bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
PERMANENT ATRIAL FIBRILLATION IS RELATED WITH AN INCREASE IN DEPRESSION AND ANXIETY DISORDER IN TURKISH POPULATION
Authors: UYSAL Bayram Ali , TAYYAR Şenol
Published: February 2023

Objective

The aim of this study was to explore the relationship

with Permanent Atrial Fibrillation (AF) and depression/

anxiety disorder in Turkish population. We

thought that more data exploring needs of AF patients

and the associated factors as well as the impact of

anxiety/depression on needs are limited.

Material and Method

Forty-five consecutive patients with permanent AF

and forty-five control group (sinus rhythm) were enrolled

in this study. All participants completed Beck

Depression Scale (BDS) and Hamilton Anxiety Scale

(HAS). BDS was used to evaluate mood disorders

and depression. HAS was used to evaluate severity

of anxiety level and symptom distribution. BDS and

HAS were compared between two groups.

Results

There was no difference between two study group

in terms of clinical and demographic characteristics.

Mean scores of BDS and HAS were significantly

higher in patients with permanent AF (p< 001).

Conclusion

Our study demonstrates that patients with Permanent

AF had higher BDS and HAS scores compared to

control group. In our knowledge our study is the first

research that examining the relationship between

permanent AF and depression/anxiety disorder in

Turkish population.
The “Accidental Candidate” Versus Europe’s Longest Dictator: Belarus’s Unfinished Revolution for Women
Authors: Jalalzai Farida , Jurek Steve
Published: February 2023

Women in Central and Eastern Europe have made gains as presidents and prime ministers. A notable exception to this is Belarus, where President Alyaksandr Lukashenka, the longest dictator in Europe, has tightly clung to power since 1994. Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya surprised many when she threw her hat in the ring for the 2020 presidential election. This article asks how Tsikhanouskaya arose as the 2020 opposition candidate and how gender shaped the campaign. Gender played a central role in her being able to stand in the election. Her husband had been a leading presidential candidate but was imprisoned by the regime. Like women who rose to executive leadership positions, Tsikhanouskaya ran in her husband’s place. Lukashenka permitted her candidacy because he did not see her as a political threat. Lukashenka regularly diminished her candidacy using sexist rhetoric. Tsikhanouskaya’s own campaign highlighted more traditionally feminine traits such as being a nurturer, unifier, and non-power seeking, and only being in politics by chance. Referring to herself as an “accidental candidate,” she made it clear that she sought to unify the Belarussian people against the dictatorship and would step aside after this was accomplished. As de facto opposition leader, she continues to highlight these more feminine qualities and craft a less threatening image.
Backdoor Bargaining: How the European Union Navigates the Food Aid Regime Complex
Authors: Margulis Matias E.
Published: February 2023

Scholars have long observed that states play off overlapping international institutions against one another in an effort to advance their policy objectives. This article identifies a strategy utilized by the EU in response to regime complexity that I term “backdoor bargaining.” Unlike forum-shopping, regime-shifting, and competitive-regime creation strategies, which states use to move multilateral negotiations to an institution that they expect will produce a more favorable outcome, backdoor bargaining involves a state using negotiations within one institution to gain an advantage in negotiations taking place at another distinct institution in a regime complex. I demonstrate the plausibility of backdoor bargaining by showing that the EU used the renegotiation of the Food Aid Convention as a strategy to gain bargaining leverage in the agriculture negotiations at the World Trade Organization. The article also offers insights into the potential consequences of international regime complexity for the EU as a global actor and the coherence of its foreign policies.
Influência hegeliana no pragmatismo de John Dewey: alguns apontamentos
Authors: Barreto de Almeida Passos Miriam
Published: February 2023

O texto Influência hegeliana no pragmatismo de John Dewey: alguns apontamentos tem como finalidade, exibir as decorrências da Filosofia hegeliana, no pragmatismo deweyano; entendendo-se que Hegel é um filósofo reconhecido como: idealista, célebre, e seus argumentos permeiam os conhecimentos úteis, para se explicar o mundo, e que o mesmo, na sua dialética, é aquele verdadeiramente universal; já a Filosofia de Dewey é respeitada em seu alcance global, e impactou as teorias psicológicas, com influência nessa ciência, e “seus escritos sobre a teoria e a prática democráticas, entusiasmaram profundamente os debates acadêmicos e também práticos. Dewey desenvolveu visões extensas e frequentemente sistemáticas, na ética, epistemologia, lógica, metafísica, estética e filosofia da religião; costumava adotar uma abordagem genealógica que expressava sua própria visão, na História mais ampla da Filosofia; também se pode encontrar uma metafilosofia totalmente desenvolvida em seu trabalho[1]”. Dito isso, a produção em tela se baseia nos estudos da Literatura, e as notas a respeito do tema têm, também, o intuito de colaborarem com as discussões, adicionando-se às produções já existentes, em torno dos dois grandes filósofos. [1] Disponível em: Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy. Acesso em: 15/11/2021.
Anarqueologia como operador metodológico e éthos filosófico em Michel Foucault
Authors: Borges Clayton Cesar de Oliveira
Published: February 2023

