bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Evaluation Urban Land Use Related Policies to Reduce Urban Sprawl Environmental Consequences in Amman City-Jordan Compared with Other Two Cities
Authors: Abdeljawad Nour , Nagy Imre
Published: February 2023

Cities urgently need effective policies and plans for strategic urban development that can slow down uncontrolled urban growth. Due to the implementation of numerous sustainable urban development policies throughout the Middle East over the past twenty years, sustainable urbanization is now more widely acknowledged. Some of these policies and methods have been found to be successful in improving the sustainability of cities. Amman’s plans to develop the city have been in the process like that of 2025 as a master plan, and these were drafted in 2006 and 2008. However, its growth has been affected by the issue of increased urbanization or urban/suburban sprawl, hence limiting sustainable development. The researcher used the analytical approach to mobilize the critical literature review, this paper has conducted a comprehensive study on the best practices of sustainable urbanization policies in the Middle East. Best practice methods and results have been identified. The results were also presented in different Middle Eastern regions in cities such as Cairo and Istanbul. Considering the effects of urbanization and urban sprawl and its mitigating measures, this paper can be regarded as foundational research in evaluating the relationship between policy implementation and urban environmental management. Future studies should investigate the impacts of urbanization on land use and land cover changes in the city of Amman and their effect on the environment.
Environmental Protection Solutions for Heritage Buildings from Air Pollution Impacts “Case-Study of Qasr El-Manial, Cairo, Egypt”
Authors: Nagy Gehan , Dewidar Khalid , Azouz Mona , Nessim Marian , Salem Dina , , Sabry Yasmine , Ashraf Fayrouz
Published: February 2023

The current local strategies are reactive in response to risk or damage, usually in the form of treatments, repairs and retrofitting on the building scale, there is a need for proactive strategies that rely on preventive conservation concepts which can be more sustainable and cost effective as it minimizes the possibility of deterioration and risk through controlling its cause on different scales. In order to conserve historic buildings from deterioration caused by air pollution, the impact of air pollution on these buildings need specification and quantification in order to control below the tolerable thresholds using convenient strategies on the appropriate scale. The main objective is to minimize deterioration of Historic Buildings caused by Air Pollution through the development of a framework for local management preservation strategies. A survey conducted to validate the framework. This will lead to types of preventions (UNESCO PRECOMOS Chair) as follows; primary prevention by avoiding the causes of the unwanted effect (damage), secondary prevention as the means of monitoring that allow an early detection of the symptoms of the unwanted effects, and tertiary prevention that allow avoiding further spread of the unwanted effect or the generation of new unwanted (side) effects.
Sustainability Analysis of Anaerobic Digestion Systems for Decentralized Waste Management
Authors: Rahmat-Ullah Zakiya , Abdallah Mohamed , Bhattacharjee Sourjya , Shanableh Abdallah
Published: February 2023

Life cycle assessment (LCA) and life cycle costing (LCC) analyses were utilized to assess decentralized anaerobic digestion (AD)-based solid waste management (SWM) plans for a remote community. A hypothetical developing community of 20,000 habitants was selected with an average municipal solid waste (MSW) generation of 0.51 kg/capita/day. Sustainable SWM is needed to ensure both the environmental and economic aspects. In order to exploit the resource value of the high food fractions in developing countries, sustainable waste management alternatives have been emerged and compared to the commonly used SWM scenario (landfills). The scenario included, collection and transportation of waste, material recovery facility (MRF), AD, and landfilling processes. WRATE software databases were used to obtain data for the life cycle inventory (LCI). The functional unit has been selected as the management of 1 ton of MSW for a study period of 20 years. The scenarios were evaluated via the CML 2001 impact assessment method covering 6 categories including climate change, eutrophication potential, acidification potential, freshwater aquatic ecotoxicity, human toxicity, and resource depletion. The findings revealed that the proposed strategy improved the life cycle environmental performance in all impact categories and resulted in significant economic savings.
Synthesis of Polymeric Sorbents with Magnetic Properties
Authors: Manaenkov Oleg , Kislitsa Olga
Published: February 2023

In this work, a procedure for the synthesis of polymeric sorbents based on hypercrosslinked polystyrene (HPS) with magnetic properties was developed. The technique is based on the reduction of iron salts with polyhydric alcohols at high temperature in an inert atmosphere. The resulting sorbents retain their original characteristics: an extended specific surface area, micro-mesoporous structure, acquiring magnetic properties, which makes it possible to use them as magnetically separable sorbents, supports for the active phase of heterogeneous catalytic systems etc.
Solving Non Linear Fractional Newell-Whitehead Equation By Atomic Solution
Authors: Gharib Gharib , Alsoudi Maha , Benkemache Ibtissem
Published: February 2023

Sometimes, it is not possible to find a general solution for some differential equations using some classical methods, like separation of variables. In such a case, one can try to use theory of tensor product of Banach spaces to find certain solutions, called atomic solutions. The goal of this paper is to find atomic solution for Fractional Newell- Witehead type equation.
Declaring Disaster
Authors: Colburn Jamison E.
Published: February 2023

