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Finding patterns of occupant behaviour in actual data for thermal performance simulation: a case study in low-income houses
Authors: Schaefer Aline , Eccel João Vítor , Ghisi Enedir
Published: March 2024

Abstract The way residents occupy and operate houses influences the energy consumption. The objective of this paper is to findpatterns of occupant behaviour in actual data for thermal performance simulation.Data on occupancy of rooms and operation of doors and windows were obtained through a database created by means of application of questionnaires in low-income houses located in Florianópolis, southern Brazil. The reference profiles were obtained using cluster analysis, hierarchical and non-hierarchical techniques combined. Such profiles were submitted to computer simulations. The results showed significant variability within the clusters regarding the occupancy and operation of doors and windows. It was possible to verify the impact that different profiles have on the performance of the house, either due to occupancy or heat losses and gains from air changes through doors and windows. The combination of these effects resulted in some profiles that were highly vulnerable to external temperature conditions, while others were able to maintain the internal temperatures more constant. It was possible to verify that the use of reference profiles based on actual data lead to more reliable performance indicators.
Conexões Epidemiológicas entre Telas e Movimento: Navegando por Comportamento Sedentário, (In)Atividade Física e Hábitos de Saúde em Escolares do Rio de Janeiro
Authors: Santos Marco Antonio Ferreira dos , Albuquerque Bruno Rolemberg de , Valente Luciano Alonso , Nascimento Bruno , Castro Bruno
Published: March 2024

O estudo investigou os hábitos de atividade física, comportamentos sedentários e exposição a telas em estudantes de quatro unidades escolares no Rio de Janeiro, de uma instituição de ensino privada, considerando as diretrizes da OMS. A pesquisa surge em resposta à lacuna existente na compreensão desses padrões, dada a falta de estudos específicos sobre escolares na região. Em meio à preocupação global com o sedentarismo, a compreensão dos padrões específicos entre estudantes torna-se crucial para desenvolver estratégias eficazes.
O estudo, observacional e exploratório, utilizou o questionário IPAQ para coletar dados sobre atividade física e esportivas (AFES), bem como comportamentos sedentários em 1668 estudantes de quatro unidades escolares privadas. A análise estatística, incluindo Mann-Whitney e Kruskal-Wallis, buscou entender as diferenças entre sexos e unidades escolares.
Os resultados revelaram uma média de 4 dias de caminhada de mais de 10 minutos para o sexo masculino e 3 dias para o feminino. A média de dias realizando atividades moderadas foi de 3, com o sexo masculino dedicando, em média, 100 minutos, e o feminino 84 minutos. Quanto às atividades vigorosas, ambos os sexos tiveram média de 3 dias, com o sexo masculino relatando 126 minutos e o feminino 71 minutos. O tempo total de atividade física semanal foi de 260 minutos em média, com pequenas variações entre sexos.
No que diz respeito à inatividade e exposição a telas, a média de tempo durante a semana foi de 574 minutos, enquanto nos finais de semana foi de 510 minutos. As diferenças significativas entre sexos foram evidenciadas na caminhada diária, atividades moderadas e vigorosas, e tempo sentado durante a semana. Além disso, houve variações entre as unidades escolares.
A correlação positiva e significativa entre o total de dias e o tempo de atividades vigorosas destaca a importância de estratégias diferenciadas. Esses resultados proporcionam insights valiosos para orientar políticas de promoção da saúde, destacando a necessidade de abordagens personalizadas e contextualizadas para essa população específica.
Briefing: Temporary works legacy archive: a pensieve to store memories
Authors: Stotesbury Andrew
Published: March 2024

The recent release of the Temporary Works Forum’s (TWf) e-learning courses has revolutionised awareness. These courses have shown the importance of being reminded of the past, of lessons learned and other experiences, some of which would be lost without this initiative. The TWf legacy project is to make available an online searchable folder, or a ‘pensieve’. Primarily, this is focused on capturing TW memories, stories and events for archive, partially by retiring members who would like some of their career photos and experiences recorded. The project also aims to interview leading TW practitioners on their current thoughts on achieving best practice.
COVID-19 Pandemisinde Kötü Uyku Kalitesi, Yüksek Vücut Kitle İndeksi ve Kadın Cinsiyeti Kilo Alma Üzerinde Etkili Olabilir: Kesitsel Bir Çalışma
Authors: YILMAZ Mustafa Volkan , ÖZPAK AKKUŞ Özlem , ASİL Esma
Published: March 2024

Amaç: Bu çalışmanın amacı, Türkiye'deki COVID-19 pandemisi sırasında sosyal izolasyonla kısıtlanmış bireylerde beslenme alışkanlıklarındaki değişikliklerin, uyku düzeni ve fiziksel aktivitelerin vücut ağırlığı üzerindeki etkilerini anlamaktır.

Gereç ve Yöntemler: Çalışmaya Türkiye'de kısmi karantina koşullarında olan toplam 699 sağlıklı yetişkin katılmıştır. Katılımcıların pandemi dönemindeki sosyodemografik özellikleri, antropometrik ölçümleri ve pandemi öncesi döneme kıyasla beslenme alışkanlıklarındaki değişiklikler ve fiziksel aktiviteleri sorgulanmıştır. Bireylerin uyku kalitesi, Pittsburgh Uyku Kalitesi İndeksi ile ölçülmüştür.

