bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Proceso de búsqueda de empleo en población joven desempleada. Un análisis del contexto sociodemográfico
Authors: Fernández-Valera María Magdalena , Soler Sánchez María Isabel , Meseguer de Pedro Mariano
Published: May 2023

En las últimas dos décadas se han incrementado de manera sustancial los estudios dedicados al análisis de los antecedentes de la búsqueda de empleo. Los resultados de diversas investigaciones ponen de manifiesto que ciertas variables sociodemográficas podrían influir en la probabilidad de conseguir un trabajo. Teniendo en cuenta que el empleo estable y seguro, característico de generaciones anteriores, resulta prácticamente un hito inalcanzable para la población joven en la actualidad, podría resultar útil el análisis del contexto demográfico para ayudar al diseño de políticas de empleo más efectivas. Por ello, en esta investigación se pone el foco de atención en el papel de ciertas variables sociodemográficas a la hora de explicar el proceso de búsqueda de empleo que sigue la población joven. La muestra está compuesta por 568 personas en situación de desempleo con una edad comprendida entre los 16 y los 29 años. Los resultados muestran que el sexo, la edad, el nivel educativo, la inscripción en el servicio público de empleo, el sector económico del último empleo y el tiempo de búsqueda de empleo influyen en las probabilidades de inserción laboral posterior.
Factores psicológicos y secuelas en estudiantes de educación primaria víctimas de acoso escolar
Authors: Labrador Rodríguez Teresa , Toscano Cruz María de la O , Conde Vélez Sara , Boza Carreño Ángel
Published: May 2023

El acoso escolar continúa siendo un fenómeno persistente, encontrándose asociaciones entre ser víctimas de acoso escolar y problemas de salud mental a lo largo del ciclo vital. Esta investigación pretende conocer la relación entre ser víctima de acoso escolar y una serie de factores relacionados con la salud psicológica (ansiedad, autoestima, competencia social, problemas familiares y problemas de regulación emocional) en una muestra compuesta por 924 estudiantes de 5º y 6º de Educación Primaria de la provincia de Huelva (España), seleccionados mediante un muestreo aleatorio estratificado proporcional por conglomerados. Para ello se han utilizado dos escalas, una para la detección de acoso escolar (Escala de Detección de Acoso Escolar), y otra para la detección de los factores psicológicos (Escala de Detección de Características Psicológicas). La Escala de Detección de Acoso Escolar se ha diseñado tomando como referencia las escalas de Jiménez (2007) y López y Orpinas (2012), mientras que la Escala de Detección de Características Psicológicas se ha diseñado tomando como referencia la escala de Fernández-Pinto et al. (2015). Los resultados muestran que los alumnos víctimas de acoso presentan resultados más negativos que sus compañeros en todas las características estudiadas. Estos resultados ponen de manifiesto la importancia de realizar investigaciones sobre acoso escolar, puesto que suponen la base para el desarrollo de estrategias preventivas y de intervención desde los centros educativos, con el apoyo de los profesionales de la orientación de estos centros, lo que supondría una disminución de la influencia de esta problemática en los centros educativos.
Mapa de ligamiento del gen Endotelina-1 en el cromosoma 2 del pollo
Authors: Moncaleano-Vega Juana
Published: May 2023

El objetivo de este estudio fue asignar por mapa ligamiento el gen Endotelina-1 (END1) al cromosoma 2 del pollo (GGA2). Los microsatélites MCW0314, MCW0245, ADL0164, MCW0264 y el diseño de cebadores fueron usados para la amplificación de secuencias específicas de END1. La técnica PCR-SSCP y el uso de geles denaturantes permitió la tipificación de los genotipos. Para la construcción del mapa se usaron los genotipos identificados en una población de 200 pollos Cobb500 utilizando el programa Mapmaker® version 3.0b. El resultado es un mapa del GGA2 donde END1 está ligado a los microsatélites reportados en un locus de un carácter cuantitativo (QTL) para susceptibilidad de los pollos de engorde a desarrollar el síndrome de hipertensión pulmonar.
Public Private Cooperative Partnerships for Scaling Commercial Maize Production In Nepal: Linking Innovations With Policy
Authors: Choudhary Dyutiman , Khanal Narayan Prasad , Pandit Naba Raj , KC Dilli , Timsina Krishna Prasad
Published: May 2023

