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Performance Improvement through Value Stream Mapping – A Manufacturing Case Study
Authors:   Department of Mechanical Engineering, The University of Lahore, Lahore, Pakistan, Bugvi Salman Abubakar , Hameed Khurram ,   Department of Mechanical Engineering, The University of Lahore, Lahore, Pakistan, Jamil M. Fawad ,   Department of Mechanical Engineering, The University of Lahore, Lahore, Pakistan, Irfan Ali ,   Department of Mechanical Engineering, The University of Lahore, Lahore, Pakistan, Murtaza Shahid ,   Department of Mechanical Engineering, The University of Lahore, Lahore, Pakistan, Qaiser Muhammad ,   Department of Mechanical Engineering, The University of Lahore, Lahore, Pakistan, Bilal Muhammad ,   Department of Mechanical Engineering, The University of Lahore, Lahore, Pakistan
Published: January 2023

The successfulness of Value Stream Mapping (VSM) as a tool for taking a snapshot of the production flow efficiency is well established. The development of a large-scale visual map of processes and their interactions is beneficial for problem analysis and subsequent solution. Through VSM, managers gain a deeper understanding of the organization processes carried out in coordination with people in a system approach. A case study was conducted at a Small and Medium Enterprise (SME) in Pakistan which manufactures ceiling fan winding machines. The aim of this study was to explore the possibilities of shortening the lead-time, waste and highlight important strategies, steps which could be undertaken by management for improvement in productivity, cost and quality. The study maps the organization systematically through the use of VSM. The Lean Implementation Techniques (LIT) steps were followed with identification of value stream process, lean metrics, mapping of current state and proposing an improved future state value stream map. The intervention suggested is layout modification by reducing 7 stations to 6 stations and streamlining the operations. The layout modification results in lower defects, controlling overproduction, managing inventory buffers from a linear approach to an optimized level. This also resulted in reduction of processing time of each unit by around 19 % and the production lead time of 100 units by around 21%. This study through VSM proposes improvement by enforcing pull system, supplier relations, modifying layout and production processes, Just in Time (JIT) delivery of materials and parts, scheduling transport resources efficiently and reducing inventory buffers.
Energy Management and Temperature Control for The Thermoelectric Therapy Device
Authors:   Department of Electrical Electronic and System, Faculty of Engineering & Built Environment, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, Malaysia, Hamdan Khairul Nisa , Ayob Afida ,   Department of Electrical Electronic and System, Faculty of Engineering & Built Environment, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, Malaysia
Published: January 2023

Cryotherapy is one of most popular treatments for treating injuries using cold applications due to various advantages that have been accepted by medical professionals like safe to use and able to reduce pain and inflammation if the treatment is given according to medical specifications. The existing devices in the market such as cryo-cuff will become more efficient if it is capable to control important parameter like cooling temperature during the treatment. Therefore, a study of the therapeutic device control system using thermoelectric module was carried out. This system is based on microcontroller Arduino which makes it convenient for the users to control the gel temperature during the treatment. The aim of the study is to design a cooling therapy device using thermoelectric module for cryotherapy, to design a system that can control temperature and to develop a prototype that can control the desired temperature of gel using Arduino. This prototype uses thermoelectric-cooler (TEC) which will convert electric energy to temperature difference on both sides of the TEC. The PID controller is implemented in the coding of Arduino to obtain a constant gel temperature. In conclusion, the prototype is able to control the temperature reading consistently. In this study, when the temperature is set to 8°C by the Arduino, the result shows the average temperature reading is 8.668°C. Thus, it can be concluded that this thermoelectric therapy device can control the gel temperature set by the user.
Artificial Bee Colony Algorithm with Proposed Discrete Nearest Neighborhood Algorithm for Discrete Optimization Problems
Authors:   Department of Civil Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, University of Zanjan, Zanjan, Iran, Rahimi Amir Masoud , Ramezani-Khansari Ehsan ,   Faculty of Civil Engineering, Amirkabir University of Technology (Tehran Polytechnic), Tehran, Iran
Published: January 2023

Travelling salesman problem (TSP) is one the problems of NP-complete family, which means finding shortest complete close tour in the graph. This study seeks to solve this problem using Artificial Bee Colony (ABC) Algorithm along with the proposed Discrete Nearest Neighborhood Algorithm (DNNA). DNNA finds shortest path among points by starting from an arbitrary point. In next steps this links will be a guide to make complete tour. In other words the links in partial tours have higher chance to be in the final solution. In order to improve the final solutions of a single created tour, The employee bees’ movement radius has been limited, because of avoidance of long random jump between nodes. To reduce the optimization time of the tours created by the artificial bee colony algorithm, the fixed-radius near neighbor 2-opt algorithm was used as well. In addition, 2 types of scout bee were used for to intensify the probability property of the algorithm. Also, convergence in the probability function of employee bees’ movement was prevented by increasing the number of route-creating tours. The first scout bee applies the proposed DNNA and the secondary scout bee improves the partial tours of employee bees in a probable way. Although Althought the average error of proposed ABC algorithm has been 0.371% higher than best solution of all methods, it could improve the solution of 3 problems with average of 3.305%. The proposed algorithm has been better than basic ABC in all tested problems with average of 0.570%.
A Combinatorial RGB and Depth Images CNN-based Model for Oil Palm Fruit Bunch Detection and Heatmap Localisation for a Visual SLAM System
Authors:   Department of Electrical, Electronic and Systems Engineering, Faculty of Engineering & Built Environment, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, Malaysia, Zheng Siong Chua , Ibrahim Mohd Faisal ,   Department of Electrical, Electronic and Systems Engineering, Faculty of Engineering & Built Environment, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, Malaysia, Huddin Aqilah Baseri ,   Department of Electrical, Electronic and Systems Engineering, Faculty of Engineering & Built Environment, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, Malaysia, Mohd Zaman Mohd Hairi ,   Department of Electrical, Electronic and Systems Engineering, Faculty of Engineering & Built Environment, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, Malaysia, Hashim Fazida Hanim ,   Department of Electrical, Electronic and Systems Engineering, Faculty of Engineering & Built Environment, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, Malaysia
Published: January 2023

