bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Cognitive-Matrix Analysis of the Representation of the Concept Brazil in Mass-Media Discourse (Based on the Newspapers The New York Times and The New York Post)
Authors: Чупрына О.Г. , Короткевич Д.О.
Published: February 2023

Репрезентация стран на страницах газет в современном мире необычайно важна: экономические, торговые и культурные отношения во многом определяют, насколько привлекательной является страна для международного сотрудничества, при этом имидж государства создается в значительной мере при помощи массмедиа. Цель данного исследования заключалась в установлении средств языковой репрезентации концепта Бразилия в газетах The New York Times и The New York Post и представлении его структуры в виде когнитивной матрицы. Материалом исследования послужили 224 статьи из газет The New York Times и The New York Post за 2019 год. Контент-анализ газетного материала был выполнен с помощью программы Wmatrix, в основе интерпретации исследовательского материала лежит когнитивно-матричный анализ. В результате исследования было установлено, что к ядру когнитивной матрицы Бразилия примыкают 9 когнитивных контекстов, репрезентированных 30 лексико-семантическими полями. Самыми объемными по числу соотносящихся с ними языковых единиц являются поля Geographical names, Government, Belonging to a group. Языковая репрезентативность установленных лексико-семантических полей является различной в рассматриваемых газетах. Материал и сделанные выводы способствуют дальнейшему развитию методов лингвистического изучения сложных структур знания, что составляет теоретическую значимость исследования. Материалы статьи также могут быть использованы в курсах по медиалингвистике и межкультурной коммуникации.

Representation of countries in newspapers is highly important today: economic, commercial and cultural relations largely determine how attractive a country is for international cooperation, and the image of a country is largely created with the help of mass media. The aim of this research was to establish the means of language representation of the concept Brazil in two American newspapers: The New York Times and The New York Post and to present its structure in the form of a cognitive matrix. The material of the study was retrieved from 224 articles from The New York Times and The New York Post for 2019. Content analysis of the newspaper material was performed using Wmatrix program, the interpretation of the research material is based on cognitive-matrix analysis. The results of the research show that 9 cognitive contexts, represented by 30 lexical-semantic fields, make up the periphery of the matrix, such fields as Geographical names, Government, Belonging to a Group being the most voluminous in terms of the comprised number of language units. The linguistic representation of the established lexical-semantic fields varies in the newspapers under consideration. The material and conclusions contribute to the further development of linguistic methods of studying complex structures of knowledge, which constitutes the theoretical significance of the study. The materials of the article can also be used in courses on media linguistics and intercultural communication.
Legal Issues of Financial Support for the Creation of High-Tech Industries with the Participation of Scientific Institutions in Ukraine
Authors: Chubenko Vira
Published: February 2023

In the conditions of martial law on the territory of Ukraine, taking into account the fact that a large part of the industrial and agricultural complex of Ukraine has been destroyed as a result of military operations, the transformation of the economy of our state is extremely important. It has been established that the key driver of economic growth of any state is high-tech production. Under such conditions, an important step for Ukraine today and in the post-war period is the reorientation of the economy from raw materials to high-tech. The main role in the creation of high-tech products is played by financial instruments and the presence of research and development potential in the economic entity or the possibility of obtaining such services from specialized institutions. The procedure for providing financial support for the creation of high-tech industries with the participation of higher education institutions and scientific institutions on the terms of co-financing, the draft of which was proposed by the Ministry of Education and Science of Ukraine, is designed to ensure access to the specified tools. This project is the first regulatory act in Ukraine, the purpose of which is to determine the conditions for providing financial support in the form of a grant for the creation of high-tech industries with the participation of higher education institutions and scientific institutions. The purpose of this article was the analysis of the draft Resolution of the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine “On approval of the Procedure for providing financial support for the creation of high-tech industries with the participation of higher education institutions and scientific institutions on the terms of co-financing” as an act designed to stimulate the production of high-tech products in Ukraine. In addition, the goal is to determine the advantages, as well as to outline the contradictions and gaps of the specified draft and to make relevant proposals for its improvement, using general scientific and special scientific research methods.
Relación del covid – 19 y la dermatomiositis asociada al anticuerpo anti – MDA-5
Authors: Pucha Aguinsaca Karina Fernanda , Pardo Bañol Dianna Valeria , Moncada Granda Briggitte Elizabeth , Ordóñez Briceño Madisson Melisa , Duque Sebastian Mauna , Montero Ortiz Carlos Eduardo , Calva Sánchez Lessly Paola
Published: February 2023