The Agriculture Development Strategy of the Government of Nepal (2015-2035) has identified maize as one of the key commodities for commercialization. Maize constitutes at least 50% of the total ingredients in poultry feed, with approximately 3,000 tons of poultry feed consumed daily in Nepal. However, while the demand for feed is increasing at about 10.0% per annum, maize production is only growing at 2.5% per annum. The low productivity with inferior grain quality and a lack of value chain coordination mechanisms starting from inputs (seeds) to output (grains) have hindered the commercialization of the domestic maize sector. Because of the inefficient market mechanism and competitive market structure, farmers are not able to pursue commercial maize production. To address this issue, action research on the value chain was conducted by the International Maize and Wheat Improvement Centre (CIMMYT), focusing mainly on Sudurpaschim and Lumbini provinces, to implement the maize commercialization model (MCM) between 2020 and 2022. Results demonstrate that public-private partnership approach can increase maize production, improve farm gate prices and farmers’ incomes, improve value chain coordination; improve access to services to farmers and enhance information flow among stakeholders. The study recommends that policies aimed to streamline commercial maize production should adopt a value chain approach, with a focus on chain upgrading and governance and promote coordination among actors to scale up commercial maize production throughout the maize-growing areas of Nepal.
Modulation of the One Health Approach to Tackle Brucellosis in Buffaloes and Cattle in Two Italian Territories with Different Characteristics
Authors: Mazzeo Alessandra , Tremonte Patrizio , Rossi Nicola , Ferrara Carlo , Mascolo Celestina , Lombardi Silvia Jane , Sorrentino Elena
Published: May 2023

The new European Union animal health law and its rule concerning brucellosis in cattle and buffaloes

The authors examine the latest European Union (EU) rules concerning eradication and surveillance of brucellosis and animal infectious diseases of EU concern.

The Italian rules concerning brucellosis in cattle and buffaloes

Italy is included in the EU co-financed compulsory eradication and surveillance programmes for brucellosis in cattle and in buffaloes in the frame of the EU and the related Italian laws, which allowed reaching the Brucellosis Free status without vaccination (former "Officially Brucellosis Free - OBF" status) in the majority of the northern and middle Italian Regions and in some middle and southern Provinces included in Regions where the infection persists.

Epidemiology of brucellosis in the EU and in Italy

In the Italian Province of Caserta, the highest prevalence of brucellosis in buffaloes is reported; in 2017-2021, a total of 314 outbreaks occurred, in which 39,163 heads tested positive. Here, brucellosis is threatening not only human health and the widespread buffaloes breeding but also the important satellite activities concerning the Protected Designation of Origin (P.O.D.) cheese “Mozzarella di Bufala Campana". The authors also discuss the reemerged brucellosis in cattle in the Molise Region, which despite bordering the Province of Caserta, shows different hydrographic, orographic, and breeding characteristics. In Molise, the reemerged brucellosis had a very different epidemiological course, which allowed it to limit the adoption of One Health measures.

The One Health approach to tackle brucellosis in buffaloes

In order to tackle brucellosis in Campania Region and in its Province of Caserta, the One Health approach has been predisposed through strict control of animal health, human health, and the environment. The adopted model could be exportable to territories having similar characteristics.
František Ábel, Ed. Israel and the Nations: Paul’s Gospel in the Context of Jewish Expectation
Authors: Staples Jason A.
Published: May 2023

No abstract is available.
Operating theatre efficiency at a tertiary eye hospital in South Africa
Authors: Tsimanyane M , Koetsie K , Makgotloe A
Published: May 2023

Background. South Africa (SA) is a resource-limited country that needs efficient operating theatres in order for surgical care to function cost-effectively. Regular assessment of theatre efficiency in our setting is therefore needed.

Objectives. To describe ophthalmology theatre efficiency at a central hospital in SA and compare this with international benchmarks.

Methods. St John Eye Hospital is the ophthalmology section of Chris Hani Baragwanath Academic Hospital in Soweto, SA. It has three operating theatres. A cross-sectional study was done of the theatres’ registry of surgical procedures over a 6-month period. Data analysed included the starting and finishing times of theatre lists, surgical cases that were cancelled on the day of surgery, and theatre utilisation rates. These data were compared with international benchmarks.

Results. A total of 1 482 surgical procedures in 229 theatre lists were included in the study. Sixty-five percent of these theatre lists started late, accounting for 4 236 minutes of lost theatre time, significantly more than the maximum of 10% recommended by the Royal College of Anaesthetists. Of theatre lists, 23% and 30% finished after 16h15 (theatre overrun) and before 16h00 (theatre underrun), respectively. This is more than double the 10% recommended by the Royal College of Anaesthetists. The theatre utilisation rate was 62%, which is significantly lower than the ideal utilisation rate of 80%. The cancellation rate was 16%, which is significantly higher than the international benchmark of 2% recommended by the New South Wales guidelines. The most common reasons for cancellations were medical unfitness of the patient and lack of operating theatre time.

Conclusion. All theatre efficiency parameters at St John Eye Hospital were below international benchmarks.
Healthcare workers’ knowledge and practice of the South African national tuberculosis management guidelines
Authors: Motlhaoleng K , Moropeng L , Abraham P , Moloantoa T
Published: May 2023

Background. Tuberculosis (TB) remains a global public health concern. The 2014 South African (SA) national TB management guidelines were developed to decrease the burden of TB, but implementation remains a challenge.

Objectives. To estimate healthcare workers’ level of knowledge about the national TB management guidelines and to assess the implementation of these guidelines.

Methods. A cross-sectional descriptive study was conducted in four randomly selected health facilities in Dr Kenneth Kaunda district, North West Province, SA. We administered a TB knowledge questionnaire and reviewed TB registers and 204 patient files.

