bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Adaptation of the Phubbing Scale and of the Generic Scale of Being Phubbed for the Portuguese population
Authors: Mendes Letícia , Silva Beatriz Reis , Vidal Diogo Guedes , Sousa Hélder Fernando Pedrosa E , Dinis Maria Alzira Pimenta , Leite Ângela
Published: December 2022

Excessive, abusive, or inappropriate use of mobile phones can have a negative effect on interpersonal relationships. This study aims to adapt the Phubbing Scale (PS) and the Generic Scale of Being Phubbed (GSBP) for the Portuguese population, establishing the convergent validity of the instruments with others that assess approximate constructs, such as the Partner Phubbing Scale (PPS)and the Nomophobia Questionnaire (NMP-Q), and investigate the differences and/or relationships between sociodemographic variables, mobile phone usage variables and the PS and the GSBP. This is a cross sectional study, including 641 participants, aged between 18-71 (M=27.91; SD=10.60). The Portuguese version of the PS kept the number of items and factors, however, distributed differently from the original version. The Portuguese version of the GSBP kept the structure proposed by the authors of the original version. The correlations obtained by both scales with other instruments ensured convergent validity. Differences were found in the values of the scales according to some sociodemographic variables and some variables regarding mobile phone use. The findings provide culturally adapted and validated two instruments and are helpful to researchers to assess this phenomenon and intervene in a timely manner.
D. E. WATT’S REPLY FOR KEYNES TO RAMSEY IN THE BRITISH JOURNAL FOR THE PHILOSOPHY OF SCIENCE IN 1989 IS DEFECTIVE
Authors: BRADY Michael Emmett
Published: December 2022

D. E. Watt replied to Ramsey’s attacks on Keynes’s Logical Theory of, as originally contained in Keynes’s A Treatise on Probability, in the January 1922 issue of Cambridge Magazine, in the republished British Journal for the Philosophy of Science version.Watt overlooks that all 15 of Ramsey’s paragraphs in the original Cambridge Magazine version of the paper are erroneous. Watt concentrates only on the issue of numerical versus non numerical probabilities that was raised by Ramsey. Watt is correct in his assessment that Keynes was right and Ramsey was wrong, but gives probability answers that would not have been given by Keynes, or Keynes and Russell. Watt overlooks the errors contained in each paragraph of Ramsey’s review.Keynes’s main point on the issue of numerical versus non numerical probabilities is that many probabilities, especially initial or a priori probabilities, will have to be specified by interval probability. Keynes’s Principle of Indifference (POI) has nothing to do with this issue, due to Ramsey’s inchoate and erroneous understanding of the conditions Keynes laid out in the A Treatise on Probability for the sound application of the POI, as enunciated by Keynes on pp.52-56, and not on p.42, which is the Laplace -Bernoulli version of the POI. Sound applications of the Keynesian POI require that the alternatives must be a) discrete, b) indivisible, c) finite, d) represented by conditional probability, e) perfectly symmetrical, and f) based on the available, positive evidence. This, of course, rules out any application to states of equally balanced ignorance (no positive information). Of course, there will be only one answer that can be calculated by all rational decision makers. The obvious example is the first Ellsberg urn problem, which is nearly identical to the problem used by Keynes as an example on pp.75-76 of his A Treatise on Probability.
MODELING COMMERCE IN TERMS OF CHEMICAL REACTIONS
Authors: DICKENS Robert
Published: December 2022

After first explaining the basis for such modeling, namely, changes in money in commerce appearing to mirror changes in free energy in coupled chemical reactions, with a striking correspondence between profit and reduction in free energy, a model of two ‘coupled Deliveries’ is constructed, noting the need also to model supply and demand, and using the somewhat literal example of a taxi journey up a hill, to help make sense of the approach. The modeling of supply and demand is then explained, the effect on prices being attributed to the spreading-out of energy from sellers to buyers. An expression for this effect is then derived, in terms of the corresponding concentrating of money. Various implications of the model are then expounded, concerning the nature of money, price and its relationship to value, and intelligence, and some supporting evidence given. Two secondary implications, concerning economics and political science, are then discussed to conclude.
INFORMAL SECTOR AND INSTITUTIONS
Authors: ÖZER Muhammed Yusuf
Published: December 2022

In this paper, I investigate the relationship between informal sector size and various institutional quality variables: government stability, external conflict, internal conflict, corruption control, military influence over politics, religious tensions, ethnic tensions, law-and-order, democratic quality, and bureaucratic accountability. To this end, I use annual cross-country panel data covering 130 countries from 1990 to 2018. Having conducted a correlation analysis, the size of informal economy and institutional quality indicators are inversely linked. The most crucial institutional quality determinants are law-and-order (-0.53), bureaucratic quality (-0.51), military in politics (-0.45), corruption control (-0.42), and internal conflict (-0.35).
Observational study on passive leg raising and the autonomic nervous system
Authors: Søndergaard Søren
Published: December 2022

