bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Charge/Discharge Scheduling of Electric Vehicles and Battery Energy Storage in Smart Building: a Mix Binary Linear Programming model
Authors: Foroozandeha Zahra , Ramos Sérgio , Soares João , Zita Vale , Gomes António
Published: June 2022

Nowadays, the buildings have an important role on high demand of electricity energy. Therefore, the energy management of the buildings may have significant influence on reducing the electricity consumption. Moreover, Electric Vehicles (EVs) have been considering as a power storage devices in Smart Buildings (SBs) aiming to reduce the cost and consuming energy. Here, an energy management framework is proposed in which by considering the flexibility of the contracted power of each apartment, an optimal charging-discharging scheduled for EVs and Battery Energy Storage System (BESS) is defined over long time period to minimize the electricity cost of the building. The proposed model is design by a Mixed Binary Linear rogramming formulation (MBLP) that the charging and discharging of EVs as well as BESS in each period is treated as binary decision variables. In order to validate the model, a case study involving three scenarios are considered. The obtained results indicate a 15% reduction in total electricity consumption cost and consumption energy by the grid over a one year. Finally, the impact of capacity and charge/discharge rate of BESS on the power cost is analyzed and the optimal size of the BESS for assumed SB in the case study is also reported.
A Study on the Impact of DE Population Size on the Performance Power System Stabilizers
Authors: Agbenyo Folly Komla , Fa Mulumba Tshina
Published: June 2022

The population size of DE plays a significant role in the way the algorithm performs as it influences whether good solutions can be found. Generally, the population size of DE algorithm is a user-defined input that remains fixed during the optimization process. Therefore, inadequate selection of DE population size may seriously hinder the performance of the algorithm. This paper investigates the impact of DE population size on (i) the performance of DE when applied to the optimal tuning of power system stabilizers (PSSs); and (ii) the ability of the tuned PSSs to perform efficiently to damp low-frequency oscillations. The effectiveness of these controllers is evaluated based on frequency domain analysis and validated using time-domain simulations. Simulation results show that a small population size may lead the algorithm to converge prematurely, and thus resulting in a poor controller performance. On the other hand, a large population size requires more computational effort, whilst no noticeable improvement in the performance of the controller is observed.
Comparison of the oxidative respiratory burst and mitogen-induced leukocyte responses of camels, goats, sheep, and cows
Authors: Al-Hamrashdi Abeer , Al-Habsi Khalid , Elshafie Elshafie I. , Johnson Eugene H.
Published: June 2022

Background and Aim: The reports from the Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries suggest that camels suffer less compared to goats, sheep, and cows from a number of common infectious diseases in Oman. However, there is no immunological evidence to substantiate this claim. This present study is, therefore, an attempt to study the immunological responses of camels, goats, sheep, and cows by comparing their oxidative respiratory burst of peripheral blood leukocytes (PBLs) as a marker of innate immunity occurring during phagocytosis and the mitogenic responses of their peripheral blood mononuclear leukocytes (PBMLs) as a marker of their adaptive immune response.

Materials and Methods: Ten female adult animals (n = 10) were selected from each species (goats, sheep, and cows). The goats, sheep, and cows were maintained at the Agricultural Experiment Station, while camels were kept at the Royal Camel Corps (RCC). Blood samples were collected from the jugular vein in 7 mL of heparin and ethylenediaminetetraacetic acid vacutainer tubes. The oxidative respiratory burst of PBLs was measured using a chemiluminescence (CL) assay. Reactants consisted of 75 μL of whole blood diluted (1:50), 75 μL of luminol/isoluminol, and 75 μL of zymosan opsonized with non-heat inactivated serum/heat-inactivated serum or non-opsonized zymosan. CL responses were measured as relative light units and expressed as the mean count per minute and peak CL values. The mitogenic response of PBMLs to concanavalin A (Con-A), phytohemagglutinin (PHA), and pokeweed mitogen (PWM) was tested using a WST-8 assay and read spectrophotometrically at 450 nm.

Results: The present findings showed that camel PBLs generate significantly higher CL responses, both intracellularly as well as extracellularly, with zymosan opsonized with autologous serum. Camel PBLs demonstrated a significantly higher (p = 0.001) response when stimulated with zymosan opsonized with heat-inactivated serum compared to those of goat, sheep, and cow lymphocytes from camels exhibited significantly higher (p = 0.001) stimulation indices (SI) with Con-A, PHA, and PWM.

Conclusion: The present study suggests that camels are capable of mounting both superior innate as well as adaptive immune responses and provide immunological evidence supporting the belief of some authors, who have proposed that camels are less susceptible to a number of common infectious diseases than other domesticated ruminants.
Átélt vagy ábrázolt érzelem?
Authors: Horváth Márta
Published: June 2022

A kognitív poétika jelentős változást hozott az emóciókutatás tekintetében, mivel az irodalmi szövegben ábrázolt érzelmek elemzésén túl az olvasói érzelmek pszichológiai vizsgálatára is vállalkozik. A szereplői érzelmek és az olvasó által átélt érzelmek közötti különbségtétel azonban nem magától értetődő, számtalan esetben – tipikusan például horrortörténetek olvasásakor – azt tapasztaljuk, hogy a kétféle érzelem összemosódik. Tanulmányom célja annak bemutatása, hogy az esetenkénti átfedés ellenére is lehetséges átélt és ábrázolt félelem megkülönböztetése, mivel két különböző pszichológiai mechanizmus áll a befogadói félelem és az ábrázolt félelem feldolgozása mögött, valamint különböző elbeszélői stratégiák felelősek a kiváltásukért. Edgar Allan Poe A kút és az inga című elbeszélésének elemzésével azt kívánom demonstrálni, hogy a fenti megkülönböztetés lehetővé teszi a horrortörténetek közötti finom differenciálást annak alapján, hogy milyen mértékben tartalmaznak az olvasói félelem kiváltására alkalmas szövegrészeket. Amellett érvelek, hogy Poe szövege pszichológiai horrornak tekinthető, mely aligha vált ki félelmet az olvasóból, ehelyett az olvasói empátián keresztül nyit ablakot a félelmet átélő szereplő belső világára.
A félelem élvezete
Authors: Kovács András Bálint
Published: June 2022

