bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Exploring models for semantic category verification
Authors: Roussinov Dmitri , Turetken Ozgur
Published: April 2024

Many artificial intelligence tasks, such as automated question answering, reasoning, or heterogeneous database integration, involve verification of a semantic category (e.g. “coffee” is a drink, “red” is a color, while “steak” is not a drink and “big” is not a color). In this research, we explore completely automated on-the-fly verification of a membership in any arbitrary category which has not been expected a priori. Our approach does not rely on any manually codified knowledge (such as WordNet or Wikipedia) but instead capitalizes on the diversity of topics and word usage on the World Wide Web, thus can be considered “knowledge-light” and complementary to the “knowledge-intensive” approaches. We have created a quantitative verification model and established (1) what specific variables are important and (2) what ranges and upper limits of accuracy are attainable. While our semantic verification algorithm is entirely self-contained (not involving any previously reported components that are beyond the scope of this paper), we have tested it empirically within our fact seeking engine on the well known TREC conference test questions. Due to our implementation of semantic verification, the answer accuracy has improved by up to 16% depending on the specific models and metrics used.
A multi-attribute, multi-weight clustering approach to managing "e-mail overload"
Authors: Schuff David , Turetken Ozgur , D’Arcy John
Published: April 2024

  

The increasing volume of electronic mail communication threatens to cause a state of “e-mail overload” where the volume of messages exceeds individuals' capacity to process them. To address this problem, this study extends the application of hierarchical clustering to the domain of e-mail. We report on the design and development of a system that applies a multi-weight, multi-attribute clustering approach to a collection of messages. We found strong evidence that clustering messages improves users' ability to locate messages compared to an ordered list, and promising (though weaker) evidence of even greater improvement when given the ability to adjust attribute weights.
Impact of Perceived Security on Organizational Adoption of Smartphones
Authors: Turetken Ozgur , Arpaci Ibrahim , Yardimci Cetin Yasemin
Published: April 2024

Organizational adoption of new technologies is a practically important research area. The present study aims to investigate the impact of perceived security on organizational adoption of mobile communication technologies, specifically smartphones. For this purpose, a research model is developed extending the Technology Acceptance Model (TAM). The research model is tested using a structural equation modeling based on data that were collected from senior managers of 201 private sector organizations in Turkey. The results show that, along with the traditional constructs of perceived ease of use and perceived usefulness, perceived security significantly affects organizations’ adoption of smartphones. Both the theoretical and practical implications of these results are discussed.
ORCID: Using API calls to assess metadata completeness
Authors: Eichenlaub Naomi , Morgan Marina
Published: April 2024

The aim of this poster is to demonstrate the importance of adequate metadata in ORCID profiles to ensure name disambiguation. It is only through more complete metadata that ORCID will ensure success in terms of interoperability with institutional scholarly, publishing and funding bodies.
Resisting Exotic Puppetry: Experiences of Indigenous Women Leadership in the Academy
Authors: Lavallee Lynn
Published: April 2024

Indigenous women have increasingly taken up leadership roles in the academy, particularly in the time of truth and reconciliation within the Canadian context. While the institutions are keen to promote Indigenous leadership, spaces are carved out, yet there is a surge of resignations, firing, and toxic work environments. This chapter will delve into the colonial patriarchy and misogyny that intersects with Indigeneity within academic institutions. The notion of these carved out spacing being stages of performance and the exotic puppetry that often plays out particularly for Indigenous women will be underscored.
Living in a Fish Bowl or Not? The Role of Transparency and Privacy in Creative Dialogues on Enterprise Social Media
Authors: Osch Wietske Van , Bulgurcu Burcu , Liang Yuyang
Published: April 2024

Transparency—the observability of activities, behaviors, and performance—has become the panacea of modern management. Yet, there is a conundrum in the literature with some studies suggesting transparency and others suggesting privacy may benefit group creativity. A similar conundrum exists regarding the effects of different social capital types—structural holes versus network cohesion on group creativity. Enterprise Social Media (ESM) provide a unique opportunity to solve these conundrums by allowing groups to be “transparent”— non-group members can observe and/or participate in group activities—or “private”— group members and activities are hidden from the community—and enabling groups to develop distinct social capital structures. Using data from 28,083 written interactions produced by 109 transparent and 106 private groups in an ESM of a multinational design firm, we find strong support for our contingency hypotheses that both transparent and private groups may produce high levels of creative dialogues, yet, in different forms. Specifically, expansion-focused creative dialogues—those focused on combining or expanding existing concepts—emerge in transparent groups, but only when the group’s social capital is characterized by structural holes. Conversely, reframing-focused dialogues—those focused on challenging and rethinking—emerge in private groups, but only when the group’s social capital is characterized by network cohesion. Theoretically, these findings help solve the conundrums in the literature on group creativity and shed light on the role of ESM use in this context. Practically, our findings offer a critical reflection onto contemporary initiatives for increasing transparency, whether through physical design or digital transformation. 
Open Your Eyes: Teaching and Learning about Anti-Asian Racism and the Law in Canada
Authors: Lee Angela
Published: April 2024

Recently, policymakers, institutional actors, and the public have made greater efforts towards being attentive to issues relating to anti-racism and discrimination, as well as equity, diversity, and inclusion more broadly, prompted in part by growing calls for reconciliation with Indigenous peoples and the increasing visibility of the Black Lives Matter movement. Yet, there has been a relative dearth of attention paid to the specific ways in which anti-Asian racism manifests and is maintained, particularly in the Canadian context. More than just being a relic of the past, anti-Asian racism is an ongoing phenomenon both within and beyond Canada’s borders, as events in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic have painfully demonstrated. 

