bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Prediction of tool failure in metal hot extrusion process using artificial neural networks
Authors: Almutahhar M.
Published: September 2023

Abstract. The variation of tool performance and nonuniform process parameters in metal forming are some of the factors that complicate the tool life modeling and analysis of such processes. In this work, a brief discussion about machine learning in analyzing metal extrusion process as well as tool life modeling, and an implemented work of using machine learning to predict failure modes for H13 Steel die used in 6063 Aluminum hot extrusion process is presented. The analysis is conducted on a set of steel dies used in 6063 aluminum hot extrusion process. The data for the failed dies used in this work is collected from a local hot extrusion manufacturer. Using artificial neural network, the prediction of the die failure modes was modeled. Moreover, the model’s accuracy and improvement recommendations are presented.
Development of educational programs for infection prevention techniques in basic nursing education and verification of learning effects
Authors: Tobise Mariko
Published: September 2023

Bacteria, viruses, fungi and protozoa are everywhere and can lead to disease and infection if adequate hygiene practices and infection prevention techniques aren't followed as standard. Assistant Professor Mariko Tobise's research project seeks to educate medical professionals in the ever-present need to utilise infection prevention techniques. The aim is to dramatically reduce incidence of infection by providing tangible, visible information that will improve behaviours across the medical sector. Tobise is a nursing practice and education researcher with 20 years´ experience working in hospitals as a nurse who leads a team based within the Graduate School of Nursing at Chiba University in Japan. She and her team are developing a novel way to change behaviours. This involves enabling students to see the floating state and number of fine particle aerosols in various medical sites and university seminar rooms and incorporating analysis to allow them to identify the specific species of microorganism and get a real sense of the invisible things around us that can cause infection and disease. The researchers have conducted a comparative study of the learning effects of microparticle aerosol visualisation system intervention for the acquisition of aseptic manipulation techniques in basic nursing education courses and clarified the usefulness of the microparticle aerosol visualisation system. In the research, 81 second-year students were divided into two groups: a microparticle aerosol visualisation system intervention group and control group, and they practised aseptic techniques twice. Then, a questionnaire survey was conducted for each group on the knowledge and skills needed to fully acquire the aseptic operation technique.
Investigation of the effect and prediction factors of bevacizumab on immunoregulation in glioblastoma
Authors: Tanaka Toshihide
Published: September 2023

Glioblastoma (GB) is one of the most common and malignant tumours that originates in the brain. It has a high likelihood of recurrence and a poor survival rate. Professor Toshihide Tanaka, Chief Medical Officer, Jikei University School of Medicine, conducts translational research based
on clinical samples of glioblastoma tumours obtained from brain tumour surgery procedures as well as animal studies. He heads up a multidisciplinary team focused on the design and selection of personalised treatments for hypervascular malignant gliomas. In their current project, the researchers
are investigating the use of Bevacizumab (Bev), a monoclonal antibody that targets vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF). VEGF enhances tumour growth by changing the surrounding environment to one more favourable for tumour growth. The effect of Bev on cancers is transient and the mechanisms
of resistance to Bev are yet to be investigated in detail. The researchers are therefore seeking to discover predictive biomarkers of microenvironment-targeted therapy for GB. In order to investigate the effect and prediction factors of Bev on immunoregulation in GB, Tanaka and the team perform
in situ observations using histological techniques including immunohistochemistry using tumour tissues from patients who have undergone surgical resection. The researchers have been able to demonstrate a decrease in microvascular density and an improvement in the tumour microenvironment after
treatment with Bev.
Creation of bioengineered lung using induced lung progenitor cells
Authors: Suzuki Takaya
Published: September 2023

In organ engineering, by combining stem cells, biomaterials and bioreactors, it may be possible for scientists to produce bioengineered organs for transplantation, as well as advancing understanding of organs and diseases. Researchers from the Department of Thoracic Surgery at Tohoku University in Japan and the University of Toronto in Canada are conducting multidisciplinary international research led by thoracic surgeon Assistant Professor Takaya Suzuki (Tohoku University) to create a bioengineering lung using induced lung progenitor cells. The research revolves around designing the respiratory system and involves utilising progenitor-generating cellular reprogramming using transient gene transfection. Ultimately, the researchers are seeking to identify a way to intentionally control the developmental clock of the human body and Suzuki believes that this will be possible if the team can unveil the key mechanisms that govern this clock. Suzuki is working closely with Professor Thomas K Waddell at the University of Toronto and Toronto General Hospital. It was in Waddell's lab that the concept of partial reprogramming was conceived, alongside global leading stem cell scientist Professor Andras Nagy. Alongside his collaborators, Suzuki is seeking to transform the landscape of transplantation medicine. As partial reprogramming can be employed in various organs and cells, any kind of organ bioengineering can benefit from the research.
Drivers and Barriers to Implementing the Internet of Things in the Health Care Supply Chain: Mixed Methods Multicase Study
Authors: Heeres Tjitske J. , Tran Tri Mikael , Noort Bart A.C.
Published: September 2023

