bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Species of the subgenus Psacasta s. str. (Heteroptera: Scutelleridae)
Authors: Carapezza A. , Kerzhner I.M.
Published: August 2021

The subgenus includes P. exanthematica exanthematica (Scopoli, 1763) (= herculeana Horváth, 1891, syn. rest.; pallida Reuter, 1902; simillima Horváth, 1917, syn. n.), P. e. conspersa Germar, 1839, stat. n. (= albopunctata Krynicky, 1871; minor Puton, 1881; argillacea Horváth, 1889; affinis Reuter, 1900; antennata Halászfy, 1954, synn. n.), P. e. cerinthe (Fabricius, 1787) (= horvathi Royer, 1923; antoinei Vidal, 1949, synn. n.), P. cypria Puton, 1881, and P. granulata A. Costa, 1847, sp. dist. (= conspersa sensu Puton, 1881; marmottani Puton, 1887; transcaspica Jakovlev, 1889, synn. n.).
(Counter)Terrorism and the Intimate
Authors: Laketa Sunčana
Published: August 2021

Much of the contemporary scholarship reproduces a disembodied approach to (counter)terrorism that fails to account for bodies, experiences, and subjectivities “at the sharp end.” To broaden the empirical focus and the ensuing blind spots, this article analyzes the varied and interdisciplinary approaches that put to the fore the intimacies of terrorism and the responses to it. It asks: What can the conceptual and methodological framework on embodiment and affect tell us about (counter)terrorism and terror threat? The conclusion argues that this framework does not merely extend the apparatus of terror/security to lived experience, but rather seeks to reframe the dominant notions of what terror/security is, how it is practiced, by whom, and with what effects.
Introduction
Authors: Berckmoes Lidewyde H. , Lindegaard Marie Rosenkrantz , Rodgers Dennis
Published: August 2021

While many anthropologists have previously reflected on longitudinal ethnography— for example distinguishing between different categories of longitudinal research, including the ethnographic revisit, either by the same or another researcher, diachronic research projects, involving continuous and sustained engagement over time, or so-called large-scale or multigenerational projects, among others—there has been little reflection on the way particular topics of research might impact on the longitudinal research process. In particular, we argue here that the stakes of longitudinal ethnographic research come to the fore particularly starkly in relation to studies of violence. More specifically, longitudinality potentially both enhances certain risks inherent to carrying out research on violence, while also offering unique opportunities for better understanding the phenomenon more reflexively.
Philosophy in the Present Context of Africa
Authors: Serequeberhan Tsenay
Published: August 2021

The focus of the article is to explore the possibilities of philosophic discourse in the present postcolonial African situation. As indicated in the title, it will begin by exploring and laying out grosso modo, the character of philosophy as a discipline. It will then engage in examining, again broadly, Africa’s present: the situation that has prevailed since the end of formal colonialism. Consequent on the two expositive presentations, the article will then indicate the role that philosophy can and should play in this situation. The aim is to explore the possible beyond the demise of colonialism in the hope of catching sight of a truly postcolonial future. The article is thus a concise articulation of the hermeneutical stance in contemporary African philosophy.
South African Social Science and the Azanian Philosophical Tradition
Authors: Webster Anjuli
Published: August 2021

This article discusses the contemporary history of South African social science in relation to the Azanian Philosophical Tradition. It is addressed directly to white scholars, urging introspection with regard to the ethical question of epistemic justice in relation to the evolution of the social sciences in conqueror South Africa. I consider the establishment of the professional social sciences at South African universities in the early twentieth century as a central part of the epistemic project of conqueror South Africa. In contrast, the Azanian Philosophical Tradition is rooted in African philosophy and articulated in resistance against the injustice of conquest and colonialism in southern Africa since the seventeenth century. It understands conquest as the fundamental historical antagonism shaping the philosophical, political, and material problem of ‘South Africa’. The tradition is silenced by and exceeds the political and epistemic strictures of the settler colonial nation state and
social science.
Jafta Masemola’s Master Key
Authors: Joja Athi Mongezeleli
Published: August 2021

Jafta Kgalabi Masemola is the longest serving (1963–1989) anti-apartheid political prisoner in South Africa’s notorious Robben Island. Although Masemola is well known in the struggle narratives, not much has been written about him and his practices as a political organiser beyond biographical and anecdotal narratives. This article considers, with a certain degree of detail, an even more unthought aspect of Masemola’s life, his creative productions; in particular, the aesthetic logic that underwrites the master key that he cloned from a bar of soap while jailed in Robben Island. Looking from the vantage point of aesthetic and critical discourse, the article attempts to open up new vistas and interests in Azanian cultural praxis.
Bagaimana Peluang Pengguna E-commerce, E-banking dan Internet di Indonesia?
Authors: Abrar Muhammad
Published: August 2021

