bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Material World of Ekaterinburg Offices in the Mid-1730s (with Reference to the Premises of the Siberian Oberbergamt)
Authors:   Ural Federal University, Ekaterinburg, Borodina Elena V.
Published: January 2023

This article studies the material world of the office of the Siberian Oberbergamt in the 1730s. It aims to reconstruct the interior and decoration of the building to understand the conditions in which the clerks of the authority were working, as well as to find out what ordinary people who came to the institution on a particular issue saw. The analysis of monographs and articles devoted to the problem under consideration makes it possible to conclude that there are practically no studies of this kind. More often, descriptions of administrative buildings can be found in works on the history of architecture and construction, less often one can see them in works characterising the activities of the authorities or extant buildings of government bodies. The study is based on the methods of classical primary source studies. The author refers to such primary sources as documentary materials resulting from the activities of the Siberian Regional Office and several other regional offices. First, these are inventories which were compiled when the territory or bodies of the court and/or administration were transferred from one head to another. As a result of the analysis of primary sources and historiography, the author concludes that the furniture and appearance of the Siberian Oberbergamt corresponded to the requirements for equipping the premises of state structures formulated in the General Regulations (1720). Unlike many voivodeship offices, the building of the Siberian Oberbergamt was constructed according to the samples and technologies used in St Petersburg. Despite this, its furnishings combined both the “traditional” elements of the decoration of central and regional administrative bodies of the seventeenth century (icons, benches instead of chairs, chests for storing documents) and innovations (mirrors and clocks).
The Terrible in the Works of Adamist Poets S. Gorodetsky, V. Narbut, and M. Zenkevich
Authors:   Ural Federal University, Ekaterinburg, Vasilyev Igor Ye.
Published: January 2023

This article analyses the terrible in the works of Adamist poets to identify common features and patterns in their creative work. Adamism is both a synonym for Acmeism and the designation of its left wing, represented by S. Gorodetsky, V. Narbut, and M. Zenkevich. Accepting the basic postulates of Gumilyov’s Acmeism (supported by A. Akhmatova and O. Mandelstam) about the primordial attitude to reality, the priority of objectivity in the composition of the artistic world which sought to acquire earthly contours and outlines, Adamists were much more resolute about the possibility of considering a wide range of everyday phenomena and everyday things worthy of artistic comprehension. Physiologism, the animal nature in humans, and primitive savage impulses also became a favorite basis for Adamists for their naturalistic pictorial solutions. This vitalist approach was combined with an interest in the spontaneous, pagan, and folklore and ethnographic. The bearers of the terrible in V. Narbut are disgusting and ugly things, people, animals, representatives of folk demonology, mystical creatures, and zombies. Their appearance and existence are associated with a violation of the norm, deformity or disfiguring disease, the appearance of evil spirits, and the domination of death and decay. All this, for the characters and the lyrical subject himself, was a manifestation of the Otherworldly and the intrusion of a frightening Other into everyday life. The material and biological basis presented through the prism of coarse physiology, animal struggle for existence, and aggressive struggle of the sexes determines the interpretation of the terrible in M. Zenkevich’s poetry. The article examines how any layers of culture collapse and terrible crimes and murders are committed when primitive animal and wild subconscious instincts are released. The evolution of the terrible in Zenkevich is related to the movement from the eschatology of the natural-cosmic catastrophism of the Earth to the eschatology of personality, the comprehension of the tragedy of the individual’s existence. Gorodetsky’s poetry is associated with the folk poetic element, ethnographic excursions, interest in social issues, and anti-urbanism. Many thematic sections of the terrible combine Gorodetsky’s work with the work of literary brothers in Adamism: interest in the primary and primordial, folk demonology, nightmares, and death. The peculiarity of Gorodetsky’s approach to the problem of the terrible manifests itself in the artistic embodiment of the motif of the mask, hiding the conflict between the deceptive phenomenon and the essence of things: for the poet, the loss of individuality, facelessness, and alienation are terrible.
On M. Yu. Lermontov’s “Sweets” and “Bitter Medicines”: An Attempt at “Interlinear” Reading of the Preface of A Hero of Our Time
Authors:   State University of Nizhny Novgorod (Arzamas Branch), Arzamas, Pyatkin Sergei N. , Kudryashov Igor V. ,   State University of Nizhny Novgorod (Arzamas Branch), Arzamas
Published: January 2023

