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The Diplomacy in a Revolutionary Labyrinth: the People’s Commissariat for Foreign Affairs of the USSR, the Comintern and the Mexican Left-Wing Movement in 1920s
Authors: Jeifets Victor
Published: January 2023

This article is devoted to the role played by the Soviet diplomats in the development of the Mexican Left-Wing Movement. The research is based on some archive materials, and the author demonstrates various important aspects of participation of the Soviet Envoys in different episodes of activities by the Communist Party of Mexico and other structures affiliated with the CPM. These interactions were quite regular and reflected the dualistic character of the Soviet foreign policy. However, the links and influences were seriously determined by the personalities of different Soviet envoys and transformed notably in the 1920s.
How Many Floors Are There in the House? Formation of the Hierarchy of National Territorial Formations in the Creation of the USSR (1922—1924)
Authors: Shubin Aleksander
Published: January 2023

The formation of the national-state structure of the USSR is considered in the article from the point of view of the hierarchy of republics, the “floors” of the USSR structure. The national-state structure of the USSR turned out to be heterogeneous — it included two federations and two unitary republics, while the RSFSR, significantly larger than all other republics combined, was an asymmetric federation, which included both autonomous republics and ordinary provinces, not united into a “Russian republic”, but subordinated to the center directly. The discussion of the form of unification of the Soviet republics did not exclude the preservation of formal independence (as later happened in Eastern Europe in the 1940s), but the model of “autonomization” came to the fore, which was not a concept suffered by I. Stalin, but arose from the need to solve an urgent practical foreign policy task. Stalin decided to put it on a more fundamental basis as a model of future relations between the republics, but after Lenin’s criticism and the proposal to create another “floor” in the form of a Union, Stalin and his supporters did not object. That is, this contradiction was situational in nature and was less fundamental than disputes with “independers” (who in practice also did not object to a unified decision-making system). However, after the adoption of the fundamental decision on the creation of the union “floor”, discussions continued about how the lower “floors” would be arranged — whether the USSR would become a federation of federations or a two-tier structure of national entities, which would lead to the creation of the Russian republic. As a result of the struggle of 1922—1923, the USSR also became an asymmetric federation, similar to the RSFSR. The illogicality of the structure that emerged was discussed in the Soviet leadership and could be corrected either by further forming federations (similar to the ZSFSR) as a union-forming structures, or by increasing the number of republics to compensate for the imbalance of the founding republics. In the future, the development of the structure of the USSR followed the second path.
The Communist Party of the Soviet Union and the “Chilean Way to Socialism”
Authors: Schelchkov Andrey
Published: January 2023

This paper offers an analysis of the policy of the CPSU in relation to the government of Popular Unity in Chile (1970—1973) and in general to such a political phenomenon as the “Chilean path to socialism”. Based on the documents of the Central Committee of the CPSU, the archive of the RGANI, the author proposes to explore the view of the Chilean events from the offices of the highest Soviet authorities, the Central Committee of the CPSU, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. We are talking about the forms of political support for the government of Salvador Allende, for the line of the Communist Party of Chile, in the difficult internal and external conditions of the development of the Chilean revolution, including the ambiguous position of Cuba in the domestic policy of Chile. The USSR did its best in the political sphere to support its main ally in Chile, the Communist Party, although it made efforts to strengthen its position among the popular unity parties, primarily the Socialists. Economic assistance from the USSR was limited to the proposal of long-term development projects, while chileans needed concrete immediate financial support. Such a divergence of intentions between the parties has led to empty bureaucratic activity, declarations, exchanges of delegations that are not able to exert any influence on the dramatic state of the Chilean economy. The USSR did not fully believe in the success of the Chilean revolution, moreover, even otherwise it was extremely limited in its ability to help Chile, which was due to both the geographical factor and moscow's economic inability to provide the necessary funds, and not ideological differences about the ways of the revolution.
Inter Arma Silent Musae: the Role of Public Diplomacy in Relations between Russia and Spain
Authors: Volosyuk Olga
Published: January 2023

The article deals with the role of public diplomacy in Russian-Spanish relations; puts forward a hypothesis, that public diplomacy plays an independent role, sometimes even replacing traditional diplomacy, in the “political vacuum”, when political ties between the two countries were frozen or even broken off. The author points out that some examples of public diplomacy can be traced in Russian-Spanish relations in the 18—19th centuries, but they transferred into state policy only in the 20th century. It was at that time that the Soviet government started to maintain a purposeful public policy aimed at “creating a positive image of the country” through the development of cultural and scientific contacts. This is demonstrated in the article on a number of examples: The October Revolution, which divided the world into two opposing blocs, in which there was no place for political relations; the period of Francoism, when both states publicly declared their irreconcilable ideological confrontation, but in fact were pragmatically building economic relations and strengthened scientific and cultural contacts. In those years, the personal support of prominent scientists and public figures played a huge role in building official diplomatic relations after the death of Franco. The author pays special attention to the role of the diplomacy of science and education, the importance of which. increased noticeably in the 21st century. From this point of view, the evolution of relations between Russia and Spain in the first quarter of this century is considered, especially during the period of cooling of relations as a result of the Ukrainian crisis.
Ernesto Araujo and Russia: How The Brazilian Ex-Chancellor's Ideas Influenced Bilateral Relations between Brasilia and Moscow?
Authors: Esteves Ana Livia
Published: January 2023

