bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
A “Revenge Bound Orgy”
Authors: Nakamura Kelli Y.
Published: October 2021

On November 13, 1945, Honolulu residents awoke to news of a mass riot the previous evening by over one thousand sailors in the Damon Tract area in Honolulu. Although it was one of the largest postwar military uprisings on American soil, the riot itself has not been carefully examined in the historical record due other events and interests locally and nationally, as the media continued to operate within a highly militarized state. Remembering and understanding the Damon Tract riot became secondary to America’s Cold War interests in the Pacific, the growth of tourism in the Islands, and efforts to garner statehood for Hawai‘i that depended on unifying these historically contentious identities at the expense of acknowledging conflict that existed in the past.
Molecular expression of a recombinant thermostable bacterial amylase from Geobacillus stearothermophilus SR74 using methanol-free Meyerozyma guilliermondii strain SO yeast system
Authors: Nasir Nurul S. M. , Leow Chor T. , Oslan Siti N. H. , Salleh Abu B. , Oslan Siti N.
Published: October 2021

α-Amylase, which was isolated from Geobacillus stearothermophilus SR74, has shown its potential to be used in industrial applications. However, its expression in the Pichia pastoris expression system with the alcohol oxidase 1 promoter (PAOX1) requires high methanol consumption and is time-consuming. This study aimed to express SR74 α-amylase in an alternative yeast system, using Meyerozyma guilliermondii strain SO, which was isolated from a spoiled orange (SO) under the regulation of a formaldehyde dehydrogenase promoter (PFLD). Qualitative screening showed that strain SO possessed a native amylase grown on YPD-starch plate at 30 °C. The recombinant SR74 α-amylase was further quantified and validated using the Western blot test. It was confirmed that SR74 α-amylase was expressed by strain SO extracellularly with a size of 59 kDa. Optimization in a shake flask showed that the recombinant SR74 α-amylase, which was regulated by PFLD, was successfully produced (26 U/mL) without any external inducer in the YPT medium after 24 h of cultivation. In conclusion, strain SO was able to produce SR74 amylase without methanol in one-fifth the fermentation time of P. pastoris. Further optimization of the expression may be done to improve the yield, as this methanol-free host is still underexplored.
DIAMONDS OF UKRAINE: RESULTS AND GOALS
Authors: Kvasnytsya V.M.
Published: October 2021

Diamonds from Ukraine were studied in terms of their separation into their geological and genetic types, distribution and occurrence, the ages of their host rocks, and their nature in Proterozoic and Neogene age sediments. The diamonds are variable in morphology, internal structure, concentration and degree of aggregation of nitrogen centers, carbon isotopes and mineral inclusions. Placer diamonds, primarily from Neogene sands, are anomalous in many respects. They are mostly extremely small, polyhedral, and morphologically diverse showing octahedral, rhombic dodecahedral and cubic forms and they have various colors. In addition to the large heterogeneity in nitrogen concentrations, many diamonds are characterized by a low degree of aggregation of nitrogen centers, which indicates short mantle residence times. Depending on the nitrogen impurity content, the degree of aggregation of nitrogen centers and the possible temperatures of crystallization, several types of diamonds are distinguished in the studied sedimentary placers. According to new isotope-geochemical data, placer diamonds are characterized by a wide range of carbon isotopic composition. This may indicate isotopic inhomogeneity of diamond carbon, different modes of formation and chemical variability in their source regions. Impact diamonds from meteorite craters and Neogene sedimentary deposits of Ukraine are paramorphoses from graphite with similar morphological, isotopic and structural characteristics. The goals of future research of Ukrainian diamonds are discussed.
ENIGMATIC STONE SPHEROIDS FROM SCYTHIAN BURIAL AT KRASNYI PODOL OF UKRAINE: PETROGRAPHIC CHARACTERISTIC, PLACE OF MINING AND PROCESSING METHODS
Authors: Daragan M.N. , Mytrokhyn O.V.
Published: October 2021

The results of a petrographic investigation of 80 stone spheroids from a Scythian burial near the village of Krasnyi Podol are presented. The results indicate that all the stone spheroids were made from the same type of metamorphic rocks, namely actinolitites. The petrographic characteristics of the actinolitites indicate that the initial raw material was obtained from a single deposit. The Middle-Dnieper Region of the Ukrainian Precambrian Shield is considered as the probable place for their mining. The authors do not exclude that the natural outcrops of actinolitites could initially have had spherical jointing due to the processes of physical weathering. This jointing provided an opportunity to obtain roughly spherical blanks directly at the mining site. But most of the studied stone spheroids have got their spherical shape by artificial firing. The latter manifests itself in the surface desquamation and oxidation of the outer parts of the stone blanks. At least some of the stone blanks were ground to varying degrees after the firing. Stone abrasive materials were used for this purpose. The listed facts allow us to postulate that stone spheroids found in the Krasnyi Podol burial illustrate the successive stages of their processing. The owner of the stone spheroids likely possessed special knowledge regarding their mining, production and use.
Karateristik Pendidikan Inter-Religius Dalam Al-qur’an
Authors: Hariyadi Muhammad , Imronuddin Imronuddin
Published: October 2021