The use of information technology can accelerate the Sustainable Development Goals. Research on the use of information technology to reduce poverty, especially in Indonesia, is still very limited. Amid the issue of many conventional retail closings and a decline in people's purchasing power, e-commerce with the help of e-banking can survive in the market. Therefore, research is needed on the opportunity to use these three services from the demand side, namely households as the largest contributor to GDP. In this study using Susenas March 2017 data from BPS and logistic regression methods. The number of samples in this study was 926,218 individuals. The results showed that individuals with working characteristics, young age, owning cell phones, university graduates, using computers, living in Java and urban areas, and having per capita expenditure above the poverty line in urban districts have a greater chance of becoming users of all three services. Although the gap in users of the three services cannot be avoided, policies are needed to provide adequate and equitable infrastructure and increase digital literacy.
Transformasi Hijau dan Implikasinya terhadap Daya Saing Berkelanjutan
Authors: Buhaerah Pihri , Sabilla Kanetasya
Published: August 2021

Transformasi Hijau dan Implikasinya terhadap Daya Saing BerkelanjutanAbstractThis paper examines the linkage of green transformation and competitive advantage at the global level using constant market share and global value chain analysis. Constant market share analysis is used to measure a countryâ€™s trade contribution by comparing a countryâ€™s export growth with world export growth. Global value chain analysis is also employed to strengthen the constant market share analysis by looking at the role of green transformation in boosting the Indonesian competitiveness in the global supply chain. To achieve the objective of this study, data was collected from secondary sources such as the United Nations Comtrade Database and Asian Development Bank multi-regional input-output (ADB MRIO) for the period of 2000-2018. Constant market share analysis shows that dirty manufactured products from Indonesia can no longer be relied on to compete in the US and European markets due to the increasingly stringent environmental standards and regulations in those countries. Meanwhile, global value chain analysis finds that the clean manufacturing industry has higher competitiveness than the gross manufacturing industry at the global market level. For this reason, this study concludes that the future of Indonesia's manufacturing industry to compete at the global level is in the hand of the clean manufacturing industry.Keywords: green transformation; competitiveness; environmental regulation;Â  constant market share analysis;Â  global value chain analysisJEL Classification: F14, F18, Q56
Economy-wide impacts of zero-rated VAT on exports of business services in Indonesia: A CGE analysis
Authors: Sanjaya Tri Bayu
Published: August 2021

The Indonesian government expanded the zero-rated VAT regime on exports of services to include information and technology services, research and development services, and professional services and a number of other activities as stipulated in the Minister of Finance Regulation Number 32 Year 2019. This research projects economy-wide impacts of the policy with respect to information and technology services, research and development services, and professional services using the Global Trade Analysis Project (GTAP) model. Both short-run (i.e. fixed labour and capital) and longer-run (fixed labour with variable capital) economic environment is set to compare the results derived from two scenarios: elasticity scenario (i.e. rebating input VAT by 1%) and policy scenario (i.e. rebating input VAT by 4.57%). The main findings are that, although a majority of sectors are likely to contract in the short run due to the relocation of some resources in favour of business services, there is a likely long-run national economic benefit reflected by projected increases in export volume of business services, real wages, particularly for skilled labour, and real income.
Kajian Kerentanan Ekonomi Indonesia terhadap Pandemi COVID-19
Authors: Wiratama Budhi Fatanza , Nasida Farakh Khoirotun
Published: August 2021

The COVID-19 pandemic is a serious problem for the economies of many countries, including Indonesia. Low specimen testing capacity, causing uncontrolled transmission. The Indonesian economy is faced with a recession. The economic vulnerability to the COVID-19 pandemic needs attention as a basis for making the right policies. This study aims to build an economic vulnerability index to COVID-19 and map the vulnerability of the regional economy to form priority groups for economic policies. This index consists of two dimensions: exposure and shock. It was found that the score for Indonesiaâ€™s economic vulnerability index to COVID-19 reached 56,58. Provinces in Java Island tend to have high economic vulnerability, especially DKI Jakarta. Furthermore, the economic vulnerability index has a significant negative relationship with the GRDP growth in the 2nd quarter of 2020. Through quadrant analysis, four priority groups were obtained. Priority I consist of DKI Jakarta, Banten, West Java, Bali and DI Yogyakarta which need more attention because of high possibility of shocks and structurally more exposed to the economic impacts caused by the COVID-19 pandemic shocks.
Influence of tranexamic acid use on venous thromboembolism risk in patients undergoing surgery for spine tumors
Authors: Pennington Zach , Ehresman Jeff , Schilling Andrew , Feghali James , Hersh Andrew M. , Hung Bethany , Kalivas Eleni N. , Lubelski Daniel , Sciubba Daniel M.
Published: August 2021

OBJECTIVE

Patients with spine tumors are at increased risk for both hemorrhage and venous thromboembolism (VTE). Tranexamic acid (TXA) has been advanced as a potential intervention to reduce intraoperative blood loss in this surgical population, but many fear it is associated with increased VTE risk due to the hypercoagulability noted in malignancy. In this study, the authors aimed to 1) develop a clinical calculator for postoperative VTE risk in the population with spine tumors, and 2) investigate the association of intraoperative TXA use and postoperative VTE.

