bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Biotinidase Enzyme Deficiency ( Case Report )
Authors: Ala'a Mohsen Al-Rubae
Published: January 2024

Biotin deficiency is very rare in the world .We had reported a case of biotin deficiency "for the first time in our country" in a family from Wasit Province / Hay District. This family includes seven children, unfortunately three of them died before the diagnosis of this disease, they are presented with ataxia, hypotonia, developmental delay, conjunctivitis, skin rash, dermatitis , alopecia, hearing difficulty , breathing problems and recurrent chest infections. The disease was proved after therapeutic trial with vitamin replacement and through biotinidase enzyme assay "which is the most effective enzyme by which the body's cells can using the biotin effectively". This test was done by sending blood samples to one of the medical laboratories in France. Now the children were doing very well on lifelong treatment with activated biotin .
Study the optical and structural properties of SnO2 films grown by (APCVD)
Authors: Baha Tuma Chiad  , Nathera Abbas Ali  , Nagam Thamer Ali
Published: January 2024

In this research thin films from SnO2 semiconductor have been prepared by using (APCVD) on glass substrates. Our study focus on prepare SnO2 films with high optical quality at various temperature. The optical transmittance was measured by UV-VIS spectrophotometer. Structure properties were studied by using X-ray diffraction. (XRD) studies show that with increasing growth temperature from (350-500) 0C diffraction peaks becomes sharper indication to improve the crystallnaity, the (110) peak has strongest intensity in all films, grain size (31.5nm) was measured by using Scherrer equation .maximum transmission can be measured is (90%) at 400 0C.( AFM) where use to analyze the morphology of the tine oxides surface. Roughness and average grain size for different temperature have been investigated
Comparative study between seven selective insecticides and some bio control agents for controlling Helicoverpa armigera on cotton
Authors: Nehad Kadhum Khalaf Al-Tememi
Published: January 2024

This study tsted egg parasitoid Trichogramma chilonis and the predator chrysoperla carnea in present of seven selective insecticides. The study was carried out at the field experiments of ministry of Science and Technology /Agric and Biol. Res. Center 2003 – 2005 and aimed to check the efficacy of the biological control agents as well as the selective insecticides for controlling or reducing the population density of the major pest on cotton Helicoverpa armigera. The results showed that the population counts of H. armigera and C.carnea in 25 plant and parasitization percent by T. chilonis prior to the first spray were ranged from, 0.66 to 3.67, 3.33 to 7.66 and 24.30 to 40.00 for H. armigera, C. carnea and parasitization rate by T. chilonis in present of all the selective insecticides, respectively. The results also indicated that the number of the pest and Biological control agents after the first spray with the selective insecticides were ranged from 0.66 to 2.66, 1.00 to 4.66 and 10.00 and 23.00 for H.armigera, C.carnea and parasitization rate by T.chilonis, respectively, while the data of the current study also showed that the number of Boilogical control agents and the pest H.armigera, after second spray were fluctuated between 0.00 to 3.66, 1.00 to 6.00 and from 8.00 to 51.33 for H.armigera, C.carnea and parasitization rate by T. chilonis, respectively. Finally, data regarding the population of the test insects and yield per acre from each treatment after third spray with the same insecticides showed that the population of C. carnea were increased in all treatments after third spray except Endusilfau treated plots, on the other hand parasitization rate by T. chilonis increased in all treatment except Profenofos that reduced from 12.00 percent to 8.00 percent after third spray. Yield of seed cotton was found maximum 3200 Kg/ hectare in these plots where Thiodicarb and Spinosad were applied and next highest yield was obtained in Indoxacarb and Cypermethrin treated plots, showing a yield of 2800 Kg and 2400 Kg/ hectare, respectively. Finally the results showed that there was no difference in the yield of seed cotton between Endosulfan and Profenofos, treated compared to control plot
Feto-maternal outcome among Anemic Women attending labor
Authors: Methal Abdul Ridah Al-Rubaie  , Layla Fadel
Published: January 2024

The aim of this case-control comparative study is to analyze the risk of anemia during pregnancy on the health of both mother and fetus. Seven hundred-fifty pregnant women admitted in labor were included who were divided into three hundred fifty (350) as anemic group and four hundred (400) as non-anemic group. Among the anemic group 57.1% had iron deficiency type and 54% of anemic group had mild anemia. Low social class and lack of attendance to A.N.C. clinics were the major predisposing factors in anemic group as 48.6% were of low social class and 37.7% were not attended antenatal care clinics. This study revealed that anemic group was more risky to have pre-eclampsia 15.7%, post-partum hemorrhage 16.8% and ante-partum hemorrhage 11.7%. Anemic women had higher cesarean section rate 40.9% mainly due to fetal distress 26.7% and ante-partum hemorrhage 23.8%. Intra-uterine death 4.8%, preterm delivery 15.4% and intra-uterine growth retardation 2% were the frequent fetal complications among anemic group with highly significant difference. Newborn of anemic women tend to have lower birth weight, low Apgar score with more admission to Neonatal Intensive Care Unit 29.1%. In conclusion anemia was still the common medical health problem among pregnant women in Basra society which carry high risk to both maternal and fetal health.
Analysis of the Pharmacological and Phytochemical constituents of the phenolic extracts of Hibiscus sabdariffa L. dried calyces plant by HPLC Techniques
Authors: Roaa Mohamad Hasan Shoker
Published: January 2024

