bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Power monitoring data access control system based on BP neural network
Authors: Zhang Guanyu , Duan Lin , Liu Haibin , Yan Ke
Published: April 2023

With the rapid development of social economy, the demand for electric power engineering is gradually increasing. The power supply system is constantly developing in the direction of large space and automation, and various high and new technologies are also constantly improving. The power monitoring data access control system is used to monitor and control the power production and supply process and improve the power supply efficiency. The further development of the region also has a higher demand for power and energy supply. For the problem that the natural environment of transmission and distribution lines in various power grids is uncertain, which makes the line operation unsafe. This paper proposed a power monitoring data access control system based on BP (back propagation, abbreviated as BP) neural network. This paper described the related concepts of BP neural network and power monitoring system, and described the functions and construction methods of power monitoring data access control system. On this basis, relevant experiments were carried out to verify the performance of the proposed system. The experimental results showed that the fault detection accuracy of the traditional algorithm was about 93 %, while the fault detection accuracy of the algorithm in this paper was more than 98 %. The highest accuracy rate was 99.88 %, and the accuracy rate of fault detection was greatly improved.
Pandemic Produce: Impacts of COVID-19 on Florida’s Fruit and Vegetable Industries
Authors: Court Christa D. , Outerbridge David , Baker Lauri , Birou Laura , Campbell Catherine , DiGiacomo Gigi , Galindo Sebastian , Lai John , Magnier Alexandre , Miller Michelle , Oliveira Gustavo de L. T. , Orlando Eyrika , Peterson Hikaru Hanawa , Qiao Xiaohui , Roka Fritz , Ropicki Andrew , Saha Bijeta Bijen , Stevens Andrew W. , Zhang Li
Published: April 2023

Florida has one of the most diverse agricultural economies in the United States, producing several dozen types of fruits and vegetables that are consumed within the state, across the country, and around the world. The COVID-19 pandemic and resulting policy responses occurred during the peak of spring harvest season for many crops in Florida, abruptly removing market demand from the food service industry and shifting consumer purchasing habits, which enabled insights into several aspects of the fruit and vegetable supply chain. This article examines how the COVID-19 pandemic impacted fruit and vegetable industries in Florida, how these industries responded to COVID-19 impacts, and how Florida’s experience compared to that of other states. Data are derived from several sources including a statewide survey that measured agricultural production losses in Florida resulting from COVID-19 in early 2020, interviews with Florida operations that provided insights into how the pandemic induced change across the food supply chain, and a survey of food supply chain operations in three regions of the United States conducted in 2021.
A corpus-based study of the acquisition of the English progressive by L1 Chinese learners: from prototypical activities to marked statives
Authors: Zeng Xiaoyan , Shirai Yasuhiro , Chen Xiaoxiang
Published: April 2023

This article investigates how EFL learners’ progressive markings are influenced by the lexical aspect of verbs, mode of expression (spoken vs. written), and proficiency levels, focusing on the controversial issue of stative verbs in progressives in L2 acquisition. Spoken (SECCL) and written (WECCL) corpus data from two proficiency levels of Chinese EFL learners and comparison data from native English speakers (COCA) were analyzed. The results suggest that in both learner and native data the progressive -ing is strongly associated with activity verbs, stative verbs being least likely to be inflected with the progressive. this association strengthens with higher proficiency of the learners. Learners’ use of stative verbs in the progressive and the overextended use of stative progressives was also found to be related to spoken versus written mode of production and proficiency levels, with learners retreating from overextension as their proficiency increases. A usage-based account of the findings is proposed.
Multidimensional sampling-Kantorovich operators in BV-spaces
Authors: Angeloni Laura , Vinti Gianluca
Published: April 2023

The main purpose of this article is to prove a result of convergence in variation for a family of multidimensional sampling-Kantorovich operators in the case of averaged-type kernels. The setting in which we work is that one of BV-spaces in the sense of Tonelli.
Directive emission from polymeric fluorophore with epsilon-near-zero squaraine molecular film
Authors: Choi Kyu-Ri , Kim Minjae , Wu Jeong Weon , D’Aléo Anthony , Lee Yeon Ui
Published: April 2023

Enhanced directionality of photoluminescence emission has attracted attention due to its diverse application areas ranging from single-photon sources to fluorescence sensing and bio-imaging. Utilization of null phase advance in epsilon-near-zero (ENZ) medium is an important scheme to achieve the directive emission. Despite various designs proposed for ENZ-based directive emission, most of the ENZ mediums are restricted to subwavelength structures of metallic plasmonics or inorganic dielectrics. Here, we introduce an organic ENZ film placed on top of a polymeric fluorophore film to demonstrate a directive emission. By taking advantage of the structural coherence in the P3HT film and the ENZ response in the squaraine molecular film, 42 % increase in directive emission is achieved. Capability to control directive emission with organic ENZ films is highly useful in applications requiring bio-compatibility of a fluorophore-embedding medium.
Crosstalk prohibition at the deep-subwavelength scale by epsilon-near-zero claddings
Authors: Ji Wenjie , Luo Jie , Chu Hongchen , Zhou Xiaoxi , Meng Xiangdong , Peng Ruwen , Wang Mu , Lai Yun
Published: April 2023