The harvesting job of cutting and collecting fruit bunches in oil palm plantations remains the most labour-intensive job in the oil palm processing cycle. The introduction of an autonomous vehicle to assist workers in the harvesting job promises better productivity. Such a driverless vehicle requires a software module known as simultaneous localisation and mapping (SLAM) to guide the vehicle to navigate autonomously. This work proposes a visual SLAM system with a distinctive capability of detecting and localising oil palm loose fresh fruit bunches (FFB) on the ground using intelligent image processing. This vehicle is equipped with a depth camera capable of capturing RGB images and depth images concurrently. Two VGG16-based convolutional neural network (CNN) models are trained using the acquired RGB and depth images dataset of loose FFBs on the ground. The output from the combinatorial FFB detection model is then fed into a visual SLAM system called RTAB-Map. By combining the FFB detection model and the visual SLAM system, the vehicle can plan for autonomous navigation safely, perform bunch pick-up tasks, and avoid collision with fruit bunches on the ground. The experiment results show that the proposed CNN model can detect and localise loose FFBs with significant accuracy in various lighting conditions.
Kişilik Özelliklerinin Sporda Ahlaktan Uzaklaşma Davranışını Yordama Etkisi
Authors: ALTIN Yasin , ALTIN Sena
Published: January 2023

Bu araştırmanın amacı, beş faktör kişilik özelliklerinin sporda ahlaktan uzaklaşma davranışını yordama etkisinin incelenmesidir. Araştırma grubu, Kayseri ve Sivas ilinde bulunan, spor yapmış ve aktif olarak spor yapan, 178’i kadın 244’ü erkek olmak üzere 18 yaş ve üzeri, 422 bireyden oluşmaktadır. Veri toplama aracı olarak kişisel bilgi formu, sporda ahlaktan uzaklaşma ölçeği, beş faktör kişilik ölçeği uygulanmıştır. Verilerin analizinde R (4.1.3) programı kullanılmıştır. Verilerin değerlendirilmesinde betimsel istatistikler, regresyon analizine yönelik varsayımsal incelemeler, basit ve çoklu doğrusal regresyon analizleri uygulanmıştır. Elde edilen bulgulara göre kişilik özellikleri ile ahlaktan uzaklaşma davranışı ilişkilidir. Beş faktör kişiliğin özdenetimlilik ve uyumluluk boyutlarının ahlaktan uzaklaşma davranışını yordama etkisi anlamlı bulunmuştur (Özdenetimlilik ve Uyumluluk için p<0.05). Ek olarak bu iki kişilik boyutunun etkileşim etkisi de istatistiksel olarak anlamlı bulunmuştur (Özdenetimlilik*Uyumluluk için p<0.05). Sonuç olarak beş faktör kişiliğin bazı temel boyutları ahlaki davranışın yordayıcısıdır. İleride yapılacak araştırmalarda ahlaktan uzaklaşma davranışını yordayan temel kişilik boyutlarının ayrıntılı olarak ele alınması önerilmektedir.
METACOGNITIVE AWARENESS, REFLECTIVE THINKING, PROBLEM SOLVING, AND COMMUNITY OF INQUIRY AS PREDICTORS OF ACADEMIC SELF-EFFICACY IN BLENDED LEARNING: A CORRELATIONAL STUDY
Authors: KARAOGLAN-YILMAZ Fatma Gizem , USTUN Ahmet Berk , ZHANG Ke , YILMAZ Ramazan
Published: January 2023

Blended learning (BL) has been increasingly implemented in higher education, while more research is needed to investigate the role of metacognitive awareness, reflective thinking, problem solving and community of inquiry on academic self-efficacy in BL. This correlational study collected data from 217 undergraduate students in an introductory computer course, using five well-established instruments. The result showed that there was a strong and positive relationship between self-efficacy and metacognitive awareness, reflective thinking and problem solving skills, while there was also a positive moderate relationship between students’ academic self-efficacy and community of inquiry. In addition, the predictive models revealed that metacognitive awareness, reflective thinking, problem solving skills and community of inquiry were the predictors of academic self-efficacy as well as its subdimensions, such as learners’ engagement, social status and cognitive applications. According to the results, this article then discusses the practical and research implications of the study and suggests future research directions.
ANALYSIS OF FACTORS AFFECTING THE EFFICIENCY OF WORK OF OFFICIALS OF INTELLIGENCE MANAGEMENT BODIES ON ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT OF INTELLIGENCE ACTIVITIES
Authors:   Odesa Military academy, Maksymenko Yu.A. , Skachkov V.V. ,   Odesa Military academy, Popov S.A. ,   Odesa Military academy, Mamich V.V. ,   Odesa Military academy
Published: January 2023

