bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Comparative efficacy between rituximab versus conventional therapy and different dosage of rituximab in idiopathic membranous nephropathy
Authors: Chen Miaomiao , Xu Gaosi , Chen Xuexin
Published: March 2021

Abstract Objective: This study was to evaluate the efficacy of rituximab
(RTX) versus conventional agents and different RTX dose regimens in the
treatment of idiopathic membranous nephropathy (IMN). Methods: After
systematically searched associated studies up to 1st December 2020, we
performed a fixed and random-effects meta-analysis using the Stata
software and evaluated the quality of included studies by the risk of
bias scale of the Cochrane collaboration tool. Results: RTX had a higher
total remission (TR) (OR = 2.663, 95% CI 1.361 to 5.210, P = 0.004)
than conventional therapy for patients at moderate risk for lose of
kidney function (pre-study proteinuria < 8 g/d), however, for
patients at severe risk (pre-study proteinuria > 8 g/d),
there was no significant difference in TR (OR = 0.691, 95% CI 0.064 to
7.423, P = 0.761). In RTX dose studies, standard dose regimen had a
better effect of reducing proteinuria than low-dose regimen (Low dose MD
= -3.999, 95% CI -6.177 to -1.820; standard dose MD = -5.220, 95% CI
-7.160 to -3.279, P < 0.0001). Significant improvement in
serum albumin was seen in patients treated with standard dose than low
dose regimen (Low dose MD = 0.601, 95% CI 0.052 to 1.150, P = 0.032;
standard dose MD = 0.963, 95% CI 0.740 to 1.185, P < 0.0001).
Conclusion: For patients with moderate risk IMN, RTX treatment has a
higher TR than conventional therapy. Standard dose RTX is more effective
than low dose in reducing proteinuria and recovering serum albumin
levels.
Super-selective Partial Splenic Embolization for Hereditary Spherocytosis in Children: A Single-Center retrospective Study
Authors: Xiong Qiang , Wang Ruijue , Xiao Li , Dai Xiaoke , Li Yingcun , Zhang Mingman
Published: March 2021

Hereditary spherocytosis is the most common cause of hemolytic anemia
due to defects in the blood cell membrane. Partial splenic embolization
(PSE) might significantly improve the effects of hemolysis in HS
patients while preserving partial splenic function. However, due to the
poor controllability of the scope of interventional embolization, PSE in
pediatric HS had not been widely studied and applied.
The present study is the first to propose that optimized PSE procedure
to treat pediatric HS patients, which named super-selective partial
splenic embolization (SPSE). We investigated the feasibility and
effectiveness of SPSE. This study was conducted by retrospectively
reviewing clinical data from HS patients treated by surgical treatments
who were diagnosed at children’s hospital of Chongqing medical
university from January 2015 to December 2019. Patients were divided
into two groups according to treatment preference: SPSE (16 patients)
group and total splenectomy (41 patients) group. The data were analyzed
such as preoperative and postoperative leukocytes, hemoglobin,
platelets, bilirubin, immunological indicators, and postoperative
complications. The success rate of two groups were 100%. The
improvement of hemolysis in patients after SPSE was not different from
that after total splenectomy, and the effect can be maintained for a
long time. The average hemoglobin value increased significantly from
6.97g/dL before SPSE to 12.2g/dL after SPSE (P=0.000). SPSE was
performed without any serious complications. SPSE is a safe and
effective treatment for moderate or severe HS in children.
Inference of Reaction Kinetics for Supercritical Water Heavy Oil Upgrading with a Two-phase Stirred Reactor Model
Authors: Raghavan Ashwin , He Ping , Ghoniem Ahmed
Published: March 2021

We present the development and application of a two-phase stirred
reactor model for heavy oil upgrading in the presence of supercritical
water (SCW), with coupled phase-specific thermolysis reaction kinetics
and multicomponent hydrocarbon water phase equilibrium. We demonstrate
the inference of oil and water phase kinetics parameters for a compact
lumped reaction kinetics model through the application of this model to
two different sets of batch reactor experiments reported in the
literature. We infer that, though SCW can suppress the formation of
newer polynuclear aromatics (PNA) from distillate range species, it is
broadly ineffective in deterring the combination of pre-existing PNA
fragments in the oil feed. Quantification of the conversion to
distillate liquids before the onset of coke formation helps arrive at a
clearer conclusion on whether the use of SCW in the batch reactor leads
to better product outcomes for different oil feeds and operating
conditions.
Assessment of predictive models for the estimation of heat consumption in kindergartens
Authors: Jurisevic Nebojsa , Gordic Dusan , Vukicevic Arso
Published: March 2021

The service sector remains the only economic sector that has recorded an increase (3.8%) in energy consumption during the last decade, and it is projected to grow more than 50% in the following decades. Among the public buildings, educational are especially important since they have high abundance, great retrofit potential in terms of energy savings and impact in promoting a culture of energy efficiency. Since predictive models have shown high potential in optimizing usage of energy in buildings, this study aimed to assess their application for both finding the most influential factors on heat consumption in public kindergarten and heat consumption prediction. Two linear (simple and multiple linear regression) and two non-linear (decision tree and artificial neural network) predictive models were utilized to estimate monthly heat consumption in 11 public kindergartens in the city of Kragujevac, Serbia. Top-performing and most complex to develop was the artificial neural network predictive model. Contrary to that, simple linear regression was the least precise but the most simple to develop. It was found that multiple linear regression and decision tree were relatively simple to develop and interpret, where in particular the multiple linear regression provided relatively satisfying results with a good balance of precision and usability. It was concluded that the selection of proper predictive methods depends on data availability, and technical abilities of those who utilize and create them, often offering the choice between simplicity and precision.
The effect of computer use on the occurrence of migraine
Authors: Radmilo Ljiljana , Cvijanovic Milan
Published: March 2021