The major federal lands laws, the National Environmental Policy Act ("NEPA"), the Endangered Species Act ("ESA"), the Federal Advisory Committee Act ("FACA"), and the traditional principles of administrative law have all combined to set a status quo with which public lands lawyers and conservationists are familiar. But wildfire has just as surely made each of our four compass points into its own special sort of paradox and is now undermining the very norms that defined this field. Whatever happens next, fire is one force among several poised to remake public lands law into a wholly unprecedented collection of institutional and normative forms still in their infancy-challenging anyone who would call it an "architecture" to explain and justify it. One way or another, in the face of mounting ecological disturbance, risk, and political turmoil, public lands law as we know it is either going to adapt or be marginalized. I conclude with some suggestions for how we might bring the values that gave rise to the field of public lands law into a future of assessing and managing multiple-scale risks like wildfire across our intermixed landscape. Part II first sketches the fire problem and the intermixture of our land use systems. Part III then introduces the new normative and organizational forms wildfire has prompted into existence. And Part IV seeks to reconcile what we know about fire and these innovations with our hopes for land and local autonomy as they intermix in the WUI.
Benefits Blown Away: Farmers and Ranchers, Wind Energy Leases, and the Estate Tax
Authors: Veurink Jordan
Published: February 2023

With the ever-increasing desire to produce and use energy from renewable sources, electricity-producing wind turbines have sprung up throughout the country. Since the companies that erect these turbines rarely own the land the turbines are built upon, land must typically be leased from landowners-often farmers and ranchers that own a large amount of open, unobstructed property. These normally long-termed leases, however, may hamper the estate plans of such landowners. A court has recently ruled that the right to payments under leases where the lessor has the right to receive lease payments and right to own the property in fee after the term of the lease are includable in a decedent's gross estate. Additionally, an executed "wind lease" can interfere with a decedent's personal representative's ability to make an election under section 2032A of the Internal Revenue Code ("IRC"), as the use of leased portions of the property are not likely "qualified" and the value of the decedent's qualified real property in relation to the decedent's total estate is decreased. Additionally, if such election has been made and an heir of the decedent's estate executes a wind lease, the Internal Revenue Service ("IRS") may be able to recapture portions of the tax savings attained through section 2032A. These results are inconsistent with the United States' policy to support agriculture and section 2032A's legislative history that sought to limit or avoid taxing illiquid estates of farmers and ranchers. This Comment recommends a statutory amendment that would, in certain instances, allow the value of a wind lease and the property burdened by such lease to be specially valued, and disallow the IRS to recapture tax savings when a wind lease is executed by an heir of the estate.
Texas after City of Dallas v. Stewart: Police Nuisances Or City Police Power Abated
Authors: Matthews Lindsay
Published: February 2023

The current economic recession has been the single worst in the United States since the Great Depression. In 2010, 46.2 million people were living at or below the poverty level. As a result of the nation's economic downturn and unemployment rates, there has been an onslaught of municipal decay and abandoned buildings. Nonseasonal vacant properties increased from 7 million in the year 2000 to 10 million in the year 2010. Texas, in particular, experienced a 41% to 50% increase in the number of vacant properties in its cities. Public nuisances such as deteriorating buildings, pest infestations, and overgrown vegetation commonly result from these neglected properties. Their presence has a negative effect on the quality of life of people living in communities nationwide. In the wake of the recession more than ever, Texas has been faced with the need to abate public nuisances in an effort to keep its communities safe and to rehabilitate its cities.
Verlässliche Daten machen den Unterschied
Authors: Röber Yvonne
Published: February 2023

Auf dem ambitionierten Weg hin zur Treibhausgas-Neutralität ist die digitale Transformation ein zentraler Baustein. Wo Daten digital zur Verfügung stehen, gilt es diese auch effektiv zu nutzen. Lösungen für Datenqualitätsmanagement sind dabei der Schlüssel zu datenbasierten, nachhaltigeren Energiedienstleistungen, etwa beim Thema Routenplanung.
Social Engineering als Angriffsmethode
Authors: Maßloff Carsten
Published: February 2023

Mit der fortschreitenden Digitalisierung, die mit der Verlagerung von Arbeitsplätzen ins Homeoffice nochmals an Fahrt aufgenommen hat, wächst die Angriffsfläche für Cyberkriminelle. Neben technischen Maßnahmen wie Firewall-Lösungen, Multi-Faktor-Authentifizierungen, Pentests, biometrischen Zugangskontrollen oder digitalen Zertifikaten müssen auch Schulungen für Mitarbeitende eingeplant werden.
Rückzug aus der Erdgasversorgung
Authors: Hensel Piet , König Dirk
Published: February 2023

Der Ausstieg aus der Erdgasversorgung bedeutet für die Energieversorgung von Kommunen den Aufbau von Wärmenetzen, die Verstärkung der Stromnetze und die Identifikation von den Gasnetzteilen, die langfristig für die Gas- und Wasserstoffversorgung benötigt werden. Beispiele aus konkreten Untersuchungen in städtischen Energienetzen in Deutschland und der Schweiz zeigen die technischen und wirtschaftlichen Konsequenzen für die Energieversorger und deren Kundinnen und Kunden auf.
Reflection of the Characteristics of Communicative Behavior in Mimic Phraseological Units (based on Italian and Spanish Languages)
Authors: Баева Е.И. , Суханова М.В.
Published: February 2023

В статье рассматриваются семантические особенности мимических фразеологизмов итальянского, испанского языков и их использование для характеристики коммуникативного поведения. Приводится классификация жестовых фразеологических единиц итальянского и испанского языков по функционально-семан-тическим критериям. Представлены способы языкового выражения визуальной коммуникации, которые отражают внутреннюю сферу человека в итальянской и испанской языковой картине мира. Впервые предпринята попытка провести сопоставительное исследование мимических фразеологизмов на материале двух близкородственных языков с использованием сопоставительного метода. Проведенный анализ показал, что встречающиеся в испанском и итальянском языках мимические фразеологизмы имеют большое количество идентичных эквивалентов.