A questão relacionada ao método, na obra de Michel Foucault, é uma problemática na qual alguns pesquisadores têm se debruçado, tendo em vista a diversidade dos caminhos de pesquisa trilhados ao longo de sua produção intelectual. Nesse sentido, o presente estudo, através de uma discussão teórica, pretende colocar em pauta o conceito de anarqueologia, desenvolvido pelo filósofo francês no curso Do governo dos vivos, de 1980. A hipótese que se pretende desdobrar é a de que o conceito em voga se inscreve em um percurso teórico-metodológico particular, abarcando um encadeamento dos três domínios ou eixos (ser-saber, ser-poder, ser-consigo) da obra de Foucault, viabilizando assim certa reformulação da interpretação foucaultiana acerca do sujeito.
As críticas de Sokal e Bricmont ao pós-modernismo: uma sistematização
Authors: Napoleão Alves Henrique
Published: February 2023

As críticas de Sokal e Bricmont ao pós-modernismo contidas na obra “Imposturas Intelectuais” causaram diferentes reações no Brasil e no exterior. Entre nós, não houve, contudo, um estudo acadêmico que se dedicasse exclusivamente a compreender, sistematizar e descrever as ideias sobre o pós-modernismo contidas na obra como um todo. O presente artigo pretende suprir essa lacuna e contribuir para a literatura existente. Para cumprir o objetivo geral de compreensão, sistematização e descrição mencionado, a investigação filosófica da obra visou i) as características gerais e as raízes intelectuais e sociais do pós-modernismo; ii) as críticas filosóficas e sociopolíticas feitas por Sokal e Bricmont ao pós-modernismo; iii) os antídotos ou alternativas ao pós-modernismo apresentadas pelos autores. O resultado poderá ser útil como material de apoio no estudo da obra e no estudo do pensamento dos pensadores pós-modernos criticados por Sokal e Bricmont; para a análise crítica de outros pensadores pós-modernos; para quem queira se engajar no debate a respeito do pós-modernismo, seja para criticá-lo, seja para defendê-lo. Pelo seu conteúdo, poderá ser de particular interesse para estudiosos da filosofia e história do pensamento, da epistemologia geral e da epistemologia das ciências humanas e sociais, da sociologia da ciência e de quem se interessa pelas interseções entre ciência, racionalidade e emancipação social.
Monitoring the Connection Between Forest Health and Outdoor Recreation
Authors: Pontius Jennifer , Hellwig Victoria , Schuett Elissa
Published: February 2023

An initial literature review assessing the available monitoring of the impact of outdoor recreation on forest health in the Northeast U.S.
Comparative study of functional optical zone: small incision lenticule extraction versus femtosecond laser assisted excimer laser keratomileusis
Authors:   Department of Excimer Laser, Shanxi Eye Hospital, Taiyuan 030002, Shanxi Province, China, Song Yao-Wen , Feng Yi ,   Department of Excimer Laser, Shanxi Eye Hospital, Taiyuan 030002, Shanxi Province, China, Qu Min ,   Department of Excimer Laser, Shanxi Eye Hospital, Taiyuan 030002, Shanxi Province, China, Gao Yan ,   Department of Excimer Laser, Shanxi Eye Hospital, Taiyuan 030002, Shanxi Province, China, He Rui ,   Department of Excimer Laser, Shanxi Eye Hospital, Taiyuan 030002, Shanxi Province, China
Published: February 2023

AIM: To investigate the size of functional optical zone (FOZ) after small incision lenticule extraction (SMILE) versus femtosecond laser assisted excimer laser keratomileusis (FS-LASIK) for myopia correction and potential associated factors for FOZ.
METHODS: A total of 133 patients who received corneal refractive surgery in our hospital between November 2018 and July 2021 were retrospectively enrolled. There were 63 patients (123 eyes) in SMILE group and 70 patients (139 eyes) in FS-LASIK group. The size of FOZ was measured using Pentacam 3-dementional anterior segment analyzer before and 3mo after surgery, so as to analyze postoperative achieved functional optical zone (AFOZ) and its contributing parameters.
RESULTS: When planned functional optical zone (PFOZ) was 6.5 mm for both groups, AFOZ was 1.45±0.27 and 1.67±0.25 mm smaller than preoperative FOZ in SMILE group and FS-LASIK group 3mo after surgery. AFOZ in SMILE group was significantly larger than that in FS-LASIK group (P<0.001). Variation of FOZ was negatively correlated with preoperative spherical equivalent (SE) and positively correlated with variation of mean keratometry value (△Km), variation of spherical aberration (△SA), and variation of Q-value (△Q, all P<0.001) in both groups. Multiple variable linear regression equations were △FOZ=1.354-0.1×pre-SE+0.336×△Q+1.462×△SA in SMILE group and △FOZ=1.512+0.137×△Q+0.468×△SA in FS-LASIK group.
CONCLUSION: AFOZ is significantly smaller than preoperative FOZ in both SMILE and FS-LASIK groups. With the same PFOZ, larger AFOZ is achieved in SMILE group than in FS-LASIK group.
The structure of a polysemantic word in the cognitive-semantic aspect
Authors: Abisheva Klara M. , Karimova Kamar K. , Nurgazina Aiman B. , Rezuanova Galiyabanu K. , Galiyeva Bakhyt H.
Published: February 2023