El Anti-melanoma con el gen 5(MDA-5) es un anticuerpo asociado a la patología reumatológica dermatomiositis, y este anticuerpo ha sido demostrado en complicaciones en la enfermedades reumatológicas y pulmonares, las cuales pueden llegar a ser mortales. Objetivo: Determinar la relación del COVID – 19 y la dermatomiositis asociada al anticuerpo anti – MDA-5. Metodología: se realizó una revisión bibliográfica de los últimos 5 años. Se identificaron un total de 21 artículos entre ellos artículos originales y de revisión. Resultados: Tanto MDA-5-DM como COVID-19 parecen compartir activación de la vía de señalización Interferón tipo I. La infección por COVID-19 activa sensores virales citoplasmáticos de ARN como el RIG-I y MDA-5. La descripción reciente de nuevas cohortes de pacientes con una gama más amplia de características clínicas de presentación ha ampliado el espectro de la enfermedad de la DM anti-MDA-5 asociada con el Covis-19. El conocimiento de la afección y sus posibles manifestaciones es clave para la detección temprana y una mejor supervivencia. El Anti-MDA-5 tiene una prevalencia en los pacientes con coronavirus del 2019, y aumenta cuando se administra la vacuna ARNm provocando un incremento de la clínica y de la mortalidad de los pacientes. se necesitan más estudios para mejorar la relación.
Taptana digital como material didáctico y su incidencia en los procesos áulicos
Authors: Calderón Sánchez Edgar Ricardo , Granda Orellana Juan Carlos , Moreta Montoya Jovita Cecibel , Morante Centeno Leoncio Juan Carlos , Corozo Corozo Dairis , Moreta Montoya Elsa Marlene
Published: February 2023

El uso de la taptana digital es un material didáctico muy útil para los estudiantes y profesores, ya que ofrece una amplia variedad de recursos y herramientas tecnológicas interactivas que les permiten mejorar su aprendizaje y enseñanza en la matemática; está se apoya en la teoría de aprendizaje del conectivismo donde la información se basa en la era digital. El objetivo del estudio apuntó a establecer la incidencia del uso de la taptana digital en los procesos áulicos de los estudiantes en una Unidad Educativa de Babahoyo. En cuanto al marco metodológico corresponde a un estudio con enfoque cuantitativo, con diseño pre-experimental aplicando un pretest y un postest en su medición en ambas variables. La unidad de análisis en estudio fueron los estudiantes y la técnica desarrollada para la obtención de datos fue la encuesta. Los resultados nos mostraron que la taptana digital es un material didáctico muy efectivo y eficiente que ofrece muchas ventajas tecnológicas para mejorar el aprendizaje y la enseñanza en relación a la matemática. Por lo tanto, se recomienda su uso en el aula de clases.
AN EXISTENTIAL PREDICAMENT OF MODERN MAN IN GIRISH KARNAD’S HAYAVADANA
Authors: Rao Bharatsingh P.
Published: February 2023

In the mid twentieth century the whole mankind had been passing through an unprecedented phase of despair, gloom and dreariness in life in the wake of the annihilating after effects of the two gruesome and devastating World Wars fought within a very brief interval of a bit more than merely two decades. The very existence of mankind seemed to be at stake and the self- complacent attitude towards the scientific progress proved to be merely an illusion like a mirage as the other side of the coin proved to be self-destructive, rather self-annihilating. This resulted into general pessimistic and cynic view towards life and the uncertain future of mankind. So a few European existentialist philosophers like Jean Paul Sartre and Albert Camus, Martin Heidegger made a deep impact on the intellectuals by their new philosophy about the absurdity and meaninglessness of human existence. According to the philosophy of existentialism, life and everything related to it was absurd. In fact, they were influenced by the existentialist philosophy of the early 19th century Danish philosopher Soren Kierkgaard, who is believed to be the precursor of existentialist philosophy in the modern times. Thus they nurtured the sense of futility and meaninglessness about life. It impelled human beings to introspect about the purpose and meaning of their existence. And it was a sort of quest for the self. Girish Karnad, due to his study of the western writers as a Rhodes scholar was highly influenced by the existentialist philosophy of the European philosophers like Jean Paul Sartre and Albert Camus. This Research paper is an endeavor to explore the theme of existentialism and search for self, for that matter, in Hayavadana.
INFLUENCE OF FINANCE TECHNOLOGY IN THE DELIVERY OF FINANCIAL SERVICES
Authors: Begam M. Shamsath
Published: February 2023

Challenges of fintech really depend on type of fintech and who serving the impact on consumers and businesses has been very different depending on the job situation, business actually have the same sort of variability but one of the biggest things that has been sort of most unexpected is the like overnight scaling of demand especially for e-commerce and payments and the sort of things that are happening where people who have their traditional buying behavior online basically. There are huge challenges anyone who has to do anything related to KYC, operations support and what becomes clear is one of our biggest problems in financial services and in general just managing the infrastructure of that. Demand has come in for products that were previously like how to market but now are just like explosive and digital interesting it is a potentially a good problem to have in the long term but certainly can cause a lot of short-term and complexity while everyone's also transitioning to working remotely if they have not already fintech.
Sustainable lightweight foamed concrete using hemp fibre for mechanical properties improvement
Authors: Md Azree Othuman Mydin  , Samadar Salim Majeed  , Roshartini Omar  , Paul Oluwaseun Awoyera  , Hadee Mohammed Najm
Published: February 2023