The chemical constituents of the secondary metabolic products of plants have important role in the discovery of therapeutically effective compounds. Hibiscus sabdariffa L. is widely utilized in herbal medicine for treatment and prevention of several diseases, the objective of this study is the Quantitative and Qualitative analysis of the phenolic extracts of the plants. High Performance Liquid Chromatography Techniques (HPLC) were used in the study, the result showed that the phenolic extracts of the plant composed of crud phenols ( 16%), crud alkaloid (8%), and crud terpens (5%). The HPLC identification of the extract indicates the presence of ( 7 ) compounds for phenolic extracts ; Vitamin C (443.39 μg/ml), Gossypetrin (289.52 μg/ml), Sabdaretin(222.61 μg/ml), Gossypetin (712.24 μg/ml ), Chlorogenic acid (657.22 μg/ml), Coumaric A (432.22 μg/ml ), and Hebiscetin (336.46 μg/ml). The highest phenolic compounds concentration was Gossypetin (712.24 μg/ml), while the lowest was Sabdaretin (222.61 μg/ml). The conclusion is that, the phenolic extract of the plant has many phytochemical and pharmacological components.
Investigation of the prevalence of intestinal protozoa among health workers
Authors: Safa Rusin Abdul Allah  , Rana Salih Sahib Al-Difaie
Published: January 2024

This study was aimed to detection the prevalence of diseases were caused by intestinal protozoa in staff of Al-diwaniyah teaching hospital and maternity and child hospital, and to identify the relationship between the staffs personal hygiene and these diseases. A research was designed from October 2015- March 2016. one hundred twenty stool samples collected from the of health workers in Al- Diwaniyah teaching hospital, and maternity and child hospital under the rate of (20 samples) for each months of study months.The results were showed that infection with the Entamoeba histolytica was (36 cases) which represent (43.2%), the highest rate of infection was during October which has reached (10 cases) which represent (50%), while the number of infection with the Giardia lamblia was (16 cases) which represent (13.3 %), the highest rate of infection was during November which has reached (5 cases) which represented (25%). The detection has declared that not wearing gloves, washing hands and pasteurizing them after diagnosis of patient . The study concluded that the prevalence of intestinal protozoa infection that cause diarrhea that include Entamoeba histolutica and Giardia lamblia, and the infection association with the poor hygiene and also the high rate of infection was during the warm seasons.The study recommended that educating health workers commitment to the rules of public health and attention to personal hygiene, and wash hands and wear gloves when handling patients. Do periodically screened for transitional diseases, including inflammation of intestinal protozoa. And through a questionnaire to determine the medical history of diarrhea For Forty people working in the hospital, The questionnaire showed there were ifection Intestinal parasites in the six months prior to the study. The proportion of amoeba cases was 12 cases and repeated five times. The number of cases withe Giardia was 4 cases and the infection was repeated to one person only. Some of them had bacterial infections that were diagnosed in hospital laboratories But they
Detection of pulmonary candidiasis in immunocopromasied Iraq patients by conventional polymerase chain reaction technique
Authors: Isa Swadi Touhali  , Jabbar Salman Hassan
Published: January 2024

Candida species was possible to cause pulmonary candidiasis, this infection commonly occurred in" immunocompromised patients. This study aimed to isolate and diagnose of pulmonary candidiasis by using molecular method (Conventional PCR). This study was included a total of hundred and fifty (n=150) samples of bronchoalveolar lavage were collected from 100 immunocompromised patients with underlying diverse diseases and control group included 50 bronchoalveolar lavage from immunocompetent individuals were composed from in-and out patients who attended of Al-Imammian Al-Kadhmain Medical City, Baghdad teaching Hospital, Baghdad, during the period from May 2014 to March 2015. Samples were cultured on CHROMagar and after that detected by using API 20 Candida stripe for initial identification of Candida isolates. Germ tube test, chlamydospore formation were also performed to reinforce identification them DNA isolates was extracted for conventional polymerase chain reaction (PCR) method. Results showed that all apparently healthy individuals samples were negative by conventional PCR. Concerning immunocompromised patients with underlying different diseases, 60 out of 100 samples revealed negative results by each of conventional and molecular methods Only 38 (38%) immunocompromised patients had positive results by molecular and conventional methods and two samples (2%) positive result by molecular methods also "show that CHROMagar was a good tool for initial identification of Candida isolates. This study concludes that candidasis may be as opportunistic infection among immunocompromised patients and PCR method confirmed more suitable diagnosed other than culture on CHROMagar medium and other phenotypic technique".
The Effect of Natural Honey Administration on Some Sperm Function Parameters in Male Infertility Patients
Authors: Riyadh Hussein Wally
Published: January 2024