To prevent the crosstalk between adjacent waveguides in photonic integrated circuits, the minimum thickness of the cladding layers is around half a wavelength, which imposes a fundamental limitation to further integration and miniaturization of photonic circuits. Here, we reveal that epsilon-near-zero claddings, either isotropic or anisotropic, can break the above bottleneck by prohibiting the crosstalk for the modes with magnetic field polarized in the z direction at a deep-subwavelength thickness (e.g., λ
0/30, λ
0 is the free-space wavelength), therefore bestowing ultra-compact waveguide systems. The physical origin of this remarkable effect attributes to the divergent impedance of epsilon-near-zero materials far beyond those of dielectric or epsilon-negative claddings. Through full-wave simulations and microwave experiments, we have verified the effectiveness of the ultrathin epsilon-near-zero cladding in crosstalk prohibition. Our finding reveals the significant impact of impedance difference in waveguide designs and opens a promising route toward ultra-compact photonic chips.
Die Aktienrente der Bundesregierung: Zielsetzung, Konzept, Gestaltungsfragen und Würdigungen
Authors: Wagner Fred
Published: April 2023

The statutory pension insurance in Germany is facing a massive financing problem. The background are demographic developments with a clearly aging population and the concept of „current income financing” – meaning that a decreasing number of people of working age have to pay the pension for an increasing number of people of retirement age with their social security premiums. Likewise the federal government set “stop bars” as political objectives, according to which premiums shall not rise above a certain level, pensions not fall below a certain level and the retirement age not be increased. With this in mind, in order to stabilize the statutory pension insurance, the government is planning to introduce partial capital cover. Hence, the federal government is to provide credit-financed “generational capital” of initially EUR 10 billion, which is to be gradually increased in the following years in order to invest it in the global stock market. The revenues and surplusses are intended to dampen future increases in premiums or to reduce the annual federal grants – currently in triple digit billions of Euros – to the statutory pension insurance.

The article briefly presents the background to the pension problem in Germany and the basic points of the new concept of “stock pension”. Subsequently, open design issues are addressed, and ultimately a critical appraisal of the government’s concept of pension support, based on so-called “generational capital”, is made.
Aufbau eines fondsbasierten „Generationenkapitals“ – staats- und unionsrechtliche Zulässigkeit der Rentenfinanzierung über einen Aktienfonds
Authors: Weck Thomas
Published: April 2023

The establishment of a sovereign wealth fund to build up “generational capital” is associated with legal imponderables. In principle, the German federal state can set up a foundation under public law to operate the fund with resources allocated to it as loans from the federal budget. However, if the federal state itself takes out loans to finance the foundation, this would be problematic from a constitutional point of view. As far as the protection of fair competition is concerned, it is unlikely that the fund will be systemically relevant and thus benefit from an implicit state guarantee. However, care must be taken to ensure that the fund receives its resources from the federal budget on market terms and that the resources supplied to the fund are also used on market terms. Otherwise, serious problems would arise under EU state aid law. The fact that the fund acts in the interests of the pension insurance scheme would not allow for an exception or justification.
Virtuelle Realitäten, ambivalente Narrative und fiktive Entscheidungssituationen. Konturen einer digitalen Didaktik der Multiperspektivität
Authors: Käbisch David , Pirker Viera
Published: April 2023

Die Digitalisierung aller Lebensbereiche stellt die Bildungsarbeit in Schulen, Kirchgemeinden und in der Gedenkstättenpädagogik vor neue Herausforderungen. Der Artikel beschreibt vor diesem Hintergrund Digitalisierungsprojekte an der Goethe-Universität in Frankfurt am Main, die sich mit virtuellen Realitäten, ambivalenten Narrativen und fiktiven Entscheidungssituationen beschäftigen. Besondere Aufmerksamkeit erhalten dabei das Judentum und die bildungstheoretischen Anliegen einer Didaktik der Multiperspektivität.
Learning a Model of Shape Selectivity in V4 Cells Reveals Shape Encoding Mechanisms in the Brain
Authors: Mehrani Paria , Tsotsos John K.
Published: April 2023

The mechanisms involved in transforming early visual signals to curvature representations in V4 are unknown. We propose a hierarchical model that reveals V1/V2 encodings that are essential components for this transformation to the reported curvature representations in V4. Then, by relaxing the often-imposed prior of a single Gaussian, V4 shape selectivity is learned in the last layer of the hierarchy from Macaque V4 responses. We found that V4 cells integrate multiple shape parts from the full spatial extent of their receptive fields with similar excitatory and inhibitory contributions. Our results uncover new details in existing data about shape selectivity in V4 neurons that with additional experiments can enhance our understanding of processing in this area. Accordingly, we propose designs for a stimulus set that allow removing shape parts without disturbing the curvature signal to isolate part contributions to V4 responses.

