bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Provenienzprinzip und archivisches Denken
Authors: Messner Philipp
Published: June 2021

The following paper discusses the ‘principle of provenance’ as a fundamental concept of archival theory and practice. Whereas traditional archival practice follows an understanding of provenance as singular in origin, current discussions in the field of archival science open up this specific notion of provenance towards more complex forms of contextuality.
Luxuswaren und Wissensobjekte
Authors: Pfotenhauer Bettina
Published: June 2021

The Venetian incunabula and post-incunabula traced in the library of the Nuremberg humanist Willibald Pirckheimer express the significant influence of the two cities’ relationship on shaping early modern culture in North-alpine Europe: The books, traded by Franconian merchants as luxury goods and, due to the miniatures added by Albrecht Dürer, examples of the influence of Italian Renaissance art north of the Alpes, also shaped the development of Greek humanism in the north and played an important role in constituting learned networks. The ambivalent and always shifting relation of their status as luxury goods or as objects of intellectual knowledge continued after Pirckheimer’s death as they became part of important English book collections and in the 1920 s precious pieces of the stocks of the famous Munich antiquarians Jacques and Erwin Rosenthal, the latter studying as an art historian the artistic importance of Dürer’s miniatures in Pirckheimer’s Venetian books.
Clinical, biochemical, and radiological follow-up results of children and adolescents with Hashimoto’s thyroiditis: a single-center experience
Authors: Erbaş İrem Ceren , Erbaş İbrahim Mert , Evliyaoğlu Olcay
Published: June 2021

Objectives

Hashimoto’s thyroiditis (HT) is the most common cause of goiter and acquired hypothyroidism in children and adolescents, especially in areas without endemic iodine deficiency. We aimed to evaluate the follow-up results of children and adolescents diagnosed with HT, including clinical, biochemical, and radiological findings and treatment approaches.

Methods

HT patients, who were diagnosed between 2012 and 2018 years in a single-center, were assessed retrospectively.

Results

Two hundred and twenty-four cases were included in the study, 75.9% of whom were girls (female/male ratio: 3.1) and 66.5% were pubertal. The median age of the cases at first admission was 12.5 (9.2–15) years. The median follow-up period of 196 patients, who continued their follow-up regularly, was 2.1 (0.7–4.8) years. When autoantibody levels were analyzed according to gender, mean anti-Tg levels were higher in girls (p=0.028), whereas anti-TPO levels were similar (p=0.372). A nodule was detected in the ultrasonographic follow-up of 29 (13%) patients. Papillary thyroid carcinoma was observed in 10.3% (n=3) of those with nodules. When the last ultrasonography findings of 188 patients with available radiological follow-up data were compared with their initial evaluation, the rate of heterogeneous parenchymal echogenicity increased significantly (p=0.008). The need for l-thyroxine dosage augmented over time.

Conclusions

Although HT is more common in adolescent girls, it can be encountered in both genders and at all ages in childhood. The incidence of malignancy was not higher in patients with nodules associated with HT than the reported incidences of malignancy in nodules not associated with HT.
I “mali futuri” e non solo: possibili riprese tucididee in Dexippo e Eliodoro
Authors: Cerroni Enrico
Published: June 2021

The reception of the work of Thucydides in late antique authors constitutes a huge chapter of allusions and reworkings, on methodological, structural, lexical levels and more. A fortiori, certain particularly famous passages by the historian are well suited for a study of their reception, above all where key terms or rare expressions are concentrated. The case of the adjective ἀλγεινός, a poeticism declined twice in the epitaphios of Pericles (2.39 and 2.43) offers interesting material of this kind in the work of Dexippus, the Athenian historian of the third century A.D., and in the romance author Heliodorus. Alongside a secure reference to 2.39 in Dexippus (F28 Martin = F34 Mecella), already identified by Stein, it is possible to identify a further reuse in another fragment, probably extracted from a demegoria (F26b Martin = F32b Mecella). In the light of these examples, it becomes more likely that we can see a reminiscence of Thucydides also in a passage of Heliodorus of Emesa (5.29), already proposed by van Krevelen but omitted from the repertory of citations present in the Aethiopica prepared by Feuillâtre.
Σαλμεσχ(ο)ινιακά: Measurement Standards of Astrotheology?
Authors: Akridas Anastasios – Grammenos
Published: June 2021

The meaning and the reference of the obscure term Σαλμεσχ(ο)ινιακά has been on debate more than a century among the scholars. In this article we try to unroll the thread of the research regarding the term, to detect and explain the context in which is referred, to solve the mystery of its etymology and to propose a brand new semantic core, which characterizes a whole stream of esoteric traditions, indicating the anthropomorphical representation of the deity, by giving the ecstatic description of its astral body and the measurement of its enormous and cosmic dimensions.
Investigation and Experimentation on Ancient Egyptian Tattooing Methods
Authors: Pászik Jenny
Published: June 2021

The aim of this research is to use experimental archaeology and comparative studies in order to obtain a potential answer to the theory that UC 7790 is a set of tattooing implements. Comparing the tools, methods, and inks of other cultures that practice tattooing is a way to offer some guidance regarding the identification of tattooing tools in the archaeological record. The experiment reproduced the original points using the closest modern metal and tested each one with an organic mixture of charcoal and water, and Indian ink as a control ink. The reproduced needles are tested on pigskin and human skin to test efficacy and healing. The experiment proves that UC 7790 may have been tattoo needles as they successfully tattoo human skin and were probably hafted implements.
The Birth of Modern Jewish Theology: Reactions to Bruno Bauer’s Secular Supersessionism
Authors: Kohler George Yaakov
Published: June 2021

