bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Digitalization of the banking system: risks and opportunities for managing financial assets
Authors: Nafikov R. G.
Published: September 2022

All sectors of economic activity have changed significantly in globalization, and the banking sector is no exception. Commercial banks around the globe are experiencing digitalization in different ways. However, in the near future, most of these organizations will most likely have to face this process. Otherwise, they simply cannot compete, as the needs of the client base are changing along with continuous technological progress. People are interested in being able to receive services and feedback from the bank quickly and remotely. In order to remain competitive, financial institutions create a new corporate culture, developing and implementing innovative models of interaction with clients. The purpose of the research is to determine the principles of economic security in digitalization of the banking sector and ensure the stability of its functioning, considering possible risks. This study can be useful both for employees of commercial banks for building the processes of digitization of the services provided, and for IT specialists responsible for the development and implementation of certain digital products.
Import substitution in high-tech industries under external sanctions
Authors: Abdikeev N. M.
Published: September 2022

In the context of restrictions on the import of technologies and equipment to the Russian Federation caused by external sanctions and the withdrawal of Western European, American and Japanese companies from our country, initially, high-tech branches of domestic industry found themselves in a difficult situation. There were problems related to the substitution of products that fell under the ban on import, and the development of localization of the main production segments. The purpose of the study is to review import substitution plans in the machine tool, aviation, electronic and machine-building industries in order to assess the effectiveness of their implementation; to identify the causes and factors of inhibition of the import substitution policy, as well as ways to improve its effectiveness. The author offers directions of improvement of the State support of high-tech branches of manufacturing industry to solve the problems facing it.
Ecosystem approach to the management of economic agents’ interaction in the industry
Authors: Kovalchuk J. A. , Stepnov I. M. , Bikalenko M. S.
Published: September 2022

The article is devoted to the theoretical and methodological substantiation of the ecosystem theory application to manage the interaction of digital economy actors in the context of industry’s development, including its high-tech sector. The subject of the study was the assessment of objective and subjective components of the process of forming a united digital space necessary to ensure interaction in the enterprise management in the new digital economy, and the goal was to solve the question of choosing a theoretical basis in favor of ecosystem theory. The results of the article carried out using the methods of description, scientific analysis and synthesis consist in identifying the completion of digital transformation when the ecosystem level is reached, substantiating the necessary conditions for this; systematizing the objective need to update classical approaches, proving the need to adapt life cycle models for ecosystems taking into account the uncertainty of technological development and proposing an original cyclic model that takes into account transformation of enterprises and the formats of their interactions in the digital economy. As conclusions, the basic provisions on the elements of a united digital space (platform, network effects and market expectations) and a dynamic model of its formation based on an ecosystem approach are presented. The authors have formed recommendations for the creation of a management system for the interaction of economic agents, taking into account the rules of communication of ecosystem partners, competition between them and the possibilities of coordination. The relevance of the work done is determined by the proposal of a unified interpretation of the process of forming a united digital space as one of the most important consequences of the digital breakthrough of the economy.
1Н ЯМР ИССЛЕДОВАНИЕ РАЗНОЛИГАНДНЫХ КОМПЛЕКСОВ ЛАНТАНИДОВ: КИНЕТИКА МЕЖМОЛЕКУЛЯРНОЙ ДИНАМИКИ В КОМПЛЕКСАХ ДИПИВАЛОИЛМЕТАНАТОВ ПРАЗЕОДИМА С 18-КРАУН-6
Authors: Бабайлов С.П. , Стабников П.А. , Заполоцкий Е.Н.
Published: September 2022

Методом динамического 1Н ЯМР охарактеризованы кинетические и энергетические характеристики обратимых межмолекулярных процессов в комплексах [Pr(ДПМ)3], [Pr(ДПМ)3(18-краун-6)] и [(Pr(ДПМ)3)2(18-краун-6)] в растворе CDCl3, где ДПМ= анион дипивалоилметана.
Aktive edilmiş Kalecik bentonit örneğinin bazı fiziksel özelliklerinin incelenmesi
Authors: KILINÇ Turan , CEBECİ Yakup , ÇELİK Ms
Published: September 2022

Bentonitlerin endüstride kullanılabilmesi için bazı standartları (şişme, viskozite, filtrasyon kaybı değerleri gibi) sağlaması gerekmektedir. Bu özellikleri sağlayan ve herhangi bir işleme tabii tutulmadan kullanılan bentonit yatakları bulunmaktadır. Ancak, bunun yanında pek çok bentonit yatağı istenilen özellikleri taşımamaktadır. Bu çalışmada Kalecik bentonit örneğinin endüstriyel özelliklerini geliştirmek amacıyla soda ve MgO ile aktivasyon çalışmaları yapılmıştır. Deney sonuçlarından elde edilen bulgular ile ham bentonit örneği, soda ve MgO ile aktive edilmiş örneklerle karşılaştırılmıştır. Bulgularda soda ile aktive edilen bentonit örneklerinin katyon değişim kapasitesi (KDK), şişme, viskozite, likit limit değerlerinde kısmi iyileşmeler olduğu görülmüştür. Filtrasyon kaybı değerlerinin ise başlangıçta değişmediği, bununla birlikte artan katkı oranlarında filtrasyon kaybının arttığı görülmüştür. MgO katkısı ile yapılan deneylerde de benzer bulgular elde edilmiştir. MgO katkısı kullanılan deneylerde filtrasyon kaybı değerlerinin ham örneğe göre daha fazla arttığı izlenmiştir. Fiziksel özelliklerdeki değişimler, aktivasyon sonucunda bentonit birim tabakalarındaki Na+ ve MgO+2 iyonlarının artmasıyla ilişkilendirilmiştir.
Rare Earth Oxides-Containing Internal Reference Material of Purified Monazite from Bangka Island
Authors: Irzon Ronaldo , Haryanto Agus Didit , Kurnia Miharja
Published: September 2022