METHODS

A retrospective data set from a comprehensive cancer center was reviewed for adult patients treated for vertebral column tumors. Data were collected on surgery performed, patient demographics and medical comorbidities, VTE prophylaxis measures, and TXA use. TXA use was classified as high-dose (≥ 20 mg/kg) or low-dose (< 20 mg/kg). The primary study outcome was VTE occurrence prior to discharge. Secondary outcomes were deep venous thrombosis (DVT) or pulmonary embolism (PE). Multivariable logistic regression was used to identify independent risk factors for VTE and the resultant model was deployed as a web-based calculator.

RESULTS

Three hundred fifty patients were included. The mean patient age was 57 years, 53% of patients were male, and 67% of surgeries were performed for spinal metastases. TXA use was not associated with increased VTE (14.3% vs 10.1%, p = 0.37). After multivariable analysis, VTE was independently predicted by lower serum albumin (odds ratio [OR] 0.42 per g/dl, 95% confidence interval [CI] 0.23–0.79, p = 0.007), larger mean corpuscular volume (OR 0.91 per fl, 95% CI 0.84–0.99, p = 0.035), and history of prior VTE (OR 2.60, 95% CI 1.53–4.40, p < 0.001). Longer surgery duration approached significance and was included in the final model. Although TXA was not independently associated with the primary outcome of VTE, high-dose TXA use was associated with increased odds of both DVT and PE. The VTE model showed a fair fit of the data with an area under the curve of 0.77.

CONCLUSIONS

In the present cohort of patients treated for vertebral column tumors, TXA was not associated with increased VTE risk, although high-dose TXA (≥ 20 mg/kg) was associated with increased odds of DVT or PE. Additionally, the web-based clinical calculator of VTE risk presented here may prove useful in counseling patients preoperatively about their individualized VTE risk.
Prognostic factors and nomogram prediction of survival probability in primary spinal cord astrocytoma patients
Authors: Yuan Chenghua , Yao Qingyu , Cheng Lei , Zhang Can , Ma Longbing , Guan Jian , Jian Fengzeng
Published: August 2021

OBJECTIVE

Knowledge on the management of spinal cord astrocytoma (SCA) remains scarce. Here, the authors constructed and validated a predictive nomogram, often used for individualized prognosis and evaluations, to estimate cancer-specific survival (CSS) and overall survival (OS) for patients with SCA.

METHODS

Epidemiological characteristics were compared between low-grade SCA (LGSCA) and high-grade SCA (HGSCA) patients from the Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results (SEER) database. Risk factors for CSS and OS were determined using univariate and multivariate analyses and Kaplan-Meier curves. A nomogram was developed to individually predict the 3-, 5-, and 10-year CSS and OS rates. The clinical usefulness of the nomogram was assessed using calibration plots, the concordance index (C-index), and time-dependent receiver operating characteristic curves.

RESULTS

A total of 468 LGSCA and 165 HGSCA patients were eligible for inclusion. LGSCA and HGSCA patients demonstrated differences in age, tumor extension, insurance status, adjuvant treatment, and survival. Multivariate analysis demonstrated that in the LGSCA group, tumor extension, surgery type, and adjuvant therapy were individually associated with CSS. The distance of tumor extension and WHO grade were individually associated with CSS in the HGSCA group. The prognostic variables were further demonstrated using the Kaplan-Meier method, which also suggested that adjuvant treatment provided no advantage to HGSCA patients. A nomogram was constructed, and the C-index for CSS was 0.84 by internal validation (95% CI 0.79–0.90).

CONCLUSIONS

This research suggests that the distance of tumor extension, type of surgery, and adjuvant therapy are significant risk factors for CSS using multivariate analysis in the LGSCA group. Adjuvant treatment provided no advantages for CSS or OS in patients with HGSCAs. The nomogram may be clinically useful to healthcare providers.
Conflicts arising during verbal communication between law enforcement officers and the public
Authors: Kaznacheyev Dmytro , Tymofieiev Volodymyr
Published: August 2021

The article considers the problems that arise during the communication of law enforcement officers with the population and the key points of public confidence in law enforcement agencies. Here are the main provisions according to which the language behavior of a police officer during the performance of his duties should be based. The main provisions and recommendations are given, according to which the language behavior of a police officer when communicating with citizens should be based in order to avoid conflicts during the performance of his official duties to ensure public order and public safety.
Certain aspects of the legal regulation of joint investment institutions operation in the EU
Authors: Rezvorovych Krystyna
Published: August 2021

The scientific article analyzes the peculiarities of the legal regulation of the joint investment insti-tutions of the European Union. The concepts and types of joint investment institutions have been defined, the legal regime and the peculiarities of their activity have been analyzed. The state in which the right conditions for investment funds are created has in their person an ef-fective mechanism for the development of the securities market, which play a significant role in the cross-sectoral redistribution of capital, enhance the stability of the stock market, stimulate both the internal investment process and foreign investment, promote empowering the state with regard to domestic bor-rowing. The positive role of co-investment institutions in the macroeconomic context is confirmed by the preferential nature of investment funds taxation (or lack thereof), which is characteristic of the national legislation of the vast majority of countries.
Some features of service in the police according to the legislation of the Republic of Lithuania
Authors: Ivanytsya Andriy
Published: August 2021