Az elmúlt negyven évben számos filozófus, pszichológus, film- és irodalomkutató foglalkozott azzal a kérdéssel, hogy miért élvezi a közönség a negatív érzelmeket olyan szórakozási formák esetében, mint a horrorfilm. A legtöbb elmélet úgy próbálja megmagyarázni a horror-paradoxont, hogy a félelmet mint az élvezet forrását kiemeli a magyarázatból és azt állítja, hogy a közönség valami mást élvez ezekben a filmekben. Kutatások bizonyítják, hogy a közönség valójában a félelmet élvezi és nem valami mást. A félelem nem csupán egyetlen „negatív érzelem”, hanem különféle viszonylag független fiziológiai, viselkedési és élményállapotok komplexuma, amelyen belül a félelem érzése és az ettől az érzéstől való szenvedés különválasztható. Egyetlen horrorfilmre sem jellemző, hogy folyamatosan stresszkeltő lenne az elejétől a végéig. A stresszkeltő ingerek hullámokban érkeznek és a hullámok között megnyugtató szekvenciák találhatók. Az enyhe és rövid ideig tartó félelemkeltő stressz, valamint ennek a stressznek a feloldása dopamin-aktivitást vált ki, amely a test számára jutalomérzést nyújt. A horror műfaj az izgalmat keltő szórakoztatás egy extrém formája, amely így két fázisban is testi jutalmazással jár. A horrorfilmek közönsége azonban csak 5-6 százalékát teszi ki a mozibajáróknak, amíg az izgalmat keltő szórakoztatás enyhébb formái nagyon népszerűek. A horror kedvelői egy szűkebb réteget képviselnek, amelyet magas szenzációkeresés és bizonytalanságtűrés, valamint alacsony szorongás- és undorérzékenység jellemez.
Subject Structure of Texts on New Reality
Authors: Sidorova Marina
Published: June 2022

The article demonstrates the potential of Prof. G.A. Zolotova’s functional and communicative grammar in analysis of texts on new reality regarding subjects involved in this reality. The author examines different genres – from news to philosophical essay – dwelling upon high technologies and digitalization. The subject structure of a text includes communicative frame (sender and recipient) and in-text subjects (human and non-human) which receive different predicates from the author constructing his textual world. The linguistic analysis of the text’s subject structure allows one to reveal the author’s point of view, the properties of his desirable world and ideas critical for the epoque. The analysis of the characteristics predicated to different types of subjects as well as the linguistic means of expression or elimination of these subjects helps to see these critical ideas activization of non-human “intelligent” devices acquiring independence and intentionality together with deindividualization and disembodiment of human subjects. The ideology of independency and personalization of machines and “dissolution” of human subjects is expressed both by language-specific means and lexicogrammar ones, common for Russian and other languages.
Orientalism as Ideological and Fiction Concept of Vs.N. Ivanov’s Works, a Writer, Thinker and a Journalist
Authors: Yakimova Svetlana
Published: June 2022

The author of the article, having studied the creative activity of V.I. Ivanov (1888–1971) and using a conceptual approach to the analysis of his works, reveals a constant commitment of the writer, thinker and journalist to the theme of the East, philosophical and aesthetic foundations of Eastern culture in his fiction and scientific works, as well as, in philosophical journalism. Orientalism, as one of the key concepts of Ivanov's creative activity, which determines the integrity of his heritage, fully reflects the depth and scale of philosophical, ideological and fiction studies of that extraordinary person who went through emigration and retained a deep commitment to Russia. The article presents some analysis of oriental poetry by Vs. N. Ivanov of pre-emigration and emigration period, which is unknown to the Russian reader; essays from periodicals about the Far East of Russia, Russian emigration in China; works of scientific and journalism nature published by him in emigration.
Linguistic and Cognitive Essence of Relations in Dialect Worldview of Kuban Region Inhabitants (Based on the Example of Blood Relatives Microfield) (part 2)
Authors: Kostina Ludmila , Olga Borisova
Published: June 2022

The second part of the article presents a description of the linguistic and cognitive essence of blood relatives relations in the dialect worldview of Kuban region inhabitants. The study defines the connotation content of the analyzed microfield representatives by stereotyping the family role and position of blood relatives, their interrelations and qualities, which are vital from the Kuban dialect carriers’ point of view. It demonstrates various cognitive potential of microfield constituents which involves some notions having (in peoples’ mind) conjoined meanings and others lacking some. The article demonstrates, that children are a cognitive dominant idea of the Blood Relatives microfield, that leads to their natural ranking into categories, which is manifested in a range of relevant concept-building characteristics. Statements of dialect carriers prove the importance of a traditional role of the family in younger generation upbringing. The research demonstrates, that means оf the described microfield representation, refer to the idea of blood relatives relations, inherent in this ethnical culture, which contains both archaic and modern beliefs of Kuban dialect carriers.
Code-Switching as a Literary Device in “Thank You for Smoking” by Ch. Buckley
Authors: Oberyukhtina Maria
Published: June 2022