Jüdische Gelehrte reagierten auf Bruno Bauers antisemitisches Pamphlet Die Judenfrage (1842) auf ganz verschiedene Weise. Gemeinsam war allen Antworten jedoch die Annahme, dass die Mission des Judentums an Kultur und Humanität noch nicht erfüllt ist und auch nicht vom Christentum allein erfüllt werden kann. Nur der mosaische Monotheismus war dazu bestimmt, „den zivilisierten Nationen eine moralische Grundlage zu geben“, wie Gotthold Salomon, einer der in diesem Aufsatz behandelten Denker, gegen Bauer schrieb. Andere Disputanten, wie Hermann Jellinek, behaupteten sogar eine absolute theologische Überlegenheit des Judentums gegenüber der halb-paganen christlichen Religion, wieder andere, wie der Luxemburger Oberrabbiner Samuel Hirsch, sahen im Judentum zumindest das bessere, das essentiellere Christentum. Keiner der jüdischen Gegner Bauers jedoch war mit dessen These einverstanden, dass es sich beim Judentum um ein überholtes Religionsmodell handelte, das nur noch künstlich von einigen halsstarrigen Traditionalisten am Leben gehalten wird. Ob die jüdischen Theologen Bauer als moralisch gefährlichen Atheisten oder eher als Hegelianischen Wiederbeleber der alten christlichen Substitutionslehre sahen, die hier besprochene öffentliche Debatte mit Bauer gab ihnen eine willkommene Gelegenheit – möglicherweise sogar zum allerersten Mal – den genauen Ort des Judentums innerhalb der Entwicklung der kulturellen Idee der Religion in der Weltgeschichte zu bestimmen.
Theodor Heuss „Zu Ernst Troeltschs Gedächtnis“. Eine Gedenkrede im „Demokratischen Klub Berlin“
Authors: Graf Friedrich Wilhelm
Published: June 2021

On September 12, 1949, the liberal politician Theodor Heuss, party leader of the „Freie Demokratische Partei“ (FDP), was elected by the Bundesversammlung (Federal Convention) as the first Bundespräsident, i. e. head of state, of the newly founded Bundesrepublik Deutschland. As a young man Heuss had been a close friend and political ally of Friedrich Naumann, the protestant pastor and left wing liberal politician, supported by Ernst Troeltsch. Heuss then working as a political journalist for liberal newspapers and Naumann’s weekly journal Die Hilfe, was an admirer of Troeltsch, and since 1910 they often met in Heidelberg, at Villa Fallenstein, Ziegelhäuser Landstraße 17, where Max and Marianne Weber as well als the Troeltschs lived; Heuss frequently visited Max Weber’s Sunday jour fixe. When in 1915 Troeltsch became a professor at the Philosophical Faculty of Berlin University Heuss regularly kept in contact with him especially through Hans Delbrück’s „Mittwochabend“, a weekly gathering of liberal intellectuals, professors, politicians and journalists discussing political reforms and the ongoing war. Both Troeltsch and Heuss, 19 years younger, demanded the democratization of the Deutsches Reich, and after the end of the war and the revolution of 1918/19 they became members of the newly founded left wing liberal party „Deutsche Demokratische Partei“ (DDP). After Troeltsch’s sudden death on February 1st, 1923, Heuss wrote an obituary, and, together with his wife Elly Heuss-Knapp, attended the funeral service conducted by Adolf von Harnack. Heuss was a member of the „Demokratischer Klub Berlin“, founded in 1919 by liberal politicians, bankers and academics to regularly discuss the political situation of the new democratic state, the Weimar Republic. Unknown until now, seven weeks after Troeltsch’s death the „Demokratische Klub“ invited its members (the club only had male mebers!) to a memorial act for Troeltsch. On this occasion Heuss delivered a speech „Zu Ernst Troeltschs Gedächtnis“ („To the Memory of Ernst Troeltsch“) which is published here for the first time.
The Impact of Conservatism and Elected Party Representation on Mental Health Outcomes During Major Elections
Authors: Garner Lauryn E. , Mckay Dean , Cepeda Sandra L. , Storch Eric A.
Published: June 2021

Introduction: The American Psychological Association's national surveys have revealed high levels of stress surrounding the political climate since the 2016 United States (U.S.) presidential election. The two current studies aimed to further evaluate the impact of political factors, such as social and economic conservatism and political party affiliation mismatch between individuals and their local or federal officials, on emotional experiences. Methods: Data for these studies were collected through Amazon's Mechanical Turk following the 2016 and 2018 U.S. elections. Results: Results from Study 1 revealed that following the 2016 presidential election, higher social and economic conservatism was associated with less political obsessions and lower levels of depression. Results from Study 2 also demonstrated that following the 2018 midterm elections, higher conservatism predicted lower depression, less political obsessions, lower levels of negative affect, and higher positive affect. Additionally, conservatism moderated the relationship between party affiliation mismatch between participants and their official in the U.S. House of Representatives and both anxiety and obsessive-compulsive symptoms. The relationship between mismatch of party affiliation for participants’ Senators and obsessive-compulsive symptoms was also moderated by conservatism. Discussion: These studies suggest that political factors, particularly conservatism, may impact emotional experiences and mental health symptoms during times of increased political polarization. Future studies should further explore the impact of political divisiveness on individual's stress levels and emotional well-being.
Sleep in Young People With Features of Borderline Personality Disorder: A Scoping Review
Authors: Jenkins Claire A. , Thompson Katherine N. , Nicholas Christian L. , Chanen Andrew M.
Published: June 2021