The conclusion of this article is that inter-religious education in the Quran is an education that encourages all students to have an intellectual, moral, achievement and noble personality with humanity and togetherness orientation to develop the principles of democracy, equality and justice in social life and compassion for the universe on the basis of faith in God. Students are required to know the background of each religion and not see it from just one perspective, but also through the perspectives of others to avoid excessive fanaticism in religion that can be a trigger for conflict so far. The article also found two things needed in the construction of Inter-Religious Education, namely; firs! to carry out dialogue by placing each religion in an equal position. Second, develop an attitude of tolerance by providiug opportunities for each religion to urderstand each other. The method that authors use in this study is a qualitative method that is supported by research libraries. While the method of interpretation that authors use is the method of interpretation maudu'i, the authors chose this method because this method can be used as an excavator of lnter-Religious Education according to the Qur'an more comprehensively.
Transgender Youth Referred to Clinics for Gender-Affirming Medical Care in Canada
Authors: Bauer Greta R. , Pacaud Danièle , Couch Robert , Metzger Daniel L. , Gale Lorraine , Gotovac Sandra , Mokashi Arati , Feder Stephen , Raiche Joe , Speechley Kathy Nixon , Temple Newhook Julia , Ghosh Shuvo , Sansfaçon Annie Pullen , Susset Françoise , Lawson Margaret L. ,   for the Trans Youth CAN! Research Team
Published: October 2021

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES

Referrals of transgender and gender-diverse (trans) youth to medical clinics for gender-affirming care have increased. We described characteristics of trans youth in Canada at first referral visit.

METHODS

Baseline clinical and survey data (2017–2019) were collected for Trans Youth CAN!, a 10-clinic prospective cohort of n = 174 pubertal and postpubertal youth <16 years with gender dysphoria, referred for hormonal suppression or hormone therapy, and 160 linked parent-participants. Measures assessed health, demographics, and visit outcome.

RESULTS

Of youth, 137 were transmasculine (assigned female) and 37 transfeminine (assigned male); 69.0% were aged 14 to 15, 18.8% Indigenous, 6.6% visible minorities, 25.7% from immigrant families, and 27.1% low income. Most (66.0%) were gender-aware before age 12. Only 58.1% of transfeminine youth lived in their gender full-time versus 90.1% of transmasculine (P < .001). Although transmasculine youth were more likely than transfeminine youth to report depressive symptoms (21.2% vs 10.8%; P = .03) and anxiety (66.1% vs 33.3%; P < .001), suicidality was similarly high overall (past-year ideation: 34.5%, attempts: 16.8%). All were in school; 62.0% reported strong parental gender support, with parents the most common support persons (91.9%). Two-thirds of families reported external gender-related stressors. Youth had met with a range of providers (68.5% with a family physician). At clinic visit, 62.4% were prescribed hormonal suppression or hormone therapy, most commonly depot leuprolide acetate.

CONCLUSIONS

Trans youth in Canada attending clinics for hormonal suppression or gender-affirming hormones were generally healthy but with depression, anxiety, and support needs.
Coalizões público-privadas na produção do espaço urbano e a dinâmica do mercado imobiliário: uma análise a partir de uma cidade pequena do litoral brasileiro
Authors: Rossetto Ribeiro Rafael , Fleury e Silva Beatriz
Published: October 2021

Este artigo analisa a dinâmica da produção imobiliária nas transformações do espaço urbano em cidades litorâneas brasileiras de pequeno porte. Para tanto, toma-se a cidade de Itapoá, no litoral catarinense, como estudo de caso, a qual tem sua força-motriz em dois grandes atrativos dentro da lógica capitalista-ocidental: a praia e a atividade logístico-portuária. Metodologicamente, o artigo se desenvolve a partir do levantamento da produção imobiliária estabelecida entre 1950 e 2019, seus agentes sociais envolvidos, as alterações nas legislações urbanas na esfera nacional e local, e por fim, análise. A partir do estudo, nota-se que historicamente, o setor imobiliário em movimento de coalizões público-privada com a municipalidade tem buscado estratégias de divulgação da cidade aos consumidores, através da criação de valores culturais e “necessidades sociais” sintonizadas com o contexto de cada época. Assim, até então verificáveis nos grandes centros urbanos, sob essa lógica as articulações do mercado imobiliário local em pequenos municípios também geram escassezes de espaços, valorizações e desvalorizações, de modo que façam o solo urbano, como mercadoria, circular e recircular na roda da economia.
Enclaves institucionais como potenciais espaços públicos: o arquipélago na cidade
Authors: Sicuro Corrêa Juliana
Published: October 2021

A partir da observação de uma situação peculiar na cidade do Rio de Janeiro —a presença de uma ‘figura de exceção’ na trama contínua de um bairro intensamente urbanizado— foi levantada a hipótese de que espaços institucionais com caráter de isolamento (enclaves) possam hoje exercer um importante papel na qualificação do espaço urbano e na promoção da vida coletiva. Por meio da análise de fotografias aéreas e mapas cadastrais da cidade, a pesquisa verificou que outros enclaves institucionais, implantados na periferia urbana no início do século XX, ao interagirem com a expansão da cidade, também produziram figuras excepcionais na trama da cidade do Rio de Janeiro. Mediante essa constatação, propusemos que esse conjunto de espaços seja pensado mediante o conceito de arquipélago e abrimos uma discussão de planejamento urbano com o objetivo de lançar luz às potencialidades da forma urbana das cidades contemporâneas no que diz respeito à produção de novas tipologias de espaços públicos.
Pátu: o “pó da memória” dos conhecedores Ye'pamasa
Authors: Azevedo Dagoberto Lima
Published: October 2021

