bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
A CIDADE FALADA
Authors: Stolf Silveira Carolina , Ferraro Luiza Helena , Floriano Batista Júlia , Leal Godoi Izabelle
Published: October 2022

A acessibilidade, do ponto de vista físico-espacial, tornou-se um fator inerente ao pensamento projetual, seja em novas proposições e adequações ou em discussões decorrentes de pesquisas acadêmicas. No entanto, as barreiras presentes nos espaços urbanos e arquitetônicos ainda são constantes, assim como se observa a necessidade de colocar em prática o amplo conceito de acessibilidade e suas dimensões, dentre elas, a acessibilidade informacional e comunicacional, especialmente no âmbito universitário, junto ao ensino, pesquisa e extensão. A impossibilidade de acesso à informação ou a indisponibilidade de recursos de acessibilidade nos meios de comunicação é uma das principais dificuldades enfrentadas pelas pessoas com deficiência sensorial. Nesse sentido, a extensão universitária “A Cidade Falada” do curso de arquitetura e urbanismo da Universidade do Estado de Santa Catarina (UDESC) visa promover a inclusão e o acesso à cidade através de descrições por texto, áudio e vídeo acerca dos espaços urbanos, envolvendo a paisagem natural e construída. Também oferece narrativas que trazem reflexões sobre a vida nas cidades e problemáticas urbanas. Assim, este artigo apresenta a extensão, os procedimentos metodológicos adotados e seus principais resultados, instigando pesquisadores e gestores públicos das possibilidades de promover inclusão nas cidades através da utilização de ferramentas digitais e mídias sociais, no âmbito acadêmico e comunitário.
Shear Buckling Analysis of Corrugated Web Steel Plate Girder with Random Material Properties
Authors: Kristijanto Heppy , Piscesa Bambang , Faimun Faimun , Iranata Data , Suprobo Priyo
Published: October 2022

Background:

The non-linear finite element method with initial geometric imperfection is compulsory to capture the shear buckling behavior of the Corrugated Web Steel Plate Girder (CWSPG). These initial geometry imperfections can come from the slender structure that cannot maintain its perfect shape or lousy quality during the assembly process. Most researchers generate the initial geometry imperfection from the elastic buckling modes that may not represent the randomness in the geometric imperfection. Therefore, there is a need to develop a method to generate random initial geometry imperfection without carrying out elastic buckling modes from the analysis.

Objectives:

This paper investigated the shear buckling behavior of CWSPG using non-linear finite element analysis and proposed a method to generate the initial geometric imperfection using the random material imperfection.

Methods:

The random material properties for each meshed element follow a statistically random normal distribution of the material yield strength. The initial geometric imperfection is generated from the first second-order analysis with random material properties (using the in-house 3D-NLFEA package) to the point where the expected buckling shape is obtained. The final deformed geometry from the first second-order analysis is then scaled down to be used as the initial geometric imperfection.

Results:

The proposed method requires the scaling value such that the first buckling load from the available experimental test result and the one from the numerical model are at the same level. The proposed method was able to capture the shear buckling behavior of the CWSPG and was sensitive to the element’s size. The minimum size of the element required normalized with the element thickness was found to be less than four to maintain the accuracy for both the peak and residual load of the CWSPG specimen.

Conclusion:

The proposed method shows excellent agreement in predicting the peak load and the post-buckling behavior of the available test results. Therefore, the proposed method can be used as an alternative method to capture the buckling load of the CWSPG specimen.
Effect of Orthophosphoric Acid and Er:YAG Laser Etching on Micro-shear Bond Strength to Enamel: An In Vitro Pilot Study
Authors: Zanigni Ludovica , Checchi Vittorio , Davide Pugliese Bruno , Josic Uros , Mazzitelli Claudia , Giannetti Luca , Breschi Lorenzo , Nucci Cesare
Published: October 2022

Background:

Dental conditioning is one of the most important phases during enamel bonding procedures to obtain clean surfaces, smear layer removal with collagen active sites and hydroxyapatite exposure.

Objective:

The aim of this study was to compare the micro-shear bond strength (µSBS) of different adhesive systems after two different etching techniques: 37% orthophosphoric acid (H3PO4) and Er:YAG laser.

Methods:

Ninety permanent extracted molars were embedded into epoxy resin blocks and sectioned longitudinally. Specimens were randomly assigned to one of the following groups (n=30), depending on the etching protocol: 37% H3PO4 for 30 s (Group 1), Er:YAG laser 100mJ-10Hz (Group 2), and Er:YAG laser 100mJ-10Hz followed by 37% H3PO4 for 30 s (Group 3). Each group was further divided into two subgroups depending on the bonding agent used on enamel (n=15): A) EE-Bond (Tokuyama) and B) Peak universal (Ultradent). A two-way analysis of variance (two-way ANOVA) was conducted and the level of significance was set to p=0.05.

Results:

The etching procedure was a significant factor influencing the results (p=0.006), while no differences were observed for the two adhesive systems tested (p>0.05). Group 3 recorded the highest bond strength values, according to the following sequel: Group 3 < Group 2 < Group 1 < 0.05.