Results. A total of 38 participants completed the TB knowledge questionnaire. The majority were professional nurses (89%). The participants’ mean (standard deviation) age was 46 (8) years, and the median (interquartile range) career length was 10 (8 - 17) years. Inadequate knowledge of the national TB management guidelines was revealed in 12 participants (32%). The review of the TB register showed that 163 153 patients were screened for TB. Of these, 9 308 (6%) had presumptive TB, 8 116 (87%) had an Xpert test and 1 292 (16%) had positive Xpert results. Overall, 1 150 (12%) of the patients with presumptive TB were diagnosed with drug-sensitive TB and started treatment based on laboratory results and a clinical diagnosis. Of this sample, 999 patients (87%) were treated successfully. The patient file review showed that a total of 197 patients (97%) received the correct treatment dose according to body weight and treatment phase. Smear microscopy was consistently done throughout the intensive and continuation phases of TB treatment. Body weight was monitored in 199 patients (98%). Contact investigation was conducted for 133 patients (65%), and there was evidence that child contacts aged <5 years were started on isoniazid preventive therapy. Only 110 patients (54%) had documented HIV status. Of these, 66 (60%) were HIV positive, and 39 (59%) of them received antiretroviral therapy. Body mass index was monitored in 55 patients (27%). Eighty (39%) of the patients with TB were women of childbearing potential, and only 8 (10%) of them had their pregnancy test results recorded. Treatment side-effects were reported in 17 patient files (8%); 13 (76%) were managed and 8 (62%) had resolved side-effects.

Conclusion. Most participants had adequate knowledge of the national TB management guidelines. A high TB treatment success rate was noted, along with some good practices. The study also highlights several knowledge and practice gaps that can be overcome by measures such as quality audits to improve record keeping. Adequate training of healthcare workers, sustaining and updating knowledge through continuous training, and strengthened supervision mechanisms to ensure compliance with the guidelines are recommended.
SARS-CoV-2 Transmission Risk in the School Environment: a pilot case-ascertained prospective study to inform future school-based surveillance.
Authors: Siegfried N L , De Voux A , Jona K , Yun J A , Chetty T , Mabona M , Els F , Mdose H , Kuonza L , Hsiao M , Mathews C
Published: May 2023

Background. There is no current active or passive disease surveillance programme focused on schools in South Africa. As such the country is missing an opportunity to rapidly and effectively flag and address pathogen outbreaks, for example SARS-CoV-2, in a key closed setting. Furthermore, the role of school transmission in the spread of the SARS-CoV-2 virus within communities is uncertain. 

Objective. This pilot study, conducted during March 2022 in Cape Town, aimed to indicate the feasibility of conducting intense active contact-tracing in a school environment prior to a large national study to compare school versus community SARS-CoV-2 transmission risk. 

Methods. We conducted a pilot school-level case-ascertained prospective study with a component of enhanced surveillance. Following study initiation, the first learner at a participating school who tested SARS-CoV-2 positive (via Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR) or a Rapid Antigen Test (RAT)) was invited to join the study as the index case and all their school-based close contacts were followed up telephonically, monitored for symptoms for 14 days, and tested using a PCR if any symptoms were reported. 

Results. On 8th March 2022, a student with RAT laboratory-confirmed COVID-19 was identified and they and their guardian consented to participate as the index case. Of the 11 eligible close contacts, six provided consent/assent and completed symptom monitoring calls until the end of the 14-day study period. The Secondary Attack Rate (SAR) was 2/11 (18.18%) of all close contacts who were at risk of infection, 2/4 (50.0%) of all those close contacts who developed symptoms, and 2/4 (50.0%) of all those close contacts who developed symptoms and were tested for SARS-CoV-2. During the same period, the school reported that nine of the 926 learner body tested COVID-19 positive (0.97%). Total hours spent conducting monitoring for 6 learners was 27 hours, with each learner requiring approximately 4.5 hours of contact time during the study period. 

Conclusion. This is the first South African school-based COVID-19 transmission study, the results of which can inform national discussions regarding the role of schools and school-based active and passive surveillance in pathogen prevention and control.
Monitoring of the Brown marmorated stink bug Halyomorpha halys (Stål, 1855) in Banja Luka, Bosnia and Herzegovina
Authors: Vidović Vesna , Nikolić Petar , Hrnčić Snježana , Nježić Branimir
Published: May 2023