Bulgular: Katılımcıların %53.8'inde [n=376] besin tüketiminin arttığı, %77.1'inde [n=539] fiziksel aktivitenin azaldığı ve %44.5'inde [n=311] vücut ağırlığının arttığı saptanmıştır. Vücut ağırlığı artan bireyler için yapılan lojistik regresyon analizinde, düşük uyku kalitesinin ağırlık kazanımı [OR=1.469, %95 GA=[1.012-2.133]; P
Opinions and Beliefs of Adults with Intellectual Disabilities or Visual Impairment about Research with Routine Care Data
Authors: Van Rest Maaike M. , Heppe Eline C. M. , Ras Richtje , Cullen Mairi Ann , De la Croix Anne , Schuengel Carlo , Hastings Richard P.
Published: March 2024

Research with routine care data (RCD) is not always a transparent process to the people receiving care for disabilities or impairment. This study aimed to understand the point of view on secondary use of care data for research from the people with visual or intellectual disabilities themselves. In total 36 participants from the UK and the Netherlands were interviewed (20 with intellectual disabilities, 16 with visual impairment). Transcripts were analysed inductively using the Framework Approach. Interview results showed that people from both countries and disability groups assumed that RCD research took place and saw potential contributions to care quality as grounds for legitimacy. Their themes of concern were about inaccuracy and threats to anonymity of data. Interviewees made suggestions for improving conditions under which RCD research can happen with informed consent. In addition to informing data governance policies of organisations serving people with disabilities, findings underscore the contribution that people with disabilities can make to data governance.
On morphological requirements for auxiliary verb periphrasis in Turkish
Authors: Kim Young-Hoon
Published: March 2024

This paper investigates auxiliary verb periphrasis in Turkish with a particular focus on its morphological requirements. The distribution of auxiliary verbs in Turkish shows the overflow pattern (à la Bjorkman 2011), where auxiliary verbs are present only in complex inflection forms. I argue that their pattern follows from a well-formedness constraint, which requires tense, aspect and modality suffixes be linearly adjacent to a verbalized M-Word under the definition in Embick (2007). The proposed analysis follows the previous literature in that it takes auxiliary verbs to be inserted at PF (Bjorkman 2011; Fenger 2020), but in addition assumes that the PF-insertion is driven by morphological requirements. The analysis is particularly supported by the behavior of the abilitative modality in Turkish. The present study thus suggests that languages may use different strategies for auxiliary verb periphrasis despite their surface similarity, and sheds light on the morphosyntactic nature of verb complexes formed under agglutination.
Extra Local: Extras as Actors in Breaking Away
Authors: Smith Jacob
Published: March 2024

"Extra Local" interweaves cumulative and recursive approaches to videographic analysis in order to examine modes of performance in a brief sequence shot in Breaking Away (1979). Multiple viewings of the clip direct attention to distinctions on a continuum of acting and not-acting. Cumulative multiscreen techniques contextualize the scene in director Peter Yates’ career, the history of postwar realism, and the local experience of the film in relation to the performances of local extras.
Hunger and Rotten Flesh: Cinema Novo, Pasolini, Eisenstein
Authors: Elduque Albert
Published: March 2024

This video essay links The Gospel According to St. Matthew and Old and New with Glauber Rocha’s Black God, White Devil (1964). Like Pasolini’s work, this film was concerned with Christianity and revolution in the Third World, and it was strongly inspired by the fusion of sexual impulse and food production in Eisenstein’s film, particularly in the sequence of the milling of manioc.
Fembot in a Red Dress
Authors: de Fren Allison
Published: March 2024

Fembot in a Red Dress analyzes the cultural trope of the “lady in red” as it evolved from the genre of film noir to science fiction and from the human to the artificial female in a variety of film and television texts.
Still Brazil
Authors: Solomon Stefan
Published: March 2024

Still Brazil considers the extensive use of still images in two Brazilian films: Garrincha: alegria do povo (Garrincha: Joy of the People, Joaquim Pedro de Andrade, 1963) and Cidade de Deus (City of God, Fernando Meirelles and Kátia Lund, 2002).
Flow/Job
Authors: Elliott-Smith Darren
Published: March 2024

This audiovisual essay provides an aesthetic analysis of the works of the iconic gay porn star Joey Stefano focusing solely on the actor’s reaction shots throughout his back catalogue of porn titles and placing these in split-screen juxtaposition with Andy Warhol’s infamous 1963 experimental short Blow Job, from which it takes formal, aesthetic, and thematic influence.
Thinking Through Acting: Performative Indices and Philosophical Assertions
Authors: Taylor Aaron , Hewko Bryn
Published: March 2024

This video asserts that actors actually make manifest specific lines of thought. That is, actors are able to articulate complex assertions via their performances.
"Look. I Know You're Not Following What I'm Saying Anyway.": The Problem of the "Video Essay" and Scorsese as Cinematic Essayist
Authors: Morton Drew
Published: March 2024

An analysis of Martin Scorsese's use of the essayistic voice in his films.
Digital Technologies and Videographic Research Practice
Authors: Keathley Christian
Published: March 2024

A reflection on how digital technologies can be innovatively integrated into videographic practice.
Am I Pretty?
Authors: Proctor Jennifer
Published: March 2024