Conclusion:

The combination of phosphoric acid etching with Er:YAG laser provided the most favourable bond strength to enamel. Further morphological studies are currently ongoing.
The Effect of Nanosilica Incorporation on the Properties of Cement-Based Materials with and Without other Supplementary Admixtures – A Literature Review
Authors: Carneiro Laísa do Rosário Souza , Houmard Manuel , Rocha Vanessa Vilela , Ludvig Péter
Published: October 2022

The development of nanotechnology has made it possible to design new materials and improve existing ones. Regarding new supplementary admixtures for cement-based materials, nanosilica is more advantageous than any other nanomaterial. This is due to its high pozzolanic reactivity, besides its filling and seeding effects, which are a consequence of the higher and more reactive specific surface area of the nanosilica and its amorphous structure. Nonetheless, when used improperly or in an inadequate dosage, such a nanomaterial may negatively affect the cement admixture, compromising both fresh and hardened properties. Hence, it is fundamental to understand the nanosilica’s behavior inside the cementitious medium. This review paper is based on recent literature about the incorporation of nanosilica in cementitious materials. The analyses showed that, once incorporated in the cement matrix, nanosilica tends to agglomerate. The behavior of such agglomerates influences both the pozzolanic filling and seeding effects. Therefore, a suitable dispersion of the nanoparticles must be achieved. In this sense, third-generation superplasticizers are used, usually up to 3% of cement mass. The mechanical properties of cement-based materials with nanosilica depend on the amount of nanomaterial and on its specific surface area. There is not an agreement on the optimum dosage of nanosilica, however, percentages up to 5% in cement mass seem to provide a better performance, when compared to greater ones. It is not worthy to use nanosilicas with excessive specific surface area values, because they tend to form large agglomerates, reducing fluidity and compressive strength. Particles with surface areas up to 300 m2/g usually present good performance. Nanosilica improves the early age strength and contributes to the pore refinement of cement-based materials. The combination of nanosilica with other nanomaterials or industrial by-products can improve the mixture’s performance. Nonetheless, the use of silica nanoparticles with agricultural wastes negatively affects the mechanical properties at early ages.
Introduction
Authors: Rojas Eduardo
Published: October 2022

The use of the effective stress principle led to a general theory for the
strength and volumetric behavior of saturated soils. Presently, all constitutive models
for saturated soils are based on this principle. In 1959, Bishop proposed an equation
for the effective stress of unsaturated soils. However, it was severely criticized
because it could not explain by itself the phenomenon of collapse upon wetting.
Moreover, an analytical expression for the determination of its main parameter  was
not provided, and in addition, its value could not be easily determined in the
laboratory. Since then, several equations to determine the value of parameter  have
been proposed. Sixty years later, it is acknowledged that Bishop’s effective stress
equation can be employed to simulate the behavior of unsaturated soils when it is
complemented with a proper elastoplastic framework.
The Effective Stress Equation
Authors: Rojas Eduardo
Published: October 2022

Based on the analysis of the equilibrium of solid particles of an unsaturated
sample subject to a certain suction, it is possible to establish an analytical expression
for Bishop´s parameter X. With this parameter, the effective stress can be evaluated
and used to predict the shear strength and volumetric behavior of unsaturated soils.
For the determination of parameter X, three elements are required: the saturated
fraction, the unsaturated fraction, and the degree of saturation of the unsaturated
fraction of the sample. The equation established for parameter X clarifies some
features of the strength of unsaturated soils that, up to now, had no apparent
explanation. A drawback to this expression is that the three required parameters for
the determination of X cannot be obtained from current experimental procedures.
The Porous-Solid Model
Authors: Rojas Eduardo
Published: October 2022

Based on the analysis of the equilibrium of solid particles in a soil sample
subject to a certain suction, an analytical expression for the value of Bishop's
parameter X was established in the previous chapter. This parameter can be written as
a function of the saturated fraction, the unsaturated fraction, and the degree of
saturation of the unsaturated fraction of the soil. However, the determination of these
three parameters cannot be made from current experimental procedures. Therefore, a
porous-solid model simulating the structure of soils is proposed herein and used to
determine these parameters. The data required to build up the porous-solid model are
the void ratio of the sample and their grain and pore size distributions
Compression Strength of Soils
Authors: Rojas Eduardo
Published: October 2022

In this chapter, the probabilistic porous-solid model is used to determine
the mean effective stress of soils at failure. The plots of the deviator stress against the
mean effective stress show a unique failure line for a series of triaxial tests performed
at different confining net stress and suctions for both wetting and drying paths. This
result confirms that the proposed effective stress equation is adequate to predict the
shear strength of unsaturated soils. It also results in different strengths for wetting and
drying paths, as the experimental evidence indicates.
Tensile Strength
Authors: Rojas Eduardo
Published: October 2022