Monazite mineral contains a sufficient composition of rare earth elements which are currently required widely in modern industries. Reference materials are needed to validate the measurement results, including the rare earth elements analysis. This study presents the processing of purified monazite from the PT Timah Metallurgical Unit in Muntok to become low-cost and rare earth oxides-containing internal reference material. Eight X-ray fluorescence measurements of four splits of the monazite were done for precision test and to establish its information values. The high CeO2 and LaO2 composition (>10%) implies the economic worth of the studied sample. Based on the acceptance criteria of RSDexperimental <10%, RSDexperimental ?66%xCVHorwitz, and Horrat <2, the concentration of fourteen analytes is acceptable to be set as information values. The studied monazite content resembles the other purified one of Myanmar. Its much lower phosphate composition signifies that the sample is more precious than refined monazites from Iran and Australia.
Commercialization Study of Technological Product Innovation Using Business Model Canvas: Innovation Case of Mobile Laboratory
Authors: Subiyanto  , Kusumawati Miranti Budi , Wijayanti Sri , Setiawati Unik
Published: September 2022

A premise states that the success of product technology innovation determines the economic growth of a country. On the other hand, commercialization of product technology innovations has low success, and one of the reasons is the lack of careful planning. One of the national product technology innovations designed as a solution to controlling the spread of COVID-19 is a mobile laboratory (Mobile Laboratory Bio-Safety Level 2/MBSL-2) which was initiated by BPPT in early 2020. This study discusses the concept of planning the commercialization of product technology innovations. MBSL-2 uses the Business Model Canvas (BMC), with the intention that the results can be used as an innovation planning policy instrument, especially in government research institutions. Nine BMC elements are elaborated, namely customer segments, value propositions, channels, customer relationships, revenue streams, key resources, key activities, key partners, and cost structure. The results of the discussion show how BMC works in a systematic, structured, and measurable way so that it can explain the arguments and objectives for each element of the business process, as well as the harmonization of business strategy with technology strategy. The BMC display is simple but contains important business aspects, making it easier for all parties to understand the business concept of product technology innovation. This study recommends the use of BMC as a complete product technology innovation planning instrument for engineers in government research institutions.

Keyword: Technological product,  mobile laboratory,  commercialization of product innovations, business model.
Understanding TVDI as an index that expresses soil moisture
Authors: Schirmbeck Lucimara Wolfarth
Published: September 2022

Given the need to search for robust indicators capable of representing the surface water condition in the various agricultural production regions in the state of Rio Grande do Sul, the objective of this study was to analyze the influence of different types of vegetation cover on the definition of Temperature Vegetation Dryness Index (TVDI) as an indicator of soil moisture in agricultural areas on a local scale. A Landsat 8 - OLI image of February 7, 2015 and its Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI) product were used. The image was classified by the maximum likelihood method, after the surface temperature (TS) was obtained by the split-window algorithm, later the normalization of the TVDI model with the triangular characteristic dispersion was performed. With the data of TVDI, the different types of vegetation cover mapped were identified in the dispersion of the index. Histograms of TVDI frequencies were also made for each of the targets and the dispersion between the index and the NDVI and TS. The results showed that it was possible to differentiate the different types of soil use and cover, through the characteristic water condition of each target. With the dispersions of the targets it was possible to locate them with a certain overlap; the strong relation between the index and TS was observed. TVDI has been shown to be efficient for monitoring the variation of the water condition and can be used for monitoring and sustainable management purposes.
Estado actual de la avifauna en Quijos Huayco, parroquia Cuyuja, provincia de Napo, para promover el aviturismo
Authors: Reyes Vargas María Victoria , Salagaje Muela Luis Alberto , Ortega Ocaña Ángel Fernando
Published: September 2022

La diversidad de aves en el Ecuador constituye el factor clave para desarrollar el aviturismo, modalidad que involucra el desplazamiento, observación, identificación y registro de las especies que habitan en su entorno natural. Además, contribuye con la conservación de hábitats, de paisajes y fomento de la economía local a través de la prestación de servicios turísticos. En el estudio se registraron aves durante dos años (febrero 2019 - diciembre 2020) en el sector Quijos Huayco, en la parroquia Cuyuja, cantón Quijos, provincia de Napo, con el fin de determinar las oportunidades para fomentar el aviturismo en la zona. Es una investigación de tipo descriptivo y análisis documental, que contempla un inventario de especies de aves, su estado de conservación y abundancia, así como la identificación de servicios, actividades turísticas y sitios de visita. El análisis se fundamentó en la revisión de información disponible de investigaciones previas y registros de avistamientos, información que cubrió 28 listas, con un total de 141 especies, 1.169 individuos, de 15 órdenes y de 36 familias. Asimismo, se identificaron establecimientos de servicios y lugares potenciales de observación. Cuyuja se encuentra en un sitio especial de conexión con Papallacta, Baeza y Cosanga, donde han sido identificados importantes sitios de observación de aves y se desarrollan eventos, como el conteo navideño de aves. Estas características resultan favorables para promover rutas de avistamiento en la zona norte de la provincia de Napo.
La Vitis vinifera, un caso de estudio en el viñedo Chaupi Estancia, provincia de Pichincha
Authors: Santander Racines Andrea Belén , Rodríguez Santos Estefanía Melisa , Toapanta Custode Carlos David , Suárez Carrillo Ricardo Andrés
Published: September 2022