Brown marmorated stink bug Halyomorpha halys (Stål, 1855) is an invasive and polyphagous stink bug native to Asia. It has recently invaded Europe and Bosnia and Herzegovina. It is highly polyphagous pest of many economically important commodities including tree fruit, nut crops, field crops, vegetables and ornamentals. Moreover, it is an important nuisance pest because large numbers of adults seek out artificial structures for overwintering. Monitoring of population dynamics of H. halys during two years (2020 and 2021) was performed in Banja Luka, Bosnia and Herzegovina. The pest was present through monitoring period April–October with the highest abundance in the third decade of July when all life stages were present. More individuals were caught on pyramid trap (845) compared to sticky trap (156) favoring pyramid trap for future monitoring. Total number of caught individuals was 6.5 folds higher in the second year of the monitoring indicating population increase that presents threat to agricultural production.
Methods and Principles of Construction of Intelligent Unmanned Systems for Train Control of Urban Off-Street Transport
Authors: Leonid Avramovich Baranov , Valentina Gennadievna Sidorenko , Ekaterina Petrovna Balakina , Lyudmila Nikolaevna Loginova
Published: May 2023

The principles of constructing intelligent unmanned traffic control systems for off-street urban rail transport are considered, while a block diagram and connections between subsystems are proposed. The features of the construction of upper-level control algorithms are shown. Functional features of subsystems are defined, and links between subsystems are considered.
Stages of Development, Methods and Intellectualization of Automated Scheduling of Metro Passenger Trains
Authors: Leonid Avramovich Baranov , Anton Igorevich Safronov , Valentina Gennadievna Sidorenko
Published: May 2023

The article examines the underground passenger trains planned schedule automated construction system development stages. The technical means, basic methods and information technologies applied at system development stages aimed at its intellectualization, the ways of its integration into the Unified vehicles control automated traffic intelligent system on urban rail transport systems are described.
Unmanned Aerial Vehicles Image Processing With the Use of a Neural Network
Authors: Viktor Mikhailovich Alekseev , Dodokhon Naimboevich Khusenov , Andrey Andreevich Andreev , Sergey Nikolaevich Chichkov
Published: May 2023

Transport infrastructure facilities are critically important. To ensure their functioning, it is necessary to apply tracking methods that provide a high degree of protection. The article deals with the issues of unauthorized intrusion of foreign objects controlling, in order to prevent a dangerous impact on the infrastructure of high-speed transport. In this regard, it is proposed to conduct round-the-clock surveillance using unmanned aerial vehicles. Due to the fact that the range of UAV’s action distance is limited, therefore, it is proposed to use a remote method of detecting the intrusion of objects on the infrastructure with the use of an optical cable OK. The joint use of UAVs and OK allows to create a reliable system that provides control over the intrusion on the infrastructure. Special video cameras (thermal imagers, Lidar) are installed on unmanned aerial vehicles, providing inspection of the invasion area during day and night time. Since video recording devices have different resolution, the task is to apply methods for integrating data with different resolution and processing them by a neural network. The implementation of infrastructure tracking systems requires increasing demands on the network structure. One of the tasks set in this article is the development of the structure of the intrusion detection network on the high–speed ground transport infrastructure.
Contemporary methods of road safety risk management
Authors: Drašković Danislav , Gatarić Vladimir
Published: May 2023

The problem of road safety is an important factor in traffic safety, recognized as one of the main goals in the process of improving traffic safety. Improving both the capacity and safety of roads requires, along with large financial investments, planning and developing new tools in order to ensure prevention of traffic accidents and mitigation of their consequences. Establishing a road safety system is based on detailed knowledge of the current safety of the road, as well as on implementing adequate countermeasures that would eliminate existing safety risks. For this, traffic safety tools used for assessing safety are very important, especially in the road design stage, as well during assessment of traffic safety on the existing road.
Management of transport of hazardous materials
Authors: Lazić Slavojka , Avramović Zoran Ž. , Drašković Danislav
Published: May 2023

Transportation of hazardous goods is a demanding and risky job. The greatest risks, dangers and consequences for the population and the environment are associated with the transport of hazardous goods. Today, numerous systems and software packages have been developed, the aim of which is to improve the performance of this type of transport and mitigate the consequences of possible accidents. By monitoring and adaptive management of the transport of hazardous goods in road traffic, the consequences of traffic accidents can be repaired more quickly and the movement of vehicles with hazardous goods can be directed to safer routes.
Artificial intelligence in insurance companies
Authors: Lupačov Jaroslav , Stanković Željko
Published: May 2023

In this article given is the analysis of the development of artificial intelligence- AI in insurance companies, which has caused the execution of the following tasks: analysis of the role and significance of artificial intelligence in insurance;description of software tools in insurance; description of implementation of artificial intelligence in insurance industry. Based on the conducted analysis it is concluded that possibilities of artificial intelligence in insurance are almost infinite. Technology contributes to better clarified claims, helps insurance companies to identify fraud and automatically avoid losses. Due to all this, the insurance companies on the market improve their production cycle while clients are provided with better service and better rates. Artificial intelligence assists us in improving the business today and will do so in the future: increase competitiveness, enhance the engagement of clients, accelerate innovations, increase profitability and productivity of employees.
Demographic reconstruction of the Halaf culture society on the territory of the Eastern Euphrates
Authors: Bobrov Vladimir Vasil'evich , Majar Fadel
Published: May 2023