Fibres have long been used as an additive in the fabrication of building elements and materials. A combination of natural and synthetic fibres has shown promise in preliminary research and testing, with the added benefit of greatly improved strengths of the composites. Compared to traditional reinforcement bars, natural fibre reinforcement's ratio of fibre required is significantly lower, making it more beneficial in terms of energy and economic values. Recent research has focused on the feasibility of using both natural and synthetic fibres as reinforcement in concrete and other construction materials. Thus, the purpose of this research is to investigate the feasibility of using hemp fibre at various percentages (0%, 0.2%, 0.4%, 0.6%, and 0.8%) as an additive in lightweight foamed concrete to enhance mechanical properties. Three LFC densities namely 500, 900 and 1300 kg/m3 were fabricated and tested. Axial compressive strength, flexural strength, splitting tensile strength, and ultrasonic pulse velocity were the four mechanical parameters that were assessed. The findings demonstrated that adding 0.4-0.6% of HF to LFC produced the best results for ultrasonic pulse velocity, compressive strength, flexural strength, and splitting tensile strength. The HF is essential in assisting to stop the spread of cracks in the plastic state of the cement matrix after the load was applied.
ADMISSIBILIDADE DO AGRAVO DE INSTRUMENTO EM FALÊNCIA: FIM DO IMPASSE SOBRE SUA APLICABILIDADE COM AS ALTERAÇÕES E INCLUSÕES DA LEI Nº 14.112/2020
Authors: BELLE HELENA BEATRIZ DE MOURA , Silva Franco Pereira
Published: February 2023

A lei processual civil de 2015 norteia a admissibilidade de recursos com o intuito de amenizar os conflitos de interesses, porém, em determinadas ações prevalecem as orientações de leis especiais, como é o caso da recuperação judicial e da falência de devedor empresário. Em momento de insolvência, recuperável ou não, muitos são os institutos aplicáveis e diversas as possibilidades de interposição de recursos que nem sempre são recebidos e providos pelo poder judiciário. Nesse sentido, no presente estudo tem-se por objetivo a análise da admissão de recorribilidade, envolvendo agravo de instrumento, com foco na natureza jurídica e no rol taxativo, considerando os paradigmas de leis ordinária e especial – regulamentadora de recuperação e falência. A produção foi norteada pelos métodos dialético e hipotético dedutivo, metodologia de pesquisa qualitativa e técnicas de estudos em fontes primárias e bibliográficas do direito, o que permitiu análise e interpretação do uso do recurso citado. O estudo permitiu concluir que as alterações promovidas na lei de recuperação e falência, em 2020, no que diz respeito a admissibilidade do agravo de instrumento, já estava em plena aplicabilidade, pois, os fundamentos em doutrina majoritária e jurisprudência pacificada, foram elucidados em caso real e recente, confirmando a pertinência do recurso, além de outras decisões que envolvem este importante ramo do direito, o empresarial.
Constraining the Equation of State of Hybrid Stars Using Recent Information from Multidisciplinary Physics
Authors: Shirke Swarnim , Ghosh Suprovo , Chatterjee Debarati
Published: February 2023

At the ultrahigh densities existing in the core of neutron stars (NSs), it is expected that a phase transition from baryonic to deconfined quark matter may occur. Such a phase transition would affect the underlying equation of state (EoS) as well as the observable astrophysical properties of NSs. Comparison of EoS model predictions with astronomical data from multimessenger signals then provides us an opportunity to probe the behavior of dense matter. In this work, we restrict the allowed parameter space of EoS models in NSs for both nucleonic (relativistic mean field model) and quark matter (MIT bag model) sectors by imposing state-of-the-art constraints from nuclear calculations, multimessenger astrophysical data, and perturbative quantum chromodynamics (pQCD). We systematically investigate the effect of each constraint on the parameter space of uncertainties using a cutoff filter scheme, as well as the correlations among the parameters and with NS astrophysical observables. Using the constraints, we obtain limits for maximum NS mass, maximum central density, as well as for NS radii and tidal deformability. Although pQCD constraints are only effective at very high densities, they significantly reduce the parameter space of the quark model. We also conclude that astrophysical data supports high values of the bag parameter B and disfavors the existence of a pure quark matter core in hybrid stars.
Boundary Conditions in Hydrodynamic Simulations of Isolated Galaxies and Their Impact on the Gas-loss Processes
Authors: Caproni Anderson , Lanfranchi Gustavo A. , Friaça Amâncio C. S. , Soares Jennifer F.
Published: February 2023

Three-dimensional hydrodynamic simulations are commonly used to study the evolution of the gaseous content in isolated galaxies, besides its connection with galactic star formation histories. Stellar winds, supernova blasts, and black hole feedback are mechanisms usually invoked to drive galactic outflows and decrease the initial galactic gas reservoir. However, any simulation imposes the need of choosing the limits of the simulated volume, which depends, for instance, on the size of the galaxy and the required numerical resolution, besides the available computational capability to perform it. In this work, we discuss the effects of boundary conditions on the evolution of the gas fraction in a small-sized galaxy (tidal radius of ∼1 kpc), like classical spheroidal galaxies in the Local Group. We found that open boundaries with sizes smaller than approximately 10 times the characteristic radius of the galactic dark-matter halo become unappropriated for this kind of simulation after ∼0.6 Gyr of evolution, since they act as an infinity reservoir of gas due to dark-matter gravity. We also tested two different boundary conditions that avoid gas accretion from numerical frontiers: closed and selective boundary conditions. Our results indicate that the later condition (that uses a velocity threshold criterion to open or close frontiers) is preferable since it minimizes the number of reversed shocks due to closed boundaries. Although the strategy of putting computational frontiers as far as possible from the galaxy itself is always desirable, simulations with a selective boundary condition can lead to similar results at lower computational costs.
Pegasus W: An Ultrafaint Dwarf Galaxy Outside the Halo of M31 Not Quenched by Reionization
Authors: McQuinn Kristen B. W. , Mao Yao-Yuan , Buckley Matthew R. , Shih David , Cohen Roger E. , Dolphin Andrew E.
Published: February 2023