In this chapter, the probabilistic porous-solid model is used to simulate the
tensile strength of unsaturated soils tested at different water contents. The strength of
unsaturated soils can be split into two parts: one related to the net stress and the other
to suction stress. The strength generated by suction has its origin in the additional
contact stresses induced to solid particles by water meniscus. This additional contact
stress is called matric suction stress when it is solely related to matric suction. In such
a case, the tensile strength of soils represents the matric suction stress of the material
at that particular water content. The numerical and experimental comparisons of the
tensile strength of unsaturated soils tested at different water contents show that the
probabilistic porous-solid model can simulate this phenomenon quite accurately.
Volumetric Behavior
Authors: Rojas Eduardo
Published: October 2022

In this chapter, an equation to account for the volumetric behavior of
unsaturated soils is proposed. This equation is based on the effective stress principle
and results in a unifying framework for the volumetric behavior of both saturated and
unsaturated soils. The numerical results of the proposed equation are compared with
experimental results published by different researchers. These comparisons show that
the equation is adequate to account for wetting-drying and net stress loading.unloading paths. This analysis confirms that the effective stress principle can be
applied to the volumetric behavior of unsaturated soils.
Expansive Soils
Authors: Rojas Eduardo
Published: October 2022

In this chapter, the elastoplastic framework for the volumetric behavior of
soils developed in Chapters 8 and 9 is extended to account for the case of expansive
soils. The hydraulic behavior of the soil is simulated using the porous-solid model
developed in Chapter 4. The result is an elastoplastic framework where the value and
sign of the expansion index depend on the density of the soil as well as the state of
stresses and the direction of the increment of the effective stress with respect to the
yield surfaces in the plane of effective mean stress against suction. Experimental and
numerical comparisons show the ability of the model to simulate the behavior of
expansive soils under different stress paths.
Hydro-Mechanical Coupling
Authors: Rojas Eduardo
Published: October 2022

The phenomenon of hysteresis during wetting-drying cycles can be
simulated using the porous-solid model developed in Chapter 3. This model employs
the current pore-size distribution of the material. The term “current pore-size
distribution” means that the size of pores can be updated as the soil deforms. In that
sense, the porous-solid model can be used advantageously for the development of
fully coupled hydro-mechanical constitutive models, as the influence of the
volumetric deformation on the retention curves and effective stresses can be easily
assessed. By including some experimental observations related to the behavior of the
pore size distribution of soils subjected to loading or suction increase, volume change
can be related to the reduction in the size of macropores. This methodology avoids
the necessity of any additional parameter or calibration procedure for the
hydromechanical coupling of unsaturated soils.
A Fully Coupled Critical State Model
Authors: Rojas Eduardo
Published: October 2022

In previous chapters, it has been shown that the principle of effective
stresses can be applied to the shear strength, the tensile strength, and the volumetric
behavior of unsaturated soils. This chapter shows that the critical state line for
unsaturated soils shifts with respect to the saturated critical state line in a quantity that
depends on the suction stress. Taking into account this phenomenon and the influence
of hydro-mechanical coupling on the behavior of unsaturated soils, a fully coupled
general constitutive model for soils is developed. This model is based on the modified
Cam-Clay model but includes a yield surface with anisotropic hardening that takes
into account the shift of the critical state line with suction. The result is a very simple
model with symmetric stiffness matrix that can be used for the case of saturated,
unsaturated, and compacted materials.
Retention Curves in Deforming Soils
Authors: Rojas Eduardo
Published: October 2022

During the determination of the main drying curve, the soil is subjected to
high suctions, which induce important volumetric deformations. These volumetric
deformations modify the pore size distribution of the sample affecting both the drying
and the wetting branch of the retention curves. Although most deformation occurs at
drying, this branch is only slightly affected by soil deformation. In contrast, the
wetting branch shows important shifting when volume change is considered. A
porous-solid model based on the grain and pore size distributions of the soil is coupled
with a mechanical model to simulate the soil-water retention curves while the material
is deforming.
Sondagens Arqueológicas no Castro da Madalena (Vila Nova de Gaia) Notícia preliminar das Campanhas de 2020 e 2021
Authors: Silva António Manuel S. P. , Sá Edite Martins de
Published: October 2022

This article presents a summary of the results from the archaeological campaigns which took place in 2020 and 2021, in the Castro of Madalena, at Vila Nova de Gaia. The excavations in this small Atlantic Iron Age settlement, allowed us to collect the first data related to the dwelling structures and adjacent areas. We highlight the preferential use of building materials such as clay, cob, grit, and plant elements, which differ from more traditionally used stone elements. These ones emerge as a finishing element, suggesting the existence of mixed building materials. Also, is of particular interest the evidence of walkways, built with similar materials, surrounding the houses. We believe that further research will provide an important contribute to increase the knowledge of the internal organization of regional Iron Age settlements, prior to the Roman domain.
Variations of the Honorific System of Language in Saseo Eonhae: Focusing on Gyojeongcheong version and Yulgok's version
Authors:   The Association of DaeDong-Hanmun, Yu Young-Og
Published: October 2022