In the intensive care and perioperative setting, circulation is often supported by intravenous fluid preceded by prediction of fluid responsiveness during a passive leg raising (PLR) maneuver. An increase in stroke volume (SV) or cardiac output (CO) of 10%–15% indicates that the subject may increase the flow upon volume expansion. However, the semi‐recumbent position as an initial position in PLR likely reduces SV by gravitational displacement of central blood volume (CBV) to lower extremities, thereby accentuating volume responsiveness during leg raising in healthy people. Coincident with gravitational perturbations in hemodynamics, remedial changes occur in the autonomic nervous system (ANS), as expressed in spectral power in heart rate variability (HRV). This study aims to clarify these concomitant changes during PLR. A convenience number of healthy volunteers (N = 11) were recruited by advertisement in university departments. The subjects were exposed to the established PLR sequence and the heart rate (HR), mean arterial pressure (MAP), SV, and CO were sampled at 1 Hz, while electrocardiogram was recorded at 1000 Hz. Relative powers reflecting autonomic nervous system activity were assessed from spectral analysis of HRV. In response to PLR, SV increased (12.4% ± 8.7%, p < 0.0026), while HR (−7.6% ± 4.7%, p < 0.0009) and MAP (−7.6% ± 6.9%, p < 0.01) decreased, with no change in CO (4.1% ± 12.8%, ns). The HRV low‐frequency component was reduced (−34%; p < 0.0095), while the high‐frequency activity increased (78.5%; p < 0.0013), with a 63% decrease in the low/high frequency ratio (p < 0.0078). Thus, HRV indicated a reduced sympathetic index (semi‐recumbent 0.808 vs. PLR −0.177 a.u., p < 0.001) and an increased parasympathetic index (−0.141 to 0.996 a.u., p < 0.0001). Gravitational depletion and expansion of CBV during PLR were associated with a counterregulatory autonomic response. Healthy volunteers appeared volume responsive in terms of SV, but not CO. Responses to PLR are influenced by the ANS, and HRV analysis should be included in the assessment of the PLR test.
DEM simulation of biomass pyrolysis in a novel interconnected screw reactor
Authors: Ou Wentao , Liu Tong , Wang Chen , Xiao Rui , Zeng Dewang
Published: December 2022

A novel interconnected screw reactor was proposed to convert biomass to bio-oil and bio-char in this study. This reactor is expected to achieve direct heating of pyrolysis feedstocks and increase the reactor processing capacity through the recycling of biochar between the inner and outer screw. Here, we simulated the biomass particle flow and reaction process in this interconnected reactor by an extended discrete element method (DEM), the effect of char circulation on the reactor temperature distribution and the product yields are investigated. The results show that the char circulation increased the heating rate of biomass. At the inner and outer screw speed of 10 rpm and 1 rpm, the char circulation can reach 5.15 kg/h and the average temperature of biomass under the char circulation is about 30 °C higher than that without char circulation. The reaction simulation results show that at 500 °C, the yield of char, bio-oil and non-condensable gas are 18.9%, 40.6% and 40.5% respectively. The predicted product yields of char, bio-oil and non-condensable gas are also in good agreement with the experimental measurements.
Averaging principle for two-time-scale stochastic differential equations with correlated noise
Authors: Jiang Tao , Liu Yancai
Published: December 2022

This article is devoted to studying the averaging principle for two-time-scale stochastic differential equations with correlated noise. By the technique of multiscale expansion of the solution to the backward Kolmogorov equation and consequent elimination of variables, we obtain the Kolmogorov equation corresponding to the reduced simplified system. The approximation of the slow component of the original system to the solution of the corresponding averaged equation is in the weak sense. An example is also provided to illustrate our result.
Kalmbach measurability In d0-algebras
Authors: Avallone Anna , Vitolo Paolo
Published: December 2022

We introduce the notion of ∧-projection in order to extend to d0-algebras the concept of Kalmbach measurable elements with respect to an outer measure μ.

We prove, in case μ is faithful, that Kalmbach measurable ∧-projections are quasi-central, thus generalizing a result known for orthomodular lattices, and recently extended to D-lattices.
Quantifiers on L-algebras
Authors: Ciungu Lavinia Corina
Published: December 2022

In this paper, we introduce the notion of monadic L-algebras and we study properties of these new structures. We define and investigate the monadic ideals of a monadic L-algebra, and we characterize the monadic ideal generated by a subset of a monadic L-algebra. We define the existential and universal quantifiers on semiregular L-algebras with negation, and we investigate certain properties of these structures. In this sense, we prove that there exists a one to one correspondence between existential and universal quantifiers. We show that any pair of strict quantifiers on a semiregular L-algebra with negation is a monadic operator.
Coercive and noncoercive elliptic problems with variable exponent Laplacian under Robin boundary conditions
Authors: Dammak Makkia , Ali Abir Amor Ben
Published: December 2022

In the present paper, we study the existence as well as the non-existence of some positive solutions for the equation −Δ
p(x)
u = λ k(x) uq
± h(x) ur
under Robin boundary condition in a regular open bounded domain Ω of ℝ
N
, N ≥ 2. Δ
p(x) is the p(x)-Laplacian operator where p ∈ C
1(Ω) and p > 1. Our proofs are based on the sub solution-super solution method and also on variational arguments.
The symmetric 4-Player gambler’s problem with unequal initial stakes
Authors: Hussain Abid , Cheema Salman A.
Published: December 2022