Am I Pretty? is an imageless film appropriating audio from YouTube videos of young women asking viewers whether they are pretty. The film disrupts and critiques the spectatorial gaze in these videos by removing the visual referent, producing an acousmatic reduction through the denial of the promised image.
Itinéraire d’un ciné-fils de… #3: Le cercle rouge (1970)
Authors: Gosvig Olesen Christian
Published: March 2024

Working with samples from Le cercle rouge (Jean-Pierre Melville, France, 1970) and its trailer, this essayistic piece contrasts sounds and dialogue snippets at different speeds. In doing so it reframes the film’s sounds to highlight the deceptive, ominous nature of the situations experienced by the main character Corey (Alain Delon).
The Two Irises
Authors: Palis Eleni
Published: March 2024

This video essay reframes scholarship on Robert De Niro’s authorship by exploring the effect of his damaged male characters in Taxi Driver (Scorsese, 1976) and Stanley & Iris (Ritt, 1990). This De Niro-authored masculinity traps his female co-stars into a foreclosed, repetitious role— at best, utterly dependent on the De Niro character’s “recovery,” generosity, and heteronormative machinations and at worst, a victim of his brutal, avenging violence.
The Time Passing
Authors: Sampson Benjamin
Published: March 2024

A videographic response to Julie Levinson's "Time and Time Again: Temporality, Narrativity, and Spectatorship in Christian Marclay’s The Clock."
Covenant of the Tongue
Authors: Werner Karen
Published: March 2024

Haus, Part 1: Covenant of the Tongue is an inquiry into the performativity of language and sound as creative and ethical intervention. The audio piece is part of Strange Radio, a collection of experimental radio broadcasts exploring themes of Jewish Viennese exile, grief, the stranger and Holocaust postmemory.
Empathy with the Masses
Authors: Gough-Brady Catherine
Published: March 2024

John Grierson disliked the central heroic character, instead he used co-operative characters. As a practitioner, I reflect on Grierson’s idea via the creation of a film using co-operative characters (Expect Delays (2018)) and discovered that central characters are important part of my practice, but less important for audience engagement.
Introduction: Montage Reloaded
Authors: Vassilieva Julia
Published: March 2024

Introduction to the special issue on Montage Reloaded.
Emerald Transmutations
Authors: Pisters Patricia , Magor Ian , Rodowick D. N. , Perconte Jacques , Stanton Polly , Verdeure David , Menkman Rosa
Published: March 2024

Emerald Transmutations is an experiment in digital alchemy inspired by the surrealist parlour game Exquisite Corpse and by the Emerald Tablets, the foundational hermetic text in Western alchemy. Starting with the “prima materia” of two scenes from celluloid film history, each transmuted scene was passed along between seven “digital alchemists” who each performed a process of transmutation on the material in an attempt to turn base metal into gold and to find “the philosopher’s stone."
Encounters
Authors: Talbott Michael
Published: March 2024

“Encounters” is a work concerned with movies, mobility, and memory.
On Video Tributes
Authors: Grizzaffi Chiara
Published: March 2024

The article briefly examines video tributes as a sub-genre of videographic criticism, addressing their main themes, the circumstances of their making. It argues for the possibility of video tributes to produce some new knowledge about their subject.
Santa y Teresa: A Walking Dialogue between two Cuban Characters
Authors: Farrell Michelle Leigh
Published: March 2024

In this videographic essay I create an impossible dialogue between two characters, Teresa in Retrato de Teresa (1979) and Santa in Santa y Andrés (2017) to consider how these reoccurring figures quietly reveal a struggle for gender equality that remains incomplete.
Mad Men's 'Babylon'. Mapping Out a Musical Metaphor
Authors: Hudelet Ariane
Published: March 2024

This video essay explores the numerous intermedial references brought up by the “Babylon” musical montage at the end of Mad Men’s season 1, episode 6.
Home is Bleak. Is Home Bleak?
Authors: Yatci Delal
Published: March 2024

This video focuses on images of issues surrounding home by women filmmakers from a feminist perspective in Turkish cinema. The central questions of the video are: how do women directors portray home and from where do they look at it? Do they imagine new homes that promise hope and power for women?
Dead Time
Authors: Perkins Claire , Rassell Andrea , Fowler Catherine
Published: March 2024

This essay uses eye tracking data to demonstrate and consider the concept of seeing as a form of labour – an idea central to critical discussions of the long take and ‘slow film’.
In Praise of Blur
Authors: Misek Richard , Beugnet Martine
Published: March 2024

"In Praise of Blur" provides a respite from the visual precision of the high definition image. By treating blur as a potential, it counters the teleological discourse that typically accompanies each new capture format – from HD, through 4K, and beyond.
America is (Not) Cool
Authors: Oyallon-Koloski Jenny
Published: March 2024

West Side Story (1961) remains a key film in musical genre history because of its precise narrative integration of story, music, and dance. By juxtaposing “America” and “Cool,” my video essay creates a hybrid space to demonstrate the crucial function Jerome Robbins’ choreography serves in the film’s narrative.
In The Control Room
Authors: Schoenheit Julia
Published: March 2024

The given text deals with, and stirred associations to my own experiences of, sexual assault; it felt like an opportunity to try to express what is so hard to talk about. I chose to focus on Red Road (Andrea Arnold, 2006), which provoked a familiar uneasiness in me and whose main character, Jackie, is placed in an eerie world, full of unspeakable danger, which had initially made me (wrongly) assume she had been a victim of sexual violence.
TV Dictionary - Neon Genesis Evangelion
Authors: DeLisio James
Published: March 2024