Background

Over the past 2 years, the COVID-19 pandemic has placed enormous pressure on the health care industry. There has been an increase in demand and, at the same time, a shortage of supplies. This has shown that supply chain management in the health care industry cannot be taken for granted. Furthermore, the health care industry is also facing other major challenges, such as the current labor market shortage. In the literature, the Internet of Things (IoT) is highlighted as an effective tool to build a more resilient and efficient supply chain that can manage these challenges. Although using IoT in supply chain management has been extensively examined in other types of supply chains, its use in the health care supply chain has largely been overlooked. Given that the health care supply chain, compared to others, is more complex and is under growing pressure, a more in-depth understanding of the opportunities brought by IoT is necessary.

Objective

This study aims to address this research gap by identifying and ranking the drivers of and barriers to implementing IoT in the health care supply chain.

Methods

We conducted a 2-stage study. In the first, exploratory stage, a total of 12 semistructured interviews were conducted to identify drivers and barriers. In the second, confirmatory stage, a total of 26 health care supply chain professionals were asked in a survey to rank the drivers and barriers.

Results

The results show that there are multiple financial, operational, strategy-related, and supply chain-related drivers for implementing IoT. Similarly, there are various financial, strategy-related, supply chain-related, technology-related, and user-related barriers. The findings also show that supply chain-related drivers (eg, increased transparency, traceability, and collaboration with suppliers) are the strongest drivers, while financial barriers (eg, high implementation costs and difficulties in building a business case) are the biggest barriers to overcome.

Conclusions

The findings of this study add to the limited literature regarding IoT in the health care supply chain by empirically identifying the most important drivers and barriers to IoT implementation. The ranking of drivers and barriers provides guidance for practitioners and health care provider leaders intending to implement IoT in the health care supply chain.
TECOVIRIMAT: A COMPREHENSIVE REVIEW OF NOVEL DRUG FOR MONKEYPOX DISEASE
Authors: SHUKLA AJAY KUMAR , MISRA SAURAV
Published: September 2023

Orthopoxvirus infections caused by pathogenic agents require therapeutic intervention. Animal models of orthopoxvirus disease are crucial for assessing the effectiveness of antiviral medications and determining the right dose and duration of treatment in the absence of disease-affected individuals. Antiviral drugs for the treatment of severe orthopoxvirus infections have been developed as a result of research on smallpox preparedness. Concerns for the public's health have been raised by the monkeypox virus, a new zoonotic orthopoxvirus that can infect humans and produce a serious, contagious illness. An infection with the monkeypox virus causes a systemic, febrile rash condition that resembles smallpox in many ways. Monkeypox virus is an emergent human pathogen. It can nonetheless result in severe morbidity and mortality in humans while being less deadly than smallpox. In this review, we have explored a new antiviral drug, Tecovirmat. This drug prevents the development of the extracellular enveloped virus required for cell-to-cell transmission. It acts by limiting the production of egress-competent enveloped virions, which are necessary for the virus's spread within the host, by decreasing the action of the orthopoxvirus VP37 envelope-wrapping protein. It was approved by US-FDA for the treatment of smallpox as per Animal Rule, which bases marketing approval on a product's effectiveness in pertinent animal models.
Visiting professor program for environmental science: Does it contribute to student learning experience and problem-solving skills?
Authors: Pratama Anggi Tias , Anazifa Rizqa Devi , Abd Wahid Nurul Bahiyah
Published: September 2023

This study reveals the contribution of student learning experiences and problem-solving skills in the Visiting Professor (VP) program. This research includes the type of ex post facto correlational research. The data collected in this study were learning experiences and problem-solving skills. Data collection techniques used a questionnaire to find out students' learning experiences on environmental change material, written essay tests to determine the ability to solve environmental pollution problems, and interviews with students on environmental change material. The results of this study found that the VP program had a relationship with and contributed to students' learning experiences and problem solving. The experience of the learning model in this VP gives the greatest contribution to problem-solving skills, followed by indicators of learning models based on student perceptions with percentages, indicators of learning resources with percentages, indicators of direct experience with percentages, indicators of substitute experience with percentages, and the last indicator that has a contribution the smallest is the indicator of student interaction with the percentage. The VP program should be carried out every semester in environmental science courses so that students get learning experience and problem solving. The next research that will be carried out is to look for other factors that influence and contribute to the VP program.
Construction of Time-series Displacement Data of Yongdam Dam Based on PSInSAR Analysis of Satellite C-band SAR Images
Authors: Kim Taewook , Shin Hyunjin , Jung Jungkyo , Han Hyangsun , Kang Ki-mook , Hwang Euiho
Published: September 2023