This research advances the 4-player gambler’s ruin problem for the case of arbitrary initial stakes. The aim of the research is attained by offering simple expressions using the difference equation approach and thus providing closed form solution to the problem. Moreover, the existing technique of Chang [A game with four players, Statist. Probab. Lett. 23(2) (1995), 111–115] dealing with equal initial stakes is demonstrated as a sub-case of the newly devised scheme. The legitimacy of the proposed formulation is further verified by considering various parametric settings.
The crystal structure of 3-hydroxy-5-oxo-4-propanoylcyclohex-3-ene-1-carboxylic monohydrate, C10H14O6
Authors: Huang Li-Ming , Xia Ying-Fan , Wang Hai-Bin , Lin Shu-Ting , Zhang Jia-Rong , Jiang Cheng-Jun
Published: December 2022

C10H14O6, triclinic,

P

1
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$P\overline{1}$

(no. 2), a = 7.5531(2) Å, b = 9.3964(3) Å, c = 9.5089(3) Å, α = 61.8330(10)°, β = 68.6230(10)°, γ = 86.5750(10)°, V = 548.80(3) Å3, Z = 2, R

gt
(F) = 0.0485, wRref
(F
2) = 0.1438, T = 170.0 K.
Islanders’ Heterogenous Temporalities
Authors: Čapo Jasna
Published: December 2022

This paper revisits the cultural stereotype of a sharp binary division between “summer” and “winter” temporalities in an island town in Croatia (Hvar). It highlights the existence of parallel and competing temporalities that generate heterogeneous social and individual rhythms. The overarching rhythm of summer tourism, which divides the year into “summer” (roughly between May and October) and “winter” (roughly between November and April), conceals other temporalities, both in the sense of how locals perceive and organise their temporal rhythms and in the sense of how they experience them. The article discusses these heterogeneous temporalities and how they orchestrate the locals’ lives, how they criss-cross and relate to one another, and how they transition into one another. Attention is directed to individual meanings and preferences, experiences, and resistance to the overwhelming rule of the rhythm of tourism.
The diagnostic continua of the soils of Europe
Authors: Csorba Ádám , Jones Arwyn , Szegi Tamás , Dobos Endre , Michéli Erika
Published: December 2022

Diagnostic horizons, properties and materials are commonly applied building units of national and international soil classification systems. The presence, depth or absence of diagnostic information supports the process of objective soil classification, such as the World Reference Base (WRB). While the diagnostic units and associated descriptive qualifiers convey information that reflect pedogenesis, they also indicate important, and often complex properties that are related to soil fertility and other soil functions. The spatial extent or the continuum of diagnostic information is often different from the spatial extent of the mapping units in general soil maps (mostly reflecting soil types). This paper presents the spatial distribution of selected diagnostic units and qualifiers for the European Union and describes their significance for key soil functions. The derivation of selected diagnostics was performed based on the information provided in the European Soil Database and by taking into consideration the definitions, rules and allocation procedure of soils to the appropriate Reference Soil Group (RSG) defined by the WRB key. The definition of the presence/absence of the diagnostic units were performed by extracting information related to the first level of the WRB classification and to the qualifiers provided by the ESDB on the Soil Taxonomic Units (STU) level. The areal percentage of the STUs (thus, the derived diagnostics) within Soil Mapping Units (SMUs) was calculated and was visualized on separate maps. The study demonstrated the importance of the spatial information that the diagnostic elements convey, especially related to soil functions.
La mutation organisationnelle orchestrée dans une pratique collaborative des équipes en contexte pandémique : l’effet véloce des tensions
Authors: Coulombe Caroline , Harvey Jonathan
Published: December 2022

Ancré dans une collecte de données auprès de 16 projets d’infrastructures majeures travaillant à distance, en contexte pandémique et en mode collaboratif, cet article soutient que le maintien de tensions multiples est une pierre angulaire de la collaboration et une pratique prometteuse pour la « nouvelle normalité » organisationnelle. Aussi, nous démontrons que l'engagement avec les parties prenantes se déroule à l'intérieur d'un espace permettant d'exprimer et maintenir l'ambiguïté entre les intérêts et objectifs respectifs, le tout créant un effet véloce vers le succès perçu du projet. Ces données ont émergé de deux années de recherche sur le terrain d’un des cinq plus grands donneurs d’ordres au Québec. Cet article contribue au débat sur les tensions inhérentes aux collaborations dans un contexte multiparadoxal tout en ajoutant des pistes de pratiques organisationnelles en contexte de crise et postcrise.
L’ impact de la pandémie de COVID-19 sur la représentation syndicale au Québec
Authors: Gebert Raoul , Moussa Baa Safiatou
Published: December 2022