Sleep disturbance is commonly reported in young people with features of borderline personality disorder (BPD). Examining sleep quality and sleep-wake patterns in young people with features of BPD is essential to inform the development of sleep-improvement interventions. A scoping review was conducted according to the Joanna Briggs Institute methodology. The objectives were to map the literature regarding sleep in young people with features of BPD, highlight areas for further investigation, and provide methodological recommendations for future research. Seven data sets were included in the review. Young people with features of BPD had poorer objective and subjective sleep quality, disturbed sleep architecture (particularly rapid-eye-movement sleep), an increased vulnerability to delayed sleep phase syndrome, and more nightmares and dream anxiety, compared with healthy individuals. Future research should use both objective and subjective sleep measures, include clinical comparison groups, and focus specifically on young people with BPD.
The Big Five Across Socioeconomic Status: Measurement Invariance, Relationships, and Age Trends
Authors: Hughes Bradley T. , Costello Cory K. , Pearman Joshua , Razavi Pooya , Bedford-Petersen Cianna , Ludwig Rita M. , Srivastava Sanjay
Published: June 2021

Associations between socioeconomic status (SES) and personality traits have important implications for theory and application. Progress in understanding these associations depends on valid measurement, unbiased estimation, and careful assessment of generalizability. In this registered report, we used data from AIID, a large online study, to address three basic questions about personality and SES. First, we evaluated the measurement invariance of a common measure of personality, the Big Five Inventory, across indicators of educational attainment, income, and occupational prestige. Fit indices showed some instances of detectable noninvariance, but with little practical impact on substantive results. Second, we estimated associations between SES and personality. Results showed that personality and SES were largely independent (most rs < .1), in contrast to predictions derived from several previous studies. Third, we tested whether age trends in personality were moderated by SES. Results did not support predictions from social investment theory, but they did suggest that age trends were largely generalizable across SES. We discuss the implications of these findings for developing and validating personality measures for use in diverse samples. We also discuss the implications for theories that propose that the Big Five are responsive to, or partially responsible for, people’s economic and social conditions.
Afro-Latinx at NYU
Authors: Rodriguez Yelaine
Published: June 2021

Curated by Yelaine Rodriguez and edited by Tatiana Flores, this Dialogues stages a series of conversations around Afro-Latinx art through interventions by Afro-Latina cultural producers. Black Latinxs often feel excluded both from the framework of latinidad as well as from the designation “African American.” The essays address blackness in a US Latinx context, through discussion of curatorial approaches, biographical reflections, art historical inquiry, artistic projects, and museum-based activism. Recent conversations around Latinxs and Black Lives Matter reveal that in the popular imaginary, Latinx presupposes a Brown identity. In their contributions to “Afro-Latinx Art and Activism,” the authors argue for a more inclusive and nuanced understanding of Latinx that does not reproduce the racial attitudes of the Lusophone and Hispanophone countries of Latin America, nor the black-white binary of the United States. They look forward to a time when the terms Afro or Black might cease to be necessary qualifiers of Latinx.
Capturing Emancipation
Authors: Legros Ayanna
Published: June 2021

Curated by Yelaine Rodriguez and edited by Tatiana Flores, this Dialogues stages a series of conversations around Afro-Latinx art through interventions by Afro-Latina cultural producers. Black Latinxs often feel excluded both from the framework of latinidad as well as from the designation “African American.” The essays address blackness in a US Latinx context, through discussion of curatorial approaches, biographical reflections, art historical inquiry, artistic projects, and museum-based activism. Recent conversations around Latinxs and Black Lives Matter reveal that in the popular imaginary, Latinx presupposes a Brown identity. In their contributions to “Afro-Latinx Art and Activism,” the authors argue for a more inclusive and nuanced understanding of Latinx that does not reproduce the racial attitudes of the Lusophone and Hispanophone countries of Latin America, nor the black-white binary of the United States. They look forward to a time when the terms Afro or Black might cease to be necessary qualifiers of Latinx.
Mechanical performance of roselle/sugar palm fiber hybrid reinforced polyurethane composites
Authors: Radzi A. M. , Sapuan S. M. , Jawaid M. , Mansor M. R.
Published: June 2021

The effect of sugar palm fiber (SPF) loading was studied relative to the mechanical properties of roselle (RF)/SPF/thermoplastic polyurethane (TPU) hybrid composites. RF/SPF/TPU hybrid composites were fabricated at different weight ratios (100:0, 75:25, 50:50, 25:75, and 0:100) by melt mixing and hot compression. The mechanical (tensile, flexural, and impact test) and morphological properties of tensile fractured samples were examined using a universal testing machine, impact machine, and scanning electron microscope. It was found that the hybridization of RF/SPF increased its impact strength corresponding to the increases in the SPF content of the composites. The tensile and flexural properties of the hybrid composites decreased due to poor interfacial bonding between the fiber and matrix. Scanning electron micrographs of the tensile fractured surface of the RF/SPF hybrid composites revealed fiber pullouts and poor adhesion bonding. In conclusion, the hybridization of SPF with RF/TPU composites enhanced its impact strength while decreasing the tensile and flexural strength.
Compression-molded products based on wet ball-milled wood and effect of various preparation conditions
Authors: Abe Kentaro
Published: June 2021