Background/Aim. Risk factors concerning computer use-related migraine onsets are still unknown. The aim of this study was to determine the prevalence of headaches in computer users as well as the effects of computer use and behavior on the prediction of migraine presence. Methods. A cross-sectional study included 1,500 subjects from the general population who were given a questionnaire to assess the presence and type of headache and questions regarding computer-assisted behavior. All examinees were divided into two groups: the first group consisted of respondents who had a headache, and the second group consisted of subjects without a headache. Results. A total of 67.9% of the subjects had a headache, of which 23.9% had a migraine. Results of multinomial regression analysis showed that significant predictors of the migraine group, compared to the group without headache, were gender (female) and family anamnesis positive for migraine, as well as spending more time on the computer, making shorter and infrequent breaks in which physical activities were less included. Furthermore, members of the migraine group, compared with the group with other types of headaches, were younger and had family anamnesis, rarely made pauses during computer use, and their pauses were shorter. Conclusion. Improper and excessive computer use could be considered a risk factor for migraine occurrence, particularly in young people who have positive family anamnesis for migraine.
Adverse events associated with donor plateletpheresis: A 10-year experience from Vojvodina, Serbia
Authors: Budakov-Obradovic Zorana , Bujandric Nevenka , Grujic Jasmina
Published: March 2021

Background/Aim. Plateletpheresis (PLTP) is a medical procedure used for collecting donor platelets with multiple benefits for patients who will receive apheresis platelets. The procedure takes one hour and is well tolerated by donors. Nevertheless, adverse events (AEs) may occur during and after the PLTP procedure. The aim of the study was to determine the incidence and type of AEs associated with PLTP in donors. Methods. A retrospective analysis of AEs associated with donor PLTP was conducted at the Blood Transfusion Institute of Vojvodina from January 1, 2010, to December 31, 2019. Results. Out of 2,073 plate-let donors, 94.84% were multiple blood donors, predominantly male (98.55%). AEs were identified during 180 (8.68%) platelet donations with no statistical significance in occurrence in the first time donors (10.28%) and repeat donors (8.59%). Mild local reactions related to venous access (42.22%) were the most common AEs. Generalized symptoms were exhibited in 16.67% of donors, 26.11% exhibited symptoms related to apheresis (citrate reactions), and 15% exhibited those related to other complications. It was found that 95.55% of AEs occurred during PLTP and only 4.45% after it. Conclusion. Donor PLTP is a generally safe procedure, well tolerated by donors. Understanding risk factors for a possible occurrence of AEs provides support for adopting measures to prevent them.
S. Mamontov and V. Telyakovsky as two fields of attraction in the fate of F. Chaliapin1 and the Russian opera theater
Authors: Vakhmistrova Svetlana I.
Published: March 2021

Using meaningful historical material, the article explores the parallels of the creative careers of such great developers of the Russian opera of the late 19th – early 20th centuries as F. Chaliapin, S. Mamontov, and V. Telyakovsky. It was the period of rapid development of innovative stage direction, vocal art, and stage design. The outstanding organizers of theater business S. Mamontov and V. Telyakovsky were at the heart of that creative seething. Being representatives of different social strata (the merchant class and higher nobility), they attracted vivid talents and opened them the way of the private and state opera, respectively. The flourishing of operatic art led to a completely new level of performance. F. Chaliapin and a number of other outstanding representatives of Russian opera began their careers at that time. S. Mamontov’s Private Opera which played a significant role in the development of Russian operatic art was founded in 1896. The repertoire of this theater consisted of works by Rimsky-Korsakov, Mussorgsky, and Borodin. Innovative approaches to the opera performance which was considered as a living synthetic phenomenon integrating the concepts of production and stage design were implemented on the Russian stage for the first time. In its productions, Mamontov’s Private Opera used the principles of realism, which corresponded to the spirit of the works performed. Meanwhile, the development of Russian opera during this period was taking place against the background of complex social relations which aggravated many contradictions both in the life of the society as a whole with its differentiation into metropolitan and provincial life, and in the life on the stage with its specific very mobile interpersonal communications. The article focuses on the careers of S. Mamontov, F. Chaliapin, and V. Telyakovsky. Each of them made an invaluable contribution to the development of Russian opera. From the perspective of the historical culturological approach, the article examines the complicated relationship between the prominent Russian philanthropist and theater director Savva Mamontov, the flexible administrator Vladimir Telyakovsky, and the outstanding opera singer Feodor Chaliapin, and their influence on the formation of the personality of an opera performer and on the development of operatic art in Russia as a whole. The article presents abundant documentary evidence of the peculiarities of their relationship which ultimately determined the vector in the development of the Russian opera theater.
Male-to-Female Sexual Violence in Rural Communities: A Sociological Review
Authors:   West Virginia University, USA, DeKeseredy Walter
Published: March 2021

The extant sociological literature on male-to-female violence in rural communities reveals that the bulk of the empirical work on this problem focuses mainly on non-lethal physical assaults, such as beatings. Much more research on sexual violence is sorely needed. The main objective of this review is twofold: (1) to describe the current state of international sociological knowledge about male sexual violence against adult women and (2) to suggest new directions in research and theory.
Implementation of Product Model, Price, Place, Promotion In Improving Noken Sales (OAP)
Authors: Batlajery Semuel , Alfons Marlyn E.
Published: March 2021

