bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Consejo Episcopal Latinoamericano, ¿Cambio de época? El caminar de la Iglesia en el contexto actual.
Authors: Merino Beas Patricio
Published: November 2024

El CELAM, con algunas interrupciones, ha contado desde el 1969 con un equipo representativo de teólogos(as) de América Latina y El Caribe que acompañan y alientan la reflexión teológico-pastoral del Consejo Episcopal Latinoamericano. Con fuerza este equipo retomó sus funciones en el cuatrienio 2011-2015. Mediante un trabajo de comisiones se realizó un proceso reflexivo que lleva como gran título: ¿Cambio de época?, como una manera de profundizar en la afirmación realizada en el Documento de Aparecida en su número 44: “Vivimos un cambio de época, cuyo nivel más profundo es el cultural”.
The Himalayan fossil hoax
Authors: Lalchhandama Kholhring
Published: November 2024

The Himalayan fossil hoax, or simply the Himalayan hoax, or the case of the peripatetic fossils, was perpetrated by an Indian geologist Vishwa Jit Gupta of Panjab University. Since his doctoral research in the early 1960s and the following two decades, Gupta worked on the geological and fossil studies of the Himalayan region, producing hundreds of research publications that were taken as fundamental to understanding the geology of the Himalayas. The Australian geologist John Talent of Macquarie University, who also worked on the geology of the Himalayas, found that Gupta's reports did not match those geological settings and the fossils were particularly odd, with some of them extraordinarily similar to those from other parts of the world. With Glenn Brock, Talent meticulously scrutinised Gupta's voluminous publications and revealed that Gupta had manipulated, faked, recycled, and plagiarised his data. Early in 1978, Gilbert Klapper and Willi Ziegler had suspected foul play when they noticed that Gupta's conodont fossils were similar to those collected by George Jennings Hinde from Buffalo, New York, a century before. As Arun Deep Ahluwalia recalled, Gupta had faked conodont fossils by planting them in the Himalayan rock samples to impress Kiril Budurov in 1980. Gupta duped Philippe Janvier into describing a fish fossil as a new species in 1982, which Janvier later found was collected from China. Talent also discovered in 1986 that Gupta used Moroccan fossils available in a Paris shop to report the presence of ammonoid fossils in the Himalayas. Brock's investigation showed that Gupta's earliest publications including his doctoral thesis indicated plagiarised fossil pictures directly clipped from the 20th-century monographs of Frederick Richard Cowper Reed. Talent publicly revealed Gupta's anomalous fossils and geological inconsistencies at the International Symposium on the Devonian System held at Calgary, Canada, in 1987. His documented criticism was published in German serial Courier Forschungsinstitut Senckenberg the next year, but was not widely read. Dubbed the Himalayan peripatetic (misplaced) fossils, the case became global news in 1989 when Talent summarised the Courier story in Nature, with an associated journalistic investigation by Roger Lewin published in Science. It came to light that many of Gupta's Himalayan fossils were acquired from different parts of the world − some bought and some apparently stolen. Gupta had chosen "phantom localities" to attribute his fossil discoveries without ever visiting them. The University Grants Commission of India withdrew its funding to his research. Although suspended for 11 months, Panjab University continued his employment until his normal retirement in 2002. The case was described as "the biggest paleontological fraud of all time" by Talent and as the "greatest scientific fraud of the century" by the Indian magazine Down to Earth.
МЕХАНИЧЕСКИЕ МЕТОДЫ АКТИВАЦИИ В НЕОРГАНИЧЕСКОМ МАТЕРИАЛОВЕДЕНИИ
Authors: Е.Г. АВВАКУМОВ
Published: November 2024

В новых материалах нуждаются многие отрасли науки и техники. Для их получения используют разные методы. В частности, один из перспективных методов, используемых как на стадии подготовки к термическому синтезу материалов, так и в качестве самостоятельного, - механическая активация твердых веществ. Разработке фундаментальных основ механохимических технологий посвящены исследования отечественных и зарубежных научных организаций. В настоящей работе обобщены и сформулированы некоторые закономерности механохимических реакций, таких как реакции гидратированных соединений и механически стимулированные твердофазные термические реакции, указаны наиболее эффективные направления их применения. Приведены примеры синтеза материалов, обладающих ценными свойствами для использования в современной технике.

Many branches of science and technology need new materials. Different methods are used to obtain them. In particular, one of the promising methods used both at the stage of preparation for the thermal synthesis of materials and as an independent method is the mechanical activation of solids. Research carried out by domestic and foreign scientific organisations is devoted to the development of fundamental principles of mechanochemical technologies. This review summarises and formulates some patterns of mechanochemical reactions, such as the reactions of hydrated compounds and mechanically stimulated solid-phase thermal reactions, and indicates the most effective ways of their use. Examples of the synthesis of materials with valuable properties for use in modern technology are presented.
Approximation of analytic functions by absolutely convergent Dirichlet series
Authors:   , Jasas Mindaugas
Published: November 2024