The paper discusses the semantic features of mimic phraseological units of the Italian and Spanish languages and their use to characterize behavior. An attempt is made to classify the gestural phraseological units of the Italian and Spanish languages according to functional and semantic criteria. The article considers language means of eye contact in communication as a method of representing the inner world of a person in the Italian and Spanish world picture. This is the first attempt, based on the comparative method, to conduct a comparative study of mimic phraseological units in two closely related languages. The analysis showed that Spanish and Italian mimic phraseological units have a large number of identical equivalents.
The Task of Meaning-(re)Construal and the Sociosemiotic Approach to Discourse Analysis
Authors: Логинова Е.Г.
Published: February 2023

В статье рассматривается процесс последующего означивания исходного (вербально выраженного) содержания с «подключением» жеста, что обусловливает возрастание экспрессивности высказывания и усиление смысловых проекций. На материале пьес отечественных драматургов второй половины XX века (А. Вампилов, А. Казанцев, Н. Садур) и театральных постановок проводится анализ функциональной направленности жеста, сопровождающего вербальный компонент, и вклада жеста в процесс конструирования смысла. Полученные результаты осмысляются в свете социосемиотического подхода к анализу коммуникации, учитывающего взаимосвязь смысловых компонентов дискурса и семиотических аспектов, где последние обеспечивают выражение не только смыслов, но и социально-оценочной информации, а также в свете актуальных на сегодняшний день проблем искусственного интеллекта, в частности разработки технологий цифровых актеров.

The article focuses on secondary modelling processes in theatrical discourse, with gesture as a semiotic resource that accounts for greater emotional impact as well as the amplification of meaning projections. The author analyses four plays written by Russian playwrights of the second half of the 20th c. (A. Vampilov, A. Kazantsev, N. Sadur) and six theatrical performances based on these plays. The main objective is to define the characteristics of the gestures used by the actors and the role these manual movements play in the process of meaning construal. The results prove that gestures can take part in non-verbal periphrasis, function as telling details, implying details and, as such, complement the content expressed by a word/phrase or represent some new content which can be in supplementary or contrary relations with the semantics of the verbal utterance. The results are discussed in reference to the sociosemiotic approach to discourse analysis. Special attention is given to possible contributions of the research to the development of computer-generated humans, digital actors in particular.
The “Light Breathing” of Prose and Ways to Preserve it in Translation
Authors: Марьяновская Е.Л.
Published: February 2023

В статье эмотивный синтаксис прозы противопоставляется «логическому» синтаксису и рассматривается через призму поэтической функции, благодаря которой художественная проза приобретает «легкое дыхание». Эмотивность, будучи имплицитным феноменом, создается за счет гармоничного сочетания формы и содержания, использования «нестандартного синтаксиса», приобретающего в канве повествования семантическую роль. Для сохранения «легкого дыхания» прозы необходима экспликация прагма-когнитивного, прагматического и лингвистического аспектов созданной эмотивной среды, что позволит воссоздать оригинальный художественный образ средствами другого языка. Автор статьи на нескольких примерах показывает возможности воссоздания в переводе гармонично упорядоченного «формосодержания», характерного для эмотивной прозы У. Сарояна, писателя, чья манера письма напоминает искренний разговор, наполненный «легким дыханием».

The paper approaches the phenomenon of the prose emotive syntax, which is opposed to the logical one and is viewed from the perspective of the poetic function. This function ensures the effect of “light breathing” that the prose may acquire due to an effective combination of form and content, and the usage of peculiar syntax bearing the semantic meaning. To render the “light breathing” of prose in translation, it is necessary to explore pragma-cognitive, pragmatic and linguistic aspects of the emotive context and to restore the imagery created in the original but by means of the target language. Translating some passages from W. Saroyan’s stories the author reveals the ways to render carefully arranged and combined unity of form and content typical of the writer’s emotive prose, which is full of the unerring sincere sense of life.
Comparative Study on Morphology of Sarpa Salpa and Dentex Gibbosus (Perciformes) From the Southern Mediterranean Coast (Eastern Libya)
Authors: khalleefah Amnnah khalid , Ali Sayed Mohamed , Ali Ramadan A. S.
Published: February 2023