The article presents the results of the study of the semantic structure of the polysemantic word in the aspect of cognitive semantics. The study is based on the position of cognitive lexicology that "the semantics of a word is not limited only to a meaning; it is wider than the meaning". Therefore, the meaning of a word can be studied in the aspect of cognitive semantics. The cognitive-semantic aspect of studying the meanings of a polysemantic word implies its multilevel analysis, so the semantic structure of a polysemic word is studied not only from the outside, surface semantics but also from the inside, at the cognitive level of semantics. The study proposes a methodology of multilevel analysis of the structure of a polysemous word and also approves the methodology of its interdisciplinary study on the basis of the integral methodological paradigm involving the values and methods of different sciences (lexicology, cognitive semantics, pragmatics, cultural studies, associative linguistics). The aim of the study is to identify and describe the meanings of a polysemous word and its meanings in terms of different approaches to their research. In the article on the basis of the analysis of different meanings, the polysemous word is considered with also its meanings as denotative, figurative, pragmatic, connotative, and associative meanings of the word. The novelty of the research consists in the author's attempt to apply the cognitive-semantic approach to the analysis of the multivalued word structure. This approach differs from the linguistic and lexicological one, which considers polysemantic words as the nuclear meaning of the word and its lexical-semantic variant. In the course of the research, scientific results were obtained: 1. The disciplinary approach in the process of multilevel analysis of polysemantic words revealed new meanings and meanings of this phenomenon; 2. The role of the subject in the formation of meanings of a polysemous word was revealed; 3. The structure of the polysemantic word is described on the basis of taking into account the principle of conceptual unity of language and speech.
Are modal verbs a lexical characteristic of legal terminology?
Authors: Hamiti Vjosa , Sopjani Valentina
Published: February 2023

This article aims to examine the role of modal verbs in the language of the laws. The goal is to see whether we can say that modal verbs, like in English, are part of the terminology of the language of laws in Albanian, considering that so far, there is no research conducted in the Albanian language on this field. For this study, we established a corpus of legislative texts in both Albanian and English in a bid to analyze the ways modal verbs are translated, using applicable laws published in the official Gazette of the Republic of Kosovo. Besides, the Albanian language has a verb system that differs from that of English. In comparison, the Albanian language has only three modal verbs officially recognized and accepted by Albanian linguists and scholars: Alb. mund (Eng. can), Alb. duhet or lypset (Eng. must) and Alb. do (Eng. must), English has a wide pattern of expressing modal verbs. Consequently, as our research demonstrates, translators will find it difficult to translate them properly. Correct usage of modal verbs is one of the greatest challenges of the legislator as they play a vital role in the wording. Yet, the main purpose of this research paper is to determine if there are equivalents between English and Albanian modal verbs and investigate their occurrences in legislative texts giving an account of the differences in complexity in lexical and grammatical modality.
Lexical and grammatical means of expression of dominant assessment in media speech of virtual language personality in blogs: gender aspect
Authors: Zheltukhina Marina R. , Zyubina Irina A. , Busygina Maryana V. , Baranova Kseniia M. , Ponomarenko Elena B.
Published: February 2023

The aim of the study is to present an analysis of the lexical and grammatical means of expression of dominant assessment in the speech behavior of the Russian-speaking and English-speaking virtual language personality in blogs, depending on belonging to a particular gender. The research material is a card index of more than 200 posts of beauty bloggers on the social network in 2021. There were used 15 accounts of the Russian-speaking and 15 accounts of the English-speaking addressers. All blogger’s virtual language personalities position themselves on the Internet as men, transgender people (mtf – male-to-female) and women. In total more than 3,800 small syntactic groups have been analyzed. The following research methods were used in the work: the lexico-semantic, lexico-grammatical, and stylistic analyses, method of objective pragmalinguistic analysis combining modified content analysis and the comparison method. When studying the differences in the media speeches among the English- and Russian-speaking virtual communicative personalities, several lexical differences in the speeches of the women, men and transgender people were identified. Thus, among the Russian-speaking bloggers the highest percentage of negative attitudes and in general the brightest emotional coloring of lexis and grammar constructions was observed in the men’s media speech despite the widespread stereotype about the greater emotional intensity of women’s media speech. The women in their media speech tend to prevail in the formation of positive assessment. For the transgender people in blogs, all three indicators of the formation of assessment using lexical and grammatical means occupy a middle position between the media speech of the women and the men, which indicates the presence of female and male traits in the media speech of the transgender people. For the English-speaking virtual communicative personalities in the media speeches of the women and the men, all three indicators are approximately equal, while for the transgender people the index of the formation of a negative attitude using lexical and grammatical means is twice exceeded, and the indicator of the formation of a positive attitude through vocabulary is twice reduced. In general, the media speech of the English-speaking transgender people in blogs is characterized by a more open and more emotionally colored lexical and grammatical constructions in media speech. The transgender bloggers share all the events from their lives, regardless of whether they are positive or negative, which indicates maximum self-presentation and maximum attention of Internet users to their language personality and lifestyle among Internet users. It seems promising to consider the linguopragmatic aspect of gender self-presentation of virtual language personalities in blogs, to identify the main tactics of their self-presentation in media space.
Linguistic and cultural specifics of the formation of the diplomatic terminology system
Authors: Ismailova Fariza , Zelenskaya Larisa L. , Redkozubova Ekaterina A. , Anikeeva Irina G. , Sausheva Yelena V.
Published: February 2023