This article analyses the Preface for the second edition of A Hero of Our Time by M. Yu. Lermontov written in the spring of 1841, which has not yet become the subject of a special study. The logic of the study is based on one of the provisions of V. G. Belinsky’s critical work on Lermontov’s novel postulating the principles of “interlinear” reading of the Preface, which, according to the critic, can only contribute to the correct understanding of the author’s intention of this text. The article pays special attention to the figurative and symbolic structure of the final paragraph of the Preface, potentially containing references to the texts of the Holy Scripture. The authors provide arguments about the conscious orientation of Lermontov’s thought to biblical sources, which is caused by the writer’s reaction to the first critical responses about the novel, where an important role belongs to the review of S. O. Burachok, as well as a deep creative understanding of “religious disputes” with V. F. Odoevsky, which took place at the time of Lermontov’s work on the Preface to the second edition of the book. The conceptual nature of the statement “people have been fed enough with sweets; their stomachs have deteriorated because of this: bitter medicines, caustic truths are needed” is notable in the dialogic discourse of the author’s Preface. This phrase actualises the reader’s different-quality perception of a literary work and implements the semantics of likening a book to an edible thing and is an obvious reminiscence from chapter 10 of The Revelation of Saint John the Theologian. The phenomenological approach based on this study within the framework of hermeneutic and biographical methods makes it possible to establish that the purpose of Lermontov’s book as a “bitter medicine”, which goes back to the symbolism of bitterness in the Apostolic Revelation, is directly related to the author’s intention. It prompts the reader to realise the illusory “sweetness” of his moral superiority over the hero, the perception of the value meanings of the novel as a single spiritual principle, in which both the world of the hero and the world of the reader exist. In conclusion, the article points to the metatextual unity of the Preface of A Hero of Our Time and the poem Prophet, whose marker is reminiscences from the Revelation of Saint John the Theologian, which makes it possible to speak about the poet’s book as a prophetic novel.
Poetics of Transformation in I. Silantyev’s The Light of Arkhangelsk
Authors:   Institute of Philology of the Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Novosibirsk, Proskurina Elena N.
Published: January 2023

This study focuses on The Light of Arkhangelsk, a prose collection by Igor Silantyev, a Novosibirsk-based author and philologist. The subject of the analysis is the poetics of transformation that unites all the works in the book. The autobiographical framework that forms the subject of the memoir determines the creation of the author’s artistic myth, in which everything is possible: a mixture of present and past, past and unprecedented, the real and the unreal. Allusions to the works of Gogol, Hoffmann, N. A. Ostrovsky, and other writers flicker in the text. At the same time, the reminiscent field of the collection is fraught with wide possibilities for interpretation. The book is also full of many musical leitmotifs. The author plays with genres masterfully. In his artistic universe, confession is mixed with fairy tale, legend, dream, horror, etc. And vivid images undergo many metamorphoses, arising in the memories of the self-narrator through the principle of complicity. At the same time, all the meanings found in the collection are devoid of direct manifestation but are presented from the position of homo ludens — not in the postmodern meaning of a literary game for the sake of the game. However, the grotesque phantasmagoria of transformation does not become the theatre of the absurd in the book. The ethical position of the author, whose emblem is the title of the collection, puts a limit to such confusion. The plot of I. Silantyev’s book conceals many different states of mind presented in the light of the “final understanding” of the finiteness of earthly existence and the eternity that opens behind it. It is no coincidence that the leading leitmotif images in it are wings, the sun, the dawning sky that has overcome the night. This essential layer supports the basis of hope, which is so shaky in today’s world that is losing value orientations.
“Against Nature”, or On How Scientific Description Becomes Ethical Prescription. Review of: Daston, L. (2019). Against Nature. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press. 96 p., il.
Authors:   Ural Federal University, Ekaterinburg, Shipitsyna Yulia S.
Published: January 2023

Against Nature, a book of L. Daston, is devoted to the historical transformations of the term “nature” and its significance in the formation of moral categories from Aristotle to our days. Daston pays special attention to the period between the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries when “modern science” emerged. Daston clarifies the essential contents of such terms as “nature”, “normativity”, and “universal natural laws”, reconstructs the contexts underlying the introduction of these categories into scholarly discourse and finds out their significance in a situation of the growing social importance of scientific knowledge. All these let Daston trace the logic of at least three ways for the “order of nature” to transfer into “moral order” and conclude that the order of nature only had a representative function. The review contains parts of the Russian translation of Daston’s main ideas and conclusions, its critical and historiographic evaluation. Daston’s thesis about the weakness of naturalisation as discoursive strategy is contemplated in the context of the criticism of anthropocentrism, vividly illustrated by works of M. Serres, B. Latour, D. Haraway and T. Morton.
When the Villages were Big: Imaginary Spaces on the Soviet Screen. Review of: Mazur, L. N., & Gorbachev, O. V. Soviet Films about the Village: An Attempt at Historical Interpretation of the Artistic Image. Moscow: ROSSPAN. 349 p., il.
Authors:   Tyumen State University, Tyumen, Fokin Aleksandr A. , Stepanov Boris E. ,   National Research University Higher School of Economics, Moscow
Published: January 2023

This article presents an attempt to comprehend Soviet rural cinematography as a mechanism of forming imaginary space. The Soviet cinema is analysed as one of the mechanisms of identity formation and place attachment based on Benedict Anderson’s concept. The cinema becomes an important mechanism for transforming nature and territory into environment and space. Examining Soviet Films about the Village: An Attempt at Historical Interpretation of the Artistic Image, a monograph by Lyudmila Mazur and Oleg Gorbachev, the article emphasises the authors’ innovative approach to understanding cinematography as a historical source, which makes it possible to reconstruct several aspects of life in the Soviet village at different periods of its existence. The authors offer a critical reflection on the concepts of Lyudmila Mazur and Oleg Gorbachev and an expanded comprehension of Soviet films on rural themes.
PLUME ANALYSIS OF PLUNGING LIQUID JETS WITH FLOOR INTERACTIONS USING STEREOGRAPHIC BACKLIT IMAGING
Authors: Pillers Roy A. , Heindel Theodore J.
Published: January 2023

