bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Cluster Analysis and SSR (Simple Sequence Repeats) Primers Selection for Aluminium Tolerance on Hot Pepper
Authors: Herison Catur , Rustikawati  , Meita Ria , Hasanudin
Published: December 2020

Perakitan varietas unggul cabai merah toleran Al (Aluminium) merupakan solusi terbaik untuk mengatasi persoalan rendahnya produkvitas cabai di lahan kering masam. Identifikasi tetua toleran dan marka SSR (Simple Sequence Repeats) sangat bermanfaat dalam meningkatkan efektifitas program pemuliaan tanaman untuk merakit varietas toleran terhadap cekaman aluminium. Seleksi primer SSR adalah bagian awal yang penting dalam pengembangan marka molekuler tersebut. Penelitian bertujuan untuk menentukan kelompok genotipe toleran alumunium dan menentukan primer prospektif dalam pengembangan marka SSR untuk sifat toleran terhadap Al pada tanaman cabai. Evaluasi tingkat toleransi 27 genotipe cabai terhadap cekaman aluminium dilakukan menggunakan hidroponik sistem sumbu dengan larutan hara AB mix ditambah 500 ppm AlCl3.6H2O. Tahap selanjutnya adalah menguji 20 primer SSR dalam mengamplifikasi DNA genom cabai toleran dan peka yang mewakili. Hasil analisis cluster sifat toleransi terhadap 27 genotipe cabai menghasilkan 7 kelompok tingkat toleransi terhadap aluminium. Individu PBC396 dan PBC518 adalah genotipe yang sangat toleran terhadap cekaman aluminium yang unik sehingga keduanya sangat baik digunakan sebagai tetua dalam pengembangan cabai toleran aluminium. Primer SSR yang potensial menghasilkan marka polimorfik untuk sifat toleran terhadap cekaman aluminium pada cabai adalah TMS7 dan CAMS358. Primer tersebut selanjutnya harus diuji pada mapping population untuk menentukan pita yang dapat digunakan sebagai penanda toleransi terhadap aluminium.

Kata kunci:  Capsicum annuum, NTSYS, sidik gerombol, tenggang masam
An Analysis of Domestic and International Research Trends of Assessment in Mathematics Education Using Topic Modeling
Authors:   The Korea Society Of Educational Studies In Mathematics, Son Taekwon , Hwang Sunghwan
Published: December 2020

Research into assessments in mathematics education has broadened from summative assessments focusing on students achievement to those focusing on students’ cognition, curriculum, teaching and learning, teacher knowledge and quality, and affective domains. Considering these changes in assessment research, we examined the characteristics of domestic assessment research in mathematics education by comparing 237 articles published in KCI journals with 857 articles published in SSCI journals from 2000 to 2020 August. We used LDA topic modeling to examine research trends over time. The findings indicated that there were different keyword distributions by period between domestic and international mathematics education journals. There were nineteen research topics in both journals; five topics were similar while nine topics were different. In addition, the hot topics in international and domestic mathematics education journals were found to be curriculum assessment and student competency assessment, respectively. Based on these findings, we discussed practical implications for the development of assessment research in domestic mathematics education.
An Analysis of Domestic and International Research Trends of Mathematical Reasoning through Topic Modeling
Authors:   The Korea Society Of Educational Studies In Mathematics, Hwang JiNam , Pang JeongSuk
Published: December 2020

In order to understand the research trends in mathematical reasoning since 2000, this study analyzed 262 papers published in seven KCI journals and 381 papers published in five SSCI journals via topic modeling. The overall research topics were compared and contrasted between domestic journals and international journals. A more detailed analysis was conducted by considering different publication periods. The results showed that the main domestic research topics included, in order, geometry proof, mathematical justification, problem solving, pattern generalization, proportional reasoning, and statistical reasoning, whereas the main international research topics included, in order, proof and argument, teacher education, geometric reasoning, pattern generalization, problem solving, and statistical reasoning.
The results of this study also showed that gifted students represented the most popular research target of domestic studies, while the process of mathematical reasoning was the main focus of international studies. This paper closes with implications on research targets including teachers, attention to the mathematical reasoning process, diversity of research topics, and new research topics that may guide future research on mathematical reasoning.
Exploring Ways to Improve Elementary School Statistics Education Through Analysis of Middle School Social Studies Textbooks: Focusing on Statistical Graph Teaching
Authors:   The Korea Society Of Educational Studies In Mathematics, Tak Byungjoo , Ko Eun-Sung
Published: December 2020