This study prepared compression-molded products from ball-milled wood by thermally plasticizing lignin without adhesives or resins. Wet ball milling for 120 min produced smooth, creamy slurries. The resultant products were hot-pressed at 180 °C and exhibited a plastic-like glossy surface and a high Young’s modulus (7.9 GPa), which was attributed to an increased bonding area. However, hydrogen bond formation occurs more predominantly during wood molding than thermoplasticization of lignin, because a hydrophilic surface was formed on wood fragments after wet ball milling in water. In contrast, when wood powder was ball-milled in toluene, drying aggregation due to hydrogen bond formation hardly occurred probably because the hydrophobic regions were preferentially cleaved. In this case, the hot-pressed product at 180 °C was formed mostly through the bonding owing to the thermoplasticization of lignin. These results suggest that the choice of the solvent for the mechanical disintegration of wood allows for control of the wood fragment surface and can affect the properties of the molded products.
Synergistic effect of mixed fungal pretreatment on thermogravimetric characteristics of rice straw
Authors: Li Meng , Wang Zhinan , Sun Jin , Chen Wanjuan , Hu Xianfeng , Gao Zhenzhong
Published: June 2021

The thermogravimetric properties and chemical characterization of rice straw (RS) pretreated by mixed culture of white-rot fungi Phanerochaete chrysosporium (P. chrysosporium) and brown-rot fungi Gloeophyllum trabeum (G. trabeum) were investigated. The mixed fungal pretreatment showed a synergistic effect, which resulted in an energy-efficient pyrolysis of pretreated rice straw. The differences in thermochemical conversion of rice straw before and after fungal pretreatment were investigated using thermogravimetric analysis and the Flynn–Wall–Ozawa (FWO) method. Furthermore, the pretreated samples were also analyzed by Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FTIR), X-ray diffraction (XRD), and scanning electron microscopy (SEM) to illuminate the changes in chemical composition and pyrolysis behavior. Compared to single fungal pretreatment, the mixed fungal pretreatment worked better and exhibited great potential in biomass pyrolysis.
The adsorption of lemon yellow dye using cationic cellulose fibers from rice straw as a sustainable biosorbent in aqueous media
Authors: Gu Zhixin , Zhang Sijia , Zhu Chuanqing , Wang Lijuan
Published: June 2021

A biosorbent was prepared from the cellulose fibers found in rice straw through cationic modification. The effects of the dosage, pH, contact time, and initial concentration of lemon yellow dye were explored. The static adsorption results showed that cationic modification drastically improved the adsorption capacity of straw cellulose fiber. The maximum equilibrium adsorption capacity value was 137.6 mg/g and the highest removal reached 99%. The pseudo-second-order kinetic model was a good fit for the adsorption process, together with the Langmuir isotherm model. The adsorption reaction was spontaneous, and the adsorption process was an exothermic reaction, which was shown by the thermodynamic model. As the adsorption time became longer, the effluent concentration became larger until reaching equilibrium. The time was 420 min. After desorption using a dilute NaOH solution, the maximum adsorption capacity was still 36.1 mg/g and the maximum removal still reached 36.2%. The parameters calculated from the Yoon-Nelson model have a good fit with the experimental data. In short, cationic straw cellulose fiber is an effective and easy to prepare biosorbent. This work offers a new method for dye wastewater purification and solves the effective utilization of rice straw resources.
Predicting nail withdrawal resistance and bearing strength of cross-laminated timbers from mixed species
Authors: Kim Keonho
Published: June 2021

The increasing demand for sustainable architecture has led to a growing interest in wood structures. Hence, ensuring their structural stability and strength performance is an imperative. This study investigated the nail bearing strength and withdrawal resistance of mixed cross-laminated timber (CLT) using Japanese larch and yellow poplar layers. The mixed CLT was composed of three larch laminas (major) and two yellow poplar laminas (minor). The bearing strength of the mixed CLT decreased as the ratio of the thickness of the minor lamina to nail depth increased. The nail withdrawal resistance differed in the penetration and axial directions of the laminas. In the direction perpendicular to the grain, the withdrawal resistance load of the yellow poplar lamina was measured to be 1.45-times that of the larch lamina. The withdrawal resistance of the mixed CLT with the yellow poplar layer was 17% higher than that with larch. Therefore, the length of the nail used for the mixed CLT should be selected based on the thickness of the minor lamina to achieve efficient bearing and withdrawal resistance of the nail connection.
Comparison of Plant Trait Biometrics for Paired Invasive and Non-Invasive Species to Magnetized Seed and Watering Treatments
Authors: Craig L. Ramsey
Published: June 2021