The article is devoted to the linguistic and cultural specifics of the formation of the diplomatic terminology system. The purpose of the article is to identify similarities and differences in the formation of diplomatic terms in different languages. After developed states engage diplomatically with other countries, diplomatic terms are formed in their languages. This is one of the most important approaches to expanding the terminological field in the language of the country. International terms are adopted with diplomatic terms. It is essential to study carefully the terminology process and the specific implementation of diplomatic terms which were adopted from foreign languages. Care must be taken to avoid alternative meanings of words in the national language in use. The comparative method, the content-text method and methods of terminological analysis were used in our research. The article identified common diplomatic terms in the field of lexical language borrowings and in the original language. The most used equivalents of foreign terms, mainly from the English, are outlined. The vocabulary building of diplomatic terms was also noted. The study of the semantics of similar diplomatic terms in terminology systems of different languages seems promising.
An Influence of the Synthesis Technique on the Physicochemical Properties of LaLi0.1Со0.1Fe0.8O3 – Δ
Authors:   Institute of high-temperature Electrochemistry UB of RAS, Vecherskii Sergei Ivanovich , Tabatchikova S. N. ,   Institute of high-temperature Electrochemistry UB of RAS, Antonov Boris Dmitrievich ,   Institute of high-temperature Electrochemistry UB of RAS, Biryukov V. A. ,   Institute of high-temperature Electrochemistry UB of RAS, Molchanova N. G. ,   Institute of high-temperature Electrochemistry UB of RAS
Published: February 2023

The phase composition, conductivity and corrosion resistance under the Molten Carbonate Fuel Cell (MCFC) operating conditions of synthesized using common ceramic and cocrystallization techniques samples of LaLi0.1Со0.1Fe0.8O3 – δ have been studied. It was found, that the phase composition of synthesized by ceramic technique sample differed from the nominal composition. This difference arose from the formation of complex oxide (La1-yLiy)(Li0.1-yCoxFe0.9 – x)O3 – δ', y ≤ 0.1, and La2O3. Synthesized by cocrystallization technique sample was found to be of single phase. Its conductivity differed from the conductivity of two phase sample. Under MCFC operating conditions the difference in properties of synthesized by both techniques samples diminished and converged towards the properties of the sample prepared by ceramic technique.
RESISTANCE TO HEAVY METALS OF ACTINOBACTERIA ISOLATED FROM THE BIOLOGICAL FOULING OF SHELLFISH AND MUSSELS OF THE ODESA GULF OF THE BLACK SEA
Authors: Strashnova I. V. , Potapenko K. S. , Vasylieva N. Yu. , Korotaeva N. V. , Metelitsyna I. P.
Published: February 2023

SummaryEnvironmental pollution with heavy metals/metalloids is one of the most important environmental problems, which leads to the development of bioremediation strategies and the search for biomarkers to assess its condition. Aim. To determine the sensitivity to heavy metals of actinobacteria isolated from the biological fouling of natural shell rock and mussels of the Odesa gulf of the Black Sea. Methods. Thirty-four strains of actinobacteria isolated from fouling of shell rock and mussels of the Odesa gulf were used in the investigation. The sensitivity of the studied bacteria to heavy metal cations was determined on starch-casein agar by the disk diffusion method. Discs impregnated with salts solutions of Cu2+, Co2+, Ni2+, Cd2+, Zn2+ in concentrations of 0.001 mol/l, 0.01 mol/l, 0.05 mol/l, 0.1 mol/l, 0.5 mol/l and 1.0 mol/l were used. Results. The investigated actinobacteria showed variable sensitivity to heavy metals, which depended on the source of isolation, strain, type of metal and its concentration. All tested bacteria were most sensitive to Cd2+ (MIC was 0.001 mol/l), the most resistant to Zn2+ (MIC was higher than 1.0 mol/l for the vast majority of bacteria). At concentrations lower than the MIC, zinc stimulated the formation of aerial mycelium of almost all strains, and pigment formation increased in some of them. The sensitivity to heavy metals of actinobacteria isolated from shellfish decreased in the following sequence: Cd2+>Cu2+>Co2+>Ni2+>Zn2+, and in actinobacteria isolated from mussels – Cd2+>Cu2+>Ni2+>Co2+>Zn2+. Conclusions. Actinobacteria isolated from mussels are more sensitive to cadmium, cuprum, cobalt, nickel and zinc, compared with actinobacteria from shell rock. All studied strains were highly sensitive to Cd2+ (MIC Cd2+ for almost all strains was 0.001 mol/l) and resistant to Zn2+ in the concentration range of 0.001 mol/l – 0.5 mol/l.
ISOLATION AND CHARACTERISTICS OF BACTERIA CITROBACTER SP. SR35 FROM A COAL MINE WASTE DUMP
Authors: Komplikevych S. Y. , Maslovska O. D. , Meniv N. P. , Kulishko N. M. , Ishchak O. R. , Hnatush S. O.
Published: February 2023