The study deals with the peculiarities of service in the police of the Republic of Lithuania in relation to the general system of civil service, the status of the police and police officials, highlights the regulations governing the police. It is pointed out that in each country the formation of the specifics of the civil service and the police service was influenced by historical features, being in a certain legal family, the form of the state. It is established that in the Republic of Lithuania there is a special category of civil servants, called statutory civil servants, and they are subject to special legislation and statutes governing their selection rules, service process, social guarantees, legal status and powers, system of ranks, rules for calculating wages, conditions and grounds for dismissal, etc., they are not covered by the Law "On Civil Service". The grounds and conditions of dismissal from the police and the conditions under which a person is subject to dismissal from service in the system of the Ministry of Internal Affairs are given. Emphasis is placed on the need to introduce in Ukraine the Lithuanian experience in terms of loyalty and loyalty to the state.
Hidden behind the screen: seeing the life and death boundary in an intensive care unit
Authors: Patrakova Alina
Published: August 2021

The article traces how the life-death boundary in the intensive care unit is made visible on hospital monitors (in figures and diagnostic images), in medical dramas and docu-series as well as via video surveillance. The starting point is the question of how much the life-death boundary is accessible to be viewed directly – not only with the naked eye, but also with the help of special devices. In search for answers to this question, the author focuses on the semantic field of the “screen” concept. Screen, on the one hand, can be considered as a surface on which an image is projected; on the other hand, it can be a pro-tective barrier. In other words, screen can be a tool for both turning the invisible into the visible and vice versa. This antinomy between visibility and invisibility can be traced both in relation to hospital monitors as well as to TV and video surveillance. Screen has its frames and technical limitations that determine the selectivity of representation. In conclusion, the author assumes that the intention to objectively record the moment of death, to make this boundary clearly visible from a scientific point of view makes it, on the contrary, escape the eye. What is managed to be registered and made visible turns out to be an artifact. In this sense, the life-death boundary in critical medicine appears as a multiple construct – of theoretical, technological, and socio-cultural nature. Probably, the paradox is that this transition from life to death can be seen more clearly with the naked eye rather than with diagnostic and monitoring technologies.
Longevity: from social practice to social technology
Authors: Bekarev Adrian , Pak Galina
Published: August 2021

Russian research projects on longevity are actively proceeding in line with social constructivism. Since Russian researchers, according to some Western theorists (P. Bourdieu, K. Popper, D. Buettner and others), have long been held captive by historicist il-lusions, it is fundamentally important that the concept of longevity discussed in Russian literature should not be an “utopian” but a “gradual, step-by-step” kind of social engineering as a purposeful activity to improve social reality. It has to include not so-cial practices, but rather technologies because of their greater effectiveness. This article aims to reveal the peculiarity of social technologies of longevity. The main problem is the demarcation between social practices and technology of longevity. The peculiarity of social technologies of longevity in relation to social practices is revealed in the grid of categories, such as spontaneous–conscious (goal), professional–amateur (activity), and scientific–extra-scientific (knowledge). Ideally, any social technology tends to become a practice and get a residence permit in the structures of the everyday world.
Digitalization challenges for technogenic civilization
Authors: Maslanov Evgeniy
Published: August 2021

Based on the comparison of technogenic civilization and traditional society, the article argues that the desire for change is a major feature of technogenic civilization. The latter tends to focus on the practice of writing and data recording. At the same time, the new European scientific knowledge, a key element of the technogenic civilization, emerged not only as the practice of mathematized experimental research of nature, but also as the practice of fixing new data and results and disseminating them among scientists. Management practitioners also actively use data capture. The active introduction of digital technologies has contributed to progress in all areas of public life. The analysis of these processes leads to the conclusion that they pose at least two fundamental challenges to the technogenic civilization associated with new methods of recording and processing data. First, the formation of a person's digital footprint raises the question of the specifics of her or his identity in the digital world and its connection with corporeality, and creates new existential challenges. Secondly, the ever-growing array of data and their active inclusion in the scientific turnover results in a huge number of data processing techniques and technologies. On their basis, research practices are constructed that focus on the search for correlations, rather than the formation of “bold hypotheses” that allow describing the world in a new way.
Argumentation schemes: From genetics to international relations to environmental science policy to AI ethics
Authors: Green Nancy L.
Published: August 2021

Argumentation schemes have played a key role in our research projects on computational models of natural argument over the last decade. The catalogue of schemes in Walton, Reed and Macagno’s 2008 book, Argumentation Schemes, served as our starting point for analysis of the naturally occurring arguments in written text, i.e., text in different genres having different types of author, audience, and subject domain (genetics, international relations, environmental science policy, AI ethics), for different argument goals, and for different possible future applications. We would often first attempt to analyze the arguments in our corpora in terms of those schemes, then adapt schemes as needed for the goals of the project, and in some cases implement them for use in computational models. Among computational researchers, the main interest in argumentation schemes has been for use in argument mining by applying machine learning methods to existing argument corpora. In contrast, a primary goal of our research has been to learn more about written arguments themselves in various contemporary fields. Our approach has been to manually analyze semantics, discourse structure, argumentation, and rhetoric in texts. Another goal has been to create sharable digital corpora containing the results of our studies. Our approach has been to define argument schemes for use by human corpus annotators or for use in logic programs for argument mining. The third goal is to design useful computer applications based upon our studies, such as argument diagramming systems that provide argument schemes as building blocks. This paper describes each of the various projects: the methods, the argument schemes that were identified, and how they were used. Then a synthesis of the results is given with a discussion of open issues.
Urban management image classification approach based on deep learning
Authors: Kang Qinqing , Ding Xiong
Published: August 2021