Este artigo intitulado Pátu: o “pó da memória” dos conhecedores ye'pamasa (Tukano), ele abarca um conjunto amplo e complexo de ideias, concepções e perspectivas a respeito do pátu dos Ye'pamasa, tal como fazem e pensam os kumûa ye'pamasa. Talvez por ser uma temática complexa e que foi silenciada há muito tempo através pela destruição das basaka wi’íseri (malocas) pelos não-indígenas, têm-se pouco investimentos de pesquisa e estudo sobre ela no alto Rio Negro. Para os Ye'pamasa, o pátu foi usado pelo Ʉmᵾkoho Ñekᵾ para intuir e pensar a construção do a’tipati (mundo) e a criação dos primeiros seres humanos. Esse produto, ao ser consumido, ativa os conhecimentos tradicionais, baseados no kiti ukũse (narrativas míticas), basese (“benzimentos”) e basase (cerimônias de rituais de cantos/danças) que se ouve e escuta dos especialistas ye’pamasᵾ (tukano). Assim, o pátu é entendido como tᵾoñakawese, o pó da memória dos Ye'pamasa, um elemento de uso dos especialistas para a produção, reprodução e construção dos conhecimentos tradicionais.
Geografías superpuestas y conflictos territoriales en las fronteras internas colombianas. La Sierra de la Macarena 2002-2015
Authors: Hurtado Gómez Lina María
Published: October 2021

La formación territorial de la Sierra de la Macarena es el resultado de la superposición de geografías, territorialidades y procesos de territorialización, que producen relaciones conflictivas en la disputa por la apropiación y dominación del espacio. En este artículo se analizan los desencuentros entre los procesos de territorialización del Estado colombiano y los de resistencia y re-existencia de las comunidades colono-campesinas en esta frontera interna localizada en la Amazonia y la Orinoquia colombiana, en el periodo comprendido entre 2002 y 2015. Demostrando cómo esos diferentes proyectos van trazando geografías, que se superponen entre sí, creando tensiones, contradicciones, en fin, conflictos territoriales, que forman y transforman el espacio y las territorialidades.
Pátu: Ye'pamasa na masisere tᵾoñaka wese
Authors: Azevedo Dagoberto Lima
Published: October 2021

Wereneôro

A'ti pũripᵾre masiose nií pátu kase kumûa Ye'pamasa naâ tᵾoñase, masise, iñase. Pátu kase ukũ, masiõ weseti wesĩrikare wiôse tᵾoñama buera pekasa tohowero yoaka te bahutiro weroho nisiti. Tohonika basa wi'íseri ᵾhᵾâ wetiâra ñase nií nise tutuâ yᵾrᵾka te kasere bue, masiô wero ᵾ'asa nitise noho nikapa. Te pátu na Ye'pamasa mâ Ʉmᵾkoho Ñekᵾ pᵾ kᵾoseti nᵾkapi. A'ti ᵾ'mᵾkoho, a'tipati, masa tohonika a'ti di'tapᵾ de'ro nise da're bahureôti kᵾopi. Tere buâ ba'â tᵾoña duhî wegᵾ. Kᵾ toho weke niyuro a'to kateropᵾre te kumûare basese, kihti ukũse, basase tᵾoña wakũnᵾrᵾ wese nií. A'tiro nipa, a'tiro nisa, a'tiro nirô toho wasa nisê waka wetamose kumûre na tᵾoke merâ.

Resumo

Este artigo intitulado Pátu: o “pó da memória” dos conhecedores ye'pamasa (Tukano) abarca um conjunto amplo e complexo de ideias, concepções e perspectivas a respeito do pátu dos Ye'pamasa, tal como fazem e pensam os kumûa ye'pamasa. Talvez por ser uma temática complexa e que foi silenciada há muito tempo através da destruição das basaka wi’íseri (malocas) pelos não-indígenas, têm-se pouco investimentos de pesquisa e estudo sobre ela no alto Rio Negro. Para os Ye'pamasa, o pátu foi usado pelo Ʉmᵾkoho Ñekᵾ para intuir e pensar a construção do a’tipati (mundo) e a criação dos primeiros seres humanos. Esse produto, ao ser consumido, ativa os conhecimentos tradicionais, baseados no kiti ukũse (narrativas míticas), basese (“benzimentos”) e basase (cerimônias de rituais de cantos/danças) que se ouve e escuta dos especialistas ye’pamasᵾ (tukano). Assim, o pátu é entendido como tᵾoñakawese, o pó da memória dos Ye'pamasa, um elemento de uso dos especialistas para a produção, reprodução e construção de conhecimentos tradicionais.
A invenção improvável
Authors: Schüler Fernando
Published: October 2021

Tolerância e liberdade de expressão são ideias improváveis à época das guerras de religião que marcaram a Europa pós-reforma, nos séculos XVI e XVII. O presente trabalho busca compreender de que modo estas ideias tomaram forma, e quais os argumentos fundamentais que serviram para a sua afirmação, no mundo moderno. Para isto, o texto traça um percurso histórico e intelectual que vai da publicação da Aeropagítica, de John Milton, até o On Liberty, de John Stuart Mill, passando pela argumentação desenvolvida por John Locke, em seu exilio holandês, a Carta sobre a Tolerância, e pelos escritos de James Madison no contexto que leva à instituição e consolidação da Primeira Emenda à Constituição Americana.
término de uma controvérsia não resolvida
Authors: Raicik Anabel Cardoso
Published: October 2021