Plunging liquid jets occur when a liquid jet travels through a gas and enters a liquid pool. They are studied in order to understand and model the highly efficient gas-liquid mixing in the resulting bubble plume. Among the aspects of plunging jets studied, compression effects at the bottom or within the pool, while relatively common in application, remain less understood in current literature. The presence of a tank floor spreads the resultant bubble plume which reduces the flow resistance between the rising bubble plume and the incoming liquid jet. The effect of the tank floor on the overall entrainment and mixing is unknown. In order to understand the compression effects of the plume-floor interaction, a liquid-filled tank was designed to simulate multiple tank depths. This work describes the apparatus used to produce a plunging jet with floor effects, as well as the image analysis methodology for identifying and comparing plume formations. Data were collected for multiple liquid flow rates encompassing different entrainment regimes as well as multiple plate positions, varying the level of plume and base interaction. Stereographic backlit images were acquired and several different identification methods are described to better define and compare bubble plume features. Limitations in the image analysis procedures are also described.
DIVERSE, HIGH-ACHIEVING YOUNG WOMEN AND THE PURSUIT OF ENGINEERING: ACCESS, ACCUMULATION, AND ACTIVATION OF CAPITAL
Authors: Bystydzienski Jill M. , Eisenhart Margaret A.
Published: January 2023

U.S. women continue to be underrepresented in engineering. Based on seven years of longitudinal, qualitative data on high school-to-college pathways of high-achieving young women (n = 57)-many of whom were women of color from low-income families and all of whom expressed interest in engineering- we examine the economic, social, and cultural capital that affected their persistence in engineering, and we introduce the concept of "engineering capital." In this article, we focus on seven of these young women to examine how positioning in the hierarchy of U.S. society affected their ability to access, accumulate, and activate engineering-related capital in pursuit of college engineering and how relevant institutions responded to the women's efforts. We conclude that the coordination of capital, identity formation, and stamina necessary to pursue engineering is extremely difficult without the benefit of a highly privileged set of circumstances.
Soil resistance during vibratory driving in sand
Authors: Massarsch K. Rainer
Published: January 2023

A mechanism to explain pile shaft resistance during vibratory driving is discussed. One hypothesis is that horizontally oscillating stresses temporarily reduce shaft resistance. Vibration measurements were conducted in medium-dense to dense sand during vibratory driving. A large compaction probe was installed by a vibrator with variable frequency. The driving process and ground response were documented in detail. Geophones were installed on and below the ground surface. Horizontal ground vibrations were measured at three levels below the ground surface. The difference in vibration response of the ground during driving at a high frequency (27 Hz) and at the system resonance frequency (15 Hz) showed the effect of the vibrator operating frequency on penetration speed and emitted ground vibrations. Horizontal stress pulses are emitted along the probe shaft, which can temporarily reduce static horizontal stresses acting against it. This phenomenon can explain the temporary reduction of shaft resistance and efficiency of vibratory driving in granular soils. As a result of these pulses, the horizontal stresses are increased permanently. Using a monitoring and process control system, the system resonance frequency can be determined in the field – a critical parameter for vibratory driving resistance, emission of ground vibrations and vibratory compaction of granular soils.
A comparative study of stabilising collapsible soil using different types of biopolymers
Authors: El Sawwaf Mostafa A. , Shahien Marawan M. , Nasr Ahmed M. , Habib Mahmoud S.
Published: January 2023

This paper presents a comprehensive study of using xanthan gum (XG), sodium alginate (SA) and gelatin (G) to stabilise collapsible soil. Modified Proctor, one-dimensional collapse, unconsolidated-undrained triaxial and California bearing ratio (CBR) tests were conducted to estimate the engineering characteristics of the untreated and treated soil. Additionally, x-ray diffraction (XRD) and scanning electron microscopy (SEM) tests were utilised to demonstrate the changes in the microstructure of the treated samples. It was found that biopolymers decreased the maximum dry density and increased the optimum water content. The results also indicated that a 4% content of XG, SA and G significantly reduced the collapse index by 96, 95 and 82%, respectively. Shear tests showed that biopolymers slightly reduced the internal friction angle and significantly increased the cohesion intercept, which led to shear strength improvement. The results also indicated that 4% XG-treated, 4% SA-treated and 4% G-treated samples exhibited higher shear strengths by 145, 106 and 73%, respectively, than the untreated samples under the same conditions. The findings also indicated that when the soil was mixed with a 4% concentration of XG, SA and G, the unsoaked CBR value increased by about 185, 157 and 141%, respectively.
Podocyte Geranylgeranyl Transferase Type-I Is Essential for Maintenance of the Glomerular Filtration Barrier
Authors: Boi Roberto , Bergwall Lovisa , Ebefors Kerstin , Bergö Martin O. , Nyström Jenny , Buvall Lisa
Published: January 2023