Analizinių funkcijų aproksimavimas absoliučiai konverguojančiomis Dirichlė eilutėmis
Significance of artificial intelligence in stem cell therapy
Authors: Srivastava Anand , Bhavsar Siddharth , Mishra Rangnath
Published: November 2024

With careful and systematic documentation of data in healthcare industry, an enormous amount of data has been accumulated in each discipline of medicine. This amount of data comes with at least a couple of consequences. On one hand, it helps better diagnose and treat a condition while on the other it is too big and very fast evolving to keep pace with for both researchers and clinicians. To help a clinician navigating the vast array of data even for one condition becomes very demanding. This article provides a guide to understand the fundamentals of AI technologies (i.e., machine learning, natural language processing, and AI voice assistants) as well as their applications/ implications in healthcare and stem cell therapy.
Method of Increasing the Efficiency of High-Load Systems based on Microservices Architecture
Authors:   International Research and Training Center for Information Technologies and Systems of the National Academy of Science and Ministry of Education and Science of Ukraine., KOVAL R.Yu.
Published: November 2024

Introduction. This study is relevant for the following reasons: high-load systems nowadays occupy the lion's share of all developments in the field of information technology, because they can simultaneously support a large number of requests from end users, process large amounts of data and perform complex calculations, are highly efficient, easy to change, add new functionality, provide security guarantees for user information and support scaling. The faster they grow, the harder it is to control infrastructure resources. When the system receives an increase in the audience, the frequency and number of requests increases accordingly. It follows that the more requests, the more scaling the system needs. Thus, highly loaded systems are systems that need to be scaled all the time, with the right infrastructure and overall architectural concepts. This is the complexity of implementing such solutions, but from a business perspective, it is worth the effort. The purpose of the paper is to develop a method of increasing the efficiency of highload systems at the level of architectural solutions. Methods. Information-analytical research, mathematical modeling and algorithmic analysis of approaches to improving the efficiency of high-load systems. Results. In order to develop a method for improving efficiency, the theoretical basis of the types of architecture of high-load systems is considered. A comparative analysis of the existing architectural approaches of such modern systems is carried out. Based on the principles of containerization and orchestration of application data, it was proposed to use an additional modified proxy layer for data exchange to reduce the processing time of a large number of requests. Conclusions. A method for improving the efficiency of a highly loaded system based on a microservice architecture has been developed. Using this method will allow better deployment and scaling of complex software systems in the cloud. Keywords: request, efficiency, high-load, infrastructure, architecture, scaling, microservice, container, proxy, server, cloud technologies.
Testing and Treatment Thresholds for Pediatric Pneumonia in the Emergency Department
Authors: Geanacopoulos Alexandra T. , Rudloff James R. , Ramgopal Sriram , Neuman Mark I. , Monuteaux Michael C. , Lipsett Susan C. , Florin Todd A.
Published: November 2024

BACKGROUND

Clinical prediction models for pediatric community-acquired pneumonia (CAP) may standardize management. Understanding physician risk thresholds is important for model implementation. We aimed to elucidate physician-derived thresholds for chest radiograph performance and empirical antibiotic treatment of CAP among children presenting to the emergency department with respiratory illness before and after knowledge of results of a validated clinical prediction model.

METHODS

Pediatric emergency physicians were surveyed through the American Academy of Pediatrics Pediatric Emergency Medicine Collaborative Research Committee and provided 8 clinical vignettes for children with respiratory symptoms. Respondents were asked to indicate their probability of radiographic CAP and choose whether they would obtain a chest radiograph or give empirical antibiotics before and after being provided with the probability of radiographic CAP based on a validated prediction model. We used logistic regression to establish testing and treatment thresholds, defined as the disease probability at which half of physicians acted.

RESULTS

Two-hundred and eight (44.3%) of 469 physicians completed the survey. Most were attending physicians (96.0%) practicing in a freestanding children’s hospital (76.8%). Testing and treatment thresholds for CAP were 17.6% (95% confidence interval [CI] 16.4% to 18.8%) and 66.1% (95% CI 60.1% to 72.5%), respectively, before knowledge of the model-estimated probability. With knowledge of the prediction model, testing and treatment thresholds were 13.5% (95% CI 12.3% to 14.7%) and 58.0% (95% CI 53.2–62.8).

CONCLUSIONS

We elucidated physician thresholds for testing and treatment of CAP, which may be integrated into future pneumonia risk models to improve acceptability and incorporation into practice.
Percepciones de la competencia digital docente del profesorado de educación media de La Habana
Authors: Carballo Soca Alberto Antonio , Torres Aguiar Angelica Sofía , Salas McDonall Blanca Rosa
Published: November 2024