This article identifies some of the ways that laws and policies have contributed and continue to contribute to the oppression of Asian people in Canada. It considers the role of legal education in both perpetuating and addressing systemic racism, especially vis-à-vis Critical Race Theory and the recent backlash against it and argues that members of the legal profession—and by extension, the law schools that educate them—have a professional and moral responsibility to take seriously the historic and contemporary experiences of exclusion to which all marginalized groups have been subjected. In so doing, it emphasizes the importance of understanding various struggles for racial justice as profoundly interconnected and inseparable, but also distinct. 
Telepathology Implementation Challenges and Benefits: A Scoping Review
Authors: Meyer Julien , Paré Guy
Published: April 2024

Telepathology is fundamentally altering the way pathology is delivered. As of today, research has paid a good deal of attention to technical feasibility and diagnosis accuracy, but less to other aspects essential to telepathology project success. The objectives of this review are to provide an overview of non-technical telepathology research and present a research agenda for future efforts. The proposed framework identifies two main thematic areas: telepathology benefits, expressed in terms of accessibility of care, quality of care and economic efficiency, and telepathology implementation challenges, expressed at the individual, organizational and legal levels. Researchers should strive to assess benefits through more rigorous methodologies and use more existing theories and frameworks to explain telepathology implementation challenges and success.
Mustafa Koc's address at his retirement event at TMU on December 1, 2023
Authors: Koc Mustafa
Published: April 2024

On December 1st, the Department of Sociology hosted an event to celebrate Mustafa Koc's contributions. This is his address at the event.
Business Improvement Areas and Tourism in Urban Neighbourhoods
Authors: Griffin Tom
Published: April 2024

 Tourism is a vast phenomenon, with substantial economic, social, and environmental impacts for travellers, residents, businesses, and communities (Mason, 2015). Much attention is given to urban destination marketing (e.g. Papadimitriou, Apostolopoulou, & Kaplanidou, 2015), and tourism’s potential for economic and social development in rural or developing world communities (e.g. Lane & Kastenholz, 2015). However, the existing and potential role of tourism in urban residential neighbourhoods has received limited attention. Business Improvement Areas (BIAs) are “association[s] of business people within a specified district, who join together, with official approval of the City… aimed at stimulating local business… [serving] as an economic and social anchor, helping to stabilize and revitalize the local community” (TABIA, 2018b). There are 82 BIAs across Toronto’s diverse neighbourhoods, and many more across the province and country (OBIAA, 2018). However, despite their number, there is limited research on BIAs in general, and specifically on tourism (Ward, 2006). The purpose of this exploratory study, therefore, is to explore and understand BIAs’ roles and actions relating to tourism such as product development, marketing, management, and socio-cultural and economic implications, drawing from interviews with 30 BIAs in Toronto. 
Attachment in Individuals With Social Anxiety Disorder: The Relationship Among Adult Attachment Styles, Social Anxiety, and Depression
Authors: Eng Winnie , Heimberg Richard G. , Hart Trevor , Schneier Franklin R. , Liebowitz Michael R.
Published: April 2024

Despite their apparent implications for social functioning, adult attachment styles have never been specifically explored among persons with social anxiety disorder. In the current study, a cluster analysis of the Revised Adult Attachment Scale (N. L. Collins, 1996) revealed that 118 patients with social anxiety were best represented by anxious and secure attachment style clusters. Members of the anxious attachment cluster exhibited more severe social anxiety and avoidance, greater depression, greater impairment, and lower life satisfaction than members of the secure attachment cluster. This pattern was replicated in a separate sample of 56 patients and compared with the pattern found in 36 control participants. Social anxiety mediated the association between attachment insecurity and depression. Findings are discussed in the context of their relevance to the etiology, maintenance, and cognitive-behavioral treatment of social anxiety disorder.
Designed to Inspire: A One-Year International Exchange of Academic Librarians
Authors: Eichenlaub Naomi , Grover Trina , Thomas Jennifer
Published: April 2024

This paper, based on an exchange of librarians between academic libraries in Canada and Australia, describes the process of planning for and participating in an international job exchange. It highlights the benefits of the exchange and lessons learned from it and reflects on the opportunities for career development and renewal afforded by such a swap. This experience will be contextualized within the continuum of literature on library exchanges. By describing our successful exchange process, the authors aim to encourage more library staff exchanges.
Telling Deaf Lives: Agents of Change
Authors: Snoddon Kristin
Published: April 2024