La pandémie de COVID-19 a durement frappé l’économie canadienne et les syndicats québécois ont dû procéder très rapidement à d’importantes adaptations. Basé sur une recherche de terrain financée par le Conseil de recherches en sciences humaines du Canada (CRSH), en partenariat avec l’une des principales confédérations syndicales du Québec, notre article analyse l’état de la représentation syndicale dans huit secteurs économiques, à la sortie des fermetures liées à la pandémie de COVID-19. Il compare ainsi les pratiques avant, pendant et après la pandémie. L’argumentaire développé par notre article reposera sur trois éléments : d’une part, sur un plan pratique, nos résultats fournissent des preuves solides indiquant que l’adhésion à un syndicat en temps de crise protège les travailleuses et travailleurs des conséquences néfastes immédiates, en réduisant l’ampleur des licenciements collectifs, facilitant l’accès aux équipements de protection et en négociant une compensation matérielle pour les emplois essentiels. Deuxièmement, l’article contribue à la littérature en s’intéressant à l’avantage et au renouveau syndical, ainsi qu’à une vision des relations de travail centrée sur les acteurs, positionnant les syndicats comme des « acteurs stratégiques » (Hyman, 2007). Enfin, l’article appuie l’idée que les syndicats sont des agents « d’expérimentation institutionnelle » (Ferreras et collab., 2020) en temps de rupture profonde, utilisant de manière créative les leviers institutionnels à leur disposition et façonnant ainsi le monde du travail post-COVID.
L' esprit de la troisième vague de la gestion des carrières : nouveau point de rencontre des besoins individuels et organisationnels
Authors: Gosselin Eric , L. Dolan Simon , Tremblay Jean-François , Bénard Michel
Published: December 2022

Au cours des dernières décennies, les organisations ont été soumises à des turbulences environnementales inédites. En réaction à ces modifications contextuelles et afin d’assurer leur pérennité, les organisations ont alors revisité plusieurs de leurs fonctions de gestion et particulièrement celle associée au système de pratiques de gestion des carrières qui a fait l’objet d’une modernisation. Afin de se doter d’une flexibilité fonctionnelle et numérique, alors jugées salvatrices, les organisations ont opéré une transformation du contrat psychologique structurant la relation d’emploi, ce dernier passant de relationnel à transactionnel. Dans cette optique, selon le paradigme postcorporatif, l’organisation n’est plus le premier artisan de l’avenir professionnel, mais devient un auxiliaire dans l’atteinte des aspirations de carrière des employés. Néanmoins, en fonction des défis contemporains qui se présentent aux organisations (cf. promotion du bien-être, rétention du personnel, gestion de la diversité), il est urgent de revoir, de façon critique, les modes actuels de gestion de la carrière. Il ne s’agit pas de citer à procès le modèle renouvelé en présentant un argumentaire nostalgique, mais plutôt d’entrevoir l’esprit d’une troisième vague en matière de gestion organisationnelle des carrières; vague qui devra répondre aux impératifs d’une nouvelle réalité. Ce texte se veut analytique en revisitant l’historicité des perspectives individuelles et organisationnelles de gestion de la carrière. Il se veut aussi prospectif en proposant les pourtours d’un modèle multivoque de gestion organisationnelle des carrières, modèle ancré dans un contrat psychologique partenariel qui est un vecteur de transformation qui permettra de transiger avec les enjeux contemporains du marché de l’emploi.
Topographically Localized Modulation of Tectal Cell Spatial Tuning by Complex Natural Scenes
Authors: Sainsbury Thomas T. J. , Diana Giovanni , Meyer Martin P.
Published: December 2022

The tuning properties of neurons in the visual system can be contextually modulated by the statistics of the area surrounding their receptive field (RF), particularly when the surround contains natural features. However, stimuli presented in specific egocentric locations may have greater behavioral relevance, raising the possibility that the extent of contextual modulation may vary with position in visual space. To explore this possibility, we utilized the small size and optical transparency of the larval zebrafish to describe the form and spatial arrangement of contextually modulated cells throughout an entire tectal hemisphere. We found that the spatial tuning of tectal neurons to a prey-like stimulus sharpens when the stimulus is presented against a background with the statistics of complex natural scenes, relative to a featureless background. These neurons are confined to a spatially restricted region of the tectum and have receptive fields centered within a region of visual space in which the presence of prey preferentially triggers hunting behavior. Our results suggest that contextual modulation of tectal neurons by complex backgrounds may facilitate prey-localization in cluttered visual environments.
Embodied Cognition in Edgar Allan Poe
Authors: Kinzinger Stephanie
Published: December 2022

Stephanie Kinzinger, “Embodied Cognition in Edgar Allan Poe: Eureka’s Cosmology, Dupin’s Intuition” (pp. 124–144)

This essay argues that Edgar Allan Poe’s Eureka (1848) anticipates contemporary cognitive science’s theories of embodied cognition, particularly the notion that individuals’ minds and bodies are inextricable from their environments. Eureka’s cosmology of environmental entanglement, furthermore, surprisingly elucidates detective Auguste Dupin’s uncanny “intuitive” knowledge, as imbrication with cosmic processes affords limited, temporary access to extrapersonal knowledge. Dupin, I contend, capitalizes on the interconnectedness of mind and body, self and environment to attune himself to others, and in the process enacts a precursive version of “social mirroring.” However, along with the enabling possibilities inherent in such interconnectedness, Poe also illuminates its ontological dangers, as Dupin when intuiting transforms into a semi-abstracted self and loses some of his discrete individuality—without going as far as Poe’s mesmerists, whose complete opening to the universe’s extrapersonal forces leads to their annihilation as individual beings. I argue that such dangers shadow not only nineteenth-century transcendentalism’s cosmic egotism but also twenty-first-century cognitive science’s therapeutic agenda.
A Tale of Two Bureaucracies
Authors: Jenkin-Smith Daniel
Published: December 2022