The study was conducted in the infertility treatment center located in Al- Kut city of Iraq, the sample were taken from 43 individual have a weakness in firtility , aged between 20-40 years and have no diseases affect the study. Seminal fluid samples were collected by masturbation after 3-5 day abstention in sterile container and send to laboratory for measuring the concentration of fructose and the percentage of count , motility and morphology .Venous blood was drawn to measure the level of hormones LH, FSH and Testosterone .50 g of natural honey was given to patients to be eaten daily with breakfast for 30 days. After that seminal fluid and blood samples were collecting to measure the previous seminal parameters.The study found that there was a significant increase in fructose level , count , motility and the morphology. As well as there is an increase in the level of hormone testosterone, LH, FSH
Antibiotic resistance of Klebsiella pneumoniae isolates from in patients with burn infections
Authors: Abbas Atyia Hammoudi  , Azhar N. Hussein
Published: January 2024

A total of 210 specimens were collected from burn wound patients their ages ranged from 5-50 years during the period March to August 2016 from inpatients whom attended to hospitals in Baghdad /Iraq. The bacterial agents were showed that single pathogens growth isolates only 42 isolates (37.5 %) of Klebsiella pneumoniae , 36 isolates (32.14%) Pseudomonas spp., 20 isolates (17.86%) Escherichia coli, 10 isolates (8.93%) Staphylococcus aureus and 4 isolates (3.57%) proteus spp. .While mixed growth isolates frequency showed K. pneumoniae and Pseudomonas spp.64 isolates (65.31 %) , Pseudomonas spp. and E. coli 18 isolates (18.37%), K. pneumoniae and E. coli 7 isolates (7.14%), Pseudomonas spp. and proteus spp. 4 isolates (4.08 %) , K. pneumoniae and Staph. aureus 3 isolates (3.06 %) and proteus spp. and E. coli 2 isolates (2.04 %). The results susceptibility testing showed that frequency resistance of K. pneumoniae isolates to: doxycycline were (100 %) ,tetracycline (95.23%) , cefotaxime and pipracillin (85.71%) ceftriaxone (88.09%), trimethoprim sulfamethoxazol (83.33%) , ticarcillin (78.57%), aztreonam (71.2%) , ceftazidime (69.04%) , ciprofloxacin (59.52%), gentamycin (26.19%) , imipenem (21.42%) , meropenem and amikacin(19.04 %). Also the results showed the highest frequency of susceptibility among K. pneumoniae was associated to gentamycin (78.57%) , meropenem and amikacin (76.19%) and imipenem (69.04%).
A Study of Microbial Contamination of Toilets In the Girls Doormatory in Al-Qadisiya University
Authors: Al-Saady Amal Talib
Published: January 2024

300 samples (Environmental swabs) were collected from different sites of the toilets in the girls doormatory in Al -Qadisiya University for the period: April (2008) – Desember (2008). In this study , 560 isolates of various aerobic microorganisms were collected ,the total bacterial isolates were (459), (%82) while the total Molds and Yeasts isolates were (150) , (%33). The bacterial isolates included: 309 isolates (%67) were gram negative bacteria while 150 isolates (%33) were gram positive bacteria. Enterobacteriaceae was the most common gram negative bacteria (%79) and the Enterococci was the most common gram positive bacteria (%67). There was a clear difference in the percentage of microbial contamination among the sites. The floor and air samples showed the highest growth percentage (%100) with highest count of isolates (162) and (129), while the kitchen sink samples have the lowest growth percentage (%82) with lowest count of isolates (75). On the other hand, certain tests were performed on Dettol and Sodium Hypochlorites solutions ( with the concentrations 10 , 25 & 50) mg/ml Sodium Hypochlorites had the highest prohibition effect on all the microorganisms. Pseudomonas aeruginosa was the most sensitive kind to it , While Staphylococcus aureus was the least sensitive.
Spectrophotometric determination of nitrite in curing meat samples basing on the nitrosation reaction
Authors: Rished Chinar M. , Fakhre Nabil A.
Published: January 2024

A new Spectrophotometric method for the determination of nitrite ion was studied. The method is based on the nitrosation reaction of nitrite ion with tryptophan in sulphuric acid medium. During it's reaction with nitrite, an intensively yellow-coloured substance is formed, having maximum absorption at 440nm. The calibration curve showed that Beer s law obeyed over the range of 0.05-3.0μg/ml of nitrite, with a detection limit of 0.00μg/ml. The molar absorptivity and Sandell index were 1.3887*104 L/mol.cm and 0.00331μg/cm2 respectively. The optimum conditions affecting and interferences of the foreign ions were studied. The results obtained of the proposed method for determination of nitrite in meat samples were agreed with those obtained by the Naphthyl ethylene diamine NEDA standard method.
ESTIMATING STUDY FOR CALCULATING ELECTRICAL DIESEL GENERATORS EMISSIONS IN THE CENTER OF KUT CITY
Authors: Kalaf Kamel , Jubair Abass Jasim , Kadium Saleem
Published: January 2024