SIGNIFICANCE STATEMENTSelectivity to convex and concave shape parts in V4 neurons has been repeatedly reported. Nonetheless, the mechanisms that yield such selectivities in the ventral stream remain unknown. We propose a hierarchical computational model that incorporates findings of the various visual areas involved in shape processing and suggest mechanisms that transform the shape signal from low-level features to convex/concave part representations. Learning shape selectivity from Macaque V4 responses in the final processing stage in our model, we found that V4 neurons integrate shape parts from the full spatial extent of their receptive field with both facilitatory and inhibitory contributions. These results reveal hidden information in existing V4 data that with additional experiments can enhance our understanding of processing in V4.
Human-Like Modulation Sensitivity Emerging through Optimization to Natural Sound Recognition
Authors: Koumura Takuya , Terashima Hiroki , Furukawa Shigeto
Published: April 2023

Natural sounds contain rich patterns of amplitude modulation (AM), which is one of the essential sound dimensions for auditory perception. The sensitivity of human hearing to AM measured by psychophysics takes diverse forms depending on the experimental conditions. Here, we address with a single framework the questions of why such patterns of AM sensitivity have emerged in the human auditory system and how they are realized by our neural mechanisms. Assuming that optimization for natural sound recognition has taken place during human evolution and development, we examined its effect on the formation of AM sensitivity by optimizing a computational model, specifically, a multilayer neural network, for natural sound (namely, everyday sounds and speech sounds) recognition and simulating psychophysical experiments in which the AM sensitivity of the model was assessed. Relatively higher layers in the model optimized to sounds with natural AM statistics exhibited AM sensitivity similar to that of humans, although the model was not designed to reproduce human-like AM sensitivity. Moreover, simulated neurophysiological experiments on the model revealed a correspondence between the model layers and the auditory brain regions. The layers in which human-like psychophysical AM sensitivity emerged exhibited substantial neurophysiological similarity with the auditory midbrain and higher regions. These results suggest that human behavioral AM sensitivity has emerged as a result of optimization for natural sound recognition in the course of our evolution and/or development and that it is based on a stimulus representation encoded in the neural firing rates in the auditory midbrain and higher regions.

SIGNIFICANCE STATEMENTThis study provides a computational paradigm to bridge the gap between the behavioral properties of human sensory systems as measured in psychophysics and neural representations as measured in nonhuman neurophysiology. This was accomplished by combining the knowledge and techniques in psychophysics, neurophysiology, and machine learning. As a specific target modality, we focused on the auditory sensitivity to sound AM. We built an artificial neural network model that performs natural sound recognition and simulated psychophysical and neurophysiological experiments in the model. Quantitative comparison of a machine learning model with human and nonhuman data made it possible to integrate the knowledge of behavioral AM sensitivity and neural AM tunings from the perspective of optimization to natural sound recognition.
External Relations and Local Agency in the Horn of Africa
Authors: Ylönen Aleksi
Published: April 2023

Strategic and security analysis of the Horn of Africa systematically portrays the roots of instability as external. However, the region’s stability or instability is largely determined by local actors and conditions. Local agency and context largely set the conditions for the involvement of external actors. This article discusses how state and nonstate actors have conducted their engagement with outside powers, especially the Gulf states, at a time of increasing rivalry for influence in the Horn of Africa, with examples ranging from Ethiopia to Somalia, and from Djibouti to Somaliland.
Who Owns ‘Black’? Decolonization and Its Aporias
Authors: Mokoena Hlonipha
Published: April 2023

In South Africa, where the current movement to decolonize universities and cultural institutions has drawn international attention, its arguments often clash with the historical realities of apartheid.
Nota sobre el sufijo -"érrimo"
Authors: Rainer Franz
Published: April 2023

En esta nota se muestra que los superlativos en -érrimo son el resultado de un proceso de sustitución de sufijo, hipótesis necesaria para explicar aspectos de la alomorfía y de la semántica de los derivados.
Use of polyethylene consumables in neutron activation analysis for short-lived radionuclides
Authors: Bedelbekova Kamshat , Lennik Svetlana , Sokolenko Yevgeniy , Suzdaltseva Tatyana
Published: April 2023

The neutron activation analysis for short-lived radionuclides at the WWR-K uses a pneumatic transport system (Austria) with specific transport capsules. The irradiated samples are not removed from the transport capsules and are measured directly in the capsule. It is necessary to take into account the fact that the induced activity of the capsule material itself acts as the background radiation in relation to the induced activity of the sample under study.

A study of the capsule material and the polyethylene tubes used as sample fixing devices in the center of the transport capsule was performed. Earlier it was found that the HDPE T50 capsule material contains impurity elements Ti, Cl, Al, Na, Ca. It was found that the fixing material contains a larger amount of impurities, which leads to the increase of spectrometric equipment loading and to the increase of relative contribution of individual radionuclides to the final spectrum. The induced activity spectra were analyzed and processed, the content of elements in polyethylene was calculated and it was shown that the analytical signals of Mg-27, Mn-56 and Sb-122m, Cr-51 and Sb-122 refer exclusively to the induced activity of the fixer-tube material. This circumstance does not allow to determine small concentrations of these elements in the samples themselves. The necessity of search of other more pure material for its use as sample fixers at placement in a transport capsule is shown.
Principles of Chinese Language Teaching Based on the Material of Chinese-Ukrainian and Ukrainian-Chinese Fiction Translations
Authors: Iliychuk Iryna
Published: April 2023