Purpose of this study is to determine the Application of Products, Prices, Places, Promotions in Increasing Papua Noken Sales. Method: A qualitative / descriptive or narrative approach in this study. Primary data is direct data from the noken seller. Secondary data, namely indirect data from informants from brochures, magazines, and others. Data collection techniques: Observation, namely observing the object / place of research. Interviewing is conducting a series of questions and answers to informants who know best about the object of research. Questionnaire: contains structured questions to informants. The informants in this study were 5 Yanti Noken and Syria Noken. Result 1). Application of Product, Price, Place, Promotion for noken sales in increasing revenue, models that must be applied: Application of Product Strategy Models, Application of Price Strategy Models, Application of Place Strategy Models, Application of Promotion Strategy Models. The four models must be worked on together because these models are interrelated. In this model, promotion in the midst of the Covid 19 pandemic is the most effective. Promotion that must be done by salespeople, especially through the online social media (Facebook). The seller must be responsible for delivering the order to the customer's place. 2). The implementation of this Promotion Strategy Model must be carried out, in order to increase income, particularly the Merauke buying and selling forum. The price must be affordable according to the pockets of the community, and still listen to government advice to stay at home and keep the distance.
Loyalty and Segmentation of Fresh Milk Consumers in Salatiga City
Authors: Sonianto Sonianto , Maria Maria
Published: March 2021

Fresh milk in Salatiga is a popular drink for the community, from children to the elderly. Therefore, fresh milk consumer loyalty is needed so that the fresh milk business continues to run even though there are many modern drinks nowadays. This study aims to determine the effect of price, cosmopolitan level, service quality and sales location on consumer loyalty and to determine the segmentation of fresh milk consumers in the city of Salatiga. The research location purposively was chosen with the consideration that Sugar Damai Kartini and Sugar Milk Moo focused on selling fresh milk drinks. This research used a quantitative descriptive research type with a survey method. The sampling technique used purposive sampling. The number of respondents in this study were 50 respondents who were consumers of fresh milk at Sugar Damai Kartini and Sugar Milk Moo. The results showed that the cosmopolitan level (X2) and service quality (X3) had a significant effect on customer loyalty (Y). Meanwhile, price (X1) and sales location (X4) do not have a significant effect on consumer loyalty (Y) fresh milk in Salatiga City. Potential consumers of fresh milk are in the second cluster with the characteristics of men having the youngest age and the smallest income level compared to other clusters and having student status with high school education. this student.
Profitability and Dividend Policy Affects Firm Value in The Infrastructure, Utility and Transportation Sector
Authors: Kusumawati Venina Cindy , Robiyanto Robiyanto , Harijono Harijono
Published: March 2021

Previous study uses six bank companies which are listed in Indonesia Stock Exchange as the object and using ROE in calculating profitability. The researcher suggests to using a variable other than ROE to calculate profitability, increasing the number of samples and using other sector such as infrastructure, utility and transportation sector as the object. Hence, this study aims to prove the effect of profitability and dividend policy on firm value in the infrastructure, utility and transportation sector. The data were obtained from the financial statements of company listed on Indonesian Stock Exchange. Firm value as a dependent variable were measured by price to book value, profitability and dividend policy as independent variable were measured by return on assets and dividend payout ratio. They were analyzed using Multiple Linear Regression with classical assumption test in Statistical Package for the Social Sciences program. The results indicated that profitability and dividend policy can affect firm value simultaneously, profitability has no effect on firm value while dividend policy can positively affect firm value.
Why What they Say Matters: The Impacts of Visitors’ Experiences on Tourism Sustainability
Authors: Suryani Adi , Soedarso Soedarso , Rahmawati Deti , Endarko Endarko , Muklason Ahmad , Wibawa Berto Mulia
Published: March 2021

The success and failure of a destination tend to rest on its’ capacity to satisfy the visitors. Listening to visitors’ appraisal and voices is vital in community-based tourism development. This study aims to explore WPP Dalegan visitors’ voices. The data are collected through Dalegan visitors’ online reviews and direct observation. The study finds that Dalegan has a high competitive advantage as family recreational destination as it is cheap, reachable, accessible, has various local-traditional-cheap food, beautiful calm beach and soft white sand as a playing and learning ground for children. Despite its’ comfortable image, some visitors voice unsatisfied services, facilities, nature-caused and human-caused threats. The study also illuminates that Dalegan destination branding is not only influenced by its’ capacity to attract visitors by its’ beautiful marine nature, but also local community characters, community education and values. The study indicates that to develop tourism destination, local potentials are not the only determinant keys. It needs to be supported by other determining factors. One of those factors is tourists’ voices on their impression, comments, satisfaction and dissatisfaction feelings. Linking potential resources of destination and tourists’ meaningful experience can be challenging as different tourists may have different perspectives, wants and satisfaction-dissatisfaction levels.
Prohibition of Violations of Heavy Human Rights
Authors: Adnyani Ni Ketut Sari
Published: March 2021

This study aims to analyze the clause on protecting human rights Article 2 of the UDHR and the state responsibility for the types of genocide crimes of Article 6 of the Rome Statute as a response to the fanaticism of religion, culture, freedom, anarchy, radicalism, and underestimating pluralism, which tends to discriminate, witness and allowing people to kill, kill, and rape large numbers of nations. Type of normative legal research. The research approach used is a statutory approach and a case study approach. The results show that human rights violations by borrowing the concept of performative self-contradiction from the theory of criminology, legal protection, and state responsibility provide protection for citizens who assert their rights are severely limited by Article 2 of the UDHR's human rights protection clause and responsibility Article 25 states against the protection of human rights. Further understanding and unifying the various legal cases that Article 6 has produced so far: both target political human rights violations, attack liberal democracy in general; and the abuse of exclusive human rights, attacking the rights of others. Category of genocide or not, we need to pay attention to 2 (two) things, namely Actus Reus (action) and Mens Rea (evil intention) in action.
Dos navios negreiros às balas perdidas: memória e decolonialidade na poética de Conceição Evaristo
Authors: Hermes Ernani Silverio
Published: March 2021