The increase in water-related disasters due to climate change has a significant impact on the stability of water resource facilities. The displacement of a water resource facility is one of the important indicators to evaluate the stability of the facility. In this study, the time-series displacement of the Yongdam Dam was constructed by applying the persistent scatter interferometric synthetic aperture radar (PSInSAR) technique to the Sentinel-1 C-band SAR images. A sufficient number of persistent scatterers were derived to enable local deformation monitoring of the Yongdam Dam, and the dam showed very small displacement velocity except during the heavy rainfall in August 2020. In the future, C-band SAR imagery from the water resources satellite (Next Generation Medium Satellite 5) is expected to provide accurate displacement data for water resource facilities.
A Study on C-band Synthetic Aperture Radar Soil Moisture Estimation Based on Machine Learning Using Soil Physics, Topography, and Hydrological Information
Authors: Chung Jeehun , Lee Yonggwan , Kim Jinuk , Jang Wonjin , Kim Seongjoon
Published: September 2023

In this study, we applied machine learning to estimate soil moisture levels in South Korea by harnessing data from the Sentinel-1 C-band synthetic aperture radar (SAR). Our approach incorporated not only the relationship between backscattering coefficients and soil moisture but also diverse physical characteristics. This encompassed topographic information, soil physics data, and antecedent precipitation which is a hydrological factor influencing the initial condition of soil moisture. We applied a variety of machine-learning techniques and conducted a comprehensive analysis to compare the performance of each model.
The reducible solution to a system of matrix equations over the Hamilton quaternion algebra
Authors: Liu Long-Sheng , Wang Qing-Wen
Published: September 2023

Reducible matrices are closely associated with the connection of directed
graph and can be used in stochastic processes, biology and others. In this
paper, we investigate the reducible solution to a system of matrix equations
over the Hamilton quaternion algebra. We establish the necessary and
sufficient conditions for the system to have a reducible solution and derive
a formula of the general reducible solution of the system when it is
solvable. Finally, we present a numerical example to illustrate the main
results of this paper.
Relationship Between Standardized Measures of Chronic Kidney Disease-associated Pruritus Intensity and Health-related Quality of Life Measured with the EQ-5D Questionnaire: A Mapping Study
Authors: Hernandez Alava Monica , Sasso Alessandro , Hnynn Si Pann Ei , Gittus Matthew , Powell Richard , Dunn Louese , Thokala Praveen , Fotheringham James
Published: September 2023

Chronic kidney disease-associated pruritus is linked with decreased health-related quality of life assessed using disease-specific instruments. The extent to which worsening pruritus reduces generic quality of life assessed using the EQ-5D instrument is unknown. Prevalent kidney failure patients receiving in-centre haemodialysis from 5 centres completed the EQ-5D-5L quality of life measure, worst Itching Intensity Numerical Rating Scale and 5-D itch pruritus instruments. Latent class models were used to identify clusters of patients with similarly affected body parts, and mixture models were used to map the pruritus measures to the EQ-5D. Data on 487 respondents were obtained. Latent class analysis identified 3 groups of patients who had progressively worsening severity and an increasing number of body parts affected. Although the worst itching intensity numerical rating scale and 5-D itch instruments correlated with each other, only the latter had a strong relationship with EQ-5D. When controlling for age, sex, diabetes and years receiving dialysis, the meanpredicted EQ-5D utility (1: perfect health, 0: dead) decreased progressively from 0.69 to 0.41. These findings suggest that pruritus instruments that include domains capturing how the individual is physically, mentally and socially affected by their pruritus, in addition to severity, more closely approximate the EQ-5D generic quality of life measure.
Elections to the Fourth State Duma of the Russian Empire as Assessed by the Newspaper Arkhangelsk
Authors: Сорокин А.А.
Published: September 2023

В статье рассматриваются вопросы освещения избирательной кампании в IV Государственную думу Российской империи в Архангельской губернии. Впервые в историографии на базе публикаций кадетской газеты «Архангельск» автор реконструирует процесс выборов 1912 г. на территории Архангельской губернии. Показывается отношение редакции газеты к действующему избирательному законодательству и инициативам по его развитию (лишение духовенства избирательных прав, женское избирательное право). Дается сравнительный анализ количества избирателей по уездам губернии на выборах в III и IV Государственные думы, показывается представительство от каждой из групп избирателей в губернском избирательном собрании. В повестке газеты «Архангельск» автором выделяются следующие ключевые вопросы при освещении выборов: участие в выборах духовенства, влияние властей на ход избирательной кампании, ход выборов в уездах, предвыборная агитация, прогнозирование итогов выборов. Показывается специфика отношения редакции газеты к итогам выборов в IV Государственную думу.