A TV Dictionary entry on Neon Genesis Evangelion.
Urolithiasis in Primary Gout, Incidence of Clinically Presented and Asymptomatic Kidney Stones: Identification of Significant Risk Factors
Authors:   Department of Biomedical Sciences, State University in Novi Pazar, Novi Pazar, Serbia, Radosavljevic Natasa , Nikolic Dejan ,   Department of Medicine, , University of Belgrade, Belgrade, Serbia and University Children’s Hospital, Belgrade, Serbia, Radosavljevic Zoran ,   Department of Urology, Asir Central Hospital, Abha, KSA
Published: March 2024

Background The aim of this study is to explore the prevalence of urolithiasis in patients with primary gout as well as its correlation with other associated risk factors. Methods The study was conducted on 102 patients with primary gout, they underwent ultrasonography examination and their general, clinical, and urinalysis data were recorded for further assessment and statistical analysis. Results There were 102 patients with primary gout included in our study, 69 (67.6%) males, mean age of patients was 64.3±9.7. The overall prevalence of urolithiasis in our patients with primary gout is 37.3% and 15.7% have “silent” urolithiasis. Patients with urolithiasis (Group 1) are significantly older, 68.9±7.4-years, had a long history of gout 10.3±4.5-years, presence of tophi in 9 (23.6%) patients and more than 3 gouty arthritis attacks per year in 17(44.7%) patients. Also, patients in Group 1 have a significantly lower urine pH of 5.2±0.4 compared to patients without urolithiasis (Group 2) who have a urine pH of 6.6±0.2. Results showed that obesity, diabetes, and hyperlipidemia are significantly more common in patients with urolithiasis (Group 1) while the presence of hypertension is not significantly different between groups. Correlation between urolithiasis and parameters related to disease (duration, tophi, and more than three attacks per year) and parameters related to urinalysis (pH and crystalluria) was tested and found statistically significant. Logistic regression analyses (univariate and multivariate) of tested parameters confirmed that obesity, diabetes mellitus, and hyperlipidemia are predictive factors for the presence of urolithiasis in patients with primary gout. Conclusion There is a high prevalence of urolithiasis in patients with primary gout including asymptomatic urolithiasis, associated with the age of patients, duration, and severity of gout, obesity, diabetes, and hyperlipidemia. Therefore, ultrasonographic screening as harmless and available should be recommended in order to prevent complications.
Percutaneous Nephrolithotomy 500 Cases in High-Risk and Altered Renal Function Test: Our Experience at Tertiary Care Centre
Authors:   Department of Urology, Civil Hospital, Ahmedabad, Gujarat 380016, India, Shah Shrenik J. , Davara Chirag ,   Department of Urology, Civil Hospital, Ahmedabad, Gujarat 380016, India, Jha Abhishek ,   Department of Urology, Civil Hospital, Ahmedabad, Gujarat 380016, India, Kachhadiya Kapil ,   Department of Urology, Civil Hospital, Ahmedabad, Gujarat 380016, India, Mistry Rushi ,   Department of Urology, Civil Hospital, Ahmedabad, Gujarat 380016, India
Published: March 2024

Introduction The study aims to evaluate the results of percutaneous nephrolithotomy (PCNL) in high-risk patients and patients with altered renal function tests (RFT) and complications in the management of renal stones in our hospital. Methods We retrospectively analyzed the outcomes of 500 patients who underwent PCNL between September 2020 and September 2023. We have analyzed data regarding patient details, investigations, PCNL puncture site, operative duration, number of punctures, stone-free rates (SFRs), duration of hospital stay, and complications. Results Out of 500 patients, 384 (76.87%) were males and 116 (23.13%) were females, with a male-to-female ratio of 3.32:1. The average age was 40.8±10.4 (mean±SD) (range: 24 to 74-years). The average operative time was 127±37 min (mean±standard deviation (SD)). The radiation exposure was from 1 min 30 sec to 3 min, with a mean (±SD) of 30 sec. The mean duration of the hospital stay was 2.7±1.6 days. Complete stone clearance was 87%, whereas SFRs defined by no identifiable stone on a plain radiograph or ultrasound or residual fragments <5 mm were 90.93%. The complication rate was 2.2%. Conclusion The usual course of treatment for renal stones larger than 2 cm is PCNL. Significant factors influencing the stone-free rate include stone burden, stone type, PCNL puncture, number of punctures, and operative time. With the development of several lithotripsy procedures and the miniaturization of instruments, PCNL continues to be an excellent therapeutic option for patients with large renal stones, comorbidities, and changed RFT, with tolerable rates of complications.
Dialectique du savoir infirmier et du savoir de l’épidémiologie
Authors: GARRY-BRUNEAU Mathilde , TONIOLO Jean , DALLAIRE Clémence
Published: March 2024