Eighteen Sarpa salpa and fifteen Dentex gibbous fish collected randomly from the artisanal catch of Benghazi landing site, eastern Libya (32°36' N 20°03' E), during fall and winter of 2019 were used in the present study. Morphogenic features, and 21 key morphometric and 6 key meristic parameters were established for each fish. S. salpa was fusiform with a terminal mouth, narrow caudal peduncle and bifurcate caudal fin. The body was silvery white at the belly side, grading into silvery black at the dorsal side, and horizontal yellow to black stripes extended from the head region to the caudal peduncle. D. gibbosus was less fusiform with large eyes and a lunate caudal peduncle, the mouth was almost terminal, and the body was silvery but slightly pinkish and lighter at the belly side. S. salpa was heavier and longer than D. gibbosus, all its morphometric parameters were significantly higher than those of D. gibbosus except for the eye diameter and the mouth gape. This trend existed even when the parameters were related to total fish length as a ratio to eliminate the effect of size. The majority of binary pairs of morphometric parameters of S. salpa, and D. gibbosus, correlated strongly and positively with each other. Morphometric parameters located within the head region were related to the head length by linear and power regressions, and parameters located outside the head region were related to total fish length by similar regressions. Almost all regressions for both fish were positive and highly significant, indicating that all the parameters increased as the fish grew. The "b" value of the power length-weight regression indicated negative allometric growth for both fish; that of S. salpa was 2.715, and that of D. gibbosus was 2.246. The differences in morphometric traits of both fish were discussed in relation to modes of feeding and swimming, camouflage, and habitat. The Fulton condition factors were 1.733 and 1.247 in order. These factors did not change significantly during fish growth. Almost all the meristic parameters did not correlate with fish length, meaning that they were conservative features and can be used to establish meristic forms. The meristic forms derived were: D, X-XI (XI) + 14-17 (16); A, III + 13-15 (14); P, 14-16 (15); V, I + 5; LL, 70-80 (76) for S. salpa, and, D, XI-XII (XII) + 10-11 (10); A, III + 8-9 (9); P, 14-15 (15); V, I + 5; LL, 60-65 (62) for D. gibbosus. The numbers between parenthesis are the modes.
Effect of Health Education Intervention on Practice of Breast Self–Examination Among Women of Reproductive Age in Selected Primary Healthcare Facilities in Ogun State, Nigeria
Authors: Adamu-Adedipe Foyekemi Oyebola
Published: February 2023

The study examined effect of health education intervention on practice of breast self–examination among women of reproductive age in selected primary healthcare facilities in Ogun State, Nigeria. The study specifically examined the pre- and post- intervention knowledge and practice of breast self-examination among women of reproductive age in selected primary healthcare facilities. This study adopted one group pretest-posttest quasi-experimental research design. The population for the study comprises of women of reproductive age in two selected primary healthcare facilities in Ogun State. The researcher adapted a well-structured test paper that was used to obtain information from respondents. The instrument was validated by experts consisting of nursing professionals as well as experienced professional researchers who ascertained face and content validity. The research was carried out in three phases namely pre-intervention, intervention and post-intervention. Descriptive statistics such as frequency counts and percentages were used to answer the research question while inferential statistics of t-test was used to test the hypotheses. The findings of this study show that majority of the respondents at the pre-intervention phase had average knowledge of breast self-examination while the knowledge level was high after intervention. The findings of this study however show that majority of the respondents at the pre-intervention phase had never practice breast self-examination while the practice level was high after intervention. The study concluded that the health education intervention program improved the practice of breast self-examination among women of reproductive age. It was recommended among others that health educational intervention regarding practice of breast self-examination should be done periodically by health workers during clinics for women of reproductive age.
Factores clínicos asociados a reinfección de covid-19 en personal de salud que labora en el área covid del estado de Hidalgo
Authors: Becerril Flores Marco Antonio , Molina Trinidad Eva María , Moreno López Enrique de Jesús , Montejano Rodríguez José Ramón , Santos Castañeda Antonio
Published: February 2023

A finales del año 2019 comienzan los primeros casos de COVID-19 cuyo agente causal es el virus SARS-CoV 2. Desde entonces y hasta la fecha el mundo sigue padeciéndolo y aún hay muchas interrogantes sin contestar, por ejemplo ¿cuáles son los factores clínicos favorecen la infección y la reinfección? Para ello es necesario trabajar con personas expuestas, como es el personal de salud. Objetivo: Identificar los factores clínicos qué se asociaban a COVID-19 en personal de Salud. Metodología: Para ello se aplicó una encuesta al personal de salud que se encontraba atendiendo a pacientes con COVID-19. Fue un total de 150 personas estudiadas como personal de salud, entre ellos 117 mujeres y 33 hombres. Los resultados demostraron que los hombres fueron más susceptibles a la infección que las mujeres, las comorbilidades favorecen la sintomatología a  COVID-19, mayormente en los hombres; la vacunación no protege contra la infección por el virus; los infectados se reinfectan en más de una ocasión y hasta por seis meses. Este trabajo permite concluir hay que tener más cuidado en los hombres que en las mujeres en casos de COVID ya que es posible que no se elimine el virus en varios meses.
Los métodos de enseñanza de lenguas extranjeras y las estrategias sociales en estudiantes universitarios
Authors: Casariego Manrique Isabel Ventura , Flores Piñas Haydee , Salazar Zavaleta Jesika Ruby , Malqui Acuña Roxana Shirley , Chiri Saravia Paulo Cesar
Published: February 2023

