bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
How Sexuality Affects Evaluations of Immigrant Deservingness and Cultural Similarity: A Conjoint Survey Experiment
Authors: Hoffmann Nathan Isaac , Velasco Kristopher
Published: July 2024

Do Americans view lesbian and gay (LG) migrants as more deserving of entry to the U.S. than their straight counterparts? Recent changes in U.S. federal policy have contributed to significant increases in LG migration, yet little is known about how Americans view this expanding population. Although Americans are increasingly polarized on their views toward migration, support for gay and lesbian migrants may be cross-cutting. Using a conjoint survey experiment of 1,650 respondents, we investigate how immigrants' sexual-minority status affects Americans' perceptions of their deservingness for admission. Moreover, we evaluate how deservingness is related to evaluations of cultural similarity. Analyses consider interactions between reason for migration, skill, and sexuality as well as heterogeneous effects based on respondent profiles. Results show that Americans overall do not perceive LG migrants as more deserving compared to straight ones, and LG migrants are perceived as less culturally similar. LG immigrants fleeing persecution are seen as more deserving of admission, and Democrats, atheists, and LG respondents consider LG migrants more deserving. This paper helps disentangle Americans' preferences for migrants' presumed cultural similarity from economic potential and humanitarian merit as well as elucidate public opinion of this under-studied group of sexual-minority migrants.
Impact of Vegetable Farming on Farmer’s Livelihood Capitals in Birendranagar, Surkhet
Authors: Vasishtha Veetihotra
Published: July 2024

This research examines the impact of vegetable farming on farmer livelihoods in Birendranagar, Nepal, which is located in the Karnali province and Surkhet district. The study used a household questionnaire survey and field observation to obtain information about vegetable farming and its impact on farmers' livelihoods. The study used convenience and snowball sampling to perform 72 household questionnaire surveys in wards nine, ten, and eleven of Birendranagar municipality . The acquired field survey data was statistically analysed using the frequency, percentage, and chi-square tests. The outcome indicates that the livelihood of vegetable producers has improved in recent years. For their household expenses, 81.9 percent of households generate income from vegetable gardening. The majority of farmers did not take out loans. Only 31.9 percent of respondents received grants from various sources, although most respondents did not receive any subsidy. Farmers primarily utilise their revenue to manage food, clothing, children's education, and daily necessities. Furthermore, the majority of farmers have obstacles in their vegetable cultivation due to a lack of appropriate human resources, improved seeds, and fertiliser. According to the chi-square test results, there is a significant improvement in livelihood after engaging in vegetable farming, as well as significant increases in physical services (TV, mobile, internet), savings, social prestige, and agricultural technological knowledge after engaging in vegetable farming. Furthermore, vegetable farmers are utilising their expertise and are committed to improving their livelihood through vegetable farming.
Utilizing alluvial deposits in Tamor River, Eastern Nepal: construction material suitability and extraction impact
Authors: Karna Anand Kumar , Rawat Bikram , Nepal Sujan
Published: July 2024

The Tamor River, a tributary of the Koshi, has a potential to contribute construction raw materials for ongoing infrastructure development initiatives of the Koshi Province in the Eastern Nepal. However, due to the dynamic nature of river morphology and varying quality of alluvial deposits, it demands a rigorous testing of their suitability for construction purposes. This study aims to locate potential sites for material extraction, assess physical properties of available floodplain deposits, and evaluate potential adverse effects of extraction. Data were collected from field observations, structured interviews with local stakeholders, and consultation with experts/professionals. Field study encompassed an 85-kilometer stretch of the Tamor River, from Dovan to Mulghat. Results indicated the presence of alluvial deposits along the river's entirety, with optimal extraction sites identified between Majhitar and Phalametar. Material available in the stretch from Limbunighat to Phalametar meets acceptable quality standards, albeit declining in the lower stretches of the study section. Adverse effects of extraction appear minimal and manageable with appropriate precautions. Consequently, it is recommended to extract materials for small-scale construction projects, ensuring adherence to safety protocols and confirming suitability through testing. Further investigations into Tamor River's primary tributaries are advised to comprehensively assess resource potential.
Spatial Analysis of Population Landscape: A Case Study of Scheduled Caste Population in Basti District
Authors: Vishal Prakash , Kumar Pradip
Published: July 2024

The scheduled Caste (SC) population has significant importance and proportion in Indian society. They are unprivileged, marginalized, and backward, with a higher rural presence having significant regional disparities in terms of socio-economic indicators. Several studies have documented various socio-economic factors that influence these characteristics. In recent times, the effort of government initiatives to improve living conditions has influenced their distributional pattern with time. In 2011, the scheduled caste population was predominantly made up of 20.85 % of the total population of the Basti district. Most studies in the arena of population geography have exclusively focused on population distribution. This research investigates the geographical distribution and concentration of the Scheduled Caste (SC) people in several blocks of the Basti district in Uttar Pradesh, India. Most studies in the area of population studies have exclusively focused on the percentage of block population in the total population as a method to calculate the concentration of the population, which is a raw number alone and does not provide reliable information about the distribution. This study offers a novel approach for quantifying SC population distribution across different blocks of Basti District using the Location Quotient (LQ) method to analyze census data, which provides a relative measure of SC population concentration compared to the overall population distribution and reveals areas with a higher or lower SC population proportion compared to the district average. Upon analyzing the LQ values for the 2011 census data, it was seen that there had been a growing concentration of Scheduled Caste (SC) population in the core regions spanning from North to South and West to East. The concentration of the SC population in Basti district is found to be low in the northern and western parts, medium in the central part, and high in some parts of the eastern and south-eastern part. The above information will contribute to researchers, policymakers, and social activists in understanding the socio-economic inequalities of the district.
Mathematical Concepts In The Implementation of Tawaf According to The Quran
Authors: Hikmah Suciani  , Rosyidi Muhib
Published: July 2024