In a previous work, this author inspected how the honorific system of language was applied to Confucian classic annotations in Korean which were published in the reign of King Seonjo. As a result, it was found that underlying that system are two main principles which are theory of mastering the way or ‘dotongron’ and situational logic or ‘sanghwangnonri’. However, the previous research was unsuccessful in determining how to understand exceptions that didn't comply with any of the two principles. The objectives of this study were to verify that such exceptions are just variations of the principles and infer implications that the variations have.
Both Gyojeongcheong version of Saseo Eonhae and Yulgok's version of the annotated literature cling to one of the elements of dotongron, that is, byeokyidan[repelling of heresy] as they annotate conversation between Meng-zi and Gao-zi and hermits' criticism of Confucius. Also, the two versions have a common basic rule that no honorific words are used to annotate quoted speech from feudal lords. Nevertheless, both the versions include some annotations that hard to be determined between being honorific and being humble or, in other words. ‘moderate’ in style.
Gyojeongcheongbon version of Saseo Eonhae braces for dotongron as well as sanghwangnonri in terms of the honorific system of language. Indeed, however, the former principle overwhelms the latter one. The version treats speech from Confucius in a less honorific way than feudal lords. Also, it depicts behavior by the lords in a less respectful way than Meng-zi in order to position him relatively higher. Moreover, Gyojeongcheong version applies the honorific system of language when dealing with utterance only by monarchs of Zhou dynasty, excluding those of Yin dynasty.
In contrast, Yulgok's version maintains sanghwangnonri throughout itself. Accordingly, that version has speech from Zeng-zi or Yan-zi annotated with honorific words whose degree gets lowered when the version works with Confucius. When it comes to feudal lords' speech or behavior, Yulgok's version dictates it in either honorific or humble style depending on who the lords converse with. Thus, Yulgok's version utilizes dotongron more flexibly than Gyojeongcheongbon version, and provides more variations of the honorific system of language under sanghwangnonri than the other version.
De illusie van de maakbaarheid
Authors: van Leeuwen Barbara
Published: October 2022

Technologische ontwikkelingen waren decaden lang leidend in de samenleving in bredere zin en in de geneeskunde in het bijzonder. Mede daardoor leven we langer. In de wereld om ons heen lijkt alles maakbaar; gezondheid, schoonheid en soms ook geluk. Hoe schril is het contrast tussen die maakbare wereld en de realiteit van ziekte, ouderdom en sterfte, stelt Barbara van Leeuwen in haar oratie. Voordat een patiënt op een operatietafel terecht komt, heeft zich een selectieproces voltrokken. De patiënt is verwezen naar een chirurg, een diagnose is gesteld, een mogelijke operatie geopperd en geschikt bevonden. Daar is niet meer voor nodig dan een juiste diagnose in combinatie met een richtlijn en technische mogelijkheden. Dit ziektegedreven proces doet geen recht aan de individuele patiëntkenmerken of -voorkeuren en voldoet zeker niet voor de oudere patiënt. Dat blijkt in de praktijk door de soms teleurstellende uitkomsten na grote operaties bij patiënten op oudere leeftijd. De ziekte is genezen, maar de patiënt en diens familie worden geconfronteerd met de onbedoelde schade van de behandeling, complicaties, functieverlies en achteruitgang van de kwaliteit van leven. Als reactie op de soms teleurstellende uitkomsten van een operatie op oudere leeftijd is de laatste jaren de transitie naar waardegedreven zorg ingezet. Als we de zorg daadwerkelijk waardegedreven willen maken, dan hoort daar acceptatie bij van het feit dat - behalve genezing - ook andere uitkomsten van zorg van waarde zijn. Niet alles is maakbaar, dat is een illusie, maar waardegedreven zorg mag dat niet zijn.
Design and Evaluation of an Educational Mobile Program for Liver Transplant Patients (Preprint)
Authors: Langarizadeh Mostafa , Moghbeli Fateme , Ahmadi Shamim , Sarpourian Fatemeh , Sayadi Mohammad Javad , Fatemi Aghda Seyed Ali
Published: October 2022

BACKGROUND

Liver transplantation, the last treatment for advanced liver failure, necessitates patient education due to its wide range of complications and subsequent disabilities.

OBJECTIVE

This study aimed to design a mobile-based educational program to provide liver transplant patients with critical health information

METHODS

In the first phase of the study, the crucial educational components were collected from the literature and organized in the form of a questionnaire using library studies and available global guidelines. The validity and reliability of this researcher-made questionnaire were confirmed by a panel of experts (n=15), including gastroenterologists and liver specialists working in the Motahari liver clinic and AbuAli Sina Hospital in Shiraz. The application was designed followed by analyzing the data gathered from the first phase. To evaluate the mobile phone program’s usability, 30 liver transplant patients were provided with the newly developed mobile application.

RESULTS

Most educational components covered in the questionnaire were deemed necessary by experts in the first phase. As a result, the educational contents were classified under 10 categories. The application had a good level of usability since the participants’ satisfaction score was 8.1 (out of 9 points).