Relations between Brazil and Russia decelerated significantly during the tenure of Brazilian Minister of Foreign Affairs Ernesto Araujo, from January 2019 until March 2021. This article maintains that the former chancellor’s ideas had a direct impact in the relative stagnation of Russian-Brazilian ties. Araujo’s interpretation of the international reality is heavily influenced by the ideas of Brazilian right-wing ideologue Olavo de Carvalho, which frames Russia as a Chinese ally in the pursue of a global communist hegemony. According to Keohane and Goldstein, ideas are an important determinant of foreign policy-making and provide ethical and moral motivation for pursuing a given policy course. The article determines how Araujo’s ideas reflected in his foreign policy in general, and in Brazilian-Russian relations in particular.  The research concludes that Araujo led a values-based and ideological foreign policy, which deviates significantly from the pragmatic tradition of Brazilian diplomacy, with critical consequences for the development of bilateral relations with the Russian Federation during his tenure.
National Communist Parties In Ukraine: Ukrainian Historiography
Authors: Melnichenko Tanya
Published: January 2023

The article attempts to systematize the works of Ukrainian historians devoted to the National Communist Parties of Ukraine. The author shows the peculiarities of perception by Ukrainian researchers of the Ukrainian Communist Party (borotbists) and the Ukrainian Communist Party (Ukapists), depending on their views and the time of writing. There are three stages in the extensive Ukrainian historiography on this issue. The first works were written by contemporaries of these events and, in turn, are divided into works created by historians in exile and studies by historians — supporters of the Soviet government. The second stage of historiography was marked by the unification of the picture of the revolutionary past within the framework of the official Soviet doctrine. The third stage of historiography — the period of independence of Ukraine — is characterized by increased interest in the topic and positive assessments of the National Communist parties.
Russia and The Scandinavian-Baltic Region: Countries and Peoples in a Changing World. 19—20th
Authors: Mikhailova Yulia
Published: January 2023

The study of the history of small countries is one of the research activities of the Institute of World History of the Russian Academy of Sciences. It has its own specific features and fits into the general outline of the global historical process. On November 17—18, 2022, the International Scientific Conference “Russia and the Scandinavian-Baltic Region: Countries and Peoples in a Changing World. 19—20th centuries”, organized by the Centre for the History of Northern Europe and the Baltic States and the Department of International Scientific Cooperation of the Institute. The conference was attended by researchers from leading research centres of Moscow, St. Petersburg, Murmansk, Petrozavodsk, Arkhangelsk, Kaliningrad, Voronezh and Tromsø. During the work of the four sessions contributors discussed such questions as the problems of international relations of the second half of the 20th century, the features of trade and economic cooperation in the region and certain aspects of the history of the two world wars, interethnic communication and the mechanisms of formation of the image of the other.
Brute Force Attack on Distributed data Hiding in the Multi-Cloud Storage Environment More Diminutive than the Exponential Computations
Authors: Abdul Arif Mohammad , Mohammad Arshad Ahmad Khan , Sastry Matti Kiran , Bankapalli Jyothi
Published: January 2023

Classical steganography is designed to hide data by cover media. Recent approaches fragmented the data and hide them in a distributed manner by embedding each fragmented data into a distinct cover media. This approach makes a secret message extremely difficult for an attacker to detect. However, cover media modification leaves fingerprints that could expose a secret channel to an attacker. To overcome the problem, a novel steganography concept designed by two technical contributions. I). cover media does not undergo any modification, i.e., the cover media act as a pointer to fragmented data. II). A secret message is stored in the multi-cloud storage environment. The approach claimed that it is computationally infeasible for an attacker to detect and extract the hidden message despite of having fully access to the accounts of the different clouds. In this paper, we analysed the security strength of the novel steganography concept and concluded that, attacker can get the secret value stored in multi-cloud storage environment using the brute force attacks more diminutive than exponential computations.
Indonesian Automatic Speech Recognition with XLSR-53
Authors: Arisaputra Panji , Zahra Amalia
Published: January 2023

This study focuses on the development of Indonesian Automatic Speech Recognition (ASR) using the XLSR-53 pre-trained model, the XLSR stands for cross-lingual speech representations. The use of this XLSR-53 pre-trained model is to significantly reduce the amount of training data in non-English languages required to achieve a competitive Word Error Rate (WER). The total amount of data used in this study is 24 hours, 18 minutes, and 1 second: (1) TITML-IDN 14 hours and 31 minutes; (2) Magic Data 3 hours and 33 minutes; and (3) Common Voice 6 hours, 14 minutes, and 1 second. With a WER of 20%, the model built in this study can compete with similar models using the Common Voice dataset split test. WER can be decreased by around 8% using a language model, resulting in a WER of 12%. Thus, the results of this study have succeeded in perfecting previous research in contributing to the creation of a better Indonesian ASR with a smaller amount of data.
Pobożny zapis w prawie kanonicznym a darowizna w prawie polskim
Authors: Gajda Anna
Published: January 2023