The article highlights the combination of translation and didactic areas aimed at the study and substantive application of translated artistic texts in teaching and scientific-theoretical activities, which will help to introduce elements of an innovative approach into the methodology of teaching Chinese in Ukrainian secondary and high schools and universities. Didactic materials of artistic translations from the Chinese language will introduce to pupils, students and everyone who is interested in China, its geography, history, mental traits, culture, way of living and lifestyle of the population. The problem of involving literary translations in the teaching of the Chinese language in Ukrainian linguistic didactics was not considered before. The parallel study of Chinese and Ukrainian artistic texts aims at an in-depth study of the specifics of the translation of Chinese artistic texts into Ukrainian and Ukrainian texts into Chinese. Such a linguistic and cultural approach will contribute to the further development of Ukrainian-Chinese cooperation in the humanitarian, cultural and educational spheres. The task of mastering the skill of translation appears on the agenda in foreign language education.
Russian-Ukrainian War in the Context of the Theory of Human Spiritual Development
Authors: Sabadukha Volodymyr
Published: April 2023

While Russia's war against Ukraine is analyzed in global, historical, political, moral planes, it also has a philosophical aspect. This war has introduced the need to reconsider philosophical views regarding the personality issue. This is the war between two types of people: depersonalized (totalitarian) ones and individuals. This conclusion provides ground for the theory of the degrees of personal spiritual development, proving that in the process of spiritual formation a person can go through the following several stages of development. The first one is a shrewd, wild person whose predominant interests in life are their immediate needs. The second stage is a mediocre person, while they may be educated, they are usually immoral being driven forward mostly by their prospective benefits. The third stage is a mature personality, whose activity and choices are formed by the interests of society and the state. The fourth stage is about geniuses whose motives reach the scale of all humanity. This theory proves there is a battle between the impersonal and the personal in public life. In the context of the Russian-Ukrainian war the conflict between the impersonal and the personal reached its climax. A Russian person serves as an embodiment of the depersonalized principle, while Ukrainian soldiers, volunteers, civil society represent the personal principle. Military victory is not enough to secure the victory of the personal over the impersonal; it should go hand in hand with informational component concerning the philosophical essence of this war. The article provides the list of requirements contributing to the spiritual cleansing of the Ukrainian nation from impersonal values: the first step is to recognize the objectivity of the degrees of spiritual development of a person; it is mandatory to clearly formulate the Ukrainian national idea, to have a critical mass of individuals in the society, to complement the Constitution of Ukraine with an article on the national interest; to revise the ideological foundations of the humanities; to establish objective requirements for state officials and deputies, testing their levels of professionalism, intellectual development (IQ) and moral qualities.
Conditions for the effective application of research methods in educational practice
Authors: Shustova Inna , Popova Irina
Published: April 2023

The article analyzes the trends in theoretical and methodological rethinking of the practice of education in a changing society and the need for its development as an environment that stimulates innovative processes. The development of upbringing practice in the activities of a modern teacher requires him to be constantly ready to solve research problems caused by the need to penetrate into the essence of the features of the formation of a child's personality in rapidly changing conditions, the nature of building relationships with him, involving him in activities and communication. The experience of the authors' work as experts of innovative projects in the practice of education is analyzed. The reflexive competence of the teacher in professional activity is disclosed in detail. The conditions for the effective application of research methods in the practice of education are outlined: reliance on the methodological foundations of education; reliance on the theoretical foundations of the organization of research activities; the formation of the competence of professional reflection, reflective competence as the ability to translate the problem of professional activity into a research task; constant appeal to the experience of colleagues and its study, the need for a practicing teacher to be aware of innovative ideas that are born in the practice of Russian teachers and foreign colleagues.
On the role of orthodoxy in the formation of patriotism among cadets of law enforcement organisations
Authors: Kipreev Sergey
Published: April 2023

This article is devoted to the analysis of the role of Orthodoxy in the formation of patriotism among law enforcement officers and military personnel, united by us in the concept of law enforcement officers. In all periods of Russian history, Orthodoxy has been the most important force of our people, which allowed us to form the worldview of citizens in a format beneficial to the state. And today it continues to play an important role in the life of Russian society, broadcasting traditional values – patriotism, faith in goodness, honor, striving to fulfill moral duty to the Motherland and family, personal dignity, justice, etc. Russian Russian Orthodoxy is the spiritual foundation of Russian culture, provides the national and cultural identity of our civilization, determining the behavior and thinking of the Russian people. The role of the Orthodox Church in the formation of a sense of patriotism is especially important.The educational potential of traditional spiritual and moral values, which are formed in a religious environment, should be used in the formation of a sense of patriotism among cadets of law enforcement agencies. This process is especially important because cadets are the basis of the command staff of power structures, and the main transmitting link for the transfer of spiritual and moral values to their subordinates. It is from the cadets of law enforcement agencies that the subjects of patriotism education in the system of working with personnel are formed in the future. The article analyzes the reasons for the successes and failures of patriotic education, reveals the peculiarities of the interaction of the Orthodox Church and law enforcement agencies in the education of patriotism. The author shows the interaction of the Orthodox Church and law enforcement agencies during the formation of patriotism among cadets on the example of the Ryazan Higher Airborne Command School, and describes the system of interaction between the ROC and the Krasnodar University of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia for the education of patriotism among cadets.
Saul A. Kripke. Semantical Considerations on Modal Logic (translation)
Authors: Gricius Pranciškus
Published: April 2023