La Vitis vinifera (planta de uva, vid), usada para elaborar vinos, existe desde antes que el hombre y ha estado vinculada al mismo siempre. Está presente en la Biblia e históricamente se remonta a la antigua Roma, donde elaboraban un vino dorado sin distinguir variedad de uvas. Para hacer vinos es necesario producir fruta de buena calidad, la vid requiere ciertos niveles de luz y calor, y temperaturas extremas pueden afectar de manera negativa la producción. Además, necesita condiciones climatológicas específicas para desarrollarse, ejemplo: un invierno suficientemente frío permite a la planta descansar. Por esa razón, la mayoría de vides se cultivan en latitudes del globo que proporcionan una adecuada cantidad de luz solar, calor y agua, entre el paralelo 30º y 50º, tanto hacia el norte como hacia el sur. Sn embargo, contrario a estas teorías, en Ecuador (paralelo 0º) se producen vides y vinos de excelente calidad. En este artículo se investiga lo antes mencionado en Yaruquí, parroquia rural de Quito, provincia de Pichincha, conociendo que la zona solo tiene un viñedo llamado Chaupi Estancia, donde se realizó una observación de campo que arrojó datos de variedades de cepas producidas, pese a su climatología. A su vez, se evidenció información importante sobre volumen de producción en las plantas, la afectación de la posición del sol considerando la ubicación del terreno en la pigmentación de las uvas, especialmente en variedades blancas, y su influencia en el dulzor de la fruta (contenido de azúcar), que dan como resultado unos sabores peculiares en los vinos.
Fertilización fosfatada y su influencia en caracteres agronómicos del maíz cultivado sobre mucuna ceniza (Mucuna pruriens) incorporada y en cobertura del suelo
Authors: Da Silva Oviedo Modesto Osmar , Caballero Casuriaga Oscar Luis , López Eulalio Morel , Servín Niz Amilcar Isidro , López Avalos Derlys Fernando , Valdez Ocampo Florencio David , Lugo Pereira Wilfrido Daniel
Published: September 2022

Los bajos rendimientos en maíz en Paraguay, podrían ser paliados con una adecuada fertilización y su manejo, incluyendo la incorporación con abonos verdes, como de mucuna ceniza (Mucuna pruriens). El objetivo del estudio fue evaluar el efecto de la fertilización fosfatada en el comportamiento agronómico de la variedad de maíz Dkb 290, cultivada con mucuna ceniza ya sea incorporada al suelo o como cobertura del suelo. Los tratamientos fueron implementados en un diseño experimental de Bloques Completos al Azar con cuatro repeticiones, en el que se implementó un arreglo factorial en parcelas subdividas (2 x 5), siendo la parcela grande, la forma de uso de la mucuna ceniza (incorporada o como cobertura de suelo) y la subparcela, las dosis de fertilizante mineral fosfatado (0, 25, 50, 75 y 100 kg P ha-1). La unidad experimental tuvo un tamaño de parcela de 14 m2. En este estudio se evaluó la altura de planta, masa fresca de granos por planta, rendimiento y peso de 1.000 granos. Los datos fueron sometidos a un ADEVA y cuando se detectó efectos significativos, se realizó la comparación de medias (Tukey 5 %). Los resultados señalan que la altura de planta no es influenciada por los factores en estudio, ni fueron detectados efectos de interacción. Se observaron efectos de interacción entre la forma de utilización de la mucuna ceniza y las dosis de fósforo aplicadas, para las variables masa fresca de granos por planta, rendimiento del cultivo y peso de 1000 granos. Los mejores resultados se obtuvieron cuando se utilizó la mucuna ceniza incorporada con la dosis de 75 kg P ha-1, para masa fresca de granos y rendimiento del cultivo; y mucuna en cobertura de suelo con la dosis de 50 kg P ha-1 para peso de 1.000 granos. En base a los resultados de este estudio se recomienda la utilización de mucuna ceniza incorporada con una dosis de 75 kg P ha-1.
Prevalence of Human Immunodeficiency Virus Infection and Risky Sexual Behaviours among Clients Attending HIV Testing Service in Ogun State, Nigeria
Authors: Salako AA , Amoran OE , Okere OE , Oritogun KS
Published: September 2022