A Literatura Brasileira contemporânea constitui-se como um campo discursivo plural e heterogêneo do qual emergem vozes subalternizadas historicamente pelo poder colonial. Nesse cenário, destaca-se a obra de Conceição Evaristo que, em seu fazer literário, vocaliza as vivências da mulher negra periférica projetada como “escrevivência”, isto é, a articulação da experiência vivida pela escritora, e pelos que compartilham da identidade da mulher negra, na escrita literária. Ao partir desse contexto, tomo como objeto de estudo alguns poemas de Conceição, “Recordar é preciso”, “Vozes-mulheres” e “Certidão de óbito”, reunidos no livro Poemas de recordação e outros movimentos (2017). Para a análise, objetivo investigar as figurações da memória operadas pelo eu-lírico no resgate da matéria vivida e entender esse processo à luz da decolonialidade. Desse modo, procuro base teórica sobre memória em Paul Ricoeur, Michel Pollak e Maurice Halbwachs; ainda, para tratar da decolonialidade, recorro a Walter Mignolo, Aníbal Quijano, Eduardo Restrepo, Axel Rojas e Edward Said.
Diagnostic Utility of Bronchial Washing CBNAAT for Mycobacterium Tuberculosis in Sputum Smear Negative and Sputum CBNAAT Negative Patients of Suspected Pulmonary Tuberculosis
Authors: Shaik Afshan Ali , Kakodkar Uday , Borges Cigy
Published: March 2021

Introduction: Diagnosis of sputum negative pulmonary tuberculosis can be challenging and time consuming, with many patients being put on empirical anti-tuberculosis treatment. Bronchoscopy helps in early diagnosis in such patients. Aims and Objectives: To assess the diagnostic utility of bronchial washing CBNAAT for Mycobacterium Tuberculosis in sputum smear negative and sputum CBNAAT negative patients of suspected pulmonary tuberculosis. Methodology: This case series was conducted on 71 patients in the Department of Pulmonary Medicine, Goa Medical College from May 2018- February 2020. Patients with suspected pulmonary tuberculosis on chest radiograph and/or CT thorax, but with sputum smear as well as CBNAAT for Mycobacterium Tuberculosis negative were subjected to flexible video bronchoscopy. Bronchial washings were collected from the affected lobes and the specimen were subjected to fluorescent microscopy, CBNAAT, MGIT, bacterial and fungal culture. Results: The diagnosis of tuberculosis was established in 23 (32.4%) patients in bronchial washings specimen by CBNAAT. These patients were followed up after 6 months of anti-tuberculosis treatment and have shown significant clinical and radiological improvement. Conclusion: Bronchoscopy is a useful tool in diagnosis of pulmonary tuberculosis in sputum negative patients. It also play an important role in diagnosis of other infectious /malignant disorder which can mimic tuberculosis.
Yleisten kielitutkintojen arvioijien käsityksiä thainkieliseksi tunnistettujen suomenoppijoiden suullisesta kielitaidosta
Authors: Ahola Sari
Published: March 2021

Artikkelissa tarkastellaan sitä, miten thainkielisten suomenoppijoiden (N=10) ensikielen tunnistaminen vaikuttaa Yleisten kielitutkintojen (YKI) suomen arvioijien (N=44) käsityksiin kielitaidosta ja millaisia käsityksiä arvioijilla on thainkielisten suullisesta kielitaidosta. Artikkelin aineisto liittyy Rikkinäistä suomea-hankkeeseen, jossa thainkieliset oli yksi tutkimukseen osallistuneesta ensikielen ryhmittymästä. Artikkelissa määrällisen aineiston avulla tarkastellaan tunnistamista ja arvioinnissa käytettyjen kuuden analyyttisen arviointikriteerin käyttöä. Laadullinen aineisto koostuu arvioijien kirjoittamista ensikielen tunnistamiseen ja oppijoiden kielitaitoon liittyvistä huomioista, joiden analyysissä hyödynnetään teoriaohjaavaa sisällönanalyysia. 

Arvioijat tunnistivat hyvin naiset (N=8) thainkielisiksi, mutta miesten (N=2) ensikieltä ei tunnistettu. Tunnistamisella oli vaikutusta taitotasoarvioihin: tunnistetut saivat huonompia arvioita ääntämisestä ja rakenteiden tarkkuudesta, mutta heitä palkittiin sujuvuudesta ja yleiskriteerin hallinnasta. Arvioijista thainkielisten oli vaikea oppia ensikielensä vuoksi kohdekielinen ääntäminen. Rakenteelliset puutteet taas olivat seurausta formaalin opetuksen puutteesta. Thainkielisten kielitaidon vahvuutena pidettiin sujuvuutta, johon liittyi aktiivisuus tuottaa puhetta. Yleiskriteerin arviot olivat yhteydessä oppijan tuotoksen ymmärrettävyyteen. Käsityksiin oppijoiden taidosta vaikuttivat myös tiedot thainkielisten elämästä Suomessa ja erityisesti naisiin liittyvät stereotyyppiset ajattelumallit.
МОДИФІКАЦІЯ ТА ПРАКТИЧНЕ ЗАСТОСУВАННЯ П’ЄЗОЕЛЕКТРИЧНИХ ПЕРЕТВОРЮВАЧІВ З РОЗДІЛЕНИМИ ЕЛЕКТРОДАМИ
Authors: Базіло Костянтин Вікторович , Хлівний Віталій Володимирович , Бондаренко Юлія Юріївна
Published: March 2021