In July 2012, the 8th Deaf History International (DHI) Conference featured 27 presentations from members of Deaf communities around the world who related their own autobiographies as well as the biographies of historical Deaf individuals. The presenters came from 12 different countries, but their stories traverse many other locales. Thus, they created a transnational phenomenon of widespread interest in the collection, documentation, and dissemination of Deaf history by and for members of the deaf community. Telling Deaf Lives: Agents of Change brings together the best of the DHI Conference offerings in this volume. Due to the dearth of formal research on deaf people, Deaf community historians drove the preservation of the stories in this collection. Their diversity is remarkable: Melissa Anderson and Breda Carty describe the Cosmopolitan Correspondence Club, a group of Deaf individuals who corresponded in the early 20th century from Australia to Western Europe to the United States; Ulla-Bell Thorin recounts first-hand growing up deaf in Sweden and her process in authoring six memoirs; Harry Lang reflects on writing biographies of numerous Deaf Americans in the arts and science; Akio Suemori profiles the first Deaf president of a Japanese school for the Deaf; Tatiana Davidenko writes about her Deaf family’s experience during the World War II siege of Leningrad; Theara Yim and Julie Chateauvert look at the evolution of ASL poetry by analyzing works of prominent ASL poets Clayton Valli, Peter Cook, and Kenny Lerner. These and the other contributions here enshrine Deaf people in collective memory by virtue of disseminating and preserving their stories.
Disrupting Expertise
Authors: Hitayezu Rachel , Littler Catherine
Published: April 2024

The foundation of World Critical Dietetics is rooted in the belief that food holds influence and power. It holds the power to have positive impacts on a person's quality of life, bring people together, and improve health outcomes. Food embodies not only the biological sustenance for life, but it also holds culture, identity, relationship, and memory. Food is power, and how dietitians wield that power should not be consumed undercooked.
The Effect of Using the Metacognitive Learning Cycle Strategy in Developing Reading Comprehension in the Arabic Language Subject for Ninth Grade Students
Authors: Al-Mharat Nabeel , Bani Issa Abd’Alra’ouf
Published: April 2024

The study aimed to identify “the effect of using the metacognitive learning cycle strategy in developing reading comprehension in the Arabic language subject for ninth-grade students.” The study adopted the experimental method and the quasi-experimental design, where a reading comprehension test was prepared, consisting of (17) items. The study sample consisted of (50) students who were chosen intentionally. The results of the study showed that there was a statistically significant effect on the study sample’s scores in the reading comprehension test according to the teaching method (metacognitive learning course strategy for teaching the Arabic language, regular), and the differences were in favor of those who were exposed to For the strategy of the metacognitive learning course for teaching the Arabic language compared to individuals using the traditional method, the researcher recommends preparing a guide for the Arabic language teacher regarding reading comprehension skills and methods for developing them.
PREDIKSI JUMLAH KEJAHATAN DI INDONESIA PADA TAHUN 2023 DENGAN METODE AUTOREGRESSIVE INTEGRATE MOVING AVERAGE (ARIMA)
Authors: Daratullaila  , Sari Riezky Purnama
Published: April 2024

Kejahatan mengacu pada tindakan yang melanggar hukum kriminal, dan pelaku kejahatan yang melakukan tindakan tersebut dengan niat yang jelas pasti akan dijatuhi hukuman. Menurut data dari The Global Initiative Against Transnational Organized Crime, Kongo menempati peringkat teratas sebagai negara dengan tingkat kriminalitas tertinggi di dunia dengan skor 7,75 dan Indonesia menempati peringkat ke-25 dengan skor 6,38. Tujuan dari penelitian ini adalah untuk menentukan hasil dan model terbaik untuk data jumlah kejahatan, sehingga bisa membantu pemerintah dalam antisipasi peningkatan kejahatan di Indonesia dengan menggunakan metode ARIMA. Berdasarkan hasil analisis, diperoleh model terbaik yang dapat digunakan untuk meramalkan jumlah kejahatan di Indonesia menggunakan metode ARIMA, yaitu model (3,1,3) dengan MAPE terkecil, yaitu 19%. Hasil peramalan jumlah kejahatan di Indonesia pada bulan Januari – Desember 2023, yaitu : Bulan Januari 24.753 kasus, Februari 24.570 kasus, Maret 25.552 kasus, April 26.702 kasus, Mei 27.000 kasus, Juni 26.430 kasus, Juli 25.863 kasus, Agustus 26.054 kasus, September 26.889 kasus, Oktober 27.614 kasus, November 27.686 kasus, dan Desember 27.297 kasus. Jumlah kejahatan tertinggi berada di bulan November, yaitu sejumlah 27.686 kasus dan jumlah kejahatan terendah berada di bulan Februari, yaitu sejumlah 24.570 kasus.
Audit Internal terhadap Kecurangan dan Penyimpangan Keuangan Pemerintah Daerah
Authors: Simanjuntak Tumpak Haposan
Published: April 2024