In this study, in order to explore ways that statistical graphs teaching in elementary mathematics education can be improved, first, the types of statistical graphs that appear in middle school social textbooks were examined, and second, the characteristics that differentiated these from statistical graphs that appeared in elementary school mathematics were investigated. This analysis indicated that 88.2% of the graphs presented in the middle school social textbooks were addressed in the elementary mathematics curriculum. The frequency of use (excluding mixed graphs) was in the order of bar graphs, line graphs, ratio graphs, and picture graphs. However, most of the statistical graphs did not follow the standardized framework suggested in elementary school mathematics textbooks, as they were instead transformed in various ways. The features that differentiated middle school mathematics graphs from graphs experienced in elementary school mathematics differed for each type of graph. For example, in the case of bar graphs, there were the omission of axes, deformation of bars, and expression of multiple variables, while in the case of line graphs, there were expressions of multiple variables and accurate representations of variables.
Secondary Students’ Reasoning about Covarying Quantities in Quadratic Function Problems
Authors:   The Korea Society Of Educational Studies In Mathematics, Lee Jin Ah , Lee Soo Jin
Published: December 2020

The purpose of this study is to investigate how two 7th grade students with different concepts of ratio reason about change in covarying quantities in quadratic function problems and how these differences affect the process of expressing algebraic equations. To this end, we selected two 7th grade students who had no formal instruction in quadratic functions and four clinical interviews (each of which lasted about 90 minutes) were conducted every week from December 2019 to January 2020 with each of them. Our analysis revealed that one student whose conception of ratio was at the level of additive comparison attended to differences in amount of change in quadratic problem situations and interpreted the problems additively by repetitively adding the differences, whereas another student who operated at the interiorized ratio level could perceive the problem situations as the differences in amount of change per unit time, which resulted in their distinctive ways of expressing quadratic functions as equations. We have finalized our study by suggesting an explanatory hypothesis about students’ ratio concepts that seem highly pertinent to their ability to interpret quantitatively and to express equations of quadratic functions.
Analysis of Learning Effects in Slow Learning Middle School Students by the Refinement of Algebraic Algorithms
Authors:   The Korea Society Of Educational Studies In Mathematics, Yoo Jae-Geun
Published: December 2020

This paper is a study on the improvement of classroom instructions for enhancing algebra learning in slow learning middle school students. Based on the study of Watson & De Geest(2012), the algebraic properties presented in textbooks have been detailed in the present study. Also, the aim was to verify the effect of each level when the detailed instructional data was put into a general class where students with different achievement levels were mixed. The effect of the detailed instructional treatment was quantitatively analyzed using the SPSS statistical tool, and a qualitative analysis was attempted based on the specific examples of answers written by students. In addition, post-test 1 and post-test 2 were performed to analyze the retention effect. As a result of the analysis, no difference in all the levels of the comparison group and the experimental group in post-test 1 was observed; however, in post-test 2, the algebraic achievement of the lower group of the test group was statistically significant, thereby confirming the retention effect. Moreover, there was no statistically significant difference in algebraic achievements above the middle group. As a result of the average comparison, it was confirmed that the refined instructional treatments had a positive effect on learners above the middle group. These findings provide pedagogical implications for a lesson plan that can be helpful to students of all levels with poor math skills in the mixed mathematics classroom.
ESTRATÉGIAS DE PREVENÇÃO E TRATAMENTO QUE ENVOLVEM ESPIRITUALIDADE EM CARDIOLOGIA
Authors:   Hospital das Clinicas da Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade de São Paulo-HCFMUSP. Ribeirão Preto, SP, Brasil., Nobre Fernando , Bernardes de Figueiredo Oliveira Gustavo ,   Instituto Dante Pazzanese de Cardiologia. São Paulo, SP, Brasil,   Hospital Alemão Oswaldo Cruz.São Paulo, SP, Brasil, Kerr Saraiva José Francisco ,   Pontifícia Universidade Católica de Campinas (PUC - Campinas). Campinas, SP, Brasil., Magalhães Lucélia ,   Faculdade de Tecnologia e Ciência UniFTC. Itabuna, BA, Brasil, Menezes Couceiro Sérgio ,   Hospital Santa Izabel. Cabo Frio, RJ, Brasil.
Published: December 2020

Neste texto, são discutidas estratégias de prevenção e tratamento que envolvem espiritualidade em alguns aspectos da cardiologia. Iniciando por aspectos conceituais de espiritualidade, religião e religiosidade, falamos de espiritualidade no contexto de hipertensão arterial e insuficiência cardíaca, com uma análise final que aborda a espiri-tualidade como um empenho constante da humanidade em busca de sua compreensão e seu papel na vida em geral e, sobretudo nas doenças. Para entender os sentimentos envolvidos no papel da espiritualidade nas doenças cardiovasculares em geral e em algumas específicas, são abordados conceitos relevantes como: compaixão, gratidão, perdão, ansiedade e depressão, entre outros aspectos que influenciam a vida cotidiana e podem levar a mecanismos que desencadeiam ou agravem as doenças cardiovascu-lares já presentes.
Is harvest size a valid indirect measure of abundance for evaluating the population size of game animals using harvest‐based estimation?
Authors: Fukasawa Keita , Osada Yutaka , Iijima Hayato
Published: December 2020