Heads of intelligence agencies, information-analytical (information) units, intelligence agencies and intelligence officers of all levels organize and conduct intelligence activities. The process of information activities is a consistent set of operations (collection, registration, systematization, analysis, transmission, accumulation, storage, issuance of information), which allows you to quickly find the full intelligence required by the commander and staff. To find more effective approaches to improving the quality and efficiency of intelligence agencies, the article analyzes the factors that affect the effectiveness of the organization and conduct of intelligence activities. As a result of the analysis of the set of factors influencing the efficiency of intelligence officials, conclusions were made that will identify measures that affect the more significant effect of improving the organization and conduct of intelligence activities in all areas. This will not only reduce the time of information at all stages of work, which will ensure its continuity and completeness, as well as increase the level of semantic processing of intelligence information at the same time, which will ensure a higher degree of reliability. based on more adequate and effective solutions.
THE ROLE AND PLACE OF PERSONNEL SAFETY IN THE SYSTEM OF MILITARY HUMAN RESOURCES POLICY
Authors:   Ministry of Defenсe of Ukraine, Grishin S.P. , Zubovsky D.S. ,   Ministry of Defenсe of Ukraine, Ryaba L.O. ,   Taras Shevchenko national University of Kyiv
Published: January 2023

The problem of personnel security is especially relevant for the Ministry of Defense and the Armed Forces of Ukraine. The current socio-political situation in our country requires, as never before, the creation of a reliable system of personnel security and the search for and implementation of fundamentally new forms and methods of its provision. The formation of Ukraine's military personnel policy takes place in the period of new forms of military conflicts, "hybrid wars", transformation of methods of warfare, information wars, political complications of Ukraine's European integration process, etc. Personnel security in the system of military personnel policy is considered from the standpoint of targeted, process, structural and functional approaches in the context of economic security. At the same time, personnel security in the field of state defense is firstly aimed to solve the problem of national security, which imposes its own specific requirements for its study. The main threats from the personnel of the Ministry of Defense and the Armed Forces of Ukraine are outlined. Potential areas of abuse and possible corruption risks in various spheres of military activity, both in peacetime and in wartime, are also analyzed and identified, and the main factors contributing to the emergence of these risks in the defense sphere are outlined. It is determined that personnel security covers all areas of development of military personnel policy of the Ministry of Defense, namely: recruitment; HR; education and training; social and humanitarian provision of personnel, and ensuring personnel security and reducing risks on the part of personnel remains a priority and dominant area of ensuring comprehensive security in the field of defense and one of the priority tasks to be solved. Personnel security issues should be solved at each stage of personnel management (search, selection, recruitment, adaptation, development, evaluation, etc.). Any action of a personnel officer at any stage is either strengthening or weakening the security of a military organization by its main component - personnel.
DEVELOPMENT OF UNLIMITED AVIATION IN THE WORLD AND UKRAINE: ANALYSIS OF FEATURES AND TECHNICAL CHARACTERISTICS
Authors:   National Academy of the State Border Service of Ukraine, Babiy Yu.A. , Polishchuk V.V. ,   National Academy of the State Border Service of Ukraine, Matsyshyn M.O. ,   National Academy of the State Border Service of Ukraine, Martinyuk V.P. ,   National Academy of the State Border Service of Ukraine, Martinyuk A.V. ,   National Academy of the State Border Service of Ukraine, Chernousov D.A. ,   National Academy of the State Border Service of Ukraine
Published: January 2023

The capabilities of unmanned aerial vehicles are constantly growing, the scope of their use is expanding, combat survivability is increasing. Most of them are small, low optical and radar contrast, so they are less vulnerable to enemy air defenses. At the same time, in the armed forces of the world's leading countries, in particular the Armed Forces of Ukraine, unmanned aerial vehicles are increasingly used instead of manned aircraft to perform combat tasks of reconnaissance, battlefield surveillance, destruction of ground targets, creation of false air targets and more. In general, the assessment of modern armed conflicts shows an increase in the intensity of mass use of unmanned aerial vehicles to solve combat tasks at various levels (tactical, operational and strategic), which significantly changes the course of armed struggle in the air. Unmanned aerial vehicles have been and remain one of the main means, which determines not only the enthusiasm of the initiative, but also the result of the confrontation in general. Analysis of publications allows us to understand the use of unmanned aerial vehicles, the effectiveness of unmanned aerial vehicles in solving various problems, as well as their advantages and disadvantages, but does not reveal ways and experience of using unmanned aerial vehicles in today's military conflict. This article reveals the trends in the combat use of unmanned aerial vehicles, analyzes the use of unmanned aerial vehicles based on the experience of their combat use in combat conflict with the Russian Federation, which, in particular, showed that the struggle of air defense forces and forces in the armed conflict Aviation is ineffective due to a number of factors, in particular due to the advanced development of these air attack means in relation to existing air defense firepower. In addition, the paper identifies the importance of unmanned aerial vehicles on the peculiarities of warfare, its further nature of action and trends in the further application and features of modern martial arts with the leading role of aviation. Thus, the air operation (both for defense and offensive purposes) is an important component of the operation to repel armed aggression and aggravate the military-political conflict and full-scale armed conflict of the Russian Federation requires a more detailed analysis of combat applications of modern unmanned aerial vehicles.
Physiological status of reproductive age girls under conditions of technogenic impact in the Kola North
Authors: Belisheva Natalia K. , Martynova Alla A. , Korovkina Anna V.
Published: January 2023