CONCLUSIONS

The mobile-based educational application can enhance the patients’ knowledge and self-care performances in post-transplant conditions by promoting the possibility of affordability and usability for liver transplant patients.
The Genre of Research Writing: The Value of Personalised Feedback and Instruction
Authors: Gunawardena Maya
Published: October 2022

Non-native English speaker Higher Research Degree (HDR) students or L2 writers encounter numerous difficulties in developing native-like competencies in their research writing. Current research in the systemic functional linguistics argues that students’ repertoire of interactive and interactional features enhances their writing process. However, many L2 students are thrown in the deep end in their research writing process. In some universities, Academic Language Learning (ALL) advisors assist these students by reviewing their work and providing necessary feedback. The purpose of this study was to examine the difficulties experienced by such L2 writers as identified by ALL advisors who review their work in their thesis drafting process. The study analysed ten draft chapters from L2 students’ theses writing reviewed by ALL advisors. The study found that several discourse and metadiscoursal features have been recognised as impeding factors in effective communication. Personalised feedback and instruction from language experts can influence students’ writing and drafting process. Such findings provide insights and implications for developing discourse competencies for both L1 and L2 academic writers. The study also provides pedagogical implications for teachers of all students as academic writing is a genre that needs explicit focus in teaching programs at all levels.
Además de las protestas. Movimientos sociales antigentrificación y antituristificación, política prefigurativa y acción directa en Lisboa y Sevilla
Authors: Viersa Barros Silva Lucca
Published: October 2022

En los últimos años en distintas ciudades ha ocurrido una intensificación de los procesos de gentrificación y turistificación. El aumento del valor de los alquileres y la liberalización del mercado inmobiliario dificultan la permanencia de los residentes, especialmente en las zonas centrales de las grandes ciudades, lo que se traduce en desplazamientos forzosos y desalojos. En este contexto de intensificación de las desigualdades sociales urbanas comienza a emerger una serie de movimientos sociales que desafían las políticas públicas actualmente implementadas. La cara más conocida y mediática de estos movimientos sociales son las acciones de protesta y manifestación. Esta práctica constituye una de las acciones más conocidas dentro de un repertorio mucho más amplio. El artículo propone estudiar las acciones llevadas a cabo por estos movimientos, las llamadas políticas prefigurativas y diversas iniciativas de acción directa. Con ello, se analizan las diferentes acciones de los movimientos sociales antigentrificación y antituristificación en las ciudades de Lisboa y Sevilla. Estas ciudades tienen contextos similares de gentrificación y aumento exponencial del número de turistas en la última década. Primero se contextualizará el debate sobre gentrificación y turistificación; luego, se discutirán los conceptos de política prefigurativa y acción directa; finalmente, se analizarán los casos de Lisboa y Sevilla.
Doping lanthanum manganites particles with strontium-calcium for application in hyperthermia
Authors: Rivera-Rios Lorena , Perez-Lopez Israel Omar , Elizalde-Galindo Jose Trinidad , Farias-Mancilla Jose Rurik , Mani-Gonzalez Pierre Giovanni
Published: October 2022

The use of materials capable of controlling the threshold temperature required in hyperthermia, as well as meeting desired requirements in biomedical applications is still a challenge. In the present study, strontium doped calcium lanthanum manganites La0.7Ca0.3-xSrxMnO3 (x=0, 0.1, 0.15 and 0.2) were synthesized by co-precipitation method. Vibrating sample magnetometry (VSM) was used to study the effect of change Ca-Sr ratio on magnetic properties. The Curie temperature (Tc) increases from 272 to 315 K as the concentration increases from x=0 to x=0.2 respectively. Hence the strontium amount plays an important role in achieving the desired Tc . X-ray diffraction (XRD) was used to identify rhombohedral structure and scanning electronic microscopy (SEM) was used to characterize the cubic morphology and around 800 nm as particles size.
Microwave treatment for gold minerals used in small-scale mining
Authors: Jiménez Tovar Ginna Alejandra , Torres Gómez Robinson , Parra Pinilla Mario , Córdoba Angarita Oscar , Sosa Daniel
Published: October 2022

Gold mining in Colombia has produced wealth that has helped the social and economic development of the country. Studying its extraction process offers artisanal mining broad alternatives that are more profitable for its small-scale production. Through this research, the possibility is offered of extracting 93.10% of gold in 180 minutes from a refractory mineral of pyritic origin with economic and environmentally friendly techniques such as the use of pretreatment with microwave waves, exposing the mineral to 637ºC for a maximum time of 4 minutes, and the use of thiourea as leaching agent at concentrations of 0.1 M. When comparing gold extraction with thiourea without pretreatment, a low extraction percentage is shown, 19.98%. This microwave pretreatment process was carried out on a nickeliferous laterite mineral, however, the results were not as effective for the extraction of nickel, only 40.8% was obtained in 420 minutes, because the pretreatment with its exposure Microwaving was not efficient.
Pragmatics in Kannada Speaking Normal Children and Intellectual Disability
Authors: Kumaraswamy Dr. Satish , T Abhilash , S Rakshitha
Published: October 2022