The Koran covers mathematics in detail, especially multiplication and calculating numbers in various situations and circumstances. Mathematics as the queen of science has an important role as a means of translating concepts in science. so science and mathematics are interconnected and related. Science and mathematics are connected to the verses of the Qur'an. The verses in the Qur'an as the source of everything include technology, science, economics and provide the meaning that all branches of knowledge can be sought for truth from their source in the Qur'an. The method used in this journal uses qualitative research methods with the type of research being literature study. An example of a mathematical concept that has a correlation with the source of the Al-Qur'an is regarding the mathematical concept in the implementation of tawaf, namely when the congregation circles the Kaaba to form a flat circular shape.
Keywords: Circle, hajj, phi, tawaf
Meningkatkan Self Awareness Melalui Peran Lingkungan Terhadap Tindak Kekerasan Dan Bullying Pada Anak
Authors: Nur Rizaldi Muhammad , Pramana I Made Candra Budi , Prakasa Muhammad Difa , Mawardani Hanifah Mentari , Kholifa Elo Nur , Randy Flie Nathalia , Hutahaean Erik Saut Hatoguan
Published: July 2024

Desa Lambang Jaya merupakan salah satu wilayah yang terletak di kecamatan Tambun timur. Kabupaten bekasi ini terletak 11,3 km dari pusat kota dan berada disebelah selatan kabupaten bekasi. Pembagian wilayah Desa Lambang Jaya terbagi menjadi 3 dusun yang terdiri dari 5 Rw serta juga terdiri dari 13 Rt. Berdasarkan hasil obeservasi para mahasiswa yang melaksanakan kegiatan sosialisasi, tepatnya di RW 001 menjelaskan bahwa kesadaran diri akan kebersihan lingkungan sekitar serta perundungan pada anak yang masih belum terpantau dengan baik. Hal yang bisa dilakukan dengan menyampaikan penyuluhan atau sosialisasi kepada warga RW 001 mengenai lingkungan yang bersih dan sehat juga dan meminimalisir akan bullying yang terjadi pada anak. Luaran yang diharapkan pada kegiatan sosialisasi ini adalah masyarakat dapat lebih sadar akan kebersihan lingkungan yang membuat tercipta nya lingkungan yang sehat pada warga RW 001 Desa Lambang Jaya dan meminimalisir tindak kekerasan dan bullying pada anak untuk masyakarat RW 001 Desa Lambang Jaya
Optimalisasi Kesehatan Mental Lansia Melalui Kegiatan Hobi Mengelola lingkungan
Authors: Pertiwi Yuarini Wahyu , Gina Fathana , Muzzamil Ferdy
Published: July 2024

Program pengabdian masyarakat ini bertujuan untuk meningkatkan kesejahteraan lansia melalui keterlibatan dalam berbagai hobi yang bermakna dan produktif. Kegiatan yang dilakukan meliputi brain gym, kerajinan tangan dari bahan daur ulang, dan bermain alat musik angklung. Program ini dirancang untuk menciptakan lingkungan yang inklusif dan mendukung, di mana lansia dapat mengeksplorasi minat mereka, berinteraksi dengan sesama, dan meningkatkan kualitas hidup mereka secara keseluruhan. Hasil dari program ini menunjukkan peningkatan signifikan dalam kesehatan fisik, mental, dan emosional peserta. Lansia yang terlibat dalam kegiatan hobi menunjukkan peningkatan mobilitas dan kekuatan otot, serta penurunan risiko penyakit degeneratif. Interaksi sosial yang tercipta melalui kegiatan ini membantu mengurangi rasa kesepian dan meningkatkan rasa komunitas dan kebersamaan di antara peserta. esimpulannya, keterlibatan dalam hobi memiliki dampak positif yang signifikan terhadap kesehatan mental, fisik, dan sosial lansia, dan promosi hobi merupakan strategi yang efektif untuk mendukung penuaan yang sukses dan meningkatkan kualitas hidup lansia
Sosialisasi Pola Asuh Kesehetan Mental Anak di Kelurahan Aren Jaya Bekasi
Authors: Syafitri Nabila Nur , Putri Alya Rizkiani , Wafiah Wafa , Billah Hamdy Mou’taz , Muzzamil Ferdy
Published: July 2024