Sur les travaux du philosophe des sciences Karl.R.Popper, cette contribution va tenter de préciser, de stabiliser le caractère scientifique de la science infirmière en soutenant le développement de son savoir par l’accroissement et la diffusion des théories infirmières au bénéfice de leur formation. En France, le développement de la discipline infirmière interroge l’épaisseur de son assise disciplinaire et de ses attributs scientifiques. Depuis la création de la section disciplinaire des sciences infirmières, il est courant que l’emploi de l’expression « la science infirmière » soit porteur d’une polysémie dans le langage courant. Cet article s’emploie à proposer des points de repères à partir de la philosophie des sciences. Cette contribution précisera aussi les enjeux contemporains pour dessiner une discipline en émergence qui se réclame de repères scientifiques. La seconde partie s’inscrira en plus grande proximité disciplinaire avec d’autres champs de recherche utiles aux soins infirmiers telle que l’épidémiologie. Par le prisme d’une dialectique interdisciplinaire, cette partie présentera les enjeux du développement d’un savoir infirmier scientifique.
Les sciences humaines et sociales dans la formation en sciences infirmières
Authors: GIRIER Aude
Published: March 2024

À partir d’un retour d’expérience en tant qu’enseignante en sociologie auprès des étudiantes en sciences infirmières, l’article se propose de traiter de l’articulation entre sciences sociales et humaines et sciences infirmières. Le papier s’organise autour de trois temps. Le premier consiste à retracer l’histoire de la formation en soins infirmiers pour arriver à la création d’une section du comité national des universités (CNU 92) intitulé « sciences infirmières ». On y voit alors les enjeux d’une telle dénomination. Le second temps en expose les implications à savoir un enseignement qui mobilise les sciences humaines et sociales (SHS) de façon contributive. Une analyse de leur place dans le référentiel montre ainsi comment elles sont mobilisées parmi tant d’autres. Enfin le troisième temps, cherche à montrer qu’au-delà de la simple contribution, les SHS se sont invitées par leurs contenus, leurs méthodes et leurs démarches au sein même des sciences infirmières. Sont alors mobilisés deux concepts centraux : l’objectivité et la réflexivité.
Evolution de la place de la maladie dans les récits de littérature de jeunesse
Authors: BERTRAND Nathalie , GOSSIN Pascale
Published: March 2024

Afin de mesurer la façon dont des auteurs-illustrateurs de littérature de jeunesse présentent la maladie, les soignants, les remèdes et leurs effets à leur lectorat, un corpus de quinze ouvrages a été constitué. Ces titres ont été publiés entre le XVIIe et le XXIe siècle. Nous faisons l’hypothèse que des auteurs de littérature de jeunesse ont voulu consciemment ou inconsciemment préparer l’enfant à sa confrontation à la maladie et pensons que des textes publiés ces quatre derniers siècles ont eu et ont pour vocation d’avertir ou de préparer l’enfant à ce moment où le corps fait souffrir. Nous nous intéressons aux personnages malades et aux causes de leur pathologie, en examinant les symptômes décrits, le diagnostic posé et les premiers soins prodigués. La figure des soignants retient également notre attention, tout comme les traitements et leurs effets. Nous souhaitons montrer que deux périodes temporelles se dégagent : celle qui se veut ouvertement édifiante et celle qui s’affranchit de cette mission.
Ressources favorables aux échanges de savoirs dans un environnement capacitant
Authors: MARCHAND Claire , TRÉVIDY Frédérique , FANCHINI Agathe , GROSS Olivia , GAGNAYRE Rémi , POUGHEON BERTRAND Dominique
Published: March 2024

Trois recherches participatives (RP) dans les domaines de la santé et du social associant dans les groupes de recherche usagers ou patients, professionnels et chercheurs, sont analysées pour examiner les facteurs susceptibles d’influencer les échanges de savoirs et l’apprentissage dans le groupe de recherche. Adoptant le cadre de la théorie des capabilités, les ressources mises à disposition des groupes de recherche sont analysées en émettant l’hypothèse qu’elles peuvent constituer des facteurs facilitant ou limitant les échanges de savoirs (facteurs de conversion positifs ou négatifs). Si les échanges sont facilités chaque membre peut prendre une part active à la recherche, apprendre des autres et développer une compréhension plus fine du phénomène étudié. Cette analyse apporte des repères à l’attention des organisateurs de RP permettant de créer les conditions du développement de l’apprentissage et l’agir de chaque membre du groupe de recherche.
Assessment of ecological risk for ecosystems caused by dredged materials in freshwater environments
Authors: Youssef Salama , Mohammed Chennaoui
Published: March 2024

Several chemical substances are released into the environment, and many of them accumulate in the silt or sludge constituting sediments, at the bottom of rivers and lakes as well as in estuaries and seabeds. The ecological and health damage caused by the contamination of sediments by these chemical substances can have serious consequences on ecosystems by reducing the diversity of communities, particularly invertebrates, with indirect consequences on fish populations, loss of edibility of fish or shellfish, recreational uses affected or impossible, ecological risk assessment can be used prospectively or retrospectively. The general outline of the evaluation includes three stages: the formulation of the problem, which aims to develop an analysis plan and define the means to be implemented to characterize the risk, the analysis itself, where we collect the data necessary for the assessment of effects and exposure, and risk characterization, where the risk(s) and, as far as possible, the associated uncertainties are estimated. The application of this approach to dredged materials is proposed in the form of two successive stages: the first consists of a simplified risk analysis, from which we can decide to initiate a second stage of detailed evaluation. The review evaluates the ecological risk associated with the disposal of dredged materials in freshwater environments. It examines the impact of dredged materials on biodiversity and ecosystem health, focusing on assessing the extent of ecological damage, identifying influential factors, and proposing mitigation strategies.
Post-vaccinal reactions following vaccination with the COVID-19 vaccine after first and second dose
Authors: Velina Stoeva , Rosen Mihaylov , Blagovesta Pencheva , Antoineta Mihova
Published: March 2024