SummaryBacteria of the genus Citrobacter are found in soil, water, the intestinal tract of animals, human clinical samples (urine, sputum, blood, wound drainage, etc.), also in wastewaters and waste dumps of mines. Gram-negative bacteria SR35, capable of reducing sulfur and sulfate ions, were isolated from the waste dump of the Nadiya coal mine, Chervonograd Mining and Industrial district (Lviv region, Ukraine). The work aimed to identify and study morphological, physical and chemical properties (cell shape, size, Gram staining, sporulation, motility, oxygen requirements, ability to form H2S, utilization of carbon sources, catalase activity, oxidase activity) of isolate SR35. Methods. We used standard microbiological and biochemical research methods (microbial culture, microscopy methods, determination of amilase, lipase activity). Chromosomal DNA was isolated by the method of soft lysis. The 16S rRNA gene was amplified using universal primers 27F and 1492R. It was sequenced by the Sanger method. Phylogenetic reconstruction was performed using the MEGA X program. Identification of isolates was carried out based on both the sequence of the 16S rRNA gene and physiological and biochemical properties. Results. The studied bacteria are rods (0.5–0.8×1.5–2.0μm), which form chains and are capable of reducing nitrate and sulfate ions and assimilating several carbon sources. Glucose, lactose, mannose, mannitol, and inositol are fermented with the formation of acid. Motile. Catalase positive, oxidase negative. Form H2S during growth in Kligler’s medium. According to the results of pairwise alignment of the isolate’s 16S rRNA gene sequence, the highest percentage of identity with representatives of the genus Citrobacter was established (99.23–99.86% identity, coverage 98%) and it was confirmed by phylogenetic reconstruction. Citrobacter sp. SR35 is resistant to 2 μM cadmium (II), 5 mM iron (II), 0.25 mM cobalt (II), 10 mM manganese (II), 0.5 mM copper (II), and 0.1 mM chromium (VI). Conclusions. According to the results of sequencing of the 16S rRNA (accession number GenBank OP279754) gene, and physiological, and biochemical characteristics (oxidase, catalase, metabolism of carbon sources, production of H2S, etc.), it was established that isolate SR35 belongs to the genus Citrobacter.
Zróżnicowanie litologiczne i wiek kemów koło Suchedniowa (Wyżyna Kielecka)
Authors: Kalicki Tomasz , Przepióra Paweł , Jabłoński Michał , Frączek Marcin , Podrzycki Łukasz
Published: February 2023

Wzgórza i terasy kemowe położone na Płaskowyżu Suchedniowskim (północna część Wyżyny Kieleckiej) były przedmiotem badań w latach 70. XX wieku. W 2019 r. rozpoczęto nowymi metodami dalsze badania w celu określenia wieku i genezy osadów budujących te formy. Kemy powstały podczas zlodowaceń środkowopolskich (MIS 6), ok. 175–137 tys. lat temu. Urozmaicona hipsometria, ze wzgórzami i obniżeniami, spowodowała rozdzielenie wkraczającego lądolodu na dwa loby. W trakcie deglacjacji w części międzylobowej występowała duża zmienność warunków sedymentacji (5 poziomów akumulacji w profilach KR II i 4 w KR I). Spowodowało to wyższe położenie (KR II) kemów wodnolodowcowych z przewagą osadów piaskowo-żwirowych nieprzykrytych moreną. Uformowane niżej (KR I) kemy złożone, zbudowane z poziomów akumulacyjnych o naprzemiennie występujących drobniejszych osadach (kemy limnoglacjalne) i grubszych – piaskowo-żwirowych (kemy wodnolodowcowe) zostały przykryte moreną ablacyjną z głazami narzutowymi. Formy te powstały podczas deglacjacji arealnej i topnienia bloków martwego lodu. Tempo tego procesu było zmienne i trwało od kilkudziesięciu do kilku tysięcy lat, co mimo pojawiających się inwersji, potwierdzają uzyskane daty TL. Plejstoceńska terasa fluwialna (PK 1) oraz holoceńskie aluwia w dnie doliny Kamionki zostały wcięte w osady kemów i teras kemowych.
Wokół etyki niesienia pomocy psychologiczno-pedagogicznej
Authors: Dudek Mieczysław
Published: February 2023

The most basic aim of the psychological and pedagogical advisory centre is providing the child
and its family with support at every stage of the problems arising. The target of such centres is also
undertaking preventive, diagnostic, therapeutic, counselling and advisory actions. The profession of
a diagnostic – therapeutic counsellor triggers ethical dilemma. Two parties meet and interact with each
other in the relations occurring in such advisory centres – the counsellor and the person who needs
advice and help. To enable such a contact and make it effectively therapeutic instead of destructive,
specialists employed in these centres have to be not only competent and highly qualified but also should
possess a sufficient amount of knowledge about themselves, their system of values, opinions etc.
Problemy instytucjonalizacji etyki w dziedzinie służby zdrowia
Authors: Kubka Janina , Vasiljeviene Nijole
Published: February 2023

Life in good health and health security prove the most significant values highlighted by moral
philosophy in the time of the environmental crisis. The imperfect operation of healthcare poses a threat
for humans. Administrative measures regulate insufficiently medicine and healthcare. They need to be
backed up by ethics, which cannot be seen solely as ethics of an individual’s conscience. What is
needed is professional, practice-oriented and institutionalized-within-healthcare-organizations ethics.
Recently, there have appeared a great number of new international documents setting standards of
medical procedures in compliance with the requirements of the new bioethical values. At the same time
elements of the ethical infrastructure such as bioethics commissions or committees have been created.
In the face of the specificity and the complexity of ethical issues and problems encountered within
contemporary medical practice the requirement of high ethical competence of all healthcare workers often
fails to be sufficient.
Logosfera a etyka społeczeństwa komunikacji
Authors: Lepa Bp Adam
Published: February 2023

