’s film Jan Palach
In my article, I would like to reflect on the paradigm of Czech heroism based on the film by Robert Sedláček (2018) Jan Palach, which is a fact-based tale of a twenty-year-old student at the Charles University in Prague, who on January 16, 1969 self-immolated in Wenceslas Square in the centre of Prague in protest against aggression of the Warsaw Pact forces on Czechoslovakia and the growing apathy of Czechoslovak society. I will think about how his image is constructed in a film more than fifty years after his death. I will place my considerations in the context of the tradition of presenting the Czech hero in humanistic literature and the activities of official state institutions, as well as in relation to mythological structures, through which I will capture the most important elements of the composition of Robert Sedláček’s film. As a consequence, my fundamental research question will remain not only the question of the very construction of the hero, but also this construction in relation to other ideas of national heroes in contemporary Czech culture.

Streszczenie
W swoim artykule chciałbym się zastanowić na paradygmatem czeskiego bohaterstwa na podstawie filmu Roberta Sedláčka Jan Palach (2018), będącego opartą na faktach opowieścią o dwudziestojednoletnim studencie Uniwersytetu Karola w Pradze, który 16 stycznia 1969 roku dokonał samospalenia na placu Wacława w centrum Pragi, w proteście przeciwko agresji wojsk Układu Warszawskiego na Czechosłowację i narastającej apatii czechosłowackiego społeczeństwa. Zastanowię się nad tym, w jaki sposób konstruowany jest jego obraz w dziele filmowym niemal pięćdziesiąt lat po jego śmierci. Swoje rozważania umieszczę w kontekście refleksji nad czeskim bohaterem narodowym w literaturze humanistycznej w odniesieniu do działalności oficjalnych instytucji państwowych oraz do struktur mitologicznych, poprzez które uchwycę najistotniejsze elementy kompozycji filmu Roberta Sedláčka. W konsekwencji moim zasadniczym pytaniem badawczym pozostanie nie tylko kwestia samej konstrukcji bohatera, ale również jej relacja do innych wyobrażeń bohaterów narodowych we współczesnej kulturze czeskiej.
Experimental research methods for CO2 laser cutting of HARDOX400 steel
Authors: Girdu Constantin Cristinel , Lepădătescu Badea
Published: August 2021

he laser beam is a source of radiation with concentrated energy. The characteristics of the laser beam (spot energy, focal spot diameter, spot temperature) are aspects theoretically researched in this paper. The intensity of the laser beam transmitted to the surface of the part has a Gaussian shape. A CO2 laser was used in the processing of parts from a HARDOX400 steel sheet with a thickness g = 8mm. The values of the cutting parameters were established by sample tests. An experimental design with 27 observations was analyzed. The width of the cutting slot at the straight profile was measured. Physical quantities derived from the cutting parameters and working parameters used were calculated. Spot energy, cost and interaction time were determined and evaluated using the mathematical model given by GRAPH. The research findings show that the best values of the factors studied converge to average values in minimizing Kerf.
The influence of gender and age on laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy short-term outcomes in type 2 diabetic obese patients
Authors: ELBASAN Onur , ŞİŞMAN Pınar , PEYNİRCİ Hande , YABACI Ayşegül , ERSOY Canan
Published: July 2021

Background: Bariatric surgery has come out as an effective treatment for morbid obesity due to its effects as stabilized weight loss and remission of obesity related comorbidities like type 2 diabetes. Postoperative weight loss is affected by many factors and predictors of weight loss after bariatric surgery are controversial.This study has been performed to evaluate the impact of gender and age on the short-term outcomes of laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy (LSG) in type 2 diabetic(T2D) obese patients.