We report the discovery of an ultrafaint dwarf (UFD) galaxy, Pegasus W, located on the far side of the Milky Way–M31 system and outside the virial radius of M31. The distance to the galaxy is

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Gyr ago, which is similar to the quenching timescale of a number of UFD satellites of M31 but significantly more recent than the UFD satellites of the Milky Way. Such late-time quenching is inconsistent with the more rapid timescale expected by reionization and suggests that, while not currently a satellite of M31, Pegasus W was nonetheless slowly quenched by environmental processes.
FluxCT: A Web Tool for Identifying Contaminating Flux in Kepler and TESS Target Pixel Files
Authors: Schonhut-Stasik Jessica , Stassun Keivan
Published: February 2023

We announce FluxCT, a web tool for identifying contaminating flux in Kepler and TESS target pixel files due to secondary visual sources. We demonstrate the usage of this tool and discuss the benefits of this tool over a simple Gaia radius search. FluxCT focuses on clarity and simplicity, where the only input needed from the user is a KIC or TIC ID. By more appropriately accounting for the actual shape of the photometric pixel apertures, FluxCT can produce much more accurate estimates of contaminating flux than simple radial cone searches.
Two new species of Astrothelium from Sud Yungas in Bolivia and the first discovery of vegetative propagules in the family Trypetheliaceae (lichen-forming Dothideomycetes, Ascomycota)
Authors: Kukwa Martin , Rodriguez-Flakus Pamela , Aptroot André , Flakus Adam
Published: February 2023

Two new species of Astrothelium are described from the Yungas forest in Bolivian Andes. Astrothelium chulumanense is characterised by pseudostromata concolorous with the thallus, perithecia immersed for the most part, with the upper portion elevated above the thallus and covered, except the tops, with orange pigment, apical and fused ostioles, the absence of lichexanthone (but thallus UV+ orange-yellow), clear hamathecium, 8-spored asci and amyloid, large, muriform ascospores with median septa. Astrothelium isidiatum is known only in a sterile state and produces isidia that develop in groups on areoles, but easily break off to reveal a medulla that resembles soralia. Both species, according to the two-locus phylogeny, belong to Astrothelium s.str. The production of isidia is reported from the genus Astrothelium and the family Trypetheliaceae for the first time.
A novel adaptive event-triggered reliable $ H_\infty $ control approach for networked control systems with actuator faults
Authors: Liu Xingyue , Shi Kaibo , Tang Yiqian , Tang Lin , Wei Youhua , Han Yingjun
Published: February 2023

In this paper, a reliable $ H_\infty $ control approach under a novel adaptive event-triggering mechanism (AETM) considering actuator faults for networked control systems (NCSs) is addressed. Firstly, the actuator faults are described by a series of independent stochastic variables obeying a certain probability distribution. Secondly, a novel AETM is presented. The triggering threshold can be dynamically adjusted according to the fluctuating trend of the current sampling state, resulting in saving more limited network resources while preserving good control performance. As a result, considering the packet dropout and packet disorder caused by the communication network, the sampling-data model of NCSs with AETM and actuator faults is constructed. Thirdly, by removing the involved auxiliary function and replacing it with a sequence of integrals only related to the system state, a novel integral inequality can be used to reduce conservatism. Thus, a new stability criterion and an event-triggered reliable $ H_\infty $ controller design approach can be obtained. Finally, the simulation results are presented to verify the progressiveness of our proposed approach.
Sensibilidad y elasticidad de las universidades españolas a los indicadores del Ranking de Shanghái (ARWU)
Authors: Luque-Martínez Teodoro
Published: February 2023

El ranking de Shanghái (ARWU) es uno de los más conocidos e influyentes, buena prueba es su presencia en medios tradicionales y digitales cuando se publica cada año, siendo de los más utilizados y referenciados en la gestión universitaria. Este trabajo analiza la sensibilidad y la elasticidad de los indicadores que lo integran, distinguiendo entre indicadores de naturaleza personal e institucional. El análisis se centra en las universidades españolas dentro del millar recogidas en 2021. El resultado identifica, y cuantifica, las universidades más y menos sensibles y elásticas a los diferentes indicadores, tanto respecto a la posición como a la puntuación. Además se identifican cinco grupos homogéneos de universidades en función de su elasticidad. El estudio prueba la gran heterogeneidad de cada indicador para cada universidad. Esto es útil para realizar benchmarking entre universidades e identificar acciones de mejora para gestionar la presencia en el ranking.
A IMPORTÂNCIA DA IMPLEMENTAÇÃO DA GESTÃO DEMOCRÁTICA E DE POLÍTICAS PÚBLICAS EDUCACIONAIS
Authors: Schane Rita , Gagno Roberta Ravaglio , Filipak Sirley Terezinha
Published: February 2023