This article examines the foreign-language elements in Christopher Buckley's novel “Thank You for Smoking”. The author studies possible reasons for code switching in the novel and makes the conclusion about the extent to which the idea of code-switching can correspond to the "global purpose" of the novel. The article describes some lexical and phraseological foreign language units mentioned in the text, analyzing the cases where the main character of the novel uses foreign words. The protagonist often resorts to the use of expressions from French and German in order to a) show his attitude to the extralinguistic situation changing around him; b) to create ingenious wordplay in his speech, using them in connection with some precedent phenomena in the English-speaking culture, even outside his workplace, although it is primarily his professional activities that require doing so. The author of the present paper also analyzes the approach to the use of lexical and phraseological units which may or may not be clichés when transferred to the English language. A conclusion is made about the possible use of foreign language elements as an artistic literary device within the framework of this novel.
The Child in the Colloquial Speech: Thesaurus and its Fixation
Authors: Amzarakova Irina
Published: June 2022

The purpose of this study is to identify the main features of colloquiality and their specificity in children's discourse, to describe the problem of lexicographic fixation of children's thesaurus. The most typical manifestation of the redundancy of children's speech is reduplication. Words built on reduplication penetrate from children's discourse into the standard language and into other sociolects, acquiring new meanings. The analysis of lexicographic sources reveals a deficiency in the ideographic description of the child's world, the absence of the necessary lexicographic marks in dictionaries of a general type. Since the beginning of the 2000s, dictionaries of children's innovations and children's thesaurus have been published on the material of the Russian language, but for those studying foreign languages the absence of such ideographic dictionaries becomes an ethnographic gap that hinders intercultural communication.
Modern Trends in Human Science (Based on the Materials of the XIX International Scientific Conference "Onomastics of the Volga Region")
Authors: Bubnova Nina
Published: June 2022

The article describes the range of onomastic research identified at the XIX International Scientific Conference "Onomastics of the Volga Region". The conference took place on November 11–12, 2021 on the premises of Orenburg State Pedagogical University in a full-time-distance format. At the plenary session and in workshops there were discussed the reports considering theoretical and methodological aspects of onomastics, modern problems of toponyms and anthroponyms, the study of urban toponymic space, literary and folklore onomastics, as well as the onomastic periphery and the appellative-onomastic borderline. For the first time within the framework of a separate workshop, the issues of the effectiveness of the use of onomastic material in the educational environment were discussed. As a result of the conference, the crucial issues facing modern onomastics, the main directions of the development of onomastic research, disputable issues that reveal a variety of approaches to their solution were identified.
Adjustable intragastric balloon leads to significant improvement in obesity-related lipidome and fecal microbiome profiles: a proof of concept study
Authors: Hussan Hisham , Abu Dayyeh Barham K. , Chen Jun , Johnson Stephen , Riedl Ken , Grainger Elizabeth M. , Brooks Jeffrey , Hinton Alice , Simpson Christina , Kashyap Purna C.
Published: June 2022

BACKGROUND:

Intragastric balloons (IGB) are a safe and effective treatment for obesity. However, limited knowledge exists on the underlying biological changes with IGB placement.

METHODS:

This single-institution study was part of an adjustable IGB randomized controlled trial. Subjects with obesity were randomized in a 2 to 1 ratio to 32 weeks of IGB with diet/exercise counseling (n=8) versus counseling alone (controls, n=4). Diet/exercise counseling was continued for 24 weeks post-IGB removal to assess weight maintenance. We used mass spectrometry for non-targeted plasma lipidomics analysis and 16S rRNA sequencing to profile the fecal microbiome.

RESULTS:

IGB subjects lost 15.5% of their body weight at 32 weeks versus 2.59% for controls (P<0.05). Maintenance of a 10.5% weight loss occurred post-IGB explant. IGB placement followed by weight maintenance led to a -378.9 uM/L reduction in serum free fatty acids compared to pre-IGB (95% CI: -612.9, -145.0). This reduction was mainly in saturated, mono, and omega-6 fatty acids when compared to pre-IGB. Polyunsaturated phosphatidylcholines also increased after IGB (difference of 27 uM/L; 95% CI: 1.1, 52.8). Compared to controls, saturated and omega-6 free fatty acids (linoleic and arachidonic acids) were reduced after IGB. The fecal microbiota changed post-IGB placement and weight maintenance versus pre-IGB (P<0.05). Further analysis showed a possible trend toward reduced Firmicutes and increased Bacteroidetes post-IGB and counseling, a change that was not conclusively different from counseling alone.

IGB treatment is associated with an altered fecal microbiome profile and may have a better effect on the obesity-related lipidome than counseling alone.
MULHERES NEGRAS PROFESSORAS UNIVERSITÁRIAS E SUAS TRAJETÓRIAS SOCIOESPACIAIS NO ENSINO DE GEOGRAFIA
Authors: Azevedo Luyanne Catarina Lourenço , Sacramento Ana Cláudia Ramos
Published: June 2022

As desigualdades socioespaciais, étnico-raciais e de gênero estão presentes na sociedade brasileira e nos seus mais diversos espaços. A universidade pública brasileira configura-se como um destes espaços onde há inúmeras presenças-e-ausências. Este artigo traz as reflexões do que é ser mulher negra e professora universitária a partir das perspectivas e falas de Ella, Filomena, Maria e Sol - quatro professoras negras que lecionam o ensino de Geografia em universidades públicas brasileiras. Assim, por meio das metodologias da história de vida e da interseccionalidade foi possível escutar as narrativas das professoras, bem como, compreender suas trajetórias socioespaciais e caminhos até a docência universitária.
CONTEMPORARY GEOGRAPHY: PERCEPTIONS OF THE CONCEPT OF ENVIRONMENT
Authors: Neckel Alcindo
Published: June 2022

