bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Innovation and efficiency of food industry firms in Poland by regions
Authors: Chojnacki Piotr
Published: October 2020

This paper was an attempt at assessing the innovation activity and efficiency of expenditure on innovation activity in food industry firms in Poland by regions and to identify the advantages of food industry firms from specific voivodeships in terms of their innovation activity and efficiency. Expenditure on and effects of the innovation activity in food industry firms in the respective voivodeships of Poland in 2016-2018 were analysed. As regards innovation, the most active units were those in the Mazowieckie and Małopolskie voivodeships. A strong propensity towards innovation and high efficiency were also noted in such firms in the Warmińsko-Mazurskie and Dolnośląskie voivodeships. The highest efficiency in the expenditure on innovation activity characterised the food industry in the Lubuskie and Opole voivodeships. Despite their strong propensity to innovate, the food industry firms in the Lublin and Mazowieckie voivodeships showed low efficiency, while those in the Łódź voivodeship performed the worst.
Evaluación del comportamiento de la pandemia covid-19 y pronóstico de su evolución
Authors: Rodríguez Rodriguez Giordano , Álvarez Álvarez Nestor Miguel , Almeida Borges Magaly , Ramírez Varona Rafael F.
Published: October 2020

Objetivo: proponer indicadores y procedimientos para evaluar y predecir el comportamiento de la pandemia covid-19.

Métodos y técnicas: búsqueda de información sobre el comportamiento de la pandemia en diferentes escenarios y aplicación de métodos matemáticos y estadísticos.

Principales resultados: indicadores y procedimientos que contribuyen a evaluar la situación de la pandemia covid-19 y hacer pronósticos en relación con el incremento de los contagios y defunciones para la toma de decisiones.

Conclusiones: los indicadores y procedimientos propuestos contribuyen evaluar el comportamiento de la pandemia covid-19 y a predecir en el corto y mediano plazos su comportamiento para la toma de decisiones sanitarias y gubernamentales.
Risco recreacional associado à presença de cianobactérias no estuário do Complexo Lagunar da Baixada de Jacarepaguá, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil
Authors: Ferrao-Filho Aloysio , Moscatelli Mario
Published: October 2020

As lagoas do complexo lagunar da Baixada de Jacarepaguá situam-se na zona Oeste do Rio de Janeiro, compreendendo as regiões de Jacarepaguá, Barra da Tijuca e Recreio dos Bandeirantes. A intensa ocupação urbana da região a partir da década de 70 transformou esse sistema num receptáculo de todo tipo de dejetos, sejam eles provenientes de esgotamento sanitário das residências e estabelecimentos comerciais, sejam de efluentes industriais.  Isto levou a um processo de eutrofização acelerado, cuja consequência foi a dominância do fitoplâncton por cianobactérias toxicas. Este trabalho avaliou a presença de gêneros de cianobactérias potencialmente tóxicas no fitoplâncton em 3 pontos de amostragem na Lagoa da Tijuca e em 1 ponto na praia da Barra da Tijuca (Praia do Pepê), junto ao quebra-mar. O objetivo deste trabalho foi estimar os riscos potenciais que a população humana que frequenta este estuário está exposta e sugerir medidas preventivas.
TiO2/starch-based biodegradable copolymer nanocomposite as a plant growth regulator
Authors: Shirsath Nandkishor B , Roy Chandana B , Meshram Jyotsna S
Published: October 2020

This study describes the development of a nano-titanium dioxide (TiO2)-based composite of starch-co-poly(acrylamide) (St-g-PAM) copolymer. The graft copolymer was characterised by Fourier transform infrared analysis, thermal gravimetric analysis (TGA), field emission scanning electron microscopy and X-ray diffraction. It was confirmed that acrylamide was grafted over starch successfully. Also, the effects of pH, initiator dosage, temperature and time on grafting percentage and efficiency were investigated. The synthesised titanium dioxide nanoparticle successfully enhancing the thermal and biological properties of a native copolymer was confirmed by TGA and biological assay. This titanium dioxide nanocomposite starch-co-poly(acrylamide) (titanium dioxide/St-g-PAM) showed some important properties, such as plant growth regulation, and acted as a superabsorbent polymer with excellent thermal properties and antibacterial activity. The synthesised titanium dioxide nanoparticle is biodegradable and environment-friendly and accomplished the concept of green chemistry.
İki Dilli Öğrencilerin Okuduğunu Anlamada Yaşadıkları Sorunlar ve Çözüm Önerileri: Bir Durum Çalışması
Authors: KIZILTAŞ Yusuf , KOZİKOĞLU İshak
Published: October 2020