Daniel Jenkin-Smith, “A Tale of Two Bureaucracies: The Formal Development of Mid-Nineteenth-Century French and British Office Novels” (pp. 93–123)

The history of British and French society over the long nineteenth century can be framed as two contrasting histories of bureaucratization. In France, a “rational” body of organizational rules and procedures coalesced quickly around the state, taking their paradigmatic form during the First Republic and Empire (1792–1814) but stagnating thereafter. In Britain, these structures developed piecemeal, and over a longer time, gaining relative coherence by the midcentury. In both cases, however, office work became a major social, ideological, and cultural phenomenon, one that warranted literary portrayal despite its apparent unconduciveness to conventional narrative forms. In this article I illustrate the shifting character of “office novels” within these contexts, and I accordingly operate from both a comparative and a longitudinal perspective: comparing novels from France and Britain produced during the midcentury period (pivotal in the history of bureaucracy and of the novel) that focus on office life. I argue that the changing role of the office career between William Makepeace Thackeray’s abortive office Bildungsroman The History of Samuel Titmarsh (1841) and Anthony Trollope’s The Three Clerks (1858) reflects the reform, saturation, and ideological legitimation of bureaucratic forms in Britain over this period. Meanwhile, the transition from Honoré de Balzac’s highly reflexive satirical novel Les Employés (1844) to Émile Gaboriau’s office-hopping Picaresque Les Gens de Bureau (1862) reflects an increasing jadedness in France about the ability of these structures to change.
Ignatius Loyola and Konstantin Stanislavsky in the interpretation of Sergey Eisenstein: from mystical ecstasy to editing
Authors: Do Egito Tinatin
Published: December 2022

The article examines the point of Soviet art's 1920-1930 influence on secular processes in society. The model of the psychology of art proposed by L. Vygotsky, based on Marxist dogmatics, becomes the starting point for the search of creative elite, particularly, for the film director and art theorist Sergei Eisenstein. They are brought together by a common understanding of art as a sign system aimed at awakening strong emotional disturbances in a person, the culmination of which is by Eisenstein's opinion ecstasy, from Vygotsky's point of view - catharsis. Scientists of the Vygotsky's circle, which also includes Eisenstein, study the phenomena of expanded consciousness, looking for ways to influence an individual, including through the practices of art. The article focuses on Eisenstein's interest in the topic of mystical ecstasy. In his article “Stanislavsky and Loyola”(1937), considered in detail, there's set a parallel between the spiritual practices of medieval ascetics and acting exercises according to the system of K. Stanislavsky. Eisenstein introduces the experience of ecstatic practices, drawn from the exercises of Ignatius Loyola, into the Dionysian art renewed by the revolution. In particular, using the method of editing as a psychotechnics, S. Eisenstein effects the mind of a viewer, inspiring him with utopian ideas of social justice, dating back to classical Marxism.. Avant - garde practices of Soviet art 20-30 years of the 20th century, embodied by S. Eisenstein in cinema, are interpreted according to the tradition of J. Wach – P. Tillich, respectively, as pseudo- and quasi-religious, as well as in the context of the theory of "atheistic fideism" in the mode of building an "atheistic church" as part of the secularization process. Special attention is paid to the synthesis of science and art. A version is put forward about the implicit nature and secular implications of this large-scale phenomenon, expressed in the transfer of native religious functions to related areas. For the first time in historiography, S. Eisenstein is considered in his quasi-religious persona.
Secret monastic communities of the Soviet period. Problems of typology
Authors: Beglov Alexey
Published: December 2022

The purpose of this article is to take the next step in the development of a typology of secret monastic communities of the Soviet period. The author considers the development of a typology of the monastic underground in the USSR as a tool for explaining the diversity of forms of this phenomenon. First, the author raises the question of the evolution of the types of monastic life during the transition from the synodal to the Soviet period, and to solve it, he dwells in detail on the classifications of forms of monasteries and monastic life existing in science in the Russian Middle Ages and the Imperial period. The author then points out that the secret communities differed not only in terms of “objective” (for example, gender or age composition), but also in terms of “subjective” features, for example, in the position of their leaders and members in relation to church divisions, or in relation to the adoption new members. Based on this, the article raises the question of the reasons for the formation of various strategies for the behavior of the monks of the Soviet period, as well as the intellectual attitudes that stood behind these strategies. The author concludes that the position in relation to the admission of new members, or openness vs. the closeness of the secret monastic communities was one of their key characteristics, which determined others, including their “objective” parameters.
“Resolving difficult cases that might happen during Divine Service”. On the sources of one plot in the Uniate liturgical literature of the early 17th century
Authors: Korzo Margarita
Published: December 2022