A greenhouse study evaluated the widely held hypothesis that invasive plant species have a quicker or stronger response to environmental stimuli such as magnetized irrigation water treatments. A second study objective was to test whether the polarity of magnetized water affected the responses for invasive and non-invasive plant species. Six invasive and six non-invasive plant species were stimulated by magnetizing the seeds followed by applying several magnetized water treatments to the germinated seeds. The species were taxonomically paired then the seeds were exposed to three magnetic field treatments, planted, and irrigated with three magnetized water treatments for approximately two months. The electrical conductivity, oxidation reduction potential (ORP), pH of the water, and nine plant biometrics were measured, collected, and analyzed. The study hypothesis was validated when the invasive species showed enhanced responses to the magnetized seed and water treatments. The invasive species had increased growth in seven out of the nine growth biometrics when exposed to the magnetized seed and water treatments. The long exposure time for pretreatment of seeds (six days) and extended exposure time of the water treatments on the magnets (20 h) contributed to the higher growth rates. The average increase in foliar biomass and leaf area for two paired, invasive species was 184 and 182%, respectively, for the combined seed/watering treatments. In comparison the average increase in foliar biomass and leaf area for two paired, non-invasive species was 88 and 111%, respectively, for the combined seed/watering treatments. The physicochemical water properties for the three magnetized water treatments were correlated with plant growth. The combined magnetic seed/watering treatments produced growth rates that substantially exceeded crop growth rates in comparable magnetized irrigation studies.
Thermophilic Fungi with Glucosidase and Proteolytic Activities
Authors:   Zabolotny Institute of Microbiology and Virology, NAS of Ukraine, Borzova N.V. , Gudzenko O.V. ,   Zabolotny Institute of Microbiology and Virology, NAS of Ukraine, Avdiyuk K.V. ,   Zabolotny Institute of Microbiology and Virology, NAS of Ukraine, Varbanets L.D. ,   Zabolotny Institute of Microbiology and Virology, NAS of Ukraine, Nakonechna L.T. ,   Zabolotny Institute of Microbiology and Virology, NAS of Ukraine
Published: June 2021

The directed search for extremophilic producers in order to obtain hydrolytic enzymes with increased thermal stability has an unconditional practical potential for use in the food and feed industry to improve the quality of the final product. The aim of the work was to study the ability of collection strains of thermophilic fungi to show α-L-rhamnosidase, α-galactosidase, cellulase, β-mannanase, keratinase and caseinolytic activity. Methods. Micromycetes were grown under submerged conditions in test tubes at 42°C for 8–14 days. Enzymatic activities were studied in the culture liquid supernatant. p-Nitrophenyl-α-D-galactopyranoside, naringin, guar gum galactomannan and Na-carboxymethylcellulose were used as substrates to determine α-galactosidase, α-L-rhamnosidase, β-mannanase and cellulase activities, respectively. Casein and crushed defatted feathers were served as substrates for the determination of proteolytic activity. Results. The enzymatic activity of 50 strains of micromycetes belonging to 17 species was investigated. The studied group showed high activity: 94% of the strains had at least one, 34% – two, 26% – from three to five enzyme activities. The most active keratinase producers were Thielavia terrestris 1920 and 62, Rhizomucor tauricus 1909, Chrysosporium thermophilum 2050, Thermoascus thermophilus 92 and Thermoascus aurantiаcus 2052 (10–26 U/mL). The highest α-L-rhamnosidase activity was observed in T. terrestris 62 (0.35 U/mL), and carboxymethylcellulase activity −in Thermomyces lanuginosus 2046. Six strains showed α-galactosidase (0.05–0.2 U/mL) and four strains − β-mannanase (5–130 U/mL) activity. Conclusions. As a result new strains producing proteolytic and glycolytic enzymes were isolated among thermophilic micromycetes. Soil thermophilic micromycetes can be used as producers of proteolytic and glycolytic enzymes. Of particular interest are the cultures of Acremonium thermophilum 1963, Corynascus thermophilum 2050, C. sepedonium 1899 and 65068, T. thermophilus 1946, which are capable of producing complexes of proteases and glycosidases in the culture liquid. This indicates that these strains are promising for use as destructors in various technologies processing of complex raw materials.
Properties of nanosized ΖnO: Ho films deposited using explosive evaporation
Authors:   I. Frantsevych Institute for Problems of Materials Science, NAS of Ukraine 3, Krzhyzhanivskoho str., 03142 Kyiv, Ukraine, Kаsumov А.М. , Strelchuk V.V. ,   V. Lashkaryov Institute of Semiconductor Physics, NAS of Ukraine, 41, prosp. Nauky, 03680 Kyiv, Ukraine, Kolomys О.F. ,   V. Lashkaryov Institute of Semiconductor Physics, NAS of Ukraine, 41, prosp. Nauky, 03680 Kyiv, Ukraine, Bykov О.І. ,   I. Frantsevych Institute for Problems of Materials Science, NAS of Ukraine 3, Krzhyzhanivskoho str., 03142 Kyiv, Ukraine, Yukhymchuk V.О. ,   V. Lashkaryov Institute of Semiconductor Physics, NAS of Ukraine, 41, prosp. Nauky, 03680 Kyiv, Ukraine, Zahornyi М.М. ,   I. Frantsevych Institute for Problems of Materials Science, NAS of Ukraine 3, Krzhyzhanivskoho str., 03142 Kyiv, Ukraine, Kоrotkov K.А. ,   I. Frantsevych Institute for Problems of Materials Science, NAS of Ukraine 3, Krzhyzhanivskoho str., 03142 Kyiv, Ukraine, Kаravaieva V.М. ,   I. Frantsevych Institute for Problems of Materials Science, NAS of Ukraine 3, Krzhyzhanivskoho str., 03142 Kyiv, Ukraine, Kоrychev S.F. ,   I. Frantsevych Institute for Problems of Materials Science, NAS of Ukraine 3, Krzhyzhanivskoho str., 03142 Kyiv, Ukraine, Ievtushenko А.І. ,   I. Frantsevych Institute for Problems of Materials Science, NAS of Ukraine 3, Krzhyzhanivskoho str., 03142 Kyiv, Ukraine
Published: June 2021