Indirect measures of abundance are essential for evaluating temporal and spatial trends in animal populations under hunting pressure and hence for evaluating the impact of hunting on the population stock. Recently, harvest‐based estimation has received attention due to its capacity to estimate population size, hunting mortality and population growth parameters based on the responses of indirect measures to hunting pressure. Although harvest size is a widely used statistic for game animals and its validity as an indirect measure of abundance has been intensively investigated, its applicability to harvest‐based estimation has rarely been studied. In this study, we applied a simulation approach to examine the accuracy of harvest‐based estimation when harvest size is used as an indirect measure under different temporal patterns of capture effort (constant, increasing and decreasing). We simulated a dataset using a Poisson‐binomial surplus‐production model that explicitly considers the effect of capture effort on harvest size and tested the estimation accuracy and model identifiability (i.e. whether there is sufficient statistical information in a dataset to specify model parameters) when harvest size is used as an indirect measure. We then compared the estimates with those of the original Poisson‐binomial surplus‐production model. We found that estimates of the population size and intrinsic growth rate were severely biased when the temporal heterogeneity in capture effort was large. When capture effort was constant and harvest size was thus proportional to the population size, on average, only 10% of iterations were identifiable. The use of harvest size as a population index in harvest‐based estimation can result in seriously biased estimates of population size and growth rate or low identifiability of parameters. Our results highlight the importance of monitoring capture effort and unbiased population indices, in addition to harvest sizes, to evaluate the population status of game animals by harvest‐based estimation.
The effects of human exposure on Galápagos sea lion behavior
Authors: Walsh Justin T. , Kovaka Karen , Vaca Ernesto , Weisberg Deena Skolnick , Weisberg Michael
Published: December 2020

The endangered Galápagos sea lion lives among a rapidly growing human population, and conflicts between humans and sea lions are increasing. Protection of this fragile species requires a better understanding of how anthropogenic activity affects its health and survival. In this study, we engaged a group of local students in a community science project to conduct long‐term observations of the effects of human disturbance on sea lion behavior. We compared three types of behavior – reaction to human approach, vocalizations and group size – across four different haul‐out sites which varied in their levels of human disturbance. We found that sea lions respond less aggressively to humans on beaches that are more disturbed. This may be because sea lions acclimate to human disturbance or because sea lions with a low tolerance for humans avoid disturbed sites. We also found that aggressive vocalizations between sea lions increase as sea lion group size increases, though group size was not linked to human disturbance. We did not quantify stress levels, but aggressive behavior often indicates elevated stress levels, which are energetically costly and can impair immune function. Our results suggest that conservation efforts should focus on limiting human–sea lion interactions and increasing the number and quality of available haul‐out sites.
Testing Uncovered Interest Rate Parity for Pakistan
Authors: AISHA ZINAZ , OMER MUHAMMAD
Published: December 2020

This paper provides direct empirical assessment of Uncovered Interest Rate Parity (UIP) for Pakistan. To Test UIP, wide range of maturities have been used and for estimation purpose, we used Johansen cointegration and Dynamic Ordinary Least Square (DOLS). We find that UIP does not hold for short to medium term maturities. However for the long term maturities i.e., 10-year, the result showes that the UIP holds. It means the exchange rate is better predicted by the long term interest rates. These findings suggest that the interventions in the foreign exchange market distort the price discovery mechanism of the foreign currency in the short to medium term. In the long run, however, the market fundamentals dictate the price discovery guiding the exchange rate to converge to its long run equilibrium. Keywords: UIP, Johansen Cointegration, DOLS, Foreign Exchange Market, Price Discovery Mechanism.
Qualitative Study of Dysfunctional Behaviours (DB) within a Pakistani Higher Educational Context.
Authors: BALOCH MUHAMMAD NAWAZ , MAKHDOOM TAYYABA RAFIQUE , SHAHANI NOOR-UN-NISA
Published: December 2020

The recent development in Pakistani higher educational sector has compelled university management to improve educational service quality. Student dysfunctional behaviours (SDB) is one of the key factors that adversely impacted educational environment. Various researchers have investigated these behaviours in the western context. The objective of this study is to investigate SDB within the Pakistani context. This study used a qualitative approach to develop an in-depth understanding of SDB within Pakistani higher educational context. This current study identified three dimensions of SDB and concluded that understanding of these dimensions will facilitate university management in policy formulation to tackle the issue of SDB. Keywords: Student Dysfunctional Behaviours (SDB), University Management, Qualitative Study.
Understanding the refugee-traumatised persons
Authors: Rosenbaum Bent , Jovic Vladimir , Varvin Sverre
Published: December 2020