El objetivo fue analizar la relación entre los métodos de enseñanza de lenguas extranjeras y las estrategias sociales, en estudiantes universitarios. El estudio es de enfoque cuantitativo no experimental, transversal. El diseño es correlacional. La muestra fue de 94 estudiantes, y la información fue recopilada en dos escalas de Likert. La conclusión es que existe una relación directa y significativa entre los métodos la enseñanza de lenguas extranjeras y las estrategias sociales. Es decir que, si hay más cooperación y empatía, los estudiantes se involucrarían más en su aprendizaje de la lengua extranjera.
Probabilidad de defunción a las 24 horas de ingreso a urgencias en pacientes con choque séptico
Authors: Burbano Vera Dr. Michael Estuardo , Castro Bravo Dr. Victor Miguel , Pérez Solórzano Dr. Fernando Augusto , Mendoza Alay Dr. Rommel Erick
Published: February 2023

La sepsis se define como una disfunción multiorgánica secundaria a un proceso infeccioso que puede progresar a choque séptico con aumento en el riesgo de mortalidad. Recientes actualizaciones de Sepsis nos permiten realizar un diagnóstico precoz y abordaje terapéutico oportuno con disminución de la morbimortalidad a corto y mediano plazo. Se realizó una revisión bibliográfica no sistemática en bases de datos y bibliotecas electrónicas (PubMed, Cochrane, Lilacs) que incluyó artículos en inglés y español desde 2017 hasta 2022 que contuvieran los tópicos de interés. Se realizó una descripción detallada de la definición de sepsis y choque séptico, clasificación, fisiopatología, diagnóstico, monitorización hemodinámica y tratamiento. De tal forma se concluye que, el shock septico es una urgencia médica con una alta tasa de mortalidad que requiere de un diagnóstico oportuno, el cual se puede realizar por medio del puntaje del SOFA (Sepsis Related Organ Failure Assessment), y el inicio rápido de tratamiento antibiótico empírico y reanimación guiada por metas, ya que son medidas que han demostrado disminuir los desenlaces fatales dentro de las primeras 24 horas de ingreso a urgencias.
Implicaciones de la educación presencial y virtual en el contexto ecuatoriano
Authors: Acosta Jaramillo Carlos Andrés , Puentestar Gómez Maritza Alexandra , Valenzuela Chicaiza Carmen Verónica , Vega Muñoz Elizabeth Alexandra , Sandoval Flores Jenny Elizabeth
Published: February 2023

La presente investigación tuvo como objetivo general analizar las implicaciones de la educación presencial y virtual en el contexto ecuatoriano. El proceso metodológico del estudio fue cualitativo, de tipo bibliográfico – documental. Se analizó las ventajas y desventajas de la educación presencial y virtual, esta última enfocada en los tiempos de pandemia. Se determinó que existen limitaciones en la educación presencial debido a los métodos de enseñanza tradicional y la falta de aprovechamiento y disponibilidad de la tecnología. La virtualidad devela las desigualdades en el acceso a la educación puesto que los sectores empobrecidos no tienen la oportunidad de continuar con los estudios, o la disponibilidad del acceso a internet y un equipo informático es limitado, convirtiéndose en una brecha para este grupo de la población. Hace falta la capacitación docente para desarrollar competencias digitales tanto en docentes como en estudiantes y el acceso a una infraestructura tecnológica propia por parte de las instituciones educativas.
Pensamiento crítico y desarrollo de competencias en estudiantes del sexto ciclo de educación básica regular - Huari - Ancash, 2022
Authors: Salas Reynoso Wilber
Published: February 2023

El pensamiento crítico como actividad fundamental de la Educación Básica Regular es trascendental en el desarrollo humano. Esta tarea está asociada a la potenciación y desarrollo de competencias en estudiantes de educación secundaria en instituciones públicas. El objetivo del presente estudio fue determinar la relación entre el pensamiento crítico y desarrollo de competencias en estudiantes del sexto ciclo de Educación Básica Regular – Huari – Ancash, 2022, haciendo énfasis en instituciones educativas de nivel secundaria en la localidad de Huari. La metodología empleada fue de tipo básica, con enfoque cuantitativo, no experimental. Los resultados obtenidos fueron de nivel regular con el 77% para el pensamiento crítico y de 63.2% para el nivel adecuada, destacando la importancia de que implica desarrollar el pensamiento crítico de los alumnos. Se concluye: Se determinó la existencia de relación significativa (r=0.564; sig.=0.000<0.01) entre el pensamiento crítico y desarrollo de competencias en estudiantes del sexto ciclo de Educación Básica Regular, afirmando que las estrategias que se apliquen para desarrollar el pensamiento crítico de los estudiantes son favorables para que se alcance el desarrollo de competencias esperada.  Con ello se logró rechazar a la hipótesis nula.
ONLINE REVIEWS AND THEIR PERIPHERAL CUES: A CROSS-PLATFORM COMPARISON OF USEFUL REVIEWS ABOUT TOURISM AND HOSPITALITY
Authors: kumari Bindu , Singh Ranbir
Published: February 2023

Purpose: This study explores the review structure of the Online Reviews Sites & Online Travel Agencies and examines the differences among the websites in terms of online travel reviews (OTRs) and their peripheral cues. This research also explores review usefulness across these platforms.
Methodology: The dataset consisted of 4895 online travel reviews about five tourism products available on four platforms. The analysis was done using SPSS 28.0 through cross-tabulation, Chi-Square, and ANOVA.
Findings: The results indicated a considerable difference in the review structure across the four platforms. The users of these websites adopted different approaches while revealing their identities online. However, similarities were found in the case of review type, sidedness, and rating. On all websites, the Utilitarian and Regular reviews were the highest in numbers, and the maximum of tourists gave four and five ratings to tourism products. Moreover, in terms of useful OTRs, the platforms had significant differences.
Practical Implications: The results are substantial for the tourism products and service providers (the OTAs) and the review sites. Further, managerial implications are provided to assist the online platform's administrators in making the review sections of websites more user-friendly and effective for potential tourists. The study is concluded along with the future directions of research
Cardiovascular Impact of Calcium and Vitamin D Supplements: A Narrative Review
Authors: Zarzour Fatima , Didi Ahmad , Almohaya Mohammed , Kendler David
Published: February 2023