Iš anglų kalbos vertė ir pratarmę parašė Pranciškus Gricius, Vilniaus universitetas
Contributions to the Phenomenology of Heightened Reality
Authors: Losoncz Mark
Published: April 2023

This article analyzes the experience of heightened reality, whereby subjects feel or think that what they are facing is reality itself, or somehow a ‘more real reality’, a hyperreality. My main examples for this specific kind of metacognitive supervision are from reports about the near-death experience, the psychedelic experience and the mystical experience. I will interpret accounts of such experiences using first of all philosophical phenomenology and theories of sense of reality. I criticize and try to complement Martin Fortier’s model of the plural taxonomy of sense of reality. In addition, I propose a triadic model of the experience of reality and, based on the analysis of the testimonies of heightened reality, I have developed a triadic model, according to which one dimension of reality experience is merely heightened reality, the other two being self-evident immersion in reality and the irruptive suspension of ordinary experience.
Lead-induced oxidative stress in postnatal developing cerebellum of Wistar rats: role of aqueous extract of Cucumis sativus Linn and vitamin C
Authors: O Imosemi Innocent , Olawande Adu Y , Owoeye Olatunde , AO Malomo
Published: April 2023

Lead (Pb) is one of the most abundant heavy metal whose toxicity causes environmental and health problems, with the brain being highly sensitive to lead toxicity. There is limited literature regarding the protection of the developing brain against lead-induced toxicity. However, plant-derived products with antioxidant activity have been useful in reducing lead-induced neurotoxicity. This study investigated the role of Cucumis sativus (C. sativus) (Cucumber) and vitamin C in lead-induced oxidative stress in postnatal developing cerebellum of Wistar rats. Twenty-five pregnant Wistar rats weighing between 160 and 180g were divided into five groups (n=5). Group I served as control and received water, group II received 50mg/kg of lead acetate, group III received 200mg/kg aqueous extract of C. sativus, group IV received 200mg/kg of C. sativus and 50mg/kg of lead acetate and group V received 200mg/kg of vitamin C and 50mg/kg of lead acetate. The interventions were administered orally using an oral gavage from the first day of gestation to postnatal day 21. Neurobehavioural assessment (forelimb grip strength and negative geotaxis) was carried out on pups of day 21 and then sacrificed. Some cerebella of pups of days 1, 7, 14, 21 and 28 were fixed in 10% formol-saline for histological and immunohistochemical evaluations, while others (day 21) were preserved in in phosphate buffered saline at 4°C and pH 7.2 for oxidative stress assays. Data were analysed using ANOVA at p<0.05. Decreased body weight of Pb-treated pups on days 14 and 21, decreased forelimb grip and increased negative geotaxis, increased lipid peroxidation (LPO), decreased glutathione (GSH) levels, superoxide dismutase (SOD), catalase (CAT) and glutathione peroxidase (GPx) activities was seen in the lead-treated day 21 pups compared with the control and other treated groups. Histologically, in the cerebellar cortex, there was persistent external granular layer (EGL) on day 21 in the treated groups compared with the control, decreased molecular layer (ML) thickness and depleted Pc in the Pb-treated day 28 pups, and increased astrocyte population on day 21 pups compared with the control and C. sativus groups. Lead induced oxidative stress which caused behavioural deficit and morphological changes in the postnatal developing cerebellum of rats. Aqueous extracts of Cucumis sativus and vitamin C decreased the rate at which lead induced neurotoxicity.
Encapsulation of beta-pancreatic cells in a hydrogel based on alginate and graphene oxide with high potential application in the diabetes treatment
Authors: Moreno-Castellanos Natalia , Velásquez-Rincón María Camila , Rodríguez-Sanabria Angie Viviana , Cuartas-Gómez Elías , Vargas-Ceballos Oscar
Published: April 2023

Diabetes mellitus (DM) is a chronic metabolic disease. Current therapies, including islet transplantation suffer instant blood mediated inflammatory reaction, nutrition and oxygen supply deficiency. Graphene oxide (GO) has shown to promote proliferation of different cells and alginate-based scaffolds are alternatives for beta-pancreatic cell functional improvement. We developed an alginate-GO based hydrogel that allows encapsulation and supporting beta-pancreatic cell survival. Physicochemical analysis revealed that a high GO concentration contributed to the morphological and chemical modification of the polymer matrix. Further analysis showed that alginate-GO hydrogel presented a more compact structure, less swelling, and lower degradation rate at high GO concentrations. Mechanical analysis revealed similar behaviour to that of the pancreas. Biocompatibility analysis demonstrated a relative increase in viability, proliferation, and cellular respiration due to GO content. 25 µg/mL alginate-GO hydrogel is a potential candidate for cell encapsulation and in vitro studies suggest a low cytotoxic effect in pancreatic cells, and enhanced functional behaviour, which may be favourable for diabetes treatment.