The properties of nanosized ZnO:Ho thin films deposited by explosive evaporation method have been studied. This work is aimed at studying the effect of high deposition rate on the oxide characteristics interesting from the viewpoint of photocatalysis, namely: morphology and structure, electrical and optical properties, lifetime of charge carriers. Explosive deposition of films defines the novelty of this work as compared to majority of previous studies devoted to nanosized ZnO:Ho photocatalysts, which used equilibrium methods for their synthesis. Methods of scanning electron microscopy, XRD analysis, photoluminescence, and Raman scattering have shown that in ZnO:Ho films deposited using explosive evaporation, with increasing holmium content, amorphization of their structure and morphology are observed. It is related with random incorporation of holmium atoms into the crystalline lattice of ZnO as well as with the fact that the ionic radius of Ho3+ exceeds that of Zn2+. It is accompanied by a shift of the edge of ZnO absorption toward the long-wave (blue) spectral range, the decrease of the bandgap as well as an increase in the resistivity and lifetime of charge carriers. All these changes are favourable for the photocatalytic process involving nanostructures based on ZnO:Ho
Prevalence of resistance mutations associated with integrase inhibitors in therapy-naive HIV-positive patients in Hungary
Authors: Áy Éva , Pocskay Ágnes , Lakatos Botond , Szlávik János , Mezei Mária , Minárovits János
Published: June 2021

Widespread introduction of HIV integrase inhibitors into clinical care may result in appearance of drug resistance mutations affecting treatment outcome. The aim of our study was to monitor the resistance patterns of integrase inhibitors beside protease and reverse transcriptase inhibitors in newly diagnosed therapy-naive HIV-positive patients in Hungary between 2017 and 2019.

Genotype-based resistance testing of HIV integrase, protease and reverse transcriptase was performed by amplification and Sanger population sequencing from plasma samples. Drug resistance mutations were identified by the algorithm of Stanford HIV Drug Resistance Database.

Potentially transmitted, non-polymorphic integrase major mutation was detected in 1 out of 249 samples, while accessory mutations were observed in further 31 patients (12.4%). The overall prevalence of transmitted drug resistance (TDR) mutations related to protease and reverse transcriptase inhibitors was 5.8% (10/173) between the end of 2017 and 2019. Nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitor associated resistance mutations were the most frequent indicators of TDR (6/173; 3.5%), followed by resistance mutations associated with protease (3/173; 1.7%) and non-nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitors (2/173, 1.2%).

The first detection of integrase major mutation and the changing patterns of other resistance mutations in Hungarian untreated HIV-positive population indicate the necessity of continuous molecular surveillance of Hungarian HIV epidemic.
New developments in battery safety for large-scale systems
Authors: Lamb Joshua , Jeevarajan Judith A.
Published: June 2021

Battery safety is a multidisciplinary field that involves addressing challenges at the individual component level, cell level, as well as the system level. These concerns are magnified when addressing large, high-energy battery systems for grid-scale, electric vehicle, and aviation applications. This article seeks to introduce common concepts in battery safety as well as common technical concerns in the safety of large rechargeable systems. Lithium-ion batteries represent the most significant technology in high-energy rechargeable batteries and a technology with well-known safety concerns. Because of this, particular attention is paid to introduce common concepts and concerns specific to these batteries. An introduction of system-level battery issues that may cause problems in larger systems is given. Finally, a brief summary of the gaps in emergent technologies is provided. As most of the effort in new technologies goes toward improving performance, there are significant gaps in understanding safety performance of these new batteries.
Problem Gender dalam Perspektif Psikologi
Authors: Nur A Ibrahim
Published: June 2021

Abstrak: Gender adalah sifat, peran, perilaku maupun karakteristik yang dikonstruksi secara sosial maupun kultural untuk membedakan laki-laki dan perempuan. Adanya pembedaan peran gender dalam masyarakat patriarki cenderung menyebabkan lahirnya ketidakadilan gender, khususnya bagi kalangan perempuan. Dalam perkembangannya, solusi yang ditawarkan untuk mengatasi ketidakadilan gender yaitu melalui pendekatan struktural, sosial dan pendidikan. Studi dalam penelitian ini memfokuskan pada perspektif psikologi terhadap ketidakadilan gender. Meliputi, perbedaan gender dari sudut pandang psikologi, dan analisis terhadap manifestasi ketidakadilan gender menggunakan teori hierarki kebutuhan Abraham Maslow. Penelitian ini menggunakan metode library research. Hasil temuan dari penelitian ini, yaitu jenis kelamin tidak menjadi faktor yang signifikan dalam menentukan kapasitas kecerdasan seseorang. Kemudian hasil analisis dengan teori Maslow menunjukkan bahwa ketidakadilan gender dapat menjadi faktor penghambat akan pemenuhan kebutuhan aktualisasi diri manusia.
Proses Pemberdayaan Perempuan pada Program Sekolah Perempuan Capai Impian dan Cita-cita (Sekoper Cinta)
Authors: Nurlatifah Dini Anjani , Sumpena Deden , Hilman Fathin Anjani
Published: June 2021