Geography is a science that includes different perspectives about the environmental concept. The aim of this research is to analyze the concept of environment used by Brazilian geographers. Our approach included semi-structured interviews applied to Brazilian geographers dealing with environmental. The Method of Content Analysis was used to enable analyzes by grouping the respondents into different categories. This research revealed current results stating diverse Brazilian geographers’ viewpoints regarding the concept of environment. Such concept fits into four different geographical thinking such as classical, quantitative, critical and contemporary.
PAGAMENTO POR SERVIÇOS AMBIENTAIS (PSA) COMO INSTRUMENTO INDUTOR DE GOVERNANÇA AMBIENTAL LOCAL: O PLANO CONSERVADOR DA MANTIQUEIRA, MINAS GERAIS
Authors: Dos Anjos Mark Pereira , França Luciano Cavalcante de Jesus , De Barros Vanessa Cabral Costa , Borges Luis Antônio Coimbra , Chiodi Rafael Eduardo , Gomide Lucas Rezende , Acerbi Junior Fausto Weimar
Published: June 2022

Os serviços ambientais são essenciais ao desenvolvimento econômico e social. Para garantir a manutenção destes serviços, há instrumentos de política ambiental, tal como o Pagamento por Serviços Ambientais (PSA). O PSA visa a transferência de recursos entre atores sociais, objetivando criar incentivos com o interesse social na gestão de recursos naturais. O Estado de Minas Gerais caracteriza-se pelo movimento pioneiro do mecanismo de PSA no Brasil, denominado Plano Conservador da Mantiqueira (PCM), uma proposta de fortalecimento da governança ambiental envolvendo 284 municípios na zona de influência da Serra da Mantiqueira. Para entender o processo de implantação da política pública ambiental proposta pelo PCM, efetuou-se um estudo de caso no município de Inconfidentes (MG), a partir das perspectivas de desenvolvimento e eficácia dos esquemas de PSA em torno das noções de desenho e interações institucionais. Realizou-se um levantamento teórico baseado em análise documental, revisão de literatura e legislação especifica. O papel desempenhado pelos atores parceiros do PCM na área de estudo testificou a indução da governança ambiental local e a plural inserção de atores públicos e privados, demonstrando que a governança tem sido cada vez mais considerada nos processos de planejamento, formulação e implementação de políticas ambientais municipais propostas pelo PCM.
TRANSFORMAÇÕES PRODUTIVAS E TERRITORIALIZAÇÃO DO AGRONEGÓCIO CANAVIEIRO EM FRUTAL (MG)
Authors: De Souza Andreza Gomes , Cleps Júnior João
Published: June 2022

A expansão espacial do agronegócio canavieiro nas duas últimas décadas ocorreu na expectativa de estabelecer o Brasil como grande produtor de agrocombustível e para atender as demandas mundiais por combustíveis renováveis. O município de Frutal, localizado na mesorregião do Triângulo Mineiro/Alto Paranaíba tornou-se um dos territórios produtivos devido à combinação de condicionantes favoráveis, que resultaram na instalação das usinas Cerradão e Bunge (Frutal). Assim, objetivamos apresentar as principais transformações desencadeadas a partir da territorialização do agronegócio canavieiro ocorridos neste município. Para tanto, realizamos uma revisão teórica, consultamos revistas especializadas na temática e posteriormente, efetivamos o levantamento e representação de dados. Como resultados, destacamos que a ampliação de serviços na cidade de Frutal, a incorporação de terras para a cana-de-açúcar, antes destinadas a outros cultivos e atividades, gerou transformações produtivas em nível local. Há alguns desafios que precisam ser superados como o desmatamento, o uso de agrotóxicos, os impactos sobre os cultivos alimentares e consequentemente, sobre os pequenos agricultores familiares e sua permanência na terra.
epistemología como disciplina científica para el desarrollo de la investigación en los estudios de postgrado
Authors: Marquez-Fernandes Alvaro , Mendez Evaristo
Published: June 2022

Resumen: En este artículo expondremos, a rasgos generales, la politica modernizadora de los Estudios de Postgrado en la Universidad del Zulia (Maracaibo-Venezuela). Estos Estudios requieren, al menos, de cuatro variables de integración curricular que favorezcan la interacción con los Centros e Institutos de Investigación. Para un óptimo desarrollo de los mismos, consideramos que la epistemología debe tener una importancia de disciplina científica. Ésta, además de fundar los criterios de racionalidad de los modelos científicos, enriquece el nivel metodológico de los postgraduandos en cuanto futuros investigadores.
Palabras clave: Epistemologia; Estudios de Postgrado; Investigación; Venezuela.
 