The study of the problem of the population of the Halaf culture in the 6th millennium BC in the territory of the North-Eastern Syria is conducted for the first time in order to study the demographic situation of this region in the Late Neolithic. The statistical approach in paleodemographic reconstruction is the basis of the scientific procedure, because it’s source are the materials of the settlements. It also includes methods used in both Russian and foreign archeology. The basis was taken as the average population density, proposed by foreign anthropologists for the Neolithic in the Eastern Mediterranean, which was compared with the indicators of the southern part of Western Europe and Southwestern Iran. According to the calculations, 30-35 thousand people lived in the territory of northeast Syria during Halaf culture. These results were verified by the method of C. Reed and R. Braidwood, using the method of population density per settlement area by C. Renfrew as well as an indicator of natural annual population growth. This verification confirmed the obtained quantitative indicators of the Khalaf population in Eastern Euphrates. A variant of determining the population of the Halaf settlement of Sabi Abyad I by the residential buildings of the “Burnt Village”, which makes up 1/10 of the area of the monument, is proposed. This result can be an independent baseline for the reconstruction of the paleodemographic characteristics of the Late Neolithic culture of Mesopotamia. Conclusion based on the obtained paleodemographic data: Despite the high infant mortality, Khalaf society is characterised as developing. For comparison, this article presents the demographic indicators of the modern Syrian Arab Republic
Problematization of modern urban design
Authors: Barsukova Natalia Ivanovna
Published: May 2023

The subject of research in this article is the concepts, directions and definitions of urban design that exist in different countries today. The novelty of the study is to identify their features and problems associated with the lack of a unified theoretical and methodological approach to urban design. The main trends of urban design, the principles of the formation of urban spaces are considered, categories and concepts of design reflecting the environmental values of the urban environment are proposed. An attempt is made to show that these contradictions can be solved by expanding the problem field of urban design by including environmental, anthropological and psychological issues to create innovative design projects. It is in the value attitudes that the differences of many concepts are most clearly manifested. The necessity of an integrated approach to the design of the urban environment is substantiated. For this purpose, a strategy of urban design is proposed, summarizing the key modern scientific and applied points of view in this area. It defines the connections, coincidences and complementarities between different conceptual approaches, the emphasis is on human-centered design and innovation. It is focused on modeling a virtually new synthetic environment with increased comfort indicators without compromising the natural environment. The relevance of this approach is due to the widespread opinion that it is impossible to achieve ecological balance within an urban settlement. The result of the study was the identification of the main themes and problems that urban design is able to solve at the present stage.
To the Issues of Proving the Facts of Contactless Distribution of Narcotic Drugs at the Stage of Preliminary Investigation and Prevention of the Commission of this Crime
Authors: Fedorov Aleksandr Vitalievich , Millerova Elena Alexandrovna
Published: May 2023

The subject of the study is the professional work of the preliminary investigation bodies aimed at finding and forming an evidence base in the investigation of crimes related to drug trafficking. The object of the study is the social relations developing in the field of countering illicit drug trafficking. The statistical method of the study showed that the number of these crimes does not cease to grow. According to the data of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Russian Federation, in January 2023, an increase in registered crime was recorded by 1.1%, due to a certain extent to an increase in the registration of facts of the sale of narcotic drugs by 42.2%. Cybercrime rates increased by 14.2%. Drug sales using information and telecommunication technologies were increased by 85.1%. The authors focused on the establishment of circumstances that are subject to verification and evaluation in terms of the admissibility of evidence for a successful investigation of such crimes, studied methods of contactless drug sales, as well as preventive measures aimed at combating drug crime. The conducted research allowed us to come to the conclusion that the fight against illicit trafficking in narcotic drugs and psychotropic substances, regardless of the method of committing a crime (direct or contactless), should be carried out taking into account the entire complex of operational investigative, criminal procedural measures aimed at identifying and exposing drug traffickers by distributing "bookmarks". We will not allow a formal approach to finding and securing evidence for such crimes in order to ensure the effectiveness of criminal prosecution.
Some problems of the prosecutor's supervision over the procedural activities of the preliminary investigation bodies and measures to resolve them
Authors: Rodnenok Anastasiya Aleksandrovna , Filimonov Arkadii Dmitrievich
Published: May 2023

The subject of the study is the implementation of prosecutorial supervision of the procedural activities of the preliminary investigation bodies. The authors consider problematic issues related to the regulation of the timing of approval by the prosecutor and the head of the investigative body of petitions to initiate investigative actions before the court that require a court decision; as well as the need for the participation of the prosecutor, investigator, inquirer when the court considers relevant petitions based on the legal regulation of this issue by the Criminal Procedure Code of the Russian Federation and departmental regulations. Particular attention is paid by the authors to the question of the expediency of returning to the prosecutor the authority to give written instructions to the investigator on the conduct of investigative and other procedural actions. The main conclusions of the study are: the need to fix the deadline for approval by the prosecutor and the head of the investigative body to initiate a petition before the court for investigative actions requiring a court decision, fixing this provision by means of appropriate instructions in the departmental acts of these officials, or by amending Article 165 of the Criminal Procedure Code of the Russian Federation. In addition, the authors note the mandatory participation of the prosecutor and the investigator in the consideration of the relevant petitions by the court, allowing the possibility of performing such a duty through video conferencing. A special contribution is the theoretical and practical justification of the expediency of returning to the prosecutor the right to give written instructions to the investigator on the conduct of investigative and other procedural actions
Russian and Avar languages Spiritual values/Anti-values in Religious and Paremiological Paintings (using the concept of "Faith/Unbelief" as an example)
Authors: Magomedova Patimat Aripovna , Alivalieva Dzhamilat Abdulkadirovna
Published: May 2023