The article deals with the issues of coverage of the election campaign to the Fourth State Duma of the Russian Empire in Arkhangelsk Governorate. For the first time in historiography, the author reconstructs the process of the 1912 elections in the territory of Arkhangelsk Governorate on the basis of the publications in the Kadet newspaper Arkhangelsk. The author shows the attitude of the newspaper editors to the current electoral legislation and the initiatives for its development (disenfranchisement of the clergy, women’s suffrage). The author provides a comparative analysis of the number of voters in the elections to the Third and Fourth State Dumas by uyezd and considers representation of each group of voters in the governorate electoral assembly. In the agenda of the newspaper Arkhangelsk, the author highlights the following key issues in the coverage of the elections: participation of the clergy in the elections, influence of the authorities on the course of the election campaign, of the elections in uyezds, election campaigning, and forecasting the election results. Specific attitude of the newspaper editors to the results of the elections to the Fourth State Duma is shown.
Prospects for Comparative Studies of Legal Change in Late Tsarist Russia: Judicial Reform of 1864 in the Crimea and the Volga Region
Authors: Каменецкий Е.Л.
Published: September 2023

Рецензируемая монография являет собой попытку представить новые методологические траектории в исследовании сложной правовой реальности Российской империи второй половины XIX в. Автор монографии уделяет особое внимание проблемам правовых изменений в условиях культурного разнообразия, избирая объектом своего исследования пореформенные Крым и Поволжье. В рецензии основной акцент сделан на ключевой концептуальной установке книги – использовании содержания понятия правового плюрализма для описания сложности правового взаимодействия общества и государства. Кроме этого, подчеркиваются трудности использования материалов судебных ведомств в рамках историко-антропологического подхода. Методология автора универсальна, а потому может быть с успехом использована историками в рамках региональных и сравнительных исследований других регионов империи.

The monograph under review makes an attempt to present new methodological trajectories in the study of the complex legal reality in the Russian Empire in the second half of the 19th century. The author of the monograph pays special attention to the problems of legal change in the conditions of cultural diversity, choosing the post-reform Crimea and Volga Region as the object of his research. The review focuses on the key conceptual principle of the book, namely the use of the content of legal pluralism to describe the complexity of the legal interaction between society and the state. In addition to this, the difficulties of using the materials of the judicial departments within the framework of the historical anthropological approach are emphasized. The author’s methodology is universal, and therefore it can be further successfully used by historians in the framework of regional and comparative studies of other regions of the empire.
The effects of heat input and electrode type on the mechanical properties of welded A309 stainless steel using a shielded metal arc welding
Authors: Anyanwu Kingsley Onyekachi , Nzei Harrison Ogochukwu , Onuoha Chukwudike , Ehirim Victor Ikechukwu
Published: September 2023

This study deals with an experimental study to evaluate the influence of heat and electrode type on the mechanical properties of welded A309 stainless steel using shielded metal arc welding (SMAW). Samples were prepared with a welding angle of 45 deg. Seventy-eight samples made of A309 stainless steel were used in the experiments, in which half of the pieces were welded using A309 electrodes and half with E7018 electrodes. The samples were subjected to a tensile test and Charpy test accordingly. Several parameters, such as welding current (I), heat input (H), the final length of the tensile specimen (Lf), elongation percentage (%E), yield strength (σy), and impact energy, were observed. The results show that the increase in current from 100 to 225 A causes the growth of heat input from 0.56 to 1.26 kJ/mm, impacting the decrease of the percentage elongation and yield strength, including the energy impact reduction. On the other hand, all mechanical properties tested have relatively low heat input at 0.56 kJ/mm and relatively high heat input at 0.7 kJ/mm
Game-Theoretic Model Characterizing Doctor-Patient Interaction
Authors:   V.I. Vernadsky Crimean Federal University, Sigal Anatoliy V.
Published: September 2023

The paper constructs a game-theoretic model characterizing the interaction between a treating physician and his patient, called the simplest model “doctor–patient”. The constructed game-theoretic model is a neoclassical antagonistic game, namely a zero-sum pair game given by a partially known payoff matrix of dimension 2  2. The optimal solution of the created game-theoretic model is analyzed. Based on the analysis of the optimal solution of the constructed neoclassical antagonistic game, i.e., the simplest model “doctor – patient”, the ne-cessity to implement specific measures that will allow to achieve the true objectives of the functioning of the health care system of the Russian Federation, which is the most important and the most resource-intensive socially important branch of the country’s economy, characterized at the moment by the presence of problems and insufficient level of quality of functioning is substantiated.
On the Question of the Concept and Structure of Legal Policy
Authors:   Samara State University of Economics, Korobova Aleksandra P.
Published: September 2023