Pobożny zapis jest dobrowolnym rozporządzeniem woli na cele religijne, co pozwala odróżnić go od zwykłego aktu darowizny. Do ważności tegoż zapisu nie jest jednak wymagana „nadprzyrodzona” intencja, a spełnienie warunków wymaganych przez prawo. Wykonawcą pobożnego zapisu jest ordynariusz. Do wykonania rozporządzenia, darczyńca może powołać także inną dowolną osobę. Darowizny, odnoszące się do instytucji Kościoła możemy podzielić na: dokonywane ze względu na kult religijny oraz na te, które odnoszą się do charytatywno-opiekuńczej działalności kościelnych osób prawnych. Zarówno pobożny zapis w prawie kanonicznym, jak i darowizna w prawie polskim są jednostronnymi czynnościami prawnymi, między osobami żyjącymi, jak i na wypadek śmierci.
Chaplain Service Pastor as a Special Kind of Public Service Military Officer in the Ukrainian Army
Authors: Chaika Olena , Dragan Olena
Published: January 2023

The article is devoted to the study of the chaplain’s legal status as a serviceman of the Ukrainian army, and the service of military chaplains as a component of the public service system in Ukraine, to the identification of signs and peculiarities of their legal regulation. The authors suggest considering a military chaplain as an employee of a separate type of public service, which has a dualistic status: on the one hand, he is a military serviceman, and on the other, a religious servant of a certain church. Despite the fact that the practice of military chaplaincy under the new legislation in Ukraine has not been developed yet, the duality of status will emerge in some practical and theoretical problems, which are also described and analysed in the article.
Ordinary Informative Process on John Nepomucene Neumann in the Diocese of Budweis in 1886-1888 and Examination of His Written Estate in 1891
Authors: Svoboda Rudolf
Published: January 2023

The process of the canonization and beatification of John Nepomucene Neumann began in 1886 in the Archdiocese of Philadelphia and the Diocese of Budweis. His canonization was completed in 1977. The study presents the as yet uncharted topic of the informative process in the Diocese of Budweis in 1886-1888, including a follow-up examination of John Nepomucene Neumann’s written estate in 1891 and other activities and events related to the Neumann’s process of beatification and canonization up to the beginning of the so-called Apostolic process in December 1896. This study seeks to describe in more detail the ecclesiastical legal process of the whole case; in addition to the context, it seeks to show in a broader horizon the so-called second life of John Nepomucene Neumann in the Diocese of Budweis, which was associated with the spread of his spiritual legacy.
Duszpasterstwo osób znajdujących się w sytuacji nieregularnej według dyrektyw zawartych w adhortacji apostolskiej Amoris laetitia papieża Franciszka
Authors: Kasperowicz Paweł
Published: January 2023

W zaprezentowanym opracowaniu o charakterze przyczynkowym Autor rozważył problem duszpasterstwa osób znajdujących się w sytuacji nieregularnej w świetle dyrektyw zawartych w adhortacji apostolskiej Amoris laetitia papieża Franciszka. W oparciu o analizę papieskiego dokumentu oraz komentarze kanonistów do jego wytycznych wykazał, iż problem wiernych żyjących w sytuacjach nieregularnych jest wezwaniem nie tylko pastoralnym, ale i prawnym. Jego zdaniem poruszony w artykule problem duszpasterstwa wciąż pozostaje sprawą otwartą. Poszczególnych dyrektyw zaprezentowanych w opracowaniu, w jego opinii, nie należy postrzegać rozłącznie, ale integralnie. Kształtowanie bowiem sumień, nauczanie pełnej prawdy o małżeństwie, integrowanie ze wspólnotą Kościoła, czy w końcu bardzo pragmatyczne wnioski w kwestii korzystania z uprawnień i ich ograniczania mogą się wzajemnie uzupełniać; należy aplikować je nie w sposób wybiórczy, ale adekwatnie do zaistniałych uwarunkowań.
On the legal regulation of recognizing inadmissible the evidence in administrative violation cases
Authors:   St. Petersburg Law Institute (branch) of the University of Public Prosecution Office of the Russian Federation, Gluzdak G. N.
Published: January 2023