Calcium and vitamin D play an important role in mineral homeostasis and the maintenance of skeletal health. Calcium and vitamin D supplements have been widely used for fracture prevention in elderly populations. Many trials have studied the effectiveness and cardiovascular safety of calcium and vitamin D supplementation, with disparate results. In this review, we summarize the most important trials and systematic reviews. There is significant heterogeneity in clinical trial design, differences in the nature of trial outcomes (self-reported vs. verified), prior calcium intake, and trial size. Inconsistent results have been reported concerning the effects of calcium and vitamin D supplementation on cardiovascular outcomes. Most current guidelines recommend calcium intake of up to 1,200 mg daily, preferably from the diet, without concern for cardiovascular risk. Recommendations regarding vitamin D supplementation vary widely. There is compelling evidence from well-conducted randomized trials that modest vitamin D supplementation is safe but does not confer cardiovascular benefit or cardiovascular harm.
Overcoming Therapeutic Inertia as the Achilles’ Heel for Improving Suboptimal Diabetes Care: An Integrative Review
Authors: Chew Boon-How , Mohd-Yusof Barakatun-Nisak , Lai Pauline Siew Mei , Khunti Kamlesh
Published: February 2023

The ultimate purpose of diabetes care is achieving the outcomes that patients regard as important throughout the life course. Despite advances in pharmaceuticals, nutraceuticals, psychoeducational programs, information technologies, and digital health, the levels of treatment target achievement in people with diabetes mellitus (DM) have remained suboptimal. This clinical care of people with DM is highly challenging, complex, costly, and confounded for patients, physicians, and healthcare systems. One key underlying problem is clinical inertia in general and therapeutic inertia (TI) in particular. TI refers to healthcare providers’ failure to modify therapy appropriately when treatment goals are not met. TI therefore relates to the prescribing decisions made by healthcare professionals, such as doctors, nurses, and pharmacists. The known causes of TI include factors at the level of the physician (50%), patient (30%), and health system (20%). Although TI is often multifactorial, the literature suggests that 28% of strategies are targeted at multiple levels of causes, 38% at the patient level, 26% at the healthcare professional level, and only 8% at the healthcare system level. The most effective interventions against TI are shorter intervals until revisit appointments and empowering nurses, diabetes educators, and pharmacists to review treatments and modify prescriptions.
Versteckte Geschichte(n)
Authors: Piotrowski Swantje
Published: February 2023

In ihrem Aufsatz Versteckte Geschichte(n) – Die Wissenschaftlerinnen am Historischen Seminar von 1970 bis heute spürt Swantje Piotrowski den Spuren der ersten Akademikerinnen am Historischen Seminar der CAU nach.
Denn auch wenn die Kieler Universität bereits zum Beginn des 20. Jahrhunderts ihre Tüten für Studentinnen geöffnet hatte, dauerte es doch bis ins Jahr 2013 bis die erste Frau auf eine W3-Professur in der hiesigen
Geschichtswissenschaft berufen wurde. Für den Zeitraum dazwischen zeichnet Piotrowski die akademischen Werdegänge von verschiedenen Frauen nach und kann zeigen, wie gravierend unterrepräsentiert weibliche
Karriereverläufe in der Kieler Geschichtswissenschaft waren.
Quellensammlung zur Diskussion um die sogenannte ›Ahnengalerie‹
Authors: Bruhn Karen , Lehnart Franziska
Published: February 2023

Die Quellensammlung zur Diskussion um die sogenannte ›Ahnengalerie‹ versammelt verschiedene Beiträge aus den Medien zu diesem Thema. Im Sommer 2021 wurden die Biogramme von insgesamt 40 Kieler
Geschichtsprofessoren aus den Fluren des Historischen Seminars entfernt. Das Abhängen der Portraits sorgte außerhalb der Universität für Unmut. In den regionalen Medien wie beim Kurznachrichtendienst
twitter entspann sich eine kurze aber intensive Debatte um diesen und weitere Gegenstände der Erinnerungskultur.
World War I as a Historical Divide
Authors: Tomka Béla
Published: February 2023

While World War I certainly represents a historical rupture in Europe and many parts of the world, there are diverging views in scholarly literature and broader historical discourse regarding its character as a dividing line between historical periods. The essay identifies three main positions within the debate and elaborates on the broader consequences of these interpretations. Several scholars consider World War I as the end of an earlier, longer historical era. According to another periodization, the two World Wars and the two decades separating them make up an era together, which is distinct from the pre-1914 and post-1945 periods. Finally, a third major current interprets World War I as the overture to a new epoch. Each of the three approaches can be relevant to research on World War I and the twentieth century, but there are considerable divergences between the interpretations thus produced. If we regard World War I as the endpoint of the previous era, then great emphasis should be placed on the road leading up to the war. If we conceive of the two World Wars and the decades between them as a single unit, then we should focus on violence as a defining feature of the periodization, and short-term factors should be highlighted. Finally, if we understand the Great War as the beginning of a new period which lasted until the end of the twentieth century or beyond, World War I will be seen as the Urkatastrophe (primordial catastrophe) that set the stage for World War II and, indirectly, for the Cold War, while also generating seminal long-term processes in politics, society, and the economy.
War and Revolutions: Trauma and Violence from a Socio-Psychological Approach
Authors: Erős Ferenc
Published: February 2023