Este artigo tem por objetivo refletir sobre a implementação da gestão democrática e de políticas públicas educacionais nas escolas. A educação é um desdobramento da política e seu conceito, na sociedade capitalista, caracteriza-se como um processo pelo qual o indivíduo adapta-se às exigências e às necessidades do modo de produção capitalista, sendo treinado para desempenhar suas funções em uma hierarquia que divide os dirigentes dos dirigidos. Neste artigo, a metodologia dialética foi utilizada com a convicção de que se sustenta na não exclusão de nenhum dado ou conhecimento produzido, mas os incorpora e supera numa síntese mais abrangente. Aborda-se, inicialmente, o conceito de democracia, a construção da gestão democrática e as concepções das políticas educacionais. Conclui-se que é por meio da politização e da instrumentalização da comunidade em geral que se torna possível a substituição da aceitação espontânea dos fatos, por uma direção e uma participação conscientes, com base em uma visão de mundo coerente, crítica, renovada e que esteja a favor da transformação.
A FORMAÇÃO DE CONCEITOS À LUZ DA ATIVIDADE ORIENTADORA DE ENSINO E DA PEDAGOGIA RETÓRICA
Authors: Viana Monteiro da Silva Bianca , Sampaio Araujo Elaine , Da Cunha Marcus Vinicius
Published: February 2023

Considerando a formação de conceitos um requisito fundamental para a educação, este artigo examina as proposições da Atividade Orientadora de Ensino em associação com os princípios da Pedagogia Retórica. Embora adotem termos próprios e fundamentos filosóficos distintos, essas duas concepções pedagógicas possuem dimensões que viabilizam um diálogo voltado a situar a escola como lugar social em que a formação de conceitos ocorre por meio da apropriação da experiência social da humanidade. Enquanto Dewey argumenta em favor da educação como meio propício para o sujeito ter experiências estéticas fundamentais para a constituição humana, Vigotski defende que é pela educação que o sujeito se integra a questões de natureza social e cultural. A primeira seção do artigo apresenta uma periodização do desenvolvimento, com destaque para a formação de conceitos na adolescência. A segunda seção traz os fundamentos da Pedagogia Retórica, com o propósito de evidenciar possíveis aproximações com as propostas da Atividade Orientadora de Ensino.
CONCEPÇÕES/SIGNIFICADOS ATRIBUÍDOS À EDUCAÇÃO FÍSICA ESCOLAR NO BRASIL (1960 E 1970)
Authors: Gomes Debora , de Cássia da Silva Oliveira Rita , Luiz Gasparin João
Published: February 2023

Com o objetivo de analisar a concepção/significado atribuído à Educação Física escolar (EFE) no Brasil, a partir das políticas educacionais, do campo científico e das vivências de ex-alunos; foram utilizadas como fontes: legislações, documentos oficiais, livros, artigos, teses e entrevistas. Participaram dez ex-alunos, integrantes da comunidade acadêmica da UNICENTRO, que estudaram em escolas públicas e privadas, no período de 1954 a 1987, em diferentes regiões do Brasil. A EFE apresenta significados diversos/contraditórios/imperceptíveis expressos pelas vivências dos sujeitos, por isso, não pode mais negligenciar e/ou ignorar suas contradições e lutas internas: meninos e meninas; coletivo e individual; jogar contra e jogar com; empírico e científico; ciências biológicas e ciências humanas; ócio e atividade; inclui todos e seleciona, exclui; aula e treino...
DIMENSÃO DA PRESENÇA DE DIFERENTES PADRÕES METODOLÓGICOS NO ENSINO DE CIÊNCIAS NO ENSINO BÁSICO
Authors: Carmo José Manuel
Published: February 2023

A metodologia de recolha da descrição operacional da prática docente designada “Radiografia da Prática” e consequente inferência de “Sequências Pedagógicas” foi descrita como permitindo aceder de modo expedito aos acontecimentos pedagógicos essenciais que estruturam as práticas dos professores. Este trabalho descreve o procedimento metodológico e os resultados encontrados na sua aplicação a 43 professores em formação, bem como exemplos dos três padrões de prática encontrados, entre um padrão mais radicalmente transmissivo e um padrão com marcas construtivistas. Os padrões encontrados diferem quanto ao tempo que os professores percecionam ocupar na prática letiva em aspetos relevantes. Os professores incluídos no padrão com marcas construtivistas revelam uma maior coerência na seleção de cenários pedagógicos com que se identificam. A investigação permite considerar a utilidade da metodologia para a identificação expedita das conceções metodológicas dos participantes no início de um processo de formação, facilitando a adoção de uma metodologia construtivista na formação
Communication-Affinity Aware Colocation and Merging of Containers
Authors: Wickramanayaka Nishadi N. , Keppitiyagama Chamath I. , Thilakarathna Kenneth
Published: February 2023

Microservice architecture relies on message passing between services. Inter-service communication introduces an overhead to the applications’ overall performance. This overhead depends on the runtime placement of the services bundled in containers and it can be reduced by intelligently deploying the containers by considering the communication affinities between services. Researchers have attempted to colocate microservices and merge containers based on affinities. However, container merging has not been considered up to now. This study shows that the problem of service placement in a microservice application considering communication affinities, constrained by computational resources, can be mapped to an instance of the Binary Knapsack Problem. We propose a container colocation and merging mechanism based on a heuristic solution to the Binary Knapsack Problem. The proposed approach reduced the communication overhead of a benchmark application by 58.5% and as a result, execution time was reduced by approximately 13.4% as well.
Development of a Sensitive Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay with Three Amplification Antibodies to Detect Low-Abundant Mouse Antibodies in the Mouse Central Nervous System
Authors: Shan Hui-Min , Schwab Martin E , Maurer Michael A
Published: February 2023