The article analyzes the Latin Sources of an admonition “Pripadkov kotorye byse pry slouzhbie bozhoi mogly prytrafiti roz’viezane” (Resolving difficult cases that might happen during worship). Published for the first time as a part of a larger Uniate manual for the priests in Sluzhebnik (Vilno 1617), the given admonition in an edited form became an organic component of the so-called “Izvestie uchitel’noe, kako dolzhenstvuet iereyu i diakonu sluzhenie w tserkvi svyatoi sovershati” (Instructive admonition how a priest and deacon should perform holy service in the church) in the Russian Rituals. As A.V. Petrovskij has already found out, a significant part of the cases analyzed in “Pripadki” that might happen during worship or Communion have parallels in apostolic, patristic, and conciliar decrees, in works of church literature, which have long existed in the Eastern Christian area. The author of the article argues, that the very effort of systematizing those difficult cases, also their analysis in the context of liturgical editions was borrowed by the compilers of “Pripadki” from the Latin tradition. And the main sources were the headings (rubricae) of the post-Tridentine “Missale Romanum” (Rome 1570). “Summa casuum conscientiae” by the Spanish Jesuit, cardinal Francisco de Toledo became another important source for the Uniate compilation: both for “Pripadki”, as for the whole Uniate manual for the priests Vilna 1617. Familiarity of the Uniate compilers with the work of the Spanish Jesuit is also confirmed by the content of another work, namely – an instruction for the priests how to perform the sacraments in “Trebnik” (Vilna 1617–1618). The given fact allows us to consider both admonitions as a part of a broader program for the elaboration of practical manuals for the Uniate clergy at the beginning of the 17th Century. The article also suggests who could be the author of these compilations.
Azole derivatives inhibit the binding of the RBD domain of SARS-Cov-2 against host ACE2 in in vitro assays
Authors: Villasana Katiusca , Perdomo Balbino , Dugarte Leonardo , Torres Geizon , Manuel Pujol José
Published: December 2022

The reuse of medicines is a practical and rapid response when early solutions are required for sudden-onset health problems such as SARS-CoV-2, the causative agent of the COVID-19 pandemic during the years 2020 - 2021. In this study we set out to determine by in silico assays with bioinformatics tools using the Swiss Dock online server and in vitro by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assays whether azole derivatives (such as fluconazole, secnidazole, clotrimazole) and ivermectin, can inhibit the interaction between human ACE2 and the RBD domain of SARS-CoV-2 S protein. The result of the docking of azoles and ivermectin showed a significant inhibitory action against RBD of SARS-CoV- 2 S protein and the binding energy. Since the results obtained in the in vitro assays showed a significant inhibition absorbance (OD value < 0.611) of the binding of hACE2 and the SARS-CoV-2 RBD, our results suggest that these azole derivatives can be considered as potential therapeutic candidates. This may suggest that the drugs studied can be used individually or in therapeutic combinations in trials to evaluate effectiveness in patients suffering from COVID-19 both early in the infection and in late stages. Secnidazole and fluconazole are commercially available and affordable drugs.
Ukrainian Refugees in Italy: Activities and Assistance of Caritas and «MIST-IL PONTE» Association
Authors: HOLOVKO L. V.  , KOROLYK-BOYKO L. E.
Published: December 2022

The relevance of the article is due to the need to create comfortable conditions for Ukrainian refugees in their places of temporary residence in Italy. Since the full-scale invasion of the territory of Ukraine by Russian troops, during February-July 2022, 288 refugees arrived in the city of Gubbio, region of Umbria, most of them women aged 30-45 and minor children. The article reveals the role of the cohesion of the local population, the Ukrainian diaspora, the consolidation of the efforts of state bodies and the informal sector. The purpose of the article is to determine the socio-demographic characteristics of Ukrainian refugees who turn to Caritas and the association “MIST-IL PONTE” in Gubbio for help. In the course of the research, general scientific methods were used: face-to-face survey, analysis, synthesis, generalization. The novelty is the opinion of Ukrainian refugees about the activities of Caritas in cooperation with the association “MIST-IL PONTE” determined for the first time, on the basis of a developed questionnaire. The significance of the Italian government’s support for Ukraine and its refugees has been revealed, in particular on the issues of providing Ukrainian refugees with the temporary protected status, a high level of necessary social, educational and medical services. The results of the survey of Ukrainian refugees, which were taken into account by Caritas and the association “MIST-IL PONTE” in their further work, were analyzed. Minor problems encountered by Ukrainian refugees during their stay in Italy and their causes are identified. The priority of creating comfortable living conditions, receiving social, including educational, services is substantiated, since a significant part of refugees are minors of preschool and school age. Focused attention on the fact that the development and implementation of various thematic activities by the “MIST-IL PONTE” association with the participation of Ukrainian refugees, especially children, contributes to the recovery of their psychological state, rapid adaptation to society, learning the Italian language, culture, customs and traditions of the local population and indicates the solidarity of the Italian people in supporting Ukraine in the fight against the Russian aggressor. The reasons why refugees intend to stay in Italy have been established. Some of them plan to return in a couple of months, and others - after the end of the war in Ukraine. In general, most Ukrainians have already returned. The variety of services received, the constant assistance of Caritas and the professionalism of its volunteers are highly rated by Ukrainian refugees. Caritas in Gubbio operates in 8 parishes, where it has its branches. Thanks to the functioning of the national web-platform, a single registration database has been created, which contains general information about persons, their status and needs. This specificity of activity ensures the provision of high-quality and quick assistance to everyone who is registered.
A Systematic Study of Proton Decay in Superheavy Elements
Authors: Srinivas M.G. , Manjunatha H.C. , Sridhar K.N. , Raj A.C. , Damodara Gupta P.S.
Published: December 2022