Diesel generators which are used in the living quarters when electricity is cut off, is a significant source of emissions of polluted air.This paper presents an estimating study for emissions from electric diesel generators in the center of Kut city. This study includes statistics for the types of electric diesel generators, their power, fuel consumption and sites of these generators. Emissions are calculated by using modern methods which are used by U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and European Environmental Protection Agency, and also different sources of research. Two main methods are adopted in calculating the emissions; the first one considers the fuel consumption while the second considers the average rated power of these generators, load factor and operating hours. Calculations consider two seasons: winter and summer, also operating hours in the day and night are considered during summer.The estimating results show the emissions are nearly 25-68 ton from carbon monoxide CO, 189-515 ton from nitrogen oxides NOx, 10428-28335 ton from carbon dioxide CO2,8-21 ton from volatile organic compounds VOC,66-180 ton from sulfur oxides SOx and 23-64 ton from particulate matter PM.
Diarrhea Causative For Resident Children in General Zahraa Hospital under age group (1 month to 6 years )
Authors: Al-Khateeb Anfal Izaldien
Published: January 2024

This study was undertaken around diarrhea causative for resident children in general Al_Zahraa Hospital under (1 month to 6 years ) during time period from 1/8/2005 to 1/11/2005. In order to determine diarrhea causative and assistance agents to infection occurrence, check have been perform for one hundred samples involve water and food quality which given to child depend on sterilization and sanitation , state (15 samples) out (100 samples) were used the water of streams nearthier house ., (15 samples) they use sterilize water . We have been diagnosis 95 state out I hundred recorded bacterial infections , 4 state recrded parastic infections and one state recorded as diarrhea illness causative by increase in use of antibiotics as treatment for tonsillitis. I have been isolate of Eschrichia coli and Salmonella ssp. , bacteria ratio 96.84% and 3.15% respectively concern bacterial infection .state these study (37) case cause is parasitic as well as bacteria .We have been causative parasitic diagnosis as (Entamoeba histolytica and Giardia lamblia parasitic) ratio 26.75% and 16% respectively. Scince this study the most infection by bacteria we have been determine quantity ,quality druq which possible to give as active treatment to diarrhea resistance , we have been analysis isolate sensitive of diagnosis bacteria under these study to 6 types of antibiotics , where demonstrate all these bacterial isolate high resistance against both antibiotic (Erythromycine and Oxacilline ) , ratio 4.2% and 6.3% respectively, and demonstrate high sensitive by 1.42% for Tapromycine antibiotic.
Effect of Scattering Parameter on Small Signal analysis in Direct Modulated Dynamic Semiconductor Lasers
Authors: Adnan Mohammed , Mohammed Ayad Zwayen , Al-Azawi Razi , Ali Shams Basil , Faleh Osama , Raoof Mudher Mohammed , Mohammed Jumana Basher , Mohammed Israa Basher , Abbas Khansaa Jaafar
Published: January 2024

Effect of scattering parameter is that the effect which it is effected on the operating characteristics of direct modulated semiconductor lasers by small signal analysis for injection current density , where this parameter is effected on amount of quantum confinement carriers density where the part of this carriers density is lost in the active region. The scattering parameter leads to appear the nonlinear gain effects which they are reduced the response frequency of the direct modulation process. We use the rate equations of the single-mode semiconductor lasers and that they have characteristics are used to continuous-wave small-signal modulation. We can presented this effect and discussion it by the simple two-port device.
Selecting Number of Factors of The Indonesian version of The Balanced Inventory of Desirable Responding Short Form (BIDR-16): Is it Two or Four-Factor?
Authors: Widyastuti Tria , Setiawati Farida Agus , Darojat A’yunin Akrimni , Utomo Rizqy Cahyo
Published: January 2024

Socially desirable responding become a problem in research because of its impact in leading to inaccuracy in the result of measurements. BIDR-16 can be a measurement in minimizing the effect of socially desirable responding. Objective: The study aimed to test the internal structure of the Indonesian version of BIDR-16. Methods: A total of 1881 subjects consisting of 517 undergraduate students and 1364 adults were involved in this study. Confirmatory Factor Analysis was employed to test the structure factor model of the Indonesian version of BIDR-16. Results: This study found that the four-factor model of BIDR-16 is fitter than the two-factor model with a reverse item in Subscale SDE dan IM form separated factor. Conclusions: The Indonesia version of BIDR-16 has four dimensions, including SDE, SDE-R, IM, and IM-R. In using the Indonesian version of BIDR-16, researchers must consider this finding.
Human Civilization will Collapse (High Confidence): A Compendium of Relevant Biophysical, Political, Economic, Military, Health, and Psychological Information on Climate Change
Authors: Karis Demetrios
Published: January 2024

