bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Percepción de tiempo, salud mental en tiempos de pandemia por COVID-19 y cuarentenas
Authors: Camargo-Sánchez Andrés , Vargas Rafael
Published: May 2022

Introducción: Debido a la pandemia por COVID-19 fue necesario implementar la cuarentena obligatoria, con el fin de contener la propagación del virus; situación que generó cambios en los estilos de vida y diversas respuestas que incluyen temor, ansiedad, monotonía e incertidumbre. Esto pudo alterar la capacidad en la percepción del tiempo de los individuos, y con ello afectar su salud mental. Objetivo: Sintetizar las bases neurológicas del fenómeno de percepción de tiempo, su importancia y la evidencia científica sobre posibles alteraciones en condiciones de cuarentena. Materiales y métodos: Revisión bibliográfica temática en bases de datos Pubmed, Medline, Scopus, y Google Scholar. Los términos de búsqueda en español e inglés incluyeron: percepción de tiempo, estimación de tiempo, pandemia, cognición, estados emocionales, salud mental. Resultados: Se describe el concepto de percepción del tiempo, sus bases neurológicas y las alteraciones que se pueden generar. Conclusión: La salud mental fue afectada por la pandemia, sin embargo, se desconoce con claridad la forma como se desarrolló dicha afectación a mediano y largo plazo.
Bending the rules of low-temperature thermometry with periodic driving
Authors: Glatthard Jonas , Correa Luis A.
Published: May 2022

There exist severe limitations on the accuracy of low-temperature thermometry, which poses a major challenge for future quantum-technological applications. Low-temperature sensitivity might be manipulated by tailoring the interactions between probe and sample. Unfortunately, the tunability of these interactions is usually very restricted. Here, we focus on a more practical solution to boost thermometric precision – driving the probe. Specifically, we solve for the limit cycle of a periodically modulated linear probe in an equilibrium sample. We treat the probe-sample interactions exactly and hence, our results are valid for arbitrarily low temperatures T and any spectral density. We find that weak near-resonant modulation strongly enhances the signal-to-noise ratio of low-temperature measurements, while causing minimal back action on the sample. Furthermore, we show that near-resonant driving changes the power law that governs thermal sensitivity over a broad range of temperatures, thus `bending' the fundamental precision limits and enabling more sensitive low-temperature thermometry. We then focus on a concrete example – impurity thermometry in an atomic condensate. We demonstrate that periodic driving allows for a sensitivity improvement of several orders of magnitude in sub-nanokelvin temperature estimates drawn from the density profile of the impurity atoms. We thus provide a feasible upgrade that can be easily integrated into low-T thermometry experiments.
Sankofa: contribuições da Filosofia Africana para resgatar as relações afetivas e sexuais entre Africanos homens em diáspora
Authors: Da Costa Tiago Rodrigues , Neves da Silva Rosane Azevedo
Published: May 2022

Este artigo busca dar subsídios teóricos e metodológicos ao processo de reontologização dos corpos africanos homens diaspóricos que se relacionam afetiva e sexualmente entre si. Parte-se do deslocamento do conceito de masculinidade e de sua relação estrita com as questões de gênero e sexualidades,situando esse processo em uma perspectiva afrocêntrica. Assim, a partir do conhecimento oriundo da matriz civilizatória africana, busca-se trazer novas contribuições no sentido de ampliar a compreensão sobre os modos de existir dos corpos africanos homens na diáspora, tomando a orixalidade como uma forma de repensar essas homenidades.
Electronic structure of small metastable gas-phase boron clusters formed in a helium buffer gas
Authors: Popov Andrey
Published: May 2022

Theoretical investigation of metastable small boron clusters nucleation
in a plasma stream with helium is carried out using the non-Hermitian
formalism. The electronic structure and decay time of excited states of
the gas-phase clusters are considered. The formation of pure small boron
stable clusters, as well as new metastable B-He systems and unstable
He-He systems, is discussed.
INFECTIVE ENDOCARDITIS IN A PATIENT PRESENTING WITH DIARRHEA AND A HISTORY OF OZAKI’S PROCEDURE: A CASE REPORT
Authors: Unal Elif , Trak Amed , Acehan Muhammed Fatih , Ates Ihsan
Published: May 2022

ABSTRACT We aim to present an 80-year old male who has a
history of Ozaki’s procedure and presented with 2 weeks of diarrhea and
fever. The patient was screened for gastrointestinal diseases and in
conclusion he was diagnosed with infective endocarditis according to
modified Duke criteria. The patient was started on appropriate
intravenous antibiotics. Prolonged diarrhea could be a presenting
symptom and should be further evaluated. Reconstructive cardiac valve
surgery techniques which are used in the management of IE may be the
cause of IE.
Remdesivir: A critical review
Authors: Afshar Zeinab Mohseni , Hosseinzadeh Dariush , Hosseinzadeh Rezvan , Babazadeh Arefeh , Allahgholipour, Amirreza , Sio Terence , Sullman Mark , Carson-Chahhoud Kristin , Barary Mohammad , Ebrahimpour Soheil
Published: May 2022