BACKGROUND: An investigation to determine the reproductive health disorders commonly found in adolescent females residing in the North peninsula of Kola, Russia. Insubstantial studies on the physiological status of the reproductive aged females living in a territory that has become highly polluted due to the dust particles of apatite-nepheline ore, determines the relevance of this study and involves the identification of indicators of premorbid state.
AIM: To examine the physiological status of reproductive aged females living under chronic stress condition caused by exposure to both anthropogenic as well as Arctic environment with an objective to reveal possible pre-nosological deviations as indicators of premorbid state.
MATERIAL AND METHODS: We conducted an observational, longitudinal analytic "3 waves panel study (2019, 2020, 2021) involving 54 female students 1620 years old from medical college in the city of Apatity, Russia. Physiological status was assessed in accordance with the content of hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenocortical system hormones, metabolites of lipid peroxidation, antioxidant protection, vitamin D, lipids, and carbohydrates using percentile distribution of indicator values. Significance of the differences was determined by comparative analysis of two dependent variables using the Wilcoxon criterion.
RESULTS: Deviations from the optimal values of physiological state indicators were revealed in more than 25% of the females, which manifested themselves in increased secretion of adrenocorticotropic hormone, cortisol, thyrotropic hormone, and depleting secretion of somatotropic hormone, thyroxine with reduced content of antioxidant protection enzymes. In 95% of females, hypovitaminosis of vitamin D was detected whereas 50% of females were found with diminished values of low-density lipoproteins.
CONCLUSION: Pre-nosological deviations of the physiological status in the conditions of technogenic pollution testify to the oppression of the bodys protective systems and are predictors of morbidity and are subject to individual correction.
The Influence of The State Purchaser on Competition in Public Procurement in Russia
Authors:   Sberbank-AST JSC, Firsov Evgeniy I. , Belokrylova Olga S. ,   Southern Federal University
Published: January 2023

From the economic point of view, the competitive aspect of public procurement is a relatively poorly studied area of public procurement policy research, as economists tend to focus more on the problems of risk sharing, incentives formation, overcoming information asymmetry specific to public procurement. On the other hand, the study of public procurement from the perspective of supplier firms also receives limited attention, probably due to the fact that, from the economic point of view, their analysis belongs to the peripheral area of microeconomics, focusing on the analysis of monopsony and purchasing power of the state. This article attempts to characterize public procurement in terms of the specifics of the market structure of this quasi-market. As a premise of the analysis, it should be emphasized that a competitive analysis of the regulation of the state as buyer and its influence on the market cannot be properly conducted in situations where it is the only buyer (i.e., in purely "public markets") or where it has no significant market power (i.e., in purely private markets). And if the first situation is analyzed through the prism of sectoral regulation (because of the pure monopsony of the public buyer), in the second case the influence of public procurement is almost insignificant (because of the lack of purchasing power in the population) and is likely to remain below all thresholds of significance. The features of the public procurement market, where the state buyer dominates, having large-scale purchasing power and interacting with private markets are revealed; the consequences of his behavior are determined.
REVISITING THE FORMATION OF THE REPUBLIC OF KHAKASIA
Authors:   Южносибирский филиал Института истории материальной культуры РАН, В. Н. Тугужекова
Published: January 2023

Цель — раскрыть процесс образования Республики Хакасия (РХ) в постсоветский период в фокусе работы выборных кампаний, становления ее Конституции. Задачи исследования: обозначить основные этапы становления национально-территориального образования в историческом аспекте; определить векторы выборных кампаний, этапы подготовки Конституции в регионе. Объектом исследования является процесс формирования национальных субъектов в стране. В статье рассматривается история становления Республики Хакасия в начальный период образования региона. Основным вкладом автора в исследование темы является освещение направлений выборных кампаний, этапов становления Конституции РХ. Эмпирическая база исследования представлена законодательными документами. Автор акцентирует внимание на деятельности избирательной комиссии, формировании Верховного Совета Республики Хакасия. Дает подробный анализ событий 1990-х гг. Отмечает, что в определении статуса Хакасии важную роль сыграл съезд хакасского народа, прошедший 10‒11 августа 1990 г., где была принята «Декларация съезда хакасского народа о государственном суверенитете Хакасии». Основные выводы: 1. Можно выделить четыре этапа в становлении национально-территориального образования Хакасии, интервал между которыми был суженным в советский период (1923 г. / 1925 г. / 1930 г.), расширенным — до периода образования республики (1991 г.). 2. Значимую роль в развитии региона в период становления субъекта сыграли национальная интеллигенция, представители законодательной власти. Среди направлений выборных кампаний представлены выборы народных депутатов, председателя Верховного Совета РХ, утверждение декларации об основных правах, полномочиях и обязательствах Республики Хакасия в составе РФ, государственного герба. 3. Принятие Конституции РХ проходило в четыре этапа, в дальнейшем законотворческая деятельность была связана с принятием нормативно-правовых актов о территориальном устройстве, налоговой, бюджетной, земельной и имущественной основах общества.
COLLECTIVE AND STATE FARMS OF BURYATIA DURING THE PERIOD OF AGRARIAN REFORMS IN THE 1950s‒1960s OF THE 20th CENTURY
Authors:   Бурятская государственная сельскохозяйственная академия имени В. Р. Филиппова, Л. А. Зайцева , А. Л. Яковлев ,   Бурятская государственная сельскохозяйственная академия имени В. Р. Филиппова
Published: January 2023