El objetivo de esta investigación es analizar las percepciones de la competencia digital docente del profesorado de educación media de La Habana, teniendo en cuenta conocimientos, habilidades y actitudes en las áreas compromiso profesional, recursos digitales, pedagogía digital, evaluación y retroalimentación, empoderar a sus estudiantes y facilitar la competencia digital del estudiantado. Para ello se llevó a cabo un estudio cualitativo de tipo fenomenológico, mediante una entrevista individual en profundidad, a una muestra de 12 docentes. Los resultados reflejan que el conjunto de docentes se percibe con mejores conocimientos, habilidades y actitudes en el área competencial compromiso profesional, enfatizando en el empleo de las tecnologías digitales para la comunicación y colaboración. Se evidencia la percepción de pocos conocimientos y habilidades en las áreas del núcleo pedagógico de la competencia digital docente y en la dedicada a desarrollar la competencia digital del estudiantado. Se concluye con la importancia de sensibilizar al profesorado en la necesidad de facilitar las competencias digitales del alumnado y de desarrollar las competencias digitales en las áreas del núcleo pedagógico para un mejor aprovechamiento de las tecnologías digitales en los procesos de enseñanza y aprendizaje.
Prediction of apple drying level by machine learning and electronic nose
Authors: Baltacıoğlu C.
Published: November 2024

In this study, changes in the odour of apple slices throughout the drying process were monitored and documented using electronic nose sensors, while moisture levels were measured and recorded using an electronic hygrometer. The initial and final moisture contents of apple slices were determined as 86.81 ± 0.05% and 4.92 ± 0.01%, respectively. During drying, apple slices were monitored with six odour sensors powered by an Arduino microprocessor. As the moisture value of the apple slices decreased during the drying process, the electronic nose data also decreased. In addition, the image changes in the apple slices according to the drying level were taught to the Teachable Machine. In this study, it was observed that the machine was able to detect the drying level of apples with 85%–100% accuracy. When 900 apple samples were used in the test phase, machine learning was able to predict the drying level of apples with 100% accuracy based on the confusion matrix data. PCA analysis highlighted different patterns in the sensor data during drying; PLS analysis showed that the sensor data can accurately predict the colour (L*, a*, b*), diameter, and thickness of apple slices with high correlation coefficients (rCV and rPre > 0.9).
The Implementation of Environmental Criteria into the Public Procurement System in Russia
Authors: Baltutite Iolanta
Published: November 2024

Introduction: based on the analysis of the achieved level of formal institutionalization of “green” public procurement in the Russian legislation, the paper substantiates the need to introduce environmental criteria. Purpose: to investigate the specifics of the implementation of environmental criteria into public procurement in Russia. Methods: the analysis of literary and scientific sources, synthesis. Results: the author examines the features of “green” public procurement through the prism of the current legislation regulating this process. Customers, putting forward requirements for environmental safety, including the effectiveness of goods purchased for state needs, provide the state with higher-quality products. In addition, such innovations encourage manufacturers and suppliers of goods and services to develop their activities taking into account environmental and energy-efficient trends. It is expected that the introduction of environmental criteria in procurement will lead to a reduction in the use of primary resources and reduce negative impacts on the environment. However, it is too early to talk about the formation of a national green procurement system. All this hinders the normal development of the public “green” procurement system. Conclusions: the development of the Russian “green” procurement system today requires national incentives since it has great potential in solving many internal national and regional problems. Based on the results obtained, the recommendations are formulated for the gradual integration of the norms and practices related to the greening of the procurement process into the contract system.
The Notarial Form of a Contract as a Way to Protect the Civil Rights of Minor Subjects in Electronic Transactions
Authors: Artamonnikova Svetlana
Published: November 2024

Introduction: the notarial form of a contract is one of the ways to protect civil rights in the field of family relations, including in electronic transactions requiring special guarantees and security measures, for the subsequent neutralization of possible disputes and unfair actions. Therefore, the use of a notarial form in such cases becomes a necessary step to ensure the rights and interests of the parties. The notary, as an independent and professional expert involved in the certification of transactions, ensures the reliability and legality of documents. They check the identity of the parties, their legal capacity, as well as the correctness of the formatting and content of the contract. This eliminates the possibility of forgery or providing false data. Purpose: to determine the validity of the use of the notarial form in transactions with minor participants, to identify the advantages of using this form and to create a legal structure for maximum protection of the rights of minors in civil contracts entailing the alienation or acquisition of real estate. Methods: the methodological framework for the study consists of methods of scientific cognition, whose main ones are the methods of consistency and analysis. Results: the author analyzes the legal mechanisms and legal features in transactions involving minors, examines the main theoretical and practical problems of the legal regulation of the implementation and organization of such transactions, including with the use of digital technologies, and formulates specific proposals to improve the current legislation in this area. Conclusions: the notarial form of a contract is an effective way to protect civil rights in the field of family relations, especially in the context of electronic transactions. Its use ensures trust between the parties, the legality and execution of the agreement, and helps to prevent possible conflicts and disputes.
On the Sectoral Affiliation of Legal Norms Established by the Land, Forest and Water Legislation, and Legal Relations Arising on Their Basis
Authors: Belichenko Artur
Published: November 2024