Material and Methods: In this retrospective study, the records of morbidly obese patients with a body mass index(BMI)≥40 kg/m2, aged between 18-65 years old who underwent LSG and were followed-up for at least 6 months postoperatively were reviewed.Patients were subdivided into two groups according to age(≥50 y,
Comparative Study on the Developmental Stages of Global CCS Technology Based on the S-Curve Model
Authors: Li Yaya , Qin Shuai
Published: August 2021

This article uses the S-curve model to empirically explore global carbon capture and storage (CCS) technology development stages and conduct a comparative analysis for various countries. The results indicate that global CCS technology is currently in the growth stage and that the technological track will stabilize in 2042 and beyond. The United States is currently the leader in the field of CCS technology, but China and South Korea have the fastest development of CCS technology.
Do Environmental Performance and Renewable Energy Move Together?
Authors: Chang Chun-Ping , Wang Quan-Jing
Published: August 2021

This study aims to examine the cointegration and causal links between carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions and renewable energy by employing panel data covering 41 countries from 1973 to 2017. Our empirical results suggest that CO2 emissions and renewable energy move together in Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) countries, but not in non-OECD countries. There exists a long-run causal flow from renewable energy to CO2 emissions in OECD countries, and vice versa. However, there is a unidirectional causal flow from CO2 emissions to renewable energy in non-OECD countries in the long run.
Industrial Digitalization and Energy Intensity: Evidence From China’s Manufacturing Sector
Authors: Lan Jing , Wen Huwei
Published: August 2021

The Chinese manufacturing sector has undergone an accelerated digital transformation. This study examines the impact of industrial digitalization on energy intensity in China. Energy intensity is negatively correlated with digitalization in terms of time trends, cross-sectional differences, and correlation coefficients. Our empirical analysis shows that industrial digitalization significantly increases the energy intensity of the manufacturing sector. With digital transformation, energy intensity first increases and then decreases, yielding an inverted-U–shaped relation. In 2019, more than 80% of the industries had a degree of digitalization below the inflection point.
Efectos del entrenamiento de intervalos de alta intensidad en altitud simulada. Revisión sistemática
Authors: Niño Mendez Oscar Adolfo , Reina-Monroy Javier Leonardo , Ayala Pedraza Geraldyn , Portilla-Melo José Germán , Aguilar-Romero Israel David , Núñez-Espinosa Cristian Andrés , Rodríguez-Mora Jorge Leonardo
Published: August 2021

Introducción: en la actualidad, los entrenadores buscan la manera de mejorar las capacidades físicas de los atletas mediante diferentes estrategias de entrenamiento, como la exposición constante o intermitente a la altitud y el entrenamiento de intervalos de alta intensidad.
Objetivo: Revisar la literatura actual y describir los efectos sobre el organismo del entrenamiento de intervalos de alta intensidad en altitud simulada en sujetos sedentarios, físicamente activos y entrenados.
Resultados: el número de artículos revisados evidencia que, en hipoxia simulada en cámara hipobárica o normobárica (n=13) o máscara de simulación de altitud (n=1), todos utilizaron intensidades altas (n=13) a submáximas (n=1). Los participantes de las investigaciones fueron mujeres con obesidad sedentarias (n=3), hombres y mujeres físicamente activos (n=9) y sujetos entrenados (n=3). El tiempo de intervención de los estudios fue de 3 a 12 semanas, con una altitud simulada de 1824 a 4500 m.s.n.m. Se observaron efectos beneficiosos sobre la composición corporal, aptitud cardiorrespiratoria, aumentos en hemoglobina, eritropoyetina, consumo energético, fuerza máxima concéntrica e isométrica, fuerza absoluta y mejor tolerancia al ejercicio (percepción del esfuerzo).
Conclusiones: La combinación de entrenamientos de intervalos de alta intensidad, combinado con una exposición en altitud simulada, puede evidenciar mejoras significativas en el rendimiento cardiorrespiratorio, así como en aspectos de composición corporal, lo que permitiría una mejor predisposición a intensidades más elevadas de actividad y ejercicio físico.
Evaluación del frenillo lingual en neonatos. Una revisión sistemática
Authors: Llanos-Redondo Andrés , Contreras-Suárez Karent Susana , Aguilar-Cañas Sandra Johanna
Published: August 2021