Legal policy acts as a means of organizing the legal life of society. Moreover, it is not so important how the ac-tivity in the legal sphere will be evaluated from the point of view of legal progress: positively or negatively. If there is a right, if there are social relations that need a legal form, then it is already possible to talk about the legal policy pursued by the state. The problems of its formation acquire particular relevance and practical sig-nificance at crucial moments in the development of society, moments of searching for new meanings and ideological justifications, fresh legal ideas of a strategic nature. The study attempts to identify the nature and specifics of legal policy, as well as its structure. The evolution of scientific interest in this phenomenon is shown. It substantiates the need to continue active research in this direction, first of all, at the general theoretical level in order to first of all define the key concepts.
Causation in Criminal Law in the Concept of Scholar Vladimir Nikolaevich Kudryavtsev (On the Occasion of the Centenary of His Birth)
Authors:   Kuban State University, Ulitin Ilya N. , Shkapertina Ksenia I. ,   Kuban State University
Published: September 2023

The article based on the analysis of some works by V.N. Kudryavtsev considers the provisions of the theory of causality in criminal law and aspects of causation as constituent element of offence. The evolution of the scien-tist's views on some problems of the concept of causality is studied. A fair criticism of the theory of necessary condition is presented, including on the basis of legal and philosophical concepts, and the position of support-ers of the exclusion of randomness from causation is examined. It is emphasized that while a reasonable and justified criticism of the theory of necessary condition is still not resolved the question of the limits of random-ness, the meaning and correlation of causal and functional relationships. The positive aspects of theoretical views of V.N. Kudryavtsev distinguishes and describes the characteristic features of his own reflections con-cerning the establishment of causal connection in criminal omission.
Modern Threats to National Security and Ways to Resolve Them
Authors:   Kuban State University, Shipitsina Victoria V.
Published: September 2023

The article analyzes the current threats to Russia's national security and ways to resolve them. As part of the research, special attention is paid to the interpretation of economic security as one of the types of national se-curity. Various approaches to the definition of this term are considered, which allowed to identify the categories characterizing it: growth of economic performance, independence, competitiveness, import substitution. Eco-nomic security is a multifaceted and very complex concept. Conclusion dwells upon the impossibility to break the link between this and other types of security in order to ensure the achievement of any one at the expense of the rest. It is emphasized that in modern geopolitical conditions the achievement of economic security is re-alized through the implementation of import substitution policy, reorientation of the national economy of the country to the East, revision of legislative documents in this area, including in terms of clarifying the conceptual framework. The author's recommendations on the intensification of government efforts to normalize the situa-tion in the Russian economy and achieve the indicators of national security of the country are presented.
Import Substitution Policy as a Factor of Increasing Russia’s Socio-Economic Security
Authors:   Financial University under the Government of the Russian Federation, Trunova Ekaterina A. , Chernov Vitaly V. ,   Russian University of Transport (MIIT)
Published: September 2023

This paper analyzes the impact of the import substitution policy on the socio-economic security of the Russian Federation. This issue is particularly relevant in the context of foreign economic pressure, as a result of which the domestic market needs to strengthen its own production to meet domestic demand and support export-oriented enterprises. The remarkable thing is that the Western sanctions imposed against Russia after the start of the special military operation in Ukraine, not only disrupted the logistics chains with key players in the world market, but also put Russia in front of the need to intensify innovation activities in terms of developing the nec-essary technologies that can replace the lost ones to ensure self-sufficiency of Russian enterprises, including export-oriented ones. The alternative to this is technology transfer. Conclusion dwells upon the fact that ensur-ing the socio-economic security of the Russian Federation requires the development of new strategies within the framework of import substitution policy.
Sports Events Management in the Saint Petersburg
Authors:   St. Petersburg State University of Economics, Vasilyeva Elena V. , Ivanova Olga S. ,   Independent researcher, Zhukova Anastasia G. ,   Independent researcher
Published: September 2023

The article examines physical activities and sports events, its trends and peculiarities of state regulation in the St. Petersburg region in the conditions of modern political and economic reality. An original comprehensive approach to the study of problems in this industry is presented. Since the basis of management in the organiza-tion of sports and physical culture events is formed by legal regulation tools and personnel specialists from different fields, a legal analysis was carried out and regulatory regulators at the federal and regional levels were investigated, information on the personnel shortage was also structured for the first time based on the results of a sociological study, and a methodology for determining the main and additional personnel needs was applied. The statistical analysis of official sports and physical culture events was conducted in order to identify trends in the organization of sports events in the St. Petersburg region. Based on the analyses’ results, it is proposed to create an integrated form of interaction between specialists in education, economics and sci-ence, which formed the developed management structure of the sports events organization. In order to achieve the goal of increasing the level of economic indicators of the St. Petersburg region, including by increasing the volume of sports tourism, it is proposed to develop a priority direction, the basis of which is the holding of phys-ical culture events in the rank of national and international competitions.
Increasing Innovation Activity in Industry as Part of the Strategy of Socio-Economic Development of Donetsk People’s Republic
Authors:   Economic Research Institute, Lepa Roman N. , Trubchanin Vladimir V. ,   Economic Research Institute, Kurnosova Olesya A. ,   Economic Research Institute
Published: September 2023