Resumé: Dans cet article nous exposons la politique de modernisation des estudes de postgrade à l'Université du Zulia (Maracaibo-Vénézuéla). Ces Etudes requièrent au moins, de quatre variables d'intégration curriculaire Qui favorisent l'echange avec les Centres et Institutes consacrés à la Recherche. Pour un developpement optime de ces Etudes, nous considerons qu'on dit reconnaître l' épistémologie comme une discipline cientifique Celle-ci non seulemente fonde les critères de rationalité des modéles scientifiques, mais en plus elle enrichit le niveau methodologique des posgradués en tant que chercheurs.
Mots Clef: Epistémologie; Etudes de Postgrade; Recherche; Vénézuéla.
História do reconhecimento da filosofia indiana no ocidente
Authors: Botelho Octavio da Cunha
Published: June 2022

Resumo: Este estudo visa mostrar aos estudantes ocidentais de Filosofia, não familiarizados com a Literatura e a Filosofia Sânscrita, o progressivo reconhecimento do Pensamento Indiano como Filosofia no meio acadêmico, devido ao crescente número de publicações e estudos por eminentes eruditos no Ocidente desde o século passado.
Abstract: This study aims at showing to western students of philosophy, not familiarised with Sanskrit Philosophy and Literature, the progressive recognition of the Indian Thought as Philosophy in academical milieu, due to the increasing number of publications and studies by eminent scholars in West since last century.
Participação e sucesso escolar
Authors: Da Silva Lázara Cristina
Published: June 2022

Resumo: Este trabalho é resultado de dissertação de mestrado defendida em 15 de setembro de 1998, no Programa de Mestrado em Educação da Faculdade de Educação da Universidade de Brasília. Seu objetivo geral é identificar e analisar as concepções de participação e de sucesso escolar da escola da comunidade. A análise dos dados aponta para a existência de uma concepção de participação e de sucesso escolar similares para ambas, fortalecendo, assim os ideais de manutenção do status quo. A participação política não é fomentada e o conceito de sucesso escolar encontra-se voltado para a aprovação, reprovação e evasão escolar.
Abstract: Based on a qualitative approach of research, this dissertation aims at identifying and analysing the way the school and the community conceive the notions of participation and school success. The analysus has show that both the school and the community have similar conceptions of participation and school success. What concerns school success, the mais preocupation was related to three aspects: approving, failing and evasion. It was not found a concrete worrying that could be translated into every day actions that couls form a political consciousness of the group.
Analisis Ideologis Hadis-Hadis dan Literasi Masyarakat Tentang Informasi Wabah Terhadap Pendidikan di Masa Pandemi
Authors: Muhamad Jimi , Gandara Rustam Diaz
Published: June 2022

The discussion about the outbreak during the current pandemic is quite interesting and has always been the main topic on several online media sites. Among the online media websites talking about the outbreak is Republika.co, Akurat.co and Islam nu.or.id. Information related to the outbreak in news streams on the Republika.co, Akurat.co and Islam nu.or.id websites always brings pros and cons. This is influenced by the level of public literacy of all forms of information circulating in the media. Because as we know that every information must have a specific purpose. Among those who often echo their aspirations in cyberspace are positivists and constructionists. This study aims to understand the positivist and constructionist ideologies contained in the plague tradition spread on the Republika website, Akurat. co, and Islam.nu. or.id and the level of public literacy awareness in consuming all forms of information that have an impact on the learning process and quality of education during the pandemic. This research uses descriptive qualitative research. Based on the analysis of the data, the following conclusions were drawn: First, the ideology that accompanies the hadiths about the plague in the Republika.co publication is Constructionist ideology. Based on the researcher's analysis, he found several constructionist characteristics, which stated that the news was the result of the construction of media interests and in the submission of the article also included authentic and doif hadith as comparisons. Second, the ideology that accompanies the hadiths about the epidemic in the Akurat.co media is a positivist ideology. Based on the researcher's analysis, most of the hadiths about the plague published on Akurat.co are about steadfastness in facing difficult times, all of which are blessings for those who are patient and punishment for those who despair. Third, the ideology that accompanies Islam.nu.or.id is a positivist ideology. Based on the results of the analysis of researchers who found that most of the published hadiths about the plague were about how the attitude of Muslims when exposed to the plague was to be patient and trustworthy.
Par et au-delà de la race
Authors: Blassel Romane , Bozec Géraldine , Druez Élodie , Megnimeza-Fongang Rosette , Nyambek-Mebenga Francine , Touddimte Malika
Published: June 2022

Cet article interroge les expériences de racisme vécues par des diplômé·e·s racisé·e·s à partir d’un dispositif méthodologique original réunissant une équipe d’enquêtrices perçues comme blanches et non blanches. Dans un premier temps, l’article analyse les manifestations subtiles et plurielles des jeux de proximité raciale dans l’entretien – la façon dont émerge ou non le sentiment de partager une même appartenance raciale et comment cela influe sur la dynamique relationnelle à l’œuvre –, ainsi que leurs effets sur la facilité à et la manière de (d)énoncer le racisme et de mobiliser des catégories raciales. Un second moment de l’article révèle comment la race s’articule aux autres rapports sociaux – de classe, de genre et d’âge notamment – qui sont dans certains cas mobilisés pour mettre à distance la proximité raciale comme le racisme et peuvent passer au premier plan dans la relation d’enquête.
El arrepentimiento respecto a los estudios en universitarios españoles desde la perspectiva del desajuste formación-empleo
Authors: Rodríguez-Esteban Agustín , Vidal Javier
Published: June 2022