Introducción: el objetivo de esta revisión es responder al interrogante: ¿cuál es la metodología más eficaz de evaluación de frenillo lingual en neonatos? Bajo los parámetros de objetividad, claridad y validación.
Métodos: el estudio se realizó a través de una revisión sistemática, llevada a cabo con metodología Cochrane, en la que se utilizaron los descriptores de evaluación, frenillo lingual, anquiloglosia y recién nacido, y ejecutado en los bancos de datos Pubmed, Science Direct, Scielo. Para analizar el nivel de evidencia y grado de recomendación clínica, se tuvo en cuenta la clasificación GRADE y CEBM de Oxford.
Resultados: por medio de la revisión se encontraron 2 evaluaciones y un tamizaje específicamente para recién nacidos, que evalúa de los 0 a los 30 días, los cuales se validan por medio de estudios de especificidad.
Análisis y discusión: se identificó que los principales parámetros para diagnosticar una alteración en el frenillo lingual son la anatomía y su funcionalidad.
Conclusiones: según los estudios encontrados sí existe un método eficaz para el diagnóstico del frenillo lingual en neonatos.
Structural Analysis and Morphotectonic Interpretation of Ain Sifni Anticline, Northern Iraq
Authors: Hamdoon Alaa N.
Published: July 2021

Ain Sifni anticline is located in northern Iraq within High Folded Zone. It contains some tectonic deformations that need to study to determine the source and mechanism of these deformations concerning the geological setting of the study area. This study includes structural and morphotectonic interpretations for the Ain Sifni anticline, such as the visual & digital interpretation of satellite images and the Digital Elevation Model interpretation. These parameters are used to identify the morphogenic criteria and subsequently, to conclude a morphotectonic aspect of the deformations in the Ain Sifni anticline. Because of the regional tectonic evolution in this area, the structural and morphotectonic analysis of this anticline shows much evidence of morphological changes at the southeastern plunge area of the anticline within the Injana and Mukdadiya formations in comparison to the northwestern plunge area of the anticline. In addition, two recent water gaps have been recognized at the southeastern plunge area, one is confirmed and the other is proposed, and then a wind gap has been recognized in the middle of the anticline. A relation has been established between these morphotectonic features with the lateral propagation of the anticline towards the southeast, due to the regional tectonic deformation. A significant main fault has also been detected as a dextral strike-slip fault perpendicular to the fold axis of the anticline. This fault caused a difference in the vergency of the anticline and deformed the outcrops of formations in the study region.
Current problems of stimulating the legal behavior of convicts to punishments without isolation from society
Authors:   Federal Penal Service of Russia in Moscow, GARIBYAN K. K.
Published: August 2021

The article proposes to provide the possibility of applying incentive measures as well as incentive institutions for conditional early release from serving the sentence (hereinafter – grand of parole) and replacing punishment with a softer type of punishment in relation to convicts without isolation from society. The author provides various points of view on this issue, analyzes the experience of using the above incentive institutions in some CIS countries (Belarus, Ukraine). The question of the timing of the offset of punishment for persons recognized as malicious violators, to whom the institution of replacing punishment was applied in accordance with Art. 80 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation. In order to increase incentives it seems justified to use the institution of parole in relation to convicts to correctional labor, compulsory labor and restraint of freedom. In relation to those sentenced to compulsory labor it seems necessary to differentiate the conditions for serving the sentence with the possibility of transferring from one conditions to others depending on behavior and attitude to work.
Variability of sexual dimorphism of the main somatic indicators of newborns in connection with secular factor (according to materials of the russian federation and the former ussr at the time interval from the beginning of XX to the beginning of XXI century)
Authors:   Lomonosov Moscow State University, Moscow, Russia, Fedotova T.K. , Sukhova A.V. ,   Lomonosov Moscow State University, Moscow, Russia, Gorbacheva A.K. ,   Lomonosov Moscow State University, Moscow, Russia
Published: August 2021