Recombinant Abs are gaining increasing importance for the treatment of certain cancers or immunological or neurologic disorders. The ELISA is one of the most used analytical tools for detecting and quantifying Abs of interest. However, the performance of ELISAs often varies because of nonstandard experimental procedures as well as inadequate data analysis. In our study, we standardized a procedure and statistical analysis for a highly sensitive ELISA of a mouse Ab in mouse (C57BL/6J) CNS tissue. The following steps are of crucial importance: 1) calculation of the limit of detection based on control tissue lysate samples in the same testing buffer as the testing samples; 2) calculation of the limit of quantification as measured with acceptable accuracy and precision; and 3) a five-parameter logistic regression model to interpolate the symmetric and asymmetric standard curves. We also show that three amplification Abs can significantly increase the sensitivity of the ELISA compared with a two amplification Ab setup. This standardized procedure may be a valuable tool to increase the sensitivity, reproducibility, and precision of ELISA studies in basic science and translational research.
Canada in 3D - National Geological Surveys Committee update report
Authors: de Kemp E A
Published: February 2023

The Canada in 3D (C3D) project (https://canada3d.geosciences.ca/), formally initiated in the spring of 2020 by the National Geological Surveys Committee (NGSC) is required to provide a working group update to all its provincial and territorial partners. There
have been several informal C3D working meetings with the partners prior to the creation of the C3D Charter and there has been a hiatus in communication through the Covid-19 pandemic. To re-engage the C3D community, a video tele-conference was held on June 6th, 2022 with approximately 44
participants. There was representation and presentations of all provinces and territories with various managers, technical and scientific observers. The purpose of this compilation of presentations and discussions from this 2022 C3D-NGSC reconnection meeting is to provide activity information to all
participants, and their respective organizations, highlighting current geoscience compilation and modelling efforts in 2D and 3D. The aim is to help identify opportunities for collaboration on data standards, methods, applications and best practices but with the overall goal of working toward the
C3D vision, outlined in the C3D charter of an updated 2D and 3D geological map/model of Canada.
Effective Tamil Character Recognition Using Supervised Machine Learning Algorithms
Authors: Suriya Dr. S. , Nivetha S. , Pavithran P. , Venkat S. Ajay , K. G. Sashwath , G. Elakkiya
Published: February 2023

Computational linguistics is the branch of linguistics in which the techniques of computer science are applied to the analysis and synthesis of language and speech. The main goals of computational linguistics include: Text-to- speech conversion, Speech-to-text conversion and Translating from one language to another. A part of Computational Linguistics is the Character recognition. Character recognition has been one of the active and challenging research areas in the field of image processing and pattern recognition. Character recognition methodology mainly focuses on recognizing the characters irrespective of the difficulties that arises due to the variations in writing style. The aim of this project is to perform character recognition for of one of the complex structures of south Indian language ‘Tamil’ using a supervised algorithm that increases the accuracy of recognition. The novelty of this system is that it recognizes the characters of the Predominant Tamil Language. The proposed approach is capable of recognizing text where the traditional character recognition systems fails, notably in the presence of blur, low contrast, low resolution, high image noise, and other distortions. This system uses Convolutional Neural Network Algorithm that are able to exact the local features more accurately as they restrict the receptive fields of the hidden layers to be local. Convolutional Neural Networks are a great kind of multi-layer neural networks that uses back-propagation algorithm. Convolutional Neural Networks are used to recognize visual patterns directly from pixel images with minimal preprocessing. This trained network is used for recognition and classification. The results show that the proposed system yields good recognition rates.
Use of Social Media to View and Post Dentistry-related Information in Bahrain: A Cross-Sectional Study
Authors: Sivaramakrishnan Gowri , AbdulAmeer Fatema , Faisal Fatema , Mansoor Zainab , Hasan Sawsan , Ebrahim Shagra , AlSalihi Leena , Alsobaiei Muneera
Published: February 2023

Objectives: Healthcare-related information sharing via social media is on the rise following the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic. Dental practices primarily use social media to search, share, and communicate health-related information. Considering the increasing trend of using social media, the primary aim of the present study was to identify the use of social media by dentists and laypeople to post and view dentistry-related content in Bahrain.Methods: This questionnaire-based cross-sectional study included adult participants and dentists. A pretested validated questionnaire was administered. The chi-square test for association was used to assess the association between categorical outcomes. A p-value of ≤ 0.05 was considered statistically significant.Results: In total, 249 adult participants and 53 dentists were included. A substantial majority (83.5%) of the participants reported that they always used social media to view dentistry-related content, and 69.8% of the dentists felt that patients who use social media have better oral health awareness. A longer duration of social media usage showed significant associations with particularly viewing dentistry-related content (p = 0.008) and contacting dentists directly through social media for consultation (p = 0.055).Conclusions: An extremely high percentage of the younger population in Bahrain is using various social media to discuss dentistry. This engagement should be wisely managed to promote dentistry-related information sharing, which can lead to increased awareness related to overall dental health. There is a definite need to enforce certain standard operating procedures in every country that will prevent the misuse of this technological advancement.
Prevalence of Nomophobia in University Students: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis
Authors: Tuco Kimberly G. , Castro-Diaz Sharong D. , Soriano-Moreno David R. , Benites-Zapata Vicente A.
Published: February 2023