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The technology education curriculum in New Zealand: Implications for initial teacher education programmes
Authors: Reinsfield Elizabeth
Published: April 2023

The changes to the New Zealand Curriculum in technology education has implications for the nature of Initial Teacher Education (ITE) programmes, which prepare secondary technology teachers for the profession. This article reports on a secondary technology student teacher’s evolving understanding during her one-year ITE programme. Data were collected of her learning process, to extrapolate findings about curriculum meaning-making and knowledge for practice. The student’s learning journey reflected similar challenges to existing secondary technology educators in the profession, and imply a need to support the development of resilience and self-regulatory practices, to enable a transformation of understandings. Recommendations advocate for the use of strategies which foster positive learning environments and expose student teachers to anchored approaches to learning. Such strategies are promoted as a means for student teachers to navigate disparities between what practicing teachers may value and what academic researchers assert is important to enable a future-focused approach for education.
CURRÍCULO E DIFERENÇA
Authors: Melo George Souza de , Penha Silva Melanie Laura Mariano da , Torres Thais Priscila de Souza
Published: April 2023

Este artigo tem o objetivo de lançar uma reflexão sobre o currículo partindo de uma perspectiva pós-estrutural que entende a realidade social como sempre disputada politicamente. Nesse sentido, apresentamos, mesmo que de maneira rápida, algumas inquietações que emergem das disputas mais recentes no Brasil em torno da educação e do currículo e argumentamos, sobretudo, com base em outros trabalhos recentes, como uma política de currículo que valorize a diferença do outro, ao invés de querer simplesmente aniquilá-la, é, certamente, a possibilidade mais concreta de estabelecermos na educação espaços mais vivíveis para cada vez mais pessoas.
Hemophilic Infection
Authors: Editorial Article
Published: April 2023

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Г.А. Низькодубова, К.В. Сімонова, К.А. Дрємова, Живі свідки історії: спогади – інтерв’ю очевидців нацистського окупаційного режиму 1941–43 pp. на Луганщині, МГО „МФ «Взаєморозуміння і толерантність»”, Благодійний фонд «Світло серця», TOB «Віртуальна реальність», 2013, ss. 143.
Authors: Szreffel Michał
Published: April 2023

Living witnesses of history: memories – interviews with witnesses of the 1941–43 Nazi occupation regime in Luhansk region]
Can caregivers’ mental disorders be associated with childhood obesogenic eating behavior?
Authors: Amaral Paulinia Leal do , Jansen Karen , Bach Suelen de Lima , Reyes Amanda Neumann , Martins-Silva Thais , Silva Ricardo Azevedo da , Mota Janaina Vieira dos Santos , Moreira Fernanda Pedrotti
Published: April 2023

Abstract Objective: to assess the association between caregivers’ mental disorders and schoolchildren’s obesogenic eating behavior. Methods: cross-sectional study used a public school-based sample of children and their primary caregivers. Caregivers had to report depressive episodes or generalized anxiety disorder (GAD) during the Mini-International Neuropsychiatric Interview (MINI). Children’s obesogenic eating behavior were assessed using food responsiveness (FR) and emotional overeating (EOE) subscales of the Children’s Eating Behaviour Questionnaire (CEBQ). Bivariate analysis was conducted using the t-test, ANOVA, Pearson correlation, and adjusted linear regression model was used (including variables caregivers: sex, age, economic indicator, and schooling; schoolchildren: sex and nutritional status). Results: study includes 596 children-caregiver dyads (309 boys and 287 girls). Among caregivers, 24.7% had experienced current depressive episodes, 38.7% had past depressive episodes, and 17.2% had GAD. We observed, after adjusted analysis, that having a caregiver in a current depressive episode, increases schoolchildren’s obesogenic behavior of, for FR at 0.235 points (β=0.235; CI95%=0.022-0.449;) and EOE at 0.337 points (β=0.337; CI95%=0.162-0.512). Conclusion: caregivers’ current depressive episodes were associated with higher averages of obesogenic eating behavior (caregiver-reported), both in consuming palatable food without feeling hungry (FR) and in increasing food intake in response to negative emotions (EOE).
Caring for others, taking care of water: gender and race in the production of the city
Authors: PIEROBON CAMILA , FERNANDES CAMILA
Published: April 2023

ABSTRACT This article discusses the importance of water in the daily lives of women living in favelas and squatter settlements in the city of Rio de Janeiro, articulating the debates on urban infrastructure and careful thinking about the gendered and racialized ways of making cities. Through small domestic events, dialogues between the authors and their interlocutors, and more extensive ethnographic descriptions, the article shows how water bears the power of the ordinary and is one of the objects that allow us to see the potency and vulnerability of daily life in terms of gender, class, and race. It describes women’s work in the processes of city-making by relating the precarious access to water with the subordination of care as coexisting aspects that make visible the conditions of profound inequality of the residents of peripheries.
Antihyperuricemic and Renal Protective Effect of Cordyceps chanhua (Ascomycetes) Fruiting Bodies in Acute Hyperuricemia and Chronic Gout Rodent Models
Authors: Dong Jian Fei , Yan Wen Juan , Feng Xue Xuan , Li Li Si , Cheng Wenming , Sun Chang Sheng  , Li Chun Ru
Published: April 2023