Kelurahan Aren Jaya adalah salah satu wilayah yang terletak di kecamatan Bekasi timur. Kelurahan Aren Jaya ini terletak sekitar 8,1 km dari pusat kota dan berada di sebelah timur Kota Bekasi. Pembagian wilayah Kelurahan Aren Jaya terbagi menjadi 22 RW serta terdiri dari beberapa Sekolah Menengah Pertama (SMP) yaitu 5 sekolah dan  Sekolah Menengah  Atas (SMA) yaitu 2 sekolah serta Sekolah Menengah Kejuruan (SMK) yaitu 1 sekolah. Berdasarkan observasi para mahasiswa yang melaksanakan sosialisasi di Kelurahan Aren Jaya, tepatnya di RW 002 menerangkan bahwa masa perkembangan anak-anak dan remaja merupakan tahap belajar dan masa dimana mereka masih belum menemukan jati diri. Hal yang bisa dilakukan dengan menyampaikan penyuluhan ataupun sosialisasi kepada warga RW 02 mengenai Pola Asuh Orang Tua dan Kesehatan Mental. Luaran yang diharapkan pada kegiatan sosialisasi ini adalah orang tua dapat meningkatkan pola asuh orang tua terhadap kesehatan mental anak pada warga RW 02 Kelurahan Aren Jaya dan memunculkan kesadaran akan pentingnya pola asuh yang baik untuk kesehatan mental anak dalam warga RW 02 kelurahan Aren Jaya.
MODERN ASPECTS OF CARCINOID BRONCHOPULMONARY TUMOURS DIAGNOSIS AND TREATMENT
Authors: Vytvytskyi Ivan Z. , Bagirov Mamed M. , Getman Vadym G. , Vysotskyy Arkadii G.
Published: July 2024

Introduction. Neuroendocrine tumors (NET) of the lung represent a heterogeneous group of malignancies, that include typical, atipical carcinoid, large cell lung cancer and smal cell lung cancer. There has been an uptrend in the incidence of lung NETs during pasts decades. However, bronchopulmonary carcinoids are a rare group of tumors. Given the paucity of incidence, rational diagnosis and treatment is challenging. This paper provides an overview of the issue of diagnosis and treatment of lung carcinoid tumors.
Aim. To highlight the managament of bronchopulmonary carcinoid based on guidelines and clinical studies.
Materials and methods. The search and selection of publications, systematic reviews and guidelines were performed using the PubMed and Google Scholar databases.
Results. The search yielded a significant number of publications, but the studies are mostly retrospective and cohort. Randomized trials concern the problem of treatment of metastatic carcinoid tumors. Recommendations of diagnostic and treatment are presented by guidelines – NCCN, NANETS, ENETS, ESMO. Surgical resection is the standard of care for early-stage lung carcinoids, in advanced case decisions are made using a multidisciplinary approach. We also discuss the management of metastatic lung NETs.
Conclusions. Carcinoid lung tumors are rare types of neoplasms. Differential criteria for carcinoid lung tumors are morphological features, and immunohistochemical markers have additional role. The most effective method of non-invasive diagnosis is PET/CT with 68Ga-DOTA-octreotate, the use of 18F-deoxyglucose is less effective due to the low metabolic activity of most tumors. Surgical resection is the method of choice and provides a good prognosis, with 5-year survival for typical and atypical carcinoids being 90% and 70%, respectively. In the case of advance tumors and distant metastasis of the tumor, it is worth considering the use of somatostatin analogs and mTOR inhibitors.
MEDICAL AND SOCIAL ASPECTS OF PAIN PERCEPTION
Authors: Kvasnitskyi Mykola V.
Published: July 2024

Aim. The aim of the research is to study epistemological, philological, medical, social, economic aspects for pain in order to improve the awareness at the medical environment and develop effective forms, means and methods of medical care to patients with pain syndromes.
Materials and methods. Bibliosemantic, comparative analysis, systems analysis.
Results. Pain is dualistic both in its origin and in its mechanisms. Pain is both a physical sensation and an emotional response to it including cognitive and social components. In essence, chronic and recurrent pain is a separate health care issue, an independent disease. Convincing data were obtained on the presence of functional, structural and chemical changes in the brain due to chronic pain. The ability to modulate a response to pain is crucial for adaptation and takes place through cortical, stem, and cerebrospinal level. The response to pain is modulated by three mechanisms: gate control, descending modulation system, neuromodulators.
Discussion. Chronic pain is one of the most burdensome state and one of the most common chronic diseases as the frequency of such disorders reaches the epidemic level, and the economic loss for health care provided for patients with chronic pain syndrome in terms of the total costs of society outweigh the costs of cardiovascular diseases, cancer, diabetes. Chronic pain is accompanied by anxiety, depression, fatigue, sleep disturbance, functional disability and reduced quality of life. This is an urgent issue especially nowadays during the warfare in Ukraine. The frequency and severity of the course of chronic pain and psychosomatic syndrome will certainly increase not only during the war but also in the post-war years, possibly in even more severe forms. Only specialized multimodal medical care for patients with chronic pain would benefit in terms of treatment outcomes, economic efficiency and social consequences.
Conclusions. In order to significantly improve the provision of medical care to patients with chronic pain, it is necessary to raise awareness of the medical environment and a multidisciplinary approach to such patients, as well as significant organisational changes, including student training and further professional development, improvement of organisational forms of medical care and the readiness of doctors to introduce innovative methods and techniques for providing medical care to patients with pain syndromes.
Gonzalo Ballester: estrategias dentro de su filmografía social y la dedicada al patrimonio inmaterial en la Región de Murcia
Authors: Sánchez Bernal Francisco José
Published: July 2024