Objectives: The aim of this study was to assess the prevalence of nomophobia in university students.Methods: A systematic search was conducted of the following databases: Web of Science/ Core Collection, Scopus, PubMed, Embase, and Ovid/ MEDLINE until March 2021. Cross-sectional studies reporting the prevalence of nomophobia in undergraduate or postgraduate university students that assessed nomophobia with the 20-item Nomophobia Questionnaire (NMP-Q) tool were included. Study selection, data extraction, and risk of bias assessment were performed in duplicate. A meta-analysis of proportions was performed using a random-effects model. Heterogeneity was assessed using sensitivity analysis according to the risk of bias, and subgrouping by country, sex, and major.Results: We included 28 cross-sectional studies with a total of 11,300 participants from eight countries, of which 23 were included in the meta-analysis. The prevalence of mild nomophobia was 24% (95% confidence interval [CI], 20%–28%; I2 = 95.3%), that of moderate nomophobia was 56% (95% CI, 53%–60%; I2 = 91.2%), and that of severe nomophobia was 17% (95% CI, 15%–20%; I2 = 91.7%). Regarding countries, Indonesia had the highest prevalence of severe nomophobia (71%) and Germany had the lowest (3%). The prevalence was similar according to sex and major.Conclusions: We found a high prevalence of moderate and severe nomophobia in university students. Interventions are needed to prevent and treat this problem in educational institutions.
Effect of Bluff Body Shape on the Growth Rate of Wake
Instability
Authors: Chandra Deep , Dobriyal Ritvik , Kharola Ashwani , Sharma Rakesh Chandmal
Published: February 2023

The laminar flow over bluff bodies having different shapes is numerically
investigated. The different bluff bodies were created by either elongating or
compressing the rear part of a circular cylinder. The growth of instability
leads to the formation of the von Karman vortex street, which is studied using
the Stuart-Landau equation. It was observed that the growth rate as well as the
saturation amplitude of instability decreases linearly with the elongation of
the circular cylinder. However, with the compression of the circular cylinder,
there is little effect on the growth rate while an increase in the saturation
amplitude can still be observed. The results indicate that a sufficiently
elongated bluff body can suppress the formation of a von Karman vortex street at
a given Reynolds number.
Generalized curvature tensor and the hypersurfaces of the Hermitian manifold for the class of Kenmotsu type
Authors: Abass Mohammed Y. , Abood Habeeb M.
Published: February 2023

This paper determined the components of the generalized curvature tensor for
the class of Kenmotsu type and established the mentioned class is
{\eta}-Einstein manifold when the generalized curvature tensor is flat; the
converse holds true under suitable conditions. It also introduced the notion of
generalized {\Phi}-holomorphic sectional (G{\Phi}SH-) curvature tensor and thus
found the necessary and sufficient conditions for the class of Kenmotsu type to
be of constant G{\Phi}SH-curvature. In addition, the notion of
{\Phi}-generalized semi-symmetric was introduced and its relationship with the
class of Kenmotsu type and {\eta}-Einstein manifold established. Furthermore,
this paper generalized the notion of the manifold of constant curvature and
deduced its relationship with the aforementioned ideas. It finally showed that
the class of Kenmotsu type exists as a hypersurface of the Hermitian manifold
and derived a relation between the components of the Riemannian curvature
tensors of the almost Hermitian manifold and its hypersurfaces.
Prediction Models of Endometriosis Stage Generated From Potential Hematological Biomarkers
Authors: Şenkaya Ayşe Rabia , İnce Onur , İleri Alper , Aytaç Hakkı , Yıldırım Karaca Suna
Published: February 2023

Objective: The aim of the study assess efficacy of hematological biomarkers for predicting the stage of endometriosis.

Materials and methods: Patients underwent surgery and diagnosed with endometriosis confirmed by pathology report between January 2015-December 2020 were included. Individuals were divided into two groups as stage 1-2-3 and stage 4 patients.

Results: 91 patients with stage 1-2-3 and 105 with stage 4 endometriosis were identified. There was no significant relationship between endometriosis score and complete blood count parameters. However, endometriosis score revealed a significant correlation with serum CA125 level and the combined markers including CA125. The logarithm of the CA 125 was used to predict the endometriosis score.  In order to quantify the relationship, a univariate linear model was performed to predict the endometriosis score with log (CA 125). It demonstrated for every increase in the level of log (CA 125), endometriosis score increased by 8.57 (β=8.57. R2=0.115. p<0.001). The p values of alternative parameters analyzed to predict the stage of endometriosis. p-values were 0.263 for neutrophile/lymphocyte; 0.457 for platelet/lymphocyte; 0.790 for red cell distribution width/lymphocyte and 0.842 for mean platelet volume/lymphocyte ratios.