Significance Statement

A tightly regulated actin cytoskeleton attained through balanced activity of RhoGTPases is crucial to maintaining podocyte function. However, how RhoGTPases are regulated by geranylgeranylation, a post-translational modification, has been unexplored. The authors found that loss of the geranylgeranylation enzyme geranylgeranyl transferase type-I (GGTase-I) in podocytes led to progressive albuminuria and foot process effacement in podocyte-specific GGTase-I knockout mice. In cultured podocytes, the absence of geranylgeranylation resulted in altered activity of its downstream substrates Rac1, RhoA, Cdc42, and Rap1, leading to alterations of β1-integrins and actin cytoskeleton structural changes. These findings highlight the importance of geranylgeranylation in the dynamic management of RhoGTPases and Rap1 to control podocyte function, providing new knowledge about podocyte biology and glomerular filtration barrier function.

Background

Impairment of the glomerular filtration barrier is in part attributed to podocyte foot process effacement (FPE), entailing disruption of the actin cytoskeleton and the slit diaphragm. Maintenance of the actin cytoskeleton, which contains a complex signaling network through its connections to slit diaphragm and focal adhesion proteins, is thus considered crucial to preserving podocyte structure and function. A dynamic yet tightly regulated cytoskeleton is attained through balanced activity of RhoGTPases. Most RhoGTPases are post-translationally modified by the enzyme geranylgeranyl transferase type-I (GGTase-I). Although geranylgeranylation has been shown to regulate activities of RhoGTPases and RasGTPase Rap1, its significance in podocytes is unknown.

Methods

We used immunofluorescence to localize GGTase-I, which was expressed mainly by podocytes in the glomeruli. To define geranylgeranylation's role in podocytes, we generated podocyte-specific GGTase-I knockout mice. We used transmission electron microscopy to evaluate FPE and measurements of urinary albumin excretion to analyze filtration barrier function. Geranylgeranylation's effects on RhoGTPases and Rap1 function were studied in vitro by knockdown or inhibition of GGTase-I. We used immunocytochemistry to study structural modifications of the actin cytoskeleton and β1 integrins.

Results

Depletion of GGTase-I in podocytes in vivo resulted in FPE and concomitant early-onset progressive albuminuria. A reduction of GGTase-I activity in cultured podocytes disrupted RhoGTPase balance by markedly increasing activity of RhoA, Rac1, and Cdc42 together with Rap1, resulting in dysregulation of the actin cytoskeleton and altered distribution of β1 integrins.

Conclusions

These findings indicate that geranylgeranylation is of crucial importance for the maintenance of the delicate equilibrium of RhoGTPases and Rap1 in podocytes and consequently for the maintenance of glomerular integrity and function.
The Neo-Celtic Verbal Complex and Earlier Accentual Patterns
Authors: Koch John T.
Published: January 2023

Celtic inherited from Indo-European a system in which the first word of the sentence was invariably accented and was often followed by an unaccented word. In the evolution towards Gaelic and Brythonic, it became most common for that first word to be either a verb or a preverb. The beginning
of the sentence thus became even more clearly defined because, also as an inheritance from Indo-European, verbs and preverbs were unaccented in other positions. Between Proto-Indo-European and the earliest attested Gaelic and Brythonic, the accent moved. As a result, the phonetic effects of
the earlier accent became morphophonemic: phonologically stronger forms of verbs and preverbs occur in sentence-initial position in Old Irish and early Brythonic. Information about the shape and function of the clause, formerly conveyed by the accent, came to be conveyed by these morphophonemic
contrasts. If the inherited primary/secondary system marking tense still survived then, this new absolute/conjunct opposition clashed with it and displaced it.
Boundary value problem for the third-order equation with multiple characteristics
Authors: Djumaniyazova Khilola qAtamuratovna , Khashimov Abdukomil Risbekovich
Published: January 2023

The article constructs a unique solution to a tertiary-order equation with multiple characteristics with boundary conditions that include all possible local boundary conditions. The uniqueness of the solution of boundary value problems is proved by the method of integral equations using the sign-definiteness of quadratic forms. When proving the existence of a solution to the problem, Green's function method, the theory of integral equations and potentials are used.
Non-Surgical management with Intra-Arterial Concurrent Chemo Radio Therapy (IACCRT) can be a definitive organ preservation treatment for buccal cancer patient
Authors: Andrew Yau-Wah Young , Cheng-Yo Yen , Chil-Hsin Hung
Published: January 2023