Among the countries in the European Union, Bulgaria reports the lowest immunization coverage. Gathering reliable information on the level of post-vaccine adverse events and making it publicly available might increase public confidence in vaccines and immunization strategies. The aim of our study is to analyze and summarize post-vaccination reactions among 100 pre-hospital care patients after the administration of the first and second doses of the SARS-CoV-2 vaccines. The reported adverse reactions found by us with both mRNA and adenoviral vector vaccines were mild and self-limiting, similar to the results reported by many other authors in different parts of the world. We hope that attitudes regarding vaccinations will change in favor of vaccines, precisely through the analysis of the results of post-vaccination side effects, proof of their harmlessness. Regarding vaccinations will change in favor of vaccines, precisely through the analysis of the results of post-vaccination side effects, proof of their harmlessness.
Live cell Imaging of yeast cells expressing human PINK1-GFP and the TOM complex subunits v1
Authors: Ehses Kenneth
Published: March 2024

The PINK1-Parkin axis plays a major role in mitochondrial quality control and mutations have been closely associated with familial cases of Parkinson's disease [1]. To assess the correct functioning of mitochondria, PINK1 acts as a sensor by monitoring their import capabilities [2]. While proper import leads to degradation of PINK1, failed import causes PINK1 to form a complex with the translocon of the outer mitochondrial membrane, allowing it to be stabilized and activated by cross- phosphorylation [3]. Here we describe a protocol for live-cell imaging of Saccharomyces cerevisiae cells expressing human PINK1 with GFP tag at the C-terminus as well as all the human TOM complex subunits (TOMs 5, 6, 7, 20, 22, 40 and 70) immobilized using Concanavalin A coating. The aim of this experiment is to investigate if human PINK1 expressed in yeast cells is localized to the mitochondria. In this case, galactose was used to induce expression of the fluorescence-tagged protein-of interest and colocalization was tested using a respective mitochondrial tracker. The general workflow of this protocol is based on the one of [4].
The Cossacks’ Mobilization of the Lubny Regiment in the 1721–1725 Campaigns (Based on Materials from the Diary of Yakiv Markovych)
Authors:   Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv, Kyiv, Ukraine, Barsukov Oleksandr
Published: March 2024

Among the notable figures of the 18th century Hetmanship, an important place belongs to Yakiv Markovych. He was an outstanding memoirist, a statesman and, in general, one of the most educated people of his time. In this article, we are interested in his everyday life during the tenure of the government of the Lubny commandant colonel. Yakiv came from a noble family. Thanks to his father, Colonel Andrii Markovych of Lubny, he received a high-quality education at the Kyiv-Mohyla Academy, learned several foreign languages (such as Latin), and developed a close friendship with the prominent theologian Theophan Prokopovych and other members of the states upper circle. His background also helped him to become close friends with the colonel and later the Hetman Pavlo Polubotko. It is believed that it was Polu­botko’s Chronicle of events in Ukraine that inspired him to continue chronicling the events of the Hetmanate and create his outstanding «Diariush», covering the period from 1717 to 1764, from which we know about his colonelcy and life. In this article, we are interested in the process of mobilizing the Cossacks of the Lubny Regiment under the command of Colonel Yakiv Markovych (1721–1725). The 18th century was a time when the Russian Empire increasingly oppressed and controlled the Cossacks, forcing their colonels to send them to unnecessary and distant wars, to build canals (for example, the Ladoga Channel), where they fell ill and died. The colonel had no choice: he either obeyed orders, received wealth and the love of his superiors, or he was dismissed. An even worse fate awaited the Cossacks and the foremen: if they refused to go on a campaign, they were given a preventive talk, and if it did not help, they could be beaten with cues. These were all preventive measures to force them into submission and eventually send them on a military campaign anyway. Their injuries did not save them either, as the vigilant colonel closely monitored their recovery to send them back to the task. It was in such conditions of hopelessness and doom that the Cossacks were mobilized into the army, when your life is completely in the hands of the rulers, who are trying their best to use you as a living force for their own selfish purposes. This article will focus on this process.
Culinary Mutual Influences on the Ukrainian-Russian Borderland (End of the 18th – Beginning of the 20th Centuries)
Authors:   Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv, Kyiv, Ukraine, Perov Roman
Published: March 2024

The article is devoted to the identification and analysis of ethnocultural contacts of Ukrainians and Russians at the junction of their ethnic borders in the period from the end of the 18th to the beginning of the 20th century, using the example of mutual influences of national cuisine. The specificity of the historiography dedicated to this topic is clarified, and the gradual nature of the accumulation of data on the culinary traditions of the population of the Ukrainian-Russian border area is traced. The author, taking into account the relevant historical conditions and processes, in particular the policy of purposeful colonization of the Wild Fields implemented by the Russian Empire in the last quarter of the 18th century and the gradual development of territories that will eventually form the historical borderland, investigates the spread of the traditions of the national cuisine of both peoples and their interpenetration. The latter is clarified on the example of specific manifestations in the entire territory of the borderland (which includes modern Chernihiv Oblast, Kharkiv Oblast, Luhansk Oblast, as well as partially Kursk Oblast, Belgorod Oblast and Voronezh Oblast). On the basis of the conducted work, it was concluded that the perception of elements of food culture by Ukrainians and Russians consists of the inclusion of not only full-fledged dishes and recipes, but also their components and even drinks. Within the framework of the article, the ratio of mutual influences in the national cuisines of the two main ethnic groups of the Ukrainian-Russian border was also analyzed in order to determine the dominant ones. According to the results, it was found that Ukrainian culinary traditions mostly retain their original structure and content out of the two national food complexes. In turn, they are subject to only minor intrusions from the side of Russian cuisine. It was established that the fundamental difference between the food culture of Ukrainians and Russian culinary traditions contributed to their stability, since the latter had much simpler elements in their composition. In general, it was established that mutual influences between Ukrainian and Russian national cuisines, having vivid manifestations throughout the territory of the contact zone of the two cultures, thereby form their opposition and demonstrate the identity of both Ukrainians and Russians.
Soviet Popular Music in the 1960s – 1980s: General Characteristics and Development Trends
Authors:   Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv, Kyiv, Ukraine, Zaluzhnyi Mark
Published: March 2024