Perempuan merupakan salah satu elemen masyarakat yang memiliki peran dan fungsinya. Perempuan sebagai mitra sejajar laki-laki harus bisa mengoptimalkan peran strategisnya dalam sebuah pembangunan. Namun untuk mencapai itu, perempuan masih dihadapkan dengan berbagai permasalahan yang beragam terlebih dalam lingkup gender. Oleh sebab itu untuk mengaktifkan dan mengoptimalkan peran perempuan, perlu didukung dan diberdayakan dengan memberikan mereka kesempatan dan peluang yang sama dengan laki-laki. Islam memandang laki-laki dan perempuan memiliki derajat sama yang membedakan hanyalah tingkat ketaqwaannya saja. Program Sekoper Cinta merupakan salah satu program pemberdayaan perempuan yang bertujuan untuk menyetarakan akses dan peran perempuan, dengan memberikan pengajaran dan berbagai pelatihan untuk memberikan kemampuan dan kekuatan untuk menjadi perempuan hebat yang mandiri. Tujuan dari penelitian ini adalah untuk mengetahui bagaimana proses pemberdayaan yang dilakukan oleh program Sekoper Cinta dan hasil yang dirasakan oleh perempuan dan lingkungan Kampung Munjul Kelurahan Karikil. Penelitian ini menggunakan metode penelitian deskriptis-analitis yang menggambarkan beberapa penemuan dengan menarasikannya dalam bentuk uraian. Dalam pengumpulan data penyusunan menggunakan metode observasi pastisifatif sebagai metode utama, sedangkan metode wawancara dan dokumentasi sebagai metode pelengkap. Hasil penelitian menunjukkan bahwa pemberdayaan yang dilakukan oleh program Sekoper Cinta ini cukup efektif, terlihat dari prosesnya yang tersusun secara sistematis dan memberikan dampak yang aplikatif di kalangan masyarakat yang dibuktikan dengan terjaganya hubungannya baik dalam keluarga serta munculnya rasa percaya diri pada masing-masing peserta Sekoper Cinta untuk mengekspresikan diri seperti ada yang mulai berdagang, membuka usaha tata rias pengantin, dan mampu terlibat dalam ruang-ruang publik seperti keterlibatan menjadi ketua RT dan aktif dalam organisasi masyarakat lainnya.
La centralidad de Cristo
Authors: Ducay Antonio
Published: June 2021

Cristo ocupa un lugar central en la vida y en la doctrina cristiana. Objeto de este texto es desglosar las diferentes dimensiones de esa centralidad, en modo de ofrecer un marco adecuado para entenderla. Para ello se considera primero el lugar que ocupa Cristo en el plan de Dios sobre la creación, se analiza después su rol en el camino que conduce la creación hacia su destino final, y, por último, se presta atención a la dimensión personal y existencial de esa centralidad: los aspectos fundamentales de la presencia de Cristo en la vida del cristiano.
Role of circulating oxidized LDL: a useful diagnostic risk marker in cardiovascular disease
Authors: Mandsorwale Deepti , Sharma Bindu , Singh Munindra Pratap
Published: June 2021

The aim: to assess levels of circulating plasma ox-LDL in various subgroups with different CVD and their relationship with oxidative stress markers, MDA, catalase, and traditional coronary disease risk factors.

Material and methods: a total of 215 subjects divided into four groups comprising 54 healthy controls, patients with the SAP were 52 persons, with the UAP 53 ones, and with the AMI there were 56 persons, respectively. Lipid profile parameters (TC, TG, HDL-C, LDL-C, and VLDL-C), plasma MDA, catalase were estimated by kit methods, TBARS method, and colorimetric assay respectively. Plasma Ox-LDL was estimation by competitive ELISA kit method (Mercodia) with the help of specific monoclonal antibody mAb4Eb. Results were present as mean ± SD, significance level at p-values<0.05 with Student’s unpaired t-test. Data analysis was performed by software package SPSS version 17.0.

Results: it showed a highly significant (p<0.001) correlation in SAP, UAP, and AMI except for age in the SAP subgroup, moderately significant (p<0.01). Lipid profile except HDL-C was found highly elevated (p<0.001) in subgroups than in healthy controls. HDL-C was higher (p<0.001) in controls with respect to patient subgroups. Comparison of oxidative stress markers (MDA and catalase) and ox-LDH in control with patient’s subgroup indicates highly significant (p<0.001) correlation. The correlation between SAP & UAP was insignificant (p<0.05), SAP with AMI was significant (p<0.05), and UAP & AMI were highly significant (p<0.001). Large interquartile range in SAP subgroup suggesting scattered deviation in the mean value as compared to UAP and AMI showed in the box and whiskers plot and concluded that significantly elevated level of ox-LDL in SAP, UAP, and AMI subgroups indicate its diagnostic importance of CVD.

