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Fiscal Imbalances in Nepal's Federalism : An Empirical Analysis
Authors: Wagle Achyut
Published: March 2023

The most overarching and universally accepted imperative to federalize any unitary nation-state is to reduce, both vertical and horizontal, fiscal imbalances as ensured availability of financial resources only could augment any form of well-being and prosperity. Such imbalances constrict all desirable economic outcomes. But, while carving seven States out of the erstwhile unitary state, any other priority like identity or territoriality may have prevailed but fiscal imbalance. This study shows that mainly vertical fiscal imbalance still alarmingly persists even after federalization of the country. The Panel Corrected Standard Error (PCSE) model examines how these imbalances between the federation and the sub-national units (vertical) and, also among the States themselves(horizontal) are likely to impact on the fiscal federalism framework and its functionality. It contends that highly skewed distribution and mobilization of financial resources essentially defeats the very rationale of federalizing Nepal and, much debated identity consideration in federalism has no positive welfare implication.
Gry komputerowe: ryzykowna dwunasta muza? Identyfikacja psychologicznych aspektów problemowego grania
Authors: Grajewski Piotr
Published: March 2023

The publication introduces the reader to the problem of computer games. The author explains the important differences between platforms and types of games, describes the profile of a Polish player and the main principles of e-sport, i.e. competitive professional players in virtual games, the role of the gaming industry in the economy and the positive and negative consequences of gaming. As a psychologist dealing with behavioural addictions, he presents the results of his own research concerning so called problem gaming, identifies the symptoms, gives diagnostic criteria, risk factors, development mechanisms and analyses the role of games in addictions and shows methods of treatment.
Effect of different establishment methods and weed management strategies in rice (Oryza sativa) under Cauvery delta zone of Tamil Nadu
Authors: BHAGAVATHI M. S. , BARADHAN G. , KUMAR S. M. SURESH , AJITHKUMAR M.
Published: March 2023

Higher demand, cost of labour and low availability of water have forced the farmers to look for an alternative method of rice cultivation as a substitute to the existing conventional method of transplanting. Direct method of rice cultivation is better alternative over transplanting method. This is not only laboursaving method, but also results in significant water saving method in rice cultivation. However, the direct method of rice cultivation confronts with severe weed infestation in initial stage of crop growth and yield losses if weeds are not managed well. Therefore, this research work was conducted to study the establishment percentage and weeds of rice under different rice establishment methods and weed management practices during kuruvai seasons of 2019-20 and 2020-21 with five main plots as establishment methods and six weed management practices as sub-plots in split-plot design on clay loam soil. The results demonstrated highest establishment percentage, WCE% and lesser weeds population obtained under SRI method of rice transplanting. All the herbicides reduced the weed population significantly as compared to weedy check. Pretilachlor 6% GR + bensulfuron methyl 0.6% (PE) and bispyribac sodium 10% SC (POE) reduced the weed population. Maximum reduction in yield due to weeds served in weedy check plot and lowest was recorded in PE followed by POE herbicidal application plot. Application of PE pretilachlor+bensulfuron methyl 0.6% @ 10 kg/ha under SRI method of transplanting resulted in highest average weed control efficiency.
Assessment of genetic parameters on various quantitative traits in brinjal (Solanum melongena L.)
Authors: MANOGNA G. S. , MOUNKIA A. , PUSHPALATA G. , SHAMPA P. , CHAURASIA N. K.
Published: March 2023

Present investigation was carried out during rabi 2021 with 18 genotypes and three replications in randomized block design at centurion farm, M. S. Swaminathan School of Agriculture, Centurion University of Technology and Management (CUTM), Paralakhemundi, Odisha. Analysis of variance revealed that the mean sum of square due to genotype was highly significant for all the characters under study except for days to 50% flowering. The estimates of mean performance on fruit yield per plant revealed that the genotype, Pusa Purple Long had highest fruit yield per plant (2.12 kg/plant) followed by Sabour Sadabahar (1.52 kg/plant), Green Long (1.17 kg/plant) and Black Beauty (1.15 kg/plant). The magnitude of genotypic coefficient of variation was lower than the corresponding phenotypic coefficient of variation for all the characters under test. The high estimation of heritability united with high estimation of genetic advance was recorded for the characters like fruit yield per plant, fruit weight, plant height and fruit length. High heritability coupled with high genetic advance as per cent of mean was recorded for the traits fruit length, fruit weight, number of fruits per plant, shelf life of fruit and fruit yield per plant.
Hsa_circRNA_001859 regulates pancreatic cancer progression and epithelial-mesenchymal transition through the miR-21-5p/SLC38A2 pathway
Authors: Li Liang , Wang Nan , Wang Jun , Li Jiangang
Published: March 2023