Introduction: the article presents the results of a study of the problem of sectoral affiliation of legal norms established by land, forest, and water legislation. This problem became acute when, at the beginning of the 21st century, land, forest, and water legislation was re-codified without appropriate coordination with the provisions of civil legislation. This situation has been further aggravated by the scientific discussion on many issues of the system and structures of the legal legislation, in particular the issues of the objective conditionality of the system of law and the influence of the legislative system on the system of law. Ultimately, this has a negative impact on judicial practice and on the protection of the rights and interests of participants in the relevant legal relations. The purpose of the article is to recognize that objective factors influence the system and structure of law. It is not direct and does not exclude the legislator’s wide possibilities to influence the legal system. This means that the legislator’s prescriptions on preferential application of the relevant sectoral legislation to land, forest, and water relations (even if they comply with the signs of Article 2 of the Civil Code of the Russian Federation (hereinafter – C.C.R.F.), while maintaining the possibility of subsidiary application of the civil legislation to these relations, should not be refuted, and the relevant branches should be attributed not only to legislation (land, forestry, water), but also to law. The study was carried out using the method of analyzing legal norms. The results of the study are a determination of the sectoral affiliation of legal norms that are established by the land, forest, and water legislation. Conclusions: recognition of land, forest and water law as independent branches of law should inevitably entail the conclusion that in the process of regulating land, forest and water relations by legal norms established by acts of relevant legislation, even if we were talking about regulating such land, forest and water relations that have the signs specified in Article 2 of the C.C.R.F., land, forest and water relations will arise, respectively.
The Discursive Nature of the Prosecution and Defense
Authors: Shinkaruk Vladimir
Published: November 2024

Introduction: the adversarial nature and equality of the parties are defined as the main principles of Russian criminal procedure (Part 3 of Article 123 of the Constitution of the Russian Federation, Article 15 of the Code of Criminal Procedure of the Russian Federation). The Constitutional Court of the Russian Federation defines the equality of the parties as the basis for the formation of the necessary guarantee of defense and fair trial of the case and states that the latter is impossible if the court has not assessed on the merits all the arguments and circumstances presented during the trial by its parties on the part of the prosecution and defense and has not provided them with equal procedural rights. The paper deals with the study of certain aspects of the balance of such categories as legal liability, criminal liability, prosecution, and defense. Purpose: to analyze the trends formed in the doctrine related to the resolution of urgent problems in terms of establishing the correlation of such concepts: legal liability, criminal responsibility, criminal procedural responsibility, prosecution, and defense. Methods: the general scientific dialectical method of cognition, a systematic approach, as well as the general scientific (deduction and induction) and specific scientific methods (logical and legal analysis and synthesis). Results: the current issues of the theory and law enforcement practice regarding the nature, types, and structure of prosecution and defense in criminal procedure are investigated. Conclusions: despite the ongoing discussions regarding the nature of the prosecution and defense in court procedure, a significant number of issues remain unresolved and require further detailed scientific analysis. First of all, the study of the defense function, which contributes to the realization of the rights granted to the accused, should certainly contribute to the development of new theoretical approaches and legislative innovations.
The Comparative Analysis of the Correlation of the Criminal Procedural Concepts of “Prerequisite” and “Cause” in Criminal Procedure
Authors: Franciforov Yuri , Shinkaruk Vladimir
Published: November 2024

Introduction: an unambiguous understanding of certain terms and provisions of criminal procedure law; their semantic certainty is caused by a correct understanding of the correlation of conceptual interaction, the need to resolve contradictions in criminal procedure, ensuring the rights of parties to a criminal proceeding, and the legality and validity of making procedural decisions in a criminal case. A term in the form of a word or phrase is necessary to express a specific concept and distinguish it from a concept that is close in meaning, which accurately denotes its essence in a special field of human knowledge. An important part of the study is to consider the prerequisites and causes for observing and implementing the principle of legality. The aim is distinguishing between concepts in criminal procedure such as prerequisite and cause. Methods: the methodological framework for the research consists of the general scientific methods (dialectical, systematic, structural-functional, logical, etc.) and specific scientific methods (formal legal, comparative law, etc.). As a result of the study, the conclusion is substantiated that the cause is a factor determining the outcome of any event. To find its original source, you need to ask the question, “Why?”. The answer found will be the cause. Whereas prerequisites are the conditions (factors) that generate legal relations.
Judicial Discretion and Judicial Precedent: A Legal Linguistic Context
Authors: Azarova Ekaterina
Published: November 2024

Introduction: in modern science, there is an interest in legal linguistics, which is aimed at solving various problems. Starting from linguistic expertise and ending with methodological recommendations for the development of texts of draft laws. The issue of recognizing judicial precedent as a source of Russian law is relevant. At the heart of the legal linguistic context, judicial discretion and judicial precedent are concepts that require analysis. The paper discusses the concepts of judicial discretion and judicial precedent. Their specifics and characteristic features are defined, and the place of judicial precedent in the system of Russian law is highlighted. The role of the decisions of the Constitutional Court of the Russian Federation and the differences between the plenum of the Supreme Court of the Russian Federation and the judicial precedent are analyzed. The study highlighted the distinctive features that distinguished judicial discretion from other types of law enforcement discretion. Methods: the methodological framework is based on the methods of historicism, systematicity, and comparative law. Results: the author’s position justified in the work is based on knowledge in the criminal process. Conclusions: as a result of the study, it is revealed that the study of the discretion of the court includes an analysis of the relationship with judicial precedent. It is one of the sources of law, so its analysis and mutual influence on judicial discretion seem to be important aspects. It is established that the judicial precedent is a decision of the higher courts. The discretion of the court is able to ensure the legality of the law-application and law enforcement discretion of other bodies, organizations, citizens, and officials.
OTASA Position Statement
Authors: Council OTASA
Published: November 2024