В роботі наводяться результати удосконалення технології формування струмопровідних електродів п’єзоелектричних елементів та розробка пристроїв з п’єзоелектричної кераміки з розділеними електродами методом, що базується на технології комбінованої електронно-променевої модифікації. Показано перспективу використання методу термовакуумного напилення при отриманні покриттів електродів на виробах з п’єзоелектричної кераміки сорту ЦТС. Особливістю такого комбінованого методу є здійснення його в одному технологічному циклі «термовакуумне осадження – електронно-променева модифікація покриття» за незмінних умов робочого середовища, що виключає утворення хімічних сполук в осаджуваному покритті на проміжному етапі формування наноструктурних утворень. Встановлено, що утворені за запропонованою технологією срібні покриття на п’єзоелектричних елементах є більш рівномірними та однорідними порівняно з покриттями, отриманими у традиційний (промисловий) спосіб. Як практичний результат реалізації запропонованої в статті технології розроблено конструкції пристроїв п’єзоелектроніки на основі елементів із п’єзоелектричної кераміки зі сформованими на їх поверхні розділеними електродами, зокрема багатосекційного п’єзоелектричного перетворювача. Найбільш цікавим у цьому випадку є те, що п’єзоелемент (пружне монолітне тверде тіло) може одночасно мати різні властивості внаслідок технологічних можливостей методу термовакуумного напилення. Зміна розмірів електродів, їх взаємне розташування дають змогу впливати на параметри вихідних сигналів і відкривають широкі можливості для створення п’єзоелектричних перетворювачів для комп’ютерних систем критичного застосування. Основна перевага використання перетворювачів з п’єзокерамічних матеріалів у комп’ютерних системах пов’язана з їх особливою конструкцією, що дає можливість реалізувати принципово різні схеми в одному такому елементі.
ПРОЄКТУВАННЯ ТА СТВОРЕННЯ ВЕБ-ОРІЄНТОВАНОГО ІНФОРМАЦІЙНОГО СЕРВІСУ З ОБМІНУ ВАЛЮТ
Authors: Оксамитна Любов Павлівна , Свіржевський Олексій Васильович
Published: March 2021

У роботі представлено результати дослідження засад проєктування та створення веб-орієнтованого інформаційного сервісу з обміну валют зі зручним інтерфейсом та відповідною базою різноманітних і якісних фінансових послуг. Проаналізовано складові валютного ринку крізь призму інформаційних засад його ефективного функціонування на світовому ринку фінансових послуг. Визначено коло основних завдань в контексті вирішення проблеми вибору оптимального курсоутворення гривні для стабільного забезпечення економічного розвитку, обґрунтовано вибір засобів програмної реалізації для розробки веб-сервісу. Цей вибір обумовлений можливістю розробникам створювати великі веб-застосунки. В ході дослідження виявлено, що впровадження такого сервісу дасть можливість забезпечити у фінансових та нефінансових установах якісне й ефективне проведення обмінних валютних операцій.
МЕТОД ЕКСПЕРТНОЇ ОЦІНКИ КОНТРОЛЮ ЯКОСТІ ПРОДУКЦІЇ НА ПІДПРИЄМСТВАХ МАШИНОБУДІВНОЇ ГАЛУЗІ
Authors: Різник Олександр Олексійович , Єфіменко Надія Анатоліївна
Published: March 2021

У статті запропоновано підходи до моделювання процесу контролю якості продукції на підприємствах машинобудівної галузі з метою оптимізації його результативності. Отримані результати дають можливість визначити профілі та тенденції стосовно якості продукції машинобудування, виявити пріоритети поліпшення її якості. Машинобудівному підприємству необхідно проводити моніторинг щодо задоволення споживачів, визначивши способи одержання цієї інформації, вчасно розробляти методи оцінювання та проводити аналіз отриманої інформації з метою задоволення потреб споживачів. Моделювання дає змогу вчасно виявити виникнення кризових явищ для кваліметричного оцінювання контролю якості виготовлення продукції машинобудівної галузі, відстежувати динаміку і тенденції змін, що відбуваються.
МАТЕМАТИЧНА МОДЕЛЬ ДИФУЗІЙНИХ ПРОЦЕСІВ ПІД ЧАС ЕЛЕКТРОННОКАТАЛІТИЧНОЇ ПЕРЕРОБКИ СО2 В ОРГАНІЧНІ СПОЛУКИ
Authors: Починок Володимир Вікторович , Вязовик Віталій Миколайович
Published: March 2021

Сучасне суспільство викидає в навколишнє атмосферне повітря велику кількість різноманітних хімічних сполук, серед яких – СО2, якого викидаються мільйони тонн. Одним із напрямів його переробки є електроннокаталітична переробка СО2 в органічні сполуки. Важливою складовою цього методу є дифузійні процеси, які через нетривалий час існування частини сполук найкраще досліджувати за допомогою математичної моделі. Тому було складено і вирішено математичну модель дифузійних процесів на поверхні каталізатора при електроннокаталітичній переробці СО2. В результаті моделювання отримано залежності коефіцієнта дифузії, швидкості дрейфу частинок, загального об’ємного коефіцієнта масовіддачі, а також швидкості масовіддачі.
ПРОГРАМУВАННЯ РЕЖИМУ НЕНАВАНТАЖЕНОГО РЕЗЕРВУВАННЯ У КОМП’ЮТЕРНИХ СИСТЕМАХ КРИТИЧНОГО ЗАСТОСУВАННЯ
Authors: Прокопенко Тетяна Олександрівна , Можаєв Михайло Олександрович , Рудницький Сергій Володимирович , Рудницька Юлія Володимирівна
Published: March 2021