This paper is concerned with the attitude of communication society towards the layer of ethical
values. Contrary to what constitutes information society, the conception of communication society is
based on the credibility of information, which is a significant component of human communication,
and social bonds, which are the basis for any communication.
Therefore, it is hypothesized that logosphere, which is the environment of the word, can
effectively influence the ethical foundations of communication society and contribute to
the development of such society. The chief asset of logosphere is based on its properties: the primacy
of the word, dialogicity, and its environmental character. Owing to these features logosphere can
positively affect the ethical layer of communication society, provided it constitutes an arranged
environment of the word.
Hedonizm współczesnego społeczeństwa konsumpcyjnego
Authors: Wieczorkowska Magdalena
Published: February 2023

The concept of the society of consumption says that in this type of society everything is “for sale”
if there is a consumer for this. That means that one can sell not only products and services but people, ideas
and values as well.
On the other hand, people face many global risks. Confronted by risks, they have become equal
regardless of their origins, education or financial status. Anxiety about future and awareness of fragility of
a human life causes people to be more likely to indulge themselves with different pleasures. They want to
“have fun before they die”.
The media, advertisements and medicine offer a variety of products and services that are to make
one`s life better and to bring more pleasure and happiness to them. Contemporary hedonism is, after all,
different in the sense that it does not avoid pain and suffering. People are willing to suffer in the name
of the future pleasure. Will this race to satisfy whims and desires end someday? Will the fast defeat
the carnival? Is there a place for reflection and altruism? These are some questions that this paper
examines.
Samorząd jako wartość cywilizacyjna
Authors: Kasiński Michał
Published: February 2023

The core of the local self-government stems from the Western (Latin) civilization values.
European Nations have always fought for the qualities and perseverance of local self government.
Currently it is considered an attribute of local democracy, although in the European tradition it has long
been related to the pluralist values of social life organization. The communes; freedom, and their
independence from the local government have been derived from natural law and seen as a condition for
a healthy social system. Contemporarily, local self-government as a law and ability for local
communities to manage a range of public matters independently, has been anew recognized as a social
system value in uniting Europe. Yet there have also revived certain historical threats to the local selfgovernment
arisen from central and local bureaucracy, particularism, and bribing local power elites.
In such case, the fight for a local government that complies with Latin civilizational values acquires
a special meaning.
Validation of the competences for the 21st-century skill scale in higher education students
Authors: Castanheira Carlos Augusto , Jardim Jacinto , Oliveira Carlos
Published: February 2023

In a global society, the importance of knowledge and assessment of transversal competences emerges to cope with the challenges of contemporary society, from a perspective of development and lifelong learning. Therefore, it is a priority to use assessment tools adapted to different cultures. The main objective of this study is to validate the instrument ‘Multidimensional 21st Century Skills Scale’ for the Portuguese population. The sample was composed of 413 participants of both genders, with a mean age of 24.30 years (standard deviation = 8.69), aged between 18 and 64 years, attending Higher and Vocational Education. The translation and back-translation of the instrument were carried out by experts (researchers and university professors in the areas of psychology, management, and entrepreneurship). The final version of the scale was composed of 30 items and the exploratory analysis identified three dimensions: Knowledge and Entrepreneurial Skills, Career Awareness and Innovation, and Critical Thinking and Problem Solving. These factors were validated by confirmatory analysis. The authors suggest that the difference found in relation to the original version is related to cultural reasons, the age range of the respondents, as well as their academic level.              
Keywords: 21st century, skill scale, entrepreneurial skills, higher education innovation
Animation with Problem-Based Learning to Improve Student High Level Thinking Skills
Authors: Sari Yunita , Marini Arita , Rahmawati Yuli
Published: February 2023

The aim of this research is to find out the effectiveness of using interactive media based on 3D animation integrated with problem-based learning to improve high-level thinking skills in fifth-grade elementary school students. This research used quantitative method.  This quasi-experimental design research used test instruments to collect the data of students' higher-order thinking skills.  We conduct data analysis to analyze the differences in the experimental and control classes' learning outcomes. The hypothesis test used is the average difference test, with the t-test formula.  The results show that learning effectiveness with 3D animation-based learning media with a value of sig = 0.00, which is smaller than = 0.05 meaning that the results of the posttest of the experimental class are different from the control class. It can be highlighted that the conclusion is problem-based learning integrated with interactive media effectively enhancing elementary school students' high-level thinking skills.
Ajustement d’un système d’équations de volumes marchands pour le chêne zéen (Quercus canariensis Willd.) en Tunisie
Authors: SGHAIER Tahar , YOUSSEF Ammari
Published: February 2023