Este artigo discorre sobre alguns valores envolvidos na aceitação de um novo conhecimento na ciência, à luz de considerações kuhnianas, como o que surge com a divulgação da pilha por Alessandro Volta, em 1800. Além disso, discute como se deu o término da controvérsia que Volta trava com Luigi Galvani, acerca da eletricidade animal, a partir de uma classificação de McMullin (2003). Por fim, apresenta implicações para o ensino de ciências, sobretudo, para desmistificar a ideia de que o componente empírico é sempre o árbitro infalível que permite escolhas teóricas inequívocas.
Palavras-chave: Controvérsia; Volta; Galvani; valores.
investigação sobre a efetividade da experimentação e da simulação para a aprendizagem significativa em Química Orgânica
Authors: Santos Junior João Batista dos , Camargo de Oliveira Luciana , Botero Wander , Von Simonyi Beatriz , Leite Junior Luiz Carlos
Published: October 2021

O manuscrito relata uma investigação sobre o ensino de Química Orgânica. Neste contexto foi realizado um estudo comparativo sobre qual recurso pedagógico seria mais efetivo para a aprendizagem significativa dos alunos. O estudo foi avaliado em quatro turmas do 3º ano do Ensino Médio de uma escola pública do interior de São Paulo. As turmas foram divididas em grupos nos quais uma teve inserida em suas aulas a experimentação, outra a simulação computacional, uma turma teve acesso a ambos os recursos e uma última turma teve suas aulas sem o uso de tais recursos. Para a coleta de dados foram utilizados dois instrumentos que seriam respondidos em momentos diferentes ao longo do ano letivo. A análise foi feita com base nos pressupostos teóricos da teoria da aprendizagem significativa desenvolvida por Ausubel. Os resultados indicam que a experimentação nesse caso não foi mais efetiva que as simulações. Sendo que a combinação de ambas foi mais efetiva para a aprendizagem dos conteúdos abordados em sala de aula. Percebeu-se que a estratégia do professor de resgatar os conteúdos trabalhados com os alunos nos novos conteúdos foi fundamental para que muitos conceitos químicos não fossem esquecidos pelos estudantes. Assim, pelo trabalho realizado podemos inferir que a revisão pelo professor associado a utilização da experimentação e simulação computacional podem ser ferramentas importantes na aprendizagem significativa dos conteúdos de química orgânica.
Palavras-chave: Atividade experimental; ensino de química; simulações computacionais.
Religious Spaces of Care in the Postsecular City
Authors: Burgess Richard
Published: October 2021

This article examines the civic engagement of two Nigerian Pentecostal churches in London: the London Lighthouse and Freedom’s Ark. Firstly, it sets the context by reviewing the literature on immigrant religion and civic engagement, and examining the relationship between faith and social policy during the ‘decade of austerity’ and subsequent COVID-19 pandemic. It then describes the case study churches and outlines their civic activities. Finally, the article considers the characteristics of Nigerian Pentecostal churches that shape their civic activities. The increasing prominence of churches and faith-based organizations in social welfare provision in Britain has led to claims that faith groups are being co-opted into the wider processes of neoliberal governance. Drawing on research conducted in London, I show that in some contexts Nigerian Pentecostal civic activities represent ethical forms of resistance to neoliberal politics, especially those that address issues related to social and economic justice.
ANÁLISIS DE COMPETITIVIDAD, INNOVACIÓN Y TECNOLOGÍA EN EL SECTOR METALMECÁNICO COLOMBIANO
Authors: Arcos-Erazo Carlos Andrés
Published: October 2021

El OBJETIVO: analizar los niveles de competitividad, innovación y tecnología en el sector metalmecánico colombiano. Como objetivos específicos se plantean: conocer los factores que inciden en la competitividad del sector; establecer la inclusión de procesos de innovación en el sector; determinar el grado de inserción tecnológica del sector.MATERIALES Y MÉTODOS: la metodología de investigación que orienta el estudio es descriptiva de orden cualitativo, empleando la técnica de investigación el análisis documental y triangulación de fuentes secundarias, empleando como variables de análisis la competitividad, la innovación y la tecnología. El análisis se realiza a nivel nacional en el periodo comprendido de 2005 a 2019.RESULTADOS Y DISCUSIÓN: el sector está expuesto a gran presión competitiva, pues no se han generado suficientes inversiones en ciencia, tecnología e innovación para fortalecer las propuestas de valor de las empresas nacionales que, sin embargo, cuentan con enorme experiencia, tradición e ingenio que les ha permitido sostenerse en el tiempo.CONCLUSIONES: el sector genera valor agregado y articula muchas actividades de manufactura, tiene un potencial de desarrollo se logra superar retos como la innovación tecnológica e inversión en nuevas tecnologías que requiere para incrementar la productividad y competitividad ante competidores mundiales; la dinámica de otros sectores permite que pueda adaptarse a producciones que generen recursos. El sector podría incrementar los niveles de competitividad si se aprovechan las posibilidades de clusterización para generar oportunidades de comercialización de productos metalmecánicos paraexportación.
PROCAMPO
Authors: Arias-Rojas Cristal , Arenas-Remolina David , Martínez Juan Sebastián
Published: October 2021