Особливого значення на сьогодні в задачах підвищення ефективності використання каналів комп’ютерних систем критичного застосування набуває якісний контроль переміжних відмов, частка яких в усьому потоці відмов становить приблизно 80–90 %, а також правильна ідентифікація стану цих каналів на основі аналізу сигналів помилок за мінімальний час їх відімкнення від рішення «корисних» задач. Розробка моделей і алгоритмів аналізу послідовностей помилок, які є наслідком збоїв каналів КСКЗ з мажоритарним резервуванням, є основою програмування режиму ненавантаженого резервування. Це дасть можливість мінімізувати ймовірність недостовірної ідентифікації їхнього технічного стану. Досліджується надійність комп’ютерних систем критичного застосування, що використовують режим ненавантаженого резервування з точки зору стійкості до короткочасних збоїв, і визначаються області їх доцільного використання. Отримані у статті аналітичні вирази дають змогу робити вибір ненавантажених резервованих структур КСКЗ скорочень і є основою відповідного програмного забезпечення.
ПІДХІД ДО МОДЕЛЮВАННЯ ПОВЕДІНКОВИХ ПРОЯВІВ У СОЦІАЛЬНОМУ ІНЖИНІРИНГУ В ІНТЕРЕСАХ ЗАХИСТУ ІНФОРМАЦІЇ
Authors: Баландіна Наталія Миколаївна , Василенко Микола Дмитрович , Слатвінська Валерія Миколаївна , Сисоєнко Світлана Володимирівна
Published: March 2021

Стаття покликана стимулювати інтерес до особливостей підходів до моделювання поведінки людини в інформаційному середовищі та соціальному інжинірингу з метою забезпечення безпеки інформації в інформаційному кіберсередовищі. Розглянуто проблеми побудови кількісної теорії людських систем. З огляду на те, що поведінка людини не піддається математичному моделюванню, жодна зі створених моделей не може бути застосована для здійснення поведінкового аналізу. Доведено потребу в новому методологічному підході до побудови моделі поведінки людини в цифровій сфері, спрямованої на захист інформації в соціальному інжинірингу. Запропоновано синергійно-криптографічний підхід до побудови моделі поведінкових проявів в умовах соціального інжинірингу та в інтересах захисту інформації.
МЕТОД ЦИКЛОВОЇ СИНХРОНІЗАЦІЇ НА ОСНОВІ ПЕРЕСТАНОВОК
Authors: Фауре Еміль Віталійович , Швидкий Валерій Васильович , Щерба Анатолій Іванович , Харін Олександр Олександрович , Ступка Богдан Анатолійович
Published: March 2021

У роботі розроблено та досліджено метод циклової синхронізації приймальної та пере-давальної станцій телекомунікаційних систем передавання інформації з нероздільним факторіальним кодуванням в умовах впливу в каналі зв’язку завад високої інтенсивності. Розроблений метод базується на використанні як синхрокомбінації перестановки чисел, її поділу на префіксну та суфіксну частини, а також на мажоритарній обробці прийнятих фрагментів. Теоретично визначено та досліджено ймовірнісні показники розробленого методу: ймовірність правильного встановлення синхронізму та ймовірність хибного встановлення синхронізму. Розроблено структурну схему пристрою циклової синхронізації. Побудовано програмну модель передаван-ня даних, в якій реалізовано розроблений алгоритм встановлення циклового синхронізму. Оцінено експериментально отримані ймовірнісні характеристики розробленого методу. Підтвер-джено їх відповідність теоретичним показникам.
РЕАЛІЗАЦІЯ ФІЛЬТРА З ПОСТФІЛЬТРАЦІЙНИМ ПРИЙНЯТТЯМ РІШЕННЯ НА МІКРОПРОЦЕСОРНИХ АРХІТЕКТУРАХ З ВЕКТОРНИМ РОЗШИРЕННЯМ ДЛЯ ЗАБЕЗПЕЧЕННЯ ПОКАЗНИКІВ ЕФЕКТИВНОСТІ СУДОВОЇ ЕКСПЕРТИЗИ
Authors: Васильченков Олег Георгійович , Євсіна Наталія Олександрівна , Сальніков Дмитро Валентинович , Буслов Павло Володимирович
Published: March 2021