The Donetsk People's Republic, which became part of the Russian Federation as an independent region in September 2022, is currently in a difficult socio-economic situation due to the hostilities on its territory since 2014. The proximity of the front line, the danger of shelling, the rupture of logistics and commodity ties, the de-struction of industrial and social infrastructure have caused lack of innovation, reduced investor interest in par-ticipating in the economic development of the region. This article is intended to present the mechanism of im-plementation of the strategy of socio-economic development of the Donetsk People's Republic (DNR) as a new region of the Russian Federation taking into account the innovative component of industrial development, elaborated by the authors. Its main idea is that the activation of innovative development is based on the con-nection between science and production, its targeted staffing and investment support for such development.
Price Forecasting in the Housing Market amid Changes in the Primary Trend
Authors:   St. Petersburg State University of Economics, Bochenina Marina V.
Published: September 2023

The development of digital technologies contributes to the growth of the use of nonparametric methods. The presented study proposes a methodology for the forecast assessment of prices in the residential real estate market, taking into account the possible determination of the direction of dynamics in the anticipation period based on the application of nonparametric Nadaraya – Watson estimation. The forecast model construction in the work is considered on the basis of the historically established tendency of determination of the price level of the primary or secondary housing market of Krasnodar Krai and does not take into account other factors. Par-ticular attention is paid to the application of the Chow test to identify the point in time at which there was a struc-tural shift, which allows to determine the period devoid of structural breaks for modeling the trend in order to determine the confidence interval of the forecast. The existing housing problem reflects the relevance of the development of methods for forecasting price dynamics in the housing market, and the absence of additional factors reduces the error and increases the forecast quality.
Use of Innovative Methods of Enhanced Oil Recovery in Russian Oilfields with Depleted and Hard-to-Recover Reserves
Authors:   Samara State Economic University, Marinin Ivan A. , Baldina Tatyana R. ,   Perm National Research Polytechnic University, Demin Sergey V. ,   Independent Researcher
Published: September 2023

The article considers the strategic goals and main objectives of the Russian oil and gas industry development in the context of large-scale foreign economic challenges and slowdown in the growth of newly discovered deposit occurrences. It is revealed that the innovative transformation of its technological base is an increasingly urgent task to improve the competitiveness of the Russian fuel and energy complex. This is determined by a significant increase in the share of hydrocarbon fields with depleted and hard-to-recover reserves. The use of modern technologies based on innovative methods of oil recovery enhancement is suggested as one of the promising directions of maintaining the required level of oil production. As the research subject the organiza-tion and management of technological innovation implementation at oil and gas producing enterprises are singled out. The study allows offering a well-founded approach to the implementation of projects of innovative transformation of oil production technology by oil producing enterprises. As a result, the authors show the pecu-liarities and strategic objectives of the Russian oil and gas industry development in modern conditions; sub-stantiate the necessity of active use of innovative methods to increase oil recovery at fields with depleted and hard-to-recover reserves; propose an algorithmic model of target planning and management of innovative transformation of the technological process of oil production using tertiary methods.
Merchandising in Public Catering as a Tool for Managing Customer Experience in the Experience Economy
Authors:   Samara State University of Economics, Ralyk Dinara V.
Published: September 2023

The dynamic development of the catering industry in Russia, the increase in the scale of activity and the num-ber of business facilities have caused the complication and toughening of the conditions of competition for the limited resources of the consumer of restaurant services. In this regard, the organization of spaces of catering enterprises on the principles of merchandising as one of the tools for forming a positive customer experience is of particular relevance. The author clarifies the content of the concepts of attention economy and experience economy, as well as their relationship in the process of realization of merchandising at the catering enterprise. Physical and digital spaces of merchandising tools and procedures application are described, as well as its contribution to customer experience management in the context of the impression economy. It is advisable to assess the extent to which merchandising achieves the goals of managing customer experience in public ca-tering, as in the service sector, in the process of GAP analysis, which is an optimal model for studying the ex-pected and received impressions from the impact of restaurant merchandising tools.
On the Legal Essence of Private Court Rulings (Court Decisions) in Modern Criminal Proceedings
Authors:   Russian State University of Justice, Moscow, Strelnikova Karolina V.
Published: September 2023

Issues related to the effectiveness of criminal proceedings in terms of achieving its appointment are among the key issues both in the theory of the criminal procedure and in the law enforcement practice of this area. One of the procedural means of responding to deviations from the requirements of the law is the power of the court provided by the Criminal Procedure Code of the Russian Federation (part 4 of article 29) to issue private rulings (determinations) on the basis of revealed violations of the law in the course of criminal proceedings. At the same time, despite the increasing attention in procedural science and law-enforcement practice to these pro-cedural decisions, the issues of procedural-legal nature of private (decisions) court rulings are among the de-batable in the theory of criminal procedural law, which determines the relevance and timeliness of addressing them at the level of scientific research. Within the framework of this study, taking into account the institutional approach and analysis of modern criminal procedure legislation, issues related to the procedural nature and grounds for the decision of private rulings (decisions) of the court are considered. Conclusions are drawn about the exclusivity of the named procedural acts in the system of other court decisions, their special role both in the process of ensuring the effectiveness of criminal proceedings in specific cases, and in the general direc-tion of improving the quality of justice.
Russian Anarchism on the Sociological Theory of Progress
Authors:   Amur State University, Prokazin Viktor V.
Published: September 2023