Procampo tiene el objetivo de convertirse en una plataforma que brinde beneficios a la comunidad campesina del departamento de Cundinamarca en diversas variables críticas para su calidad de vida, creando de esta manera un Hub Tecnológico-Social. Para lograrlo se conformó un equipo de once personas multidisciplinares pertenecientes al grupo de formación por retos de la Institución Politécnico Grancolombiano. Se inició con la investigación de la población en cuanto a sus más grandes características, datos demográficos, cultivos, economía, rutas de mercado, educación, violencia, entre otros, con el objeto de recrear una caracterización de la población rural; luego se seleccionaron tres grandes variables críticas dentro de la población (Producción Agrícola, Educación y Violencia), los cuales se integraron por medio de una plataforma tecnológica de analítica para conformar lo que se denominó un centro de procesamiento de datos rural. Por otro lado, se realizó una investigación y análisis formal de un conjunto de posibles empresas con las que se podría trabajar entorno a sus políticas de responsabilidad social para el desarrollo de proyectos en conjunto, todos estos en pro del logro de cuatro objetivos de desarrollo sostenible (ODS): Fin de la pobreza, Educación de calidad, Trabajo decente y Crecimiento económico y Reducción de desigualdades, teniendo en cuenta que son los ODS en los que busca enfocarse PROCAMPO, sin embargo, no sin posiblemente amparar los demás ODS.
DOES GRIT GUARANTEE STUDENTS DO NOT ACADEMIC DISHONESTY?
Authors: Herdian Herdian , RN Wahidah Fatin
Published: October 2021

Academic dishonesty is still a concern of researchers in various parts of the world. this is because there are still many academicians doing this unethical behavior. We examine how Grit plays a role in academic dishonesty. Does grit guarantee students not to commit academic dishonesty? A quantitative approach is used in this research. A total of 408 students in Indonesia participated (M = 95; F = 313). The measuring instrument used is the Academic Dishonesty Scale adapted from Ampuni et, al (2019) with α = 0.860 and the Grit Scale for Children and Adult used by Wahidah (2019) with α = 0.727. The results show that Grit has a significant negative effect on academic dishonesty. The more gritty, the lower the academic dishonesty will be. We also discuss the implications in relation to education
The Soviet Union and the Post-World War II Foreign Policy of Czechoslovakia as Assessed by American Diplomacy
Authors: Zorin Artem
Published: October 2021

This article examines how American diplomats and international relations experts perceived Czechoslovak foreign policy priorities between the end of World War II and the consolidation of communist power in the ČSR in 1948. The purpose of the work is to identify the Soviet factor in US policy towards Czechoslovakia, the peculiarities of the perception of the country in the general context of Soviet-American relations and the genesis of the Cold War. The research is based on documentary sources from different archives: the US National Archives, the Archive of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Czech Republic, and the archive of Ambassador L. A. Steinhardt at the Library of Congress. Archival documents are supplemented by articles from the American press. The author concludes that during this period, the perception of Czechoslovakia by the Americans was ambivalent and controversial. On the one hand, the existence of a democratic multi-party system made it possible to consider the ČSR part of the West, but, on the other hand, its pro-Soviet foreign policy forced the Americans to regard it as being behind the Iron Curtain. The real foreign activities of the Czechoslovak government led by communist K. Gottwald directly demonstrated Czechoslovakia’s orientation toward close relations with the USSR and its loyalty to the Kremlin. Because of this, the degree of Prague’s dependence on Moscow was a subject of serious discussion and reflection among American experts in international relations. Some of them unconditionally placed the ČSR among the Soviet satellites, while others considered it the last outpost of democracy in Eastern Europe. A turning point in the perception of Czechoslovakia was its refusal to participate in the Marshall Plan under the direct pressure of the Soviet government. After that, Prague’s inability to resist Soviet pressure and its dependence on Moscow became apparent to the Americans.
Oleksiy Tolochko’s Concept and the Origin of the Short Pravda Russkaia
Authors: Joukovskaia Anna
Published: October 2021

A wide circle of historians, lawyers, and secondary school teachers are interested in the Pravda Russkaia. This review analyses the historiographical situation around the study of this important artefact after the publication of The Short Pravda: The Origin of the Text (2009) by Oleksiy Tolochko, in which the author develops the opinion that the Short Pravda appeared later than the Expanded Pravda, which was expressed by prominent linguists and historians (E. F. Karskii, S. P. Obnorskii, A. I. Sobolevskii, etc.) in the first half of the twentieth century but later discarded by Soviet scholarship. By combining various methods from source studies, the author proves that the Short Pravda did not originate as a legal document in the eleventh century, but as a fragment of The Chronicle of Novgorod in the early fifteenth century. The review shows that specialists’ responses to Tolochko’s book are limited to a few journal publications, each of which criticises one or two of separate arguments but does not systematically consider the proposed holistic theory of the artefact’s origin (articles by K. Zukerman, P. V. Lukin, A. A. Gorskii, A. Y. Degtyarev, etc.). Any attempt at summarising the results of the controversy leads to the belief that the discussion is methodologically unsound. The analysis of an article from the Pravda that is taken out of context can lead to opposing interpretations depending on the choice of the parameters preferred by a given author at a given time. Considering the fundamental nature of the Pravda Russkaia for the history of medieval Russia, the reviewer concludes that it is necessary to make an effort (probably a collective effort) towards a systematic analysis of Tolochko’s hypothesis: the traditional isolated study of this most important legal document should be placed within the broader framework of a comprehensive study of the collections in which the short and expanded versions of the Pravda have been preserved.
Real-time object detection comparative study
Authors: Mondal Sudipto Kumar , Dey Sanhita , Dey Soumyajit
Published: October 2021