Background: HIV testing services (HTS) are a component of HIV prevention and care programs in developed countries and have proven to be a cost-effective way of monitoring the disease, reducing risky behaviours and leading patients to other services.
Objective: To determine the prevalence and risky behavioural factors associated with HIV among the attendees of HIV testing services in a part of Ogun state, Nigeria.
Methods: This was a descriptive cross-sectional study of HTS clients in health facilities within Ogun State, Nigeria. A multi-stage sampling technique was used for data collection using a pretested, close-ended, interviewer-administered questionnaire.
Results: A total of 800 respondents with a mean age of 32.57±10.39 years were surveyed. The prevalence of HIV was 1.6%. The majority (93.6%) of the respondents were sexually experienced. The percentage tested previously among study participants was 5.0%. This significantly comprised those below the age of 18 years (X2 = 22.01, p = 0.0001) and female respondents (Χ2 = 4.84, p = 0.028). Only 21 (2.6%) have had unprotected sex with a casual partner. Significantly more of the female respondent had been involved in this risky sexual behaviour (X2 = 4.52, p = 0.034). Only 7 (0.9%) had sex with multiple sexual partners in the last three months, and 17 (2.1%) were positive for symptomatic STI screening.
Conclusion: The prevalence of HIV was low to be 1.6%, and the percentage tested previously was 5.0%. The practice of free HIV screening should be maintained to encourage more people to undergo the test.
Patients’ Perception of Anaesthesia, the Anaesthetist and Experience of Anaesthesia Care
Authors: Emmanuel EA , Fatungase OM , Shoyemi RO
Published: September 2022

Background: The anaesthetist is a health care professional, but misconceptions about her identity and roles influence patient satisfaction, a unique clinical endpoint.   
Objective: To determine patients’ perception of the anaesthetist and their satisfaction with perioperative anaesthesia care.
Methods: This prospective study recruited adult patients scheduled for elective surgeries in a Nigerian tertiary health facility. A structured questionnaire was administered during the pre-anaesthetic visit, before the administration of anaesthesia and 24 hours post-operative to elicit information on socio-demographics, type of surgery, patient's perception of anaesthetist as a specialist, previous and index anaesthesia experience, and patient's satisfaction from the perioperative anaesthesia care.
Results: One hundred (23 males and 77 females) adult patients with a mean age of 42.17±12.87 years were recruited for elective surgeries in various surgical specialities. Seventy-eight per cent were familiar with the roles of anaesthetists, but those with previous exposure to anaesthesia and a higher educational status showed better knowledge. Most participants (89%) realised that the anaesthetist was a qualified doctor. Still, when probed further, it was discovered that only 42% could anticipate that the anaesthetist was in charge of the operating theatre. A majority (73%) were unaware that the anaesthetist works outside the operating theatre. The participants were very satisfied (68%) or satisfied (32%) with the post-operative assessment of perioperative anaesthesia care.
Conclusion: Most patients scheduled for elective surgeries were familiar with anaesthetist roles and identity but were unaware of her role outside the operating theatre.
PARTISIPASI POLITIK MASYARAKAT DALAM PEMILIHAN KEPALA DAERAH (STUDI PARTISIPASI POLITIK MASYARAKAT DI KELURAHAN UJUNG KECAMATAN SEMAMPIR KOTA SURABAYA DALAM PILKADA JAWA TIMUR 2018)
Authors: Moch. Razy Fatahilah
Published: September 2022

This study analyzes the community political participation in East Java regional election. It aims to understand the affecting factors on the community political participation in Surabaya. The theory uses political participation. There are five indicators that influence political participation, such as social and economic status, parents’ affiliation, experience to organize, political awareness and confidence in the government. The research method is a qualitative descriptive method. data collection techniques are obtained through interview and documentation. The results indicate that the factors have greater influence on participation in social status and economics, and parents’ affiliation. Thus, it needs an urban village general election commission or educate for the residents who live in the urban village. Furthermore, the community work and the role of family in understanding the knowledge of politics have less supportive affiliation.
Nucleosíntesis en el cosmos: lo que creemos que sabemos y las preguntas por venir
Authors: Galindo Uribarri Salvador , Cervantes-Cota Jorge L.
Published: September 2022

Se da una breve descripción de lo que creemos saber hasta el día de hoy sobre la nucleosíntesis de elementos en el universo. Por medio de una reseña cronológica se indican los periodos y mecanismos de su formación. Se formula una prospectiva crítica sobre investigaciones futuras que permitirán validar, modificar o rechazar hipótesis hechas, las cuales involucrarán observaciones conjuntas que abarcan mediciones más finas de radiación cósmica de fondo, cúmulos de galaxias y de ondas gravitacionales producidas por choques de estrellas de neutrones. La información obtenida se combinará con restricciones dadas por modelos teóricos. Tal vez, muchas dudas actuales serán aclaradas, pero nuevas preguntas surgirán.
Identificación de cepas de E. coli productoras de betalactamasas de espectro extendido (BLEE) aisladas en el Centro Médico ISSEMyM de Toluca
Authors: Mejía-Argueta Euridice Ladisu , Santillán-Benítez Jonnathan Guadalupe , Mejía-Juárez José
Published: September 2022