Introducción: Este trabajo analiza la filmografía de Gonzalo Ballester, enfocándose en su aspecto social y la preservación del patrimonio inmaterial. El cineasta aborda temas como las tradiciones de la Región de Murcia y la inmigración desde una perspectiva personal. Metodología: Se realizó un análisis de varias películas de Ballester: Mimoune (2006), The Molky way (2009), Al-Madina (2011), Al otro lado del mar (2011), El consejo de hombres buenos. La ley de la huerta (2019) y Karim (2022). Resultados: El análisis revela características transversales en su obra, destacando su enfoque en las tradiciones culturales y los problemas sociales. Discusión: Las películas de Ballester reflejan su compromiso con temas sociales y culturales, utilizando una perspectiva personal para abordar cuestiones como la gestión del agua y la inmigración. Conclusiones: La filmografía de Gonzalo Ballester combina una profunda reflexión social con la preservación del patrimonio inmaterial, consolidando su obra como una contribución significativa al cine documental.
Metaphtonymy of ἀστέρες πλανῆται in the Epistle of Jude 13 in the Light of the First Book of Enoch
Authors: Muszytowska Dorota
Published: July 2024

This article aims to elucidate the precise meaning of the expression ἀστέρες πλανῆται in the Epistle of Jude 13. The expression occurs within a series of metonymies (Jude 12–13) used by the author of the epistle to depict the wicked ( ἀσεβεῖς) who are under critique. Commentators highlight the challenge of interpreting the expressions appearing in those passages due to their metaphorical nature and the vagueness of their contextual origins. The metaphtonymy of ἀστέρες πλανῆται has been examined considering how metaphtonymy is defined in cognitive linguistics. Firstly, the sense resulting from the use of substitution (metonymy) was analysed. Attention was then given to the possible metaphorical meanings of the metonymy. Particular focus was given to the mechanisms of metaphor production, as the expression bears the characteristics of both a general metaphor, derived from experience, and a contextual metaphor, produced for a specific discourse. To characterise the domain of the expression within a given discourse, the Epistle of Jude was analysed as the primary context. Additionally, the First Book of Enoch (1 Enoch) was examined as a potential intertext that could reveal the mechanism of figurative language production in the expression ἀστέρες πλανῆται, as well as its meaning. The starting point was the assumption that there is a dependency relationship between Jude and the 1 Enoch. An analysis of the extant sources (Greek-language versions of 1 Enoch) has led to the conclusion that it is not possible to demonstrate hypoand hypertextual relationships for the expression ἀστέρες πλανῆται due to the lack of material evidence. An analysis of the meanings of the constituent expressions included in the metaphtonymy in question, as well as of the contexts in 1 Enoch, allows the conclusion that the authors of both texts and probably also the presumed primary recipients of the Epistle of Jude have a similar way of thinking and speaking. 1 Enoch makes it possible to better define both the use of this expression by the author of Epistle of Jude and understand the mechanism of figurative language production significantly influenced by the context of apocalyptic ideology.
Fluorite solid solutions of congruent melting in the PbF2–CdF2–RF3 systems
Authors: Buchinskaya I. I. , Fedorov P. P.
Published: July 2024

Based on thermodynamic-topological analysis, the concentration regions for obtaining homogeneous crystals in the MF2–M'F2–RF3 systems (M≠M' = Ca, Sr, Cd, Ba and Pb, R = rare earth elements, REEs) were determined. Fluorite solid solution crystals in the PbF2–CdF2–RF3 systems (R = Tb, Ho, Er, Tm, Yb and Lu) were grown by the vertical directional crystallization technique. Their phase composition and distribution of components along the length of the crystalline boule were studied. Crystals of congruently melting solid solutions (Pb0.67Cd0.33)1–xRxF2+x (R = Tb, Ho, Er, Tm, Yb, Lu) were grown for the first time. In crystals with R = Ho, Er, Tm and Yb traces of low-temperature ordering of the solid solution were found – phase isostructural to the Pb2YF7 compound (sp. gr. I4/m), in which the Y positions are occupied by the corresponding R cations, and the Pb positions can be partially replaced Cd cations. Crystals with R = Tb and Lu have a high degree of homogeneity and are suitable for optical research.
Термодинамическое исследование комплекса меди(I) как основа технологии химического газофазного осаждения
Authors: Жерикова К. В. , Трубин С. В. , Пищур Д. П. , Морозова Н. Б.
Published: July 2024