Based on the case images in the smart city management system, the advantage of deep learning is used to learn image features on its own, an improved deep convolutional neural network algorithm is proposed in this paper, and the algorithm is used to improve the smart city management system (hereinafter referred to as “Smart City Management”). These case images are quickly and accurately classified, the automatic classification of cases is completed in the city management system. ZCA (Zero-phase Component Analysis)-whitening is used to reduce the correlation between image data features, an eight-layer convolutional neural network model is built to classify the whitened images, and rectified linear unit (ReLU) is used in the convolutional layer to accelerate the training process, the dropout technology is used in the pooling layer, the algorithm is prevented from overfitting. Back Propagation (BP) algorithm is used for optimization in the network fine-tuning stage, the robustness of the algorithm is improved. Based on the above method, the two types of case images of road traffic and city appearance environment were subjected to two classification experiments. The accuracy has reached 97.5%, and the F1-Score has reached 0.98. The performance exceeded LSVM (Langrangian Support Vector Machine), SAE (Sparse autoencoder), and traditional CNN (Convolution Neural Network). At the same time, this method conducts four-classification experiments on four types of cases: electric vehicles, littering, illegal parking of motor vehicles, and mess around garbage bins. The accuracy is 90.5%, and the F1-Score is 0.91. The performance still exceeds LSVM, SAE and traditional CNN and other methods.
Novel mutation in the MYH2 gene in a symptomatic neonate with a hereditary myosin myopathy
Authors: Oatmen K. , Camelo-Piragua S. , Zaghloul N.
Published: August 2021

INTRODUCTION:

Hereditary myosin myopathies are muscle disorders caused by mutations in myosin heavy chain genes. The MYH2 gene encodes the fast 2A skeletal muscle isoform, and mutations manifest as joint contractures, muscle weakness, and external ophthalmoplegia. Muscle biopsy shows decreased type 2A fibers, and vacuoles are sometimes present in adults with progressive disease.

PRESENTATION OF CASE:

This case describes a full term baby boy with hypotonia, dysmorphic features, dysphagia, and aspiration. Whole genome sequencing detected a novel heterozygous variant in the MYH2 gene. Muscle biopsy showed decreased type 2A fibers and vacuoles in myofibers.

DISCUSSION:

Hypotonia and dysphagia are common in infants with a MYH2 myopathy. However, dysmorphic features and vacuoles on biopsy have not previous been described in infants with MYH2 myopathies.

CONCLUSION:

This case reports an unusual phenotype of a rare neonatal-onset congenital myopathy associated with a novel heterozygous variant in MYH2.
An estimation of efficiency of filtering algorithms of state vector of small-sized observed object with non-Markovian approximation of trajectory
Authors: Zaikin B. A. , Kotov A. F.
Published: August 2021

The article discusses the possibilities of estimating the states vectors of observation objects with the nonMarkovian approximation of the trajectories. The introduction discusses the problem consisting in the fact that the use of the approximation of the trajectory of the observed object by Markov processes in some cases can lead to a discrepancy between theory and practice. In the first section, we simulate the trajectories of observed objects when approximated by a Markovian process and indicate the limitations of this approach. It is proposed to use a multidimensional Gaussian distribution law for generating the trajectory of the observed object. In the second section, a study of the accuracy characteristics of a single-position angular-rangefinder radar and a three-position rangefinder radar are considered. Algorithms α-β, Kalman and nonlinear estimation are used in the modeling as estimation algorithms in these systems. The parameters and characteristics of the simulation are given. In the third part, the results of modeling the process of estimating the location of objects of observation with trajectories of movement approximated by non-Markov processes are presented. Modeling confirms the possibility of using submitted algorithms to estimate the trajectory of a smallsized object of observation, a trajectory model of which uses a multidimensional normal distribution law. It is pointed out that in several cases the filtering errors exceed the errors of a single measurement. This leads to the conclusion that further modification of the algorithms is necessary. In the final part, a recommendation is given on how to further reduce the estimation errors when using Kalman algorithms and nonlinear estimation.
Joint use of frequency-time division and antinoise coding in radio communication systems with FHSS
Authors: Paramonov A. A. , Hoang Van Zung
Published: August 2021