Human civilization will not collapse from the direct effects of climate change, but rather from the secondary effects of crop failures, infectious diseases, and armed conflict. The root cause of the climate crisis is the earth’s energy imbalance: more energy is arriving at the earth from the sun than is being radiated back out into space.  This is occurring because we have been cutting down forests and burning fossil fuels for the last 150 years at a furious rate, leading to a greenhouse effect and the consequent warming of the earth’s land, oceans, and atmosphere. There is now general agreement that continuing to burn fossil fuels will lead to catastrophic consequences for human civilization as well as thousands of other species. We know how to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and transition to other sources of power, but we are not doing this at a rate that will prevent catastrophe. The problems at this point are not scientific or technical but rather political, which is why individuals should focus on changing policies at the national and international level rather than focusing on reducing their individual carbon footprint. For meaningful change to occur there needs to be mass mobilizations for climate action, and one critical initial prerequisite is an honest assessment of the current situation, plus predictions about what we can realistically expect in the near future. The goal here is to provide that information.   
The Cultural Evolution of Games of Chance – a historical investigation of Chinese gambling
Authors: Hong Ze
Published: January 2024

Chance-based gambling has been a recurrent cultural activity throughout history and across many diverse human societies. In this paper, I combine quantitative and qualitative data and present a cultural evolutionary framework to explain why the odds in games of chance in premodern China appeared “designed” to ensure a moderate yet favorable house advantage. This is especially intriguing since extensive research in the history of probability has shown that prior to the development of probability theory people had very limited understanding of the nature of random events, and were generally disinclined to think mathematically about the frequency of their occurrence. I argue that games of chance in the context of gambling culturally evolved into their documented forms via a process of selective imitation and retention, and neither the customers nor the gambling houses understood the probability calculus involved in these games.
Measurement Targets for Network Constructs in Psychopathology
Authors: van Bork Riet , Lunansky Gabriela , Borsboom Denny
Published: January 2024

In psychology, regulation of measurement practices relies on the use of psychometric models that relate the targeted psychological construct to a set of observations in empirical research. Recent work has argued for a new conceptualization, in which psychological constructs are viewed as networks. However, in contrast to existing models, network psychometrics has not articulated normative guidelines for measurement. To develop normative criteria for measurement in the network framework, a clearer picture is needed about possible measurement targets in a network. Using the example of depression, we explore five such potential measurement targets in the network framework: the structure of the network, the current state of the network, and three properties of the dynamical landscape, the expected state, vulnerability, and stable state. We discuss strategies for measuring these targets as well as challenges that arise in doing so.
Using a Bracket-Style Debate Tournament to Facilitate Integration Across Primary Scientific Literature
Authors: Valshtein Timothy Jacob , Powers Katherine E. , Noll Nicole E.
Published: January 2024

Recently, there has been growing interest in enhancing students' engagement with primary scientific literature to facilitate improved understanding of the scientific process, enhance critical thinking skills, foster an appreciation for the nuances of empirical research, and ultimately help students become more discerning consumers of information. We leveraged game-based learning principles to develop an innovative teaching activity designed to promote critical reading and analysis of primary scientific literature. In this activity students prepared a mini-presentation on a research article and then teams debated strengths and weaknesses of each article in tournament-style matchups. Students then wrote a short paper integrating and summarizing the class discussion. Student feedback indicated that the bracket-style debate tournament helped students make connections across readings, think critically, contextualize scientific findings, and find science more approachable. This activity offers a unique and effective way to promote collaborative and competitive learning across a range of course formats and settings.
The costs (and benefits?) of effortful listening for older adults: Insights from simultaneous electrophysiology, pupillometry, and memory
Authors: Silcox Jack , Bennett Karen , Copeland Allyson , Ferguson Sarah Hargus , Payne Brennan
Published: January 2024

Although the impact of acoustic challenge on speech processing and memory increases as a person ages, older adults may engage in strategies that help them compensate for these demands. In the current pre-registered study, older adults (N = 48) listened to sentences—presented in quiet or in noise—that were high constraint with either expected or unexpected endings or were low constraint with unexpected endings. Pupillometry and EEG were simultaneously recorded, and subsequent sentence recognition and word recall were measured. Like young adults in prior work, we found that noise led to increases in pupil size, delayed and reduced ERP responses, and decreased recall for unexpected words. However, in contrast to prior work in young adults where a larger pupillary response predicted a recovery of the N400 at the cost of poorer memory performance in noise, older adults did not show an associated recovery of the N400 despite decreased memory performance. Instead, we found that in quiet, increases in pupil size were associated with delays in N400 onset latencies and increased recognition memory performance. In conclusion, we found that transient variation in pupil-linked arousal predicted tradeoffs between real-time lexical processing and memory that emerged at lower levels of task demand in aging. Moreover, with increased acoustic challenge, older adults still exhibited costs associated with transient increases in arousal without the corresponding benefits.
Robots as moral agents: Moral responsibility in the absence of intentionality?
Authors: O'Reilly Ziggy , Marchesi Serena , Wykowska Agnieszka
Published: January 2024