Conclusions: study concluded that significantly elevated level of ox-LDL in SAP, UAP, and AMI subgroups indicate its diagnostic importance of CVD.
Tokenization of educational assets based on blockchain technologies
Authors: Shmatko Olexander , Borova Tetyana , Yevseiev Serhii , Milov Oleksandr
Published: June 2021

Possible scenarios for using blockchain technology in the field of education are considered. Methods and technologies of tokenization of assets, related to the educational process, are investigated. It is concluded, that the blockchain technology is decentralized and transparent with a high degree of reliability, which ensures the equality of all users of the chain's services. The transparency of the technology guarantees the participants in the process against abuse and forgery of documents. The study of the features of smart contracts made it possible to form the advantages of smart contracts in the field of education. This is, first of all, the conclusion of agreements without the participation of third parties, as well as the security and confidentiality of agreements. This ensures that the terms and subject of the agreement are kept secret, and that no one else can amend the agreement. At the same time, storing the contract in encrypted form ensures its confidentiality. A decrease in the cost of operations was noted. Tokenization of educational assets is considered on the example of preparing and defending a thesis with the subsequent registration of a diploma. The processes of passing the thesis in the context of using blockchain technology and issuing smart contracts are considered in detail. The advantages of using blockchain technology and smart contracts are illustrated with specific examples.

A study of the means and mechanisms for ensuring the confirmation of the authenticity of educational documents, the confidentiality of students' personal cards, and student identification has been carried out.

To create a decentralized distributed ledger for tokenization of educational assets, it is proposed to use blockchain technology and smart contracts based on the Ethereum platform
Analysis of directions of modernization of professional training of specialists of the educational sector
Authors: Zaskaleta Svitlana , Oleksyuk Oksana
Published: June 2021

Conceptual and legal bases of formation and realization of educational policy of Ukraine are considered. The vector of educational policy is aimed at its modernization and promotion of broad cooperation with educational institutions, research institutions, public organizations, private foundations of the European educational space, representation of Ukraine's interests in education and science in international relations in the prescribed manner.

Four key objectives of European cooperation in the field of higher education have been identified: addressing future skills mismatches and promoting skills development; building inclusive and integrated higher education systems; providing higher education institutions that promote innovation; support for efficient and effective higher education systems.

The political and legal aspects of cooperation between Ukraine and the EU in the field of education and the involvement of our country in the formation of the European educational space have been clarified.

The main tendencies of professional training of specialists in the field of education are determined. These are: lifelong learning, development of professional skills and qualifications, entrepreneurship formation, quality assurance in higher education, optimization of management and funding.

The modernization of the national system of professional training of specialists in the field of education, namely: establishing direct relations of universities with foreign partners on cooperation in the field of professional training of specialists in the field of education, concluding and ensuring implementation of international agreements on training, retraining and advanced training of foreign citizens at educational institutions of Ukraine
Comparative characteristics of future theater art specialists’ professional training in Ukraine and the USA
Authors: Nabatov Sergei
Published: June 2021

The article provides a comparative analysis of the training of future theater professionals at universities in Ukraine and the United States. The author reviews modern scientific works on the problem of professional training in general and optimal approaches to the selection of criteria for comparative research. On the basis of a comparative comparison, common and different aspects of professional training of future theater professionals at universities in Ukraine and the United States were clarified.

The author determined that the peculiarities of the methodological principles are that in the United States they are presented more widely and more thoroughly in legislative documents; the concept of professional training of future specialists in theater art, approaches and principles in general determine the vector of further development of the system of professional training in the research area; standards in the United States are also comprehensive and specific, which provides better control over the quality of higher education in the theater; qualification requirements in the United States and Ukraine largely coincide (qualifications, features of vocational education - terms and institutions where it is possible to get a profession); content structure and list of disciplines is characterized by flexibility, diversity and differentiation in the US, which provides a wider range of individual trajectory of vocational education, while in Ukraine the list of disciplines and their content is much narrower); forms, methods and tools that are also component components of organizational and methodological principles in the system of university education in the United States and Ukraine are characterized by variability and generally provide quality training for future theater professionals in both countries
Characteristics of structural components, criteria and indicators, levels of formation of value-semantic experience of future specialists in foreign philology
Authors: Svyshch Liliia
Published: June 2021

Changing axiological guidelines is a fundamental topic for higher education. In particular, the modern professional training of future foreign philologists cannot ignore the need to turn to axiological discourse. The need for special attention to axiological issues in the context of professional training of specialists of the relevant profile led to the definition of pedagogical conditions for the formation of value-semantic experience of these specialists. The implementation of such pedagogical conditions is ensured, including by the evaluation of the achieved results. The latter determines the research interest in the elements of diagnosis - components, criteria, indicators and levels of their implementation.

The purpose of the research is to practically define and substantiate the components of the formation of value-semantic experience, the criteria, corresponding to them, the indicators characteristic of the criteria and the levels of their manifestation are determined. Achieving this goal involves (1) determining these elements of the diagnosis of the formation of a certain competence (or desired quality) and (2) their practical justification.

The generalized research experience shows that the diagnosis of the formation of certain competencies (individual qualities) is usually accompanied by the selection of components of cognitive, motivational (value-motivational), operational-activity (functional-activity) and organizational. Taking into account the practice of applying the competence approach to determine the criteria in the work, the criteria of formation of value-semantic experience of future specialists in foreign philology are applied: cognitive, value-motivational, operational-activity, organizational with corresponding indicators, as well as certain levels of their manifestation.

The researched and substantiated elements of diagnosis open the way to practical modeling of the structural and semantic model of the process of formation of value-semantic experience of future specialists in foreign philology