In the context of continuous improvement of radio prospecting and active radio jamming technics along with introduction of automated active countermeasures systems (ACS), the frequency-hopping spread spectrum (FHSS) radio communication systems (RCS) are widely used in order to improve reliability and noise immunity of data transmission. The noise immunity of the RCS affected by unintentional or deliberate interference can be significantly perfected by the combined use of frequency-time division and antinoise coding. This paper explores the case when the interference created by an ACS system with a limited transmitter power covers a part of the RCS frequency range. The receiver gets input mix of the wanted signal, the receiver noise, and probably a deliberate interference also considered as a noise. The article analyzes the noise immunity of signals reception with FHSS in the low-speed radio systems with joint use of frequency-time division of information subsymbols and noise combating codes when the deliberate interference destructively impacts a part of the RCS working band. Dependence of the bit error probability on the signal-to-noise ratio is calculated for the joint use of frequency division of information subsymbols and noise combating codes. It is shown that due to effective use of the frequency-energy resource of a radio line, considering the use of correction codes, a quite high noise immunity of RCS under the influence of deliberate interference can be assured. The indicated dependences of the error probability on the signal-to-noise ratio confirm that the reliability of data transmission can be significantly increased by the proper combination of signal spectrum spreading, applying of correction codes, and frequency division of subsymbols followed by their weight processing.
Kohonen’s algorithm in problems of classification of defects in printed circuit assemblies
Authors: Uvaysov S. U. , Chernoverskaya V. V. , Dao An Kuan , Nguyen Van Tuan
Published: August 2021

The article presents a new method for diagnosing the technical condition of radio-electronic components, combining the methods of thermal diagnostics with the technologies of artificial neural networks. The structure of the method is shown, and the composition of the functional blocks is determined. The implementation of the method is a symbiosis of technologies for mathematical and simulation modeling of the technical state of a radio-electronic device with its physical tests and research of characteristics. When developing the method, specialized software tools for design and circuit design were actively used, such as Altium Designer CAD, SolidWorks, NI Multisim, the FloTHERM PCB thermal analysis module, as well as the MATLAB mathematical modeling and calculation package. With the help of these tools, a number of studies were carried out, including sets of numerical values of the power of circuit elements and temperature indicators of the printing unit, both for the correct state of the device and in states with artificially introduced defects. They, in turn, became the basis of the database of electronic node failures. To implement diagnostic procedures and identify the technical condition, an artificial neural network based on selforganizing Kohonen maps was created, its structure, parameters and algorithms of functioning were determined. The diagnostic procedure is based on the analysis of information from the fault database and its comparison with experimental data obtained as a result of a physical experiment. The results of the study showed that the network automatically classifies the characteristic defects of electronic components using the algorithms embedded in it. The list of characteristic defects in the proposed diagnostic method is limited to a discrete set of the most common faults, because, as their number increases, the use of the self-organizing Kohonen network for automatic classification becomes much more complicated and ineffective in terms of performance and reliability of identification. Among the advantages of this technology, it should be noted that the Kohonen network has the ability to convert largedimensional input data into a two-dimensional array. So, the results are easy to visualize and convenient to use when generating reports and recommendations for subsequent decision-making about the possibility of using an electronic device.
Young adult mortality in Israel during the COVID-19 crisis
Authors: Ohana Steve , Henrion Caude Alexandra
Published: August 2021

In this paper, we analyze excess mortality in Israel during the COVID-19 crisis, focusing on the age group of young adults under 50 years of age, as their susceptibility to COVID-19 mortality is low. Based primarily on online data from the Central Bureau of Statistics [https://www.cbs.gov.il/he/publications/LochutTlushim/2020/p-1.xlsx] of Israel, we observed an unexpected rise of excess mortality among 20 to 49-year-olds in February-March 2021. It should be noted that excess mortality peaks among these young age groups are rarely observed, with low number of deaths that are usually caused by wars. We examined whether COVID-19 could account for this excess mortality. The inconsistency between the reported COVID-19 deaths and the excess deaths within this age group led to consider other potential causes: accident and vaccination. Indeed, the surge in mortality coincided with the rollout of the Israeli vaccination campaign for the 20 sto 49-year-olds, which reached more than 75% of individuals in this age group. This unexpected rise in excess mortality among young adults was also found in two other countries, the United Kingdom and Hungary, which have in common with Israel a massive vaccination of their populations. Thus, our observations should prompt to pause the campaign, while clarifying the underlying reasons for those excess deaths, especially in the context of a low mortality risk from COVID-19 within adults under 50 years of age.
ЕВОЛЮЦІЯ ВІДКРИТИХ ЕЛЕКТРОННИХ НАУКОВО-ОСВІТНІХ СИСТЕМ І ЇХ ВИКОРИСТАННЯ У ВІТЧИЗНЯНОМУ ОСВІТНЬОМУ ПРОСТОРІ
Authors: ЛУПАРЕНКО Лілія
Published: August 2021