Получены новые данные о термическом поведении и процессах сублимации и плавления (гексафторацетилацетонато)(циклооктадиен-1,5)меди, [Cu(cod)(hfac)]. Конденсированная фаза исследована методами термического и дифференциального термического анализа и дифференциальной сканирующей калориметрии: определены температура, энтальпия и энтропия плавления комплекса. Эффузионным методом Кнудсена с масс-спектрометрической регистрацией состава газовой фазы получена температурная зависимость давления насыщенного пара [Cu(cod)(hfac)] в интервале температур 293–337 K, рассчитаны термодинамические характеристики процесса сублимации при средней температуре экспериментального интервала и 298.15 K: ΔсублH0m (Tср) = 94.8 ± 1.5 кДж моль-1, ΔсублS0m (Tср) = 200.9 ± 3.2 Дж моль-1 K-1; ΔсублH0m (298.15 K) = 95.8 ± 3.1 кДж моль-1, ΔсублS0m (298.15 K) = 203.5 ± 6.6 Дж моль-1 K-1. Полученные величины сопоставлены с данными по аналогичному соединению иридия(I), [Ir(cod)(hfac)]. Результаты формируют подходы для оценки термодинамических свойств комплексов состава [M(cod)(hfac)] с целью определения оптимальных условий осаждения металлсодержащих покрытий. Подходы необходимы, когда соединения такого типа (например, [Ag(cod)(hfac)]) являются сверхчувствительными к процессу нагревания и отсутствует возможность определения надежных термодинамических характеристик экспериментальным путем.
Rupturism as a socio-cultural process in Chile in the late 1960s — early 1970s
Authors: Musin Vadim K.
Published: July 2024

In the late 1960s, student protests took place in many countries of the world, which later became part of the Cultural revolution of 1968. This article analyzes the Chilean version of the Cultural revolution — rupturism, which significantly influenced the entire subsequent history of society. Based on interviews with witnesses, as well as newspaper articles, it is concluded that rupturism is largely a mental generational conflict that led to the division of society into supporters of the old value coordinates and the new ones.
Brazil's financial and technological leadership. The results of a 5-year revolution in the banking sector
Authors: Stepnov Igor M. , Kovalchuk Julia A.
Published: July 2024

5 years ago Brazil was a country with an extremely monopolized structure of the banking sector. The existing problems in the banking sector (limited operations without physical presence, the inaccessibility of bank branches to the population from remote areas of the country), combined with the spread of the Internet and smartphones and the accelerated penetration of digital technologies during the pandemic, contributed to breakthrough development of FinTech companies offering affordable and simple digital financial and investment services. Brazil has become a country of FinTech leadership both in Latin America and in the world – it has reached a share of 15% of global online transactions and ranks 2nd in the world after South Korea in terms of the number of mobile transactions per capita, and 2 times more mobile fast payments are made here daily than in India, with the difference in population more than a billion people. The article analyzes the prerequisites of the Brazilian FinTech revolution and the dynamics of the FinTech industry and assesses the limitations and prospects for development, taking into account the significant role of the state in the digital transformation in the country and the stimulation of private business in the financial sector, the creation of digital banking ecosystems and the support of healthy market competition.
State policy and the level of food security in Brazil. From successful eradication of hunger to a food crisis
Authors: Potapova Alexandra A.
Published: July 2024

The purpose of the article was to assess the state of food security of the Brazilian population in the 21st century, reflecting the effectiveness of public policy in this area. Since the early 2000s, this problem has been a priority for the Brazilian authorities, who managed to eradicate hunger by 2014. After the political changes and the departure from power of the Workers' Party (Partido dos Trabalhadores, PT), the agri-food policy was gradually weakened, and the budget of the national food and nutrition system was restructured and reduced. Combined with the effects of the pandemic and the economic crisis, the new deal has demonstrated its ineffectiveness, which has led to an increase in the number of citizens who are food insecure, including the hungry. Regional, gender and racial inequalities in access to food are increasing in the country, and the most vulnerable groups are families with children, low—income and living in rural areas.
Studying the evolution of the power spectra of acoustic radiation during the destruction of a solid body
Authors: Belikov V. T.
Published: July 2024

When interpreting acoustic emission (AE) observation data, a model of a crack in the form of a cavity in the shape of an oblate ellipsoid of revolution was used. When the length of its semi-minor axis tends to zero, the ellipsoid models a circular disc-shaped crack. Using data from two amplitude-frequency spectra of AE recorded during the destruction of a concrete sample, distributions of the power of acoustic radiation along the lengths of the semi-axes of the ellipsoidal cavities were constructed. It is shown that by the time the second spectrum is recorded, a redistribution of acoustic radiation occurs in favor of a discrete set of growing main cracks with high semi-major axis lengths and a small opening value.
TESTING SEMICONDUCTOR PRODUCTS USING LOW-FREQUENCY NOISE PARAMETERS
Authors: Gorlov M. I , Sergeev V. A
Published: July 2024

This article is a continuation and addition of the article with the same title published in the journal «Defectoscopiya» No. 1 for 2022, which provides six ways to assess the quality and reliability of semiconductor products (SCP) using low-frequency (LF) noise parameters. This article presents a generalization of the results previously obtained by the authors and describes four more methods for diagnosing and evaluating the reliability of SCP by changing the parameters of low-frequency noise under additional external influences such as electrostatic discharge and (or) thermal annealing. It is shown that additional impacts make it possible to increase the reliability of the assessment of the reliability of the SCP.
TECHNIQUE FOR AUTOMATIC GRADUATION AND VERIFICATION OF TWO-PARAMETER EDDY-CURRENT THICKNESS GAUGES OF DIELECTRIC COATINGS
Authors: Syasko M. V , Soloviev I. P , Solomenchuk P. V
Published: July 2024