İki dilli olmak günümüzde önemli ve neredeyse kaçınılmaz bir durum olarak dikkat çekmektedir. Bu durum bir avantaj yarattığı gibi çeşitli olumsuz sonuçlar da ortaya çıkarabilmektedir. Özellikle Türkiye’nin belirli bölgelerinde öğrenim gören ilkokul öğrencilerinin iki dilli olmaktan dolayı okuduğunu anlamada sorunlar yaşadıkları bilinmektedir. Bu araştırmanın amacı; iki dilli ilkokul öğrencilerinin okuduğunu anlamada yaşadıkları sorunları tespit etmek ve bu doğrultuda çözüm önerileri geliştirmektir. Araştırmada nitel araştırma yöntemlerinden durum çalışması deseni kullanılmıştır. Araştırmanın çalışma grubunu, Van ili Tuşba ilçesindeki ilkokullarda görev yapan 20 sınıf öğretmeni oluşturmaktadır. Araştırma verileri yarı yapılandırılmış görüşme yolu ile toplanmıştır. Elde edilen verilerin değerlendirilmesinde betimsel analiz tekniği kullanılmıştır. Araştırmanın sonucunda, öğretmen görüşlerine göre iki dilli öğrencilerin dil çatışması yaşamaları ve kelime bilgisinin kısıtlı olmasından dolayı okuduğunu anlamada tek dilli öğrencilere daha çok zorlandıkları ve bu durumun diğer derslerdeki başarıyı etkilediği belirlenmiştir. Öğretmenlerin iki dilli öğrencilerin okuduğunu anlama becerilerini geliştirmek için çeşitli etkinlik ve stratejiler kullandıkları sonucuna ulaşılmıştır. Bu durumda, iki dilli öğrencilerin okuduğunu anlama becerilerini geliştirmek için veli katılımının sağlanması ve program/ders kitaplarının bölge şartları dikkate alınarak öğrenci düzeyine uygun hale getirilmesi önerilebilir.
Psychological and pedagogical diagnosis of children with visual impairment
Authors: Siedlaczek-Szwed Aleksandra , Jałowiecka-Frania Agata
Published: October 2020

The text addresses issues related to the psychological and pedagogical diagnosis of children with visual impairment, which plays a very important role in programming, as well as in achieving the maximum results of revalidation or rehabilitation treatments undertaken on the basis of the diagnosis made. The authors present the results of research aimed at learning the process of diagnosing blind and visually impaired children in a public psychological and pedagogical counseling center conducted among 21 people involved in the diagnosis of blind and visually impaired children employed in facilities located in the Śląskie Voivodeship.
Board games as a form of extra-curricular activity of students with mild intellectual disability
Authors: Masłowska Monika
Published: October 2020

The article is concerned with the board games – free time activities used by disabled students in their leisure time. The article consists of two parts. The first, theoretical one deals with disabled students’ ways of spending their free time. This part of the paper presents the characteristics of the mildly disabled students. The second part reports on the importance of the games in the development of such students. The results of the study conducted among 16 mildly retarded students are included in this part of the paper. Apart from these two parts, the article comprises of summary, conclusions and some guides for parents.
Elementary educational system of the Częstochowa administrative unit in the light of reports to school (1817–1832)
Authors: Milik Katarzyna
Published: October 2020

When the Kingdom of Poland was created in 1815, the educational matters were in the hands of the Government Commission for Religion and Public Education. In the early years, especially thanks to the activity of a minister Stanisław Kostka Potocki, the number of elementary schools grew. However, it did not last long as straight after him leaving service the situation changed. From the beginning of the 20s of the 19th century, elementary education was on the decline. This fact is confirmed by reports from the Częstochowa administrative unit, from the years 1817–1832. They clearly describe fundamental issues of the contemporary system of education. Above all, it lacked new school buildings and older buildings needed renovating urgently. In this situation, a rented room or a cottage frequently served as school premises. Accommodation conditions were rather poor. Additionally, there were not enough teachers. Not everyone wanted to teach in the country due to unfavourable circumstances. The teacher’s salary was low, often irregularly paid and sometimes not paid at all. Apart from this, it was difficult to work and expect any progress when parents did not send their children to school. As a result some schools were closed.
Recalling of Recalling. Platonic Doctrine of Anamnesis
Authors: Sajdek Wiesława
Published: October 2020

The objective of the article is to recall the European philosophical basis of the philosophical culture, inextricably connected with ancient Greece and its language. Plato’s philosophy is in the very core of the culture and its salient component is the doctrine of anamnesis. The elements of the doctrine are dispersed in numerous dialogues, particularly in Meno, Phaedo, Phaedrus, therefore they are given more attention. Platonic reflection on anamnesis is related to his view on the soul whose development is associated with the process of cognizing, being essentially tantamount to recalling of what the soul saw before its imprisonment in the body. The role of myth in Plato’s philosophy, as well as in European culture as a whole, has been discussed, along with the main subject. On the background of the Platonic thought, examples of its reception in Polish Renaissance philosophy and in the poetry of the Romantic period has been presented.
The Effect of Plyometric Exercise towards Agility, Speed, Strength and Explosive Power of Leg Muscle
Authors: Utamayasa I Gede Dharma , Setijono Hari , Wiriawan Oce
Published: October 2020