OBJECTIVE: This study attempts to investigate whether hsa_circRNA_001859 (circ_001859) could regulate the proliferation and invasion of pancreatic cancer through the miR-21-5p/SLC38A2 pathway. METHODS: GSE79634 microarray was analyzed with R package. The expression of circ_001859 in pancreatic cancer tissues and cells was verified by qRT-PCR. After the overexpression of circ_001859, cell proliferation, cell migration and invasion were verified by colony formation and transwell assay. The targeting relationship between miR-21-5p and circ_001859 was predicted by TargetScan and was verified by dual luciferase reporter assay, RNA pull down and qRT-PCR. The effect of miR-21-5p on cell proliferation, migration and invasion were investigated by colony formation and transwell assay respectively. Similarly, the targeting relationship between miR-21-5p and SLC38A2 was predicted by TargetScan and was verified by dual luciferase reporter assay, western blot and qRT-PCR. The effect of SLC38A2 on cell proliferation was investigated by colony formation. RESULTS: Circ_001859 was lowly expressed in pancreatic cancer tissues and cells. In vitro assays showed that overexpression of circ_001859 could inhibit the proliferation, migration and invasion of pancreatic cancer. In addition, this effect was also confirmed in xenograft transplantation model. Circ_001859 could be bind to miR-21-5p and sponge its expression in pancreatic cancer cells. Overexpression of miR-21-5p enhanced the proliferation, migration and invasion ability of pancreatic cancer cells, while the inhibition of miR-21-5p expression suppressed these abilities. Moreover, miR-21-5p directly targeted at SLC38A2 and inhibited SLC38A2 expression levels while circ_001859 up-regulated SLC38A2 levels. SLC38A2 expression knockdown enhanced cell proliferation but SLC38A2 overexpression resulted in decreased proliferation, and effects of SLC38A2 could be rescued by miR-21-5p and circ_001859. In addition, both QRT-PCR and immunofluorescence confirmed that circ_001859 could regulate tumor epithelial-mesenchymal transition (EMT) through the miR-21-5p/SLC38A2 pathway. CONCLUSIONS: This study suggests that circ_001859 may inhibit the proliferation, invasion and EMT of pancreatic cancer through the miR-21-5p/SLC38A2 pathway.
Rethinking Open Government Data for Citizen Participation. An Introduction to a Special Issue
Authors: Kempeneer Shirley , Wolswinkel Johan
Published: March 2023

Citizen participation has always been considered one of the key pillars of open government: providing citizens with government information should enable them to participate effectively in decision-making or other government procedures. Despite this obvious connection between open government data (OGD) and citizen participation in theory, their relationship turns out to be much more complicated in practice, as OGD is hardly used in practice to hold the government accountable or change government policy. This introduction argues for a reconceptualization of the idea of citizen participation in relation to OGD, moving away from the ‘more is better’ approach towards a more refined understanding of different levels of citizen participation.
USING FACTOR ANALYSIS TO DETERMINE THE FEASIBILITY OF PARTICIPATION IN TENDERS OF CONTRACTING ENTERPRISES
Authors: Bielienkova Olha , Loktionova Yana
Published: March 2023

The article proposes to use factor analysis as a methodological basis for determining the expediency of participation in tenders, substantiation and adoption of business decisions in the field of procurement and conducting competitive procurement procedures for construction works for contractor construction enterprises.

Based on the analysis and summarization of data on tender offers for the execution of construction works in the Prozorro electronic system in 2018-2022, a number of factors have been selected that can characterize the degree of desirability of the contract for each individual contractor participating in the bidding. The following input variables were selected for the analysis of tender offers and the determination of the degree of desirability of contracts for subcontractors: the ratio of the amount under the contract to the revenue from the sale of the enterprise for the past period, the level of mechanization of construction works, funds to cover administrative costs, the level of inflation, estimated wages, initial cost as part of the applicant's offer (contract price), funds to cover general production costs, the share of material resources in the estimated cost, estimated profit, the number of competitors, the ratio of the number of tenders won to the number of submitted offers.

The assessment was carried out by means of factor analysis - the method of principal components. As a result, according to the "stone scree" method, three components are distinguished: the first is the market component; the second is the resource component of the contract, which differs for an individual contractor, as well as the degree of riskiness of the contract for an individual contractor. The three selected components collectively explain 86.2% of the variability of input indicators.

The use of the approach proposed in the article and the evaluation of tender proposals according to the criterion "the degree of desirability of the contract" will provide potential participants with additional tools for decision-making. The proposed toolkit can be used not only by construction contractors, but also by other participants in the investment and construction process.
UPDATE OF SCIENTIFIC AND METHODOLOGICAL APPROACHES TO THE CONSTRUCTION OF A MULTI-CRITERIAL SYSTEM OF ADMINISTRATION OF THE ACTIVITIES OF ENTERPRISESSTAKEHOLDERS OF CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS
Authors: Ryzhakova Galyna , Prykhodko Dmytro , Pokolenko Vadym , Petrukha Nina , Chupryna Iurii , Khomenko Oleksandr
Published: March 2023