We have studied the proton decay in almost all superheavy nuclei with atomic number Z = 104–126. We have calculated the energy released during the proton decay (QP), penetration factor (P), normalization factor (F), and the proton decay half-lives. The latter are also longer than that of other decay modes such as the alpha decay and spontaneous fission. The competition of the proton decay with different decay modes reveals that the proton decay is not the dominant decay mode in the superheavy nuclei region. This means that superheavy nuclei are stable against the proton decay.
Storing and structuring big data in histological research (vertebrates) using a relational database in SQL
Authors: Langraf V. , Babosová R. , Petrovičová K. , Schlarmannová J. , Brygadyrenko V.
Published: December 2022

Database systems store data (big data) for various areas dealing with finance (banking, insurance) and are also an essential part of corporate firms. In the field of biology, however, not much attention has been paid to database systems, with the exception of genetics (RNA, DNA) and human protein. Therefore data storage and subsequent implementation is insufficient for this field. The current situation in the field of data use for the assessment of biological relationships and trends is conditioned by constantly changing requirements, while data stored in simple databases used in the field of biology cannot respond operatively to these changes. In the recent period, developments in technology in the field of histology caused an increase in biological information stored in databases with which database technology did not deal. We proposed a new database for histology with designed data types (data format) in database program Microsoft SQL Server Management Studio. In order that the information to support identification of biological trends and regularities is relevant, the data must be provided in real time and in the required format at the strategic, tactical and operational levels. We set the data type according to the needs of our database, we used numeric (smallint,numbers, float), text string (nvarchar, varchar) and date. To select, insert, modify and delete data, we used Structured Query Language (SQL), which is currently the most widely used language in relational databases. Our results represent a new database for information about histology, focusing on histological structures in systems of animals. The structure and relational relations of the histology database will help in analysis of big data, the objective of which was to find relations between histological structures in species and the diversity of habitats in which species live. In addition to big data, the successful estimation of biological relationships and trends also requires the rapid accuracy of scientists who derive key information from the data. A properly functioning database for meta-analyses, data warehousing, and data mining includes, in addition to technological aspects, planning, design, implementation, management, and implementation.
Color indicators as parameters for predicting the content of organic carbon in soils
Authors: Huslystyi A. O. , Gorban V. A.
Published: December 2022

The study of chemical, physical and biological properties of soil is important for theoretical and practical soil science. The study of soil properties, in particular the determination of organic carbon content, requires a lot of time and money. Effective measurement of soil organic carbon is necessary to manage the functioning of ecosystems. Organic carbon has an important effect on soil properties and also plays a key role in mitigating the effects of climate change, as carbon dioxide (CO2) can be removed from the atmosphere and stored in the soil, thereby reducing the warming effect. Soil color is one of the key soil characteristics that can be quickly analyzed and is closely related to a number of other physical and chemical soil parameters. According to the researches of domestic and foreign scientists, soils are the main storage place for soil carbon, which plays an important role in the global carbon cycle. With technological progress and the development of imaging systems, image-based soil characterization methods have attracted considerable attention from the global soil science community. Unlike soil spectroscopy, imaging devices such as digital cameras or phone cameras are readily available. Traditionally, soil color is quantified using Munsell’s color system, which requires subjective visual comparison, but recently foreign scientists have begun to use RGB, CMYK, HSB color schemes, the definition of which is available in almost all computer graphics editors. With the increase in the use of smartphones and the gradual improvement of the quality of photo images, the use of smartphone photos to predict organic carbon content shows great potential for development. Unlike face recognition and other recognition methods that mainly rely on object profiles, color is one of the most important factors in determining the accuracy of organic carbon prediction. Different hardware configurations and hardware software settings may cause differences in photo colors.
Survey of ants (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) in the city of Providence (Rhode Island, United States) and a new northern-most record for Brachyponera chinensis (Emery, 1895)
Authors: Waters James S. , Keough Nicole W. , Burt Joseph , Eckel Jonathan D. , Hutchinson Trey , Ewanchuk Jonathan , Rock Matthew , Markert Jeffrey A. , Axen Heather J. , Gregg David
Published: December 2022