Remdesivir has appeared to be the most effective medication against the
severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) infection
and is broadly administered to the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19)
patients around the world. Remdesivir is an RNA polymerase inhibitor
with a broad spectrum of antiviral activities against RNA viruses in
in-vitro and in-vivo models of SARS-CoV, the Middle East respiratory
syndrome (MERS), and SARS-CoV-2. Remdesivir is the first Food and Drug
Administration (FDA) approved anti-SARS-CoV-2 treatment for adult and
pediatric patients and has been used intravenously for patients
requiring hospitalization for COVID-19. However, questions have been
raised about the value of remdesivir in treating COVID-19, and governing
bodies worldwide have been hesitant to approve this medication.
Nevertheless, in the context of the public health emergency and the
urgent need for effective treatments for patients with COVID-19,
remdesivir has been approved by several authorities worldwide. Here, we
discuss the characteristics and applications of remdesivir, and various
challenging studies with different outcomes about its efficacy are also
reviewed.
Barriers to Medication Adherence in Children, Adolescents, and Young Adults Prescribed Anticoagulation
Authors: Todd Kevin , Luchtman-Jones Lori , Blackmore Anne , Hennessey Carrie , McGrady Meghan
Published: May 2022

Pediatric and adolescent and young adult (AYA) thromboembolism is
treated with anticoagulation. While anticoagulation non-adherence in
adults has been linked to increased morbidity and mortality, much is
unknown concerning medication adherence in pediatric and AYA
populations. The aims of this study were to describe barriers to
adherence in anticoagulated pediatric and AYA outpatients and to explore
the relationship between barriers and self-reported adherence. Nearly
75% of patients and caregivers reported barriers to anticoagulation
adherence, and a greater number of reported barriers was associated with
lower adherence (rpb = 0.48, p = .01). Limitations, clinical
implications, and future directions are discussed.
Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease complicated by Covid-19 : A Case Report and Differential Diagnoses
Authors: Raut Akash , Thapa Anjila , Shrestha Ashish , Saud Kamal , Rajbhandari Reema , Katwal Shailendra
Published: May 2022

Although sporadic Creutzfeldt Jakob disease is always fatal and no
accepted treatment is currently available. Moreover, prevalence of
COVID-19 in the same patient makes management protocol difficult and
prognosis worse.
A Fetus with 17p13.3 Microdeletion Syndrome Presenting with Congenital Heart Defect and Thymic Hypoplasia
Authors: Zhou Xiaoxue , Sun Hairui , Xu Yan , He Yihua
Published: May 2022

Conotruncal defects (CTD) including tetralogy of Fallot (TOF), double
outlet right ventricle (DORV), transposition of great arteries (TGA),
and persistent truncus arteriosus (PTA). Conventionally, CTD and thymic
hypoplasia occur simultaneously are usually suggestive findings of
22q11.2 deletion syndrome. However, here we describe a fetus with TOF,
absence of ductus arteriosus, and thymic hypoplasia diagnosed by
echocardiography whose copy number variation sequencing (CNV-Seq)
results showed that the fetus had a 17p13.3 microdeletion instead of
22q11.2 deletion syndrome.
The Thermo-Mechanical Properties of novel MAX phase Ceramics
Authors:   , Counsell Stephen
Published: May 2022

The main focus of this research work was to investigate the high-temperature mechanical performance of the electrically conductive Ti2AlC and Ti3SiC2 MAX phases. Using microscopy techniques, it was found that Ti2AlC had a grain size approximately 4 times larger than the Ti3SiC2 material. Secondary phases were also found to be present in both materials. Electron backscatter diffraction analysis revealed that both materials appeared to have a random texture. A Gleeble 3500 was used to test each materials response to high-strain rate, high-temperature uniaxial compression testing. Ti3SiC2 was found to generally have higher ultimate compressive strengths for each test condition and thereby validating a Hall-Petch relationship. For Ti2AlC, the slower the strain rate, the lower the ultimate compressive stress and also, for each strain rate, the higher the temperature, the lower the ultimate compressive stress. The behaviour of Ti3SiC2 was more incoherent, although generally followed a trend of increasing ductility as the temperature was increased and strain rate decreased. Both MAX phases were thermally shocked while being subjected to a compressive load from either 1000°C or 1200°C. For the 1000°C samples, there was a slight increase in the ultimate compressive stress when the compressive load was increased, while the for the 1200°C samples the change in compressive loads under quenching had no significant effect on the mechanical properties. The microstructure of the thermo-mechanically tested samples revealed substantial deformation in the form of intergranular and transgranular cracking, kinking, delaminations, voids and grain bending. The ductile samples saw a deformation ‘dead zone’ at the edges that had been closest to the compression anvil. The EBSD analysis revealed that the primary phase in samples tested at slower strain rates orientated favourably to the [0001] direction. These samples also showed evidence of low angle grain boundaries. A GND analysis of both materials was also undertaken and revealed higher GND densities with increasing strain rate and temperature for Ti3SiC2 samples, with the opposite being true of Ti2AlC samples.
We Are the Forgotten Lot
Authors: Ryder Craig
Published: May 2022

On the twentieth anniversary of Apple’s iPod, a forgotten CD collection laments the digitalisation of the music industry.
Becoming the Multi-spy
Authors: Maric-Cleaver Adam
Published: May 2022