This study examines the role of Internal Audit in strengthening local government financial resilience by integrating the concept of financial resilience from various sources. The research found that Internal Audit can contribute to responding to and overcoming financial stresses by improving the effectiveness of internal control, compliance, operational efficiency, and risk management. Internal Audit not only responds to financial pressures, but is also proactive in fraud prevention and financial risk management. The research method used a qualitative case study approach, the research involved 15 internal audit practitioners from various government institutions. The holistic involves in-depth interviews, document analysis, and direct observation to dive into the internal audit practices conducted by respondents. The results show that effective internal audit practices not only have an impact on fraud detection and prevention, but also play a crucial role in improving the integrity of financial reporting and accountability of local governments. However, some obstacles, such as budget, personnel, and technology constraints, may affect internal audit performance. Improvement recommendations include greater investment in technology training, better budget allocation, and increased number of personnel in internal audit.
Life Cycle Assessment of Icelandic-Type Berm Breakwater
Authors: Gunnarsdóttir Elísabet Sunna , Eskafi Majid , Sigurðarson Sigurður , Elíasson Kjartan , Sveinbjörnsson Pétur Ingi
Published: April 2024

Með vaxandi nauðsyn til takast á við loftslagsbreytingar og draga úr umhverfisáhrifum frá byggingu mannvirkja er mikilvægt að rannsaka og innleiða umhverfisvænni kosti. Þessi rannsókn fjallar um að meta kolefnisspor frá byggingu brimvarnargarða. Rannsóknin skoðar samanburð á kolefnisspori frá byggingu íslenska bermugarðsins og hefðbundins brimvarnargarðs (ConRMB) með steyptum einingum með ýtarlegri lífsferilsgreiningu. Lífsferilsgreiningunni er skipt niður í nokkra hluta: öflun/framleiðsla á byggingarefnum, flutningur á byggingarstað og samsetning á byggingarstað.

Íslenskur bermugarður býður upp á hönnun sem nýtir náttúrulegt berg sem gefur tækifæri til að draga verulega úr hnatthlýnunarmætti frá byggingu brimvarnargarða.

Niðurstöður rannsóknarinnar leiða í ljós að íslenskur bermugarður hefur þó nokkra kosti fram yfir ConRMB þegar kemur að kolefnisspori byggingar brimvarnargarðs í Straumsvíkurshöfn á Íslandi. Umfram allt er íslenski bermugaðurinn með verulega lægri hnatthlýnunarmátt samanborið við hefðbundinn brimvarnargarð. Sú innsýn sem fæst með þessari rannsókn veitir mikilvægar upplýsingar fyrir ákvarðanatöku hagsmunaaðila.

With the growing urgency to address climate change and reduce the environmental impacts of construction, there is an increasing necessity to explore and implement environmentally friendly solutions. This study focuses on evaluating the Carbon Footprint (CF) associated with the construction of breakwaters. The study compares the CF of Icelandic-type berm breakwater (IceBB) and concrete armor unit conventional rubble mound berm breakwater (ConRMB) through a comprehensive Life Cycle Assessment (LCA). The LCA analysis encompasses various stages, including procurement/production of raw materials, transport to site, and construction on site. IceBB offers a design that utilizes natural rock which reduces the Global Warming Potential (GWP) associated with breakwater construction.
The findings of the study indicate several advantages of IceBB over ConRMB in terms of its CF for the case study of the Straumsvik port in Iceland. Above all, IceBB has a significantly lower GWP compared to ConRMB.
The insights gained from this study provide valuable information for stakeholders involved in coastal projects.
A virtual device for computer simulation of stresses in the area of blade-chip contact
Authors: Patsera S , Derbaba V , Ruban V , Dubrovskyi S
Published: April 2024

Purpose. In modernconditions of training qualified specialists to work in the machine-building industry, there is a need for remote tools for stress research. that arise during the machining of mechanical engineering products. Therefore, the purpose of this work is to create a suitable virtual device. The methods. The research method includes the analysis of known analytical dependencies, the classification of process parameters into adequate input data and functional arguments, and, finally, the construction of a digitized computational algorithm. The software implementation of the created virtual tool was carried out in the NI LabWIEV 7.1 environment. The choice of this software product is based on the following positive methodological features, such as: a powerful tool for creating graphical programs that represent virtual instruments, convenient tools for developing complex experimental stands, automation and control systems, process modeling and other tasks facing modern science, ease of use due to the graphical interface, the ability to create modular programs, support for a variety of hardware and platforms, as well as a wide range of. Findings. The values of normal and tangential stresses in the chip-blade contact zone calculated with the help of a virtual device coincide well with the previously published data. The originality. Considering the accepted restrictions on the intervals of the values of the parameters of the machining processes of steel 45 and steel Cr18N10T, graphs of dependence of normal and tangential stresses on the length of contact of chips with the blade are established. Practical implementation. The created virtual device for computer modelling of stresses in the contact zone of the blade with chips has been successfully implemented in the educational process for master’s and postgraduate students in the specialty 131 Applied Mechanics.
Hydrogen and prospects of hydrogen energy
Authors: Yaroshenko Ya , Bobrov O , Kolb A , Tsyplenkov D , Hrebeniuk A , Loboda A
Published: April 2024