Des tarifs de cubage globaux et des équations de volumes à diamètre et longueur variables ont été ajustés à l’aide d’un système d’équations simultanées pour le chêne zéen (Quercus canariensis Willd.), en Tunisie.  Les données utilisées proviennent de 75 arbres échantillonnés dans la forêt de chêne zéen localisée dans la région d’Ain Sallem au Nord-Ouest du pays. La méthode d’ajustement adoptée est celle de régression non linéaire sans corrélation apparente (NSUR : Nonlinear Seemingly Unrelated Regression equations), basée sur les moindres carrés généralisés. Vu le caractère longitudinal des données utilisées qui engendre une autocorrélation entre les erreurs successives issues des observations en provenance d’une même tige, un processus autorégressif d’ordre 2 sur ces erreurs a été incorporé dans le modèle d’ajustement des paramètres des différentes équations étudiées. Le système d’équations obtenu permet d’estimer avec des degrés de précision qui varient de 97 à 99 % : le volume total du bois fort des arbres entiers et des grumes jusqu’à une découpe quelconque ; le volume entre deux niveaux de la grume ; le diamètre à une hauteur donnée ainsi que la hauteur à un diamètre de découpe donné de la grume. Grâce à ces équations, des tables de cubage d’estimation des volumes globaux et marchands des arbres et des grumes de chêne zéen ont été générées, ce qui représente un outil flexible, précis et pratique pour la gestion adéquate de la forêt de chêne zéen en Tunisie et dans les autres pays de la Méditerranée.
Effets du stress hydrique sur la physiologie et la morphologie de plants du robinier, Robinia pseudoacacia, d’Algérie
Authors: TOUMI Mohamed , BARRIS Selma , BERKA Souhila , AID Fatiha
Published: February 2023

L’irrégularité des pluies ainsi que les fortes températures sont des facteurs limitant la croissance des espèces végétales qui vivent dans les zones arides en Algérie, ce qui a pour conséquence une réduction du couvert végétale, favorisant ainsi la désertification. La plantation d’espèces résistantes à la sécheresse présente un avantage certain dans le repeuplement de ces zones et la lutte contre l’érosion des terres. Le robinier, Robinia pseudoacacia L., fait partie de la famille des légumineuses fixatrices d’azote, ce qui lui confère une aptitude à coloniser des sols pauvres en minéraux. Grâce à sa multiplication végétative rapide, le robinier permettrait de recoloniser des zones menacées par la sécheresse. L’étude du comportement physiologique des jeunes plants de R. pseudoacacia L., en conditions de stress hydrique est importante afin d’évaluer la résistance de cette espèce, ainsi que sa capacité à vivre dans des zones exposées à de faibles précipitations. Après dix semaines de croissance, un arrêt d’arrosage de quatre semaines est appliqué sur de jeunes plants de R. pseudoacacia. Cette contrainte induit une diminution significative de la croissance après deux semaines d’arrêt d’arrosage. Cette réduction s’accompagne d’un arrêt de formation de nouvelles feuilles. La teneur relative en eau des feuilles (TRE), diminue progressivement durant cette même période pour atteindre 78 %, puis chute après quatre semaines d’arrêt d’arrosage. Une diminution significative de la conductance stomatique est observée à partir de la deuxième semaine d’arrêt d’arrosage afin de réduire la quantité d’eau perdue par transpiration stomatique. Une reprise de la croissance ainsi qu’une augmentation de la teneur en eau et de la conductance stomatique des feuilles sont observées chez les plants stressés après une semaine de réarrosage. Le robinier présenterait donc une bonne capacité à reprendre une activité physiologique normale après un arrêt d’arrosage de quatre semaines.
Cinquante ans de dynamique de la végétation ligneuse dans le Sahel sénégalais (Ferlo) : bases pour une approche de la diversité fonctionnelle
Authors: DENDONCKER Morgane
Published: February 2023

La persistance de la végétation ligneuse sahélienne est régulièrement questionnée depuis la grande sécheresse de 1970-1980, vu son influence sur le fonctionnement de l’écosystème et les services écosystémiques. Il reste crucial de pouvoir appréhender la capacité de réponse de cette végétation face à différentes pressions (pâturage, feu et sécheresse).
Pour comprendre comment cette végétation résiste à ces pressions dans la zone sylvopastorale sahélienne du Sénégal, nous avons adopté une approche de diversité fonctionnelle. À partir de plusieurs jeux de données (inventaires de terrain, télédétection, traits fonctionnels), des indicateurs ont été construits à différentes échelles spatiales. Dans un premier temps, nous avons étudié l’évolution des communautés de 1965 à 2018. Nous avons ensuite classé les espèces en groupes fonctionnels selon leurs traits d’effets liés à la productivité primaire et aux cycles biogéochimiques. L’évolution de la diversité de réponse de ces groupes a été analysée depuis les années 1970.
Les données de télédétection montrent une diminution dans la densité des ligneux jusqu’en 2008, suivie d’une stabilisation (2008-2018). Les inventaires historiques révèlent un changement dans la composition spécifique, une augmentation de la proportion de buissons et une diminution de la fréquence pour 25 % des espèces. La topographie locale influence fortement les communautés, qui sont dominées par une minorité d’espèces. En effet, la richesse taxonomique et fonctionnelle, la densité des adultes et régénérations ainsi que le recouvrement sont plus élevés dans les dépressions. Néanmoins, l’absence de régénérations de nombreuses espèces rend leur futur incertain. 
Les espèces présentant une abondance stable entre 1970 et 2015 montrent une réponse à la sécheresse différente de celles en diminution. La grande sécheresse a sélectionné des combinaisons de traits comprenant une plus longue période de feuillaison, des vaisseaux conducteurs de plus petite surface, et des espèces arbustives. En outre, la diversité de réponse de la majorité des groupes fonctionnels a diminué, indiquant une perte de résilience des communautés.
En croisant les données d’abondance des espèces, leur régénération et leur appartenance à un groupe fonctionnel, nous avons déterminé quelques espèces clés à protéger pour assurer la persistance des fonctions écosystémiques rendues par la végétation ligneuse dans le système sylvopastoral.
Concept Embedding Analysis Based Methods for the Safety Assurance of Deep Neural Networks
Authors:   , Schwalbe Gesina
Published: February 2023