В статье предпринята попытка освещения деятельности колхозов и совхозов Бурятии в период аграрных преобразований. Проанализирован уровень материально-технической базы сельского хозяйства республики, ее удельный вес в валовой продукции сельского хозяйства Восточной Сибири. Рассмотрен процесс укрупнения колхозов и преобразования их в совхозы. Показана работа в земледелии и животноводстве, где произошло изменение кормовой базы за счет увеличения производства сочных кормов. Уделено внимание вопросам подготовки сельскохозяйственных кадров в Бурятском государственном сельскохозяйственном институте.
ART OBJECTS IN THE DAILY LIFE OF CITIZENS OF BAIKAL SIBERIA IN THE SECOND HALF OF THE 19th — EARLY 20th CENTURY
Authors:   Иркутский государственный университет, В. В. Ткачев
Published: January 2023

В статье дается представление о том, как предметы искусства постепенно становились частью повседневной жизни горожан Байкальской Сибири второй половины XIX — начала XX в. В результате восстановления исторических событий было отмечено, что в изучаемый период активно велась переписка между художниками и коллекционерами о взаимодействии в процессе организации художественных мероприятий, собраний живописи, графики, скульптуры. Рукописное наследие свидетелей художественных событий в Иркутской губернии и Забайкальской области дает возможность изучить жизнь и деятельность представителей художественной интеллигенции, понять то, как жители городов взаимодействовали, участвовали в работе общественных объединений, представляли и понимали предметы искусства. Документы описывают то, как живописные полотна переходили от создателей к владельцам домов. Исследование подтвердило, что произведения мастеров размещались в усадьбах, общественных и административных строениях, учебных заведениях. В работе рассматриваются события, в которых принимали участие разные представители общественности: иркутское и забайкальское купечество, художники, ученые и педагоги. В архивах Иркутска выявлены исторические документы, которые подтверждают работу интеллектуалов в городах по приобщению жителей к отечественному и мировому искусству.
METHODS FOR FORMING HISTORICAL CONCEPTS IN SCHOOLCHILDREN FROM THE PERSPECTIVE OF GORA’S SCIENTIFIC AND METHODOLOGICAL SCHOOL
Authors:   Московский государственный педагогический университет, Н. С. Донская
Published: January 2023

Формирование исторических понятий в сознании учащихся — важная педагогическая проблема, решение которой предлагает научно-методическая школа П. В. Горы. В статье освещается подход научно-методической школы к процессу формирования исторических понятий у школьников, который в свое время разрабатывался П. В. Горой и его учениками. Рассматривается возможность применения методических разработок научной школы в области формирования исторических понятий на современном этапе развития методики преподавания истории. Акцентируется внимание читателя на необходимости воспитания у учащихся диалектического мышления в процессе формирования сложных по своему содержанию исторических понятий. Научно обосновывается поэтапное изучение длительных исторических явлений, которые следует разделять на относительно законченные части. Поэтапно усваивая сложную историческую информацию, ученики формируют в своем сознании целостную историческую картину мира. В области познания единичных фактов и явлений устанавливается целесообразность применения формальной логики для формирования логических понятий. Рассматриваются пути выявления в ходе сравнения исторических понятий новых качеств исторического явления. Исследования П. В. Горы были развиты в трудах его учеников, которые с возрастающей широтой подходят к проблеме формирования исторических понятий.
Influência de Trichoderma spp. na promoção de crescimento de Vigna unguiculata
Authors: Silva Rewysson Alves Ribeiro da , Oliveira Luciana Gonçalves de , Lima Maria Luiza de Souza , Kettner Mayara Goés , Mendonça Ana Paula Medeiros dos Santos Rodrigues , Costa Antonio Félix da
Published: January 2023

O feijão-caupi (Vigna unguiculata (L.) Walp.) é conhecido por feijão de corda, feijão macassar e feijão da colônia. Além da sua importância econômica, possui altos teores nutricionais, sendo um substituto da proteína animal. Fungos do gênero Trichoderma são conhecidos por serem controladores biológicos e pela sua versatilidade. Este trabalho teve por objetivo avaliar o efeito de Trichoderma spp. no crescimento de plantas de feijão-caupi. Utilizou-se 15 isolados de Trichoderma e um genótipo de feijão-caupi. O bioensaio foi inteiramente casualizado, repetindo uma vez. Os isolados foram multiplicados em arroz parboilizado. De cada isolado foi preparada uma suspensão de conídios ajustada para 106 conídios mL-1, recebendo cada planta 25 mL da suspensão, avaliando-se 30 dias após a inoculação, altura de planta, peso de massa verde e massa seca. Dez isolados proporcionaram ganhos em altura das plantas tratadas, diferindo em média do controle nos dois bioensaios realizados. As plantas tratadas com T 12.11 e T 5.16 tiveram incrementos no peso de massa verde e seca em todos os bioensaios e em todas as variáveis analisadas. O uso de espécies de Trichoderma visando à promoção de crescimento em feijão–caupi representa uma alternativa viável para os agricultores. Os isolados mais promissores T 2.24 e T 2.54 da espécie T. asperelloides, e T 5.16 e T 12.11 de Trichoderma spp. podem ser utilizados para aumento de matéria seca em feijão-caupi, necessitando estudos, a fim de visualizar maior produção comercial e para desenvolver formas mais práticas de inoculação.
Post-Marketing Safety of Vemurafenib: A Real-World Pharmacovigilance Study of the FDA Adverse Event Reporting System
Authors: Liu Yanxin , Dong Changjiang , He Xucheng , Shu Yamin , Wu Pan , Zou Jian
Published: January 2023