The article describes the non-conductive coating thickness simulating system, designed for automatic graduation of the coating thickness gauge using a large number of graduation points. The accuracy of the non-conductive coating thickness simulating system has been evaluated. The procedure for graduation of the coating thickness gauge is described, taking into account the design features and ways to compensate for the main sources of errors of the non-conductive coating thickness simulating system.
The Egyptian Campaign and the Middle East
Authors: Tchoudinov Alexander V.
Published: July 2024

The author of the essay* tells about the main milestones of more than two hundred years old historiography of the Egyptian campaign of 1798–1801, undertaken by the French land forces and navy under the general command of Napoleon Bonaparte, identifies the prerequisites that made such an audacious military enterprise possible, highlights the vicissitudes of the Egyptian and Syrian campaigns of Bonaparte’s Oriental Army, analyzes the motives of the decisive rejection by the local population of the values of the French Revolution, planted by the occupation administration, and establishes the reasons for the final catastrophic outcome of this expedition. The history of the Egyptian campaign is considered by the author in the general context of the evolution of international relations caused by the French Revolution and by the active expansion of revolutionary France. In his opinion, Bonaparte’s Egyptian campaign, which had as its main goal to undermine Britain’s position in the Middle East and Asia, led to exactly the opposite result than the one its initiators had hoped for: the British managed not only to stay in this region, but to gain dominant influence there, whereas France, having spent on this adventure large human and material resources, turned out to be almost completely displaced from there for some time.
Everyday Life vs. Politics: The Image of Joan of Arc in the Cinema of the Twentieth
Authors: Togoeva Olga I.
Published: July 2024

The article draws on a unified corpus of historical feature films released in the twentieth century and centred on a single subject, namely the story of Joan of Arc (1412?–1431), the heroine of the Hundred Years’ War. In modern historiography (études johanniques) such comprehensive studies practically have not yet been conducted: researchers prefer to analyze each film separately, thereby missing possible connections and intersections of their creators’ ideas. In this article, the author aims to examine the extent to which these films conform to one of the most important principles of historical drama, that is, the principle of authenticity, which requires that the daily life of a particular historical era be portrayed on the screen with the utmost accuracy. These observations lead the author to conclude that, in most cases, realism is not a priority for the makers of films about Joan of Arc. Rather, their task is to follow the current historical moment in which a particular screenplay is conceived and implemented. At the beginning of the twentieth century, on the eve of the official canonisation of the Maid of Orleans (1920), the films about her had a distinctly hagiographical character, but over the following decades their semantic load kept changing, ranging from criticism of the European judicial system to criticism (or exaltation) of the existing political system.
KIAM Astrodynamics Toolbox for spacecraft orbital motion design
Authors: Shirobokov M. G. , Trifimov S. P.
Published: July 2024

The KIAM Astrodynamics Toolbox, a new software library for designing spacecraft orbital motion, is introduced. The toolbox is developed at the Keldysh Institute of Applied Mathematics of the Russian Academy of Sciences using Fortran and Python languages, thus combining the computational speed and the flexibility of program design. The library can be useful for space flight mechanics specialists, as well as for students in relevant educational programs.
Description of Paralocks language semantics in TLA+
Authors: Timakov A. A.
Published: July 2024

One of the basic aspects of information flow control in applications is security policy language. Such language should allow to define security policies for evaluation environment elements in coherence with higher level access control rules. So the language is expected to be flexible because there may be different access control paradigms implemented on the system level: mandatory, role-based etc. An application may also have its own specific restrictions. Finally it is also desirable that the language support declassification (controlled release of information) during the computation. One of such languages is Paralocks. The research is devoted to the logical semantics of modified version of Paralocks realized in TLA+. Paralocks represents a language basis for the perspective information flow control platform PLIF which is being developed for the analysis of PL/SQL program blocks with author’s participation. It includes the proofs of the partial order and lattice defined on the set of security policy expressions.
Consciousness and illusion: does illusionism threaten a human
Authors: Gorbachev Maxim D.
Published: July 2024

Illusionism is a relatively recent theory of consciousness that has absorbed and consistently developed physicalist intuitions about consciousness. This approach gives sufficient grounds to consider it contrary to the basic ideas of realists regarding phenomenal consciousness, because according to illusionism there is no phenomenal consciousness, it is just an illusion. The author believes that the danger of this thesis for realists depends on which concept of illusion to adhere to. After a brief review of the illusionist approach, the article presents two possible contents of the concept of the illusion of phenomenality. The author then considers whether realists cannot agree with any of them. One of the possible understandings of illusion is the conceptual distortion of the data of experience or introspection in the course of their interpretation. Although this view is not basic for illusionists, it is implicitly and sometimes explicitly contained in their examples and arguments. In this case, realists can agree that phenomenal consciousness is an illusion, not only without weakening their position, but also emphasizing the special status of phenomenality, which allows a person to expand reality when faced with what is not in the world. When an illusion is understood as a distortion by introspection itself, before any conceptual reactions to its data, the position of illusionists turns out to be much more dangerous for phenomenal consciousness. However, even in this case, realists can introduce a number of counterarguments to which illusionism does not yet have answers acceptable to both sides. Although this discussion is complicated by ambiguities in the relation of definitions of key terms of representatives of these two approaches, which complicates its analysis, the author comes to the conclusion that realism has a chance, if not to adapt the illusion, then to demonstrate the problems and gaps of the illusionist position in connection with this concept.
On the anthropology of luck: objects of moral responsibility and the morality of chance
Authors: Emeretli Kharlampy S.
Published: July 2024