El objetivo principal del presente artículo es describir la influencia de los desajustes formación-empleo en la expresión de arrepentimiento de los estudios cursados en universitarios españoles. Se utilizaron los datos de la Encuesta de Inserción Laboral de Titulados Universitarios 2019. Los resultados muestran que el desajuste entre el empleo y el área de estudio es el factor que más incrementa la probabilidad de arrepentirse de la titulación obtenida. Otros factores como la sobrecualificación, los salarios o la inversión educativa son relevantes. El patrón de influencia de estas variables se mantuvo cuando se analizaron, por separado, los grupos de los titulados en Ciencias Sociales y Jurídicas e Ingenierías/Arquitectura. Las mujeres tituladas en Ingenierías/Arquitectura expresan, además, un mayor arrepentimiento que los hombres con la titulación elegida. Las expectativas de carácter intrínseco por las que los estudiantes eligen su titulación deben ser consideradas por las instituciones educativas.
What happens after edTPA?
Authors: Napolitano Kristen V. , Marrero Meghan E. , Gunning Amanda M. , Brandon Latanya T. , Riccio Jessica F.
Published: June 2022

The teacher certification process can be overwhelming for early-career educators. Negotiating teacher identity, completing fieldwork hours, and navigating institutional expectations can stress the most resilient teacher candidates. These pressures are further compounded as teacher certification assessments, such as the edTPA, introduce additional hurdles to achieving state licensure. This study approaches these obstacles by examining the stories of a diverse group of 14 early-career teachers as they reflect on completing edTPA and their current teaching practices. Through social constructivist perspectives and professional learning continuum framing, we interpreted narrative data to examine early-career teacher discussions of completing edTPA and developing pedagogical practices. These 14 teachers elucidated that the collaborative nature of their preparation program was integral to their completing the assessment, that the program approach to completing the portfolio assessment positioned them to think reflexively about their practice, and that the skills and tools used on edTPA remained useful to them throughout their early-career teaching. We suggest ways that preparation programs can interpret this teacher certification policy as an instructional touchpoint and can limit the gatekeeping capabilities of certification exams through collaboration, building capital, and supporting reflective portfolios. This work has implications for policymakers in teacher education and induction programs.
The evolution of time-dependent Λ and G in multi-fluid Bianchi type-I cosmological models
Authors: Alfedeel Alnadhief H. A. , Abebe Amare
Published: June 2022

In this work, cosmological solutions based on the time-dependent cosmological (

Λ

\Lambda

) and Newtonian (

G

G

) running “constants” in the Bianchi type-I spacetime are investigated vis-à-vis known cosmological data. The observationally known values of

Ω

m

,

Ω

r

{\Omega }_{{\rm{m}}},{\Omega }_{{\rm{r}}}

and

Ω

Λ

{\Omega }_{\Lambda }

have been used to solve the Einstein field equations for the model and the resulting behaviours of the physical and dynamical quantities, with particular emphasis on late-time cosmology, are discussed. Our analysis indicates that certain choices of the defining model parameters give results consistent with the observed behaviour of the universe, such as accelerated expansion and an early anisotropy that vanishes at late times.
An ontology for remanufacturing systems
Authors: Pfrommer Julius , Klein Jan-Felix , Wurster Marco , Rapp Simon , Grauberger Patric , Lanza Gisela , Albers Albert , Matthiesen Sven , Beyerer Jürgen
Published: June 2022

A fully automated remanufacturing system needs to be very adaptive in order to adjust to different product variants and the condition of received products. To allow for such adaptive behavior across different subsystems and levels from the classical automation hierarchy, a common and uniform understanding regarding the core concepts that constitute a remanufacturing system is required. This article presents an ontology for the core concepts in an automated remanufacturing system.
Agiles Produktionssystem mittels lernender Roboter bei ungewissen Produktzuständen am Beispiel der Anlasser-Demontage
Authors: Lanza Gisela , Asfour Tamim , Beyerer Jürgen , Deml Barbara , Fleischer Jürgen , Heizmann Michael , Furmans Kai , Hofmann Constantin , Cebulla Alexander , Dreher Christian , Kaiser Jan-Philipp , Klein Jan-Felix , Leven Fabian , Mangold Simon , Mitschke Norbert , Stricker Nicole , Pfrommer Julius , Wu Chengzhi , Wurster Marco , Zaremski Manuel
Published: June 2022

Agile Produktionssysteme vereinen ein hohes Maß an Flexibilität und Wandlungsfähigkeit. Diese Qualitäten sind insbesondere in einer Umgebung mit hoher Unsicherheit entscheidend, beispielsweise im Kontext von Remanufacturing. Remanufacturing beschreibt den industriellen Prozess der Aufbereitung von Gebrauchtteilen, sodass diese vergleichbare technische Eigenschaften wie Neuteile zurückerlangen. Aufgrund der Ressourcenknappheit und regulatorischer Vorgaben nimmt die Bedeutung von Remanufacturing zu. Bedingt durch die unvorhersehbaren Bauteileigenschaften spielt Automatisierung im Remanufacturing eine untergeordnete Rolle. Die Autoren präsentieren ein Konzept, wie eine automatisiere Demontage auch bei Bauteilen ungewisser Spezifikationen durch den Einsatz von künstlicher Intelligenz erreicht werden kann. Zum autonomen Aufbau der Demontagefähigkeiten werden zum einen gezielt digitale Zwillinge als Lernumgebungen eingesetzt. Zum anderen werden aus der Beobachtung des Menschen Fähigkeiten und Problemlösungsstrategien identifiziert und abstrahiert. Um ein effizientes, vernetztes Demontagesystem zu erreichen, findet ein modulares Stationskonzept Anwendung, sowohl auf technischer als auch auf informationstechnischer Ebene.
Lernende Roboter für die spanende Bearbeitung leicht zerspanbarer Materialien
Authors: Gollee Christian , Selch Maximilian , Schenke Christer-Clifford , Hellmich Arvid , Ihlenfeldt Steffen
Published: June 2022