Evidence is vitally important in the proceedings on administrative violation cases, which allows identifying the signs of the constituent elements of an offense and reaching the truth. In this regard, it is important to collect evidence in strict accordance with the norms of the law. The institution of inadmissible evidence serves this purpose. At the same time, based on a comparative analysis of the provisions of the Code of Administrative Offenses of the Russian Federation and the Criminal Procedure Code of the Russian Federation, the author concludes on the insufficiency of legal regulation of this institution in the current legislation on administrative offenses. The paper formulates two hypotheses that may cause this problem: the presence of a gap in the law (“real gap”) or the case of the legislator’s intentional silence (“imaginary gap”). The author emphasizes the possibility and necessity to regulate the relations associated with the recognition of evidence in administrative violation cases as inadmissible. It is stated that the importance of the institution of inadmissible evidence in the proceedings on administrative violation cases excludes the possibility of the legislator’s qualified silence. Based on the above arguments, the author substantiates the validity of the first hypothesis. While discussing the results of the study, issues requiring additional legal regulation are identified. The author proposes to include in the Code of Administrative Offenses of the Russian Federation a definition of the concept of inadmissible evidence, the additional legislative regulation in the norms of the Code of Administrative Offenses of the Russian Federation of cases of recognition as inadmissible of administrative offense protocols, the testimony of a victim and witnesses, as well as an evidence obtained during control and supervisory activities. In this regard, the author proposes supplementing the Code of Administrative Offenses of the Russian Federation with Article 26.2.1 “Inadmissible Evidence”, which disposition, to the author’s opinion, can be constructed based on a similar norm of the Code of Criminal Procedure of the Russian Federation, taking into account the specifics of administrative-delictual legislation.
Criminal-legal and criminological aspects of infanticide in the countries of the anglo-saxon system of law
Authors:   Togliatti State University, Zhirova M. Yu. , Kondratyuk S. V. ,   Togliatti State University
Published: January 2023

The paper considers the criminal-legal and criminological aspects of killing by a mother of her newborn child (neonaticide crimes). The urgency of the research is caused by the application of the experience of foreign schools in the domestic legal science. The scientific thought of the Anglo-Saxon legal school has achieved considerable results in the sphere of preventing such social phenomenon as neonaticide; however, in the domestic scientific literature, these achievements did not find proper representation. The paper covers the study of neonaticide in the Anglo-Saxon scientific literature. The authors summarize the results of the studies covering the issues of classification and prevention of neonaticide in Anglo-Saxon law. Based on the provisions of Anglo-Saxon law, the authors review the terminology of this phenomenon. The paper analyzes the issues of state prosecution in the cases of neonaticide. The authors note the multiplicity of interpretations of the elements of this crime; identify the contradictions in American and English judicial practice. The study shows that the Anglo-Saxon legal system pays attention to the psychological state of a parturient woman and other elements of the subjective aspect of a crime. Minimizing the severity of criminal punishment for the neonaticide crimes taking into account the psychological state of a parturient woman contributes to strengthening the criminal protection of the life of newborns. The definition of the situation of the commission of a crime, the sequence of actions of a guilty person when preparing and executing the infanticide is valuable for the domestic science. In the structure of the way of committing a crime, the authors specify the actions of causing fatal injuries to a newborn, show the differences of this crime from the abandonment of a child in a helpless condition. Other actions specific to a neonaticide crime are specified. The authors conclude that for the domestic criminology, measures used in the countries of the Anglo-Saxon law system are applicable. Preventive measures include wide social assistance to women of reproductive age. To the opinion of scientists dealing with Anglo-Saxon law, compulsory education of young women on the issues of sexual health is an effective prophylaxis direction. Such prophylaxis direction is also applicable in the domestic practice.
Care and diligence as the criteria for determining guilt or innocence in the contractual delinquency
Authors:   Togliatti State University, Mashtakov I. V.
Published: January 2023

Identifying the grounds for the civil liability incurrence has always aroused a considerable interest both of the civilists and the practitioners. It is civil law, where the statutory provision that the absence of guilt is proved by a person who violated an obligation (paragraph 2 of Article 401 of the RF Civil Code) is of interest. Therefore, the presumption of guilt enshrined in civil legislation due to the established civilistic tradition cannot but attract attention and still remains relevant for the research. The paper studies the criteria of the state of innocence in breach of an obligation proposed by the legislator. Such a state is defined through the use of the terms “care” and “diligence” in the law. Since there are no clear definitions of careful and diligent behavior in the RF Civil Code, one can conclude from paragraph 1 of Article 401 of the RF Civil Code that the degree of care and discretion depends on the nature of an obligation and the course of events at which a person must take all measures available in the situation to perform an obligation properly. The criteria of the state of innocence in breach of an obligation become the subject of the research. The author of this paper attempts to analyze and consider point by point the wording of Article 401 of the Civil Code of the Russian Federation concerning the criteria for determining the innocence of a person who violated a civil obligation. Categories and terms analyzed in the paper are rather common in the law enforcement practice, so in the study, the author relies both on the provisions of the RF Civil Code and on legal acts on a given issue. As a result of the study of the specified criteria of innocence, the author concluded that their somewhat abstract and subjectively evaluative nature does not allow today to achieve uniformity in the understanding and application of this provision of civil legislation.
Different-sized porosity and thermal conductivity of oxide layers formed by plasma-electrolytic oxidation on the AK12D silumin
Authors:   Togliatti State University, Ivashin P. V. , Krishtal M. M. ,   Togliatti State University, Tverdokhlebov A. Ya. ,   Togliatti State University, Polunin A. V. ,   Togliatti State University, Dudareva N. Yu. ,   Ufa University of Science and Technology, Kruglov A. B. ,   National Research Nuclear University MEPhI
Published: January 2023