Conventional Head and Neck cancer treatment with primary surgical intervention is a relatively suffering manipulation because of causing severe facial deformity, and mastication malfunction, and resulted in a very poor quality of life for the patients afterward. And post-operation adjuvant therapy with combined modality treatment with Concurrent Chemo-Radio Therapy (CCRT) has been recommended approach for H&N cancer for decades too. But it is also relatively more toxic to the patient, and further severely disrupts patients’ quality of life due to systemic side-effects caused by intravenous cytotoxic drug delivery. Intra-arterial infusion chemotherapy is another option for CCRT because of not only a better tumor response documented, and also bonus a better quality of life improvement. The demonstrated H&N cancer patient approaching with Intra-Arterial Concurrent Chemo-Radio Therapy (IACCRT) showed a very satisfactory curative outcome. Besides the much better quality of life for the patient was conserved, it also bonuses to restore the patient’s dignity of life when compared to the conventional suffering surgical intervention. Such highly humanize IACCRT treatment modality for H&N cancer patients should be recommended and encouraged in clinical practice.
Highly Parallel Droplet Sample Preparation for Single Cell Proteomics v2
Authors: Leduc Andrew
Published: January 2023

Protocol for preparing single cells for mass-spec analysis by nPOP as described by Leduc et al., 2021, 2022 DOI: 10.1186/s13059-022-02817-5. nPOP uses piezo acoustic dispensing to isolate individual cells in 300 picoliter volumes and performs all subsequent preparation steps in small droplets on a fluorocarbon-coated slide. This design enables simultaneous sample preparation of thousands of single cells in a single batch. This includes lysing, digesting, and labeling individual cells in volumes below 20 nl. nPOP supports different experimental designs including label free analysis, TMT 18plex with carrier, mTRAQ, and TMT-10plex for TOF instruments (see steps). Data, resources and additional information: https://scp.slavovlab.net/Leduc_et_al_2022 and https://scp.slavovlab.net/nPOP Andrew Leduc presented a detailed workflow of nPOP at the 4th Single Cell Proteomics Conference available on YouTube: https://youtu.be/DJ1U_KpMNcY The protocol uses the CellenONE system for liquid handling and cell sorting and assumes basic level of familiarity and training on the CellenONE. If there are any questions, please email leduc.an@northeastern.edu
ADMINISTRACIÓN DEPORTIVA
Authors: Gutiérrez Betancur Juan Francisco
Published: January 2023

Este texto parte de la creciente necesidad de que el educador físico se desenvuelva profesionalmente en el campo de la administración deportiva, y circunscribe por ende su perfil laboral: sus áreas de trabajo, sus funciones y los procesos que ha de cuidar.
¿LA EDUCACIÓN FÍSICA, CIENCIA?
Authors: Cagigal José María
Published: January 2023

El presente trabajo se concreta en la reflexión acerca de la educación física como posible ciencia, reflexión para la cual podemos seguir dos métodos opuestos: Uno más teórico, partiendo del análisis de los conceptos: otro más realista, examinando el corpus aceptado culturalmente como totalidad de estudios y prácticas y especificado por el objeto considerado como propio de la educación física.
Libro. Democratización del Deporte, la Educación Física y la Recreación
Authors: Tavosnanska Pedro Hugo
Published: January 2023

Cuarenta y siete autores de 12 países de América Latina y España, reúnen en esta obra aspectos sobre la Democratización, la Integración Regional y la Cooperación Internacional en el Deporte, la Educación Física y la Recreación. En este trabajo de 17 capítulos -que no fue realizado de modo independiente por cada uno de los autores- participan representantes oficiales de 45 instituciones del Mercosur, Latinoamérica y España que trabajaron articuladamente en pos de un mismo objetivo: la Democratización. Es la primera vez en nuestro continente que tan diversas instituciones abordan esta temática. Han construido, no sólo declamado, puentes de integración y cooperación, puentes de convivencia democrática y unidad latinoamericana. Es interesante poder leer las diversas miradas, los matices, las diferencias, conocer las experiencias vividas en los más variados rincones de la región. Sin duda este libro en conjunto demuestra un deseo importante de participar, como así también una trayectoria y una experiencia institucional que hicieron posible concretarlo. De este modo, creemos que nuestro movimiento político-institucional –que es el ForoMercosur Latinoamericano– se ha consolidado como el único espacio de este tipo en América Latina, que articula y lucha en pos de la Democratización del Deporte y la Integración Regional.
¿De qué hablamos cuando hablamos de "literatura afrocolombiana"? o los riesgos de las categorizaciones
Authors: Valero Silvia
Published: January 2023

El concepto de literatura afrocolombiana ha conseguido estatus académico en Colombia recientemente en el siglo XXI, a pesar de lo cual se insiste en clasificar como afrocolombianos/as a autores y obras anteriores. En este trabajo analizo las condiciones contextuales que hicieron surgir y consensuar dicha categoría en el campo literario ylas dificultades que encuentro entre algunas características que surgen como paradigmáticas de las producciones creativas y ensayísticas denominadas afrocolombianas. Finalmente, propongo que dicho paradigma se convierte en recurso obligado para algunos escritores y críticos actuales.
Los peinados afro, política, identidad y resistencia. El caso de las mujeres negras de los grupos Amafrocol y Entre Chontudas en Cali, Colombia
Authors: Domínguez Mendoza Karen Giselt
Published: January 2023