Наводяться результати досліджень засобів забезпечення показників ефективності судової експертизи зображень, у тому числі й цифрових. Проводиться аналіз основних завдань, що стоять при експертизі зображень, і методи їх розв’язання. Основною проблемою таких досліджень є недостатня автоматизація процесу обробки зображень при експертизі. Об’єктом дослідження є процес фільтрації зображень, предметом досліджень – фільтри, які використовуються при обробці зображень. В результаті аналізу реалізацій детекторів шуму встановлено, що вони є обчислювально складними. А апаратні витрати на реалізацію алгоритму на сучасних мікропроцесорах і програмованих інтегральних схемах можуть істотно обмежувати застосування таких алгоритмів у додатках, що вимагають обробки в реальному часі. Метою статті є побудова швидкодіючої реалізації фільтра з постфільтраційним прийняттям рішення на сучасних процесорних архітектурах. Наведено результати аналізу можливості використання векторних інструкцій сучасних процесорних архітектур, розглянуто алгоритми векторизації сортування для ефективної реалізації підпрограми пошуку медіанного значення всередині поточного і проведено моделювання фільтра з постфільтраційним прийняттям рішення з метою з’ясування придатності для використання в задачах реального часу. В результаті проведених досліджень вперше запропоновано метод векторизованої реалізації фільтра з постфільтраційним прийняттям рішення, придатний для процесорів з набором команд SIMD ARM NEON, Intel SSE або AVX; розглянуто використання сортувальних мереж як алгоритму пошуку медіани для процесорів з векторним розширенням; вперше побудовано реалізацію фільтра описаним методом для процесора ARM Cortex-A9 в складі SOC Intel Cyclone® V SE 5CSEBA6U23I7NDK; проведено моделювання роботи фільтра на ARM Cortex-A9. Швидкість обробки зображення 512x512 пікселів становила понад 500 кадрів на секунду. Швидкість обробки напівтонових зображень FullHD – понад 60 кадрів на секунду.
Out-of-class English Practicing
Authors: Ahmed Zhakaw H. , Ali Wrya I.
Published: March 2021

Research in Second/Foreign language learning indicates that using English outside of the classroom is an essential part of the language learning process. However, certain studies have been cared out on university-level EFL students indicate that students use English minimally when outside of the classroom. This study furthers the research on English use outside of the classroom to more fully understand out-of-d all types of language learners and the link between language proficiency and out-of-class English language use. For methodology, three private universities in Erbil are concerned. The tools that are used in this study is a questionnaire and also interview. Validity and reliabilities are regarded here. The aims are to investigate the use of of-out-of class activity type that promotes using English and even their attitudes toward the benefits of using English outside of class. Research explores some recommendations to English language departments in the three universities which are helpful for the students’ language proficiency, the research also provides some suggestions for further studies.
Strategies for primary care providers in British Columbia's community primary care practice settings to prevent burnout
Authors:   , Kitchen Kimberly
Published: March 2021

Primary care providers (PCPs) suffer from high rates of burnout. Burnout is the result of chronic workplace stress. Burnout can significantly impact the PCP’s personal and professional life and can lead to devastating consequences. Literature often addresses organization level strategies to improve burnout rates but there is a dearth of literature focusing specifically on PCP-directed strategies to prevent burnout. Using Whittemore and Knafl’s (2005) method for integrative literature reviews, ten articles were reviewed. Results suggest that PCPs can reduce burnout by building a strong professional community. Additionally, the results suggest that burnout may be prevented by strengthening one’s personal resources via positive emotions. Recommendations for building a strong professional community and strengthening the PCP’s personal resources are discussed and specific strategies PCPs can implement are presented.
Institutional competitiveness of Central and Eastern European countries and the inflow of foreign direct investments
Authors: Owczarczuk Magdalena
Published: March 2021

Motivation: Central and Eastern European countries (CEE) in spite of a long period of European Union membership and integration with the developed economies of Western Europe are still on the path of convergence, i.e. pursuing the highly developed countries in terms of, among others, GDP per capita. Assuming that the FDI inflow carries numerous benefits for the economic growth of the recipient country, those economies still compete against one another for foreign capital. One of the factors that attracts FDI is high quality of institutional surrounding.
Aim: assessment of institutional competitiveness of the selected CEE countries (Czech Republic, Estonia, Lithuania, Latvia, Poland, Slovakia, Slovenia, Hungary) as well as verification of the relationship between institutional competitiveness and the FDI inflow to the analyzed economies.
Materials and methods: The article reviews positions obtained by the selected CEE countries in the ranking of competitiveness published by Global Economic Forum (Global Competitiveness Report). The analysis and assessment of CEE countries competitiveness focused around the institutional quality assessment. Quantitatively, the connection was revealed between competitiveness ranking in the field of institutions and FDI inflow per capita and FDI as % of GDP to the economies under consideration.
Results: the analysis of the global competitiveness index (GCI) allows to notice that among the CEE countries, Estonia is characterized with the highest institutional competitiveness. The detailed analysis indicated that low social capital quality decreases institutional competitiveness in case of all analyzed economies. The conducted quantitative analysis of the potential link between the GCI?Pillar 1. Institutions index and the inflow of foreign direct investments to CEE countries indicates the positive correlation of those variables. Higher index values (institution quality assessment) corresponds to the higher FDI per capita level and FDI calculated as GDP percentage.
Gendering Placement in Displacement: Transnational Im/mobility and the Refugee Camp in Emer Martin’s Baby Zero
Authors:   University of the Balearic Islands, Rosende Pérez Aida
Published: March 2021

This article concentrates on the analysis of the space of the refugee camp in Emer Martin’s third novel Baby Zero (2007), critically appraising this space as a fundamental site of transnational im/mobility simultaneously “homing” those who have been violently expulsed from their home, as well as retaining them as a measure of containment of migratory flows. As such, the camp will be posed here as a relevant example of the necropolitics (Mbembe) that extremely precarise the lives of displaced populations thrusting them into bare lives (Agamben), while concurrently pushing forward a much needed insight into its gendered inflections. This examination will evidence not only that “placement in displacement matters” (Hyndman 25), but also that placement in displacement is profoundly gendered and brings with it distinct forms of violence that feed on the extreme social vulnerability of women and girls in conflict zones and also in refugee settlements.
Patrick MacGill: Traducción al español de una selección de sus poemas y semblanza crítica
Authors: Pulido José Manuel
Published: March 2021