This article engages in a technological reading of Anna Kavan’s short story ‘Starting a Career’, one which places the story in the context of 1960s technological developments and discourses. By reading ‘Starting a Career’ whilst paying attention to the technological and the transmitted, we can begin to perceive the story’s engagement with and critique of what Mark Wigley has called the ‘Network fever’ of the 1960s. It argues that Kavan’s story reveals the ways in which the promises of distributed power within networked communications and capital which surface in the ‘network fever’ of the 1960s, can obscure centralised vertical power structures. In doing so, I reveal the ways in which Kavan’s story also speaks to more recent scholarship on networks and politics, such as the work of Tung-Hui Hu, Franco Berardi, Andrew Galloway and Eugene Thacker, as well as the ways in which Kavan’s work engages and critiques the work of Marshall McLuhan. From this analysis, I show that such a technological reading, applied to a writer who rarely read in such a way, offers not only new avenues for criticism within Kavan scholarship but also the wider field of twentieth-century literary studies.
Institucionalización y resistencia a la minería en América Latina
Authors:   Investigadora predoctoral en Ciencias Sociales, Universidade Federal do Espírito Santo (Ufes), Lucena Paiva Raquel
Published: May 2022

Reseña de libros: Alves, Murilo; Carneiro, Karine y Souza, Tatiana. Mineração: Realidades e Resistências. Expressão Popular, 2020. 448 págs. León, Mauricio; Muñoz, Cristina y Sanches, Jeannette. La Gobernanza del Litio y el Cobre en los Países Andinos. CEPAL, 2020. 169 págs.
Una teoría de la guerra civil
Authors:   Profesor, Departamento de Historia, Teorías y Geografía Políticas, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Lion Bustillo Javier
Published: May 2022

Reseña de libro: Schulhofer-Wohl, Jonah. Quagmire in civil war. Cambridge University Press, 2020. 317 págs.
La vuelta a la tribu: el populismo nativista en auge
Authors:   Investigador predoctoral, Universidad del País Vasco, Cheddadi El Haddad Zakariae
Published: May 2022

Reseña de libros: Zygmunt Bauman. Retrotopia. Arcadia, 2017. 224 págs. Michael Sandel. La tiranía del mérito. ¿Qué ha sido del bien común?. Debate, 2020. 368 págs.
El extractivismo en Bolivia: efectos derrame e impactos en las áreas nacionales protegidas
Authors:   Director, Centro de Documentación e Información Bolivia (CEDIB)., Campanini Gonzales Oscar
Published: May 2022

Los impactos más profundos de los extractivismos son sus efectos derrame, es decir, las trasformaciones que provoca en las políticas públicas (ambientales, sociales y económicas) y en el sentido de conceptos clave como desarrollo, política, justicia, democracia y naturaleza. Este artículo analiza –a partir de la descripción de los casos de la Reserva Nacional de Flora y Fauna de Tariquía, del Parque Nacional Carrasco y del Área Natural de Manejo Integrado Nacional Apolobamba–, la secuencia de efectos derrame de los extractivismos en las políticas públicas, la normativa y el funcionamiento del conjunto de las áreas protegidas en Bolivia. Se hace un énfasis particular en sus consecuencias sobre los derechos humanos y los derechos de la naturaleza, reconocidos por la normativa boliviana.
Trematode infection in a freshwater snail Hydrobioides nassa (Gastropoda: Bithyniidae) in Thailand
Authors: Tapdara S. , Bunchom N. , Pilap W. , Tantrawatpan C. , Saijuntha W.
Published: May 2022

1,024 individuals of Hydrobioides nassa were collected from 12 different localities in eight provinces from north, west, and central regions of Thailand. The infection of parasitic trematodes was investigated using shedding and crushing methods to search for cercariae and metacercariae. Trematode infection was found at a relatively low prevalence of 5.57%. Five different morphological types of cercariae were detected; xiphidio, monostome, mutabile, ophthalmoxiphidio, and microcercous, and three different morphological types of unknown metacercariae were observed. Microcercous cercariae of the lung fluke genus Paragonimus is reported here for the first time in a bithyniid snail. Our current finding show that H. nassa can serve as intermediate host for a range of parasitic trematodes in Thailand.
Federal Government’s Changing Role in Canada’s Health Care Funding Structure and its Impacts
Authors: Nickel Noah
Published: May 2022

This article discusses Canada’s public healthcare system, one of the social programs most valued by Canadian citizens today. More specifically, it looks at the funding structure of said healthcare system, which is split between the federal and provincial governments, and how that relationship and the issue of healthcare funding more broadly remains one of the most contentious on the Canadian political scene. This article argues that the declining financial contributions of the federal government, observed since the 1970s, has negatively impacted the universality of Canadian health care coverage and the equality in access and quality of care across the country.
The Effects of Sexist Attitudes on Sexual Harassment at the Royal Military College
Authors: Correya Rhea
Published: May 2022

Abstract

The Canadian Armed Forces (CAF) has frequented the news headline as more and more stories come to light about issues of sexual harassment and misconduct within the Canadian military. The CAF has attempted to change these attitudes through the implementation of training and Operation Honour. However, despite these efforts, sexist attitudes continue to exist within this military context (Scopio, et al 2020). These attitudes are apparent at the Royal Military College of Canada (RMC) where future officers of the CAF attend university (Statistics Canada, 2020). Incidents relating to sexual harassment and sexual assault occur and are an established problem for the College (Statistics Canada, 2020). Previous research demonstrated a relationship between feminist identity and rape myth acceptance (RMA), between feminist identity and sexual harassment, and between RMA and sexual harassment (Begany & Milburn, 2002; LeMaire et al., 2016; Scopio., et al 2020). This study aimed to examine whether rape myth acceptance mediates the relationship between feminist identity and sexual harassment attitudes at the Royal Military College. Using a sample of n = 144 officer cadets at RMC, it was determined that RMA demonstrates partial indirect effects on the relationship between feminist identity and sexual harassment.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Begany, J. J., & Milburn, M. A. (2002). Psychological Predictors of Sexual Harassment: Authoritarianism, Hostile Sexism, and Rape Myths. Psychology of Men & Masculinity, 3(2), 119–126. https://doi.org/10.1037/1524-9220.3.2.119