У статті досліджено еволюцію відкритих електронних науково-освітніх систем для підтримки електронних наукових журналів (Open Journal Systems, DPubS, HyperJournal, E-Journal, Ambra) та веб(відео)конференцій (Open Conference Systems, EasyChair, Skype, WhatsApp, Viber, Facebook Messenger, Zoom, Telegram, Cisco Webex, Microsoft Teams, Google Meet), наукових електронних бібліотек, архівів та інституційних репозитаріїв (Eprints, DSpace), електронних енциклопедій (Електронна енциклопедія освітян України, Енциклопедія «Історія педагогіки»), реферативних і наукометричних баз даних (Scopus, Web of Science, Google Scholar, Open Ukrainian Citation Index (OUCI), DOAJ, ERIH та ін.), систем автоматичного виявлення плагіату в наукових джерелах (Unicheck, eTXT Антиплагиат, Turnitin, StrikePlagiarism.com, Антиплагиат, Grammarly), систем ідентифікування дослідників та об’єктів (DOI, Publons (Researcher ID), ORCID, Scopus Author ID, ArXiv Author ID, ISNI) як сервісів відкритої науки для пошуку, підготовки, оприлюднення та поширення наукових даних і результатів наукових досліджень в освітньому просторі. Встановлено, що розвиток систем відкритої науки пройшов декілька історичних етапів, а саме оцифрування і використання ПК для створення друкованих наукових видань (1960–1970-ті рр.), створення перших оригінальних електронних видань (1980-ті–поч.1990-х рр.), перенесення наукового контенту мережу Інтернет (1991–2000 р.), руху за відкритий доступ і створення відкритих програмних платформ (поч. 2000-х рр.–2010 рр.), впровадження хмарних технологій (2010-ті рр.). Подано основні визначення термінів і понять щодо відкритих електронних науково-освітніх систем, а також етапи становлення руху відкритого доступу. Статтю підготовлено в межах виконання наукового дослідження проєкту «Хмаро орієнтовані системи відкритої науки у навчанні і професійному розвитку вчителів» (реєстраційний номер 2020.02/0310).
ТИТУЛ
Authors: журналу Редакція
Published: August 2021

Титул і вихідні дані
СУЧАСНІ ПІДХОДИ ДО ГРОМАДЯНСЬКО-ПАТРІОТИЧНОЇ ПІДГОТОВКИ МАЙБУТНІХ ОФІЦЕРІВ У ВІЙСЬКОВИХ ЗАКЛАДАХ ВИЩОЇ ОСВІТИ
Authors: КУЗЬМЕНКО Руслан , ТИМКО Андрій , ПЕНЦАК Павло , РІЙ Володимир
Published: August 2021

У статті окреслено сучасні підходи до громадянсько-патріотичної підготовки майбутніх офіцерів та проаналізувати їх сутність. Запропоновано комплекс підходів: середовищний, інтегративний, аксіологічний, особистісно орієнтований, діяльнісний, культурологічний. Критеріями патріотизму визначено любов, вірність і служіння Батьківщині, турбота про забезпечення цілісності і суверенітету України, піклування про її постійний розвиток на шляху демократичного національного відродження, сприяння гармонізації державних, суспільних та особистісних інтересів у повсякденному житті. Освітнє середовище вищого військового навчального закладу має сприяти формуванню цих характеристик через використання різноманітних форм і методів. У громадянсько-патріотичній підготовці майбутніх офіцерів провідну роль відіграє інтегративний підхід, який органічно поєднує дві провідні функції закладу вищої освіти: навчальну, виховну, розвивальну. Цей підхід забезпечує як взаємне потенціювання (когеренцію, підсилення) особистісних і професійних аспектів та вихід на на вищий рівень професійних якостей майбутнього офіцера. Саме інтегративний підхід забезпечує результативність громадянсько-патріотичної підготовки майбутніх офіцерів. Особливу значущість для патріотичного виховання курсантів має аксіологічний підхід. Ціннісні орієнтації як механізм соціальної регуляції поведінки особистості досліджуються соціальними психологами; ціннісні орієнтації з точки зору формування досліджуються психологами та педагогами; залежність між ціннісними орієнтаціями та інтересами особистості – філософами, соціологами, психологами, педагогами. Особистісно орієнтований підхід стає одним з основних у вищій освіті. Особистісно орієнтований підхід розглядається з позицій ставлення до вихованця як до особистості, самосвідомого відповідального суб’єкта власного розвитку і як до суб’єкта виховної взаємодії. Особистісно-орієнтований підхід покликаний забезпечити здатність окремого індивіда найбільш повно розкрити свій природний потенціал. Зазначено, що громадянсько-патріотична підготовка впливає на емоційну, інтелектуальну та діяльнісну сфери майбутніх офіцерів, результатом якого є комплекс громадянських знань, почуття любові до Батьківщини та активну діяльність, спрямовану на її процвітання.
EXPERIENCE OF USING SIMULATOR TECHNOLOGIES IN FORMING COMPETENCIES TO FUTURE NAVIGATORS USING RADAR EQUIPMENT AND GLOBAL MARITIME DISTRESS AND SAFETY COMMUNICATION SYSTEM
Authors: РИЖКОВ Юрій , МІТІН Юрій , ДІДЕНКО Олександр
Published: August 2021