Oxide layers formed by plasma-electrolytic oxidation (PEO) are characterized by a sufficiently high porosity, which influences almost the whole complex of service characteristics. However, the known data on the integral porosity of PEO-produced layers are rather contradictory, and the nature of the pore size distribution in these layers remains understudied. As a result of processing the images of the layer cross-section produced in a wide magnification range (scanning electron microscopy – SEM, image-based analysis), the authors obtained the pore size distribution in the range of 10 nm to 10 µm, which is sufficiently well described by a lognormal distribution function (pore geometry was approximated by a spherical shape). Such distribution pattern indicates the nature of pore formation, which can be related to the thermally activated process of gas emission from a liquid melt, the volume and average temperature of which, in their turn, depend on the micro-arc discharge energy. The paper presents the results of identifying the oxide layer phase composition and crystallites sizes by the X-ray crystallography method. Comparing the results of X-ray spectral microanalysis and X-ray crystallography, the amorphous component phase composition was evaluated. Using the stationary method and the method of pulsed laser heating, the authors determined the thermal conductivity of the initial oxide layer and the layer after the removal of its highly-porous outer part. The porosity values obtained experimentally and calculated based on the analysis of SEM-images and the results of determining the phase composition, including amorphous phases, allowed evaluating the oxide layer thermal conductivity with the help of four known analytical models. The results of calculating the thermal conductivity using the Loeb model showed good convergence with the experimental results obtained in this work. The modeling demonstrated that the size of crystallites influence the oxide layer thermal conductivity much less than the porosity and amorphous phase.
The development of methodological and mathematical tools for implementing the strategy of identifying critical requirements for assembling highly-precise goods
Authors:   Branch of the FSUE “Academician Pilyugin Scientific-Production Center of Automatics and Instrument-Building” – “Industrial Association “Korpus”, Nazaryev A. V. , Bochkarev P. Yu. ,   Kamyshin Technological Institute (branch) of Volgograd State Technical University,   N.I. Vavilov Saratov State Agrarian University
Published: January 2023

The problem of improving the production of highly-precise devices and machines has primary importance. It is caused by the fact that the quality and accuracy of production of such devices impose increasingly stringent requirements, while standard approaches intended to ensure these criteria are insufficiently multipurpose. The developed approach – a complex of formalized design procedures for systems for accounting the requirements for the assembly of highly-precise goods when designing technological processes of mechanical treatment – allows solving these problems. However, it is necessary to develop additional solutions to ensure the relationship between the design and technological preproduction. The relevance of the study is in the solution of an important problem – the improvement of the procedure for carrying out the design-dimensional analysis within the system for accounting the requirements for the assembly of highly-precise products when designing technological processes of mechanical treatment. To solve this issue, the authors proposed the technique of component separation of a highly-precise good based on the identification of a base component / assembly unit and specified a mathematical model for the formation of a conjugation graph and a dimension graph, which is necessary to identify critical (vital) requirements to assembly and carrying out the design-dimensional analysis. Introducing the proposed techniques will allow choosing rational technologies for producing parts at further stages of implementation of design procedures of the system for accounting the requirements for the assembly of highly-precise goods when designing technological processes of mechanical treatment. In turn, it will cause labor intensity reduction and cutting the time of production of highly-precise goods and will allow decreasing costs during design-technological preparation within the conditions of multiproduct manufacture.
Reduction Of Noise Of Compressors Of Volumetric Type By Using Of Noise Muffler – Pulsations Damper
Authors: Vasilyev A.V. , Ermilov M.A.
Published: January 2023

The problems of noise reduction arising during the operation of volumetric compressors are considered. A new noise suppressor is presented – a pulsation suppressor for volumetric compressors, which allows to effectively reduce noise and pressure pulsations at the output of a volumetric compressor both in a wide range of frequencies and at discrete frequencies in combination with a minimum pressure drop. A design model and an equivalent circuit of a noise suppressor – a pulsation suppressor are presented, and the design of its prototype is described. The results of tests of a noise suppressor – a pulsation suppressor for various structural designs are given. It is concluded that the use of a prototype noise suppressor – pulsation suppressor gives a high effect of reducing noise and gas pressure pulsations.
Methodological Basis for Assessing the Level of Environmental Safety of the Functioning tf River Water Ecosystems tn Cities
Authors: Volkova N.E. , Ivanyutin N.M.
Published: January 2023

A methodological approach has been developed to assess the level of environmental safety of the functioning of river water ecosystems in an urbanized area, taking into account the real problems characteristic of watercourses and hydraulically connected hydraulic structures. It is concluded that the application of this methodology will make it possible to conduct a comprehensive assessment of the current situation and develop an optimal list of measures aimed at improving the sustainability of river natural and technical systems located on the territory of cities.
Heavy Metals in Natural-Anthropogenic and Agricultural Landscapes of the Impact Zones of Metallurgical Complexes of the Tula Industrial Agglomeration
Authors: Borisochkina T.I. , Kolchanova K.A.
Published: January 2023