The article is devoted to the problem of representation of the value component of the concept "Faith/Unbelief" in religious and paremiological discourses of different structural languages. The main purpose of the study is to establish similarities and differences in the linguistic objectification of spiritual values/anti–values in the Avar and Russian linguistic cultures based on the concept of "Faith/Disbelief", which is one of the basic concepts affecting all the value-behavioral spheres of human existence. In the religious consciousness of a believer (whether he is a Christian or a Muslim), by its very nature, there is a craving for virtue, a desire to ennoble morals, comprehension and nomination of all this occurs through specific linguistic signs and their meanings. The conceptual, value and figurative components of the concept under study are considered. The actualization in lexical systems of various languages, lexemes with religious (Islamic) meaning, the large-scale activity of texts of this subject in various genres, especially in mass media texts, put forward new promising directions of interdisciplinary research for linguists. The novelty of the research consists both in the development of research in the aspect of comparative theolinguistics for the first time on the material of these languages, and in the integral use of linguoconceptual and theoconceptual methods. The article traces the close connection of cognitive features of the conceptual field under study and spiritual and moral concepts that have their own specifics in each of the compared languages during linguistic verbalization.
Culturological Analysis of F. R. Chateaubriand's Book "The Genius of Christianity": Success Factors and the Cultural Category of Sinfulness
Authors: Semukhina Elena Aleksandrovna , Voloshinov Aleksandr Viktorovich , Kiryushkina Viktoriya Viktorovna
Published: May 2023

The historical factors as well as the units of the cultural knowledge which are considered to have provided Chateaubriand’s books, and “The Genius of Christianity” in particular, with the success and the content are the subject of the present article. The following historical reasons which attracted the readers’ attention to the book have been defined: the disappointment of the society with the atheistic ideals of the revolution, the need for religious cult restoring, the authorities’ desire to stop strife in the country and build relationships with Catholic Europe. The semantic content of the work also contributed to its popularity because it responded to the request of finding logic in the religion, had an emotional impact and dealt with the relevant issues of the morality by means of the cultural category of sinfulness. Scientific novelty of the research implies the following: the cultural category of sinfulness objectified in F.R. Chateaubriand’s book “The Genius of Christianity” having been analyzed for the first time as well as the author’s approach to the understanding and cultural information streamlining having been identified. More over cultural-historical factors promoting the book’s prominence among Chateaubriand’s contemporaries have been studied. The author’s using rational way while explaining the basis of the sin, resorting to the strict argumentation and the evidence-based methods, denying religious irrationality have been set. The conducted research has shown the key factors leading to the book’s relevance: the society’s necessity of the religion revival, the authorities’ support of this tendency specified by the political environment.
Ontological foundations of cyberculture in a digital society
Authors: Shakirov Al'fred Il'darovich , Simkacheva Marina Vladimirovna
Published: May 2023

The object of the study is the culture of digital society, the subject is the ontological foundations of culture. The aim of the research is to reveal the ontological problems of cyberculture, which becomes the basis for a digital society with a virtual nature. In the modern world, the impact of digital technologies on human life has acquired an irreversible scale. The changes affected not only socio-economic relations, but also affected the sphere of personal relationships, information perception and cognitive processes of the individual. People are spending more and more time on the Internet, using social networks, using applications. We can talk about a new stage in the development of human civilization, the culture of which has its own special features. In this study, the culture of digital society is considered from a philosophical and ontological point of view. The novelty of the research lies in the fact that cyberculture is in the stage of its formation. Digital society is changing, Internet technologies are developing, new applications are appearing. All these processes require philosophical reflection and scientific analysis. A special contribution of the author to the study of the phenomenon of cyberculture and the ontologization of the culture of digital society, which has its own distinctive features, namely crisis, virtuality, technology. The main conclusions of the study are that cyberculture, the culture of communities based on the use of advanced information technologies, is postmodern in nature. The further development of digital technologies gives a chance to a person to overcome the limitations of the individual nature of the personality, but at the same time there is a great danger of losing generic features and ceasing to be a person in the classical sense.
Improved parameter optimization method for measurement device independent protocol
Authors: Zhou Jiang-Ping , Zhou Yuan-Yuan , Zhou Xue-Jun ,   College of Electronic Engineering, Naval University of Engineering Wuhan 430000, China
Published: May 2023