Se analizaron datos de E. coli productora de BLEEs aisladas de pacientes de diferentes áreas hospitalarias por medio de las interacciones que existen entre los antibiogramas y las áreas a través de análisis de varianza (ANOVA) de dos factores y la prueba de Bartlett para homocedasticidad. Se encontró una incidencia del 45% de E. coli y de 135 cepas muestreadas, el 4.58% fue E. coli BLEE. Además, usando una prueba de Bartlett, se determinó que existe una diferencia significativa entre las áreas y en sus pruebas fenotípicas, por lo que se deben implementar medidas de capacitación, control y prevención en el sector salud para evitar en mayor medida la propagación de infecciones entre áreas de salud pública.
El libro de arena (1975) de Jorge Luis Borges: notas para una relectura
Authors: Dávila Dávila Jesús M. , Linares Gabriel E.
Published: September 2022

Se proponen algunas vías de análisis para replantear la imagen que dejaron las primeras lecturas críticas de El libro de arena (1975), según las cuales sería un trabajo repetitivo y prescindible en la obra borgeana. Se analizan tres cuentos de dicho volumen: “El otro”, “El libro de arena” y “El Congreso”. Se establecen similitudes y diferencias en el uso del doble y la biblioteca total, tópicos característicos en Borges que son rastreados en textos anteriores: “Tres versiones de Judas”, “Los teólogos”, “Hombre de la esquina rosada”, “La biblioteca de Babel”, entre otros. Asimismo, se identifican algunos elementos autobiográficos para ahondar en el distanciamiento crítico del autor respecto de sí mismo y de su obra anterior.
Tuberculosis en tiempos de COVID-19: cambios y oportunidades
Authors: Urbán-Solano Alexia , Aguilar-Durán Yerany , Flores-Gonzalez Julio , Chávez Galán Leslie
Published: September 2022

Se discute cómo el proyecto End TB, que planteaba erradicar la tuberculosis para 2030, se ha visto afectado por atender patologías emergentes; en consecuencia, su tasa de infección y mortalidad incrementó en 2021. Aunque la atención de la comunidad científica está centrada en COVID-19, no debe olvidarse a la tuberculosis. Ambas patologías muestran importantes similitudes, las cuales permiten sugerir que la inversión en la investigación conjunta puede aprovecharse para el desarrollo de nuevas estrategias diagnósticas y terapéuticas. Analizar la tuberculosis, enfermedad infecciosa que es un problema de salud pública, en el contexto de la pandemia por COVID-19 ayuda a evidenciar las carencias de los sistemas de salud en el mundo.
“¿Quién inscribe a quién?”: sangre, tinta, y deconstrucción
Authors: Martell James
Published: September 2022

Si en la Antigua Grecia la “injusticia” tomaba la forma de una mujer tatuada, Adikia, y si, según Derrida, “la deconstrucción es justicia” o, en otras palabras, Dike, ¿podríamos entonces hablar—siguiendo esta tradición—de un tatuaje deconstructivo o derrideano? El corpus derrideano lleva una buena cantidad de tatuajes en el cuerpo. Algunos son externos, como frases de otros tatuajes o cuerpos tatuados; otros son internos y describen sus propias extremidades, como las columnas de Glas. Frente al principio clave de visibilidad a través de la invisibilidad de nuestra era, la sangre y la tinta del tatuaje son, tal vez, la respuesta deconstructiva, o por lo menos el indicio de una respuesta a la ceguera de nuestras inscripciones. Estas inscripciones en cuerpo y en corpus (palabras e imágenes, papel y piel en múltiples superficies o pantallas) no reiterarán las fronteras (ese nunca ha sido el deseo de las tribus tatuadas). Sin embargo, podrían restructurarlas, convirtiéndolas en líneas de fuga deleuzianas y guattarianas “entre lo nacional y lo global e incluso entre lo terrenal y lo extraterrestre, entre el mundo y el universo” (Paper Machine 57), reproduciéndolas a través de múltiples inseminaciones de tinta, en lugar de limitar las superficies. En términos derrideanos, desarrollando una pluralidad de substratos por cada deseo de (una) khôra.
Embodying Memory / Mnemonic’ Bodywriting: Como un tatuaje 20th Century Latinamerican Songs // Encarnación de la memoria / escritura mnemónica en el cuerpo: Como un tatuaje, canciones latinoamericanas del siglo XX
Authors: Bazán Bonfil Rodrigo
Published: September 2022

Porque al menos Sara Montiel, Los Tres Diamantes, Joan Sebastian, Cheo Feliciano, K Paz de la Sierra, Elvis Crespo y Espinosa Paz interpretan canciones en que el tatuaje es la metáfora guía, el presente trabajo analiza, primero, la forma en que ésta varía en función del contexto, y luego cómo a partir de ella se construye un imaginario amoroso latinoamericano que abarca la segunda mitad del siglo XX e interpela a la corporeidad como memoria.
The Nigerian State and Strategies for Eliminating Security Challenges In Nigeria
Authors: Ohazuruike Kennedy
Published: September 2022