Object detection is a computer technology related to computer vision and image processing that deals with detecting instances of semantic objects of a certain class (such as humans, buildings, or cars) in digital images and videos. In this domain of object detection, it includes many
detecting methods , such as face detection and also pedestrian detection. Object detection has applications in huge areas of computer vision, which includes image retrieval, video surveillance. Deep Neural methods in object detection using one-stage processes generally include di erent versions
of YOLO and SSD. The paper which we are publishing here we are comparing some the image detection algorithms. In this project we are going to develop a system for visually impaired people for assisting them in their daily work and give them a free life.
Applications of Blockchain Technology in Financial & Personal Data Security
Authors: Ghosh Anay , Anwar Faizan , Sarkar Arya , Sarkar Surya , Bose Sarthak , Aditya Sayantan , Saha Debanjan
Published: October 2021

Blockchain technology is defined as a decentralised-systems where the ledger that records the provenance of a digital asset is distributed amongst the users of the blockchain network. Blockchain stores and shares data in a distributed, trusted and immutable manner, removing intermediaries,
and not requiring a centralized dependency for checking transactions. Transparency in blockchain provides a less complicated method for accessing ledger-based transactions over networks and makes the system more reliable in terms of data security. The technology is not actively used in today's
world due to lack of research and infrastructure and hence the purpose is to modify the algorithms that can be implemented in the existing technology towards the fintech industry and help developers tackle their problems regarding financial data of the users. We surveyed plenty of resources
and came across the concepts of distributed hyperledgers, integrated system architecture and secured hashing algorithms [SHA]. Using these concepts as a base we developed algorithms that are interestingly well grounded based on the statistical results gained by us while testing the algorithms.
Our research indicates that the proposed algorithms can be implemented into today's technical infrastructure resolving some of the key issues faced by the users using fintech and digital transactions for their day-to-day financial operation.
Blockchain-Based Voting System
Authors: Ghosh Anay , Karmakar Arijit , Khandelwal Kushal , Mandal Manojit , Das Pramiti , Ray Partha Pratim , Bose Sagnik
Published: October 2021

Since the publication of Satoshi Nakamoto's white paper on Bitcoin in 2008, blockchain has (slowly) become one of the most frequently discussed methods for securing data storage and transfer through decentralized, trust-less, peer-to-peer systems. With the accelerated iteration of technological
innovation, blockchain has rapidly become one of the hottest Internet technologies in recent years. As a decentralized and distributed data management solution, blockchain has restored the definition of trust by the embedded cryptography and consensus mechanism, thus providing security, anonymity
and data integrity without the need of any third party. But there still exists some technical challenges and limitations in blockchain. The blockchain, with its own characteristics, has received much attention at the beginning of its birth and been applied in many fields. Voting is a very
important process that takes place in almost every country of the world and many efforts have been made to improve the process over the years. In this report, the process of building an electronic voting system has been chalked out using Blockchain Technology. This new system will not only
make the whole process much fairer but will also greatly reduce the time and workforce spent over it. This paper explains the prospects on which we can improve and also talks about the limitations of the system. An experimental set-up is also carried out with a proper result analysis to show
the efficiency of the E-Voting System over the traditional process of voting.
Application of Box-Jenkins Models to the Tourist Inflow in Bhutan
Authors: Om Dorji , Thamanukornsri Chompunooch , kado  , Tiensuwan Montip
Published: October 2021

Bhutan has now increasingly become a popular destination for many international tourists. Tourism in Bhutan is considered as one of the largest foreign earning industries. The number of tourist inflow in the country is increasing year by year. Forecasting is very necessary for administration
and tourist agent for creating awareness and planning for the future development. It can also predict the future trends as accurately as possible and helps in staying one step ahead of the competition. This study aims to apply mathematical model for forecasting monthly tourist inflow from
Malaysia, Singapore, China, USA, England, France, Germany, Thailand, Australia and Japan to Bhutan. The Box-Jenkins model is used to identify the parameters of Autoregressive integrated moving average (ARIMA) model of monthly tourist visited data of above mentioned countries in the period
2011-2015 obtained from Tourism Council of Bhutan. An Akaike's Information Criterion, Schwartz's Bayesian Criterion and estimate variance of white noise are used throughout to test for the identification of best fit model. Further, the periodogram analysis was used to confirm the seasonal
period of the model. The results showed ARIMA model for Thai, Chinese, Malaysian and Japanese, while seasonal ARIMA for American, Australian, British, French, Singaporean and German. Further, seasonal ARIMA model was obtained as the best fit model for the overall data. These models are illustrated
and could possibly forecast the monthly tourist inflow of one year ahead with acceptable accuracy.
Data Aggregation in Wireless Sensor Networks: Emerging Research Areas
Authors: Ajobiewe Damilola Nnamaka
Published: October 2021

Wireless Sensor Networks (WSNs) generate an immense measure of explicit data usage. Such data, which is an exorbitant issue, should be prepared and then transmitted to the base station. Efficient data handling and energy monitoring are primary challenges since WSN hubs are asset-compelled.
The point of wireless sensor networks is not confined to data collection in the present climate. Yet the retrieval of beneficial data still depends on it. The term used for the retrieval of beneficial data is data aggregation. In social affairs, data aggregation helps to collect data in energy-efficient
ways to elongate the network's duration. The majority of the detected data by the sensors were seen to be excessive. On the off chance that data repetition can be reduced, it will prompt the organization's extended lifetime and decreased inertness at that point. This paper explains a wide
methodological analysis of literature on data aggregation in WSNs. Review of various strategies to reduce data repetition, and specifically through aggregation, as well as scientific categorization of data aggregation, challenges, and broken-down aggregation methods proposed over the last
ten (10) years, are discussed.
Application of ZZ-Transform with Homotopy Perturbation Method for Solving Higher-Order Boundary Value Problems
Authors: Toma George Albert
Published: October 2021