Este artículo es un estudio exploratorio sobre la resistencia que las mujeres negras hacen a partir de los peinados de sus cabellos afro en la ciudad de Cali, Colombia. Se indaga la manera en que las mujeres de las organizaciones Amafrocol y Entre Chontudas posicionan los peinados afro como una estrategia política de reconocimiento de sus identidades. Con un diseño cualitativo de estudio de caso, a través de entrevistas semiestructuradas a cuatro mujeres y un hombre de las organizaciones, etnografía virtual y observación participante en el Encuentro de Peinadoras y Concurso de Peinados Afro «Tejiendo Esperanzas» 2019, se efectuó un análisis desde las políticas del reconocimiento y la diferencia, y desde los feminismos negros. Se concluye que las mujeres negras encuentran en los peinados y su cabello afro natural una forma de gestionar demandas colectivas, desarrollando estrategias políticas y económicas que les permiten ganar poder y autonomía.
Tourist and recreational potential of the city of Konotop
Authors:   Taras Shevchenko national University of Kyiv, Konovalenko V. O. , Demianenko S. ,   Taras Shevchenko national University of Kyiv
Published: January 2023

Tourism is an integral part of the economy of any country. And Ukraine is one of the leading countries in the world in terms of the number of tourist visits per year. But, at the same time, tourists usually visit such cities as Kyiv, Lviv, Kharkiv, Odesa and a number of resort towns. Because of this, there is every reason to believe that the potential of the tourism industry is not being used properly and to its full potential. If you shift the emphasis towards smaller cities that have a sufficient number of tourist and recreational resources and develop their media presence, that is, build a brand around them, then you can increase the number of tourist flows and improve the economic situation in Ukraine. Therefore, it was decided to conduct a study related to the tourist and recreational potential of the city of Konotop. The urgency of the work lies in the need to analyze the resource and infrastructural components of the city to determine potential directions of tourism development in the post-war period. The city of Konotop has quite a powerful resource potential for the development of tourism. A SWOT analysis was conducted to assess the tourist resource provision, the results of which show that the city has every chance to further increase the number of potential visitors, even despite weaknesses, such as the lack of balneological resources or the insufficient coverage of information about tourist resources in electronic sources, although this can be corrected. If the state government, local community and tourism operators cooperate, this area will only prosper in the future.
Tourism and recreation in rural areas: problem of cluster approach
Authors:   Taras Shevchenko national University of Kyiv, Koroma N.
Published: January 2023

This study examines modern rural changes associated with the transition from an economy focused on production to an economy focused on services, which in the future will allow the formation of tourist clusters within rural areas. The history of the formation of a scientific view on such concepts as "rural", "rural area", "rural tourism and recreation" is studied. Three main characteristics that clearly define the districts as rural were studied: population density and size of the settlement, land use and economy, traditional public structures. The spectrum of tourist and recreational activities in the countryside has been formed, which make up its attractiveness through attractions and the development of relevant types of tourism. The potential aspects of the development of rural tourism are identified. An analysis of socio-economic, cultural, and physical influences on the development of tourism and recreation in rural areas was proposed. A number of dynamic processes in the measurement of world trends are highlighted. The general strategy of the tourist cluster is proposed.
Educational excursion "Natural conditions and resources of Kaniv region"
Authors:   Taras Shevchenko national University of Kyiv, Pashkova А. , Demianenko S. ,   Taras Shevchenko national University of Kyiv
Published: January 2023

The article analyzes the theoretical foundations of organizing and conducting geographical excursions in general secondary education institutions. The natural conditions and resources of the Kaniv Oblast are described, as a basis for the development of a school geographical excursion. The selection of objects and the planning of the excursion route, which takes place in the territory of the city of Kaniv (Cherkasy region), have been carried out. An analysis of the Dnipro River as an excursion object was carried out, during the inspection of which it is planned to conduct an educational study "Hydrological features of the Dnipro River", which includes the implementation of practical tasks and consolidation of knowledge acquired in geography lessons at school.
A State-of-the-Art Review of Time Series Forecasting Using Deep Learning Approaches
Authors: Chandrasekaran Radhika , Kumar Paramasivan Senthil
Published: January 2023

Time series forecasting has recently emerged as a crucial study area with a wide spectrum of real-world applications. The complexity of data processing originates from the amount of data processed in the digital world. Despite a long history of successful time-series research using classic statistical methodologies, there are some limits in dealing with an enormous amount of data and non-linearity. Deep learning techniques effectually handle the complicated nature of time series data. The effective analysis of deep learning approaches like Artificial Neural Networks (ANN), Convolutional Neural Networks (CNN), Recurrent Neural Networks (RNN), Long short-term memory (LSTM), Gated Recurrent Unit (GRU), Autoencoders, and other techniques like attention mechanism, transfer learning, and dimensionality reduction are discussed with their merits and limitations. The performance evaluation metrics used to validate the model's accuracy are discussed. This paper reviews various time series applications using deep learning approaches with their benefits, challenges, and opportunities.
Statistical Analysis and Deep Learning Associated Modeling for Early stage Detection of Carinoma
Authors: Rangaswamy K. , Dhanya D. , Devi B. Rupa , Reddy C Sateesh Kumar , Reddy R. Obulakonda
Published: January 2023