The right to life is a fundamental human right that is engrave in the constitution of most independent countries. This make most sovereign state to be the most important and dominant structure within the social system. Security of life and property on the other hand has long been a part of human existence and sustenance and could be aptly viewed as freedom from threat or violence which is also known as peace. Durable peace has remained elusive in Nigeria since the country gained independence. The nature and character of the Nigerian state which has a colonial origin has led to the manifestations of insecurity and violence in different trends which include; youth involvement in crime, collective and targeted violence against individuals, groups and state institutions which have escalated over the years. The major objective of this paper is to examine the nature of Nigerian state and the high level of insecurity challenges, and strategies that can help eliminate them. Exploratory design with data drawn from secondary sources, and a qualitative method of analysis were adopted. Findings revealed that; the Nigerian state is weak and has displayed gross incapacity to deal with various security challenges plaguing the country; also, Nigeria’s reliance on the use of coercion, has not been able to fully address the challenges of insecurity in the country. The paper recommends that the Nigerian state must rise up from her slumber, overcome its inherent weakness and give direction to political and economic development of the polity.
Affirmative Action and Gender Inequality: An In-Depth Evaluation of Strides Made on Solving the Problem of Gender Inequality
Authors: Ngele Anthonia Nnebuife
Published: September 2022

The study explores affirmative action  and its significance as a strategy that guarantees the inclusion and protection of minorities within societies and further examines the fundamental strides for resolving gender inequality problems. Furthermore, the assessment involves collected works of scholars and public papers from countries like Kenya, Ghana, India, USA, and Norway within four continents while using the Systematic Quantitative Assessment (SQAT) methodology. The central research question reads; Has affirmative action been an effective tool for addressing the problems of gender inequality? The findings divulged that affirmative action had been an effective apparatus for solving gender inequality related challenges but the bold achievement is dependent on economic structure and gender laws of a nation, which is visibly engraved in most countries' constitution through the two-thirds gender law, though there is no specific structure that enables optimum implementation. The study recommends notable campaigns, awareness, and implementation structured in favor of affirmative action.
Mineral dust aerosol impacts on global climate and climate change
Authors: Kok Jasper , Storelvmo Trude , Karydis Vlassis , Adebiyi Adeyemi , Mahowald Natalie , Evan Amato , He Cenlin , Leung Danny
Published: September 2022

Mineral dust aerosols impact Earth’s energy budget through interactions with radiation, clouds, atmospheric chemistry, the cryosphere and biogeochemistry. In this Review, we summarize these interactions and assess the resulting impacts of dust, and of changes in dust, on global climate and climate change. The total effect of dust interactions on Earth’s global energy budget—the dust effective radiative effect—is -0.2 ± 0.5 Wm-2 (90% confidence interval), suggesting that dust net cools the climate. Global dust mass loading has increased 55 ± 30% since pre-industrial times, driven largely by increases in dust from Asia and North Africa, leading to changes in the Earth’s energy budget. Indeed, this increase in dust has produced a global mean effective radiative forcing of -0.07 ± 0.18 Wm-2, somewhat counteracting greenhouse warming. Current climate models and climate assessments do not represent the historical increase in dust and thus omit the resulting radiative forcing, biasing climate change projections and assessments of climate sensitivity. Climate model simulations of future changes in dust diverge widely and are very uncertain. Further work is thus needed to constrain the radiative effects of dust on climate and to improve the representation of dust in climate models.
A mixed-methods approach to understanding barriers and facilitators to healthy eating and exercise from five European countries: Combining consumer science, behavioural economics, and psychology
Authors: Snuggs Sarah , Clot Sophie , Lamport Daniel , Sah Anumeha , Forrest Joseph , Helme-Guizon Agnes , Iqbal Zara , Caldara Cindy , Wilhelm Marie-Clare , Anin Camille , Vogt Julia
Published: September 2022

Background: Healthy adults are consistently falling below national and international recommendations for physical activity and dietary intake across Europe. Interventions to address behaviour change in these fields typically target clinically at-risk individuals. To inform the development of interventions targeting healthy individuals, this study took a co-creative approach with samples of adults from five European countries to qualitatively and quantitively establish motivators, barriers and sustaining factors for positive physical activity and healthy eating behaviour change. Methods: Stage 1 involved a newly-designed online programme that was used to create an online community who identified challenges, motivators and solutions to sustaining positive health behaviours over two weeks. Stage 2 comprised an online survey, developed from the ideas produced in Stage 1, administered to a larger sample to quantify the relative importance of the motivators and barriers discussed. Results: Results from both stages indicated that enjoyment of health behaviours, positive emotions before and after activities, and installing rewards were key motivators for both behaviours across all five countries. Barriers included difficulties with habit-breaking, giving in to temptation and negative affective states. Participants reported that changes in physical activity and eating behaviour complemented one another. Those with a high BMI placed more importance on social motivators (e.g. social pressure) than those with healthy BMI. Participants’ reports of motivating factors and barriers often reflected relevant approaches from consumer science, behavioural economics, or psychology.Conclusions: Interventions to support adults who are not chronically ill but who would benefit from improved diet and/or increased physical activity should not focus exclusively on health as a motivating factor. Emphasis on enjoyable behaviours, social engagement and the role of reward will likely improve engagement and sustained behaviour change. Our data call for the integration of different fields in the behaviour change literature that would allow a stronger emphasis on motivational and emotional processes.
From distal to proximal to interactive: Behavioral and brain synchrony during attraction, courtship, and sexual interaction
Authors: Pfaus James G. , Zakreski Ellen , Safron Adam
Published: September 2022