Purpose: Vemurafenib received approval for treatment of BRAF V600 variation metastatic melanoma in August 2011. This study analyzed Vemurafenib-related adverse events (AEs) to detect and characterize relevant safety signals using the real-word-data through the Food and Drug Administration Adverse Event Reporting System (FAERS). Methods: Disproportionality analyses, including the reporting odds ratio (ROR), the healthcare products regulatory agency (MHRA), the Bayesian confidence propagation neural network (BCPNN), and the multiitem gamma Poisson shrinker (MGPS) algorithms, were applied to quantify the signals of vemurafenib-related AEs. Results: Out of 8,042,244 reports gathered from the FAERS, 9554 reports of vemurafenib as the ‘primary suspected (PS)’ AEs were recognized. Vemurafenib-induced AEs occurrence targeted 23 system organ class (SOC). A total of 138 significant disproportionality PTs was simultaneously reserved according to the four algorithms. Unexpected significant AEs such as sarcoidosis and kidney fibrosis might also occur. The median onset time of vemurafenib-related AEs was 26 days (interquartile range [IQR] 8-97 days), and most of the cases occurred within the first one and two months after vemurafenib initiation. Conclusion: Our study detected potential new AEs signals and might provide powerful support for clinical monitoring and risk identification of vemurafenib.
Development of a neural network for diagnosing the risk of depression according to the experimental data of the stop signal paradigm
Authors: Zelenskih M. O. , Saprygin A. E. , Tamozhnikov S. S. , Rudych P. D. , Lebedkin D. A. , Savostyanov A.  N.
Published: January 2023

These days, the ability to predict the result of the development of the system is the guarantee of the successful functioning of the system. Improving the quality and volume of information, complicating its presentation, the need to detect hidden connections makes it ineffective, and most often impossible, to use classical statistical forecasting methods. Among the various forecasting methods, methods based on the use of artificial neural networks occupy a special place. The main objective of our work is to create a neural network that predicts the risk of depression in a person using data obtained using a motor control performance testing system. The stop-signal paradigm (SSP) is an experimental technique to assess a person’s ability to activate deliberate movements or inhibit movements that have become inadequate to external conditions. In modern medicine, the SSP is most commonly used to diagnose movement disorders such as Parkinson’s disease or the effects of stroke. We hypothesized that SSP could serve as a basis for detecting the risk of affective diseases, including depression. The neural network we are developing is supposed to combine such behavioral indicators as: the amount of missed responses, amount of correct responses, average time, the amount of correct inhibition of movements after stopsignal onset. Such a combination of indicators will provide increased accuracy in predicting the presence of depression in a person. The artificial neural network implemented in the work allows diagnosing the risk of depression on the basis of the data obtained in the stop-signal task. An architecture was developed and a system was implemented for testing motor control indicators in humans, then it was tested in real experiments. A comparison of neural network technologies and methods of mathematical statistics was carried out. A neural network was implemented to diagnose the risk of depression using stop-signal paradigm data. The efficiency of the neural network (in terms of accuracy) was demonstrated on data with an expert assessment for the presence of depression and data from the motor control testing system.
Canadian Science Fiction for Children and Young Adults: Focusing on Novels from the 1980s
Authors:   The Korean Society For Teaching English Literature, Yun Claudia Sangmi
Published: January 2023

The present study overviews Canadian science fiction for children and young adults in its early history. Canada’s multiculturalism is a great resource for diversity on their literary works, but at the same time, it often turns into concerns on their national identity. Canadian novels portray this unique trait in their stories with three major features. By contrasting the technology-dominated society with the nature-friendly one, they ultimately aim for an idyllic society. Also, the works express distrust of technology and progress with concerns about negative effects on the global environment. Finally, they lie on the blurred border between fantasy adventure and science fiction. Unlike mainstream science fiction novels, Canadian children’s SF writers take the subjects of science, nature, and humans more seriously. Depicting a variety of possible future societies, they continue to emphasize both the harmony of technology and the nature and the exploration of human identity. This originality distinguishes them from other countries’ works and are sufficiently attractive to many young readers.
Advances in understanding color development in poultry meat
Authors:   Oklahoma State University, USA, Ramanathan Ranjith , Kiyimba Frank ,   Oklahoma State University, USA, Suman Surendranath ,   University of Kentucky, USA, Mafi Gretchen ,   Oklahoma State University, USA
Published: January 2023