The article is devoted to the development of Soviet popular music in the 1960s – 1980s. The author analyzed the song’s characteristics, identified the distinguishing features of the performer’s image and identified the main development trends. Internal and external influences on popular music are also highlighted. On the one hand, this is a factor of the penetration of Western pop culture, and on the other hand, the traditions formed under the influence of ideology within the USSR. For a long time, the official pop music was almost the only permitted option for musical creativity in the totalitarian system. It was characterized by a high level of performance skill and an orientation to the academic tradition, a predominance of a clear and refined melody, patriotic and intimate lyrics, as well as restraint and modesty of manners and a generally conservative image of the artist. At the same time, there was a search for new musical and textual forms, manifested in an appeal to more pronounced melodism, and artists’ experiments with their own style, when typical and strict clothes were replaced by bright and original outfits, the work of VIA was a vivid expression of this. As an alternative to the pop music, an amateur author’s song appears and develops. For the author’s song of the romantic direction, which arose during the period of Khrushchev’s liberalization, idealization of military achievements, travels and life trials, which were full of lyricism and light humor, was inherent in the romantic form; however, later, with the beginning of the collapse of the liberal course, the protest work of bards came to the fore – the themes of exposing cruelty began to dominate, irony and sarcasm appeared in the texts, and in some places the vocabulary was reduced. The image of a Soviet bard was formed – a poet-musician with a guitar. During Gorbachev’s socio-political transformations, the state, which used to be the main actor in musical culture, conceded its positions to young representatives of amateur creativity. That’s when disco and rock music become popular. Disco was characterized by an orientation towards rhythmic textures and themes of urban romances, while the manner and image of the performers were dominated by looseness and extravagance. Soviet rock was based on «big beat» and the social themes of the lyrics, and the artist’s style stood out for its simplicity and freedom. Pop music begins to depart from the formed tradition, adopting certain features of disco and even rock. More electronic music is appearing, lyrics are becoming less serious, expressing simpler meanings, and artists’ styles are becoming more casual.
Review of Suprachoroidal Delivery and its Application in Small Molecule Therapy
Authors: Qin Luke G ,   Department of Ophthalmology, Medical College of Georgia, Augusta University, Augusta, GA, USA, Kasetty Venkatkrish M ,   Henry Ford Hospital, Detroit, MI, USA, Espinosa-Heidmann Diego ,   Department of Ophthalmology, Medical College of Georgia, Augusta University, Augusta, GA, USA, Marcus Dennis M ,   Department of Ophthalmology, Medical College of Georgia, Augusta University, Augusta, GA, USA,   Southeast Retina Center, Augusta, GA, USA
Published: March 2024

Therapies for retinal diseases have witnessed remarkable progress, particularly in the domain of drug delivery routes. Intravitreal injections have especially revolutionized the treatment landscape for various proliferative retinopathies. The emergence of suprachoroidal space as a novel drug delivery site is poised to overcome challenges seen in optimizing drug penetration, targeting, and bioavailability. This approach holds promise for delivering various agents, including steroids, anti-vascular endothelial growth factor molecules, gene vectors, and small molecules, with multiple clinical trials demonstrating this delivery method's potential to reduce treatment burdens and optimize visual outcomes. Particularly, small molecule therapy for retinal diseases finds ease of application through the suprachoroidal route in that small molecule agents have a wide range of targets in disease pathway, greater tissue penetration, and cost-effectiveness in production. The suprachoroidal administration of axitinib, a tyrosine kinase inhibitor, has shown promise in the OASIS trial for treating neovascular age-related macular degeneration. Integrin antagonists and plasma Kallikrein-kinin system inhibitors, also delivered suprachoroidally, exhibit targeted distribution and potential for long-acting therapy.
Hacia una didáctica cultural, transformadora y vivencial
Authors: Vanegas-Vanegas Doris , Ramón-Valencia Jacipt Alexander , Ramón Jarol Derley
Published: March 2024