The article presents the generalization of the experience of using simulator technologies in forming the competence to future navigators regarding the use of radar equipment and global maritime communication system in case of disasters and to ensure safety.It has been found that the amendments made by the International Maritime Organization to the International Convention on Standards of Training, Certification and Watchkeeping for Seafarers have expanded the role of simulators in assessing the relevant competencies of maritime professionals. At the same time, it should be noted that logistical support of maritime higher educational institutions lags behind the requirements of modern shipping industry, the requirements of the seafarers’ labor market, and so on. It is a systemic problem that encompasses all levels of training and skills upgrading for shipping industry professionals. To solve the problem of improving the quality of professional training it has been proposed to carry out this process taking into account the principles of contextual approach, providing for the use of modern equipment and simulators, which departments and laboratories of maritime higher education institutions are equipped with. Training on simulators occupies a special place in the training of navigators, because it allows to exercise modeling of situations, which reproduce the conditions as close as possible to the real world. It is also important to include into the content of academic disciplines some components of simulator training on the formation and development of skills to work with electronic mapping systems, radio and electro-navigation equipment of ships, as well as skills associated with maritime safety (operation of fire-fighting equipment, rescue equipment, first aid on board ship, cargo operations with heavy cargo and containers, etc.). Each of these courses is taught in specialized laboratories equipped with the necessary simulation equipment in accordance with international requirements for training maritime professionals and the requirements of employers.
ПРОФЕСІЙНА ПІДГОТОВКА СПІВРОБІТНИКІВ ПРИКОРДОННОЇ СЛУЖБИ СПОЛУЧЕНИХ ШТАТІВ АМЕРИКИ ТА ЄВРОПЕЙСЬКИХ КРАЇН
Authors: ШУМОВЕЦЬКА Світлана , ДІДЕНКО Олександр , ЛУЦЬКИЙ Олександр
Published: August 2021

У статті визначено необхідність дослідження проблеми формування професійної культури майбутніх захисників кордону з використанням досвіду професійної підготовки співробітників прикордонної служби США та європейських країн. З’ясовано, що в широкому розумінні професійна культура співробітника прикордонної служби виявляється в ефективному виконанні професійних обов’язків, охоплює категорії професійного обов’язку й етичної поведінки. Важливими складовими професійної культури співробітників Митно-прикордонної служби США та прикордонних відомств країн Європи є професіоналізм, патріотизм, відданість, гордість за свою країну. Великої уваги у цих країнах надають формуванню вірності національним символам, почуття громадянської самосвідомості й професійного обов’язку та лідерства.Охарактеризовано підготовку фахівців для Митно-прикордонної служби США та прикордонних відомств європейських країн, що передбачає створення ефективного навчального середовища для навчання та підвищення кваліфікації співробітників. Окреслено напрями програм базової підготовки для співробітників правоохоронних органів й інструменти, що використовуються для оперативного й ефективного виконання персоналом службових завдань з охорони кордону, а також філософію навчання, що передбачає високі стандарти базової підготовки як фундаменту прикордонної служби.Визначено, що на формування систем професійної підготовки прикордонних служб у різних країнах впливає багато чинників, пов’язаних з особливостями політичної і правової систем, державного устрою, соціально-економічного розвитку, відмінністю історично сформованих традицій, національного характеру і менталітету. Навчальні центри з підготовки співробітників прикордонних відомств використовують комплексний підхід до навчання, звертаючи увагу на формування цінностей та розуміння місії прикордонної служби, набуття професійних умінь і навичок. Професійна підготовка фахівців з охорони кордону, окрім всього, передбачає посилену увагу до гуманітарної освіти, підвищення у співробітників рівня загальної та професійної культури, формування умінь роботи з інформацією та навичок комунікації (інтерв’ю, написання звітів, опитування пасажирів). У методиці навчання великого значення надають практичним заняттям, виконанню ситуативних завдань, діловим іграм, тренінгам.
Intellectuals and commitment to global anti-fascism: The Second Spanish Republic according to Aníbal Ponce and Carlo Rosselli, 1935-1937
Authors:   Instituto de Estudios Histórico-Sociales – IGEHCS/CONICET, Pasolini Ricardo
Published: August 2021

Aníbal Ponce, the highest figure of Argentine Marxism in the 1930s, was in Paris participating in the Antifascist Intellectuals Vigilance Committee, and was sent to Spain as a member of an international evaluation commission of the repressive events in the Asturias Insurrection. When he returns to Argentina after presenting a report and making an initiatory visit to Moscow, he speaks on the Spanish situation, on the political limits of the Second Republic and on the recent triumph of the Popular Front and its challenges. There he posits the idea of the events in Asturias as victorious defeat, as a prelude to the coming revolution. Since his Parisian exile, Carlo Rosselli, the leader of the Italian anti-fascist movement Giustizia e Libertà, reflected critically on the Spanish experience, eventually leading an Italian legion on the Aragon war front. Ideologically closer to the anarchists than to the communists, Rosselli warns of the limits of revolutionary action in Spain, but anticipates a similar opinion to Ponce on the momentary defeat of the working class. In both cases, the Spanish experience leads them to consider the transition from speculation to action as the greatest possible destination for the intellectual class.