The aim of this research is to investigate the effect of hurdle box drill with the stick, jump and speed hurdle lateral, and lateral hurdle jump exercises on agility, speed, strength, and explosive power of leg muscles. The sample group of the study consisted of 33 students who participated in badminton FIO UNESA. The methodology used was quantitative research with quasi-experimental methods. The result showed that group I had enhancement on the muscular strength of the limbs for 2.89, speed for −0.003, agility 0.1 and leg muscle explosive power for 1.42. Group II had the strength of the lower limbs for −1.04, speed 0.09, agility −0.19 and leg muscle explosive power 0.85 and group III had limbs muscle strength increased for 0.43, speed 1.18, agility 0.36 and leg muscle explosive power 0.71. Therefore, it can be concluded that these three exercises affected the agility, speed, strength and explosive power of leg muscle.
Psychological Research in Modern Russia: Experience of Scientometric Analysis (Based on the Materials of the Siberian Journal of Psychology)
Authors:   Yaroslavl State Pedagogical University named after K.D. Ushinsky (Yaroslavl, Russian Federation), Mazilov V.A. , Slepko Iu.N. ,   Yaroslavl State Pedagogical University named after K.D. Ushinsky (Yaroslavl, Russian Federation)
Published: October 2020

The article represents the experience of scientometric analysis based on the materials of a Russian journal. The «Siberian Journal of Psychology» was chosen as the object of analysis. The magazine enjoys authority in the psychological community, it is included in the list of State Commission for Academic Degrees and Titles, is referenced in the databases Web of Science and Scopus. The thesaurus method, which is quite widespread in scientometric research in psychology, was used in the work. The whole body of articles published in the journal (1995-2019), including 1237 articles, is analyzed. The article presents the results of statistical analysis: distribution of articles posted in different sections of journals; articles on personalities, psychology as a science (directions, sections, approaches, etc.), various diseases (mental, physical, psychophysiological, etc.), the study of various social groups (normative, professional), the study of age groups (preschool, primary school, adolescent and other age), various concepts and problems. The analysis of publication dynamics in seven most popular sections reflects a living history of changes in the interest and editions of the journal, and researchers themselves to study the problems of clinical psychology, general psychology and personality psychology, social psychology, educational psychology, developmental psycholo-gy, etc. Despite the great variability of the problem field publications, we highlighted the leading sections in the journal, the most significant areas for the journal, approaches and sections of psychological science; social and age groups to which article authors are most interested; concepts, problems, phenomena of psychology, which are the subject of the largest number of articles. The authors of the article believe that over the 25-year history of the «Siberian Journal of Psychology» has acquired not only its own unique face among many other psychological publications, but also has become strongly associated, on the one hand, with a discussion of a very specific field of urgent problems for psychological science. On the other hand, the presence of the leading problems and issues discussed on the pages of the journal is unique and consistent with the high degree of variability of studies presented in the journal. All this allowed the editorial staff of the journal to enter the «Siberian Journal of Psychology» firmly into the recent history of Russian and world psychological science in a relatively short period of its history.
Theoretical and Methodological Aspects of the Biographical Reflection Study
Authors:   Tula State University (Tula, Russian Federation), Klementyeva M.V.
Published: October 2020

The article presents with psychological characteristic of biographical reflection as a reflective analysis of the life course. The author provides an overview of contemporary scienific discussion about biographical reflection, and adduces the data obtained through the study, the subject of which was the psychological content, functions and genesis of the bio-graphical reflection of a personality. In the contemporary scientific psychological discourses, the biographical reflection is considered as a method of studying the personality on the scale of the life path, or as the main property of the personality and of the autobiographical subject. The researchers in Russia and the West are focused on the heterogeneous mechanisms of autobiographical analysis of life events, conditions for understanding the meaning of life, autobiographical knowledge, life narrative, interpretation of an autobiography and a biography. They consider as well the dynamics of these mechanisms in lifespan development. The author offers the reader her own view of the contemporary debate about psychological content, and functions and genesis of the biographical reflection, highlighting important, from her point of view, a reflection of the autobiographical Self in the life changes when there are no social and cultural sources and resources to support development. In the original concept, the author proposed to consider biographical reflection as a resource for the personality self-development in adulthood. This work examined the specific of biographical reflection in an alternation two forms of the reflective analysis: a reflection of «life of Me» and a reflection of «life of Other» (a prototype of generation and culture). The formation process of biographical reflection at the age 17-25 is associated with integrating the heterogeneous mechanisms of life course reflective analysis (existential, cognitive, narrative, and hermeneutic) and interiorizating biographical signs and symbols, which is accompanied by the motivation of self-determination. The author considers the further development of biographical reflection (in age 25–65) as a stage of mastering by adults a reflection as a development resource for affirming the position of the author of life, and gaining arbitrary control over autobiographical Self, and exercise of free choosing a life course, and search for the meanings of life. The author argues that thanks to the mechanisms of biographical reflection, connections are established between the separate life events and new integrity arises as a life course that becomes a form of self-development of a modern adult. These results suggest that modern adults, who are choosing the individualization of life course, are more likely to have higher biographical reflection and use it as recourse to gain control over the quality of the individual life in time.
Neurotic State Characteristics of Mothers of Children with Cerebral Palsy
Authors:   Yanka Kupala State University of Grodno (Grodno, Belarus), Pevneva A.N.
Published: October 2020