LeMaire, K. L., Oswald, D. L., & Russell, B. L. (2016). Labeling sexual victimization experiences: The role of sexism, rape myth acceptance, and tolerance for sexual harassment. Violence and Victims, 31(2), 332–346. https://doi.org/10.1891/0886-6708.vv-d-13-00148

Maxwell, A. (2020, October 8). Experiences of unwanted sexualized and discriminatory behaviours and sexual assault among students at Canadian military colleges, 2019. Government of Canada, Statistics Canada. Retrieved February 15, 2022, from https://www150.statcan.gc.ca/n1/pub/85-002-x/2020001/article/00011-eng.htm

Scoppio, G., Otis, N., Yan, Y. (L., & Hogenkamp, S. (2020). Experiences of officer cadets in Canadian military colleges and CIVILIAN UNIVERSITIES: A gender perspective. Armed Forces & Society. https://doi.org/10.1177/0095327x20905121
Music Theatre on Zoom: Significance in Integrating Virtual Performance in the Lives of Older Adults
Authors: Patterson Emma , Fourney Lauren , Rosales Jessica , Yang Frank
Published: May 2022

Music Theatre on Zoom: Significance in Integrating Virtual Performance in the Lives of Older Adults
Our study aims to explore the affordances of conducting research with an online choir for older adults and to examine how participant-observer experiences can inform our practices as performing musicians, music educators, and researchers. Studies show that participating in music and dance classes facilitates creativity, community, belonging, and enjoyment (Creech et al., 2013). Similarly, music enhances self-identity and reminiscing (McCabe, Greasley-Adams, & Goodson, 2013), while improvisational dance can foster a sense of expanded time and space (Almqvist, 2020). However, not enough is known about music theatre in a virtual platform and the role of participant-observers within this setting. To fill this research gap, we used a Collaborative Scholarly Personal Narrative methodology (Nash & Viray, 2013; Nash, 2019) as a means of interrogating our shared experiences as researchers on Rise, Shine, Sing!, a weekly, Kingston-based virtual music theatre program of approximately 20–30 participants. Drawing on observation reports collected over five months, we reflected upon participants’ levels and patterns of engagement, the choice of repertoire, and possible areas for improvement. We also reflected upon the advantages and disadvantages of conducting sessions online as opposed to in-person. Through a process of individual and shared inquiry, our findings revealed that building a sense of community led to increased engagement, with participants becoming more comfortable sharing their talents and conversing with others. Furthermore, our experiences with this online community of researchers and participants allowed for new forms of engagement and programming which will likely benefit our professional practices in significant and exciting ways.
The Effect Of Positive And Negative Reinforcement On An Induced Stress Response In University Students
Authors: Sanchit Kaushal  , Martins-Ezeifeaku Aisling
Published: May 2022

IntroductionStress in a university setting is known to poorly affect academic performance, increase blood pressure levels, and increase the risk of cardiovascular disease. However, the effect of positive and negative reinforcement on students and its ability to induce a stress or physiological response is unknown. The objective of this study is to examine the effects of positive and negative reinforcement on an induced stress response, and how this affects their typing abilities.Methods15 participants (6 male, 9 female) underwent a series of 2 typing tests, with verbal feedback elicited prior to commencing the second test. Participants ages 18 to 22 were recruited from Joseph S. Stauffer Library at Queen’s University and randomly allocated between 3 groups: positive, negative and a control. Blood pressure was measured 5 times across the duration of the 15-minute study for each participant. A one-way ANOVA test was used to identify if there were statistically significant differences between the groups. All analyses were completed using SPSS Version 27.ResultsNegative reinforcement (-11 mmHg) versus control (-5.4 mmHg) elicited a statistically significant increase in systolic blood pressure (SBP) and rate-pressure product (p < 0.05, p < 0.05, respectively). No significant differences were found between groups in typing test scores, diastolic blood pressure, and heart rate. Qualitative analysis determined that negative feedback decreased confidence while increasing performance; positive reinforcement increased both confidence and performance.ConclusionThe study concluded that positive reinforcement should be implemented in university-level courses as it was found to increase typing performance while decreasing SBP.

Keywords: reinforcement, stress, blood pressure, typing, students
First record of the genus Microphaeochroops Pic, 1930 (Coleoptera: Hybosoridae) from China
Authors:   Southern Scientific Center of Russian Academy of Sciences, Rostov-on-Don 344006, Russia, Shokhin I.V.
Published: May 2022

The genus Microphaeochroops Pic, 1930 is recorded from Yunnan province of China for the first time. The diagnosis and photographs of Chinese specimen of M. hirsutus Pic, 1930 is also given. The studied material is deposited in the Zoological Institute, St. Petersburg.
The Complexity of Finite Model Reasoning in Description Logics
Authors:   Institute for Theoretical Computer Science TU Dresden, Lutz Carsten , Sattler Ulrike ,   Institute for Theoretical Computer Science TU Dresden, Tendera Lidia ,   Institute for Theoretical Computer Science TU Dresden
Published: May 2022