The high death rate and overall complexity of the cancer epidemic is a global health crisis. Progress in cancer prediction based on gene expression has increased in light of the speedy advancement using modern high-throughput sequencing methods and a wide range of machine learning techniques, bringing insights into efficient and precise treatment decision-making. Therefore, it is of significant interest to create machine learning systems that accurately identify cancer patients and healthy people. Although several classification systems have been applied to cancer prediction, no single strategy has proven superior. This research shows how to apply deep learning to an optimization method that uses numerous machine learning models. Statistical analysis has helped us choose informative genes, and we've been feeding those to five different categorization models. The results from the five different classifiers are ensembled in the next step using a deep learning technique. The three most common types of adenocarcinoma are those of the lungs, stomach, and breasts. The suggested deep learning-based inter-ensembles model was tested with deep learning-based algorithms on Carcinoma data. The results of the tests show that relative to using only one set of classifiers or the simple consensus algorithm, it improves the precision of cancer prognosis in every analyzed carcinoma dataset. The suggested deep learning-based inter-ensemble approach is demonstrated to be reliable and efficient for cancer diagnosis by entirely using diverse classifiers.
Performance and Next-Generation Development of the Finite-Fault Rupture Detector (FinDer) within the United States West Coast ShakeAlert Warning System
Authors: Böse Maren , Andrews Jennifer , Hartog Renate , Felizardo Claude
Published: January 2023

Rapid fault rupture information is important to estimate seismic ground motions and damage in large earthquakes, and is, therefore, of great value for earthquake early warning (EEW) and rapid response. The Finite-Fault Rupture Detector (FinDer) algorithm computes earthquake line-source models by comparing spatial distributions of high-frequency seismic amplitudes with precomputed template maps. FinDer is one of two seismic EEW algorithms currently adopted by the United States West Coast ShakeAlert EEW system. Between March 2018 and October 2022, FinDer detected 1048 earthquakes (2.3 ≤ M ≤ 7.1) inside the FinDer-reporting region in California, Oregon, and Washington with a median detection time of 8.5 s (75th and 95th percentile: 11.5 s, 38.9 s) after event origin and median errors (first report) of 6.7 km (75th and 95th percentile: 10.5 km, 25.5 km) in location, −0.45 s (mean ± st. dev.: 0.1 ± 5.9 s) in origin time, and 0.33 units (mean ± st. dev.: 0.33 ± 0.31 m.u.) in magnitude. Ground motions estimated using FinDer source parameters are in excellent agreement with observed peak ground accelerations, and residuals are, on average, 30% smaller than if predicted from catalog source parameters. This suggests that FinDer’s simple source parameter terms are accounting for more complex high-frequency source characteristics. This article summarizes the performance of FinDer in ShakeAlert and describes the recent improvements to the algorithm addressing issues encountered during real-time operation. This includes the handling of latent seismic data, robust event detection in regions with sparse instrumentation, enabling faster magnitude convergence in large earthquakes, use of fault- and scenario-specific earthquakes (e.g., along the Cascadia subduction zone or San Andreas fault), as well as increased robustness of FinDer in complex earthquake sequences. We demonstrate the performance of the new FinDer version 3 algorithm using waveform playbacks of selected events along the U.S. West Coast, Japan, and China, including both historic and synthetic earthquakes.
Legal Mechanisms for Securing Technological Sovereignty in the Electric Power Industry under the Sanctions Pressure
Authors:   Institute of Legislation and Comparative Law under the Government of the Russian Federation, Maksimenko Petr N.
Published: January 2023

The electric power industry as a fundamental branch of the Russian economy is actively developing, inter alia, through technological and digital capacity expansion. Under the increased sanctions pressure on the Russian economy, the electric power industry, as well as other areas of the fuel and energy complex, is subject to significant risks associated with the need for technology import substitution. Taking into account the significant public and legal impact on the electric power market due to its high social and economic importance, the active introduction and development of technological and digital services in the industry is limited to some extent. Therefore, special legal regulation shall be further improved to expand the civil-law freedoms of electric power industry entities, especially in view of new technological and digital solutions. The attitudes, judgments, and statements presented in this article constitute the author’s personal opinion and may not correspond to the official viewpoint of the organization that employed him or any other organization.
Thermal Environment Effect of Landscape Ecological Pattern and Dynamic Analysis of Pattern Evolution
Authors: Shi Ximei
Published: January 2023

The obvious characteristics of urban thermal environment and heat island effect have brought a series of negative effects on urban ecosystem structure and residents' health. Scholars at home and abroad have conducted basic researches on urban thermal environment, but there is a lack of researches on areas with rapid urbanization and many interference factors. There are few researches on measures or suggestions to improve urban thermal environment and heat island effect from the perspective of ecological sustainable development. To this end, this paper conducts a study on thermal environment effect of landscape ecological pattern and dynamic analysis of pattern evolution. This paper, based on the radiative transfer equation method, carries out back calculation and back analysis on the parameters of urban surface temperature to obtain the dynamic characteristics of urban thermal ecological landscape pattern. By combining the obtained urban surface temperature with the landscape index, this paper analyzes the internal change of urban surface thermal ecological landscape pattern. Through the spatial characteristics of the barycenter of urban thermal environment effect, the expansion and development trend of urban thermal environment effect is revealed. Then based on Moran'sI coefficient, the whole spatial correlation of urban thermal environment effect and the degree of spatial aggregation in local areas are analyzed. Finally, the corresponding experimental results and analytical results are given in combination with the experiments.
Persistence Analysis of the Impact of the Russia-Ukraine Conflict on NATO Allies' Military Spending-Empirical Analysis Based on Vector Autoregressive Model (VAR)
Authors: Lyu Yifei , Wang Jie , Zhang Yuhua , Zeng Hao , Chang Ming
Published: January 2023