Wandlungsfähige Produktionssysteme werden oft im Kontext von Effizienzsteigerungen trotz sinkender Losgrößen und steigender Produktvariationen diskutiert. Aber auch derzeit noch manuell ausgeführte Prozesse können durch automatisierte Produktionssysteme realisiert werden, sofern sie sich an veränderliche Aufgaben und Randbedingungen autonom anpassen können. Nachgelagerte Prozesse bei der additiven Fertigung, wie das Reinigen der Bauteile, das Entfernen von Stützstrukturen und das Bearbeiten von Funktionsflächen sind hierfür Beispiele. Der vorliegende Artikel stellt ein Konzept der autonomen Nachbearbeitung additiv gefertigter Bauteile vor. Es werden die Integration von Lernverfahren in die Steuerung einer modularen, NC-roboterbasierten Fertigungszelle vorgestellt und zwei Aspekte des Lernens adressiert: Zum einen das initiale Training eines künstlichen neuronalen Netzes anhand von Simulationsdaten und zum anderen die Modifikation der Lernstrategie für das fortgesetzte, kontinuierliche Lernen im Betrieb des Roboters. Das Ziel des Lernens ist die Steigerung der Robotergenauigkeit. Hierzu wird eine, in die Roboterzelle integrierte, 3D-Laserlinienscanstation eingesetzt. Durch Analyse der erfassten Bauteilgeometrie werden unsichere Modellparameter des Roboters geschätzt und der Robotersteuerung mit dem Ziel einer genaueren Fertigung zugänglich gemacht.
Erfassung und Interpretation menschlicher Handlungen für die Programmierung von Robotern in der Produktion
Authors: Dreher Christian R. G. , Zaremski Manuel , Leven Fabian , Schneider David , Roitberg Alina , Stiefelhagen Rainer , Heizmann Michael , Deml Barbara , Asfour Tamim
Published: June 2022

Der Mensch ist die flexibelste, aber auch eine teure Ressource in einem Produktionssystem. Im Kontext des Remanufacturings sind Roboter eine kostengünstige Alternative, jedoch ist deren Programmierung oft nicht rentabel. Das Programmieren durch Vormachen verspricht eine flexible und intuitive Alternative, die selbst von Laien durchführbar wäre, doch hierfür ist zunächst eine Erfassung und Interpretation von Handlungen des Menschen nötig. Diese Arbeit stellt eine multisensorielle, robotergestützte Plattform vor, welche die Erfassung zweihändiger Manipulationsaktionen sowie menschlicher Posen, Hand- und Blickbewegungen während der Demontage ermöglicht. Im Rahmen einer Studie wurden an dieser Plattform Versuchspersonen bei der Demontage von Elektromotoren aufgezeichnet, um adäquate Datensätze für die Erkennung und Klassifikationen von menschlichen Aktionen zu erhalten.
Operation Warp Speed: A Legal Analysis of the Vaccine Development Process and How We Got Here
Authors: Ascencio Kenia
Published: June 2022

The COVID-19 Pandemic created a need for a vaccine that would need to be rapidly created, tested and approved in order to reduce the pandemic’s tremendous impact on human life and the economy. This article discusses the vaccine development process as well as Operation Warp Speed, the United States plan for emergency vaccine development in a pandemic situation. Written before the approval of the currently available COVID-19 vaccines, this article also discusses the implications of a speedier vaccine development process as well as recommendations to the standard process.
The role of synbiotics in improving inflammatory status in nasopharyngeal carcinoma patients
Authors: Fasitasari Minidian , Subagio Hertanto Wahyu , Suprihati Suprihati
Published: June 2022

Nasopharyngeal carcinoma (NPC) is a malignant tumor that grows from the epithelial cells of nasopharynx. NPC has the ability to modify its metabolism and leads the patient to suffer from malnutrition and cachexia, therefore aggravates the occurrence of impaired inflammatory response. Currently, available treatments for NPC are chemotherapy, radiotherapy, or chemoradiotherapy. Despite of its efficacy, these regimens have been known to elicit various inflammation-related side effects including infection, diarrhea, and mucositis. It has long been established that increased activity of inflammatory response is associated to low survival rate in both early and advanced stage of cancer. Furthermore, uncontrolled and dysregulated inflammatory response are significantly correlated with malignant progression of cancer. Considering how pivotal inflammation to malignancy progression, there is a need for effective strategies to modulate inflammatory response. Various strategies have been proposed to improve immune response in NPC patients including dietary supplementation of synbiotics. Synbiotics refers to the manipulation of both probiotics and prebiotics to provide a synergistic benefit to the host by promoting the growth of beneficial bacteria while inhibiting the growth of pathogenic bacteria. There is a growing number of evidences related to the potential of synbiotics in modulating the pro-inflammatory response and improve immune systems in a variety of conditions, including cancer. In this study, we will discuss the immunomodulatory effects of synbiotics in the nasopharyngeal carcinoma occurrences.
Utilization of serial tendering to reduce the value project
Authors: Mohammed Arshed Abbas , Erzaij Kadhim Raheim
Published: June 2022

Serial tendering is better than other types of tendering when it comes to cost reduction, where civil infrastructure projects need a significant increase in the amount of tough planning, financial expenditures, engineering work, and resources of a different character than other types of construction projects. The effects of a lack of funding cause decrease in the completion speed of the project on time. The need to reduce the cost of bidding on recurrent civil infrastructure projects is critical. To achieve the desired goals of this research, this article will provide an overview of the type of bids used in the construction of schools implemented in the current financial perspective in Iraq, the extent of benefit, and the amount of possible reduction if continuous and serial tendering are used.
Local aromatase excess with recruitment of unusual promoters of CYP19A1 gene in prepubertal patients with gynecomastia
Authors: Deberles Emilie , Durand Isabelle , Mittre Hervé , Reznik Yves , Morera Julia
Published: June 2022

Objectives

Gynecomastia may be due to aromatase excess in several diseases such as obesity and cancer. Aromatase excess syndrome (AEXS) is an autosomal dominant disorder caused by overexpression of CYP19A1. Germinal mutations occurring in AEXS include various genomic rearrangements including duplication, deletion, and inversion identified in the upstream region of CYP19A1. Aromatase overexpression caused by a CYP19A1 somatic mutation has been rarely described.