Proponer una Didáctica cultural transformadora en consonancia con una didáctica general y una didáctica específica, abre campo de discusión hacia una formación más efectiva y de calidad. Los aportes en Didáctica, Pedagogía y Educación, atesora un código elaborado que debe estar disponible para la formación, no solamente de estudiantes sino de ciudadanos, de constructores de paz y de convivencia familiar y social, de autoobservadores y autoconocedores que trasciendan los aprendizajes en el aula y favorezcan su calidad de vida, de corresponsabilidad ambiental y trabajo en comunidad. En consecuencia, se propone la fundamentación de una didáctica transversal; para la cual, se abordan aspectos como las funciones cognitivas, las competencias, los tipos de aprendizaje, la mediación e interacción y la evaluación. El acercamiento al objeto de estudio se realiza a través de la investigación cualitativa, el diseño hermenéutico y la metodología heurística. Procedimientos que permiten precisar los elementos de la didáctica y algunos referentes pedagógicos aplicables en la labor docente y la configuración de su modelo didáctico. Estos aportes se reflejan en el resultado del estudio en la concepción de una didáctica cultural transformadora en contexto didáctico general y específico con alto potencial de un cambio social, educativo y, por consiguiente, vivencial.
The influence of islamic capital market literacy toward intention to invest in islamic capital market: Does risk perception mediate the relationship?
Authors: Bastomi Mohamad , Sudaryanti Dwiyani
Published: March 2024

Research aims: This study was motivated by the limited study on the Islamic capital market, mainly in the behavioral finance field. Moreover, the incongruity findings in prior research investigations suggest additional exploration to elucidate the correlation between literacy and investing intention. This study, therefore, aims to clarify financial literacy roles in investment intention as mediated by risk perception. Specifically, the effect of Islamic capital market literacy on the intention to invest in the Islamic capital market was scrutinized.Design/Methodology/Approach: The present study employed quantitative methodology to address the issue under investigation. The study's sample was comprised of 200 respondents from the Generation Z investor population residing in Malang City. The research instrument used a set of seven Likert scales. The present study also utilized Partial Least Squares Structural Equation Modelling (PLS-SEM) for data analysis.Research findings: The research findings uncovered that Islamic capital market literacy affected risk perception and investment intention, and risk perception had a direct effect on investment intention. In addition, risk perception also successfully mediated the effect of capital market literacy on Gen Z's investment intention in the Islamic capital market.Theoretical contribution/Originality: This research has made a valuable contribution to the existing body of Islamic capital market literature, which has received limited attention. The research highlights the significance of Islamic capital literacy and establishes a favorable perspective of risk as a practical aspect. The results also have valuable input for the government in developing policies that promote increased involvement of young individuals in investing activities by enhancing literacy levels. Practitioner/Policy implication: The research highlights the significance of establishing a favourable perspective of risk as a practical aspect. The results of this study can be a helpful asset for governmental organisations seeking to develop policies that promote increased involvement of young individuals in investing activities by enhancing literacy levels. Research limitation/Implication: Nevertheless, one problem identified in this study is the lack of differentiation between respondents based on their level of literacy and the duration of their engagement. This aspect holds significant importance in influencing an individual's perception of risk.
Path Planning and Trajectory Tracking Control for Two-Wheel Mobile Robot
Authors: Hassan Ibrahim A. , Abed Issa A. , Al-Hussaibi Walid A.
Published: March 2024

The mobile robot is a system that can work in various environments. This means that the robot must be able to navigate without delay and avoid any obstacles placed within the boundaries of its movement. Designing mobile robots that can be intelligently managed and operate autonomously when traveling from one place to another requires at least two steps. To start with, path planning is required to prevent motion collisions. Tracking the robot's trajectory is a crucial second task. The primary goal of this study is to find the quickest and safest path between the two positions. In this work, we investigated the path planning of a mobile robot with dynamic, and dynamic obstacles with moving goal environments using RRT, BiRRT, and HA* algorithms. These algorithms are easy, computationally inexpensive, and simple to use. They have been chosen for numerous real-time path-planning applications. The DDMR's kinematic model has been utilized in this paper to control path tracking, and a PID controller has been proposed to reduce tracking deviations between the robot's actual route and the reference trajectory. This work introduced the PSO, FPA, CSA, SSA, BWOA, and proposed HBPO optimization techniques for obtaining PID parameters (k_p,k_i,k_d) for improved mobile robot trajectory tracking. The simulation results have been examined using three trajectory shapes: step, circular, and infinite. The simulation findings reveal that HA* outperforms the other algorithms by generating collision-free pathways that are smoother and shorter than their RRT and BiRRT equivalents. On the other hand, the proposed HBPO outperforms the other methods. The HBPO method converges quicker than the other proposed algorithms.
LW-PWECC: Cryptographic Framework of Attack Detection and Secure Data Transmission in IoT
Authors: Ranjith J , Mahantesh K , Abhilash C N
Published: March 2024

In the present era, the number of Internet of Health Things (IoHT) devices and applications has drastically expanded. Security and attack are major issues in the IoHT domain because of the nature of its architecture and sorts of devices. Over the recent few years, network attacks have dramatically increased. Many detection and encryption techniques are existing however they lack accuracy, training stability, insecurity, delay etc. By the above concerns, this manuscript introduces a novel deep learning technique called Agnostic Spiking Binarized neural network with Improved Billiards optimization for accurate detection of network attacks and Light Weight integrated Puzzle War Elliptic Curve Cryptographic framework for secure data transmission with high security and minimal delay. Optimal features from the datasets are selected by volcano eruption optimization algorithm with better convergence for reducing the overall processing time. Wilcoxon Rank Sum and Mc Neymar’s tests are performed for proving the statistical analyses. The outcomes show that the introduced approach performs with an overall accuracy of 99.93% which is better than the previous techniques demonstrating the effectiveness.