The optimal selection of parameters in practical quantum key distribution can greatly improve the key generation rate and maximum transmission distance of the system. Owing to the high cost of global search algorithm, local search algorithm is widely used. However, there are two shortcomings in local search algorithm. One is that the solution obtained is not always the global optimal solution, and the other is that the effectiveness of the algorithm is greatly dependent on the choice of initial value. This paper uses the Monte Carlo method to prove whether the key generation rate function is convex, and also simulates and analyzes the projection of the key generation rate function on each dimension of the parameter, in contrast to the approach in previous article. In order to eliminate the effect of the initial value, this paper proposes the particle swarm local search optimization algorithm which integrates particle swarm optimization algorithm and local search algorithm. The first step is to use the particle swarm optimization to find a valid parameter which leads to nonzero key generation rate, and the second step is to adopt the parameter as the initial value of local search algorithm to derive the global optimal solution. Then, the two algorithms are used to conduct simulation and their results are compared. The results show that the key generation rate function is non-convex because it does not satisfy the definition of a convex function, however, since the key generation rate function has only one non-zero stagnation point, the LSA algorithm can still obtain the global optimal solution with an appropriate initial value. When the transmission distance is relatively long, the local search algorithm is invalid because it is difficult to obtain an effective initial value by random value method. The particle swarm optimization algorithm can overcome this shortcoming and improve the maximum transmission distance of the system at the cost of slightly increasing the complexity of the algorithm.
Identification of key immune-related genes associated with LPS/D-GalN-induced acute liver failure in mice based on transcriptome sequencing
Authors: Chen Ling , Yuan Li , Yang Jingle , Pan Yizhi , Wang Hong
Published: May 2023

Background

The aim of this study was to identify key immune-related genes in acute liver failure (ALF) by constructing an ALF mouse model for transcriptome sequencing.

Methods

The C57BL/6 mouse with ALF model was induced by lipopolysaccharide (LPS)/ D-galactosamine (D-GalN). After successful modelling, the liver tissues of all mice were obtained for transcriptome sequencing. The key immune-related genes in mice with ALF were identified by differential expression analysis, immune infiltration analysis, weighted gene co-expression network analysis (WGCNA), enrichment analysis, and protein-protein interaction (PPI) analysis.

Results

An LPS/D-GalN-induced ALF mouse model was successfully constructed, and transcriptome sequencing was performed. Significant differences in the proportions of monocytes, macrophages M0, macrophages M1 and neutrophils were shown by immune infiltration analysis, and 5255 genes highly associated with these four immune cells were identified by WGCNA. These immune genes were found to be significantly enriched in the TNF signalling pathway by enrichment analysis. Finally, PPI analysis was performed on genes enriched in this pathway and three key genes (CXCL1, CXCL10 and IL1B) were screened out and revealed to be significantly upregulated in ALF.

Conclusions

Key immune-related genes in ALF were identified in this study, which may provide not only potential therapeutic targets for treating ALF and improving its prognosis, but also a reliable scientific basis for the immunotherapy of the disease.
Análise do impacto de um curso de pós-graduação Lato Sensu em administração de empresas na carreira de gestores
Authors: Cunha Junior Weliton Gonçalves , Freitag Alberto Eduardo Besser , Dos Santos Ana Carla de Souza Gomes , De Moraes Carlos Augusto Caldas
Published: May 2023

Diante das mudanças econômicas, tecnológicas e do mercado de trabalho, a pós-graduação é de grande importância na formação profissional. Enquanto empresas buscam gestores qualificados para administrar os negócios, profissionais precisam se preparar para o mercado ou avançar na carreira. Entretanto, há carência de estudos que avaliam o impacto da pós-graduação na carreira, bem como autores que tecem críticas aos programas de pós-graduação. Com base nesse contexto, o objetivo deste trabalho foi pesquisar como um curso de pós-graduação lato sensu em administração de empresas impacta na carreira dos gestores de negócios no Brasil. A metodologia pode ser classificada como sendo de natureza aplicada, com objetivo descritivo e exploratório, abordagem quantitativa e método survey. Na atividade de campo, foi realizada a análise descritiva e estatística, comparando dados coletados por questionários entre os egressos do curso com os não concluintes. Como resultado, constatou-se que o curso contribuiu positivamente na carreira dos gestores no Brasil, no que tange empregabilidade, remuneração, progresso na carreira e desenvolvimento de competências e habilidades.
A relevância do storytelling para a percepção da autenticidade
Authors: Andrade-Matos Mariana Bueno de , Cavalcante Mariana Magalhães
Published: May 2023