The article examines the views of Russian anarchist sociology representatives – M.A. Bakunin, P.A. Kropotkin, and P.N. Tkachev – on the problem of progress. In the light of the unfolding discourse on national ideology and sovereignty of Russian social sciences in the history of Russian sociological thought, the study of the discussion of progress in the sociology of the pre-Soviet period remains relevant. It is emphasized that anarchist theories of progress are based on an evolutionist approach to the understanding of the historical process, and social progress is interpreted linearly. As the main criterion and ideal of progressive development, the individual free-dom of everyone is singled out, the consequence of which is the freedom of the whole society. The mechanism of progress includes the interaction of objective (natural and social) factors and creative activity of people. The way to achieve the ideal of progress is proclaimed to be social revolution, understood by the authors in a large-ly voluntaristic way.
De la ciudad actual a la ciudad sustentable: un análisis de contenido del Modelo Territorial: Buenos Aires, 2010-2060
Authors: Gutman Margarita , Rullansky Ignacio
Published: September 2023

En 2011 el Ministerio de Desarrollo Urbano del Gobierno de la Ciudad de Buenos Aires introdujo un criterio de planeamiento sustentable a través de una publicación clave: el Modelo Territorial: Buenos Aires, 2010-2060. A partir de la técnica de análisis de contenido, nuestro objetivo general consistió en comprender el entramado discursivo de la sustentabilidad plasmado en sus lineamientos, que fueron presentados como marcos para el diseño de políticas públicas a largo plazo. Ofrecemos un análisis hermenéutico sobre cómo el discurso sustentable posibilitó la tematización de una voluntad de gobernar, dotando de legitimidad el ejercicio del poder gubernamental. Procuramos desentrañar la articulación de un registro discursivo técnico-científico con uno político para darle sentido a prácticas de gobierno.
Envejecer en la Zona Metropolitana del Valle de México: memoria, representaciones socioespaciales y género
Authors: De Alba González Martha
Published: September 2023

En este artículo se presentan resultados de una investigación sobre memorias, representaciones sociales y experiencias de la Ciudad de México a partir de una muestra de 101 personas mayores residentes en distintas colonias de la zona metropolitana de dicha ciudad. El análisis de entrevistas a profundidad y mapas cognitivos muestra que existe relación entre el fenómeno de metropolización y el proceso de envejecimiento en el medio urbano. Las representaciones sociales de la ciudad se encuentran vinculadas con las trayectorias familiares, residenciales, laborales y educativas del curso de vida de las y los informantes, mismas que expresan diferencias de género en las formas de experimentar los espacios urbanos y de imaginar la megaurbe. Los resultados de esta investigación abonan a la comprensión de los procesos de envejecimiento en las grandes ciudades.
El rol gentrificador del Programa Pueblos Mágicos. El caso de San Pedro y San Andrés Cholula, Puebla
Authors: Hernández Flores José Alvaro
Published: September 2023

La adopción de estrategias de branding urbano constituye una práctica recurrente entre los gobiernos locales. Entre los impactos negativos de este tipo de tácticas destaca la gentrificación, fenómeno que implica el desplazamiento de la población originaria. El objetivo de este trabajo es identificar los efectos gentrificadores del Programa Pueblos Mágicos en los municipios conurbados de San Pedro Cholula y San Andrés Cholula, Puebla, en México. Mediante este estudio de caso se constata la vinculación del programa con modalidades específicas de gentrificación y desplazamiento, las cuales están en el origen de conflictos en los que se disputa la apropiación física y simbólica del territorio.
Acupuncture has potential in managing axial stiffness in steeplechase racehorses: a blinded prospective randomized preliminary study
Authors: Terlinden Antoinette , Szymkowiak Manon , Jonville Eva , Hatrisse Chloé , De Azevedo Emeline , Coudry Virginie , Denoix Jean-Marie , Pilot-Storck Fanny , Desquilbet Loïc , Bertoni Lélia
Published: September 2023

OBJECTIVE

Evaluate the short-term effects of acupuncture on the dynamic manifestations of axial stiffness in steeplechase racehorses.

ANIMALS

12 steeplechase racehorses presenting signs of axial stiffness during training.