During the First World War, Patrick MacGill served with the London Irish Rifles, although once in the conflict, he worked as a stretcher-bearer. On the battlefield, he wrote his war novels and his book of poetry, Soldier Songs, where the poems “The Cross”, “I Will Go Back” and “The Trench” are included. In this article, the reader will find the first translation into Spanish of these three poems and a critical profile, overviewing MacGill´s life from his birth in Glenties to his death in the United States and analyzing how all his literary production is related to his own experiences and certain decisions taken, which will influence both his successes and failures.
“It happened to all of us”: Disclosing Sexual Abuse in Catholic Ireland in Roddy Doyle’s Smile
Authors:   Universitat Autònoma Barcelona, Schlesier Corrales Lluïsa
Published: March 2021

In Smile (2017), Roddy Doyle represents a society that is still heavily influenced by the moral authority of the Catholic Church and that, therefore, avoids any open discussion about sexuality in any of its manifestations. In the midst of this climate, Victor Forde, the working-class protagonist of the novel, tries to disclose the sexual abuse he suffered as a child in a Christian Brotherhood School. In my article, I argue that the silences and taboos that permeate the society as represented in the novel, and the protagonist’s awareness that his social position made him the perfect target for abuse, condition Victor’s only opportunity for disclosure; this – and the absolute failure of his attempts at divulgence – ultimately frustrates his chances of healing from trauma and of leading an ordinary life.
In Dialogue with Writing. Clare Boylan’s Non-Fiction
Authors: Tallone Giovanna
Published: March 2021

In 1993 Clare Boylan edited a collection of essays by diverse writers on the act of writing entitled The Agony and the Ego. The Art and Strategy of Fiction Writing Explored. Here, Boylan takes the double stance of an outsider, as a critic, and of an insider, as a writer, and her concern with other writers’ work highlights her own preoccupation with writing and creativity, thus providing an interesting insight into her own fiction too. Besides writing seven novels and three collections of short stories, Clare Boylan also produced personal, autobiographical and critical pieces in a variety of essays and newspaper articles. She also showed a rigorous stance as editor in the thorough and engaging Literary Companion to Cats (1994). In particular, Boylan’s non-fiction work includes essays on Kate O’Brien and Molly Keane, as well as an introduction to Maeve Brennan’s posthumous novella The Visitor. Her critical work shows rigorous attention to texts and imagery, but also patterns of affinities with the writers she takes into account. The purpose of this essay is to analyse samples of Clare Boylan’s critical work vis-à-vis her own fiction. Significant cross-references can be identified which cast new perspectives on her literary work.
“‘Idle Talk, Idle Talk, Idle Talk’: Samuel Beckett, Anglo-Ireland, and Heideggerian Thought”
Authors:   NUI Maynooth, Price Graham
Published: March 2021

This essay analyses Samuel Beckett’s Trilogy and Waiting for Godot through the enabling theoretical lens of Martin Heidegger’s Being and Time. Special attention shall be paid to key Heideggerian concepts: idle talk, authenticity, and inauthenticity. A Heideggerian reading of Beckett’s influential middle period allows for a rich exploration of how his works provide a vision of the psychological state of the formerly powerful Anglo-Irish in post-independence Ireland. A Beckettian reading of Heidegger demonstrates how Heideggerian thought has been at the forefront of elucidating key challenges posed in the Twentieth Century concerning ways of being-in-the-world and being-with-others that allows for the authenticity of individual subjectivities.
From “dead saint” to “lyreless Orpheus”: post-traumatic narrativization of myths and fairy tales in John Banville’s The Sea and Anne Enright’s The Gathering
Authors:   École Normale Supérieure de Lyon
Published: March 2021

In The Sea (2005) and The Gathering (2007), John Banville and Anne Enright incorporate modernist and postmodernist intertextuality into accounts of bereavement. While the shattered existence of the protagonists is seemingly devoid of religious belief, they mobilize the palimpsestic immemorial past of mythological and fairy-tale intertexts to make sense of broken realities. The narrators’ self-portraits and invocations of lost people and places, oscillating between reminiscence and mythification, underscore postmodernism’s play with canonical stories. Both authors use mythological syncretism to express their characters’ quest for meaning: while Greek, Egyptian and Norse gods invade The Sea’s modern-day “Atlantis” (132), The Gathering is peopled with subverted Christian and Irish figures. However, rather than restoring coherence, myth and fairy-tale tropes are suffused with desperate irony, and the magic spell woven by mythological counterpoints turns out to be a post-traumatic, grimacing reflection of the characters’ troubled psyches, or an obfuscating screen. By interweaving and debunking seminal myths and tales, Banville and Enright give life to personal myths that bespeak the characters’ deep-seated sense of loss and disenchantment. The reader is thus left wondering if, by filling the gaps of post-traumatic memory with mythological rewritings, these defamiliarizing narratives of bereavement convey potential solace or reinforce their protagonists’ post-traumatic loss of landmarks.
Edición de «La vida del pícaro. Primera parte» de Félix Persio, Bertiso
Authors: García Pérez Marcos
Published: March 2021

En este artículo realizo un breve estudio y edición de La vida del pícaro. Primera parte de Félix Persio, Bertiso (Madrid, María de Quiñones, 1650), que hasta ahora permanecía inédita y desaparecida. Añado un aparato de notas con el que trato de explicar las estrofas y los términos más difíciles de comprender.
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Authors: BARRENA GÓMEZ ANA
Published: March 2021

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