O objetivo deste artigo é compreender como o storytelling, ou a contação de histórias, é relevante para a autenticidade. Para tanto, foi desenvolvida revisão de literatura sobre autenticidade em experiências turísticas e sobre storytelling, o que deu base para as discussões teóricas deste estudo. Para que se pudesse alcançar o objetivo proposto, optou-se por uma abordagem interpretativista e qualitativa com trabalho de campo aplicado ao contexto do turismo cacaueiro e chocolateiro na Ilha do Combu, Pará. A coleta de dados se deu por meio de observação e de entrevistas semiestruturadas, e os dados - depois de organizados e transcritos - foram analisados por meio de análise de conteúdo. A partir do acesso aos dados, observou-se que o storytelling proporcionou conexão entre os objetos, o local, as pessoas (incluindo comunidade e prestadores de serviço) e a experiência turística. Nesse sentido, o estudo foi capaz de demonstrar a relação existente entre os elementos da abordagem relacional da autenticidade (Rickly-Boyd, 2012) com o storytelling. Ainda, o estudo permite perceber que as histórias conectam os envolvidos na experiência e seus repertórios, legitimam processos de produção, ilustram aspectos físicos e dão significados a ações.
Privacidade compartilhada
Authors: Pereira Joyce Kimarce do Carmo , Gomes Christianne Luce
Published: May 2023

Este artigo objetiva compreender de que maneira a privacidade se manifesta em hostels, verificando os paradoxos e tensões que emergem no cotidiano destes meios de hospedagem compartilhados. A metodologia, de natureza qualitativa, envolveu pesquisa de campo em três hostels, selecionados por critérios previamente estipulados, localizados na cidade de Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brasil. Além da observação, foram realizadas entrevistas com 18 hóspedes e 6 anfitriões. Os dados coletados foram sistematizados e analisados por meio da análise de conteúdo proposta por Bardin (2011), sendo esta técnica complementada com o auxílio do software NVivo. Os resultados da pesquisa evidenciaram que o quarto, mesmo compartilhado, representa o primeiro passo na caminhada para a privacidade dos sujeitos, sendo o mobiliário cama o principal local para sua concretização. Os hóspedes utilizam diferentes estratégias para resguardar a privacidade. Quanto aos paradoxos e tensões que a desafiam, os resultados da pesquisa de campo indicam que os principais são os ruídos, a desordem verificada nos quartos e na cozinha, dificuldades relacionadas ao uso coletivo do banheiro, a nudez, a intimidade sexual nos quartos compartilhados e o convívio com pessoas com hábitos e origens diversas. No entanto, neste meio de hospedagem complexo e ambíguo que é o hostel, foi constatado que o quarto pode ser, também, um espaço que possibilita um processo de trocas valorizado pelos hóspedes. Isso se deve, especialmente, às práticas de lazer e comensalidade experimentadas pelos sujeitos que ocupam temporariamente aquele território, e ao intercâmbio de experiências sobre os atrativos turísticos da capital mineira.
RESISTANCE OF A STEEL ROOF STIFFENING SYSTEM OF INDUSTRIAL HALLS MADE FROM COLD FORMED PROFILES
Authors: Andrzej Wojnar  , Katarzyna Sieńkowska  , Olena Chernieva
Published: May 2023

Single-nave halls with a steel structure are used in industrial construction and as storage, sports, public facilities, temporary buildings, etc. In terms of design, they consist of: main load-bearing systems, purlins and support systems for the wall casing and roofing. Individual elements of the hall structure can be made of hot-rolled profiles or cold formed, thin-walled elements with slender walls. The load capacity of the roof structure of an industrial hall, unconstrained by roofing, was analysed in the paper. The rigidity of the roof structure in its plane was ensured by an appropriate roof bracing system. It was also assumed that the work of the roof structure in a perpendicular direction to the roof plane is to be similar to the behavior of a steel grate - cooperation between purlins and rigid tie rods was assumed, with vertical loads applied only to the purlins.
THE ARTISTIC ACTIONS PROTECTING PUBLIC SPACES
Authors: Michał Rut
Published: May 2023

The article addresses the issue of participatory art (the so-called political, engaged art), which in its assumptions deals with the subject of marginalized social groups. Such art aims at solving given problems by the diagnosis of a cultural, social and economic situation, by animation actions, media coverage and negotiations between the parties to the conflict. The article specifies the artistic actions which allowed to protect public spaces against the pressure exerted by investors and obliged local governments to conduct restoration work and properly organise places for relaxation and integration of local communities. There is also focus on the experience of Polish artists such as Iza Rutkowska, Julita Wójcik and Joanna Rajkowska as well as the description of the Modraszek Collective action and the selected participatory actions of the project entitled Wrocław – Entrance from the Backyard.
THE USE OF BIOGAS FROM THE ANAEROBIC DIGESTION OF SEWAGE SLUDGE TO IMPROVE THE ENERGY BALANCE OF WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANTS
Authors: Sylwia Dąbrowska  , Adam Masłoń
Published: May 2023

A rational way to treat and disposal sewage sludge is to use it as a substrate for biogas production in the anaerobic digestion process, doing so can lead to an improvement in the energy efficiency of the entire wastewater treatment plant, and even enable it to become energy self-sufficient. The article analyses the amount of energy consumption in wastewater treatment plants, the course of the biogas production process and examples of wastewater treatment plants that are close to becoming, or have managed to become, "ecologically sustainable" facilities thanks to the production of green energy.