The research topicality is determined by the state policy priorities in the field of preservation, strengthening and restoration of mental and psychological health as important indicators of the individual’s quality of life as well as the development of preventive measures aimed at protecting health of mothers and children, developing a support system for families with children with mental and physical needs, improving their living conditions and strengthening the institution of the family. The goal of the research is to identify the neurotic features of a mother whose child is suffering from cerebral palsy. From 2006 to 2009 in the study participated 132 respondents: 66 mothers raising children with cerebral palsy, and 66 mothers of neurotypical children. The restudy in 2015-2017 was conducted on a sample of 96 mothers, 48 respondents in each group. Research methods we used are theoretical analysis of literature, psych diagnostic methods, longitudinal method, correlation research as well as methods of mathematical statistics. In the process of analyzing the results for mothers raising children with cerebral palsy there has been revealed a painful nature of the detected neurotic state characteristics followed by positive dynamics but their values are low and vary within its margins. On the contrary, the indicators of neurotic state characteristics for mothers of neurotypical children vary within the norm along with the statistically significant manifestation of their anxieties and worries. Neurotic depression of MG66 respondents occupies a dominant position in the structural hierarchy of the scales of the questionnaire which eventually gives way to the manifestation of anxiety and hysterical type of response to life situations. The structure of neurotic state is characterized by a differentiation of the respondents from main group, while in control group it is more integrated. Over time the structure of neurotic state characteristics in the main group respondents retains relative stability, and in the control group respondents it is transformed, complicated and differs in hierarchy and greater differentiation: individual variables acquire the status of autonomous ones where the additional research is required. Statistically signifi-cant differences in the severity of neurotic state characteristics for the main group and control group respondents in the time perspective were found. The neurotic state characteristics of mothers whose children have cerebral palsy are characterized by different severity levels of indicators in all structural components with their positive dynamics in the time perspective, the predominance of neurotic depression and its changeability by anxiety and over-reaction to everyday life situations.
RUSIN PHRASEOLOGY AS AN EXAMPLE OF CULTURAL AND LINGUISTIC TRANSFER IN SLAVIC LANGUAGES (BASED OF NUMERATIVE UNITS)
Authors:   Peoples’ Friendship University of Russia (Moscow, Russian Federation), Bredis M.A. , Lomakina O.V. ,   Peoples’ Friendship University of Russia (Moscow, Russian Federation); St. Tikhon’s Orthodox University (Moskow, Russia), Mokienko V.M. ,   Saint Petersburg State University (Saint Petersburg, Russian Federation)
Published: October 2020

The paper analyses Rusin phraseological units with a number as their component, which were continuously sampled from lexicographic collections (dictionaries), such as The Rusin-Ukrainian-Russian and Russian-Ukrainian-Rusin Dictionary by D. Pop, The Rusin-Russian Dictionary by I. Kercha, as well as Ukrainian and Russian proverb dictionaries. The sampled phraseological units are distributed into groups depending on the core component – the numeral – and set against the background of a number of examples from Slavic languages. The phraseological units analysed in the paper are for the most part based on the symbolic semantics of numbers, reflecting popular beliefs, Christian faith, and mythopoetic numerology. Rusin phraseological units with numeral odin (‘one’) prevail in terms of quantity, which reflects the general tendency of Slavic phraseology. Relatively numerous are the groups of phraseological units with numerals dva (‘two’) and tri (‘three’). Other numerals are represented in Rusin phraseology to a lesser extent. This paper shows that the Rusin language is an example of a cultural and language transfer, since it was influenced by various languages due to a wide geographical “spread” in Europe. The identification of the national specificity against the background of a universal component helps to objectively and thoroughly reveal the linguistic and cultural potential of both Rusin and closely related Ukrainian and Russian paremiologies.
ELIZAVETA IVANOVNA DE WITTE AND CARPATHIAN RUS
Authors:   Saint Petersburg State University (Saint Petersburg, Russian Federation), Sulyak S.G.
Published: October 2020

Elizaveta Ivanovna de Witte (nee Ammosova), a famous educator and historian, has been undeservedly forgotten. She was the author of numerous scientific and popular works, a full member of the Historical Society of Nestor the Chronicler, published in numerous journals like Chteniya v Istoricheskom obshchestve Nestora letopistsa, Russkoe delo, Zarya, Rus’, Pravdivoe slovo. She was publishing the collections Book for Reading at School and at Home, the second volume of which included her version of The Word on Igor’s Regiment, based on G.P. Pavsky’s translation. E. de Witte made several trips to foreign countries, where she paid much attention to the situation of Slavic peoples. In the summer of 1903, E. de Witte went to Austria-Hungary and visited Bukovina and Galicia. Her creative legacy includes works on the history, socio-economic and religious situation of the Rusins in Austria-Hungary: Bukovina and Galicia (1903), Ugro-Rus. Past and Present. Absolutism and Constitution (1907), How Galicians Live under the Constitution (1908), The Russian-Polish Question in Galicia. 1804–1909 (1909), Austria-Hungary and Its Slavic Peoples (1912), Galician Rus in Its Past and Present (co-authored with E.F. Turaeva-Tsereteli, 1915). She was also interested in the Rusins of the Kholmshchyna (Chełm Land, 1909). With her works on the history of Carpathian Rus, E. de Witte contributed much to the further studies of the history of Rusins and promoted the interest to this ethnic group in the general public and academic community of Russia.
RENAISSANCE INFLUENCES IN THE RUSIN LITERATURE OF TRANSCARPATHIA IN THE 16TH CENTURY
Authors:   Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv (Kyiv, Ukraine), Slipushko О.M. , Lisovskaia О.S. ,   Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv (Kyiv, Ukraine)
Published: October 2020