Methods

Breast adipose tissue biopsies or surgical specimens were obtained from 19 subjects with gynecomastia. Aromatase quantification was performed by digital PCR and CYP19A1 sequencing by RACE PCR products.

Results

We observed localized aromatase overexpression (>10 fold greater than normal) in breast adipose tissue from three prepubertal males with gynecomastia out of the 19 cases. One carried a chromosomal rearrangement between CYP19A1 and DMXL2, consistent with AEXS. In the 2 others, the first exon of CYP19A1 contained 11 different tissue-specific promoter subtypes, specifically I.4 or I.3 normally expressed by adipose tissue, but also the placental I.2 promoter and the more ubiquitous I.7 which is usually expressed in breast cancer, uterine, and endothelial tissues. No differences in clinical or biochemical characteristics were observed between these 3 subjects and 16 others without aromatase overexpression.

Conclusions

We describe two cases of aromatase overexpression in breast adipose tissue associated with nonspecific promoter recruitment. Further investigations are necessary to understand the mechanisms involved in aberrant promoter selection.
Clinical profile and aetiologies of delayed puberty: a 15 years’ experience from a tertiary centre in Sudan
Authors: Galal Marwa S. , Musa Salwa A. , Babiker Omer O. , Hamdan Hamdan Z. , Abdullah Mohamed A.
Published: June 2022

Objectives

Delayed puberty is a common presentation to endocrine clinics, with adult height, sexual capability and fertility being the main concerns for the child and his/her family. Presentation is variable including short stature and/or absence of secondary sexual characteristics. The aetiology can either be constitutional, functional or permanent hypogonadotropic hypogonadism, permanent hypergonadotropic hypogonadism or unclassified. Despite the importance of this subject, there are no publications from Sudan.

Methods

A retrospective hospital-based study. Records of all patients who were seen in the endocrinology unit at Gaffar Ibn Auf Children’s Hospital and were diagnosed as having delayed puberty were reviewed and demographic, clinical, and investigations data were obtained.

Results

A total of 136 patients were included in this study. Presentation includes short stature in 52.2%, both short stature and delayed puberty in 27.2%, and delayed puberty in 20.6%. The most common aetiologies were permanent hypogonadotropic hypogonadism and functional hypogonadotropic hypogonadism presented in 37.5% and 36% respectively, while constitutional delay of growth and puberty was found in only 14.7%. Type 1 diabetes mellitus (T1DM) was the most frequent chronic illness followed by coeliac disease. Hypergonadotropic hypogonadism was diagnosed in 11.7%, the majority of which were females.

Conclusions

The aetiological pattern reported in this series highlights the role of nutrition and general well-being in pubertal development, as well as the major impact of genetics and consanguinity on disease patterns. Data from African countries are limited and this is the first reported cohort on delayed puberty from Sudan.
Penser le « changement » à l’envers : le passé, la tradition et les ancêtres vus par les différentes générations de l’époque classique
Authors: Bartzoka Alexandra
Published: June 2022

La présente étude aborde la notion de « changement » dans le cadre de la cité grecque de l’époque classique, mais du côté opposé, celui de la continuité historique. Pour ce faire, elle examine les mots et expressions désignant le passé ancestral d’un peuple : elle étudie les significations du termepatrioset des termes apparentés dans la littérature grecque des Veet IVesiècles (Hérodote, Thucydide, Xénophon, Aristophane, Aristote, orateurs attiques), présente le cadre politique dans lequel les générations qui vivent à l’époque classique font appel à leurs ancêtres et recherche, enfin, les éléments qui construisent l’identité de la cité classique. D’abord, il en ressort que les notions d’« ancestral » et de « traditionnel » sont floues et que leur connotation dépend des individus qui en font usage, ainsi que du moment historique dans lequel vivent les intéressés. Ensuite, il apparaît qu’elles sont le moyen qui permet aux Anciens d’exprimer leur réaction – positive ou négative – face aux transformations multiples que subissent les sociétés classiques.
The Drafting Committee of theSC de Ludis Saecularibusof 17 February 17 BCE and the Principle of Seniority-based Hierarchy in Official Documents
Authors: Pina Polo Francisco
Published: June 2022

The fragmentary inscription on theludi saecularescontains mention of twosenatus consultaof year 17 BCE. This paper gives new arguments for identifying the five known consulars heading the drafting commission of thesenatus consultumof 17 February: M. Iunius Silanus (cos. 25), Cn. Cornelius Lentulus (cos. 18), L. Marcius Censorinus (cos. 39), C. Asinius Pollio (cos. 40) and L. Vinicius (cos. suff. 33). This list challenges the accepted notion that senators named as members of the drafting commissions ofsenatus consulta(and other official documents) were always arranged according to their seniority (i.e., who had held a given office earliest). Such an open new approach could question or even significantly alter the chronology of Roman magistracies that has been accepted on the basis of seniority hierarchy so far.