Cordyceps chanhua has been widely used in traditional Chinese medicine. The uric acid–lowering effect of artificially cultivated fruiting bodies of C. chanhua (FBCC) was studied using the acute hyperuricemia (AH) and chronic gout (CG) animal models. The AH mice and CG rats were randomly divided into 6 groups: the negative control group, model group, positive control group, low-dose group, medium-dose group, and high-dose group of FBCC, respectively. Serum uric acid, creatinine, urea nitrogen, and liver xanthine oxidase (XOD) activity were detected. Renal tubulointerstitial injury and urate crystals in CG rats were evaluated. The results showed that the uric acid content in AH mice with the high-dose FBCC group decreased statistically (P < 0.05). In the CG rats, the serum uric acid level in all FBCC groups and the serum creatinine value in the high-dose group exhibited a significant decrease (P < 0.05); the scores of renal
tubulointerstitial damage and urate deposit were reduced in the high-dose group of FBCC. FBCC can reduce uric acid and improve renal function, demonstrating it as a beneficial supplement for uric acid–lowering and gout-relieving drugs.
Investigation of unaged and long-term aged bio-based asphalt mixtures containing lignin according to the VECD theory
Authors: Gaudenzi Elena , Ingrassia Lorenzo Paolo , Cardone Fabrizio , Lu Xiaohu , Canestrari Francesco
Published: April 2023

In the near future, the world of civil and building engineering will be dominated by the advent of bio-materials. Even the road paving sector is involved in the transition towards more sustainable solutions, promoting at the same time environmental benefits and economic savings. Currently, one of the main goals is to ensure that bio-binders offer good performance, at least comparable with that offered by conventional materials. In the last decades, the exponential increase in traffic volumes has led to various types of asphalt pavement distresses, among which fatigue cracking is one of the most common. Within this context, this study presents the characterization of a bio-based asphalt mixture obtained by replacing 30% of bitumen with lignin, which was compared with a reference asphalt mixture containing a plain bitumen characterised by the same penetration grade. Laboratory produced and compacted specimens were subjected to complex modulus and cyclic fatigue tests with the Asphalt Mixture Performance Tester (AMPT). Both unaged and long-term aging conditions were investigated. The tests and the subsequent analyses were based on the simplified viscoelastic continuum damage (S-VECD) approach. Overall, the results showed that the presence of lignin led to a lower aging susceptibility, but also caused a slight reduction in fatigue life due to an increase in the material stiffness. Furthermore, the obtained results confirmed previous findings deriving from the study of the two binders and from the conventional characterization of the same asphalt mixtures as well.
Susceptibility of different Tuta absoluta (Meyrick, 1917) (Lepidoptera: Gelechiidae) populations to indigenous Bacillus thuringiensis strains
Authors: ESKİ Ardahan
Published: April 2023

Tomato leafminer, Tuta absoluta (Meyrick, 1917) (Lepidoptera: Gelechiidae) is one of the most important tomato pests worldwide and causes 100% product loss if not controlled. Chemical insecticides, which have been overused for many years, have induced resistance in the pests and made it difficult to control their populations in the field. The use of biological agents that express insecticidal proteins, such as Bacillus thuringiensis, is an alternative to conventional insecticides to suppress pest populations. In this study, to recover novel B. thuringiensis strains from soil samples, a survey was conducted in Bilecik province in 2021. Thirteen local B. thuringiensis strains were isolated and the susceptibility of three different field populations (Samsun, İzmir, and Bilecik) of T. absoluta to these strains was evaluated. Bacillus thuringiensis B3 (Bt-B3) strain, which contains lepidopteran-active toxin genes, was more virulent for all T. absoluta populations tested. In addition, Samsun population was more sensitive to the B3 strain than İzmir and Bilecik. The LC50 values of Bt-B3 were determined to be 13.28, 26.06 and 24.24 ppm for Samsun, İzmir and Bilecik populations, respectively. Sequencing of the 16S rRNA gene region confirmed that the isolate was B. thuringiensis, while electron microscopy revealed that the isolate produced bipyramidal, cubic and spherical insecticidal proteins. The results of this study indicate that the isolate Bt-B3 appears to be a promising biocontrol agent for integrated pest management of T. absoluta in Türkiye.
Determination of insecticide residues in “Bayramiç Beyazı” nectarines and their risk analysis for consumers
Authors: SERBES Elif Betül , TİRYAKİ Osman
Published: April 2023

In this study, insecticide residues on “Bayramiç Beyazı” nectarines were investigated with the use of QuEChERS method and LC-MS/MS analysis. Analytical method was verified through SANTE 11312/2021 Guidelines. The limit of quantification were below the MRLs for 12 insecticides. Method recovery was identified as 89.6%. Such a value was within the SANTE recovery (60-140%) limits. Nectarine samples were collected from Çanakkale open markets between 15 June-30 September, 2022 and analyzed at ÇOMÜ Agriculture Faculty-Pesticide Laboratory (Çanakkale-Türkiye). Abamectin, acetamiprid, deltamethrin, etoxazole, novaluron, pyriproxyfen, spirodiclofen, tetramethrin and thiacloprid residue levels were below the MRLs. On the other hand, dimethoate, imidacloprid and omethoate residues exceeded their MRLs only in one sample each. The maximum residues of acetamiprid, deltamethrin, etoxazole and novaluron were about 1/2, 1/5, 1/10, and 1/70 of the MRLs in one sample, respectively. Risk assessments revealed that exposure levels for adults were low (hazard quotient, HQ ≤ 1), with the exception of omehoate residues. Omethoate posed a chronic risk to human health through consumption of nectarines. For the remaining 11 insecticides, there was no risk for human health. However, the highest acute HQ were found for dimethoate even though its HQ was less than or equal to 1 The use of dimethoate is in the process of being banned in Türkiye, while omethoate (metabolite of dimethoate) is already banned. Presence of omethoate residue may be due to the degradation product of dimethoate.
Negatives and Meaning: Social Setting and Pragmatic Effects. Using Negatives in Political Discourse, Social Media and Oral Interaction
Authors: Roitman Malin
Published: April 2023