We surveyed ants in Providence, Rhode Island, from 2015 to 2019. Methods including repeated pitfall trap sampling and manual searching were used to collect ants at Providence College and a rapid biological assess-ment was conducted at Roger Williams Park. A total of 36 species were identified based on morphology, including the first observations of a colony of Needle Ants (Brachyponera chinensis Emery, 1895) in New England. Twenty-six species identified were new county records and seven species were new state records, representing a substantial update to the list of known ant species in Rhode Island, currently totaling 41 species in Providence and 69 spe-cies from six subfamilies across the state. These results are comparable with similarly scaled surveys conducted at parks and cities across the world, and they also offer a reminder that while urbanization can be associated with reductions in habitat availability for some fauna, cities can be accessible and ecologically important locations for exploring myrmecological biodiversity.
Eksplorasi Budaya “Bapa’ Babu’ Guru Rato” dalam Menciptakan Kebersyukuran Siswa kepada Orang Tua
Authors: Karimah Azizatul , Mahpur Mohammad , Solichatun Yulia
Published: December 2022

Gratitude is one of the concepts in Positive Psychology, which is the field of psychology that views life from a positive perspective. The cultural heritage of "Bapa 'Babu' Guru Rato" in the Madurese ethnicity which places parents as the first people who must be glorified and respected. This value could shape the positive character of students to have a high level of gratitude to their parents. This study aims to explore how students' gratitude for parents in Madura is manifested. This study used a qualitative method, which involved 4 junior high school students in Sumenep with different family backgrounds as subjects. The results of observations and interviews show that there is an internalization of the cultural values of “Bapa' Babu' Guru Rato”. This internalization is strengthened by the existence of hope, modeling, attachment, and empathy that are formed between students and parents so that they can form students' gratitude to their parents as students get from the environment.
Efektivitas Expressive Writing Therapy dalam Menurunkan Kecemasan Santri yang Mengalami Broken Home
Authors: Jannah Zahrotul
Published: December 2022

This study aims to determine the effectiveness of expressive writing therapy in reducing the level of anxiety experienced by broken home students at one of the Islamic boarding schools in Sumenep. The research method used true experiment pretest-posttest control group design with five subjects in each group (control and experiment). Data collection used the HARS (Hamilton Anxiety Rating Scale). The results showed that expressive writing therapy was effective in reducing the level of anxiety experienced by broken home students at the Annuqayah Islamic Boarding School (PPA) Lubangsa Selatan Putri.
La democracia de Alexis de Tocqueville: una revolución inacabada.
Authors:   , Viteri Berta
Published: December 2022

Que Tocqueville es uno de los grandes analistas del sistema democrático es algo bien sabido. Su gran obra, publicada entre 1830 y 1835, ha sido profusamente estudiada por gran número de investigadores provenientes de diferentes campos: su obra se ha leído como una teoría política, como un tratado de filosofía, como una sociología y como una etnografía. En particular, La democracia en América es una obra que incita a pensar. En ella, el autor francés trata multitud de temas: desde la estructura política de la nación estadounidense, a la influencia de la libertad de prensa, pasando por las relaciones familiares, los hábitos religiosos e incluso adelantando la muerte del arte y el nacimiento de los best-seller literarios, y lo hace de una forma realmente elegante—su escritura es a menudo literaria, llena de metáforas—. El mérito de Tocqueville, no obstante, no radica únicamente en la variedad de temas que aborda, sino en sulucidez, su capacidad de análisis y su asombrosa habilidad para la proyección de lo que ocurrirá en el futuro. La Democracia de Tocqueville no sólo es un gran retrato de la sociedad del siglo XIX: lo impactante es que es, también, un retrato muy agudo de nuestra sociedad actual. Estamos todavía tan cerca de lo que Tocqueville vio en su momento que el estudio de su trabajo no deja de ser fructífero. Si Tocqueville vio desde el comienzo que el nacimiento de la democracia suponía una gran desafío para la libertad y la sociabilidad, lo cierto es que todavía, a día de hoy, seguimos enfrentándonos al mismo desafío. La sensibilidad democrática, en efecto, nos deja demasiado cerca de ciertos peligros, especialmente de «la tiranía de la opinión pública»—o tiranía de la mayoría—, «la concentración exclusiva en el bienestar»—que lleva al individualismo—y «la apatía política».
Multiverse analyses in the classroom
Authors: Heyman Tom , Vanpaemel Wolf
Published: December 2022

Most empirical papers in psychology involve statistical analyses performed on a new or existing dataset. Sometimes the robustness of a finding is demonstrated via data-analytical triangulation (e.g., obtaining comparable outcomes across different operationalizations of the dependent variable), but systematically considering the plethora of alternative analysis pathways is rather uncommon. However, researchers increasingly recognize the importance of establishing the robustness of a finding. The latter can be accomplished through a so-called multiverse analysis, which involves methodically examining the arbitrary choices pertaining to data processing and/or model building. In the present paper, we describe how the multiverse approach can be implemented in student research projects within psychology programs, drawing on our personal experience as instructors. Embedding a multiverse project in students’ curricula addresses an important scientific need, as studies examining the robustness or fragility of phenomena are largely lacking in psychology. Additionally, it offers students an ideal opportunity to put various statistical methods into practice, thereby also raising awareness about the abundance and consequences of arbitrary decisions in data-analytic processing. An attractive practical feature is that one can reuse existing datasets, which proves especially useful when resources are limited, or when circumstances such as the COVID-19 lockdown measures restrict data collection possibilities.