The current situation of refugees demands a redefinition of our understanding of the concept of psychological trauma. Posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) cannot be used to account for the variety of posttraumatic reactions. This paper presents an alternative approach illustrating how theories on traumatisation and its treatment may take into account salient dimensions of man’s semiotic relations to others: body-emotional relations to the environment, relations to the groups/family, and relations to the socio-politico-cultural context. Each of these dimensions have an unconscious base, influencing the person’s capacity for repairing the trauma-processes.
Eine »Täter-Erbschaft« über zwei Generationen
Authors: Schmid-Gloor Eva
Published: December 2020

Im Zentrum steht eine Falldarstellung, in welcher die transgenerationelle Übermittlung über zwei Generationen von Schuldund Schamgefühlen im Zusammenhang mit einem Holocaust Täter-Trauma untersucht wird. Die Patientin lebte mit einer Fantasiewelt, in welcher sie mit einem Verarbeitungsversuch des übermittelten Traumas beschäftigt war. Die Bearbeitung der Übertragung erlaubte die Entflechtung von übermittelter Schuld und eigener authentischer Schuld für Triebimpulse auf verschiedenen Ebenen.
On the Issue of Regulatory Support for Passenger Electric Vehicles Operation
Authors: Kudryashov M. A. , Prokopenkov A. V. , Ayriev R. S.
Published: December 2020

The article provides the results of an intermediate stage of research on development of a project to create infrastructure for operation of highly environmentally friendly electric vehicles. The transition to electric transport is one of the promising methods to solve the problem of emissions and achieve environmental goals. An electric bus is a relatively new type of rolling stock, requiring a balanced and objective justification for selection of certain possible options for technical, technological, economic and other aspects of organisation of its operation. To achieve the goal of developing a project to create infrastructure for operation of environmentally friendly electric vehicles, an initial analysis of legal acts, technical characteristics of electric buses and the parking and on route infrastructure approaches to organizing transportation by electric buses with various charging concepts was performed. The analysis of the concepts of charging electric bus batteries allowed to divide them into 5 classes and group into 3 groups according to charging speed. An analysis of the required infrastructure for operation of electric buses showed that conceptually there are 2 types of charging stations. The calculations and evaluation of various options for organizing operation of electric buses on a fixed route with various concepts of charging were performed. A necessary direction for further research is economic assessment of operation of electric buses with various charging concepts and the necessary transport infrastructure. The methods used include analysis, evaluation of previously performed analytical studies, legal acts and a synthesis of domestic and foreign experience.
Development of an Energy- Efficient Rotary Inertia Device for Briquetting Household Solid Waste (HSW)
Authors: Savinkin V. V. , Kuznetsova V. N. , Abilmazhinova A. S.
Published: December 2020

Today, increasing volumes of household solid waste (HSW) pose a serious problem throughout the world. The solution to this problem is involvement of secondary raw materials and waste in production. The disposal of HSW includes laborious stages of its collection and transportation. Aggregates of the garbage truck work inefficiently, only pressing HSW into a shapeless mass, not subject to sorting and processing. The suggested re-equipment of a special vehicle with aggregates with the combined functions of «loading–forwarding–grinding–pressing– briquetting» will significantly reduce the energy consumption of the transportation process by providing simultaneous processing and briquetting of garbage at the time of its transportation. A scientific and technical problem arises in development of a technique for technical re-equipment of high-performance special equipment with given nominal energy and power characteristics of the machines. It was proposed to solve this problem by combining recuperative systems with reuse of the energy of gravity of the own mass of garbage. Thus, the objective of the work is to develop a rotor-inertial device with reduced energy intensity. Methods of analytical and statistical research of the model range of special equipment with an analysis of its technical characteristics have been applied. To solve the problem of developing a kinematic diagram of a briquetting device, a calculation was performed based on the method of modeling the structure of composite aggregates. Modeling was performed in SolidWorks program in Simulation application package. The developed kinematic diagrams of units and aggregates for briquetting and pressing garbage operate at rated power characteristics of hydraulic equipment achieved due to distribution of drive power among the most energy- loaded operations. The article presents the rationale for effectiveness of the developed rotary- inertia device for briquetting HSW. The originality of the design lies in the structural arrangement of the briquetting unit and the grinding mechanism. The use of the principles of inertial moments and gravity of own mass of garbage allowed us to significantly (by 25 %) reduce the energy consumption of the pressing process and formation of the finished briquette. The use of mechanical energy of the conveyor belt tensioners and of the mass of the roll increased with briquetting under its own weight, allowed to reduce the work spent to form compacted HSW from 48000 kJ to 11970 kJ, to reduce the volume of the pressed roll, to increase the utilization rate of load carrying capacity, to reduce the energy intensity of the process.
Un anglicismo en la puntuación del español actual
Authors: Rivero Franyutti Agustín
Published: December 2020