This paper focused on the sustainability of the impact of the Russia-Ukraine conflict on the military spending of NATO allies. As Russia launched a "special military operation" in Ukraine in February 2022, NATO allies announced their intention to significantly increase military spending in response to the "threat" from Russia. However, under the stimulation of the Russia-Ukraine conflict, it is uncertain whether the NATO defense budget increase spree can be sustained. Based on this, this paper analyzed the sustainability of NATO's military spending increase in the context of the Russia-Ukraine conflict by building a vector autoregressive model (VAR). Through the impulse response analysis, this paper concluded that the Russia-Ukraine conflict shock stimulates NATO allies to increase military spending persistently only for about three years.
Real Time Assessment of Novel Predictive Maintenance System based on Artificial Intelligence for Rotating Machines
Authors: El Mahdi Bouyahrouzi , Ali El Kihel , Youssra El Kihel , Soufiane Embarki
Published: January 2023

Predictive maintenance (M4.0) allows more targeted and efficient use of resources, reduces unplanned downtime, and increases production and equipment performance compared to classical existing maintenance (M3.0). This paper deals with the development of a new ecosystem that adopts the new technologies of Industry 4.0 to drive real-time monitoring and diagnosis of engine defects. The proposed architecture is based on implementing a process of identifying critical components and extracting related data (speed and acceleration) based on IoT technology. A neural model (ANN) is implemented for monitoring, detecting and diagnosing engine faults with high accuracy compared to existing techniques. The effectiveness and reliability are validated through real-time test bench studies.
Women’s Views on Factors that Influence Utilisation of Postnatal Follow-Up in Oman
Authors: Al Hadi Amal , Dawson Jennifer , Paliwoda Michelle , Walker Karen , New Karen
Published: January 2023

Objective: Postnatal follow-up care (PNFC) is important to promote maternal and newborn health and wellbeing. In Oman, women’s utilisation of postnatal follow-up services has declined with rates as low as 0.29 (mean visits) in some Governorates; well below the recommended postnatal follow up visits at two- and six-weeks for assessment of mother and newborn. The reasons for low utilisation are not well understood. The aim of this study is to explore women’s views and identify factors that influence their utilisation of postnatal follow-up services. Methods: Purposive sampling and semi-structured telephone interviews with 15 women aged 20 to 39 years at six to eight weeks post childbirth between May 2021 to August 2022. Data were analysed using Erlingsson and Brysiewicz content analysis approach. Results: Six categories were identified as influencing PNFC utilisation: 1) need for information; 2) experiences and expectations; 3) family support, expectations and customs; 4) sociocultural beliefs and practice; 5) impact of Covid-19 and 6) the healthcare environment. Influencing factors within each category include the need to: empower women, provide individualised care, address family and community expectations, offer alternatives to face-to-face clinic visits, provide organised, scheduled appointments. Conclusion: Women in Oman identified the need for consistent information from health care providers (HCPs), a more organised postnatal follow-up service including scheduled appointments and a woman-centred approach to PNFC.

Keywords: Postnatal care; postpartum period; qualitative research.
Prosecutorial Discretion
Authors: Offit Anna
Published: January 2023

Chapter 1 offers insight into the federal prosecutor’s role in the criminal justice system. Today, many cases never make it to trial because of the prevalence of plea bargaining. While guilty pleas offer a quick resolution for all parties involved, they remove laypeople—that is, jurors—from a legal system of which they are supposed to be a constitutive part. This chapter reviews this context and describes the legal underpinnings and ambiguities of the prosecutor’s professional and ethical obligation to see justice done, even as jury trials decline in number. It contends that formulations of justice, even for cases that are unlikely to proceed to trial, are often articulated by prosecutors with explicit reference to jurors as a proxy for the American public.
Self-Conscious Voir Dire
Authors: Offit Anna
Published: January 2023

This chapter examines how prosecutors invoke hypothetical jurors in preparation for anticipated jury selection proceedings. Even when prosecutors are given the rare opportunity to directly interact with lay decision-makers during voir dire, jurors furnish relatively little information in court and thus remain elusive and unpredictable actors. A vital function of the lawyers’ assessments of prospective jurors during their empanelment, the chapter argues, is the opening they create for prosecutors to explicitly define and assert the parameters of their own professional and ethical identities. Once more, it is the figure of the imagined juror that provides the means to concretize an otherwise ambiguous understanding of what it means to be a good prosecutor.