World War I, which broke out more than 100 years ago, placed not only a tremendous material and physical burden on the citizens of the participating countries, military and civilians alike, but also a psychological one. The study of the psychological consequences of the war has been pushed somewhat into the background in comparison to the historical and political analyses, though the uses of psychology—and broadly speaking, of the so-called “psy” disciplines, i.e., psychiatry, psychoanalysis, psychotherapy, social psychology, psychotechnics, criminology, pedagogy, etc.—were a crucial part of the history of this war. However, a history of the “psy” disciplines would not be complete without some discussion of the fact that World War I and World War II (and subsequent conflicts) played a fundamental role in the development of these sciences. Arguably, World War led to the emergence—as a kind of “experimental laboratory”—of practices and methods of the application of violence, trauma management, intimidation, terror, manipulation, and propaganda which draw on (and contribute to) insights from these disciplines, not to mention new approaches to the management of subjectivity and the manipulation of sentiments, which proved effective both in times of war and peace.
A Cold War Humanitarian Action: The Western Admission of 1956 Hungarian Refugees
Authors: Kecskés D. Gusztáv
Published: February 2023

The story of the refugees who fled Hungary following the Soviet suppression of the 1956 Revolution and the coordinated international humanitarian operation launched to receive them is an outstanding chapter in the history of emigration. These refugees received far more favorable treatment than earlier Hungarian expatriates or other European refugees had been given. With a total of 200,000 refugees, their successful transportation to host countries and their subsequent integration represented an exceptional success for international aid efforts. How can this efficiency be explained? Trends in humanitarian sentiment in world public opinion, influenced in part by the horrors of World War II, and the increasingly precise formulation of the rights of the refugees were just as important, as factors, as the supportive attitude of the populations of Western countries, who empathized with the suppressed revolution. The exceptionally favorable composition, from the perspective of the labor market, of the mass of people who fled in 1956 coincided with Western economic prosperity, producing economic “miracles.” However, even these favorable initial conditions would not have led to such a swift and successful settlement in the West of nearly 200,000 Hungarians had it not been for the Cold War rivalry between the Eastern and the Western blocs. As a consequence of the ideological and propaganda conflict with the Soviets, the NATO governments had the necessary political will to give effective support for a resolution to the Hungarian refugee problem, even after emotional support among the public opinion had waned.
Kinematic-chemical Analysis and Time Tagging for the Diagonal Ridge Structure of the Galactic Outer Disk with LAMOST Red-giant Branch Stars
Authors: Yang Peng , Wang Hai-Feng , Luo Zhi-Quan , Tepper-García Thor , Luo Yang-Ping
Published: February 2023

We investigate the kinematic-chemical distribution of red-giant branch stars from the LAMOST survey crossed matched with Gaia DR2 proper motions, and present time tagging for the well-known ridge structures (diagonal distributions for V

R
in the R, V

ϕ
plane) in the range of Galactocentric distance R = 8 to 15 kpc. We detect six ridge structures, including five ridges apparent in the radial velocity distribution and three ridges apparent in the vertical velocity, the sensitive time of which to the perturbations are from young population (0–3 Gyr) to old population (9–14 Gyr). Based on an analysis of the evolution of angular momentum distribution, we find that four ridges are relatively stationary, while another is evolving with time, which is confirmed by the difference analysis at different populations and supporting that there might be two kinds of dynamical origins. Furthermore, ridge features are also vividly present in the chemical properties ([Fe/H], [α/Fe]). The comparison between the north and south hemispheres of the Galaxy does show some differences and the ridge features are asymmetrical. Moreover, we find that diagonal ridge structures may affect the shape of the rotation curve, which is manifested as fluctuations and undulations on top of a smooth profile. Finally we speculate that the bar dynamics should be not enough to explain all ridge properties including the break feature in the V

Z
–L

Z
plane.
Prospects of Gravitational-wave Follow-up through a Wide-field Ultraviolet Satellite: A Dorado Case Study
Authors: Dorsman Bas , Raaijmakers Geert , Cenko S. Bradley , Nissanke Samaya , Singer Leo P. , Kasliwal Mansi M. , Piro Anthony L. , Bellm Eric C. , Hartmann Dieter H. , Hotokezaka Kenta , Lukošiūtė Kamilė
Published: February 2023