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Identifying the gap in assessing activities of daily living in resource-constrained rural settings: An integrative review of existing frameworks and instruments
Authors: McAdam Jennifer Claire , Casteleijn Daleen , Franzsen Denise
Published: November 2024

Introduction: The non-availability of indoor piped water and electricity results in alternate forms of personal care and domestic tasks in resource-constrained rural settings. This article examines the applicability of existing measures for the contextual assessment of basic and instrumental Activities of Daily Living (bADLs and iADLs) in these settings.
Method: An integrative review guided by the approach of Lubbe et al (2020) was conducted. Structured database searches of CINAHL, Scopus and Sabinet identified published articles which were subjected to eligibility criteria. Microsoft Excel was used to synthesize data.
Results: The search strategy yielded 591 articles that met the inclusion criteria, from which 187 ADL instruments were identified.  Three instruments suited to resource-constrained rural settings were identified.
Conclusion: Occupational therapists should consider that existing ADL frameworks and instruments appear silent on the impact of limited access to household amenities in resource-constrained settings. This constitutes epistemic injustice as many rural households globally do not have potable water or adequate household energy supply. Global South occupational therapy curricula must include contextually relevant ADL frameworks and development of contextually relevant instruments should be prioritised.
Implications for Practice
The findings suggest that existing ADL instruments have limitations when utilised in the Global South, particularly in resource-constrained rural settings. As such, occupational therapists practicing in such settings need to interpret instrument scores with caution and apply contextual clinical reasoning in the best interests of service users. Furthermore, training institutions in the Global South must ensure that the limitations of existing ADL frameworks, models and instruments are made overt within curricula and that research efforts are directed towards the development of contextually relevant ADL instruments.
A propósito de las sentencias 10-18-CN/19 y 11-18-CN/19. El control de constitucionalidad/convencionalidad
Authors:   Universidad Andina Simón Bolívar, Ecuador, Storini Claudia , Guerra Coronel Marcelo ,   Universidad Politécnica Salesiana, Ecuador
Published: November 2024

En un Estado constitucional, la supremacía de la Constitución es fundamental para garantizar la protección de los derechos constitucionales y la separación de poderes. Por lo tanto, es esencial que todos los órganos con potestad normativa, adecuen sus disposiciones a la Constitución y los instrumentos internacionales de derechos humanos.
Evolución de la aplicación de la Sentencia 3-19-CN/20 en la justicia ordinaria
Authors:   Corte Nacional de Justicia, Ecuador, Velásquez Díaz Milton
Published: November 2024

La instauración de Consejos de la Magistratura ha sido considerada como un adecuado mecanismo de carácter institucional para lograr la protección de la independencia judicial dentro del diseño orgánico de los estados contemporáneos, a fin de evitar la intromisión de los otros poderes estatales, con especial énfasis en el Ejecutivo (Velásquez Díaz, 2017).
Jurisprudencia constitucional y razonamiento de la Corte Constitucional del Ecuador a la luz de la Sentencia 224-23-JP/24 (cosa juzgada)
Authors:   Universidad del Azuay, Ecuador, López Hidalgo Sebastián
Published: November 2024

La justicia constitucional, como institución de defensa jurisdiccional de la Constitución frente a actos del poder público y de particulares en determinados supuestos, tiene su origen y evolución en contextos diferentes, tanto en América como en Europa. De cualquier manera, la configuración y expansión del modelo de revisión judicial de constitucionalidad que se adopte, así como, el marco de atribuciones y competencias asignadas al órgano encargado de la guarda constitucional, dependen de un concepto mismo de Constitución.
Cidades Inteligentes e Sustentáveis
Authors: Ravache Rosana Lia , Enoré Priscilla Tábida Silva , Snizek Junior Pedro Nessi , Palmisano Angelo
Published: November 2024

With the growth of the urban population, parallel to the increase in the urbanization of urban centers, challenges arise for which intelligent and sustainable solutions need to be found. It is by using technology as an ally in caring for the environment that conscious urban development will be achieved. Unfortunately, the model imposed on cities does not prioritize issues essential to human development, such as urban infrastructure focused on people and the environment. The justification for this research lies in new technologies, strong allies of equations aimed at urban development and infrastructure issues aimed at the social and environmental comfort of cities, aiming to analyze, within the context of the city of Sorriso, the paths to a city smart and sustainable, with a focus on urban mobility, given the high number of traffic accidents occurring in the urban core. To meet this end, the research methodology used field data collection, documentary and bibliographic material based on authors who address the theme of smart and sustainable cities and could be related to the city of Sorriso, which aims to become a smart and sustainable city.
Olasılıklı dil terimi kümeleri yaklaşımı kullanılarak akıllı ev teknolojilerinin benimsenmesinde tüketici dinamiklerinin incelenmesi
Authors: Kalender Zeynep Tuğçe
Published: November 2024