We analyze the complexity of finite model reasoning in the description logic ALCQI, i.e. ALC augmented with qualifying number restrictions, inverse roles, and general TBoxes. It turns out that all relevant reasoning tasks such as concept satisfiability and ABox consistency are EXPTIME-complete, regardless of whether the numbers in number restrictions are coded unarily or binarily. Thus, finite model reasoning with ALCQI is not harder than standard reasoning with ALCQI.
Entre sanos y enfermos
Authors:   Universidad Autónoma del Estado de Hidalgo, López Romero David
Published: May 2022

La presente obra es resultado de una versión posterior a la que fue presentada como trabajo para obtener el grado de doctor en antropología de la Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, el trabajo fue enriquecido al añadirse nuevas referencias y corregir detalles de precisión histórica.
Geography, gender, and collaboration trends among global health authors
Authors: Yao Jacqueline , Nguyen Anne Xuan-Lan , Xiang Lucille , Li Anna , Wu Albert Y.
Published: May 2022

Background

Imbalances in global health authorship have previously been documented, but the extent of the problem has yet to be examined longitudinally across many journals. This paper investigates the gender (2002-2020) and geographic distribution (2014-2020) of authors publishing in peer-reviewed global health journals. We also examined the amount of global health research collaboration among different income groups and continents.

Methods

This cohort study analyzes articles published in 46 peer-reviewed global health journals. Gender-API assigned genders to 190,809 individuals who authored a combined 33,854 articles. The country affiliations of authors were categorized by continent and World Bank income groups. Descriptive analyses were conducted to assess collaboration between first and last authors belonging to different World Bank income groups and continents.

Findings

Women made up 39.3% of global health authors, and there was a statistically significant increase in the proportion of women authors between 2002 and 2020. The proportion of all global health authors who are women was highest in high income countries (45.9%) and lowest in low income countries (28.2%). Authors from middle income countries comprised of an increasing proportion of global health authors between 2014 and 2020. For articles with multiple authors, 16.0% and 24.1% have first and last authors from different income groups and continents, respectively.

Conclusions

While women and LMIC researchers are increasingly represented in global health publications, authorship gaps continue to persist. More research on structural determinants is necessary to elucidate how we improve authorship equity and support underrepresented global health expertise.
RESEARCH OF THE TEXT PROCESSING METHODS IN ORGANIZATION OF ELECTRONIC STORAGES OF INFORMATION OBJECTS
Authors: Barkovska Olesia , Khomych Viktor , Nastenko Oleksandr
Published: May 2022

The subject matter of the article is electronic storage of information objects (IO) ordered by specified rules at the stage of accumulation of qualification thesis and scientific work of the contributors of the offered knowledge exchange system provided to the system in different formats (text, graphic, audio). Classified works of contributors of the system are the ground for organization of thematic rooms for discussion to spread scientific achievements, to adopt new ideas, to exchange knowledge and to look for employers or mentors in different countries. The goal of the work is to study the libraries of text processing and analysis to speed-up and increase accuracy of the scanned text documents classification in the process of serialized electronic storage of information objects organization. The following tasks are: to study the text processing methods on the basis of the proposed generalized model of the system of classification of scanned documents with the specified location of the block of text processing and analysis; to investigate the statistics of change in the execution time of the developed parallel modification of the methods of the word processing module for the system with shared memory for collections of text documents of different sizes; analyze the results. The methods used are the following: parallel digital sorting methods, methods of mathematical statistics, linguistic methods of text analysis. The following results were obtained: in the course of the research fulfillment the generalized model of the scanned documents classification system that consist of image processing unit and text processing unit that include unit of the scanned image previous processing; text detection unit; previous text processing; compiling of the frequency dictionary; text proximity detection was offered. Conclusions: the proposed parallel modification of the previous text processing unit gives acceleration up to 3,998 times. But, at a very high computational load (collection of 18144 files, about 1100 MB), the resources of an ordinary multiprocessor-based computer with the shared memory obviously is not enough to solve such problems in the mode close to real time.
CHOOSING THE TEST AUTOMATION SYSTEM ACCORDING TO CUSTOMER REQUIREMENTS
Authors: Popov Andrei , Momot Myroslav , Yelizieva Alina
Published: May 2022

The subject of the research are methods and technologies for automating the process of software product testing. The aim of the work is to optimize the time and costs for performing automated testing of software products. The following tasks were solved: analysis of existing software testing automation systems; formation of system of selection criteria for testing automation systems; development of formalized model of selection process; development of automation system selection algorithm considering customer's requirements; development of UML diagrams for presentation of functional capabilities of developed application; development of application for informational support of selection process. To solve these tasks, we used methods of system analysis, theory of sets and technologies of cross-platform applications development. The following results were obtained: The most popular systems of test automation have been analyzed, their scope and main capabilities have been singled out. Selection criteria are singled out, divided into qualitative and quantitative. Formalized model for choosing test automation systems taking into account their characteristics and customer requirements is proposed. Developed UML diagram shows the functionality of the developed subsystem. The proposed algorithm for determining the re-recommended system of test automation allows us to take into account the vectors of criteria for testing systems. On the basis of the formalized model and algorithm we developed a subsystem that allows us to determine the optimal variant of test automation system on the basis of the introduced selection criteria. Conclusions: informational support for choosing a test automation system for software products based on the developed algorithm takes into account the customer's requirements and the characteristics of the existing systems, which allows us to select the most preferable option out of the possible systems. The main result of the developed subsystem is a recommendation for a user to use an automated testing system, taking into account customer requirements.
Kesulitan Orang Tua dalam Penerapan BDR di Kelurahan Karot Kabupaten Manggarai Tahun 2021
Authors: Sum Theresia Alviani , Angkur Maria Fatima Mardina , Atradew Yuliana
Published: May 2022