In this paper, a new hybrid scheme for solving the higher-order boundary value problems is introduced. The presented approach is based on combination of the ZZ-transform method with the homotopy perturbation method to find the solutions of boundary value problems. To show the power
of the proposed technique, several examples are tested and the comparison results are tabulated.
Gaudii: An Automated Graphic Design Expert System
Authors: Glez-Morcillo Carlos , Martin Victor , Vallejo Fernandez David , Castro-Schez Jose , Albusac Javier
Published: October 2021

Graphic design is the process of creating graphics to meet specific commercial needs based on knowledge of layout principles and esthetic concepts. This is usually an iterative trial and error process which requires a lot of time even for expert designers. This expert knowledge can be modelled, represented and used by a computer to perform design activities. This paper describes a novel approach named Gaudii (standing for "Intelligent Automated Graphic Design Generator") which utilizes principles and techniques known from the fields of Evolutionary Computation and Fuzzy Logic to automatically obtain design elements. Experimental results that demonstrate the potential of the proposed approach are presented in the area of poster design.
Sentiment Extraction: Integrating Statistical Parsing, Semantic Analysis, and Common Sense Reasoning
Authors: Shastri Lokendra , Parvathy Anju , Kumar Abhishek , Wesley John , Balakrishnan Rajesh
Published: October 2021

Much of the ongoing explosion of digital content is in the form of text. This content is a virtual gold-mine of information that can inform a range of social, governmental, and business decisions. For example, using content available on blogs and social networking sites businesses can find out what its customers are saying about their products and services. In the digital age where customer is king, the business value of ascertaining consumer sentiment cannot be overstated. People express sentiments in myriad ways. At times, they use simple, direct assertions, but most often they use sentences involving comparisons, conjunctions expressing multiple and possibly opposing sentiments about multiple features and entities,and pronominal references whose resolution requires discourse level context. Frequently people use abbreviations, slang, SMSese, idioms and metaphors. Understanding the latter also requires common sense reasoning. In this paper, we present iSEE, a fully implemented sentiment extraction engine, which makes use of statistical methods, classical NLU techniques, common sense reasoning, and probabilistic inference to extract entity and feature specific sentiment from complex sentences and dialog. Most of the components of iSEE are domain independent and the system can be generalized to new domains by simply adding domain relevant lexicons.
Enseignement-apprentissage dématérialisé du FLE en Finlande
Authors: BUCHART Mélanie
Published: October 2021

In the spring of 2020, in Finland as in most countries of the world, the Covid-19 epidemic has caused a shift in university education from all face-to-face to all digital. In the language department, digital tools have been present for a long time and the university is already promoting the development of mediated learning outside Covid. The difference this time was the forced and sudden aspect of mediatised learning. This generated questions about the pedagogical uses of technology, the reconceptualisation of the teaching of French as a foreign language, the shaking of the traditional posture of the teacher, his or her professional and identity repositioning, as well as the reception by learners of these digital practices.
This article presents the main lines of a survey carried out in Finland, after two months of confinement and online teaching (March-April 2020), among teachers and learners of French at the university.
Les langues confinées
Authors: PAMIES Antonio
Published: October 2021

Although this is not quite my field, as I am not a teacher, I hope to bring a different perspective. It is clear to me that I am not going to teach you how to teach languages, whether or not it is done online.
I would like to start with an anecdote that allows me to introduce the student's perspective, a perspective that I was able to experience personally during the confinement and to contrast it with that of the teacher that I continued to be. By chance, as an amateur, I enrolled in an intensive Persian language course, initial level. This course started in mid-January and ended in mid-May. So I took the first half of the course face-to-face and the second half remotely. As the course had the same teacher and the same timetable, this allowed me to compare the two methods in perfect laboratory conditions.
Enseigner à distance au pays du soleil levant et des hautes technologies
Authors: Szirmai Monika
Published: October 2021

Japan is a country where natural disasters, typhoons, earthquakes, landslides, torrential rains, etc. are part of everyday life. Even though these phenomena are unpredictable, the Japanese are more or less well prepared for them, thanks to their past experiences and the regular training of rescue workers and civilians to deal with the occurrence of any disaster. The image of the dedicated Japanese combined with the fact that Japan is a highly technological society where everyone is excellent at using computers might lead one to believe that distance learning would not be a problem, that everyone would be prepared to deal with it. Unfortunately, it is not enough to press the power button on the computer. The user also needs to know what to do next. So the transition from face-to-face to distance learning has not been without problems.
Un atelier d’écriture en ligne pour rester en lien. Ce que la distance fait à la créativité
Authors: VORGER Camille
Published: October 2021

The online writing workshop, led by Amélie Charcosset, was conducted as part of our seminar-course entitled "Giving body to one's speeches. Writing and eloquence workshop", at the EFLE of the University of Lausanne. The double specificity of this session was to be carried out online, via the video meeting software Zoom, and to close a particular semester, because of the confinement and the distance learning. In this context, I proposed synchronous classes on Zoom, with the double objective of giving body to writing and making body through writing and saying. Writing then appears as an open space, a convivial place to stay connected, with the word as landscape and sharing (saying) as horizon.
Geography and covid-19: reflections from the evolution of the pandemic in Uberlândia, Brazil
Authors: Souza Josimar dos Reis de , Souza Tatiana Silva , Soares Beatriz Ribeiro
Published: October 2021