The article examines one of the concepts of a consistent theory of morality — moral luck. It occurs when a person’s moral standing is determined by factors beyond his control, or, in other words, by luck. However, all actions and their consequences are, to one degree or another, determined by such factors. In this aspect, moral luck is opposed to moral responsibility and disrupts the natural practice of human interrelationships. The problem arises: how can one be praised or blamed for certain actions or their consequences if they are partially or completely independent of his individual choice? This article is devoted to consideration of this problem. On the one hand, it argues against resultant moral luck — the kind that is associated with the results of actions. To complete this, the “control principle” and the nature of human action are analyzed. On the other hand, arguments are defended in favor of the significant importance of considering the factor of moral luck for the actualization of people’s moral behavior.
Creation and Regulation of Digital Platforms in China
Authors: Zapyantsev A. A
Published: July 2024

The paper presents a retrospective analysis of the legislation and regulatory practices of the People’s Republic of China, as well as a structured explanation of the growth of economic and social influence of companies using digital platforms as the basis of their business model, which allows to evaluate ways of stimulating the innovative development in the form of the creation of such economic agents. The main conclusion is that the Chinese government has applied strict antitrust regulatory methods and continuously adapted the legal framework to take into account the peculiarities of digital platforms. In realizing the peculiarities of the development of Chinese digital giants, it is worth assigning an important role to the implementation of the policy of state protectionism, which allowed them to develop in conditions of internal competition, and later successfully enter the international market. Digital platforms have become central social and economic actors in various political and economic systems, prompting governments to explore forms of regulation.
Social Issues in M. Moshfeq Kazemi’s Novel “The Terrible Tehran”
Authors: Norouzi Mahnaz
Published: July 2024

The paper aims to provide an analysis of the social issues of the novel “The Terrible Tehran” by M.Moshfeq Kazemi, which is the first example of a social-realistic novel in the modern Persian prose. The novel reflected the main social problems of Iranian society after the constitutional revolution at the beginning of the 20th century. The author is most interested in the women’s issue in a patriarchal society and uneducated social environment living according to old canons. Starting to analyze social issues in the novel “The Terrible Tehran,” we come to the conclusion that political and social transformations in Iran during the constitutional revolution and after it changed society’s attitude to such issues as the position of women in society, her rights and freedoms. It should be noted that the author of this novel has a shallow approach to social problems and he does not offer solutions to the problems existing in society.
The Impact of Digital Technologies on the Development of the Luxury Industry in China
Authors: Alexandrova Elena N.
Published: July 2024

The article examines the features and modern tools of digitalization of the Luxury industry in China. Companies in this industry are actively switching to online sales channels, which have allowed them to overcome the restrictions associated with the COVID-19 pandemic and strengthen their position in the Chinese market. Important factors in the adoption of digital technologies by luxury brands are the younger generation of consumers and government support for digitalization in the country. The article pays special attention to such digital technologies as virtual influencers, artificial intelligence, and social commerce. The opportunities of modern digital technologies for the luxury industry in China are significant, but at the same time, they directly or indirectly determine a number of threats to its development. The promising digital technologies for the Chinese luxury industry considered by the author, allow luxury industry brands to use all touch points with consumers and successfully develop in the Chinese market in the context of digitalization.
What Maghreb Writers of the XX and XXI Centuries Dream of and Denounce (Essay)
Authors: Prozhogina S. V
Published: July 2024

The essay examines distinct patterns in the evolution and history of contemporary Maghreb Francophone literature (Algeria, Morocco, Tunisia), in which the employ of French language resulted to be a kind of weapon “seized” from the enemy colonizers. Its new forms of understanding reality are both an opportunity to formulate ideals of a better world order for postcolonial and modern times and the need to expose the flaws of the traditional societies, flaws caused by the reception by these societies of new methods of violence over individuals. These are among the main distinctive features of the Maghreb Francophone literature, which not only opposes the extremism of radical Islam and the challenges of the globalization but also reflects hopes for the triumph of Harmony and Justice.
On the Composition of Vasyl Pachovsky’s Collection of Poems “Scattered Pearls” (versification aspect)
Authors: Bunchuk Borys , Reutska Natalia
Published: July 2024