Abstract: Human language is a unique mental entity. It is a system of symbols that greatly enhances the ability of humans to represent aspects of the world, to think and to communicate with each other. Studies from many diverse disciplines show that language has a complex structure and that its use involves many diverse interacting psychological operations (Caplan, 1992). Functional communication involving the language code helps us to accomplish specific goals, such as to inform others, relate to events not in our immediate physical environments, to reason, to update our knowledge of the world, to think privately and so on. Language is made up of socially shared rules that include what words mean. Components of the language are grouped under the ‘form’ (phonology, morphology, syntax) ‘content’ (semantics) and ‘use’ (pragmatics). The study highlights the need to carry out more research in this area for better understanding of language acquisition among these children in order to develop both assessment and intervention programmes. Presently, the lack of acquisition data has hinged the development of any standardized test in Kannada. Hence, the present study aims to explore Pragmatics in Kannada speaking children with the objective of analysing the data among these children across 4 to 6 years of age. The results suggest that all TD group have well developed pragmatic skills by 4 to 6 years and they are still acquiring some skills.
A Study on the Spatial Patterns of the Movement of Visitor Population by Age Group through Community Analysis: Focusing on the Internal Movement of Gyeongsangnam-do
Authors:   Residential Environment Institute Of Korea, Bae Min Cheul , Joo Hee Sun , Lee So Yeong
Published: October 2022

Since the size of the local population is more affected by social changes caused by population movement than by natural increases or decrease, basic local governments are an important research topic related to population movement. In addition, the first task to be discussed is to identify future population changes by region according to the age group structure of population movement between regions and to solve the problem of population movement by age group. In this study, community analysis was used to identify the movement patterns of the visiting population by age group in Gyeongnam for a week from March 18 to March 24, 2019, using mobile life passage data. As a result of the analysis, it was found that the composition of neighboring regions and communities was mainly made, and there were differences by age group. The travel area of the visiting population by age group in Gyeongsangnam-do has a right of passage across the city and provincial boundaries, but the range of passage for those under the age of 30 and 65 or older is narrow, and the range of passage for those aged 30 to 64 was wide. Therefore, it is meaningful in that it can be considered basic data when presenting the direction of regional planning centered on the regional base in the future, and that the movement pattern of the visiting population by age group in Gyeongsangnam-do was investigated, and a new plan execution space unit was derived.
How to design quantum-jump trajectories via distinct master equation representations
Authors: Chruściński Dariusz , Luoma Kimmo , Piilo Jyrki , Smirne Andrea
Published: October 2022

Every open-system dynamics can be associated to infinitely many stochastic pictures, called unravelings, which have proved to be extremely useful in several contexts, both from the conceptual and the practical point of view. Here, focusing on quantum-jump unravelings, we demonstrate that there exists inherent freedom in how to assign the terms of the underlying master equation to the deterministic and jump parts of the stochastic description, which leads to a number of qualitatively different unravelings. As relevant examples, we show that a fixed basis of post-jump states can be selected under some definite conditions, or that the deterministic evolution can be set by a chosen time-independent non-Hermitian Hamiltonian, even in the presence of external driving. Our approach relies on the definition of rate operators, whose positivity equips each unraveling with a continuous-measurement scheme and is related to a long known but so far not widely used property to classify quantum dynamics, known as dissipativity. Starting from formal mathematical concepts, our results allow us to get fundamental insights into open quantum system dynamics and to enrich their numerical simulations.
Faster Born probability estimation via gate merging and frame optimisation
Authors: Koukoulekidis Nikolaos , Kwon Hyukjoon , Jee Hyejung H. , Jennings David , Kim M. S.
Published: October 2022

Outcome probability estimation via classical methods is an important task for validating quantum computing devices. Outcome probabilities of any quantum circuit can be estimated using Monte Carlo sampling, where the amount of negativity present in the circuit frame representation quantifies the overhead on the number of samples required to achieve a certain precision. In this paper, we propose two classical sub-routines: circuit gate merging and frame optimisation, which optimise the circuit representation to reduce the sampling overhead. We show that the runtimes of both sub-routines scale polynomially in circuit size and gate depth. Our methods are applicable to general circuits, regardless of generating gate sets, qudit dimensions and the chosen frame representations for the circuit components. We numerically demonstrate that our methods provide improved scaling in the negativity overhead for all tested cases of random circuits with Clifford+Tand Haar-random gates, and that the performance of our methods compares favourably with prior quasi-probability simulators as the number of non-Clifford gates increases.
Model of Effective Business Formation
Authors: Khalin V. G. , Chernova G. V. , Kalayda S. A.
Published: October 2022