Aunque se dice con demasiada frecuencia que la puntuación es subjetiva (tan variable como el estilo de quien la emplea), la verdad es todo lo contrario: la puntuación de cualquier texto responde a una serie de reglas tanto sintácticas como lógicas y hasta fisiológicas que son bastante claras (una vez que uno las interioriza) y nada dependientes de los volubles humores de los hablantes, convertidos por momentos en escritores cuando se enfrentan a la famosa página en blanco, o luminosa sobre fondo azul, para ser más actuales.
Development of an algorithm for selecting the optimal set of tools and techniques for Agile project management in industry and engineering
Authors: Andreev Vyacheslav , Malozemov Sergey
Published: December 2020

Continuous development and the increase of the safety requirements in the field of engineering and industry, as well as the need to comply with the planned timing and costs of the projects require the use of modern approaches to the management of complex engineering systems and their interaction. To achieve the optimal balance between the deadlines and the resources expended, a project approach is used in world practice. One of the new methods of the project approach is Agile management. The use of Agile project management in industry and engineering requires a systematic adaptation of implementation approaches, taking into account internal requirements, risks and organizational characteristics, and is due to the high complexity of decision-making. The paper considers an approach to the formation of a generalized algorithm for the optimal set of tools selection for Agile project management in industry and engineering based on system analysis methods. This algorithm is designed to provide decision support for the selection of the most suitable tools and techniques for Agile project management with a view to their successful implementation.
Patterns detection in diffraction images of transmission electron microscopy
Authors: Nebaba Stepan , Pak Alexander
Published: December 2020

Specialized software that supports existing approaches to processing images of the crystal structure of materials for analyzing transmission electron microscopy images have a lot of different digital image processing methods, but major part of it are weakly automated. In some tasks automated algorithms of image processing have been developed, e.g. in task of estimation of the width of a layer of material from a raster image. The paper considers the problem of automated processing of diffraction images obtained by transmission electron microscopy. A number of modifications, such as Watershed algorithm, binarization and Fast Fourier Transform, are proposed for existing image processing algorithms. These modifications can help automate the processing of the diffraction pattern of a material sample from an image of transmission electron microscopy. The given examples of image processing of particular cases of diffraction patterns have shown the prospects for the development of algorithm based on combination of the proposed modifications of considered algorithms. Adaptive binarization with Watershed segmentation would be useful in automated distance estimation in transmission electron microscopy images.
Methodological potential of the teleological principle of purpose
Authors: Golubchikov YUriy
Published: December 2020

The cognitive capabilities of the teleological paradigm of purpose are discussed. An inquiring mind everywhere sees that inanimate matter serves for living, and that, in turn, serves for a man. However, such a concept as “purpose” turned out from the contemporary science, although for a long time it went along the path of becoming the doctrine of purpose determination, or nomogenesis. The history of the substitution of the main paradigm of science from purpose to chance is traced. The overcoming of the catastrophic representations of Cuvier by the provisions of actualism and evolutionism is considered. From the middle of the 19th century, public opinion began to strengthen that every new scientific achievement casts doubt on religious beliefs. Criticism of biblical history began with the events of the Great Flood, as the key one in the Bible. The negative attitude to catastrophism in the Soviet scientific literature and the importance of ideology in the methodology of science are considered. The anthropic principle predetermines a radical restructuring of the general scientific methodology. It finally comes closer to religious knowledge. The anthropic principle is teleological and contains that goal (“eidos-entelechia”) in the structure of matter that impels it. In this light, the power of science is again seen not in confrontation with religion, but in harmonization with it.
Organizational resilience. Cost optimization approaches
Authors: Sachenko Larisa
Published: December 2020

The article considers the possibility of applying the theoretical concept of resilience to the optimization of activities to improve the resilience of organizations. For this purpose, various approaches to the concept of resilience and its practical implementation are analyzed. The generalizing point for these approaches is the understanding of resilience as the degree of readiness to respond adequately to unforeseen events and circumstances. Thus for organizations, resilience is cognate to risk management. In order to optimize costs, the analysis of the relation between these types of activities was carried out. Based on the definition of resilience as a component of risk management, a multi-level approach to optimizing the cost of improving the resilience of organizations is proposed. In this approach, the most effective measures to improve resilience are selected end-to-end, while increasing the scope of the task consistently: from the level of specific activities to the analysis of interactions between organizations. This reduces the impact of uncertainty on risk-based decisions by maximizing consideration of factors and boundary conditions.
Method of dynamic selection of regression tests during developing multimodule information systems in conditions of CI/CD
Authors: Filinskih Aleksandr , Zarubin Ilia
Published: December 2020