The theoretical and methodological foundations of the construction of organizational and management tools for the administration of the operational activities of the enterprise are considered, the purpose and types of asset management are defined, and examples of the methodology for diagnosing the state of a construction enterprise in conditions of a financial crisis are given. The types of threats specific to construction enterprises have been determined. The formation of a system of effective measures to counteract possible negative effects and timely response to them is aimed at ensuring the maximum opportunities for realizing the economic interests of enterprises, as well as ensuring a sufficient level of their stability, in particular with regard to external threats. Timely response of construction industry enterprises to changes in the external environment, counteracting negative influence from the outside, development of effective tools should take into account a wide range of factors of the socio-economic development of the country, as well as industry and regional specifics, based on a certain sufficient level of technological maturity. It is substantiated that the theory of anticipatory economic development does not pretend to be universal, but, first of all, emphasizes the specific features of unique economic phenomena and processes of a breakthrough nature in the multidimensional space of socio-economic, political, general civilizational and other problematic factors of the economic development of states. It is proved that the theory and the model of anticipatory economic development offer, respectively, theoretical explanations and practical ways of adapting to the conditions of the functioning of countries in various competitive positions in the world economy, which are determined by distinct economic, technological and political advantages, as well as general civilizational prerequisites for their formation, in conditions of complication mechanisms of self-development of economic systems, expectations of a paradigmatic ontological and anthropological shift as a result of the convergence of technologies. The article describes the aspects of solving the current scientific and applied task of developing a formalized toolkit and practical recommendations for structuring, diagnosing the state, transformations and successful administration of assets of construction enterprises in accordance with the requirements of social - responsible management and the company's development trajectory.
FEATURES OF REGIONAL LAND USE IN MODERN CONDITIONS
Authors: Holovachov Vitalii , Kanivets Оlena
Published: March 2023

It has been proven that modern conditions require a rethinking of approaches to ensuring the efficiency of land use at the regional level. Of particular importance is the use of modern tools for managing land relations, in particular, the formation of opportunities for the development and application of a multi-purpose cadastre, geoinformation systems, and the formation of several bases for land use monitoring. Monitoring procedures make it possible to form a basis for decision-making in the field of land relations based on modern mechanisms. Moreover, the application of national and international experience is of particular importance.

The method of research is to identify the peculiarities of the implementation of land relations in modern conditions. To achieve the set goal, the following tasks are performed: the directions of the formation of cadastral systems are determined; proposed characteristics of monitoring.

As a result of the study, it was established that the modern development of cadastral systems is aimed at the development and implementation of a multi-purpose real estate cadastre. Multi-purpose real estate cadastre at the regional level", which takes into account the combination of spatial, urban planning, investment and environmental support, which allowed to build a multi-level information system for the formation of several bases of real estate management at the regional level. 

In the context of identifying the peculiarities of land relations, which allows for the monitoring of land use taking into account spatial, urban planning, socio-economic and environmental support through the use of geo-informational tools, which allowed to develop a theoretical and methodological basis for the formation and application of monitoring procedures at the regional level to increase the effectiveness of implementation . land relations.

At the same time, spatial, urban planning, socio-economic and environmental support is singled out, which can form a multi-objective basis for the development and implementation of an integral assessment method for the formation and implementation of monitoring at the regional level.
McGlynn, Jade — Jones, Oliver T. (eds.): Researching Memory and Identity in Russia and Eastern Europe Interdisciplinary Methodologies
Authors: Romanovskiy Evgeny
Published: March 2023

The reviewed book provides an ambitious contribution to the study of historical politics and the politics of memory. The politics of memory refers to a specific interdisciplinary area of political science that investigates how the state and other individual actors influence the perception of the past in different states. The volume covers the region where the deep scars of past violence are misused and instrumentalized in the conduct of everyday politics, with extensive discussions of theoretical starting points and methodological approaches. The authors try to answer questions such as how to measure historical memory, ensure subjectivity does not interfere with the study of memory, and ensure memory is represented accurately in media and literature.
Effect of concrete cover thickness on deflection of reinforced concrete beams exposed to fire
Authors:   Faculty of Civil Engineering, Ho Chi Minh City University of Technology (HCMUT), 268 Ly Thuong Kiet Street, District 10, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, Nguyen Vu Nguyen ,   Vietnam National University Ho Chi Minh City, Linh Trung Ward, Thu Duc City, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, Hoàng Hảo Duy Tạ ,   Faculty of Civil Engineering, Ho Chi Minh City University of Technology (HCMUT), 268 Ly Thuong Kiet Street, District 10, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam; Vietnam National University Ho Chi Minh City, Linh Trung Ward, Thu Duc City, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, Cao Vui Văn ,   Faculty of Civil Engineering, Ho Chi Minh City University of Technology (HCMUT), 268 Ly Thuong Kiet Street, District 10, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam; Vietnam National University Ho Chi Minh City, Linh Trung Ward, Thu Duc City, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
Published: March 2023

Fire is one of the extreme loads acting on constructional structures. When a fire occurs, fire causes negative effects on reinforced concrete (RC) structures. Specifically, fire increases the deformation demand and reduces the load-carrying capacity of RC structures. When these changes approach a certain extent, failure of structures occurs. RC beams, a part of structures, is directly affected by fire, in which the concrete cover plays an important role in the temperature of steel reinforcement. This paper presents the simulation results on the effects of concrete cover thickness on the deflection of RC beams exposed to fire. To achieve this aim, RC beams simultaneously subjected to loads and exposed to ISO 834 fire were analyzed. The simulations were performed using SAFIR software. The thermal analysis results were used to analyze the deflections of fire-exposed RC beams with respect to fire time. The analytical results show that the deflection increases almost linearly with the fire time in the first stage and then the nonlinearity increases rapidly until complete collapse. The thickness of concrete cover plays an important role on the relationship between the deflection and the fire time of RC beams. When the thickness of concrete cover increases from 20 mm to 45 mm, the fire resistance of RC beams increases by 67%.
Applying image processing for autonomous finding welding line for industrial robot
Authors:   Mechatronics Department, Falculty of Mechanical Engineering, Ho Chi Minh city University of Technology (HCMUT), 268 Ly Thuong Kiet, District 10, Ho Chi Minh city, Vietnam, Le Duc Hanh ,   VietNam National University Ho Chi Minh City, Linh Trung Ward, Thu Duc District, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, Vo Duy Cong ,   ndustrial Maintenance Training Center (IMTC), Ho Chi Minh city University of Technology (HCMUT), 268 Ly Thuong Kiet, District 10, Ho Chi Minh city, Vietnam; VietNam National University Ho Chi Minh City, Linh Trung Ward, Thu Duc District, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
Published: March 2023