In the era of renewed fascination with AI and robotics, one needs to address questions related to their societal impact, particularly in terms of moral responsibility and intentionality. In three vignette-based experiments (total N = 96) we investigated whether the consequences of a robot or human’s actions, influenced participant’s intentionality and moral responsibility ratings. Moral responsibility ratings were higher for negative consequences than positive consequences, for the robot (Experiment1 p = .03, Experiment2 p = .003), and human (Experiment3 p < .001). However, for the robot, there was no difference in intentionality ratings based on the valence of the consequences (Experiment1 p = 0.91, Experiment2 p = .64). Whereas, for the human, intentionality ratings were higher for negative consequences than positive consequences (Experiment3, p =.005). We suggest that this could be due to intentionality being more easily dissociated from moral responsibility when evaluating robot actions, compared to human actions.
National Financial Security: Tools for Assessment and Ways to Preserve
Authors: Zenchenko Svetlana , Voronin Ivan
Published: January 2024

Introduction. The main threats to the stable economic growth of the country include the vulnerability and weakness of the national financial system, imbalance of financial interests, instability of the budget system, significant share of the shadow economy, direct investment of economic activity, and the criminalization of economic-financial relations. Therefore, financial security can be considered as the state of protection of the financial and economic interests of the state. There are different approaches to defining the content of national financial security and methods for its assessment, which reveal the dependence of sustainable economic development of the country on macroeconomic financial indicators. Methods. This article proposes a methodological approach for the integrated assessment of national financial security based on five sub-indices - financial development, economic globalization, economic activity, financial stability of households, and financial stability. This methodology is aimed at revealing the interdependence of the stable functioning of the financial sector and the level of economic growth in Russia. Results. Calculation of the aggregate index of financial security has allowed to identify a trend of financially sustainable and secure development of the country, the phases of decline of which correspond to periods of decrease in the level of economic growth. Conclusions. The proposed approach can be used as an analytical tool for forecasting national financial stability and tracking trends in the financial and banking sector, business activity, and foreign economic activity.
Historical Aspects of Information Disclosure by Types of Integrated Reporting Capital
Authors: Kempf Andrey
Published: January 2024

Introduction. The practice of compiling integrated reporting is becoming more common, since it provides users with information not only about the results of activities and property status, but also the business model of an economic entity. Under the influence of changing processes of financial and economic activity in conditions of uncertainty and risk, integrated reporting undergoes permanent transformations aimed at disclosing as much relevant information as possible for stakeholders, as evidenced, among other things, by the update of international regulations. In this connection, the definition of vectors for the development of integrated reporting becomes an urgent scientific problem. Purpose. Identification of development directions for the formation of accounting (financial, managerial, tax) reporting, including integrated. Methods. The system-chronological analysis of literature sources is applied, including general scientific methods of cognition abstraction, concretization, analysis, synthesis, classification, comparison, generalization, as well as special accounting methods. Results. The periodization of the appearance of objects in accounting and reporting by types of capital (financial, industrial, intellectual, human, socio-reputational, natural) was carried out. The key determinants of integrated reporting elaboration are identified, such as the development of economic system, the complication of financial and economic relationships, the development of ownership forms, globalization processes, political conditions, information requests of investors, crisis processes. According to the determinants, the need for integrated reflection of reporting data using financial and non-financial indicators is defined. Conclusion. The results obtained made it possible to identify current trends in the development of reporting, which consist in maximum openness of information to users in compliance with the principle of reliability, determined the internal logic of the development of integrated reporting tools and the regularity of the risk-based approach.
Information Support of Accounting and Reporting in Cost Calculating of Boiler-Building Production
Authors: Agafonova Nelly
Published: January 2024

Introduction. The improvement of calculation systems is historically justified by the development of the management system and the increase in the number of users of accounting and reporting data and their requests, which has a significant impact on the information support of the production process in various spheres of economic activity. Every commercial organization is faced with the question of the rationality of the calculation system used and the degree of its compliance with market realities affected by uncertainty and risk conditions. The application of traditional approaches to calculating the cost of products, works, services becomes insufficient to maintain a stable level of competitiveness. In this context, the development of information support for calculation systems aimed not only at calculating the cost, but also at managing costs throughout the entire production cycle is an urgent and practically significant research topic. Purpose. Development of an approach to disclosure of information on calculating the cost of boiler-building production in accounting and reporting. Methods. To achieve the purpose of the study, general scientific methods were used: modeling – in determining the target values of the cost of production, specification – in calculating the cost of various types of outdoor heating boilers, analysis – in identifying the effect of the use of calculation systems, comparison – in comparing traditional and innovative methods of calculating the cost. Results. A comparative characteristic of the traditional methods of cost accounting and cost calculation for Russian practice with foreign ones is carried out to determine the possibilities and limitations of their application, as well as the need for the development of accounting and reporting tools. The calculation of the cost based on the materials of actually operating organizations of the boiler-building sphere is carried out, an algorithm for determining the target cost and profit rate of the products is proposed. Recommendations on improving the information support of accounting and reporting have been compiled. Conclusion. The obtained results confirmed the expediency of applying innovative approaches to calculating the cost of production of boiler-building organizations, including setting the target cost and its reflection in accounting and reporting.
On Noongar Boodjah: George Vancouver’s Colonial Fictions
Authors: Fong Ryan D.
Published: January 2024