The article examines the specificity of the Renaissance influences on the Transcarpathian literature in the 16th century. The authors emphasise that the entry of Russian lands into Lithuania, Hungary, Austria-Hungary, Transylvania, and Poland made Outer Subcarpathia and Transcarpathia accessible to pan-European influences, which conditioned the synthesis of the authentic tradition with the dominant ideas of Western Renaissance. The influence of Hungarian culture was decisive for Transcarpathian literature. During the Renaissance, the Transcarpathian culture developed the concept of “Russianness” – a quality that preserved the Rusinian identity in the contexts of different foreign states. Rusinian literature of Transcarpathia was a synthesis of Hutsul, Boyko, and Lemko cultural traditions. The authors focus on the writings of Pavel Rusin and Sevastyan Klenovich, whose works were connected with the Transcarpathian Rusinian literature, with its ideas of the European Renaissance. Their artistic heritage is a significant contribution to the development of Renaissance Rusinian literature.
AXIOM OF Φ-HOLOMORPHIC (2r+1)-PLANES FOR GENERALIZED KENMOTSU MANIFOLDS
Authors:   Al al-Bayt University (Mafraq, Jordan), Abu-Saleem Ahmad , Rustanov A.R. ,   National Research Moscow State University of civil engineering, Kharitonova S.V. ,   Orenburg State University
Published: October 2020

In this paper we study generalized Kenmotsu manifolds (shortly, a GK-manifold) that satisfy the axiom of Φ-holomorphic (2r+1)-planes. After the preliminaries we give the definition of generalized Kenmotsu manifolds and the full structural equation group. Next, we define Φ- holomorphic generalized Kenmotsu manifolds and Φ-paracontact generalized Kenmotsu manifold give a local characteristic of this subclasses. The Φ-holomorphic generalized Kenmotsu manifold coincides with the class of almost contact metric manifolds obtained from closely cosymplectic manifolds by a canonical concircular transformation of nearly cosymplectic structure. A Φ- paracontact generalized Kenmotsu manifold is a special generalized Kenmotsu manifold of the second kind. An analytical expression is obtained for the tensor of Ф-holomorphic sectional curvature of generalized Kenmotsu manifolds of the pointwise constant Φ-holomorphic sectional curvature. Then we study the axiom of Φ-holomorphic (2r+1)-planes for generalized Kenmotsu manifolds and propose a complete classification of simply connected generalized Kenmotsu manifolds satisfying the axiom of Φ-holomorphic (2r+1)-planes. The main results are as follows. A simply connected GK-manifold of pointwise constant Φ-holomorphic sectional curvature satisfying the axiom of Φ-holomorphic (2r+1)-planes is a Kenmotsu manifold. A GK-manifold satisfies the axiom of Φ-holomorphic (2r+1)-planes if and only if it is canonically concircular to one of the following manifolds: (1) CPn×R; (2) Cn×R; and (3) CHn×R having the canonical cosymplectic structure.
EFFECT OF RELAXATION PROCESSES ON THE SHOCK WAVE FOCUSING IN A GAS SUSPENSION CLOUD
Authors:   Mozhaysky Military Space Academy (Saint-Petersburg, Russian Federation), Sadin D.V. , Belyaev B.V. ,   Mozhaysky Military Space Academy (Saint-Petersburg, Russian Federation), Davidchuk V.A. ,   Mozhaysky Military Space Academy (Saint-Petersburg, Russian Federation)
Published: October 2020

In this paper, the interaction of a plane shock wave in air with a cylindrical region of a gas suspension and the effect of relaxation processes for various particle sizes on the refraction and focusing of the shock wave are studied. In the course of numerical modeling, the Euler approach is used to describe non-equilibrium motion of the gas and dispersed phases. A second order accuracy method in space and time is used. Verification of the method through test problems by comparing with exact solutions and calculations of other authors confirms a capability of detecting shock wave refraction effects and wave focusing with the appearance of peak profiles in a distribution of parameters. With an increase in particle sizes, the relaxation zones behind the shock wave and secondary waves, which propagate through a gas suspension cloud, have a significant impact on the shock wave refraction, focusing of transverse shock waves, and interface instability evolution. A focus point is shifted towards suspension cloud boundaries, while for sufficiently large particles, it moves beyond the boundaries (external focus mode). Thus, the reflection pressure of transverse waves and intensity of the instability at the interface reduce.
NONLINEAR WAVES AND "NEGATIVE HEAT CAPACITY" IN A MEDIUM WITH COMPETITIVE SOURCES
Authors:   Pavel Sukhoi State Technical University of Gomel (Republic of Belarus), Shablovskii O.N.
Published: October 2020