Currently, at the Vietnamese factory, continuous straight-line welding is still done manually or by workers. Some factories have manipulators to do this, but workers have to teach the robot to recognize the weld using a Teach-pendant device. Those jobs will take a lot of time for a welding job as well as uneven product quality. The purpose of the research is to develop an automatic system that combines computer vision and an industrial manipulator with 6 degrees of freedom (6DOF) that can recognize the weld line automatically and command the manipulator to follow the line profile. First, by using a 3D camera and laser system mounted at the end of the 6DOF manipulator and combined with the laser triangulation image processing algorithm, the position of the path from the starting point, sub-point and point weld end are extracted. Then, using an interpolation algorithm, the trajectory is calculated and transmitted to the manipulator. By using this method, the quality of the welded product is guaranteed and also the quantity of welding is increased as the Robot can work from time to time and especially for repetitive tasks. The installation time to weld the product is significantly reduced with the help of the computer vision system. The efficiency of the system is proven through experiments.
Simulating the piezoelectric substrate influence on the characteristics of surface acoustic wave-magnetostriction sensor based on the FeNi magnetic sensitive material
Authors:   School of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Hanoi University of Science and Technology, Hanoi, Vietnam, Do Duy Phu ,   Hanoi University of Industrial, Hanoi, Vietnam, Hoang Si Hong ,   School of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Hanoi University of Science and Technology, Hanoi, Vietnam, Le Van Vinh ,   Phenikaa University, Hanoi, Vietnam
Published: March 2023

This paper simulates the influence of two piezoelectric substrate types on the sensitivity and measuring range of surface acoustic wave-magnetostriction (SAW-MO) sensor by the finite elements method (FEM) based on using the FeNi magnetic sensitive layer with E-H chacrateristics (Young’s Modulus – Magnetic field intensity). The sensor structure selected for the study is the delay-line: the distance between the two sets of electrodes is 5mm, the number of finger pairs of each electrode set is 25, and the distance-width between the fingers is 10m regularly, the electrode material is aluminum. The piezoelectric substrates chosen for simulation are LiNbO3 and AlN in which the LiNBO3 piezoelectric substrate is the block form with the surface velocity of 3318.1m/s and the AlN piezoelectric substrate is the thin film with the surface wave velocity of 5598.9m/s. So the generality is ensured when evaluating their influence on the response of SAW-MO sensor. For magnetic sensitive materials, the group selected the FeNi which E-H characteristics was experimentally built. During simulation by finite elements method, the sensor structure is tested with many datasets whose number of divided elements is different. However, the simulation results have converged with the number of divided elements is 113556. The simulation result shows that the sensivity of the FeNi/IDT/AlN structure magnetic sensor is larger than the FeNi/IDT/LiNbO3 structure magnetic sensor with sensitivities of 8.698kHz/Oe and 2.345kHz/Oe, respectively. The result also indicates that the response range of the FeNi/IDT/AlN magnetic sensor is [0 ÷ 109]Oe, which is smaller than the FeNi/IDT/LiNbO3 magnetic sensor is [0 ÷ 190]Oe.
Passivity-based control of bicycle robot
Authors:   Ho Chi Minh City University of Technology – VNU-HCM, Huỳnh Minh Ngọc ,   Industrial University of Ho Chi Minh City, Duong Hoài Nghĩa ,   astern International University, Nguyễn Vĩnh Hảo ,   Ho Chi Minh City University of Technology – VNU-HCM
Published: March 2023

The paper proposes a control system for bicycle robot based on a passivity-based method. Bicycle robot is a nonlinear, MIMO (multi input - multi output) system. The first input of bicycle robot is the steering torque and and the second input has a relation with the kinetic energy. Its two outputs are the velocity of the steering angle and the velocity of the rolling angle . Bicycle robot is shown to be a passivity system. Consider a control problem which the steering angle tracks a value of zero and the rolling angle tracks a value of zero in order that bicycle robot keeps its vertical balance. We use a new control signal so that the system is passivity with input và output y= , which are the velocity of the steering angle and the velocity of the rolling angle . Stabilization of the equilibrium point at origin uses a PI (proportional integral) passivity-based control. Simulation results are done with Simulink in MATLAB and have good results such as short settling time and small percentage of overshoot. The error of the steering angle comes to 0.01 after two seconds and the error of the rolling angle comes to 0.01 after two seconds. Stability analyses using the passivity theory show that the equilibrium point at origin is asymptotically stable in the case of PI passivity-based control because the system has a positive definite storage function Vb and the derivative of Vb is semi-negative definite and the system is zero-state observable.
Modeling and Simulation of New PWM Techniques for Hybrid 7-Level Inverters Using Simplified Switching Table
Authors:   Faculty of Electrical and Electronics Engineering, Long An College, Dang Thao Thanh , NGUYỄN Nhờ Văn ,   Faculty of Electrical and Electronics Engineering, University of Technology, Vietnam National University-Ho Chi Minh (VNU-HCM), Vietnam
Published: March 2023