In this chapter we review some of the multifarious roles of synchrony in mating psychology. We describe how synchronous dynamics contribute to the coherence of nervous systems; early bonding and development; and sexual and romantic relationships. While it is difficult to do justice to such a deep topic in a single chapter, we have attempted to provide a broad overview of ways in which rhythms have implications for understanding our social and emotional selves, and how our self-boundaries may expand to include others. Given the importance of wisely choosing and skillfully navigating this sort of co-mingling, we describe how varying degrees of intimacy can both gradually and precipitously build through patterns of synchronized rhythmic interactions, which both help to structure and gate the activities through which increasing degrees of closeness are shaped through mutually-rewarding experiences. While here we primarily focus on sexuality from a scientific and humanistic perspective, we believe these explorations point to how rhythmic interaction represents a keystone for our inherently intersubjective minds, allowing us to better understand some of the ways in which humans can be such a strange and extraordinary species.
The Future Proofing Study: Design, Methods and Baseline Characteristics of a Prospective Cohort Study of the Mental Health of Australian Adolescents
Authors: Werner-Seidler Aliza , Maston Kate , Calear Alison , Batterham Philip , Larsen Mark , Torok Michelle , O’Dea Bridianne , Huckvale Kit , Beames Joanne R , Brown Lyndsay , Fujimoto Hiroko , Bartholomew Alexandra , Bal Debopriyo , Schweizer Susanne , Skinner S Rachel , Steinbeck Katharine , Ratcliffe Julie , oei Julee , Venkatesh Svetha , Lingam Raghu , Perry Yael , Hudson Jennie , Boydell Katherine , Mackinnon Andrew , Christensen Helen
Published: September 2022

Objectives: The Future Proofing Study (FPS) was established to examine factors associated with the onset and course of mental health conditions during adolescence. This paper describes the design, methods, and baseline characteristics of the FPS cohort. Methods: The FPS is an Australian school-based prospective cohort study with an embedded cluster-randomized controlled trial examining the effects of digital prevention programs on mental health. Data sources include self-report questionnaires, cognitive functioning, linkage to health and education records, and smartphone sensor data. Participants are assessed annually for five years. Results: The baseline cohort (N=6388, M=13.9 years) is broadly representative of the Australian adolescent population. The clinical profile of participants is comparable to other population estimates. Overall, 15.1% of the cohort met the clinical threshold for depression, 18.6% for anxiety, 31.6% for psychological distress, and 4.9% for suicidal ideation. These rates were significantly higher in adolescents who identified as female, gender diverse, sexuality diverse, or Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander (all ps<.05).Conclusions: This paper provides current and comprehensive data about the status of adolescent mental health in Australia. The FPS cohort is expected to provide significant insights into the risk, protective, and mediating factors associated with development of mental health conditions during adolescence.
Neural Mechanisms of Familiarity
Authors: Montaldi Daniela , Kafkas Alex
Published: September 2022

Despite its crucial role in our everyday lives, compared to most other forms of memory, familiarity memory has, over the years, received relatively little targeted attention in the human memory literature. We believe this is because familiarity has predominantly been studied as a comparison condition for recollection, where much more attention has been targeted. The behavioural and neural signatures of familiarity have often been derived from tasks, and under conditions, not optimal for familiarity to be observed or measured in its richest form, or its fullest capacity. We argue here that tests designed specifically to trigger and measure familiarity, reveal a much stronger and more confident form of memory than often assumed. Findings from such methods provide strong confirmation that the hippocampus does not support familiarity memory. Instead, the familiarity memory network includes the medial temporal lobe cortices (MTLc) and amygdala, the thalamus, and prefrontal and parietal cortex. We propose that the material specific MTLc and amygdala regions are responsible for generating familiarity signals, which project via the ventral lateral, and ventral posterior thalamic nuclei, to the mediodorsal thalamic nucleus. This intra-thalamic communication is modulated by familiarity strength. The mediodorsal thalamic nucleus then communicates its familiarity signal to the prefrontal cortex where relative familiarity is computed from independent familiarity and novelty signals. These signals converge in integration regions in both the prefrontal and parietal cortex allowing memory judgements and familiarity decisions to be made. We conclude by highlighting and briefly discussing several key outstanding questions.
Using GIS techniques for modeling of anthropogenic noise propagation generated by a chainsaw in forest harvesting
Authors: Akay Abdullah E. , Acar Hulusi H. , Kalkan Buse
Published: September 2022

Noise is an environmental pollution that negatively affects human health and reduces the performance of employees. Forest harvesting activities are one of the working environments where noise effect is intense. The most common equipment used in forest operations is chainsaw whose noise affects not only the operator but also the wildlife in the territory. The noise maps showing noise propagation can be effectively used in evaluating and controlling the noise effects. In this study, it was aimed to measure the anthropogenic noise levels ​​resulting from the chainsaw used in tree felling and to map its noise propagation with SPreAD-GIS (System for Prediction of Acoustic Detectability) which is a GIS (Geographical Information Systems) based noise prediction software. The study was conducted in Karacabey Flooded Forest within the city of Bursa in Türkiye. The results indicated that the average noise level from the chainsaw was above the danger limit (90 dBA) that causes increased physiological reactions and headache on the workers. According to the noise propagation map, the noise exposure of the employees exceeded the warning limit (85 dBA) and the maximum noise level was 95.96 dBA during the harvesting activity. In some parts of the study area, the noise level was 45 dBA or above, causing negative effects on bird species. It can be concluded that the noise maps can be effectively used to determine noise propagation generated by a chainsaw and evaluate the noise effects on the operators and as well as on the bird species in the perimeter.
Â¿Autoplagio o texto reciclado? Algunas implicaciones inesperadas de la digitalizaciÃ³n de la ciencia
Authors: Codina LluÃ­s , CortiÃ±as Sergi
Published: September 2022