Teknolojik gelişmelerin hız kazandığı günümüzde, akıllı ev teknolojileri giderek daha fazla önem kazanmakta ve tüketiciler arasında yaygın bir benimsenme süreci görülmektedir. Bilgi ve iletişim teknolojilerindeki ilerlemeler, akıllı ev sistemlerinin günlük yaşamımıza daha fazla entegre olmasını sağlamıştır. Ancak, tüketicilerin bu teknolojileri benimsemesi, bir dizi faktör tarafından etkilenmektedir. Bu faktörlerin sistematik analizi, teknolojik gelişmeler ve tüketici davranışları arasındaki karmaşık ilişkilerin anlaşılmasını gerektiren önemli bir araştırma alanını oluşturmaktadır. Bu bağlamda bu çalışma ile akıllı ev teknolojilerinin benimsenmesi ve önerilmesinde etkili olan faktörlerin incelenmesi amaçlanmıştır. Olasılıklı dil terimi kümeleri yöntemi ile karar verme ve değerlendirme süreçlerindeki tereddütlerin etkileri de göz önünde bulundurularak tüketicilerin davranışsal yönlerinin anlaşılması hedeflenmiştir. Bu kapsamda öncelikle literatür taraması ile faktörler belirlenmiş daha sonra 117 katılımcıdan anket çalışması ile elde edilen veriler olasılıklı dil terimi kümeleri yöntemi kullanılarak değerlendirilmiştir. İlk adım olarak faktör ağırlıkları belirlenmiş, daha sonra, Pearson korelasyonu ile hem faktörler arası ilişkiler hem de faktörlerin genel eğilimlerle olan ilişkileri toplam 212 senaryo üzerinden analiz edilmiştir. Elde edilen çıkarımların, sektördeki paydaşlara akıllı ev teknolojilerinin benimsenme süreçlerini daha iyi anlama konusunda katkı sunacağı düşünülmektedir.
Dağıtık-Belirsiz Üretim ve Tüketim Koşullarının Güç Sistemi Kararlılığı Üzerindeki Etkilerinin İncelenmesi
Authors: Tuttokmağı Özge , Acar Ayşe , Kaygusuz Asım
Published: November 2024

Dünyadaki sürekli artan enerji talebinin karşılanmasında fosil yakıtlara dayalı büyük kapasiteli geleneksel kaynaklar kullanılmaktadır. Fosil yakıtlara aşırı bağımlılık, bunun sonucunda oluşan sera gazı emisyonuyla birleştirildiğinde güç sistemi mühendislerinin alternatif çözümler düşünmeye zorlamaktadır. Gelişen teknolojisiyle birlikte rüzgâr ve güneş gibi yenilenebilir enerji kaynakları ön plana çıkan çözümdür. Her ne kadar çözüm olarak görülse de bu kaynakların aralıklı ve değişken yapıları, güç sistemi çalışmasında önemli bir yere sahip olan sistem kararlılığı üzerinde göz ardı edilmeyecek bir etkiye sahip olacağı olasıdır. Bu çalışmada rüzgâr, güneş ve yük birimlerindeki belirsizliği içerecek şekilde güç sistemi kararlılık analiz yapılmıştır. IEEE 14 baralı güç sistemi üzerinden çeşitli senaryolar oluşturularak gerçekleştirilen sistemin kararlılık cevapları incelenmiştir.
Charnockite-Quartzite Association in the Rangala-Madulkele Area, Ceylon
Authors: Cooray P. G.
Published: November 2024

Basic charnockites several feet thick and completely contained in quartzites of the Khondalite Series are common in the Rangala-Madulkele area of Ceylon. Recently however, extremely Darrow bands of basic charnockites, 1/3 to 1 1/2 inches thick, in quartzite, have been noted. The nature of the field occurrence and the petrographic characteristics of these locks are described. It is concluded that the significant features of these occurrences can be best explained on the assumption that the basic charnockites, at least in this area, are the metamorphosed equivalents of sediments which formed part of the Khondalite Series.
The "Champion Gneiss" in the Archaean Complex of Mysore, Southern India - A Review
Authors: Rama Rao B.
Published: November 2024

Smeeth's classification of the granites and granitic gneisses comprising the major portion of the Archaean Complex of Mysore, into 4 separate epochs of plutonic intrusions starting with the" Champion Gneiss" as the earliest granitic intrusion into the Dharwar System, and his views that each of those intrusions comprise several types resulting from magmatic differentiation and crystallisation need some modifications as the author has already previously pointed out. This paper specially deals with the" Champion Gneiss"; and its position as an independent epoch of granitic intrusion is briefly reviewed and discussed.

Attention is drawn to the fact that the indiscriminate extension of the term "Champion Gneiss"-(the name originally given by Smeeth to a fine grained, opalescent quartz bearing micaceous gneiss, which he believed to be the highly crushed phase of the earliest granitic intrusion into the Dharwar System) to include several other types of schistose acidic and basic rocks which contain such opalescent quartz,:and even to some granites and other rock types which do not contain it, has led to much confusion in the classification, correlation, and correct interpretation of the origin of those types. Describing briefly the chief characteristics of the various types of rocks which have been included under the comprehensive term "Champion Gneiss", the author has now defined the term "Champion Gneiss". discarding from the group several types which cannot by any means be considered as granitic variants. The name is to be restricted only to the island-like exposures of granitic rocks within the schist belts, with their finer-grained marginal types and their undoubted crushed and altered phases.