Dua lembaga PAUD yang terletak di Kelurahan Karot Kabupaten Manggarai yaitu TK Santu Fransiskus Asisi Karot dan PAUD Hamba Maria melaksanakan kegiatan belajar dari rumah karena pandemic covid 19. Situasi ini memaksa para orang tua beralih fungsi menjadi guru di rumah dengan segala keterbatasan pengetahuan dan dan kompetensi. Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk melihat dan mendalami proses belajar dari rumah yang dilaksanakan oleh kedua lembaga serta peran orang tua dalam membantu anak belajar dari rumah. Beberapa hal yang digali adalah bagaimana orang tua membimbing dan membelajarkan anak, menciptakan lingkungan belajar serta media yang disiapkan orang tua untuk mendukung pembelajaran anak di rumah serta kendala yang dihadapi orang tua. Jenis penelitian yang digunakan dalam penelitian ini adalah penelitian kulitatif dengan menggunakan instrument angket, wawancara dan observasi dalam pengumpulan data.  Hasil penelitian menunjukan banyak orang tua yang bingung, tidak tahu apa-apa, belum siap dan merasa terbebani karena begitu banyak kegiatan yang harus diurus termasuk membantu anak belajar terutama dirasakan para orang tua dengan pekerjaan tetap baik di kantor atau tugas lain sebagai ASN. Hal ini kemudian berdampak pada kualitas pembelajaran yang diterima anak-anak
Standar Sarana Prasarana bagi Pendidikan Ideal
Authors: Fitriani Amel , Padilah Anisa Nur , Suwandi Nandita Putria , Prihantini Prihantini
Published: May 2022

Sarana dan prasarana pendidikan merupakan hal yang dapat menunjang kualitas pendidikan karena dapat mempermudah berbagai pihak selama proses pembelajaran berlangsung. Penulisan artikel ini bertujuan untuk memaparkan dan menjelaskan proses pengelolaan sarana dan prasarana pendidikan dalam rangka menciptakan pendidikan yang ideal. Dalam penulisannya, penelitian ini dikaji menggunakan metode kualitatif atau pendekatan deskriptif sehingga diperoleh pembahasan melalui studi kepustakaan yang diperoleh dari berbagai sumber. Setelah dianalisis, maka diperoleh bahwa pengelolaan sarana dan prasarana pendidikan merupakan suatu hal yang penting untuk dilakukan, karena masih banyak sekolah yang belum melakukan pengelolaan sarana dan prasarana sesuai dengan kebijakan pemerintah. Dalam hal ini, pengelelolaan sarana dan prasarana memiliki fungsi dan peran penting untuk meningkatkan kualitas pembelajaran agar pendidikan yang ideal dapat tercipta. Agar pengelolaan sarana dan prasarana dapat dilakukan dengan baik dan memadai, pengelolaan sarana dan prasarana harus dimaksimalkan agar pendidikan yang ideal dapat tercapai sesuai dengan yang diharapkan
Pengaruh Model Pembelajaran Student Facilitator and Explaining Terhadap Daya Berpikir Kritis Siswa
Authors: Riadi Fadhilah Salsabila , Yahya Rachmi Nursifa , Dewi Syva Lestiani , Prihantini Prihantini
Published: May 2022

Tujuan dari penelitian ini adalah untuk mengetahui keterkaitan antara model pembelajaran Student Facilitator and Explaining terhadap daya berpikir kritis siswa dalam pelajaran Matematika. Hal ini dilatarbelakangi karena siswa masih kurang peduli terhadap pembelajaran  Matematika. Penelitian ini menggabungkan dua pendekatan yang pendekatan kualitatif  dan  kuantitatif. Pengumpulan data dengan pendekatan kualitatif didapatkan Dengan metode wawancara sedangkan data dari pendekatan kuantitatif didasarkan pada transkrip nilai Matematika salah satu sekolah dasar yakni SDN Cibiru 9. Dalam pengolahan  datanya kami menggunakan teknik  deskriptif  untuk menggeneralisasikan hasil penelitian ini. Hasilnya adalah adanya hubungan positif antara model pembelajaran Student  Facilitator  and  Explaining terhadap gaya berpikir siswa dalam pelajaran matematika
आभासी चलन आणि भारतीय अर्थव्यवस्था
Authors: BAGDE RAKSHIT MADAN
Published: May 2022