El plagio carece de grados o de situaciones de aceptaciÃ³n, aunque sin duda hay variaciones de gravedad. En cambio, el mal llamado autoplagio, que en realidad deberÃ­a llamarse texto reciclado, puede tener situaciones de aceptaciÃ³n tanto Ã©ticas como legales. Es importante distinguirlos precisamente para luchar con mÃ¡s eficacia contra el plagio, por un lado, y para evitar situaciones injustas por otro con el uso de herramientas como el software de anÃ¡lisis de originalidad. Se presentan propuestas al respecto de organismos que tratan la Ã©tica de las publicaciones y se presenta someramente un proyecto de investigaciÃ³n sobre text recycling
Problem aspects regarding the establishment of territory boundaries of territorial communities (in the current times and in the post-war period)
Authors: Dorosh  , Tarnopolskyi  , Kharytonenko  , Derkulskyi  , Riabova
Published: September 2022

It is emphasized that the issue of establishing the boundaries of the territories of territorial communities currently remains relevant in Ukraine and presents new challenges caused by the state of war. The sequence (stages) of land management works related to establishing the boundaries of the territories of territorial communities is proposed. It is assumed that in the post-war period, the boundaries of the territories of territorial communities may be limited in their establishment, if these boundaries were located in the area of military (combat) operations or were under temporary occupation, encirclement (blockade).

Attention is focused on the difficulties associated with the financial capacity of territorial communities in ordering work on the development of land management projects to establish the boundaries of these communities in the event of a return to peaceful life. The existence of disputes regarding the common borders between certain adjacent territorial communities made it necessary to introduce the possibility of partially establishing the borders of the territories of territorial communities in relation to crossing the border.

Ways of improving the process of establishing the boundaries of the territories of territorial communities and adapting it to the conditions of the state of war and the post-war period are proposed, through the examples of post-war boundary establishment in foreign countries. Proposals will be made regarding amendments to the land legislation related to the definition of the boundaries of the territories of territorial communities as a whole, as well as individual parts thereof.
Directions of development of appraisal activity in Ukraine in accordance with modern challenges and world trends
Authors: Palekha Yu. , Dekhtyarenko Yu. , Tarnopolskyi А. , Malashevskyi М.
Published: September 2022

The theoretical and practical provisions of the methodology for evaluating land plots and real estate in Ukraine are summarized. Problematic aspects of assessment activities in modern conditions are revealed in view of the regulatory and legislative framework. The advantages of the transition to land plot assessment along with improvements in the quality of the tax base are substantiated. An analysis of methodological and methodical approaches to taxation of land plots and real estate existing in the world tax systems was carried out. The main groups of real estate taxation systems and land plots in its composition according to the method of establishing the tax base are defined. The possibility of using a new methodology for evaluating land plots and real estate is substantiated. The results of the study can regulate professional appraisal activities, eliminate shortcomings and gaps in the establishment and functioning of the appraisal institute in the land market.
Economic mechanism of the nature management: institutional soil and instrumental methodological providing
Authors: Medynska N.
Published: September 2022

It is deduced that the economic mechanism of nature management operates the insufficient set of methods, instruments and levers that give an opportunity to promote the complexity of the economic mastering of nature resource potential and strengthen the effectiveness of influence of the sphere of nature management on the rates of socio-economic presentation. Reasonably, that for the forming of modern economic mechanisms of nature management there is the necessity of the creation of institutional soil that will envisage installation in regulatory nature protection architectonics of new institutes-rules able to provide more effective bringing in of natural raw material and ecosystem services in market turnover. It is set that the instrumental methodological providing of economic mechanism of nature management must embrace the wide spectrum of methods, instruments and levers that will give an opportunity to provide budgetary-tax and financial credit influence on the maximum amount of the operations related to the exception of material substance of natural raw material and the usage of raw immaterial usefulness of nature complexes. Researches showed that in a modern economic mechanism nature management must present a wide spectrum of financially economic and administrative-economic methods. Financially economic methods embrace: evaluation, account, programming, planning, prognostication, taxation, budgetary financing, investing, insurance, crediting. To the list of administrative economic methods belong: licensing, examination, certification, regulation, standardization, monitoring, cadaster, limiting, and setting of norms. It is set that the modern economic mechanism of nature management must embrace budgetary, tax, custom, credit, hypothec-mortgage, fund, investment, insurance instruments, and also instruments that are based on realization of agreements of publicly-private partnership. Reasonably, that in the structure of economic mechanism of nature management two types of levers are distinguished: financially economic stimuli (tax deduction, favorable credits, reliefs from duty, price discounts/raise, cross subsidizing, dating) and financially economic approvals (fines, compensations, indemnifications, financial limitations, and budgetary limits).