This essay reads Captain George Vancouver’s account of his 1791 landing on the southwestern coast of what is now known as Australia through the theorizations and analyses of Indigenous theorists and scholars to expose the colonial fictions that undergird his actions and rhetoric. I then focus on the rhetoric and critical posturing of the settler colonial academy, especially within white-dominated fields like eighteenth-century studies, to consider how its work participates in the processes of Indigenous erasure and points to the need for self-reflexive and reciprocal engagements with Indigenous communities and their knowledges.
“A Hundred Different Ways of Being in Love”: Emma, Queer Austen, and Asexuality Studies
Authors: George Leigh-Michil , Lu Lillian
Published: January 2024

In ACE: What Asexuality Reveals about Desire, Society, and the Meaning of Sex (2020), Angela Chen writes, “Aces draw attention to sexual assumptions and sexual scripts—around definition, feeling, action—that are often hidden and interrogate the ways that these norms make our lives smaller. Aces have developed a new lens that prioritizes what is just over what is supposedly natural.” This cowritten essay argues that asexuality studies offers a helpful framework for scholars of Jane Austen. In particular, with our reading of Austen’s Emma (1815), we suggest that asexuality studies dials us into Austen’s metacritical moments about the genre of romance and the expectations generated by the marriage plot. This essay aims to start a discussion on what it would mean to read novels with a kind of attention and reading practice that asexuality studies has begun to carve out.
Born That Way: Asexuality and Kinship in “The History of Mrs Selvyn”
Authors: Zitin Abigail
Published: January 2024

This article expands the critical account of queer orientations in Sarah Scott’s Millenium Hall (1762) to include not only sapphic eroticism but also asexuality. In the inset narrative “The History of Mrs Selvyn,” Scott focuses on Mrs Selvyn’s mother, Lady Emilia Reynolds, who is all too eager to punish herself for having conceived a child out of wedlock. I generate a threefold close reading of Emilia’s story, considering it along a spectrum of exemplarity, at one extreme, and feminist subversion, at the other. In between is a symptomatic reading, in which Scott uses the consequence of Emilia’s perverse moral scrupulousness—the fragmentation of her family—to indict the sexual double standard. In framing the narrative as the daughter’s story, I argue, Scott celebrates Harriot Selvyn’s freedom from sexual desire as the apotheosis of her mother’s renunciation of sexuality.
Nurse-Led Interventions for Diabetes Education: A Literature Review
Authors: Mat Isa Rif’atunnailah , Chong Mei Chan , Lee Wan Ling , Mohamed Iqbal Tajunisah Begam , Jamaludin Sumaiyah @ Thandar Soe , Saiful Suhardi Mohd Iman
Published: January 2024

Background: The incidence of blindness is escalating to 439 billion patients by 2030. This study aims to review studies of health education related to diabetic retinopathy that have been implemented to inform nurse-led intervention to patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM).
Methods: A comprehensive search of the database was performed from October 2021 until March 2022. The databases include CINAHL, EMERALD insight, SAGE, Scopus, Web of Science and Science Direct. The Medical Subject Headings database was used to derive the following keywords: ‘T2DM' OR ‘Diabetes Mellitus type 2’, Diabetic Retinopathy’ OR ‘Diabetic eye’ OR ‘retinopathies') AND ‘education’, self-care’, ‘visual quality of life’, ‘mHealth’. All studies in English pertaining to the type of teaching and the effects of education on the visual quality of life among T2DM patients were included. Type 1 diabetes mellitus studies were excluded. Analysis of the themes arising from the results was performed.
Results: The search yielded 868 articles, of which 27 met our criteria. The studies ranged from cross-sectional, controlled studies, quasi-experimental studies, and qualitative studies. Overall, there was three types of health education interventions: personalised, group-based, and technology-based.
Conclusion: There is paucity in nurse-led health education about diabetic retinopathy in East Asia. It appears that conventional health education helpful, but the mobile application might be an option to provide better health education, with an emphasis on diabetic retinopathy components.
What Nursing Students Hope from Clinical Mistakes
Authors: Mohamad Zulfa , Zolkefli Yusrita
Published: January 2024