आभासी चलन, क्रिप्टोकरन्सी किंवा क्रिप्टो-चलन हा बायनरी डेटाचा संग्रह आहे जो एक्सचेंजचे माध्यम म्हणून काम करण्यासाठी तयार केलेला आहे. वैयक्तिक नाण्यांच्या मालकीच्या नोंदी डिजिटल लेजरमध्ये संग्रहित केल्या जातात, जो व्यवहाराच्या नोंदी सुरक्षित करण्यासाठी, अतिरिक्त नाण्यांच्या निर्मितीवर नियंत्रण ठेवण्यासाठी आणि नाण्यांच्या मालकीच्या हस्तांतरणाची पडताळणी करण्यासाठी मजबूत क्रिप्टोग्राफी वापरून संगणकीकृत डेटाबेस आहे. क्रिप्टोकरन्सी सामान्यत: फिएट चलने असतात, कारण त्यांना पाठींबा नसतो किंवा कमोडिटीमध्ये बदलता येत नाही. काही क्रिप्टो योजना क्रिप्टोकरन्सी राखण्यासाठी व्हॅलिडेटर वापरतात. प्रूफ-ऑफ-स्टेक मॉडेलमध्ये मालक त्यांचे टोकन संपार्श्विक म्हणून ठेवतात. त्या बदल्यात त्यांना त्यांनी दिलेल्या रकमेच्या प्रमाणात टोकनवर अधिकार मिळतो. सामान्यतः या टोकन स्टेकर्सना नेटवर्क फी, नव्याने तयार केलेली टोकन्स किंवा इतर अशा बक्षीस यंत्रणेद्वारे टोकनमध्ये अतिरिक्त मालकी मिळते. क्रिप्टोकरन्सी भौतिक स्वरूपात अस्तित्वात नाही (कागदी पैशाप्रमाणे) आणि सामान्यत: केंद्रीय प्राधिकरणाद्वारे जारी केली जात नाही. क्रिप्टोकरन्सी सामान्यत: मध्यवर्ती बँकेच्या डिजिटल चलनाच्या विरूद्ध विकेंद्रित नियंत्रण वापरतात.
Thảo luận về ngành du lịch sau hai năm Covid-19
Authors: Hanh Ha Thi Hong
Published: May 2022

Thảo luận về ngành du lịch sau hai năm Covid-19
Developmental Relations Between Bullying Victimization and Suicidal Ideation in Middle Adolescence and Emerging Adulthood: Do Internalizing Problems and Substance Use Mediate Their Links?
Authors: Zhu Xinxin , Griffiths Helen , Eisner Manuel , Hepp Urs , Ribeaud Denis , Murray Aja Louise
Published: May 2022

Previous research has suggested that bullying victimization is associated with higher suicidal risk among young people; however, the mechanisms underlying this relation have not been well examined. The current study aimed to illuminate the developmental links between bullying victimization and suicidal ideation by examining the mediating roles of depressive symptoms, anxiety symptoms, and substance use. The study sample consisted of n=1465 participants (51.7% male) from the normative z-proso study. Using random intercept cross-lagged panel models and three waves of longitudinal data (ages 15, 17, and 20), the hypothesized mediation effects at the within-person level were tested while partialling out between-person confounds. The results suggested that, at the within-person level, bullying victimization did not predict subsequent suicidal ideation via depressive symptoms, anxiety symptoms, or substance use. However, age 15 bullying victimization predicted within-person increases in age 17 depressive symptoms and suicidal ideation. In addition, depressive symptoms at age 15 and tobacco and cannabis use at age 17 were associated with within-person increases in bullying victimization at ages 17 and 20, respectively. The results also indicated that cannabis use and suicidal ideation were positively and reciprocally related over time. Future studies collecting data at multiple timescales are needed to understand proximal and longer-term mechanisms underlying the relation between bullying victimization and suicidality.
Large Language Models Predict Cognition and Education Close to or Better than Genomics or Expert Assessment
Authors: Wolfram Tobias , Tropf Felix C , Rahal Charles
Published: May 2022

Previous research using standard social survey data has emphasized a relative lack of power when predicting educational and psychological outcomes. Leveraging a unique longitudinal dataset, we explore the potential predictive ceilings for educational attainment, cognitive abilities, and non-cognitive traits using recent advances in deep learning-based natural language processing, the frontier of genomic techniques, and teacher-based assessment. We show that short aspirational essays of around 250 words written at age 11 accurately predict cognition and non-cognitive traits at the same and later age, similar to teacher assessment. The same is true for predicting final educational attainment. Genomic prediction is substantially less accurate. When these three non-standard measures are combined into an ensemble model, they can nearly perfectly predict cognitive ability (70%, close to test-retest reliability) and explain 38% of individual differences in educational attainment. These findings show that recent advances in large language modeling equip behavioral and social scientists with tools for accurate prediction, strongly motivating responsible research into a deeper understanding of the information which such models are accurately able to contextualise.
Protecting, Transforming, and Projecting the Single Market. Open Strategic Autonomy and Digital Sovereignty in the EU’s Trade and Digital Policies
Authors: Schmitz Luuk , Seidl Timo
Published: May 2022

In recent years, the EU has reformulated its trade and digital policies under the banners of open strategic autonomy and digital sovereignty, respectively. The existing literature has only begun to explain this departure from the market-centered and efficiency-oriented rhetoric that has dominated European policymaking for the last decades. In this paper, we argue that the discursive turn towards autonomy and sovereignty is part of a larger recasting of the European project, which we understand as the evolving compromise between a neoliberal, a neo-mercantilist, and a socially-oriented faction. Through a combination of document analysis, interviews, and discourse network analysis, we show that a changing global environment has provided an opening to challenge the existing, neoliberally dominated consensus. We further show how open strategic autonomy and digital sovereignty are used as coalition magnets in mobilizing support for a more assertive, capable, and interventionist Europe able to protect and promote its interests and values in an increasingly digitalized and geopoliticized world.
Seven Decades of Indo-Nepal Relations: A Critical Review of Nehruvian-Colonial Legacy, Trilateralism as a Way Forward
Authors: Sangroula Yubaraj
Published: May 2022