The demand for poultry meat will surpass other meats as an animal protein source. Poultry is considered white meat due to its lower myoglobin content than red meats. Consumers often associate fresh meat color with quality. Any deviation from a consumer-preferred color leads to less acceptance. This chapter discusses factors affecting poultry meat color and recent advances in understanding metabolites and protein changes in meat. In addition, two case studies will discuss how packaging can influence poultry meat color and lipid oxidation and how omics techniques can be utilized to elucidate biomolecular changes affecting poultry meat quality.
Breast meat abnormalities associated with ischaemic necrosis: dorsal cranial myopathy and deep pectoral myopathy
Authors:   Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil, Kindlein Liris
Published: January 2023

Deep pectoral myopathy (DPM) and dorsal cranial myopathy (DCM) have been reported at different processing plants worldwide, causing economic losses due to condemnation or downgrading of carcasses. Both myopathies have split fibres and are associated with ischaemic necrosis, which may indicate a possible adaptive physiological response of fast-growing broilers. The aim of this chapter is, therefore, to summarise the most relevant findings concerning DPM and DCM regarding their aetiologies, macroscopic and microscopic characteristics of each disease and several associated factors, such as genetic lineage, sex, age, slaughter weight, nutritional deficiencies, bird mobility/exercise, rearing conditions, environmental factors, immunity status and stress.
Differences in Vegetable and Fruit Consumption between Male and Female Farmers: Data Analysis of the Integrated Non Communicable Diseases (NCD) Jenggawah Public Health Center, Jember Regency 2021
Authors: Nur Imamah Levi Nadya , Susanto Tantut , Rasni Hanny , Kurdi Fahruddin
Published: January 2023

As an effort to prevent the incidence of non-communicable diseases and maintain the health status of the Indonesian population, the Indonesian government created the Integrated Non-Communicable Disease Development Post program (Directorate General of Disease Control and Environmental Health, 2014). In general, the purpose of this study was to analyze the differences in consumption of vegetables and fruit between male and female farmers in Jenggawah sub-district, Jember district. This research can be used as a source of information regarding the consumption of vegetables and fruit among farmers and the differences when viewed by gender. The research design used was comparative quantitative with a retrospective approach using secondary data. In this study, an analysis of the difference in consumption of vegetables and fruit was carried out on male and female farmers. This study analyzes secondary data from performance reports on the implementation of PTM Posbindu in the work area of ​​the Jenggawah Health Center in 2021, namely February-June and August-October. Based on the results of the research discussed in this study, it was found that there were differences in the consumption of vegetables and fruit between male farmers and female farmers at the PTM Posbindu Puskesmas Jenggawah. The majority of male farmers were identified as having poor eating behavior on the type of fiber per day which men should have the behavior of eating at least 37 grams of fiber per day based on the nutritional adequacy rate table. And the majority of female farmers (69%) were identified as having good eating behavior, namely 30g of fiber per day which was in accordance with the nutritional adequacy rate table.
Analyzing the maxillary sinuses using 3D-modeling
Authors: Zeleva O. V. , Kolsanov A. V. , Zel'ter P. M. , Sidorov E. A.
Published: January 2023

Introduction. The study of the anatomy of the maxillary sinuses using computed tomography (CT) techniques is an important area of scientific research. The most developing technique that allows you to move from planar images to a picture that clearly represents the shape of the anatomical structure and topographic-anatomical relationships is 3D-modeling.

Purpose. Analyze the forms of the maxillary sinuses using 3D-modeling using the Autoplan APK.

Materials and methods. The primary analysis included 260 studies, from which 80 studies were subsequently selected. The studies were carried out on Aqulion 32 (Toshiba, Japan) and Revolution EVO 128 (GE, Russia) computed tomographs. MSCT was performed on patients aged 22 to 84 years. The average age of patients in the study group was 52.31±3.18 years. To stratify the patients of the study group by age groups, the age periodization scheme of the Institute of Age Physiology of the Russian Academy of Medical Sciences (1969) was used.

Results. The analysis of the shape of the maxillary sinuses showed that the trends in the prevalence of different types of their forms are almost the same, both in the general analysis of the shape of the maxillary sinuses in the study group, and in the isolated analysis of the right and left maxillary sinuses.

Conclusion. To conduct a full study of the shape of the maxillary sinuses allows only their three-dimensional modeling, it also allows you to move from linear dimensions to volumetric measurements by highlighting all the elements of the volumetric image that relate to the sinus cavity. The study of the shape of the maxillary sinuses is a modern problem with the lack of a unified approach to the process of segmentality and interpretation of the results. With regard to otorhinolaryngology, three-dimensional reconstructions of images semi-accepted on the basis of computed tomography are effective in assessing the choice of the type of surgery that is most acceptable in a particular patient.
First experience of liver transplantation for HIV-positive patients in Russia
Authors: Novruzbekov M. S. , Gulyaev V. A. , Mazus A. I. , Ivannikov E. V. , Yadrikhinskaya M. S. , Lutsyk K. N. , Olisov O. D. , Akhmetshin R. B. , Magomedov K. M. , Kazymov B. I. , Akhmedov A. R. , Alekberov K. F. , Yaremin B. I.
Published: January 2023