Background: Nursing students are vulnerable to committing mistakes in clinical practice due to various factors. These factors include the quality of supervision received and interpersonal dynamics. This study examined students’ expectations if they make mistakes during clinical placement.
Methods: A qualitative descriptive study design was employed in this study. Purposive sampling was adopted to recruit twelve undergraduate nursing students, and semi-structured interviews were conducted between October 2022 and December 2022. A thematic analysis strategy was utilised to analyse the data.
Findings: Three themes were identified, namely: (1) The importance of supervision, (2) A dedicated clinical mentor, and (3) The value of reflective practice.
Conclusion: The study showed that most nursing students emphasised the importance of clinical supervision from experienced nurses to handle clinical mistakes effectively. The findings emphasised the crucial role of the clinical mentor’s presence during the students’ clinical tasks. Furthermore, the students also expressed the significance of the student’s continued engagement in reflective practice
MATHEMATICAL MODEL OF TORSIONAL OSCILLATIONS DRILLING COLUMN WITH FLEXIBLE COUPLING IN COMPOSITION
Authors: Moisyshyn V. M. , Vekeryk V. І. , Landar S. M.
Published: January 2024

A generalized mathematical model of the torsional vibrations of the drilling columnis proposed, the composition of which includes support-centering elements, an elastic coupling, and a screw drilling motor. The portable movement of the drilling columnis taken to be a steady rotational movement with a given angular velocity and the relative movement is taken to be oscillations disturbed by the bit. The model allows you to determine the relative and transfer components of the angle of rotation, torque and tangential stress in the cross sections of the column.
ANALYSIS OF CONSTRUCTIONS OF TORSION SHOCK ABSORBERS DRILLINGCOLUMN OSCILLATION
Authors: Moisyshyn V. M.
Published: January 2024

Designs of shock absorbers of torsional vibrations of the drilling columnare considered. According to the material of the node that perceives vibrations, the following are distinguished: devices with rubber (or other elastic) elements and devices with metal and rubber-metal elements. The design features of nine devices which allowthe vibrationlevel reduction of the rock-destructive tool, were analyzed.
GENERAL PRINCIPLES OF FORECASTING THE RELIABILITY OF COMPLEX TECHNICAL SYSTEMS IN THE OIL AND GAS INDUSTRY
Authors: Semchuk Ya. , Kryvenko O. , Lialiuk-Viter H. , Kryvenko G.
Published: January 2024

In the oil and gas industry, various high-risk facilities operate, among which pipeline systems occupy a leading position due to their specific characteristics (structural, technological, operational conditions, etc.).

Pipeline systems, distributed over a large area, are characterized by a high level of risk of emergencies. Therefore, the risk analysis of accidents and failures, the main essence of which is to identify hazards and assess the possibility of their occurrence, is a crucial part of the industrial safety management system of technical systems (TS) [1]. One of the main tasks of this system is to prevent the possibility of accidents and failures, i.e., to ensure reliability. The authors emphasize the importance of assessing the reliability of high-risk objects, both when put into operation and during their operation. It is noted that reliability management during the operation stage can be carried out by determining the optimal allowable deviations of structural parameters of the technical condition and other measures. The paper provides an overview of key quantitative reliability indicators, such as the reliability function and the "unreliability function," and discusses their significance in determining failure probabilities and life-to-failure. Changes in failure intensity according to the Weibull distribution and the exponential distribution law are examined in detail.  Reliability indicators for non-repairable systems include the probability of non-failure operation, failure intensity, and mean time to failure, while maintainability indicators for repairable systems are the probability of recovery and mean recovery time. The comprehensive indicator of the reliability of repairable systems is determined through the coefficient of operational readiness. The conclusions of the paper highlight the importance of using statistical data and reliability indicators to assess systems and components, in particular the oil and gas pipeline systems in Europe, which have significant importance for industrial safety and the reliability of technical facilities.
ANTI-CORROSION PROTECTION OF PIPELINES
Authors: Martyniuk R. T.
Published: January 2024

Currently, in our country, the issue of protecting metals from corrosion has achieved high results, so there is a big gap between the achievements of scientific research in this direction and their use in industry. It is necessary to develop and implement highly effective methods of increasing the strength, corrosion resistance, heat and cold resistance of metals and alloys. Popularization, dissemination and implementation of effective methods of protection against corrosion and corrosive-mechanical destruction of machines, devices, equipment and metal structures are of great importance.

During surface-plastic deformation, a chip is not formed, but a fine plastic deformation of the surface layer takes place. As a result, the surface layer is strengthened, wear resistance and resistance to corrosive environment increases. In many cases, the use of surface-plastic deformation makes it possible to increase the safety margin of parts working under variable loads by 1.5 to 3 times, and to increase the service life of parts. The paper examines directions for increasing the stability of parts of oil industry equipment by the method of surface plastic deformation, for resistance against various types of corrosion and corrosive-mechanical destruction.

Fatigue is the phenomenon of gradual accumulation of material damage under the action of variable loads, which leads to changes in the properties of crack formation, their development and destruction. The processes of metal fatigue have been studied by many researchers, many hypotheses have been put forward, but the nature of fatigue remains largely unexplained.