The results of monitoring studies of natural-anthropogenic and agricultural urban landscapes of the impact zones of the Tulachermet combine and the Kosogorsky Metallurgical Plant are presented. A survey of aerotechnogenic precipitation, soil and vegetation cover was carried out. It is shown that in the impact zones of metallurgical complexes, the predominant part of heavy metals enters the Earth's surface in solid-phase precipitation.
The ecophysiological response of Bombax ceiba L. to soil of industrial areas
Authors: Kabir Muhammad , Iqbal Muhammad Zafar , Shafiq Muhammad , Farooqi Zia-ur-Rehman
Published: January 2023

The knowledge about the ecology and relationship among plant-soil is required to increase the vegetation cover around the industrial units. However, no information is available about this aspect on seedling growth performance of commercially important timber tree, B. ceiba. This study was designed with the purpose to record the effects of soil of different industrial areas on seedling growth performances of B. ceiba in pot culture. The comparison of the results showed variable effects on plant height, cover, leaf size, seedling dry and fresh weight of B. ceiba raised in different industrial soil variably affected due to industrial activities. The assessment with the treatment of soils of Universal Chemicals showed maximum reduction in plant height and leaf area of B. ceiba. The treatment of National Foods Ltd. soil positively increased the growth for B. ceiba, as it may contain more nutrient supply required for proper growth of B. Ceiba. It was concluded that the soil of Universal Chemicals factory was found less favorable for growth variables of B. ceiba. The findings suggests that the plantation of B. ceiba around the industrial units would be helpful in increasing the vegetation cover.
The Effect of Market Capitalization, Trading Volume, Book Value, and Capital Structure on Share Prices
Authors: Tanheitafino Christobal , Helma Malini  , Wendy  , Giriati  , Ramadania
Published: January 2023

The share price represents the company's value on the share market; buyers and sellers establish the company's value based on the quantity of demand and supply of shares. This research looks at how market capitalization, trading volume, BV, and DER are used to analyze share price variations. The research aims to understand investor behavior in fluctuating market situations. The method used is to analyze multiple linear regression, and the data collection method is secondary data. This study's results indicate a relatively significant correlation between market capitalization, trading volume, BV, DER, and share prices, implying that predictor variables may adequately describe the reasons for price fluctuations. The conclusion of the research results reveals that from 2019 to 2021, investors act rationally in making judgments while conducting transactions or preserving their cash in the Bank and Insurance Sub-Sector.

JEL, classification：

G11 G12

Keywords: Market Capitalization; Trading Volume; BV; DER; Share Stocks
Entrepreneurial Networking Strategic Renewal and Performance of Youth-Owned Agro-Processing Small and Medium Enterprises in Selected Counties in Kenya
Authors: Kariuki Francis K , Kyalo Teresiah , Ombaka Beatrice
Published: January 2023

The current business environment has become very dynamic and this comes with threats and opportunities. Some of the factors that pose challenge in this environment are new entrants, loss of competitive advantage or rapid change of technology. In Kenya, SME suffer the same fate despite the critical role they play in the country. Most of the youth business startups fail at their third year and very few enterprises have grown into large formal organizations. To survive under this dynamic environment, entrepreneurial networking becomes an important strategy that can be adopted by organizations. The objective of this study was thus trying to examine influence of entrepreneurial networking strategic renewal on performance of youth owned SMEs. The specific objectives were membership of social network, professional networks, business networks and social networks and their influence on SMEs performance. The research design adopted was descriptive cross-sectional survey. The study targeted youth owned agro-processing SMEs registered by Ministry of Trade and Industry from four County Governments namely, Nyeri, Kirinyanga, Murang’a and Nyandarua. The population that constituted sampling frame was 287 youth owned enterprises. Quantitative data was collected by use of structured questionnaire. The overall model study was R Square= 0.092, meaning that Entrepreneurial Networking Strategies explained 9.2% of the variation on SMEs performance. The study coefficients indicated that holding all other factors constant, changing Entrepreneurial Networking strategies by one unit would result to a 0.324 change in Performance of Youth Owned Agro-processing SMEs. The value of t is 6.095, which was >2 and p-value of 0.000 which implied that there was statistically significant influence of Entrepreneurial Networking Strategies on performance. The study concluded that entrepreneurship networking influences performance of the youth owned agro-processing SMEs in Kenya. This study recommends there is need for the SMEs to further establish networks outside their business cycle.
The Mathematization of Economics: Useful, Inevitable, Indispensable or Simply Extravaganza
Authors: Moosa Imad
Published: January 2023

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Is Economic Globalization Under Strain?
Authors: Islam Anisul M
Published: January 2023

Globalization in a broader sense and economic globalization in a more restricted sense has been under strain for some years now. During this time, rising anti-globalization sentiments, the U.S.-China trade war, and the Covid-19 pandemic hit the world. The spread of the pandemic quickly from country to country with a span of only a few months has been facilitated by globalization itself (in terms of greater mobility of people through improved travel, tourism, and other forms of people movement). This article focuses on the current trend in globalization as it is being severely strained and tested by several events such as the rising nationalism, U.S.-China Trade war, Covid-19 pandemic, and several other stressors which are discussed in the paper. The paper concludes with the optimistic note that the Covid-19 pandemic may be controlled with the arrival of the vaccine, the world economy will recover, and the current strains on globalization lifted so that the progress to globalization will soon return to a somewhat normal path.
The Future Of India’s Growth Prospects
Authors: Khan Abdul T , Din Shahab Ud , Khan Noor A
Published: January 2023