The detection of gravitational waves from the binary neuron star merger GW170817 and electromagnetic counterparts GRB170817A and AT2017gfo kick-started the field of gravitational-wave multimessenger astronomy. The optically red to near-infrared emission (“red” component) of AT2017gfo was readily explained as produced by the decay of newly created nuclei produced by rapid neutron capture (a kilonova). However, the ultraviolet to optically blue emission (“blue” component) that was dominant at early times (up to 1.5 days) received no consensus regarding its driving physics. Among many explanations, two leading contenders are kilonova radiation from a lanthanide-poor ejecta component and shock interaction (cocoon emission). In this work, we simulate AT2017gfo-like light curves and perform a Bayesian analysis to study whether an ultraviolet satellite capable of rapid gravitational-wave follow-up, could distinguish between physical processes driving the early “blue” component. We find that ultraviolet data starting at 1.2 hr distinguishes the two early radiation models up to 160 Mpc, implying that an ultraviolet mission like Dorado would significantly contribute to insights into the driving emission physics of the postmerger system. While the same ultraviolet data and optical data starting at 12 hr have limited ability to constrain model parameters separately, the combination of the two unlocks tight constraints for all but one parameter of the kilonova model up to 160 Mpc. We further find that a Dorado-like ultraviolet satellite can distinguish the early radiation models up to at least 130 (60) Mpc if data collection starts within 3.2 (5.2) hr for AT2017gfo-like light curves.
Photometric Calibrations of M-dwarf Metallicity with Markov Chain Monte Carlo and Bayesian Inference
Authors: Duque-Arribas C. , Montes D. , Tabernero H. M. , Caballero J. A. , Gorgas J. , Marfil E.
Published: February 2023

Knowledge of stellar atmospheric parameters (T
eff,

log
g

, [Fe/H]) of M dwarfs can be used to constrain both theoretical stellar models and Galactic chemical evolutionary models, and guide exoplanet searches, but their determination is difficult due to the complexity of the spectra of their cool atmospheres. In our ongoing effort to characterize M dwarfs, and in particular their chemical composition, we carried out multiband photometric calibrations of metallicity for early- and intermediate-type M dwarfs. The third Gaia data release provides high-precision astrometry and three-band photometry. This information, combined with the 2MASS and CatWISE2020 infrared photometric surveys and a sample of 4919 M dwarfs with metallicity values determined with high-resolution spectroscopy by The Cannon and APOGEE spectra, allowed us to study the effect of the metallicity in color–color and color–magnitude diagrams. We divided this sample into two subsamples: we used 1000 stars to train the calibrations with Bayesian statistics and Markov Chain Monte Carlo techniques, and the remaining 3919 stars to check the accuracy of the estimations. We derived several photometric calibrations of metallicity applicable to M dwarfs in the range of −0.45 ≤ [Fe/H] ≤ + 0.45 dex and spectral types down to M5.0 V that yield uncertainties down to the 0.10 dex level. Lastly, we compared our results with other photometric estimations published in the literature for an additional sample of 46 M dwarfs in wide binary systems with FGK-type primary stars and found a great predictive performance.
Investigating Time Variability of X-Ray Absorption in Swift GRBs
Authors: Valan Vlasta , Larsson Josefin , Ahlgren Björn
Published: February 2023

The existence of excess absorption in the X-ray spectra of GRBs is well known, but the primary location of the absorbing material is still uncertain. To gain more knowledge about this, we have performed a time-resolved analysis of the X-ray spectra of 199 GRBs observed by the Swift X-ray telescope, searching for evidence of a decreasing column density (

N

H
,
intr

) that would indicate that the GRBs are ionizing matter in their surroundings. We structured the analysis as Bayesian inference and used an absorbed power law as our baseline model. We also explored alternative spectral models in cases where decreasing absorption was inferred. The analysis reveals seven GRBs that show signs of a decrease in

N

H
,
intr

, but we note that alternative models for the spectral evolution cannot be ruled out. We conclude that the excess absorption in the vast majority of GRBs must originate on large scales of the host galaxies and/or in the intergalactic medium. Our results also imply that an evolving column density is unlikely to affect the spectral analysis of the early X-ray spectra of GRBs. In line with this, we show that estimating the total

N

H
,
intr

from early Swift data in Window Timing mode reveals the same increasing trend with redshift as previous results based on data taken at later times, but with tighter constraints.
Inhomogeneous Enrichment of Radioactive Nuclei in the Galaxy: Deposition of Live 53Mn, 60Fe, 182Hf, and 244Pu into Deep-sea Archives. Surfing the Wave?
Authors: Wehmeyer Benjamin , López Andrés Yagüe , Côté Benoit , K. Pető Maria , Kobayashi Chiaki , Lugaro Maria
Published: February 2023

While modeling the galactic chemical evolution (GCE) of stable elements provides insights to the formation history of the Galaxy and the relative contributions of nucleosynthesis sites, modeling the evolution of short-lived radioisotopes (SLRs) can provide supplementary timing information on recent nucleosynthesis. To study the evolution of SLRs, we need to understand their spatial distribution. Using a three-dimensional GCE model, we investigated the evolution of four SLRs: 53Mn, 60Fe, 182Hf, and 244Pu with the aim of explaining detections of recent (within the last ≈1–20 Myr) deposition of live 53Mn, 60Fe, and 244Pu of extrasolar origin into deep-sea reservoirs. We find that core-collapse supernovae are the dominant propagation mechanism of SLRs in the Galaxy. This results in the simultaneous arrival of these four SLRs on Earth, although they could have been produced in different astrophysical sites, which can explain why live extrasolar 53Mn, 60Fe, and 244Pu are found within the same, or similar, layers of deep-sea sediments. We predict that 182Hf should also be found in such sediments at similar depths.