Purpose. substantiating the need to implement hydrogen storage stations for more effective decentralization of the state's energy sector. Research methodology. To achieve the goal, a comprehensive review of the state of the electric power industry of Ukraine from the point of view of energy accumulation and the use of hydrogen as a renewable source of kinetic energy was carried out, taking into account the real indicators of the energy system of Ukraine. The results. Based on the results of the study, it was established that hydrogen energy can play a key role in the sustainable development of the energy sector in Ukraine. For further post-war reconstruction and transition to a new, higher-quality level of the energy sector, our country will need industrial technologies for storing electricity. According to technical and economic indications, it is advisable to develop hydrogen production technologies on an industrial scale based on decentralized and centralized production technologies, since increasing the use of low-carbon energy is necessary for sustainable growth. Scientific novelty consists in the systematization and scientific validity of the conditions for the effective creation of regulatory systems in the energy sector of Ukraine based on pneumatic storage stations using hydrogen as a carrier of kinetic energy. Practical value. The obtained results determine the main ways of the future introduction of hydrogen accumulators at the industrial level to balance the energy system of Ukraine by accumulating excess energy produced in off-peak hours or at the minimum capacity of loads in the network. for more effective decentralization of the energy sector of the state.
Distribution ofresourcesin the system of decentralized management
Authors: Novytskyi I , Shevchenko Y
Published: April 2024

Purpose of work is optimization of processes in a decentralized system during resource distribution among consumers in conditions of its scarcity and incomplete a priori information. Methodology. To achieve the goal, analytical methods were used in combination with methods of simulation modeling of processes that determine the optimal mode of operation of the decentralized system. Research results. The problem of allocation of a limited resource is a typical problem of operations research and, if its parameters are known, it is solved as a conditional optimization problem. However, in a decentralized system, each of its constituent elements does not have complete a priori information about the parameters of the problem (of the entire system). In such a situation, lack of information, and in the extreme case, a complete lack of a priori information for each of the elements of the decentralized system must be filled with a posteriori information. This requires a coordinated strategy for the behavior of all elements of the system. Algorithms for the behavior of the decentralized system elements are proposed in this work, which provide an optimal solution of the problem through a certain number of management steps, which depends on the amount of initial information. Scientific novelty. A new algorithm for adaptive tuning of a decentralized system are proposed and investigated, which provides access to the optimal mode of its operation when distributing a limited amount of resources between consumers. Practical significance. Decentralized systems have a number of advantages compared to traditional management systems of different structures: increased survivability, significant reduction of communication equipment. Besides, in some cases, the use of decentralized systems is the only option. On the other hand, the emergence and development of modern small-sized means of processing information allows technically implementing rather complex computational algorithms for each element of the system. Studying and solving the problems of improving the efficiency of decentralized systems has an obvious practical significance.
Technology of manufacturing composite phenol-nylon lining of drums of mine hoisting machines
Authors: Zabolotny K , Kukhar V , Panchenko O
Published: April 2024

Objective. The development of an industrial technology for the production of phenolic caprolactam for lining the drums of mine hoisting machines, followed by testing of the material in industrial conditions. Methodology. A comprehensive approach that included several stages. The development of the technological process for the production of phenolic caprolactam was based on a detailed analysis of the optimal conditions for synthesis and material formation. The conduct of industrial tests ensured an in-depth study of the physical and mechanical properties of phenolic caprolactam, which is critical for its effective use. The manufacturing and installation of linings on mine hoisting machines provided an opportunity to assess the practicality of the developed material. Results. The successful development of an industrial technology for the production of phenolic caprolactam opens new possibilities for the production of lining materials. The study of the physical and mechanical characteristics of the material revealed its high strength and wear resistance properties, which are critical for application in mining conditions. Scientific novelty. For the first time, a comprehensive investigation has been conducted on the dependencies between the technological parameters of the phenol-caproic press composite manufacturing process (binder content, pressing temperature, specific pressure) and the key physical and mechanical characteristics of the resulting material (tensile strength and relative elongation). Standardized test methods were employed to ensure an objective assessment of the impact of parameter variations on material properties. Subsequently, statistical analysis of the experimental data yielded regression equations that quantitatively describe these dependencies. Practical significance. The developed technology ensures optimal conditions for achieving maximum strength of the phenolic caprolactam composite. This contributes to increasing the efficiency and safety of mine hoisting machines' operation.
Training Making Videos based on Digital Media Content to Improve Promotion Skills of Tourism Village Managers
Authors: Nifa Kholishotun , Sunardi  , Setiawan Abdul Haris
Published: April 2024