The task of improving business performance always raises the problem of choosing the most effective ways to ensure it. The article is devoted to the substantiation of the business efficiency criterion, in accordance with the requirements of which those areas of business development that provide it with the greatest efficiency should be determined. The article puts forward and confirms the hypothesis that, according to the selected criterion the greatest efficiency can be provided not only by the variant of the simultaneous implementation of all possible directions for increasing efficiency, but also by the variant of their implementation in parts — in the form of sets of directions. The authors propose a model for the formation of an effective business, using Pareto optimality and implemented on the basis of two developed Algorithms, which is illustrated by a numerical example.
IMPLEMENTING COVID-19 STANDARD OPERATION PROCEDURE (SOP) IN MALAYSIA CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY: CHALLENGES AND STRATEGIES
Authors: Shafii Haryati , Mohd Radzi Nur Afifah , Md Yassin Azlina , Masram Haidaliza
Published: October 2022

The COVID-19 disease has impacted the performance of all industries, including the construction industry. In order to curb the spread of the disease, the government has conducted Movement Control Order (MCO). Consequently, a construction project is not allowed to be operated unless the implementation of the new SOP aims to curb the spread of COVID-19 disease among workers on the construction site. The operation of the construction site has resulted in new clusters of COVID-19 in the early phase of the outbreak which led to the project shut down. The objective of this study is to identify the challenges of implementation of SOP during the outbreak of COVID-19 from the contractor’s perspective and to suggest a solution for controlling the effects of the COVID-19 outbreak at the construction site. In collecting data and responses from the respondents, interviews were held through the telephone conversation and video conferencing with nine (9) contractors in Cheras, Kuala Lumpur. The selection was made through the purposive sampling technique in which the contractors were selected from the contractor listing on the Malaysian Construction Industry Development Board (CIDB) website. Content analysis is used to identify the main challenges. Results from interviews found four (4) challenges faced by contractors and five (5) solutions for mitigating the effect of an outbreak. The challenges include wearing face masks, maintaining social distancing, securing authority approval letter, and restriction of workers’ numbers. On the other hand, the solutions that are highlighted include proper planning and scheduling, complying with COVID-19 standard operating procedures (SOP), controlling the movement of workers, providing all workers’ vaccination, and conducting regular COVID-19 tests. These findings have shown that having SOP for COVID-19 has posed challenges to the activities on the construction sites. As such, the findings intend to increase the awareness among construction companies on the challenges towards the implementation of the best practices to overcome these challenges.
AN UPDATED CRYPTANALYSIS ON THE BFHP-DLP SIGNING SCHEME
Authors: Abd Ghafar Amir Hamzah
Published: October 2022

The concept of public-key cryptography introduced the notion of a digital signature scheme. In the era of online and digital communications, a signature scheme that works perfectly to achieve the goals of cryptography- confidentiality, authentication, data integrity, and non-repudiation, is urgently needed. However, every cryptosystem, including a digital signature scheme requires a well-defined difficult mathematical problem as its fundamental security strength, as demonstrated by the Diffie-Hellman key exchange with its discrete logarithm problem (DLP). Another problem called BFHP used by the AAβ-encryption scheme, has also withstood any destructive cryptanalysis since the scheme was introduced in 2013. Later, a digital signature scheme was introduced that combines both BFHP and DLP as difficult mathematical problems. Mathematical cryptanalysis was also performed against this scheme to test its security strength. This paper presents new cryptanalysis of the signing scheme. While the previous cryptanalysis focused only on BFHP, the obtained new results showed some improvement by scrutinizing the other difficult mathematical problem, DLP. In addition, several potential attacks on the future implementation by introducing side-channel and man-in-the-middle attacks against the scheme also will be discussed in this work. The countermeasures for each attack to enable the best-practice implementation of the scheme are also presented.
DEGREE SUM ENERGY OF NON-COMMUTING GRAPH FOR DIHEDRAL GROUPS
Authors: Romdhini Mamika Ujianita , Nawawi Athirah
Published: October 2022

For a finite group G, let Z(G) be the centre of G. Then the non-commuting graph on G, denoted by ΓG, has G\Z(G) as its vertex set with two distinct vertices vp and vq joined by an edge whenever vpvq ≠ vqvp. The degree sum matrix of a graph is a square matrix whose (p,q)-th entry is dvp + dvq whenever p is different from q, otherwise, it is zero, where dvi is the degree of the vertex vi. This study presents the general formula for the degree sum energy, EDS (ΓG), for the non-commuting graph of dihedral groups of order 2n, D2n, for all n ≥ 3.
Dostoevsky’s Novel The Adolescent
Authors:   A.M. Gorky Institute of World Literature of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Kasatkina Tatyana A.
Published: October 2022