Nowadays, Cascade H-bridge (CHB) multi-level inverters (MLI) have many applications in the fields of electric drive control, high-power energy control, medium-voltage power grids, and popularization in the conversion of renewable energy power. In order to improve the quality of MLI to meet today's needs while reducing costs, it is necessary to have new methods to improve the working efficiency of the converter. Therefore, this paper presents a novel PWM control for single-phase cascaded hybrid 7-level inverter using simplified switching table (SST). The SST table converts switching states of the traditional multi-level inverter to the switching state of the hybrid cascaded inverter. The SST table is effectively designed to reduce the number of switching when performing output voltage control, thus improving the converter's working efficiency. The PWM method using proposed SST has the advantage of simple implementation, utilizing the traditional Sin-PWM techniques without re-calculating the control function or changing the carrier waveforms. The effectiveness of the proposed method will be evaluated through the voltage and current harmonic distortion factors when applying level shift carrier arrangements (LS-PWM) and speed control application of 3-phase asynchronous motor. Furthermore, in order to prove the advantage of the PWM technique using the proposed SST, the power loss of the 7-level hybrid cascaded inverter is also calculated and compared with traditional seven-level inverter and 3-level inverter. The analysis and modeling results of the 7-level hybrid inverter control are verified and evaluated using MATLAB SIMILINK and PLECS software.
Evaluation of the Physical Properties and Comfort of Functional Athlets Designed for the Elderly
Authors: GÖKÇEN Öykü , BAHADIR ÜNAL Zümrüt , DALBAŞI Eylen Sema
Published: March 2023

The issue of clothing is one of the problems that come with ageing. Despite the need, there is no athlete for women aged 65 and over in the market. In this study, first, a survey was conducted on the issuesfaced by women over the age of 65 while using athlete. The functional and comfortable special athlete for summer and winter was designed to solve and eliminate the problems by analysing the obtained results. In the study, first, 100% cotton, 100% bamboo, 100% viscose, cotton/bamboo and cotton/viscose blended fabrics were produced in a single jersey knitting structurefor summer athlete. 100% cotton fabric was produced in the interlock knitting structure for winter athlete. Second, these fabrics were pre-treated, and the finishing treatments to provide some functional properties such as softness (cationic, microemulsion and macroemulsion silicones) and antibacterial properties were applied to these fabrics. After the finishing treatments, tests and analyses were carried out, and the fabric weight, elasticity and bursting strength tests were carried out to determine the physical properties of the fabrics. To determine the comfort properties of the fabrics, air permeability, water vapour permeability and thermal comfort properties tests were performed. According to the results, the functional and comfortable summer and winter athlete were determined and produced for older women. At the end of the study, a clothing trial was also made with the produced woman athletes.
Critical Discourse Analysis on Leader Statements in the Russia-Ukraine War
Authors: Tutar Hasan , Bağ Sadullah Mücahid
Published: March 2023

The primary purpose of this study is to examine the statements of the leaders of Russia and Ukraine about the war through critical discourse analysis. The research data were obtained from Anadolu Agency between February 24, 2022, and August 10, 2022. Data from secondary sources were analyzed within the framework of thematic analysis, situation analysis, word choices, and persuasion strategies. Research findings show that Putin preferred to use authoritarian language emphasizing "power" as it would determine the course of the war. Zelensky preferred a discourse emphasizing that the war continues on his land; therefore, Ukraine is “right”.
Análisis exploratorio y de correlación sobre el impacto de las pruebas de accesibilidad en proyectos de desarrollo de software para PC
Authors: Almeida Hugo Leonardo Nascimento , Correia Walter Franklin Marques , Almeida Filho Adiel Teixeira de
Published: March 2023

El trabajo consiste en una introducción teórica que conceptualiza la ingeniería de software, el desarrollo de software, las pruebas, los defectos escapados, la experiencia del usuario, la usabilidad y la accesibilidad. Para realizar una investigación en el área de pruebas centradas en la accesibilidad, se propuso un análisis de proyectos reales. Se realizaron entrevistas con gerentes de proyectos de software que ya están en el mercado, extracción de datos de los mismos proyectos, análisis exploratorio de los datos, pruebas de correlación y estructuración de los resultados encontrados. Al final de la investigación, se observó la relevancia de algunos datos y la importancia de la relación entre ellos. A partir de los resultados obtenidos, se concluye la relevancia de la construcción de casos de prueba para la accesibilidad, así como los factores que contribuyen a que los equipos presten la debida atención a las pruebas de accesibilidad, como la composición del equipo y las colaboraciones externas.
Exploratory and correlation analysis on the impact of accessibility testing on PC software development projects
Authors: Almeida Hugo Leonardo Nascimento , Correia Walter Franklin Marques , Almeida Filho Adiel Teixeira de
Published: March 2023