Conclusion: CA 125 alone was found substaintally efficient in predicting endometriosis stage preoperatively.
Ovarian mucinous cystadenoma recurred 2 years after laparoscopic surgery: A Case Report
Authors: Özcan Aykut
Published: February 2023

Objective: Recurrence of ovarian mucinous cystadenomas is very rare. This report describes a case of ovarian mucous cystadenoma in a  women that recurred 2 years after surgery.

Case presentation: A 22-year-old patient, with a sizable ovarian tumor underwent laparoscopic-assisted cystectomy. On histopathology, the tumor was diagnosed to be an ovarian mucinous cystadenoma. The mucinous cystadenoma recurred 2 years after surgery and subsequently laparoscopic right adnexectomy was performed.

Discussion: It has been reported that intraoperative cyst rupture and cystectomy instead of adnexectomy are risk factors for mucinous cystadenoma recurrence. Close follow-up is required for post-cystectomy patients because of the possibility of recurrence.

Conclusion: The risk of recurrence and the preservation of fertility should be carefully considered when deciding on treatment in young patients with a mucinous cystadenoma. The follow-up is required for post-cystectomy patients because of the possibility of recurrence.
Sarah Kirby. Exhibitions, Music and the British Empire (review)
Authors: Watt Paul
Published: February 2023

The 2022 World Fair (aka ‘Expo’) held in Dubai has recently drawn to a close. The next Expo will be hosted by Buenos Aires in 2023; the one after that will be staged in Osaka in 2025. These Expos are all linked to the first Expo of them all: the Great Exhibition staged in London in 1851. To be sure, the term ‘great’ is an understatement. The 1851 event, and those that followed it, were—and remain—colossal undertakings. They take years of planning, attract millions of visitors, and serve a variety of cultural and political purposes. These Expos are built and designed to ‘dazzle’—a word that Sarah Kirby uses in her book to describe the at times overwhelming effect of Expos on the senses (p. 52). […]
Improvisation, Ontology, and Davidson: Exploring the Improvisational Character of Language and Jazz
Authors: McAuliffe Sam
Published: February 2023

At least since the 1990s, the relationship between linguistic communication and jazz improvisation has been a topic of interest to both philosophers of language and theorists of jazz improvisation. Rarely, however, are the shared elements of language and jazz explored directly. This article interrogates these elements, with a particular focus on improvisation by drawing upon the work of Donald Davidson. While Davidson himself does not readily employ the term ‘improvisation’, I argue that key ideas from Davidson’s work—the principle of charity, triangulation, and his argument that there is no such thing as a language—align with the concept of improvisation. In this article I offer a reading of Davidson’s work—a reading that highlights an improvisational character of his philosophy typically not made explicit—and, on the basis of the ontology of improvisation that emerges from Davidson’s philosophy, I explore the implications of that understanding of language for the way in which we understand jazz.
Review on AI-based Smart Farming of Leafy Vegetables using Hydroponics System
Authors: Kulkarni Roopa R , Benakatti Niranjan S , N Nandan , M Rakshitha , R Sanjay
Published: February 2023

Agriculture plays a very important role in the development of a nation. By 2050, the human population is predicted to achieve eight.9 billion associate degrees an increased population needs adequate offer of contemporary turnout. This downside is often resolved by sensible agriculture and fashionable implementation exploitation net of Things (IoT) technologies. Hydroponics may be a soil-less cultivation that uses minerals from nutrient resolution. The parameters to be thought-about for hydroponic systems embrace pH scale level, electrical conduction (EC), dissolved atomic number 8 (DO), water temperature, water rate of flow, and water level of nutrient resolution. There are half-dozen varieties of the hydroponic system: nutrient film technique (NFT), drip system, water culture, ebb, and flow system, geophonic and wick.
Heart Disease Detection -A Machine Learning Approach
Authors: Josephine Reenamary S , Rani Rev. Sr. ArockiaValan
Published: February 2023

One of the human body's most important organs is the heart. It helps the body's blood to circulate and become cleaner. The global leading cause of death is heart attack. Chest discomfort, a faster heartbeat, and breathing problems were a few indications. The accuracy of this data was regularly checked. This publication presented a broad summary of heart attacks and current treatments. Additionally, a quick overview of the important machine learning methods for heart attack prediction that are available in the literature is provided. The machine learning techniques described include Decision Tree, Logistic Regression, SVM, Naive Bayes, Random Forest, KNN, and XG Boost Classifier. The algorithms are contrasted based on the braced of characteristics.
Gendroid- A Conceptual Bio-Info Android App and Its Challenges
Authors: Manjunath R M , valli Kumuda , Sai Ganesh Yathindra , G Marzan
Published: February 2023

Bioinformatics is a vast multifarious domain having a share of concepts from Mathematics, Computer Programming to Biological Sciences. It is the leading thrust area in research perspective. It demands knowledge of both Computers and Biology. Latterly has seen an exponential usage of Apps be it for educational purposes or for commercial use. Android app development is playing a key role in creating the demand for newer concepts, which has already dominated the Bio world. Bioinformatics, especially gene analysis has motivated the developers to create many apps related to the bio functionalities. But due to its vast nature and voluminous data, the development cycle is demanding more expertise from the developers. Various Bio-apps are in the market but are not sufficiently covering all the features. This article lists the existing bio-apps with usage analytics based on number of downloads. It strives to explain the conceptual model of Gendroid, a multipurpose bio-app with its prospective development challenges.