The article presents the results of liver transplantation in five HIV-infected recipients with irreversible liver damage. It is shown that four of them survived in the long-term period and are observed in a stable condition, and the only death in the recipient was not related to the HIV infection. The experience in the treatment of these patients was summarized. Analysis of the first results of liver transplantation in HIV-infection in Russia shows its validity and clinical efficacy. The only lethal case is connected with the initial extremely grave condition of the recipient and his age. Two cases of surgical traumatism, lack of consistent vaccination in the preoperative period, as well as lack of patients with hepatocellular cancer, small number of observations are obvious drawbacks of our first experience and should be corrected in the future. The success of a complex and multidisciplinary program of organ transplantation in HIV infection is impossible without participation of HIV-infectionists in the transplantation team.
Formação continuada de professores no ensino superior
Authors: Lopes Eduarda da Silva , Radetzke Franciele Siqueira , Güllich Roque Ismael da Costa
Published: January 2023

Introdução/Objetivo: A intenção do artigo acentua-se sobre a discussão acerca de processos de formação continuada no Ensino Superior (ES) como importantes na consolidação do Desenvolvimento Profissional Docente (DPD). Metodologia: O diálogo apresenta interlocuções com as ações do Núcleo de Apoio Pedagógico (NAP) da Universidade Federal da Fronteira Sul (UFFS), campus Cerro Largo, RS, no desenvolvimento do curso de formação: “Educação Superior: desafios da formação”. Pela Análise Temática de Conteúdo (ATC) são trazidos argumentos atinentes às compreensões dos participantes do curso (professores formadores, técnicos administrativos em educação (TAEs) e alunos da Pós-Graduação (mestrandos) ancoradas em respostas a perguntas direcionadas por meio da aplicação de um questionário sobre os objetivos do processo de formação em questão. Resultados: Para além das contribuições do curso também é direcionada atenção para as concepções de docência dos sujeitos participantes. Conclusão: As concepções implicam situar as possibilidades formativas decorrentes do desenvolvimento de encontros balizados pelo modelo da Investigação-Formação-Ação (IFA), na qual cada participante do processo é convidado para a pesquisa da própria prática e, dessa maneira, a reflexão crítica passa a ter um potencial formativo, especialmente no tocante do DPD.
1H-NMR metabolomics for wine screening and analysis
Authors: Le Mao Inès , Da Costa Grégory , Richard Tristan
Published: January 2023

The number of metabolomic studies has grown steadily over the last twenty years. Among the fields of application, food sciences are broadly represented. Proton NMR (1H-NMR) is a commonly used technique for metabolomics and is particularly suitable for wine analysis, because the major wine constituents are highly dependent on biotic and abiotic conditions. 1H-NMR-based metabolomics were used first to guarantee the authenticity of wines, and more recently to determine the impact of viticultural or oenological practices using both targeted and untargeted protocols. This state-of-the-art review covers the different analytical methodologies developed to ensure wine traceability from sample preparation to 1H-NMR spectrum analysis. The potential applications of 1H-NMR spectroscopy in oenology, from wine authenticity control to the monitoring of winemaking, are described. The challenges and perspectives of the deployment of NMR for oenological monitoring are also discussed.
Generalization and Expansion of the Hermia Model for a Better Understanding of Membrane Fouling
Authors: Pereira Gustavo Dias , Filho Lucio Cardozo , Jegatheesan Veeriah , Guirardello Reginaldo
Published: January 2023

One of the most broadly used models for membrane fouling is the Hermia model, which separates this phenomenon into four blocking mechanisms, each with an associated parameter n. These mechanisms are complete blocking (n=2), intermediate blocking (n=1), standard blocking (n=3/2), and cake formation (n=3/2). The original model, which was obtained through experimental data, is given by an Ordinary Differential Equation (ODE) dependent on n. At the time, this ODE was only solved for these four values of n, which limits the effectiveness of the model when adjusted to experimental data. This paper aims to not only mathematically prove the original Hermia model but also to broaden the scope of this model for any real number n by using the original ODE, the equations of fluid mechanics, and the properties of single and multivariable calculus. The extended Hermia model (EHM) is given by a power law for any n≠2 and is given by an exponential function at n=2. To better test the model, we have performed the model fitting of the EHM and compared its performance to the original four pore-blocking mechanisms in 6 micro- and ultrafiltration examples. In all examples, the EHM performed consistently better than the four original pore-blocking mechanisms. Changes in the blocking mechanisms concerning transmembrane pressure (TMP), crossflow rate (CFR), crossflow velocity (CFV), membrane composition, and pretreatments are also discussed.
Dynamically Updated Alive Publication Date
Authors: Gorbunov-Posadov Mikhail
Published: January 2023

The scientific work posted on the Internet, which its author constantly keeps up to date, will be called an alive publication. The genre of alive publishing has many attractive features. However, it requires a certain expansion of the composition of the meta-attributes of the publication: along with the traditional attributes, the date of the appearance of the new, fresh revision is brought to the fore here. Such date is placed in a prominent place in the text of the publication. Along with this, it becomes highly desirable to include such a dynamically ("on the fly") generated date in a bibliographic reference to an alive publication. The currently used methods of dynamic extraction of this date are considered for a simple online publication, for a publication that has received a DOI through Crossref, for a publication posted in arXiv and in Preprints. Thanks to adding this meta-attribute, references to alive publications will beautify any bibliographic list.