Deep neural networks (DNNs) are handled as a key technology for computer vision (CV) in automated driving and similar safety critical domains. For admission to market, the safe operation of such systems has to be ensured. However, DNNs come along with properties like complexity and opaqueness. These make new approaches towards safety argumentation and evidence acquisition inevitable. This thesis both identifies and tackles key practical issues associated with safety assurance of convolutional deep neural networks (CNNs) in automotive computer vision applications. The key practical issue handled here is that many safety requirements origin from symbolic domain knowledge which relate semantic concepts from natural language, such as “eyes usually belong to an obstacle”. That is a problem since outputs of typical object detection CNNs are restricted to few semantic label classes, and both input and intermediate outputs are non-symbolic. This thesis bridges this gap using methods from concept embedding analysis (CA). CA research tries to associate semantic concepts with items in the DNN intermediate outputs, thus providing access to symbolic knowledge encoded in the model. A baseline CA method is chosen according to a broad literature analysis, and, in the course of several experimental studies, substantially improved regarding efficiency and performance. This allowed for the first time to successfully apply CA to state-of-the-art CNNs for object detection. Based on the improved CA method, diverse approaches to provide evidence for different types of symbolic safety requirements are developed. Concretely, CA is used (1) to verify correct encoding of semantic relations, (2) to build global, interpretable, and inspectable proxy models, and it is used (3) as part of a framework for inspection and verification of compliance with symbolic fuzzy logic rules. Applicability of the approaches is shown and evaluated on several state-of-the-art object detector CNNs and backends of such. Lastly, the contribution of CA -based evidence generation to safety assurance is highlighted. A template for a safety argumentation structure is developed, and a broad review of existing DNN specific evidence generation methods is conducted. This reveals the need for the CA -based methods developed in this thesis, and properly positions them in the overall safety argument. Altogether, the works in this thesis constitute a solid step towards safer usage of DNNs in automotive CV applications.
A re-examination of the space debris problem using systems thinking
Authors: Verma Virendra Kumar , Gangadhari Rajan Kumar , Pandey Pramod Kumar
Published: February 2023

Artificial satellites have enormous advantages, resulting in a massive increase in launches. As of January 2022, approximately 4852 operational satellites were orbiting Earth, assisting humans in communication, technology development, space observation, and earth science. Among the cataloged objects in space, only 20% are operational satellites, with the rest being debris. This debris poses a danger to active satellites and limits the orbital space for new satellite launches. These non-functional, fast-moving debris pieces may trigger collisions and potentially create new fragments of space junk. Most countries striving to exploit outer space have neglected the long-term consequences as explained by the tragedy of the Commons archetype. This study examines how the space race led to the specific issue of orbital debris using a systems thinking approach. Using counter-intuitiveness, causal loop diagrams (CLD), systemigrams, and archetypes as systems thinking methods and concepts to explain the space debris challenge. The systems thinking tools used in this study attempt to highlight the current space debris problem and the lack of a clear policy framework to mitigate the severity of the problem. Even though many private organizations and some space agencies are conceptualizing ideas to remove debris from space, the major issues in resolving this problem are time, cost, and uncertainty. Our findings highlight the importance of addressing the issue at the technological, system engineering, and policy levels.
Detecting the Abnormal SQL Query Using Hybrid SVM Classification Technique in Web Application
Authors:   Part time Research Scholar, University of Madras, Assistant Professor, Department of Computer Science and Applications, D.K.M. College for Women, Vellore, R Shobana , M Suriakala ,   Assistant Professor, Department of Computer science, Government Arts College for Men, Nandanam, Chennai
Published: February 2023

Detecting SQL injection attacks (SQLIAs) is ending up progressively significant in database-driven sites. A large portion of the investigations on SQLIA detection have concentrated on the structured query language (SQL) structure at the application level. Yet, those methodologies unavoidably neglects to identify those attacks that utilization previously put away methodology and information inside the database framework. While most existing techniques tended to towards diminishing the quantity of support vectors, the proposed philosophy concentrated on decreasing the quantity of test datapoints that need SVMs assistance in getting grouped. The focal thought is to inexact the choice limit of SVM utilizing paired trees. The subsequent tree is a half and half tree as in it has both univariate and multivariate (SVM) nodes. The cross breed tree takes SVMs assistance just in ordering significant information focuses lying close choice limit staying less urgent datapoints are grouped by quick univariate nodes.
From Observational to Actionable: Rethinking Omics in Biologics Production
Authors: Masson Helen O. , Karottki Karen Julie la Cour , Tat Jasmine , Hefzi Hooman , Lewis Nathan E.
Published: February 2023

As the era of omics continues to expand, omics-based experiments have become popular in industrial biotechnology. They promise deeper biological understanding, which may be leveraged to develop novel solutions to bioprocess optimization and cell line engineering strategies. Despite this expansion, naivety about what omic data offers and how to best handle such data can challenge the extraction of actionable value. However, the value of omic experiments in biotechnology research and development can be maximized with deliberate application of omic approaches and forethought about analysis techniques. Here we describe important considerations when designing and implementing omic-based experiments, and discuss how systems biology analysis strategies can enhance efforts to obtain actionable insights in biomanufacturing.