For a wave equation with sources, new running-wave type solutions are built. The results are expressed in terms of the heat transfer theory. We study two types of alternating volume energy sources qυ with a nonlinear temperature dependence T. Let qυ(Т = Т1 ) = 0 where Т1 is the temperature of the source sign change. The source is positive at Т>Т1 (heat input) and negative at Т<Т1 (heat output) when is has technical origin. A source of biological origin differs from technical ones. It serves as a compensator: at Т>Т1 it takes the heat in; at Т<Т1 , it gives the heat out. Three types of analytical solutions are obtained: the sole wave, the kink structure, and the wave chain. Subsonic and supersonic wave processes are studied with respect to the rate of heat perturbations. The examples for a non-classical phenomenon of "negative heat capacity" are given when heat input/output leads to a temperature decrease/increase. We have considered a nonlinear medium liable to an exact analytical description of a wave problem with a having a resonance type of the temperature dependence: its oscillations have a crescent amplitude. As an example of physical interpretation for one solution, the rate of crystal growth is calculated as a function of the melt undercooling.
A METHOD OF BOUNDARY STATES IN A SOLUTION TO THE FIRST FUNDAMENTAL PROBLEM OF THE THEORY OF ANISOTROPIC ELASTICITY WITH MASS FORCES
Authors:   Lipetsk State Technical University (Lipetsk, Russian Federation), Ivanychev D.A.
Published: October 2020

The purpose of this work is to determine the stress-strain state of the anisotropic bodies of revolution exposed to axisymmetric surface and mass forces. The problem is solved using the method of boundary states. A theory for the construction of space bases of the inner and boundary states conjugated with isomorphism is developed. Determination of the internal state is reduced to a study of isomorphic boundary state. The elastic state components are represented as Fourier series with quadrature coefficients. In the first fundamental problem of mechanics, determination of the elastic state is reduced to the solution of an infinite system of algebraic equations.A particularity of this solution is that the pattern of the determined elastic field satisfies both the conditions specified at the boundary and inside the body. A rigorous solution to a test problem for a circular cylinder, as well as a solution to the problem with inhomogeneous boundary conditions is presented. An elastic field is found in the problem for the non-canonical body of revolution exposed to mass forces and zero boundary conditions. The explicit and indirect indicators of problem solution convergence and a graphical visualization of results are shown.
Study of Tissue Inhomogeneity Effects on Central Axis Radiation Beam Parameters using Monte Carlo Methods
Authors:   Assistant Professor, Department of Radiation Physics Government Medical College, Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, India, VS Dr. Santhosh , RK Dr. Anand ,   Assistant Professor, Department of Radiation Physics Government Medical College, Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, India
Published: October 2020

Introduction: The central axis radiation beam parameters are used for the dose calculations inradiotherapy and usually measured in a homogeneous medium. Human body is not homogeneous innature and the incident beam has to travel through different medium such as bone tissue air etc toreach the tumor. Objective: The objective of the present work is to study the effects of tissueInhomogeneity on central axis beam parameter such as percentage Depth Dose using Monte CarloMethods Materials and Methods: The Monte Carlo simulation is a virtual experiment and can beconducted with the Monte Carlo software tool installed in a PC. Input files are written as per thespecification of the Monte Carlo code. Two radiation beams beans commonly used for radiationtreatment such as Cobalt 60 and 6MV X ray were used for the simulation. Results: Depth Dosecharacteristics in homogeneous tissue medium for Cobalt60 and 6MV X rays beams were studied andis consistent with the published experimental values.In the second case, at the interface betweentissue and bone the PDD pattern changed as reported by the previous works. And the absorbed doseat bone layer is higher than the dose value predicated in a homogeneous condition. In the nextsimulation we conducted the simulation for a tissue air tissue medium. Conclusion: The presentstudy clearly demonstrate that Monte Carlo methods simulation can be used as a tool for estimationof dose in tissue Inhomogeneity where measurements are seldom possible.
MEVDUAT BANKALARININ FİNANSAL PERFORMANSLARININ SIRALANMASI: TÜRK MEVDUAT BANKALARININ CRITIC VE MAIRCA YÖNTEMLERİYLE PERFORMANS ANALİZİ
Authors: BEKTAŞ Selahattin
Published: October 2020

Bu çalışmanın amacı 2018-2019 yılları için mevduat bankalarının finansal performansının Entropi ve Mairca (Multi Attributive İdeal-Real Comparative Analysis) yöntemlerinin ortak kullanımı hesaplanıp sıralanmasıdır. Bu minvalde Türkiye genelinde yüz ve üzeri şubesi olan on üç adet mevduat bankası çalışma kapsamına dahil edilmiştir. Çalışmada, analiz için kullanılan, Toplam Aktifler, Toplam Kredi ve Alacaklar, Toplam Mevduatlar, Toplam Özkaynaklar, Şube Sayısı ve Personel Sayısı kriterleri kullanılarak mevduat bankalarının finansal performansları hesaplanmıştır. Yapılan analiz sonucunda 2018-2019 yılları için en iyi finansal performansa sahip mevduat bankası T.C. Ziraat Bankası, en kötü finansal performansa sahip mevduat bankası ise Şeker Bank olarak tespit edilmiştir.
Information Ranking Based on a Semantic Network for Constructing Digital Services for Personalized Support of Museum Activities
Authors:   Petrozavodsk State University, Petrozavodsk, 185910, Russian Federation, Petrina O. B.
Published: October 2020