Life in this digital era is greatly influenced by technological advances. The sheer volume of technology shows that humans and technology cannot mix. In the 5.0 era, there is the idea that technology will work together with humans to improve the quality of life. One area that will benefit from the community is tourism. To increase tourism promotion, people can discover tourist attractions through digital content. Searching on various digital media, usually called social media, allows people to find tourist attractions through digital content. This conceptual research discusses the use of digital content as a tourism promotion tool. The importance of interesting content used in digital promotions so that the display supports the delivery of training presentation materials. This research uses a qualitative approach. The data source for this research comes from questions in a questionnaire regarding the opinions of tourist village managers in Dander District, Bojonegoro Regency regarding making videos based on digital media content to improve promotional skills. This research aims to find out whether there is an increase in knowledge of learning outcomes obtained from training.
Studi Perbandingan Performa Ketidakberaturan Horizontal Bangunan Terhadap Beban Gempa
Authors: Maulidani Andra Akmal , Muhammad Dzul Fikri , Rahman Muhammad Abdul , Santoso Edi
Published: April 2024

Indonesia terletak pada 3 lempeng besar tekntonik mengakibatkan wilayah Indoenesia rentan terhadap gempa. Untuk menanggualngi hal tersebut perlu adanya perencanaan bangunan yang tahan terhadap gempa. Pertumbuhan penduduk yang tinggi mengakibatkan banyaknya model bangunan tinggi yang beragam. Model bangunan yang beragam ini menyebabkan munculnya desain bangunan yang tidak beraturan baik itu tidak beratur secara horizontal maupun vertikal. Ketidakberaturan ini dapat dapat memperngaruhi hasil analisis struktur terhadap beban gempa. Pada penelitian ini membahas pengaruh ketidakberaturan horizontal pada bangunan terhadap beban gempa dengan hasil penelitian bangunan yang beratur memiliki sifat kekakuan struktur yang relatif lebih kaku dibanding bangunan tidak beratur. Selain itu ketidakberaturan juga berakibat kepada nilai simpangan antar lantai yang lebih kecil pada arah X dan lebih besar pada arah Y jika dibandingkan dengan bangunan tidak beratur.
Pemakaian Sistem Venturi Scrubber– EGR (Exhaust Gas Recirculation) Terhadap Performa Mesin Diesel Satu Silinder
Authors: Siregar Samuel Parlindungan , Joni Joni , Ranteallo Obet Takke
Published: April 2024

Penggunaan kembali gas buang berdasarkan dasar potensi energi yang belum dibakar sempurna dapat menyerap panas didalam ruang bakar akibatnya menaikkan kinerja mesin diesel. Tujuan riset ini adalah guna mengetahui dampak pemanfaatan venturi scrubber EGR terhadap kinerja mesin diesel satu silinder. Studi ini dilakukan pada motor diesel satu silinder kapasitas 200cc. percobaan dilakukan dengan pemanfaatan venturi scrubber EGR dengan variasi katup 10%, 20% dan 30% pada standar (0%). Informasi percobaan dihasilkan lewat aplikasi tecquipment VDAS dengan memberi pembebanan air masuk dinamometer pada instalasi percobaan. Hasil riset didapat bahwa percobaan dengan pemanfaatan venturi scrubber EGR pada motor diesel memiliki dampak pada performa operasi mesin. Prestasi terbaik dihasilkan pada pemanfaatan venturi scrubber dengan bukaan katup 30%, dimana pada putaran maximum 3000 rpm dihasilkan torsi sebesar 6,57 Nm, daya efisien sebesar 2110 Watt, tekanan efektif umumnya sebesar 4,72 bar, mengonsumsi bahan bakar spesifik sebesar 0,0549 kilogram/ kWh, serta efisiensi termal sebesar 58, 42%.
Section 4 «Mitigation of Punishment and Parole» of the Law on Prisons of the People’s Republic of China: author’s translation and a brief comparative analysis with the legislation of the Russian Federation
Authors: Bal’chindorzhieva Ojuna , Myakhanova Aleksandra , Skiba Andrey
Published: April 2024

The article contains the text of the author’s translation of articles 29-34 of the current version of section 4 «Mitigation of punishment and parole» of the Law on Prisons of the People’s Republic of China. As part of a brief comparative analysis with Russian legislation, a number of features of the institution of parole under Chinese law are highlighted: it is focused on preventing the commission of new crimes and other positive actions of a person for the benefit of society and the state (the presence of inventions or major technological innovations, participation in countering natural disasters or in the elimination of major accidents, etc.); there is a one-month deadline for consideration of the application for parole, etc.
Review of the scientific publication “Kunts E. V. Minors as an object of criminological and criminal law study : monograph. Chelyabinsk : A. Miller Library, 2021. 162 with"
Authors: Shamsunov Salikh
Published: April 2024

The article presents a review of the monograph by E. V. Kunts, Doctor of Law, Professor, Honorary Worker of Higher Professional Education of the Russian Federation, leading researcher of the Research Institute of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russia,