The granites of this series are considered to have come up or intruded throwing aside their covers and crystallised directly from molten material (magma); the regions where we may expect to find the basement rocks of the Dharwar System, are also indicated.
Transformation of Peninsular Gneiss into Charnockite in Mysore State, India
Authors: Pichamuthu C. S.
Published: November 2024

A preliminary account is given in this paper of an example of rock transformation from near the village of Kabbal in southern Mysore State. In an area which is predominantly composed of Peninsular Gneiss, there is a development of charnockite in patches of varying shapes and dimensions. The gneiss is grey. banded and often contorted. It is generally biotitic but contains inclusions of hornblende schist. The charnockite is coarse-grained, greasy looking, and brownish-green in colour. Hypersthene occurs in big crystals. The gneissic foliations can often be traced right through the charnockitc patches,-evidence of the transformation of the banded gneisses into coarse grained charnockites.

Photographs taken in the field and photomicrographs of thin sections of some of the rock types illustrate stages in this interesting mode of formation of charnockites in Peninsular India.

The geological sketch map shows the position of Kabbal in relation to the occurrence of charnockites further south, in and towards the east of the Biligirirangan Hills, an area which forms part of the huge Nilgiri massif in Madras State. The locality described in this paper appears to be situated on the border of a zone of charnockitization where stages in the transformation of foliated gneiss into coarse charnockitc can be seen.
Chromian Antigorite from the Chromite Deposit near Byrapur, Mysore State, India
Authors: Varadarajan S.
Published: November 2024

Scaly aggregates of purple or lavender coloured chromian antigorite occur interlaced with carbonates, in small veins, cutting across the chromite deposit near Byrapllr chromite mines, Mysore State. The physical, optical and chemical characters of the mineral are determined. The axial angle, refractive indices and birefringence of the mineral are higher than those of the normal antigorite, due to the presencc of chromium in the mineral. X-ray and electron microscopy studies of the mineral were made by Dr. G. W. Brindley and C. R. F. De Kimpe, in the Department of Ceramic Technology, Pennsylvania State University, U.S.A. X-ray powder diagram shows that it belongs to serpentine group; electron diffraction proves that the mineral is antigorite. It contains 3.86% of Cr2O3.
The Distribution of Broeckella (Calcareous Algae) in the Tethyan Palaeocene
Authors: Elliott Graham F.
Published: November 2024

Occurrences of Broeckella (calcareous algae, family dasycladaceae) in the Tethyan Palaeocene are listed and summarised, and the origin and extinction of this alga discussed.
Scale of Geotectonic Phenomena
Authors: Warren Carey S.
Published: November 2024

The processes of geotectonics range through fifteen orders of magnitude of length and have an equal spread in time. Many behaviour thresholds exist and because the several physical properties involve different powers of length or time, terms which are quite insignificant on one scale may be the dominant ones in others. No one mental or mathematical model has validity over the whole field; hence models must be deliberately selected for the time-size field of thinking or calculation. Nomenclature should change with field so that it signifies the kind of behaviour relevant to the scale. The time field for impact crater phenomena makes Dietz's astrobleme interpretation of the Vredefort dome extremely improbable.
The Dating of the Base of the Cambrian
Authors: Glaessner M. F.
Published: November 2024

A brief review of recent datings of rocks of Early Cambrian and Late Precambrian age in the light of stratigraphic data and definitions leads to the conclusion that the most likely age of the base of the Cambrian is about 550-570 million years.
The Pachmarhi Sandstones - A Statistical Study of Size Analysis
Authors: Saxena S. K.
Published: November 2024

The Pachmarhi formation is exposed in a lensoid outcrop on the northern slopes of the Satpuras. At Pachmarhi proper, the formation is arenaceous and consists of crossbedded sandstones, with intervening pebbly layers, dipping mainly towards the north. About forty samples have been mechanically analysed out of a total of seventy samples collected from three sections of 2000, 900 and 400 feet height. The statistical analysis has yielded certain descriptive measures according to the method of Inman. These measures, obtained on a phi scale, have been graphically analysed to note vertical trends of'central tendency, sorting, skewness and kurtosis in the three sections. Further, some fifteen selected sandstones have been analysed for their moment measures. These moment measures have been plotted on Friedman's graphical representations to find that the sands are very coarse grained and the points for most of the analysed samples fall within an area delimited for sands brought by currents as strong as those of rivers. The C M pattern suggests a winnowed beach sand and is comparable in appearance to one obtained in the case of marginal shelf Red Sea sediments by R. Pass ega.