Long-term dynamics of the level of sexual dimorphism (SD) of body dimensions of newborns, embracing eight decades and inter- and intragroup variation, is under discussion. The study deals with a vast canvas of literary data – over 200 samples of newborns of each sex from former USSR and modern Russia through 1920-s till nowadays, including main anthropometric dimensions (body length and weight, chest and head girths). All samples are urban, the data is divided by decades, the number of each age/sex group as about 100 persons. Several levels of somatic variation were analysed: a) the whole data base above ethnic factor; b) only neighboring Slavonic groups; c) only Russian samples; d) regional Russian samples from Moscow and Kursk. The estimation of the level of SD is implemented using Kullback divergence, analogue of Makhalanobis distance. The results of meta-analysis, including the whole territory of Russia, witness to the definite secular sexual synchronism of dimension’s dynamics (increase of height/weight parameters and decrease of head girth), which results in very modest oscillations of SD around the level of 0,3 standard deviation. Still some secular decrease of SD is fixed for weight, due to more intensive increase of the parameter for girls, and for head girth, due to more intensive secular decrease of the parameter for boys. Some microsomisation of newborns is fixed in unfavorable war years 1940s and increase of SD due to greater decrease of the anthropometric parameters of girls (samples of Kursk). The same trend if fixed for Moscow newborns of 1960s, obviously above economic background, probably mediated by physical conditions of their mothers, who experienced economic depression of 1940s in their early childhood. Temporal fluctuations of SD level of main body dimensions of newborns keep within narrow interval 0,14-0,5 standard deviations, which does not exceed significant level of 0,3 standard deviations in the context of the study. This witnesses once again to the fact that the main factor of variation of newborns dimension is stabilizing selection, providing the stability of the dimensions of newborns of both sexes, as well as the level of sexual differences
Guidelines in the use of the aquatic environment (swimming pool) in the musculoskeletal system rehabilitation in young representatives of the types of physical activity associated with the art of movement
Authors:   Institute of Developmental Physiology of Russian Academy of Education, Moscow, Russia, Vasiliev O.S. , Stepanik I.A. ,   Vaganova Ballet Academy, St.-Petersburg, Russian Federation, Levushkin S.P. ,   Institute of Developmental Physiology of Russian Academy of Education, Moscow, Russia, Rokhlin A.V. ,   Russian State University of Physical Education, Sport, Youth and Tourism, Moscow, Russian Federation
Published: August 2021

In these guidelines we considered some special types of overuse injuries, associated mainly with increased joint ROM in lower extremities, for representatives of types of motor activity associated with the art of movement. Therefore, more and more researchers note that the physical activity in athletes' rehabilitation can be achieved using various physical exercises performed in the aquatic environment
Psychophysiological correlates of productivity of arrival attention of students
Authors:   Don State Technical University, Rostov-on-Don, Russia, Soboleva I.V.
Published: August 2021

The psychophysiological correlates of the productivity of students' voluntary attention were investigated. It is shown that a group of students with an average level of productivity of voluntary attention have optimal indicators of heart rate variability. The proportion of persons with normal reactivity in response to the ortho test is significantly higher in them than in students with low indicators of the productivity of voluntary attention. In the group of students with low attention productivity, these indicators differ significantly from the norm. The results of monitoring the current state of students using the Luscher test showed that the balance of the processes of excitation and inhibition in the nervous system of the examined students and the indicators of their mental state have unsatisfactory dynamics. To correct the identified violations, it is proposed to use adaptive riding. Conditions have been created for training specialists in adaptive riding at the Faculty of Bioengineering and Veterinary Medicine of the DSTU.
Descobertas arqueológicas demonstram a existência de pessoas, lugares e eventos descritos em solo bíblico
Authors: Martelli Anderson , Martelli Fabiana Palermo
Published: July 2021

RESUMO

Os livros que compõe a Bíblia Sagrada são documentos que começaram a ser escrito durante 1.300 anos, entre o ano 1.250 a.C. e o ano 100 d.C. dividido em Antigo Testamento, antes de Cristo e Novo Testamento, depois de Cristo. Antes da sua escrita, o povo daquela época vivenciou esses momentos, sendo relatadas e passadas de gerações a gerações. Analisar o contexto cultural e histórico torna-se de extrema valia para os estudos teológicos e científicos conhecendo as descobertas ligadas às passagens bíblicas. Assim, o objetivo desse artigo foi descrever estudos e descobertas arqueológicas evidenciando a existência de pessoas, lugares e eventos descritos em solo bíblico. A pesquisa foi realizada a partir relatos e acontecimentos descritos nesse livro muitas vezes, desacreditados pela ciência e evidenciados atualmente por descobertas arqueológicas publicadas entre os anos de 2007 até o mais atual 2020. Atualmente a arqueologia, geologia, ciências físicas, matemáticas, biológicas e demais ramos da ciência comprovaram muitos acontecimentos descritos na Bíblia. O cristianismo verdadeiro alicerçados nessas escrituras tem favorecido a prosperidade da ciência, a qual vem endossando esses relatos escritos a milhares de anos atrás. 