«Minors as an object of criminological and criminal law study». The monograph is devoted to the actual problem of studying minors from the standpoint of domestic sciences of criminology and criminal law. Special attention is paid to criminological analysis of illegal and antisocial behavior of minors, its prevention and prevention, issues of sentencing and release of a minor from criminal punishment. Normative and empirical material is presented, which supports the formulated theoretical conclusions. In general, the author of the article comes to the conclusion that the reviewed monograph is a complete and comprehensive study, meets the requirements and is recommended for publication.
INTERNATIONAL SCIENTIFIC AND PRACTICAL CONFERENCE «THE DEVELOPMENT OF A SYSTEM OF PUNISHMENTS NOT RELATED TO THE ISOLATION OF CONVICTS FROM SOCIETY. INTRODUCTION OF THE INSTITUTE OF PROBATION IN THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION» (NOVEMBER 15, 2023)
Authors: Skiba Andrey , KOROBOVA IRINA
Published: April 2024

On November 15, 2023, the Department of Penal Enforcement Law and the organization of educational work with Convicts of the Academy of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russia within the framework of the VI International Penitentiary Forum «Crime, Punishment, Correction» held an international scientific and practical conference «Development of the system of punishments not related to the isolation of convicts from society. Introduction of the Institute of Probation in the Russian Federation». The features of the scientific event were a comprehensive discussion of numerous theoretical and applied issues of improving the effectiveness of the execution of criminal penalties, directions for the development of penitentiary, executive and post-penitentiary probation, as well as the presence of two insufficiently interconnected lines of influence implemented by institutions and bodies executing punishments (in the context of the correction of convicts and the use of various forms of probation), having a common goal in the form of prevention the commission of new crimes.
Permanent Depression of Plasma cGMP during Long-Term Space Flight
Authors: Rössler A , Noskov V , László Z , Polyakow VV , Hinghofer-Szalky HG
Published: April 2024

The purpose of this study was to investigate plasma concentrations of cyclic guanosine monophosphate (cGMP) and atrial natriuretic peptide (ANP) during and after real and simulated space flight. Venous blood was obtained 3 min after the beginning and 2 min after the lower body negative pressure maneuver in two cosmonauts preflight (supine), inflight, and postflight (supine) and in five other subjects before, at the end, and 4 days after a 5-day head-down tilt (-6°) bed rest. In cosmonaut 1 (10 days in space), plasma cGMP fell from preflight 4.3 to 1.4 nM on flight day 6, and was 3.0 nM on the fourth day after landing. In cosmonaut 2 (438 days in space), it fell from preflight 4.9 to 0.5 nM on on flight day 3, and stayed <0.1 nM with 5, 9, and 14 months in space, as well as on the fourth day after landing. Three months after the flight his plasma cGMP was back to normal (6.3 nM). Cosmonaut 2 also displayed relatively low inflight ANP values but returned to preflight level immediately after landing. In a ground-based simulation on five other persons, supine plasma cGMP was reduced by an average of 30 % within 5 days of 6° head-down tilt bed rest. The data consistently demonstrate lowered plasma cGMP with real and simulated weightlessness, and a complete disappearance of cGMP from plasma during, and shortly after long-duration space flight.
Frontal Lobe Growth impairment in fetuses with congenital heart disease using Ultrasound parameters; A Comparative Cross-sectional study
Authors: El-Sattar Afify Sakna Noha Abd , El Din Mohamed Hassan Nasr , Mohamed Mourad Moustafa Attia , Zeinhom Ahmed Mohamed
Published: April 2024

Introduction and the Αim: 2D and 3D biometry measures can record the increased development of the fetal brain in the later part of gestation. The objective of this study is to determine whether or not the frontal brain regions of fetuses with congenital heart disease (CHD) are smaller than those of healthy controls. Patients and Μethods: The fetal Medicine unit of the Ain Shams University Maternity Hospital carried out a comparative cross-sectional study, including 140 normal fetuses and 140 fetuses with isolated CHD evaluated between 20 and 39 gestational weeks at our fetal medicine unit in the period November 2021–September 2023 Results: Our results showed the occipito-frontal diameter (OFD) and frontal antero-posterior diameter (FAPD) utilising ultrasonography. FAPD Mean±SD: 26.53 ± 10.44, OFD Mean±SD: 89.14 ± 28.34, and FAPD/OFD Mean±SD: 0.29 ± 0.05. The OFD Mean±SD was found to be 82.18 ± 18.42, the FAPD Mean±SD to be 31.68±6.58, and the FAPD/OFD Mean±SD to be 38.70±2.15. Our results showed that 0.7% of patients exhibited anomalies related to the central nervous system, such as dilated posterior fossa, vermis = 25 mm, and aberrant posterior cranial fossa. The percentage of those with a history of CHD was 3.9%.The history of CHD showed a statistically significant difference between the research groups. When examining comorbidities, surgical history, and the relationship between the other parameters and FAPD, OFD, and FAPD/OFD, there was no statistically significant difference between the groups under investigation, except for CNS abnormalities and gestational age. Conclusion, compared to normal fetuses, fetuses with CHD had shorter FAPDs and a lower FAPD/OFD ratio. Despite the fact that different types of CHD affect hemodynamics differently, there appears to be a common deficiency in the development of the frontal cortex.
Chemical sensors on unmanned aerial vehicles: new possibilities for searching for mines and explosive devices
Authors: Martyniuk Ivan , Shmatov Yevhenii , Pogrebnyak Tetyana , Karshen Andrij , Stadnichuk Olena , Lavrinenko Olga
Published: April 2024