METHODS

Horses were randomly assigned to either an acupuncture treatment by an experienced certified acupuncturist (n = 6) or no treatment as negative controls (6). The horses’ locomotion was evaluated during training before treatment (D0) and 7 (D7) and 14 (D14) days after by their rider and trainer through a questionnaire. Additionally, the improvement of their dorsal flexibility 2 days after treatment was evaluated subjectively at the trot, free jumping at the canter was evaluated by expert clinicians, and free jumping at the trot was evaluated objectively via inertial measurement units.

RESULTS

Significantly more horses were improved on D7 and D14 in the acupuncture group (6/6) compared with the control group (1/5; P =.01) according to the scores set by the trainer and riders. Subjective evaluation of the dorsal flexibility also revealed a significant improvement (P = .04) for horses receiving the acupuncture treatment (median improvement score, 0.50 [reference range, 0.5 to 0.9]) compared with control horses (–0.25 [reference range, –0.5 to 0]).

CLINICAL RELEVANCE

Acupuncture may be an interesting nondoping strategy to improve clinical signs of axial stiffness and performance on steeplechase racehorses.
Using a digital participatory approach to facilitate inclusivity in Jordanian heritage sites: Stakeholders’ requirements and a proposed system
Authors: Aljaafreh Aseel , Garaj Vanja , Choi Youngok
Published: September 2023

The combination of social engagement engines and immersive technologies, such as virtual reality (VR), augmented reality (AR), and digital twins holds great potential for the development of tourism industry during the designing and planning stages. When introduced to experts, this innovative approach allows us to advance creative solutions while keeping the community engaged and enhancing the decision-making process. Virtual designing and planning processes can significantly transform the workflows of professionals and promote inclusive practices in all Jordanian archaeological and heritage sites, particularly those involved in the “Accessible Tourism” project. This article presents an exploratory quantitative study conducted through a comprehensive literature review and participatory interviews. The study involved 23 participants from the “Accessible Tourism” project. It focused on identifying professionals’ barriers affecting the application of inclusivity in historical sites. Additionally, the study defined challenges and requirements to determine digitally inclusive applications. The study results highlighted the challenges faced by stakeholders and experts in developing inclusivity in built heritage sites in Jordan, such as interdepartmental communication, historic preservation constraints, and comprehension of accessibility codes. It also addressed the difficulties in engaging users with disabilities or marginalized communities in developing inclusive facilities. Based on these findings, a unique framework for remotely analysing target users within an immersive environment is proposed. This framework has been developed in collaboration with key stakeholders and set the stage for further research and collaboration. Future research should emphasize the importance of inclusive practices and user involvement in designing accessible and enriching tourism experiences at Jordan’s heritage sites.
Carbon sequestration potential of trees from urban green spaces of Kolhapur city, Maharashtra, India
Authors: Vasagadekar Priya R. , Gargate Anup V. , Patil Yojana Y. , Raut Prakash D.
Published: September 2023

This study was an investigation into the carbon storage and sequestration of trees grown in the green spaces of Kolhapur city, Maharashtra. Urban gardens and green spaces, mainly considering big trees, have a great potential to sequester carbon from the atmosphere and to mitigate the impacts of climate change in cities. Total ten green pockets (gardens) were selected from Kolhapur city. This study was a sustainability initiative to inventory tree species from the green pockets and to assess their carbon sequestration potential for improved urban planning in the future. The above ground biomass (AGB) and below ground biomass (BGB) were estimated by a non destructive method. This included the measurement of tree height and diameter. A total of 29 species of trees were recorded during the study with a storage potential of 688.77 tons of carbon dioxide. Polyalthia longifolia was found to sequester maximum carbon dioxide (CO2) followed by Albizia saman and Mangifera indica. This research highlights the role of urban forests or green spaces and gardens, not only as ornamental and aesthetic plantations but also for mitigating the impacts of climate change at a local level. Well planned urban spaces and urban trees have a major role as green vegetation cover which can act as a carbon sink with high potential which will help in policy making and decision making in the future.
Glucose Concentration Monitoring Using Microstrip Spurline Sensor
Authors: Harnsoongnoen Supakorn , Buranrat Benjaporn
Published: September 2023

This article reports a microstrip spurline sensor for glucose concentration monitoring. The microstrip spurline sensor is a low-cost and easy-to-fabricate device that uses printed circuit board (PCB) technology. It consists of a combination of four spurlines and transmission lines. The four spurlines are used to reject unwanted frequencies, while the transmission lines allow the desired frequencies to pass through. The resonance frequency (Fr) and reflection coefficient (S11) were recorded through meticulous simulations and experiments over a frequency range from 1.5 GHz to 4 GHz. In addition, the sensor was used to detect changes in glucose concentration, ranging from 0 mg/dL to 150 mg/dL. The findings of this study show that the antenna-based sensor proposed in this research can effectively measure glucose levels across the diabetes range, from hypoglycemia to normoglycemia to hyperglycemia, with a high degree of sensitivity of 7.82 x 10−3 dB/(mg/dL) and 233.33 kHz/(mg/dL).