Nepal is one of few long-surviving nations in Asia. According to Pandit Bhagvanlal Indraji, a noted Indian historian, Nepal’s origin as a nation dates 12 years before the end of Dwapaayuga (approximately 1700 BC). The linguistic historian Bal Krishna Pokharel and Italian writer Guiseppe Tucci have narrated the historic succession of an empire with Sinja as its capital city including regions of Garwal, Kumaon, present Uttarakhand of India, and current Nepal’s capital city, the Kathmandu Valley. It is said that the powerful Nepal of that time had assisted Chandra Gupt Maurya to oust Dhana Nanda and establish the Mauryan Dynasty. These accounts plainly show Nepal’s antiquity as a nation with a history of glorious past, shaped by pearls of wisdom, serenity, and peace. Alongside, there are histories of mighty nations and civilizations both in the North and South where Nepal’s landscape and civilization always stand as a bridge between two mighty Empires ruled by several powerful dynasties and the world’s faveolus civilizations. However, from the beginning of the 19th century, Nepal lives in a turbulent time and series of turmoil. The genesis of chaos belongs to the British colonial occupation of India—as a fateful time in history. Nepal suffered from a British imperialist invasion beginning from 1814, ending at the loss of its larger part of the geography, namely Garwal and Kumaon, which now form the territory of independent India. Against this backdrop, this paper focuses on analyzing Indo-Nepal relations from a historical perspective. It assesses a winding history of Indo-Nepal relations followed by examining the 1950 Peace and Friendship Treaty, critically analyzing Indian claims and blames about China factor in Indo-Nepal relations, and explaining the role of geography and geopolitics in Indo-Nepal relations along with International Law and rules of International Relations incorporating the perspective of conspiracy theory. The paper claims that Indian foreign policy to Nepal has some faultiness and fault lines, therefore, she needs to correct her foreign policy towards Nepal based on equality in sovereignty and status. It adopts a qualitative method with descriptive, interpretative, and critical approaches. Lastly, it concludes that the trilateralism is the necessity of the economic boom of the region as a whole for the common gains and prosperity of all mankind of the South Asian region.
Nature of the State: Marxist Critique and its Divergences in Contemporary World
Authors: Sapkota Mahendra
Published: May 2022

This paper seeks to synthesize the scientific issues of the Marxist critique of the State. Taking insights from secondary literature, it discusses the concept and characteristics of the State in general and then specifies the contestations of the Marxist perspective on the nature of the State. The paper illustrates how classical Marxism perceives State as a unilinear product of class struggle and serves the welfare of the dominant class. However, the recent developments in Marxism have raised questions to the realist and structural perspective of the State. The Neo-Marxist and post-Marxist scholars contributed along with the concepts of ideology, changing relations of base-structure, hegemony, State apparatus, and crisis in the purist form of class. This paper concludes that these developments are unavoidable in the present-day Marxist discourse which can be theoretically levelled as multi-realist and post-structural critiques of the State. It is expected that the implication of the paper lies to foster the Marxist critique of the state, primarily in different social science disciplines including political science, international relations, economics, and development studies.
Silicon Valley to Silk Road: Chimerica to Chiorld
Authors: Razzak Md Abdur
Published: May 2022

No Abstract available.
Comparison of intranasal dexmedetomidine and oral midazolam as premedication for cochlear implant surgery in children
Authors: Agrawal Ankit , Anuruddha Singh  , Arpit Agrawal
Published: May 2022

Background: Children undergoing surgical procedures can experience significant anxiety and distress during the perioperative period. The use of sedative premedication may help to reduce anxiety, minimize the emotional trauma, and facilitate a smooth induction of anesthesia. Midazolam is most commonly used as a premedication agent in children. Dexmedetomidine is a highly selective alpha-2 adrenoreceptor agonist that provides sedation, anxiolysis, and analgesic effects without causing respiratory depression.
Aims and Objectives: The aim of the study was to compare intranasally administered dexmedetomidine and oral midazolam for premedication in pediatric patients undergoing cochlear implant surgeries.
Materials and Methods: This prospective randomized controlled study included 60 ASA Grade I and II patients between 1 and 6 years of age who underwent cochlear implant surgeries under general anesthesia. Patients were divided into two groups. Group A received 1μg/kg intranasal dexmedetomidine and Group B patients received 0.5 mg/kg oral midazolam 45 min before induction. The pediatric separation anxiety was assessed using the pediatric separation anxiety scale (PSAS) while shifting the patient to operating room (OR) and mask acceptance was assessed by the attending anesthesiologist using mask acceptance scale (MAS) in OR who is blinded to the drug given. Heart rate (HR) and oxygen saturation were monitored till the end of procedure was noted on a pre-structured proforma.
Results: The mean PSAS in intranasal dexmedetomidine group was 1.00±0.00, while in the oral midazolam group was 2.10±0.31 (P=0.000). The mean MAS in intranasal dexmedetomidine group was 1.00±0.00, while in the oral midazolam group was 2.13±0.35 (P=0.000). Mean HR (P>0.05), systolic blood pressure (P>0.05), and diastolic blood pressure (P>0.05) were comparable between both the groups. There was a statistically significant association seen between sedation grade and the groups (P=0.000), showing that groups are dependent on the sedation group. There was a statistically significant association seen between wake up behavior grade and the groups (P=0.000), showing that groups are dependent on the wake up behavior grade.
Conclusion: Intranasal dexmedetomidine is an effective and safe alternative for premedication in view of parental separation, mask acceptance, hemodynamic stability, and sedation for the children undergoing cochlear implant surgeries under general anesthesia.