The article considers the forming a pool of regression tests when using the CI/CD process in the development of information systems consisting of a significant number of interacting modules and using various database management systems. The reasons that do not allow using standard filters of testing management systems to account for possible interactions between modules of the developed information system are indicated. The method of selection of the tests to consider the interaction and potential mutual influence of modules on each other, which also minimizes the pool of selected tests, and rank tests for significance from the point of view of a decision on the correctness of the implementation of the functionality of the information system and the system's readiness for its transfer to the customer. The method of dynamic selection of tests that allow to quickly evaluate changes made to the components of the information system in terms of possible negative impact on the unaffected components and functionality is considered. The advantages and disadvantages of the considered methodology, the necessary conditions for its successful application, and ways to implement it both in new projects for the development of information systems and in existing projects in continuous development and without the possibility of organizing code freezing are given.
On external influences on the radioactive decay rate fluctuations
Authors: Panchelyuga Victor , Panchelyuga Maria , Seraya Olga
Published: December 2020

The evolution of views on the possibility of external influence on the process of radioactive decay is briefly presented. Such an effect can lead to the appearance of periods in the time series of the radioactive decay rate fluctuations, which have been the subject of intensive study in the last decade. Two mechanisms for identifying periods are considered: the study of deviations from the theoretical curve of the radioactive decay law and the study of the properties of fluctuations. It is shown that the latter method leads to a universal spectrum of periods observed not only in the time series of the radioactive decay rate fluctuations, but also in the time series of fluctuations of processes of various nature. The main object of our study are periods in the radioactive decay rate fluctuations. The presence of such periods suggests the possibility of external influence on the process of radioactive decay. Therefore, we briefly consider the evolution of views on the possibility of such an effect. To do this, we distinguish several stages. The division into stages is only partially historical, but, mainly, each stage characterizes a certain ideas that is implemented in it.
On the universal spectrum of periods in the time series of temperature fluctuations in starlings and rats
Authors: Diatroptov Mikhail , Panchelyuga Victor , Panchelyuga Maria , Seraya Olga
Published: December 2020

The paper considers a spectral analysis based on Fourier transform of the time series in the temperature fluctuations in the bodies of common starlings (Sturnus vulgaris) and rats (mature Wistar males). The spectra of the periods in the starlings and rats contain the same sets of harmonics, so on this basis we can tell about a common spectrum. Interesting to note that the spectrum coincides with a previously revealed spectrum of the periods, obtained with the use of local fractal analysis by the all permutations method in the course of studies of time series of the alpha decay rate fluctuations. Despite different methods of the experimental data processing used in this work (spectral analysis based on Fourier transform and local fractal analysis by the all permutations method), as well as different raw experimental data (the temperature fluctuations and alpha-decay rate fluctuations), the same spectrum of periods was obtained. On this basis, we can consider the spectrum of periods as universal one.
Analysis of the dependence of the ruble exchange rate volatility on the oil market in a pandemic
Authors: Zolotarev Oleg , Hakimova Aida , Berberova Maria , Zolotareva Vera
Published: December 2020

The article attempts to analyze the degree of impact of changes in the ruble exchange rate on the oil market in the conditions of economic instability caused by the coronavirus pandemic. The statistical data for the calculation cover the time from January to May 2020. The importance of the further development of theoretical and methodological approaches to the study of the dependence of the country's economy on external shocks is substantiated. The approach described in the article is considered by the authors based on the analysis of non-stationary time series. The transformation of the post-industrial economy indicates the duality of this process, which manifested itself both in expanding opportunities for the development of the world economic system and in the emergence of new factors of its instability. The main factors complicating its development include the volatility of world prices, the growth of protectionism, the spread of trade wars, the coronavirus pandemic.
Investigation of Algorithms for Generating Surfaces of 3D Models Based on an Unstructured Point Cloud
Authors: Glumova Ekaterina , Filinskih Aleksandr
Published: December 2020

Methods of 3D object model creation on the basis of unstructured (sparse) cloud of points are considered in the paper. The issues of combining point cloud compaction methods and subsequent surface generation are described. The comparative analysis of generation surfaces algorithms for the purpose of revealing of more effective method using as input data the depth maps received from the sparse cloud of points is carried out. The comparison is made by qualitative, quantitative and temporal criteria. The optimal method of 3D object model creation on the basis of unstructured (sparse) cloud of points and depth map data is chosen. The mathematical description of the point cloud compaction method on the basis of stereo-matching with application of two-phase algorithm of species search and depth map extraction from Multi-View Stereo for Community Photo Collections source image set is provided. The implementation of the method in open-source software Regard3D is realized in practice.
Research and development of linguo-statistical methods for forming a portrait of a subject area
Authors: Zolotarev Oleg
Published: December 2020