 

ABSTRACT

The books that make up the Holy Bible are documents that began to be written during 1,300 years, between the year 1250 BC and the year 100 AD, divided into Old Testament, before Christ and New Testament, after Christ. Before its writing, the people of that time experienced these moments, being reported and passed down from generations to generations. Analyzing the cultural and historical context becomes extremely valuable for theological and scientific studies, knowing the discoveries linked to biblical passages. Thus, the aim of this article was to describe archaeological studies and discoveries evidencing the veracity and reliability of the Holy Scriptures. The research was carried out from reports and events described in this book many times, discredited by science and currently evidenced by archaeological discoveries published between the years of 2007 until the most current 2020. Currently archeology, geology, physical sciences, mathematics, biological and other branches of science have proven many events described in the Bible. True Christianity grounded in these scriptures has favored the prosperity of science, which has been endorsing these written accounts thousands of years ago.
НЕКОТОРЫЕ ГИДРОЛОГО-ГИДРОХИМИЧЕСКИЕ ОСОБЕННОСТИ
И ПРОБЛЕМЫ МАЛЫХ ГОРОДСКИХ ПРУДОВ НА ПРИМЕРЕ ПРУДА ПОПЛАВОК
Authors: Цупикова Надежда Александровна , Севостьянова Екатерина Александровна
Published: August 2021

В статье рассмотрена роль малых городских водоемов в жизни урбоэкоси-стем, их значение для современных городов. По данным ежемесячных гидрологи-ческих и гидрохимических наблюдений и дополнительных исследований в период с февраля 2015 г. по ноябрь 2017 г. оцениваются изменения в химическом составе воды пруда Поплавок под влиянием произведенной очистки, антропогенных воздействий, природных факторов. Сравнение пруда с другими водоемами подобного назначения по морфометрическим и гидрохимическим параметрам показало, что он является одним из типичных искусственных водоемов г. Калининграда, чей гидрологический и гидрохимический режим существенно зависит от погодных условий и проводимых хозяйственных мероприятий. Особенность искусственных водоемов г. Калининграда – их небольшой размер и замедленный естественный водообмен, который выступает одной из важнейших гидрологических и гидроэкологических характеристик.

Эти малые водоемы Калининграда представляют собой динамически пас-сивные акватории с упрощенной структурой и сниженной устойчивостью внутриводоемных процессов. В результате в прудах наблюдается тенденция к значительно ускоренной эвтрофикации по сравнению с естественными водными объектами и «цветению» воды.

Омоложение прудов и продление срока их эксплуатации возможно путем очистки ложа, реконструкции водоема. В статье изучен результат такого омоло-жения на примере пруда Поплавок. После рекультивации водоем проходил пери-од восстановления и уже к 2016 г. многие из рассматриваемых показателей при-шли к допустимому уровню. Выявленные особенности формирования замкнутой системы пруда не способствуют быстрому обновлению вод или их самоочище-нию, что приводит к постепенному снижению качества воды в результате быстрого накопления органического материала даже после рекультивационных работ, что и наблюдалось в пруде Поплавок в 2017 г. Для экосистем подобных водоемов требуется постоянный контроль за их состоянием и своевременное вмешательство для поддержания или улучшения их экологического состояния.
RELIGIOUS FOUNDATION IN GUIDANCE AND COUNSELING
Authors: Siregar Alfin
Published: August 2021

This paper aims to illustrate the important value of religion in humanlife in the Modern era. However, internalization of religious understanding canonly be disseminated through education (counseling guidance). Furthermore,many Indonesians embrace eastern culture, so that the implementation ofcounseling guidance at the educational level should have considered theReligion side in the face of changing times. This paper uses a library researchapproach, where data is obtained and collected from literature studies. Analysisof the data in this paper requires the author's important role in interpreting thedata. The findings resulted that religion became a basic milestone in educationalservices (counseling guidance). Science and Religion must be balanced, so thatreligion can be a guide for someone to act, so does Science become a drivingforce in sustaining the progress of the times.