The article under discussion studies the collection of poems by Vasyl Pachovsky “Scattered Pearls” (1901) in terms of the principle (rather popular in Ukrainian poetry of the early XX century) not to place the poetic works with the same form next to each other. In accordance with this principle, the article also briefly regards the composition of the collections of love poems by V. Pachovsky’s predecessors I. Franko and P. Karmansky. In I. Franko’s “Withered Leaves” (1896), there is no arrangement of verses with similar forms next to each other. However, in the collection “From the Briefcase of a Suicide” (1899), there occur certain cases when the verses with the same forms stand next to each other. Consequently, the article introduces the notion of the coefficient of coincidence of form (the ratio of the number of repetitions to the number of poems in the collection). In P. Karmansky’s collection, it is 8,3 %. In the collection by V. Pachovsky, there is the tendency to place works with different forms next to each other. In addition, the article also considers pairs of verses, in which the poet tries to diversify the form with the help of stanza (for example, in the works “Vichno vesny povertaiut’...” and “Iak zazulia vesnu chuie...”), rhyme (for example, “Shumka” ta “Orlynyi let”), introduction of systematic internal rhyme (for example, “Oi navysly moï mysly...” and “I znov buv ia na zabavi...”). The article identifies six cases of repetition of the form in adjacent poems. The coefficient of form repetition in the collection is 5 %. The following pairs of poems have been analyzed in the article: “Na shcho ïkhav na zabavu…” and “Oi iak more stohne hore…”, “Chomu to iak more fyliuie…” and “Hanusiu, skhylysia na hrudy…”, “Oi navysly moï mysly...” and “I znov buv ia na zabavi...”, “Zontsi R. (Oi ty s’mishku, s’mii sia, s’mii!)” and “Iak myne dytynnyi rai…”, “Damen-Vals” and “Znov ia bachu ïkh na muku…”, “Moia Steftsiu, moia zirko…” and “Found pearls”. It is shown that a kind of «justification» for the coincidence of form in the adjacent poems of the collection is their semantic unity. Sometimes one poem is a continuation of the other. It is proposed to study other collections by the poet in terms of form.
“Mesopotamia” by Serhii Zhadan: Metrical and Rhythmic Parameters of Poetic Texts
Authors: Tsivinska Yuliia
Published: July 2024

The article analyzes the second part of S. Zhadan’s book “Mesopotamia”, “Clarification and Generalization”, which contains thirty poetic texts, from the point of view of versioning. In addition, the paper presents an interpretation of the book’s title that transfers it to Ukrainian basis and possibly reflects some details of the author’s biography. Mesopotamia is associated with Kharkiv, the city of S. Zhadan’s formation. The study offers a general picture of the metrical and rhythmic characteristics of the poems written in the sizes of the syllabic-tonic (iambic), tonic systems (dolnik, metrical, accented verse), and free verse. Also the article indicates the features of their interaction and combination in one text. Among the poems, there are also those that are considered transitional metrical forms and polymetrical constructions, one of which (the poem “And then she says”) combines not only with tonic metres but also the free verse. We raise the question of distinguishing between accentual verse and polymetrical construction on the basis of the quantitative ratio of lines of a particular size. The author makes an attempt to highlight specific features of the writer’s free verse, in particular, irregular rhyme, repetition, stylistic figures, division of syntactic units by means of ending pauses, which form the rhythm of poetry and emphasize its meaning. We substantiate their value and give examples of their use. The paper separately considers the issue of the stanzaic structure of couplets, which we reckon as conditional, since in such texts the concept of stanza has lost its features and is based mainly on the author’s vision. However, such a mosaic „stanza” is another tool that gives free verse a special rhythm. In conclusion, the article outlines the prospects for further research on the author’s versioning.
HEALTH STATUS OF A CORK OAK (QUERCUS SUBER L.) STANDS IN THE SERAÏDI (EDOUGH) STATE FOREST IN NORTHEASTERN ALGERIA
Authors: Saadi Hamza ,   *El Oued University, Faculty of Natural Science and Life, Department of Cellular and Molecular
Biology, Laboratory of Biology, Environment and Health (LBEH), 39000, Algeria, Habbachi Wafa ,   University of Badji Mokhtar, Faculty of Sciences, Department of Biology, Laboratory of Applied Neuroendocrinology, Annaba, 23000, Algeria
Published: July 2024

The present paper presents the results of the investigation of the health status of the Seraïdi state forest where we chose the Berouaga stand and the Bouzizi stand. The field work, was carried out during the year 2016/2017, involved prospecting the forest, identifying the study area, and setting up the observation plots. The average number of trees per plot is 27, and there are a total of 10 plots (P1, P2, P3, P4, P5, P6 at the Berouaga site and P7, P8, P9, P10 at the Bouzizi site), each of which is spaced at least 100 meters apart from the others. The dendrometric characteristics (total height of the tree, diameters of the trunk at 1.30 m), exploitation (the height of debarking and the thickness of the cork), floristic, as well as the examination of the top (evaluation of defoliation and discoloration) and the trunk (presence of crevasses, holes of xylophagous insects, blackish ooze, lichenological flora and wounds) were recorded on 277 trees. The surveys revealed normal leaf coloring with slight defoliation at both study sites. Calculation of the decline index (DI) indicates that the Berouaga site (DI = 1.37 on average) and even Bouzizi (DI = 1.39 on average) are healthy. The trees have an average height of 7.50 m, a circumference of 143 cm and a bark height of 172 cm. Lichenological flora is ubiquitous at both study sites. A small percentage of trees in the study plots showed blackish oozing, deformations or wounds, while about 40 % of the sample trees showed crevasses and also wood-boring insect holes. The cork oak in the study plots is accompanied by an undergrowth rich in plants composed of several species belonging to different families such as: Erica arborea, Rubus ulmifolius Schott, Pteridium aquilinum, Cytisus triflorus, Cistus salviifolius, Asphodelus microcarpus, Daphne gnidium and Arbutus unedo. All the descriptors were subjected to statistical analysis using GLM to determine the weight of each factor in the variability recorded.