Increasing the effectiveness of anti-mine protection of troops, timely detection and marking of mine-explosive devices in the area, prompt informing of personnel of units operating in the area, search for methods and means that increase the reliability of the search and reduce the level of false detections, possible identification and marking of mines (explosive objects) are extremely relevant and, given the scale of demining that will need to be carried out on the territory of Ukraine after the end of hostilities, promising tasks. This can be achieved through the introduction of modern, reliable, effective, remote methods and means of searching, detecting, identifying and marking mine-explosive devices that work in real time with a fairly high speed. The purpose of the research is to justify the need to use chemical modules (equipped with a set of chemical sensors) installed on unmanned aerial vehicles for conducting engineering and reconnaissance actions for the search, detection and marking of mine-explosive devices. It has been established that the combination of unmanned aerial vehicles of the multi-rotor type with the appropriate chemical module will prevail over other means of reconnaissance of mine-explosive devices (barrages) in service and will meet such criteria as mobility, speed (operational), sensitivity, reliability, selectivity, reliability, stability. It is recommended that the chemical module include various appropriate sensors that will complement each other and cover the entire range of explosives used to equip mines and explosive objects. Chemical sensors that work on the principle of suppression of fluorescent radiation by the vapor of an explosive substance are promising. The effectiveness of demining with the help of unmanned aerial vehicles with a chemical module will depend on the probability of explosive vapors entering the chemical module's area of operation and the probability of detecting mine-explosive devices. At the same time, the equipment of unmanned aerial vehicles intended for conducting engineering reconnaissance not only with a chemical module, but also with other, additional sensors for detecting mines (explosive objects) by secondary signs will allow to increase the reliability of the search and detection of mine-explosive devices.
Explicit form of the modified model of the material point in the spherical coordinate system
Authors: Bubenshchykov Roman
Published: April 2024

Projectile movement can be described by one of three mathematical models, which differ from each other in the main level of complexity and, accordingly, the level of adequacy to the real process of projectile movement in the air. Differential equations are the basis of mathematical models that characterize the spatial movement of a projectile. A modified model of a material point is presented, as a mathematical model of the flight of a projectile moving in the air; as components of the main vector of the acting forces, the components of the full aerodynamic force are taken into account - the force of frontal resistance and the lifting force, the Magnus force. The differential equations of the modified material point model additionally take into account the rotational motion of the projectile around its axis of symmetry, as well as nutational oscillations of the projectile. It is shown that the practical application of the modified material point model is limited by the presence of an implicit ordinary differential equation. Thus, the total yaw angle, in the modified material point model, depends on the acceleration of the projectile flight, which leads to a differential equation determined by an implicit function. An implicit differential equation defines the derivative as an implicit function, that is, the equation is unsolved with respect to the derivative. This makes the modified material point model difficult to solve. The article describes the procedures for transforming the system of differential equations of the modified material point model into an explicit form, which allows them to be solved on the basis of standard numerical methods. A closed system of differential equations based on the trajectory parameters of the projectile flight is obtained, which is presented in spherical coordinate systems, as well as a system of algebraic equations for projectile nutation angles.
The military BUGGY is the main means of ensuring the mobility of mobile groups of the front line
Authors: Kokhan Vasyl , Sidor Roman
Published: April 2024

The article analyses the design and tactical and technical characteristics (TTC) of the basic combat wheeled vehicles (CWV) of the Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU), as well as samples of foreign-made special strike wheeled vehicles. The article considers their spheres of application, peculiarities of operation and tactical capabilities of each model - as the main wheeled vehicles for rapid transportation, delivery (mobile groups) and evacuation of unit personnel, as well as a means of towing light weapons and artillery systems.
A comparative assessment of the main numerical indicators of APCs and wheeled tactical vehicles on technical, combat, economic issues aimed at solving the main logistical and tactical tasks, namely in sabotage and reconnaissance operations, in organising ambushes to combat enemy vehicles, armoured vehicles and low-flying air targets, as well as in conducting raid operations behind enemy lines and in providing technical support during the tactical evacuation of the wounded from the battlefield.
The aim of the study is to compare the main indicators (financial, economic, tactical, technical and combat) of military tactical wheeled vehicles - transporters of personnel of a mechanised unit of the Armed Forces of Ukraine and the latest ultra-light tactical vehicles for special strike operations of the US Army, as the main developer and supplier of specialised equipment to the market.
The purpose of the study is to identify the most promising models of wheeled combat vehicles that can meet the requirements of the Armed Forces of Ukraine and Special Operations Forces (SOF) in modern warfare and future military operations.
The most relevant samples, after in-depth evaluation and testing of their capabilities, will be able to replenish the fleet of special attack vehicles through purchase, or receive financial assistance to implement the ideas and technical solutions of domestic inventors of the “Buggy” with the support of the Department of Military Technical Policy and Development of Arms and Military Equipment of the Ministry of Defence of Ukraine.