The project aims to solve the fundamental scientific problem of semantic modeling, within the framework of which a methodology is developed for the automated identification of translation links (translation correspondences), as well as hierarchical, synonymous and associative links from Internet texts and the construction of multilingual associative hierarchical portraits of subject area (MAHPSA), in particular, on autonomous uninhabited underwater vehicles (UUV). Accounting for multilingual and heterogeneous resources allows you to get a more complete picture of what is happening in the subject area, to identify the sources of the origin of ideas, the speed and directions of their distribution, to identify significant documents and promising directions. The solution to the problem is based on an integrated approach that combines the methods of statistics, corpus linguistics and distributive semantics, and is implemented in technology that involves the development of linguo-statistical mechanisms for the formation of a multilingual associative hierarchical portrait of a subject area, which is a dictionary of significant terms of the subject area, the elements of which organized in synonymous series (synsets), including translational correspondences, as well as associative and hierarchical relationships.
The problems of human embryos genome editing from the position of Christian denominations
Authors: Gribkov Edward , Minchenko Tatiana
Published: December 2020

Modern biomedical technologies pose bioethical dilemmas for humanity. On the one hand, medical advances can make life much easier for people, but, on the other hand, the problem of interference in human nature actualizes the most fundamental questions regarding his ontology, the boundaries of permissible transformations, the responsibility of a scientist and a specialist who applies the latest technologies, for remote and unpredictable consequences, due to the integrity and interconnectedness of various aspects of human nature. In the scientific literature, there is a lot of information about the attitude of various denominations to genetic manipulation. This paper presents the experience of generalizing and systematizing the attitude of the main Christian confessions to the problem of editing the human embryo genome. The assessment of modern biomedical technologies from the standpoint of the Christian worldview differs, on the one hand, in the moral depth due to spiritual experience in relation to the higher divine principle, and, on the other hand, if we bear in mind the specificity of the Orthodox, Catholic and Protestant views on the problem of genetic manipulations, it is diversity interpretations in connection with historically arisen and existing to this day confessional and doctrinal differences.
The Discrepancy of Meaning: A Study of a Guardian Angel’s Existence in “Deus Ex Machina”
Authors: Widiawati Harfiyah , Harahap Aris Masruri , Sihombing Lambok Hermanto
Published: December 2020

The theme of a guardian angel has always become cryptic discussion among scholars, for as God, she is beyond our empirical grasp. Hari Kunzru is one of the writers who broach this subject in his work entitled “Deus Ex Machina”. In the short story, the guardian angel acts as the I-character of the story as well as the I-narrator of the story. By using theories on textual deconstruction and existentialism, we discuss and analyze the guardian angel’s raison d’etre (reason to be) and significance through her functions as the narrator and also the I-character in the narration of “Deus Ex Machina” story. From the analysis, we could draw three conclusions which relate raison d’etre (reason to be) and the significance of the guardian angel with the other characters within the story and with her readers outside the story.
Information Technology In A New Normal Era
Authors: Sihombing Grace Lamudur Arta , Situmeang Lamhot Martua , Sormin Rosmey Meriaty Br.
Published: December 2020

Various efforts to prevent the spread of Covid-19 have been carried out, which resulted in the formation of a new normal life order for the community. Some of the adjustments include doing all activities from home, always washing hands, wearing a mask, and keeping a distance. New normal is also closely related to Information Technology (IT), where some activities are carried out through information technology assistance. Work From Home (WFH), online learning, online health consultations, and wedding receptions are conducted through a virtual room. However, in fact, there are still many who have not mastered and understood this, so this research explains the role of information technology, which is so important and quite influential in the fields of economy and business, education, health, religion, and the Internet of Things which is the core of current information technology.
Love Your Enemy: A Christian Response to Embrace Others
Authors: Aritonang Hanna Dewi , Simangunsong Bestian , Hulu Adiani
Published: December 2020