In the past decade, India has shown tremendous economic growth patterns amid hue and cry over the economic disparities and imbalances. The Gross Domestic Product (GDP) growth rate has been impressive but other indicators of economic development such as infrastructure, income inequality, Index of Industrial Production (IIP) have been alarming and unsatisfactory. Recent structural changes in the Indian economy such as changes in FDI policy, Demonetisation, and implementation of Goods and Service Tax (GST) have witnessed contradictory patterns. This article focuses on the issues of India’s economic growth and the prevalent anomalies. It also captures the expectation of Modi’s government regarding the future of the Indian economy.
Hybrid Dynamic and Fuzzy Models of Morality
Authors: Rossa Agnieszka , Szymański Andrzej , Socha Lesław
Published: January 2023

Mortality is generally considered relatively easy to forecast, particularly when the forecasting horizon is short. In longer periods however, its course may be affected by various changes brought about by all kinds of disturbances and events, A case in point is the health crisis in Poland of the 1970s and 1980s [Okólski 2003], In such cases, it is of key importance that appropriate assumptions and an adequate model are selected. Mortality forecasting is usually supported by extrapolative models, making use of the regularity found in age patterns and trends of death rates or probabilities over time. There are several reasons why one should learn more about mortality models. Forecasting of mortality has a wide range of applications outside the field of statistics and mathematics. It is of fundamental importance in such areas as funding of public or private pensions and life insurance. Annuity providers and policy makers use mortality projections to determine appropriate pension benefits, to assess retirement income or life insurance products, to hold additional reserving capital or to manage the long term demographic risk. Thus, one of the important question arises: What is the best way to forecast future mortality rates and to model the uncertainty of such forecasts? A key input to address this question is the development of advanced mortality modeling methodology. These notes are an attempt to capture the stochastic nature of mortality by approaching the subject of mortality modeling and forecasting from a new theoretical point of view, using theory of stochastic differential equations, theory of fuzzy numbers and complex numbers. The book is addressed to tertiary students, doctoral students and specialists in the fields of demography, life insurance, statistics and economics. This research project was funded by the National Science Center pursuant to its decision no. 2015/17/B/HS4/00927.
Phenotypic Diversity of Cowpea (Vigna unguiculata L. Walp) Based on Shorter Cooking Time and Canning Quality Traits
Authors:   University of Port Harcourt, PMB 5323 Nigeria, Ukomadu Josephine
Published: January 2023

Cowpea is a leguminous crop rich in protein. Despite its nutritional quality, the crop is underutilized due to its prolonged cooking time requiring energy to make it palatable. This study investigated the adaptation capacity, cooking time and canning quality of a panel of 94 accessions of cowpea obtained from the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture IITA, Ibadan and Rumukoro Market Port Harcourt Nigeria. Seeds were planted at the Department of Crop and Soil Science Research Farm and Allu Town, University of Port Harcourt, Nigeria. The experimental design was randomized complete block design (RCBD) in three replicates for three seasons (early wet, late wet and dry season). Agronomic Parameters such as plant height, number of leaves, number of branches, leave length, leave width, and the flowering date was collected at two weekly intervals after weeks of planting. The cooking evaluation was carried out using a digital cooker (Tower Product), while canning quality was evaluated using a cost-effective sealer. Results obtained showed that cowpea adapted to the three seasons with optimal performance observed in the late wet season. The cooking results showed that TVU-2, TVU-8, TVU-9, TVU-13, TVU, 21, TVU29, TVU-36, TUV-38, iron white, akara bean, iron brown and honey bean had short cooking time while TVU-2, TVU-13, TVU-26, TVU-37, TVU-38, TVU-45, TVU-50 and TVU-51 had good canning quality. It is recommended that the selected accessions for better agronomic and culinary quality traits can be used for cowpea breeding programmes.
Developmental Care Rounds: An Initiative to Improve Nursing Confidence and Contributions at the Bedside
Authors: Moss Erica , Kim Kum , Dickinson Kelsey , Gettis Margaret
Published: January 2023

Purpose:To describe the use of developmental care (DC) rounds as an initiative to ensure the implementation of bedside DC. To measure the confidence of NICU nurses with participation in DC rounds.Design:Evidence-based practice/quality improvement initiative aimed to answer the following questions: What are the implementation rates of bedside DC nursing interventions used or discussed during DC rounds? Do NICU nurses report agreement with education about DC rounds prior to DC rounds starting? Do nurses in the NICU feel confident participating in DC rounds Do nurses with more years of NICU nursing experience feel more confident than nurses with fewer years of nursing experience?Sample:513 DC rounds and 101 nursing surveys.Main Outcome Variable: Nursing survey Likert score response and implementation rate of DC nursing interventions.Results:Implementation of bedside DC nursing interventions was strong in the NICU. Areas of opportunity include developmental bath, oral care with breast milk, use of scent clothes, kangaroo care, breastfeeding, use of head plan when appropriate, assignment of a primary baby buddy when appropriate, and use of schedule when needed. Nurses reported their confidence in participation in DC during the implementation of this project.
Evaluation de l’Impact des Activités Anthropiques sur la Séquestration de Carbone dans la Parc National du Mont Sangbé, en Côte d’Ivore
Authors: Tra Bi Tra Jeanot
Published: January 2023