The work consists of a theoretical introduction that conceptualizes software engineering, software development, testing, escaped defects, user experience, usability and accessibility. In order to conduct a research in the area of tests focused on accessibility, an analysis of real projects was proposed. Interviews were conducted with managers of software projects that are already in the market, extraction of data from the same projects, exploratory analysis of the data, correlation tests and structuring of the results found. At the end of the research, it was observed the relevance of some data and the significance of the relationship between them. From the results obtained, it is concluded the relevance of the construction of test cases for accessibility, as well as the factors that contribute to the teams to give due attention to accessibility tests, such as team composition and external collaborations.
ДИНАМІЧНА АЙДЕНТИКА В ПРОЄКТАХ СУЧАСНИХ УКРАЇНСЬКИХ ДИЗАЙНЕРІВ
Authors: Кравченко Наталія Іванівна
Published: March 2023

Метою дослідження є аналіз розвитку динамічної айдентики в сучасному українському графічному дизайні, виявлення основних пластичних і концептуальних вирішень, запропонованих у вітчизняних дизайн-проєктах 2013–2021 років. Методологія. Використано загальнонаукові методи аналізу і синтезу, індукції і дедукції, а також мистецтвознавчий і порівняльний методи. Результати. Досліджено звернення до цікавого явища в сучасному світовому дизайні – «динамічної» або «генеруючої» айдентики – у вітчизняних дизайн-проєктах 2013–2020 років. Визначено, що динамічна айдентика базується на принципі заміни статичного усталеного логотипу варіативним, який постійно трансформується, змінює колірне вирішення, текстури, стилістику, художні засоби зображення, способи відтворення. Здійснено аналіз таких українських дизайнерських проєктів, як фірмовий стиль Всеукраїнської рекламної коаліції (2013 р.), редизайн промоційного логотипу Львова, айдентика туристичного Запоріжжя, логотип компанії «Полигенько» (усі створено в 2017 р.) та варіативні логотипи деяких телеканалів, зокрема кримсько-татарського телеканалу для дітей – «Лале» (2013 р.), а також проєктів, виконаних київськими дизайнерами в 2017–2021 рр.. Зазначено активне використання у вітчизняних розробках прийомів, уже відомих в світовій дизайнерській практиці, та водночас виявлено нові креативні вирішення, запропоновані українськими дизайнерами, зокрема неординарні концепції логотипів-трансформерів. Наукова новизна. Вперше проведено дослідження особливостей розвитку динамічної айдентики в сучасному українському графічному дизайні, визначено основні пластичні риси та концептуальні пропозиції вітчизняних розробок. Практична значущість. Результати дослідження можуть бути використані у лекційних матеріалах, присвячених айдентиці та знаковим системам у дизайні. Даний аналіз є важливим не лише для розвитку теорії дизайну, а й дизайнерської практики в Україні.
THE LEVEL OF HETEROSIS AND THE DEGREE OF PHENOTYPIC DOMINANCE OF THE MAIN ECONOMICALLY VALUABLE CHARACTERISTICS IN F1 HYBRIDS OF THE SILKWORM (BOMBYX MORI L.)
Authors: Panchenko Olga , Markina Tetiana
Published: March 2023

There were presented the results of heterosis level (hypothetical and true) and the degree of phenotypic dominance of the main economically valuable characteristics in hybrids of silkworm Bombyx Mori L. of the first generation. The crossing was conducted by full diallel scheme, including 16 variants (12 hybrids and 4 parental forms), 50 mg in triplicate replications.
There were studied the types of heredity and the level of heterosis of the main economically valuable characteristics in F1 hybrids of silkworms. It was revealed that the heredity of caterpillars viability, average cocoon weight and male silkiness was mostly positive as regards to G2, G4, G6 and G7 lines, while the heredity of females was mostly depressed (negative superdominance).
Determination of the effect of heterosis and the degree of phenotypic dominance made it possible to identify 7 best combinations in terms of caterpillar viability in comparison with parental forms, among them the best were hybrids G2×G6 and G6×G2 with high degree of phenotypic dominance (positive superdominance) -- 7.8 and 9.0, with hypothetical heterosis of 11.0% and 12.7% and true heterosis of 9.4% and 11.1% accordingly.
The effect of heterosis (positive superdominance) was found in 8 hybrids according to cocoon weight out of 12 hybrid combinations, partial positive inheritance in 3 hybrids, and intermediate type of dominance in 1 hybrid.
The hybrids G6×G4 (Ht=9.00 %, Hbt=8.30 %) and G6×G7 (Ht=1.68 %, Hbt=1.43 %), whose heredity was of the positive superdominance type, were distinguished by female silkiness with a high level of hypothetic and true heterosis (13, 92 and 6.80, accordingly), while hybrid depression was observed in 5 combinations, intermediate heredity in 3, and partial positive and negative dominance in one combination each.
The 9 hybrids had positive overdominance type heredity for silkiness in males.
Production of high-quality silkworm biomaterial contributes to extension of possibilities of its use in various spheres of human activity.
Kurumsal ve Kurumsal Olmayan Hipermarketlerin Ergonomik Analizi
Authors: Tutal Gül Şebnem , Aykal F. Demet
Published: March 2023