This article addresses the issue of conflict between religious communities that cause enmity amid society. Hostilities must be overcome and resolved in accordance with the call of Christianity to live in love and peace. The study used the qualitative paradigm as the method of the research and the descriptive-analyses as the writing method by describing the research problems based on data collected from related publications.One of the powerful messages of Jesus's teaching is "Love your enemies." It’s one of the greatest challenges in life. Jesus Christ gave an important doctrine about loving the enemy because love is more powerful than evil, hurtful deeds. Loving the enemy means canceling hostilities and violence, but instead, it promises acceptance of each other. The title of this study is "love your enemies": A Christian Response to Embrace Others. As the title of this study is "love your enemies," the reason for the selection of this article is because the author sees that "loving the enemy is a commandment from God that must be obeyed. This research question emphasizes how to realize "loving the enemy" amid hostility. This paper argues that Jesus's command to love the enemy is a proper Christian lifestyle choice in the midst of hostility. We use CS Song thoughts, which elaborated with other scholars' views on theology, loving, and embracing others. The purpose of the research was to gain understanding and build a theological reflection on Jesus' commandment to love the enemy. In this article, we first briefly discuss the portrait of life among religious people in Indonesia. Secondly, we discuss the conflict between religious people in Indonesia. Finally, we apply the command of Jesus to love our enemy as a Christian lifestyle in the midst of hostility to construct harmony amid hostility. We propose the command of Jesus to ‘love your enemy’ as a response to establishing sustainable peace by embrace others. Finally, the Christians must become a loving community because God so loved us, and we also ought to love and embrace others.
Impact of COVID-19 Pandemic on IAKN Tarutung Students
Authors: Simatupang Limmarten
Published: December 2020

This study aims to reveal the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on IAKN Tarutung students. An online survey was conducted in August 2020 to collect the information using Google Form. A total of 182 students provided complete information regarding the survey. The study finds that the main problem faced by students is costs for buying internet data, poor internet quality, and students not able to understand the learning materials delivered through online learning.
Pentingnya Materi Lingkungan dalam Pembelajaran Bahasa Indonesia di Sekolah
Authors: Amanda Deby Willy
Published: December 2020

Kebersihan lingkungan selalu menjadi masalah di Indonesia dari masa ke masa, kurangnya kesadaran dalam diri setiap manusia menjadi salah satu penyebabnya. Upaya untuk menciptakan rasa tanggung jawab dan kesadaran akan kebersihan lingkungan hendaknya harus di ajarkan sejak dini. Kebersihan lingkungan ini juga hendaknya diajarkan di lingkungan sekolah yang dibimbing oleh pihak guru. Salah satu upaya untuk menerapkan tentang kebersihan lingkungan ini dengan memberikan materi tentang lingkungan pada proses pembelajaran, dengan begitu diharapkan siswa dapat menerapkan hasil dari pembelajaran tersebut pada lingkungannya.
The Importance of Implementing Environmental Materials in Indonesian Language Learning
Authors: Afifah Diratul
Published: December 2020

It can be concluded that environmental material is very important to be applied in Indonesian language learning. Therefore, with the environmental material the teacher can easily find relevant examples that make students better understand the material provided, so that it can help teachers imply the Indonesian language material in schools. Educational institutions have an important role in the process of planting environmental insight education to students, and educators are always connecting the process of environmentally-based positive values to students.
Reliability of Moral Decision Making: Evidence from the Trolley Dilemma
Authors: Gosling Corentin J , Trémolière Bastien
Published: December 2020

The application of framing effects in the field of moral judgment has offered a golden opportunity to assess the reliability of people’s moral judgments and decisions. To date, however, these studies are still scarce and they suffer from multiple methodological issues. Therefore, the present study aims to provide further insights into the reliability of moral judgments while fixing these methodological shortcomings. In the current study, we employed the classic trolley dilemma moral decision-making paradigm to determine the extent to which moral decisions are susceptible to framing effects. A total of 1040 participants were included in the study. The data revealed that choices of participants did not significantly differ between the two frames. Equivalence tests confirmed that the associated effect size was very small. Further exploratory analyses revealed an unplanned interaction between the framing effect and the target of the framing manipulation. This result became from marginally statistically significant to insignificant following different sensitivity analyses. The implications and limitations of these findings and directions for future research are discussed.
The PESCO Program in its current performance and outlook: A «break on the journey»?
Authors:   INION RAN, Nikulichev Yuriy
Published: December 2020

Analyzing the recent developments of the European «permanent structural cooperation», the paper focuses on the second and third batches of PESCO projects. The author argues that the future of the Program is basically unclear, considering ambiguity of its relation to NATO. The European innovations in military technologies may develop along two lines – distancing from NATO’s capabilities or adapting to them. The Program itself is contradictory and controversial. Originally, it was positioned as an antithesis of NATO and the USA, but presently this thrust of the initiative is not at all evident. Analyzed are complexities of relations between US and the EU with respect to the Program. It’s argued that the confrontations in this area, that were growing more and more acute with the advent of D. Trump to the White House, in many ways stem from the reluctance of the EU to allow entrance of «third states», including US, to the European defence markets. Described are individual PESCO projects as well as mechanisms for financing them. With regard to political geography, the superiority in the projects implementation belongs to the Old Europe, while the Eastern European states are much less active and tend to collaborate with the neighboring states. Emphasized are differences in French and German strategic cultures, which determine the level of their participation in PESCO. It’s concluded that the further development of the Program will likely face serious difficulties and is, in fact, extremely difficult to predict.