La présente étude concerne l'évaluation de l'impact des activités anthropiques sur la capacité de séquestration du carbone du Parc National du Mont Sangbé (PNMS) fortement anthropisé. L'objectif principal était de contribuer à l'estimation de l'effet des activités anthropiques sur la capacité de séquestration du carbone du PNMS. Plus spécifiquement, il s'agissait : (1) de caractériser les activités anthropiques responsables de la dégradation du PNMS et (2) d'estimer l'impact de ces activités sur la capacité de séquestration du carbone du PNMS. Pour mener à bien l'étude, nous avons utilisé un dispositif d'échantillonnage composé de 14 blocs carrés de 1 ha chacun, comprenant chacun 100 parcelles carrées de 100 m² (10 mx 10 m). La collecte des données a été effectuée à l'aide d'un échantillonnage direct. Les activités anthropiques dont les plus incidentes sont les pratiques agricoles, ont provoqué la destruction massive d’espèces ligneuses arbrescentes dans le PNMS. Cela a occasionné une perte de capacité de séquestration du carbone du PNMS estimée à 43 tC/ha. Pour remédier à cette situation, il a été recommandé d'intensifier la surveillance du parc, la sensibilisation des populations et le développer des micro-projets pour les riverains.
Gender Differences in the Use of Foul Language in Punjabi
Authors: Akhter Khushnood
Published: January 2023

This study explores the use of foul language and its types in Punjabi from the perspective of gender. In this context, a corpus of Punjabi foul terminology was gathered from 58 male and female Punjabi speakers from urban and rural areas, through an open-ended questionnaire. The theoretical framework of Battistela (2005) was applied. The data was analyzed in tables through a statistical approach with its frequency and phonetic transcription. The study revealed that, Punjabi speaking people use foul language in many ways, types and situations. The study also found that males use more abusive terminology while there is less use of coarse words by females. The study revealed swear-word use is more derogatory and directed more towards the females rather than the males. Findings from this study contribute to the research on the use of foul language which is still in its infancy and to the lexicology of Punjabi language.
Lesion Stabilization and Tooth Preservation (Lstop) Reflection on Pulp-Therapy-Lstr when Resources are Undersupplied: A Technical Note
Authors: Alshehri Alhassan Ali , Alahmari Turki Abdullah
Published: January 2023

The World Health Organization Global Oral Health 2022 report estimated oral disease to be affecting around 3.5 billion people worldwide, where untreated dental caries represents 71% of this estimate. If left untreated, the inevitable pulpal sequalae occur. At our Pediatric dental department, many children attend with extensive carious teeth. This technical note aims to reflect on this realistic demand of pulp therapy needs, for children with extensive carious 2nd primary molars and no 1st permanent molars erupted yet and introduce an innovative modified pulp therapy technique: Lesion Stabilization and Tooth Preservation (LSToP) that aims to stabilize and preserve those teeth, as a natural space maintainer. This technique, if proven beneficial, would add to the dental literature and clinicians another option to preserve teeth as a natural space maintainer, and delay/avoid premature extractions, particularly when supply and resources (dental materials/laboratory and pharmacy) are insufficient.
Criptomonedas: Una Revisión de su Panorama y de los Riesgos Actuales en México
Authors: Tlatelpa López Noel Ángel , Maya Rivera Luis Mauricio , Mendieta De Casas Willian Gustavo , Abarca Acosta Sergio Omar , Mata Hernández José Miguel
Published: January 2023

OBJETIVO: Mostrar el panorama actual de la regulación sobre criptomonedas en México, el segundo objetivo es exponer otros riesgos que se presentan por el uso de este tipo de activos y, por último, visualizar el comportamiento y el riesgo que presentaron Bitcoin, Ether, Litecoin y Ripple con el uso del VaR y del CVaR.
MATERIAL Y MÉTODO: El uso de métodos de valuación en riesgo, como el Valor en Riesgo y el Valor en Riesgo Condicional, permiten visualizar las pérdidas estimadas a las que se pudiese incurrir. Con el uso de las métricas aplicadas al modelo de Valor en Riesgo, se analizaron los activos para observar cuales tuvieron mayor riesgo entre 2016 y 2021.
RESULTADOS: Bitcoin y Ripple mostraron ser los activos con un resultado de riesgo mayor de acuerdo con las distintas métricas usadas para calcular el VaR, por encima de Litecoin y Ether.
CONCLUSIONES: La regulación en México en materia de criptomonedas sigue siendo un reto para las autoridades regulatorias, por lo cual este tipo de activos presentan todavía un desafío para que puedan usarse legalmente en México.