Ergonomi, insanların yaşamını kolaylaştırmayı ve hayat kalitesini arttırmayı amaçlayan disiplinler arası bir çalışma alanıdır.İnsanlar iledoğrudan ilişkili olan mekanların tasarımında önemli kriterlerden biri ergonomik standartlara uygunluktur. Ergonomiktasarımda tasarlanan mekânınpotansiyel kullanıcıya uygun olması önemlidir.Günlük hayatta sık kullanılan, toplumun her kesiminden kullanıcısı olan hipermarketler de ergonomik tasarım şartlarını sağlayarak erişilebilir olması gereken mekanlardan biridir. Hipermarketlerde ergonomiden yararlanmak hem müşterilerin memnuniyetini hem de işletmenin verimliliğini arttırmakaçısından önemlidir. Buradan yola çıkarak başlanılan çalışma,günümüzde hizmet veren hipermarketlerin iyileştirilmesi ve gelecekte tasarlanması planlanan hipermarketlerin ergonomik ölçülere uygunluğunun sağlanmasıaçısından önemlidir. Araştırma kapsamında, literatür taraması, yerinde inceleme ve fotoğraflama tekniklerindenfaydalanılmıştır. Çalışma alanı olarak Diyarbakır Şanlıurfa Bulvarı’ndaki biri kurumsal diğeri kurumsal olmayan iki hipermarket seçilmiştir. Hipermarketlerde mekân organizasyonu ve donatı elemanları kurgulanırken ergonomik açıdan dikkat edilmesi gereken kriterlere değinilmiştir.Gerekli kriterler ile var olan iki uygulama arasındaki farklardan edilen veriler tablolaştırılarak analiz edilmiştir.Bundan sonra tasarlanacak hipermarketlerle ilgili önerilerde bulunulmuştur.
İlköğretim Yapılarında Serbest Zaman Etkinliği ve İç Mekân Tasarımı
Authors: Kılıç Aksu Meryem , Yalçınkaya Şengül
Published: March 2023

Eğitim ortamları, çocuğa akademik bilginin verildiği mekanlar olmasının yanında, çocuğun vakit geçirdiği, sohbet ettiği, oyun oynadığı, sosyalleştiği mekanlar olarak da ön plana çıkmaktadır. Bu nedenle okul, bahçesinden sınıfına, koridorundan kantinine, spor salonuna kadar bir bütün olarak çocuğun akademik ve sosyal hayatında yer alır. Bu bütünün bir parçası olan sınıf ise, hem ders faaliyetlerinin yürütüldüğü hem de teneffüslerde serbest vakit geçirilen mekan olarak bütünün merkezinde yer alır. Bu çalışmada çocukların eğitim ortamındaki serbest zaman davranışlarını tespit etmek, öğrencilerin teneffüslerde neler yapmak istedikleri, nasıl bir sınıf hayal ettiklerini belirlemek amaçlanmıştır. Çalışma, ilkokullarda eğitim gören 3. ve 4. sınıflardan 154 öğrenci ile gerçekleştirilmiştir. Veriler araştırmacılar tarafından geliştirilen görüşme formu ile toplanmıştır. Elde edilen veriler içerik analizine tabi tutulmuştur. Yapılan analizler sonucunda, öğrencilerin sınıflarda en çok oyun oynama, dinlenme, sohbet etme, kitap okuma ve resim yapma davranışları sergiledikleri ve sınıflarda farklı etkinliklere olanak tanıyan etkinlik köşelerinin olmasını ve sınıflarında ev ortamı rahatlığı aradıkları sonucuna ulaşılmıştır.
The Influence of Cultural Transmission Channels on the Cultural Cognitive Attitudes of Chinese Learners in Bulgarian Secondary Schools: A Case Study of School No. 138 in Sofia
Authors: Geer Hong
Published: March 2023

Sofia School No. 138, located in Sofia, the capital city of Bulgaria, is a public school with high recognition in the local community, and in 2012 the Confucius Institute in Sofia established a Confucius classroom in the school to teach Chinese to learners under 18 years old. This paper examines the spread of Chinese culture among the school's student body through questionnaires and interviews, taking the phenomenon of "Chinese language classes are cold" as a starting point. The study found that Confucius Institutes have played a very important role in spreading the Chinese language and Chinese culture around the world by offering Chinese language classes and organizing cultural activities, and they have been effective to a certain extent. However, the existing means of cultural dissemination, especially in comparison with Japan, has considerable disadvantages, such as the low utilization of mass media channels and the limited impact generated.
Repurposing Rhetoric:
Authors: Clark Anna
Published: March 2023

The division between male and female Classical scholars, articulated in early modern discourse, presents a real tension between female scholarship and the humanist movement’s claims of cultivating male leaders. Such rhetorical difference, however, underplays the extent to which female Latinists were able to access and utilise Latin as part of a dynamic and distinctly sixteenth-century sociocultural code. The education and humanistic activity of Lady Jane Lumley (1537–78) are a valuable case study for our understanding of the use of Latin as a cultural resource for both men and women in sixteenth-century England. Through the interrogation of Lumley’s personal library, this article claims that, in addition to her well-researched translations from Greek, her education in early modern Latin provided her with a set of skills and practices which had significance beyond a public, political context. Outlining the development of reading practices, collecting, and network-building, this study demonstrates the extent of intellectual reciprocity between supposedly male and female humanist curricula, and the cultural value to both sexes of the practices taught.
Financial Monitoring of the Accounting Services Sector According to International Standards: A New Challenge for the Accountant
Authors:   Simon Kuznets Kharkіv National University of Economics, Kharkiv, Ukraine, Vnukova Nataliya , Ostapchuk Serhii ,   National Scientific Centre "Institute of Agrarian Economics", Kyiv, Ukraine
Published: March 2023