The original configuration of the basin is supposed to be such that its floor was initially inclined 50 to 60 towards the north, and the rivers and other streams brought materials of gravel to fine clay grade which were spread on the floor of the basin by local currents. Each coset with 6'-10' thickness bounded by pebbly layers has cyclic frequency due to a continued subsidence of the basin along with deposition.
Coralline Algae from Nerinea Beds of Pondicherry South India
Authors: Sastry M. V. A. , Rao B. R. J. , Iqbaluddin
Published: November 2024

The paper gives an account of the Corallinaceae from the Nerinea beds of Pond icherry, South India. Both Corallinae and Melobesieae lire present. Seven genera represented by twelve species of which four are new, are described. Evidence of Distichoplax hiserialis (Dietrich) and the planktonic foraminifera indicate a Palaeocene age for these beds.
Late Cretaceous and Early Tertiary Stratigraphy of Pondicherry, South India
Authors: Rajagopalan N.
Published: November 2024

Three formal lithological units namely the Valudavur, Mettuveli, and Pondicherry formations have been recognised in the Cretaceous-Lower Tertiary rocks of Pondicherry, South India. The Pondicherry formation is divisible into four informal units viz: the lower marlstone, the algal limestone, the discocyclinid limestone and the upper marlstone. The three formations are defined. A detailed foraminiferal study of these units has shown that the Valudavur and Mettuveli formations are of late Cretaceous age and contain the Globotruncana lapparenti tricarinata and the Globotruncana gansseri assemblage zones. The existence of latest Maestrichtian strata in this area is doubtful. The Pondicherry formation is of Paleocene-Early Eocene age and contains all the planktonic foraminiferal zones established in Trinidad B. W. I. The Cretaceous-Tertiary boundary is clearly definable in terms of the planktonic fauna. Results of a paleoecologic study of the sediments are presented. It appears that the Cretaceous-Early Tertiary sedimentation in the Pondicherry area took place under mid to outer neritic conditions.
Effects of Compression on Concentric Folds and Mechanism of Similar Folding
Authors: Mukhopadhyay D.
Published: November 2024

The effect of compressive strain on the thicknesses of concentrically folded beds is discussed. Two sets of graphs have been given illustrating the thickness variation due to compression. If the fold axis is parallel to one of the principal axes of strain the two dimensional strain on the profile plane can be directly determined from these graphs. When this is not so the numerical value obtained from the graphs will only give a qualitative idea of the two dimensional strain. If the fold axis has got a uniform orientation in space it will not be possible to determine the three dimensional strain from thickness measurements. Equations have been given by which the three dimensional strain can be computed if the fold axis has a variable orientation.

It has been shown that in compressed concentric folds there is a critical value of ? (? being the angle between the bedding plane and the normal to the axial plane), below which the fold will show a nearly perfect similar geometry. If in natural compressed concentric folds the maximum value of ? observed falls below this critical value the fold will show a similar geometry. Thus, it is possible to produce similar fold by compressing an initially concentric one.
An Attempt to Determine the Fe-Mg Content of Hornblendes by X-ray Diffractometric Method
Authors: Raychaudhuri Bimalendu
Published: November 2024

An attempt was made to devise a quick x-ray diffractometric method for determination of Fe-Mg contents of hornblendes based on reflection intensity as a function of composition. Experimental techniques and conditions and the procedure used in indexing reflections in the hornblende diffraction pattern, have been given in detail. The nature and range of various ionic substitutions in hornblendes have been fully discussed and it has been shown that variation in reflection intensity between samples, are caused almost entirely by differences in the extent of Fe-Mg substitution at the octahedral site. Effect on intensity caused by change in lattice parameters resultant from substitution, has also been considered lntensity of (h00) type reflections as a function of Fe-Mg content, was specifically investigated. Calculated and observed intensities of reflections from hornblendes of known compositions, are discussed. It is concluded that within the present limitations of even the best instrumental conditions obtainable in powder work, record of reflection intensity differences caused by compositional difference of up to two Fe ions per unit cell in hornblendes, cannot be measured to a degree of accuracy required to make this criterion useful in detecting compositional differences of the order commonly encountered in natural hornblendes.
Kimberlite Pipe-Rocks of Wajrakarur Area Anantapur District, Andhra Pradesh
Authors: Satyanarayana Rao P. , Phadtre P. N.
Published: November 2024

Rocks of Kimberlite composition have not so far been reported from India. Four 'pipe- rocks' closely approaching the composition of Kimberlite were for the first time located and identified by the authors during the course of investigation for diamonds around Wajrakarur in Anantapur district, Andhra Pradesh. The paper gives the geology of the pipes including a preliminary study of their mineralogy.
Sedimentation in the Tabbowa Beds of Ceylon
Authors: Money N. J. , Cooray P. G.
Published: November 2024

The Tabbowa Beds of Ceylon, Upper Jurassic in age, constitute a part of the Gondwana System, and consist mainly of arkose, siltstone and mudstone. In a recent study, five detailed sections with a total thickness of 360 feet were examined, and cyclic sedimentation, channelfill, and cross-bedding are described for the first time in these beds. On the basis of lithology and sedimentary features, the Tabbowa Beds are thought to have been deposited in a transitional environment in a semi-arid climate. The sediments were probably derived from the northwest (that is, the South Indian shield), the source area being one of tectonic instability.