From the complex sanitary moment faced by Brazil, related to COVID-19, in particular due to the collapse of the health system that has occurred in medium-sized cities, this article aimed to analyze the evolution of the COVID-19 pandemic in Uberlândia, according to reflections from geographic science, in order to help to understand the facts that led to the current scenario of the disease in the city. To achieve the objective, we carried out a theoretical discussion about how Geography faces recent events, especially in relation to the role of the Globalization process, both in the dissemination of information about the emergence of COVID-19 and other events, as well as in the rapid spread of the virus around the world. Based on these reflections, we analyzed the evolution of the pandemic, using data provided by the Municipality of Uberlândia and the Ministry of Health, with a cut-off date of March 18, 2021, in order to understand the chronological path of the facts. The choice for this cut-off date for data clipping is justified by our intention to analyze the first year of virus identification in the municipality. The results showed the negative evolution of the pandemic in the city, mainly over the months of February and March 2021, with 100% of the ICU beds occupied, which demonstrates the complexity and the long way to go to overcome this health crisis.
Роль вовлеченности при возникновении ассимиляции/контраста в оценках потребительской удовлетворенности
Authors: Ребзуев Б.Г.
Published: October 2021

Исследования показывают, что одной из ключевых детерминант потребительской удовлетворенности является неподтверждение ожиданий, под которым понимаются воспринимаемые различия между функционированием продукта и ожиданиями, сформированными перед его покупкой. При этом позитивное неподтверждение (когда функционирование превосходит ожидания) приводит к высокой, а негативное (когда оно уступает ожиданиям) к низкой удовлетворенности. В настоящем исследовании изучалась роль вовлеченности при возникновении эффектов ассимиляции (снижения оценок неподтверждения и смещения оценок удовлетворенности в сторону ожиданий) и эффектов контраста (повышения оценок неподтверждения и смещения оценок удовлетворенности в противоположную сторону), а также процессы, приводящие к эффектам контраста. И формулировались две гипотезы о том, что вовлеченность будет вызывать эффекты контраста и что такие эффекты будут возникать в результате активизации когнитивных процессов, приводящих к усилению воспринимаемых различий между функционированием продукта и ожиданиями. Гипотезы проверялись в лабораторном эксперименте, манипулировавшем функционированием продукта (качеством спрея для экранов мониторов), ожиданиями и уровнями вовлеченности участников и позволявшем изучить два вида эффектов ассимиляции/контраста, негативных и позитивных, возникающих в результате завышенных и заниженных ожиданий относительно продукта. Эксперимент показал, что вовлеченность действительно вызывала эффекты негативного и позитивного контраста в оценках неподтверждения ожиданий и удовлетворенности, за одним исключением: она не вызывала позитивного контраста в оценках удовлетворенности. В статье рассматриваются возможные причины такого результата. Эксперимент также поддержал существование цепочки процессов, приводящих к эффектам контраста, в которой вовлеченность повышает уровень активации субъекта, активация стимулирует когнитивную активность, когнитивная активность повышает точность суждений в оценках продукта, а точность суждений усиливает воспринимаемые различия между функционированием продукта и ожиданиями. Обсуждаются ограничения, вопросы для будущих исследований и следствия для производителей и продавцов, вытекающие из эффектов ассимиляции/контраста.
Ситуационный подход: типы ситуаций и психологические особенности
Authors: Солнцева Г.Н.
Published: October 2021

В широком спектре психологических подходов перспективным представляется ситуационный подход, получивший теоретическое обоснование в отечественных исследованиях. Центральным является понятие ситуации как опосредующего элемента между условиями среды и индивидуально-личностными особенностями субъекта в контексте проблем двойной детерминации деятельности. Определения ситуации преимущественно ограничиваются представлением о субъективном образе внешних условий, адекватность которого интерпретируется как проявление средовой, а вариативность — проявление личностной детерминации деятельности. Пристрастность образа внешних условий является одним из проявлений личностной детерминации когнитивной составляющей, но не снимает проблемы детерминации деятельности. Цель работы — ограничение понятия «ситуация» субъективной сферой и его интерпретация как результата интеграции детерминант. Уточнены представления об условиях среды, аргументирована необходимость оценок интерпретируемого образа условий, собственных ресурсов и их соотношения, а также «пространства» оценок как механизма интеграции детерминант. Ситуация определяется как рефлексивная оценочная «модель» отношений интерпретируемого образа объективных условий и внутреннего состояния в пределах актуальной мотивации, наличного опыта и личностных предпочтений. Функции ситуации — организация деятельности (актуалгенез) и ее регуляция на стадии исполнения, обеспечивающие ее стабильность и целесообразность. Представлена систематизация ситуаций на основе типологии условий и вариантов их субъективных оценок, наличных ресурсов субъекта и их оценок. Особое внимание уделено ситуациям неопределенности, принятия решения и риска, определены их особенности, психологические механизмы и личностные детерминанты. Ситуационный подход расширяет возможности объяснения вариативности деятельности в тождественных условиях, ее устойчивость в меняющихся условиях, а также объяснение причин ошибок, обусловленных своеобразием оценок рефлексивной модели реальности.