This section contains both new articles and old pieces of research on the novel The Adolescent, published by the author in different years, now amended, extended, and united by common provisions that could be revealed only considering all the work of these years in its entirety. It is shown how in Dostoevsky’s works the author’s idea is revealed through the idea of the hero, developing directly in the words spoken by him, by means of the contexts which the character does not consider, but the author does. The gnostic layer of the novel The Adolescent, through which Dostoevsky creates different perceptions and interpretations of reality by the characters, is revealed. It is shown the meaning and significance of the system of the characters’ names, created as a system of double references: on the one hand, to the story of the House of David and Solomon’s Book of Wisdom, on the other hand, to the Gnostic myth of the fall of Sophia. The role of the image of the sun in the novel is explored, considering the author’s thought that a profound idea, symbol, perception, and, ultimately, the world can, at any moment, while remaining the same, become quite different — a thought that also gives form to the plot of the novel. The icon created by Dostoevsky in the epilogue of The Adolescent is described. The meaning of the syntactic technique of “only opening quotation marks” in the novel The Adolescent is explored. Versilov’s image is analyzed from the point of view of emotional and value orientations, his place as a human character in Dostoevsky’s historiosophic system is outlined. The role of the Book of Job in Dostoevsky’s worldview is investigated and its persistent presence in the story of Makar Dolgoruky about the merchant Skotoboynikov is explained. The answer offered by the novel to the old prince Sokolsky’s question about the abode of God is described.
On the Question of “Living Life” in Dostoevsky’s Novel The Adolescent
Authors:   V.I. Vernadsky Crimean Federal University, Shalina Marina A.
Published: October 2022

The article examines the specifics of Dostoevsky’s comprehension of the phenomenon of “living life” and its correlation with the female images in the novel The Adolescent. The author assumes that the decision to name Katerina Nikolaevn Akhmakova “living life” belongs exclusively to the fantasy of Arkady, who is in love with her, carried away and blinded by the brilliant beauty of a secular lioness, and it does not coincide with the author’s position. Sometimes in Dostoevsky studies it is stated the vagueness of Dostoevsky’s ideas about “living life”, however, as it is proved by the numerous contexts of the use of the formula in journalism and the writer’s notebooks (including during the making of the novel The Adolescent), Dostoevsky had a very specific view of this phenomenon and associated it with the “great idea” of the immortality of the soul, and with the special maternal and messianic role of Orthodox Russia. In this regard, the article suggests that the author’s concept of “living life” is nearer to the image of the “mother” Sofia Andreevna Dolgorukaya. It is concluded that in the novel, with the help of opposition and at the same time juxtaposition of the “queen of the earth” and the “angel of heaven”, an artistic image of the Russian woman is created in its dual unity: flesh, intellect (Akhmakova) and soul, heart (Sophia). The personalities of both heroines also embody Dostoevsky’s idea of “life” in its various forms: the earthly one, made of flesh, and the heavenly, made of spirit.
Between Kamenka and Grasse (Bunin and Gogol)
Authors:   A.M. Gorky Institute of World Literature of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Barabash Yuri Ya.
Published: October 2022

The problem “Bunin and Gogol” is considered in two aspects — diachronic and synchronic. The first one implies the study of the dynamics of the appreciation of Gogol’s creative art by young Bunin (which is reflected in memories of the main character-narrator in “The Life of Arsenyev”) and by Bunin in his later years of the emigration period. This is the progression from ecstatic acceptance to repulsion, from feeling of intimacy to the comprehension of difference. In the synchronic aspect Bunin’s attitude to early Gogol appears in the context of Bunin’s “ukrainophilia”, his interest in Ukraine, its history and culture. From this point of view in comparative aspect (without application to axiological criterion) features and peculiar properties of the two classics of Russian literature — both personal and literary ones — are analyzed. Dissimilarity of the creative principles, poetics, styles of Bunin and Gogol is evaluated as the sign of transition from one historic-literary epoch to another and transcultural line between the classic and the emerging modernism, to which Gogol was the predecessor.
I.A. Bunin and A.V. Tyrkova-Williams: a History of a Friendship
Authors:   A.M. Gorky Institute of World Literature of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Kaznina Olga A.
Published: October 2022

The present article is devoted to the lifelong friendship and creative relationship of I.A. Bunin and the writer and politician A.V. Tyrkova-Williams. Their friendship began in pre-revolutionary Russia and went on in the years of Emigration. A.V. Tyrkova, who lived in London, proceeded with political fight with bolshevism by means of journalism and periodical press and involved in it Russian writers, philosophers and politicians from the centers of the Russian Emigration. Also Tyrkova made a valuable contribution to Russian culture, promoting Russian literature in England and Europe, helping Russian writes like Bunin, Kuprin, Shmelev and many others to arrange meeting with readers in London, get reviews to their books, translate their works and publish them in the West.
Financial Accessibility of Small and Medium Enterpraise (SMEs) in Surakarta City
Authors: Hakim Muhammad Luqman , Ningsih Mardhiyatur Rosita
Published: October 2022

Small and Medium Enterprise (SMEs) is priority economics sector until 65 percent in Indonesia. It had been priorities focus of government policy to financial access in banking helped SMEs. The research is aim to analyze the influence of SMEs Characteristic, Financial Literacy, and Lending Term toward Financial Accessi- bility SMEs in Surakarta city. The research had sample from SMEs registered in SMEs government in Surakarta city is 100 sample. Sample of the research with proportionate stratified random sam- pling technique. Methodology in this research is regression. The Re- sult of this research state that the SMEs Characteristics, Financial Literacy, and Lending term positif toward Financial Accessibility
Keywords: Financial Accessibility, Financial Literacy, Lending Term, SMEs Characteristics
JEL Classification: G32, L22,L26