This volume deals with the pragmatic dimension of negations and is oriented towards empirical studies of negatives’ meanings and functions in media and public discourses. Negation is one of our most central phenomena in human language and we use it daily for a vast range of different purposes: for rejection, denial and for expressing non-existence. Negation is certainly one of the most multidimensional and complex units in language, semantically, cognitively and syntactically, as well as from a functional, pragmatic, perspective. Depending of the theoretical framework, sentence negation in particular has been identified as a modal operator, a truth-value operator, a rhetoric device, a figure of thought, a polarity item and a marker of linguistic polyphony and as a linguistic unit with a variety of discursive and contextual meanings. There remain, nevertheless, a large number of unsolved questions regarding negative forms of expressions and negative functions within specific languages, within different social settings and throughout the languages of the world. Thus, by bringing together scholars from different countries, with studies on different languages this volume aims to shed light and contribute to new knowledge about the forms and functionality of this universal phenomenon. Linguists and pragmaticiens generally agree that the use of negatives escapes logic and pure semantic description and is therefore best analysed with tools from cognitive and pragmatic theories. Similar themes connected to negatives approached from different perspectives and examined in different languages offer a contrastive reading that actually enlarges the spectra of new knowledge presented in the books’s chapters. Based on hypotheses within pragmatics and discourse analysis, the main assumption is here that forms of expressing negatives emerge and adjust constantly and in accordance with the cultural domain and the social setting of their appearance. This is why this volume focuses on the functions of negative expressions in specific domains and types of discourses.
Business Intelligence no apoio à gestão estratégica em saúde: um relato de experiência
Authors: Kohara  Melchior Leonardo Augusto , Fernandes Brilhante Andreia , Tomaz da Silva Leonardo José , Tomaz da Silva Leonardo José
Published: April 2023

Justificativa e objetivos: Em 2015, a Microsoft lançou um serviço de Business Intelligence (Inteligência de Negócios), chamado Power BI, que pode ser empregado em diversas áreas do conhecimento, desde que operado por um profissional capacitado. Possui diversas utilidades, entre elas: a integração de dados provenientes de diversas fontes e formatos, mapeamento de casos, visualizações de dados em tempo real e trabalho remoto. Este trabalho propôs relatar a experiência de uso do Microsoft Power BI utilizando dados de uma Secretaria Estadual de Saúde da Amazônia Ocidental, Brasil. Métodos: Como exemplo, utilizam-se casos de tuberculose no estado do Acre, de 2010 a 2020, extraídos do Sistema de Informação de Agravos de Notificação (Sinan), fornecidos pela Secretaria de Estado da Saúde do Acre (Sesacre). Resultados: O Power BI oferece uma interface simples e intuitiva. Para compartilhar a experiência, foi fornecido um link (http://tiny.cc/tbacre) por meio do qual foi possível explorar a ferramenta e perceber a rapidez e praticidade na visualização de dados. Conclusão: Recomenda-se sua utilização sobretudo em órgãos que necessitam de tomadas ágeis de decisões baseadas em evidências.
Participación del acompañante en el cuidado del paciente Hospitalizado. Instituciones de segundo nivel. Área Metropolitana. Medellín 1999 - 2000.
Authors: Ortíz Z. Ana Cecilia , Gaviria N. Dora Lucía , Palacio C. Martha Lucía , Marín Astrid , García Doris Patricia , Montoya Elizabeth , Montoya María Elena , Mira Olga Nidia , Villegas Rosa Erely , Restrepo Silvia
Published: April 2023

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Alimentación y malaria: una aproximación biosocial. El Valle, Bahia Solano; Colombia, 2001.
Authors: Correa B. Adriana María , Guzmán P. Valentina , Carmona Fonseca Jaime , Blair T. Silvia , Molares M. Diana Marcela
Published: April 2023

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La dinámica de las políticas públicas a través de los servicios y prácticas en salud
Authors: López López María Victoria , Cardona Acevedo Marleny
Published: April 2023

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Factores de riesgo de infección intervenibles en el cuidado medico y de enfermería de pacientes con trauma en un hospital de tercer nivel de atención, Medellín 1999
Authors: Valencia Sierra Marta Lía , Morales Camacho Mabel , Arroyave C. Marta lucia , Montoya Grajales William David , Colorado Sandra Milena , Gonzales Echeverri Germán
Published: April 2023

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La experiencia de familiares cuidadores de pacientes que sufren Alzheimer y competencias del profesional de enfermería
Authors: Muñoz González Luz Angélica , Silvia Patricia Arancibia , Arévalo Lorena Paredes
Published: April 2023

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La enfermería en Colombia y la reforma del sector salud
Authors: Pérez Pelaez Liria , Ceballos Velásquez María Elena , Arenas C. Gloria Stella
Published: April 2023

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