This paper explores the tasks of personalized support of the museum, for which it is proposed to use digital services. Services implement the selection of information sources using an additional semantic level. The seman­tic level is created above the catalog-oriented information storage of the museum. An ontological model has been developed, in accordance with which information is presented in the form of a semantic network. The local ranking model of semantic network objects is proposed, on the basis of which a ranking algorithm is developed. The software implementation of the local ranking algorithm in digital services of personalized support is presented on the example of the Museum of History of Petrozavodsk State University. The services provide personalized recommendations to museum visitors when studying the exposition. It requires various options for ranking exhibits and selecting exhibits with the highest rank.
Stock Movement Modeling Based on the Analysis of Negative Correlation
Authors:   School of Computer Engineering, Suranaree University of Technology, Nakhon Ratchasima, Thailand, Chansilp Kacha
Published: October 2020

This research presents the data-driven modeling method to derive a combined trading model from the analysis of negative correlations among the top-five active stocks from each sector of the Thailand stock market. The negative movements are computed from the closing price direction of major stocks in the eight biggest sectors. The highly negative correlated stocks among market groups are then used to build predictive trading models with three algorithms: regression analysis, generalized linear modeling, and chi-square automatic interaction detection. An ensemble from the combination of the best two models is then created. The experimental results reveal that the proposed method of trading based on negative movement analysis can accurately predict closing price of the active stock with low error rate around 1.86%.
Building Design of Smart Chinese Online Learning Platform Based on Intercultural Communication
Authors:   School of Economics and Management, Xi'an University of Posts & Telecommunications, Xi'an, China, Zhang Yuan , Wang Zhao
Published: October 2020

As the expansion of overseas Chinese learners, distance education of Chinese as a foreign language is getting more and more attention, which gives it a great market potential. Although different kinds of Chinese learning websites are gradually flourishing, there are still plenty of problems need to be solved like education resources, website design and faculty management. In the present paper, we will analyze the characteristics of overseas Chinese learners firstly, and then put forward the building design of smart Chinese online learning platform based on intercultural communication, to provide a new idea for the future development of Chinese distance education.
PARTICULARITIES OF THE PSYCHOLOGICAL ASSISTANCE PROVISION TO INTERNALLY DISPLACED PERSONS AS A CONSEQUENCE OF CONFLICT IN THE EAST OF UKRAINE
Authors: Serdiuk L. Z. , Baranauskienė I. I. , Volodarska N. D.
Published: October 2020

The relevance of study is specified of the problem of psycho-emotional state restoration for internally displaced persons as a consequence of military conflict in the East of Ukraine. Current studies of psychological problems and features of psychological assistance to internally displaced persons (IDP) are analyzed. The spectrum is identified of commonly encountered socio-economic and psychological problems that require psychological assistance. It is revealed that the problems such as: acceptance of the “friend-or-foe” situation; loss of identity; adaptation to a new place; loss of sense of stability and safety; family conflicts, etc., remain as major ones. Psychological methods of the psychological assistance provision are determined, as well as directions of further work are defined: socialization and integration of children and adolescents; vocational guidance; organization of support groups; thematic women's club (women's health, family conflicts, age-related crises, etc.); organization of psycho educational groups (educational groups: how to help to oneself and others, learn self-regulation skills); involvement of displaced psychologists in support groups; organization of recreational and developmental programs for children and adolescents; conducting studies of the issue "What and how has changed in relation to IDPs in 5 years?" Recommendations are given on organization of the psychological assistance to internally displaced persons in the recovery of their psycho-emotional state. The barriers to social adaptation of individual in crisis situations are analyzed. Means are substantiated of techniques application for reduction of emotional stress of individual and restoration of psycho-emotional state, aimed at health promotion, assistance in further employment, personal development, psychological well-being and full integration into society.
"Não me representa": um olhar sobre junho de 2013 e a crise da concepção democrática hegemônica
Authors: Devos Bryan Alves , Walker Mark Pickersgill , Porciúncula Pierri Araujo
Published: October 2020

Resumo: O texto tem como objeto o esgotamento da concepção liberal acerca da democracia e para tanto volta sua atenção aos eventos ocorridos em junho de 2013, quando uma série de expressivas manifestações trouxe à superfície a crise dessa narrativa democrática, sendo este o problema de pesquisa abordado. Como hipótese, argumenta-se que as Jornadas de Junho, inobstante à pluralidade de reivindicações e interpretações que lhes acompanham, expressam a insatisfação social com uma democracia de cunho meramente procedimental e representativo que não consegue mais dar conta da pluralidade de interesses sociais, resultando em uma cultura política conservadora e que abre mão da confrontação e do debate público em nome de uma governabilidade baseada na hostilidade à voz das ruas. A abordagem faz uso do método hipotético-dedutivo com procedimento de pesquisa bibliográfica.Palavras-chave: democracia liberal, crise de representatividade, Jornadas de Junho.Abstract: The subject here is the exhaustion of the liberal conception of democracy. In order to tackle that, one takes into account the events occurred in June 2013 in Brazil, when a series of expressive public demonstrations revealed the crisis of this democratic narrative. This crisis is, precisely, the research problem of this article. Tentatively, as a hypothesis, one argues that these June Journeys (how the demonstrations became known as), despite the plurality of their demands and possible interpretations, served to express a social dissatisfaction with a merely procedural and representative democracy that fails to take the plurality of social interests into account, resulting in a conservative political culture that shies away from public debate in the name of a governability based on a hostility to the public voices. In order to conduct this analysis, one uses the hypothetic-deductive method while centering on bibliographical sources.Keywords: liberal democracy, crisis of representation, June Journeys.
Factores relacionados con el bajo peso al nacer en un hospital de alta complejidad
Authors: Acosta Ramírez José Hernando
Published: October 2020