The growing risks of financing terrorism in the conditions of martial law necessitates the strengthening of financial monitoring. Accountants, business entities providing accounting services, and their related entities of audit activities are among the specially defined subjects of primary financial monitoring. Determining the level of riskiness of financial transactions is an essential function of an accountant. It, therefore, requires measures to increase the general and special competence of accounting specialists in financial monitoring. The article aims to determine the approaches and directions of regulatory and methodical support of financial monitoring of accountants as specially defined subjects following international standards. The requirements of FATF international standards and the national regulation system of specially defined professions regarding the fulfillment of financial monitoring requirements were analyzed. Special attention is paid to studying the risk-oriented approach in the financial monitoring system. A comparison was made of the results of sectoral risk assessments regarding the use by subjects of primary financial monitoring for money laundering according to the National risk assessments. The dynamics of the number of individual entrepreneurs who provide accounting services and are registered with the State Financial Monitoring Service of Ukraine were evaluated. With the help of the Google Trends search tool, the results of national risk assessments and the level of interest in financial monitoring carried out by accountants in different countries were evaluated. An example of a risk matrix of client-accounting service combinations was presented, which can be developed based on a risk analysis of the experience and activities of an individual accountant. It was noted that the dilemma of the choice of accountants between the interests of the client and the requirements of financial monitoring is related to the professional judgment of accounting specialists and their increased functional responsibility within the limits of current legislation and international standards.
Risk-Return Relationship in the Nigerian Stock Market: Comparative between Fama-French Five-Factor Model and Higher Moment Fama-French Five-Factor Model
Authors:   Federal University, Oye-Ekiti, Nigeria, Oyedeko Yusuf Olatunji , Kolawole Olusola Segun ,   Babcock University, Ilishan-Remo, Nigeria, Ibrahim Isah ,   Ibrahim Badamasi Babangida University, Lapai, Nigeria, Zharikova Olena ,   National University of Life and Environmental Sciences of Ukraine, Kyiv, Ukraine
Published: March 2023

The study looked at the relationship between risk and return in the Nigerian stock market using Fama-French five-factor model and Higher Moment Fama-French five-factor model. The employed 90 companies’ stocks that are frequently traded out of the sample size of 113 companies’ stocks. The monthly stock prices, market index, risk-free rate (which was substituted with the rate on Treasury bills), ownership shareholdings, market capitalization, book value of equity, earnings before interest and taxes, and total assets were the data used in this study. The entire sample period covered from 2005-2020. The data was extracted from the Nigerian Group of Exchange (NGX) website, the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) website, and the Standard and Poor (S&P) database. The Fama-MacBeth two-step regression method was employed. It was found that systematic risk has significant negative effect on return while unsystematic risk has significant positive effect on return. The study concluded that the long standing view of hypothesised positive relationship between risk and return does not hold in the Nigerian stock market and the assumption that market risk is the only determinant of return is invalidated. Also, systematic coskewness risk is an important risk factor in the Nigerian stock market and higher moment FF5F model and CoFF5F model is superior to FF5F model. The study recommended that the investors should focused on how their investment return co-move with other dimension of risk such as unsystematic risk, systematic cokewness risk, systematic cokurtosis risk and non-market risk apart from the systematic risk.
Микроструктурный мониторинг как фактор управления рисками при эксплуатации металлоконструкций
Authors: КОРНИЛОВА Анна Владимировна
Published: March 2023

Статья носит экспериментально-аналитический характер и посвящена обоснованию необходимости выполнения микроструктурного мониторинга ответственных строительных конструкций. Проведена классификация параметров строительных сталей по степени их пригодности к микроструктурному мониторингу. Все параметры строительных сталей разделены на неизменяемые в процессе эксплуатации металлоконструкции (степень раскисления и ликвация вредных примесей) и те, которые считаются неизменными в процессе стационарного нагружения конструкции, но изменяющиеся при приложении нестационарных нагрузок (химический, фазовый состав и размер зерна). Проведение микроструктурного мониторинга для строительных конструкций позволит снизить риски при их эксплуатации благодаря снижению вероятности возникновения аварии. В экспериментальной части работы проведено моделирование огневого воздействия на металлоконструкции при пожаре и температурного воздействия при эксплуатации в условиях термоциклирования (цеха металлургических предприятий). Показано, что превращение пластинчатого перлита в зернистый при термоциклировании снижает прочность и несущую способность конструкции и должно отслеживаться микроструктурным мониторингом. Разработан защищенный патентом способ определения температурного воздействия на металлоконструкцию, связывающий наиболее структурочувствительную характеристику - коэрцитивную силу и твердость поверхностного слоя с температурным воздействием.