Antecedentes: Entre los factores de riesgo asociados al BPN, se reportan las condiciones sociales adversas como el desempleo, la falta de seguridad alimentaria, la extrema pobreza y las barreras de acceso a los servicios de salud y las causas más frecuentes del bajo peso al nacer son los nacimientos pre-término y la restricción en el crecimiento fetal.

Objetivo: identificar la frecuencia y determinantes del bajo peso al nacer en un hospital de alta complejidad en Cali- Colombia.

Métodos: Estudio observacional analítico de casos y controles, retrospectivo. Se analizó la información de 906 nacimientos de embarazos únicos y a término, sucedidos entre octubre y diciembre de 2017; se identificaron 53 casos de bajo peso al nacer y se compararon con 853 nacimientos con peso normal.

Resultados: En los determinantes de BPN las variables de exposición que mostraron asociación fueron el tiempo de gestación OR de 10.2 (IC: 95% 4.7-21.9; p 0.000); ser primigestantes OR de 1.9 (IC 95%: 1.1-3.5; p 0.022).

Conclusión: el BPN puede ser explicado por variables biológicas con trasfondo sociodemográfico, concretamente la primigestación como riesgo de BPN en nuestra población.
Integration of School Management Systems Using a Centralized Database (ISMSCD)
Authors:   the Northern Philippines College for Maritime, Science and Technology, Brgy. Lingsat, San Fernando City, La Union, Philippines, Balcita Romeo E. , Palaoag Thelma D.
Published: October 2020

School have different departments and offices with interrelated functionalities that needs one’s cooperation in order to function well. Offices are scattered across the campus and transfer of information is affected. The need to build an integrated School Management System using a centralized database will make school services of better quality. The need to integrate technologies like barcodes, use of internet, video cameras, sensors and the use of a better framework are needed to cope up with the changing needs of the society and in providing quality school service. Thus this study aimed to build such system, implement the system and identify the level of acceptability. Features of the system include enrollment, assessment, report generation and providing decision support module. The system is based from a standardized school management framework derived from different existing school management systems. This is under qualitative as well as descriptive research. Agile AWE model is used in the project development. This is implemented in an institution that uses manual process of school management. Manager, staff, teachers, students and guardian will provide the needed system requirements and at the same time they will be the respondents in getting the level of acceptability. Feedbacks are continuously gathered and helps identify possible improvements. This system is beneficial to institutions currently using manual process in their departments. This is a fully functional and configurable system that will suit to the needs and surely provide quality service.
Combined therapy of acute respiratory viral infections, including coronavirus infection, using a specialized mattress in the background
Authors: Kryzhanovskii Edvard V. , Yavorsky Alexander B.
Published: October 2020

Background: Acute respiratory viruses are associated with lower respiratory tract diseases, providing an essential load on the public health system worldwide. Acute respiratory tract infections can be caused by many different viruses, and no approved vaccines or medicines exist for most of them. New approaches to respiratory infection treatment complement the molecular methods by focusing on improving the quality of daily life stages. One of the most important stages is sleep, which is associated with the overall organism restoration and, therefore, is critical to the recovery efficacy. We consider a specialized mattress with a bioactive vicuna cover as a facility improving the sleep quality and estimate its influence on the respiratory infection dynamics for patients under treatment by conventional medication.Methods: Data from 24 patients with the acute respiratory viral infection were collected in the 5 day period, during which they were treated with conventional medication and were sleeping either on the specialized mattresses or on regular mattresses. The patients were split into four groups depending on the mattress type and information that they had about that type, under the double-blind experiment setup. The data comprised the dynamics of several symptoms of the disease, including fever, headache, cough, mucosal hyperemia, and others.Results: Patients with the acute respiratory viral infection demonstrated faster recovery under conditions of sleeping on the specialized mattresses, as compared to the patients who were sleeping on regular mattresses. This difference in the recovery rate was observed for all considered symptoms of the disease, with the largest difference exhibited by nasal congestion (33% difference in the rate between the specialized and regular mattress groups), cough (25%), and rheum (25%). The control for the placebo effect did not reveal its essential influence for most symptoms.Conclusions: The specialized mattresses with the bioactive vicuna cover can effectively be used by patients with the acute respiratory viral infection in addition to conventional tools and medicine. Sleeping on these mattresses alleviate the dynamical state of patients with the disease and facilitates in relieving patients of the symptoms.