bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Atuação do Conselho Municipal de Assistência Social de Natal/RN na Pandemia da Covid-19
Authors: Silva Juliana Ribeiro da , Medeiros Jássio Pereira de
Published: June 2022

Este estudo tem o objetivo de analisar a atuação do Conselho Municipal de Assistência Social da cidade de Natal/RN no enfrentamento à pandemia da Covid-19. A coleta de dados ocorreu através de questionário com os/as conselheiros/as e da leitura das atas das reuniões. As principais demandas voltaram-se para o abrigamento da população de rua e segurança no trabalho dos profissionais da área. As principais dificuldades envolveram a formação de quórum mínimo para as reuniões e a existência de conflitos entre atores. Constatou-se um papel relevante do Conselho no momento de crise sanitária, em defesa da população e dos profissionais, em que pese o fato de existirem limitações de estrutura e recursos.
A arte no trabalho socioeducativo desenvolvido pelos assistentes sociais
Authors: Souza Camila Reis Pedro de , Freitas Isadora das Graças , Paula Luciana Gonçalves Pereira de
Published: June 2022

O presente artigo tem como objetivo a construção de reflexões que apresentem o uso da arte, enquanto uma estratégia teórica-metodológica, a ser desenvolvida pelos assistentes sociais, especialmente, na realização do trabalho socioeducativo. A metodologia utilizada para esta construção foi o levantamento bibliográfico, realizado junto às produções, na área do Serviço Social, que abordam o tema da arte em articulação ao trabalho profissional do assistente social. Em seguida traz algumas análises e problematizações sobre a pesquisa realizada, destacando em seus resultados o uso da arte como uma potente estratégia para o trabalho profissional do assistente social. Por fim, aborda considerações sobre a relevância do uso da arte nas atividades socioeducativas desenvolvidas pelos assistentes sociais, compreendendo essas atividades como fruto da articulação entre as três dimensões que compõem as ações profissionais: dimensão teórico-metodológica, dimensão ético-política e dimensão técnico-operativa.
A AUTOCOMPOSIÇÃO NA ESFERA DA IMPROBIDADE ADMINISTRATIVA
Authors: Ludvig da Cunha Ana Clara , Martins Esteves João Luiz
Published: June 2022

O presente artigo analisa a possibilidade de autocomposição na esfera da Lei de Improbidade Administrativa, frente as inovações legislativas que neste sentido atestam. Os setores públicos brasileiros compõem parcela significativa da litigiosidade nos tribunais pátrios, o que causa congestionamento do Poder Judiciário. Segundo o Conselho Nacional de Justiça, a Lei de Improbidade Administrativa também não tem se mostrado como meio hábil ao combate aos atos de improbidade. Assim, a autocomposição apresenta-se como mecanismo novo e que se adequa a uma nova realidade como resposta a redução de litígios e respeito ao princípio da celeridade processual. Trata-se, ainda, da nova perspectiva do Direito Público Brasileiro, na qual se privilegia a ação dialogada, ponderada/proporcional e previsível. A pesquisa sedimenta-se em bibliografias e descrições, efetuadas em doutrinas, jurisprudências, artigos online e leis, na qual se conclui que a aplicação dos meios alternativos de solução de conflitos deve ser observada na esfera da Improbidade Administrativa, em virtude dos inúmeros dispositivos legais que regem a celebração de acordos neste âmbito, bem como por não haver qualquer proibição expressa sobre a consensualidade, devendo os aplicadores do direito observar a analogia, os princípios gerais do direito e a hermenêutica.
Empresas ESG: uma nova perspectiva para enfrentar os desafios do capitalismo além da renda mínima
Authors: Campos Vinicius Medina , Bertacchini Yago Alves , Ribeiro Luiz Alberto Pereira
Published: June 2022

O presente trabalho tem o objetivo de compreender as mudanças, transformações do capitalismo e a evolução tecnológica na sociedade contemporânea, passando por alguns momentos da história e compreendendo contextos sociais, a fim de analisar soluções para os problemas decorrentes da quarta revolução industrial. Como enfoque, estuda as empresas ESG pelo método dedutivo, como uma alternativa importante para os desafios do capitalismo e a evolução tecnológica nos tempos hodiernos, além da proposta de renda mínima, abordando ainda os aspectos gerais desse tipo de empresa, seus pontos controvertidos e suas principais contribuições no âmbito empresarial, ambiental, social e trabalhista, que demonstram sua viabilidade no cenário atual.
Design de Moda para crianças com câncer no hospital: uma investigação sobre roupas e ludicidade
Authors: Pimentel Marina Campos Silva , Mesquita Cristiane , Lima Junior Geraldo Coelho
Published: June 2022

Este artigo apresenta conexões entre os campos do Design e da Saúde. Aborda a experiência de crianças com câncer no contexto hospitalar em relação ao vestuário, tomado como possível facilitador no tratamento. Apresenta a coleção Piskatoomba que investiga aspectos ergonômicos e funcionais, entre outros parâmetros projetuais do Design de Moda, enfocando a ludicidade da roupa como potencial minimizadora do estresse vivenciado pelas crianças, criada com o intuito de produzir estratégias de redução de sofrimento.
Do norte ao nordeste: um olhar do Brasil pelo styling de moda
Authors: Furtado Bruno Sousa , Bastos Adriana de Fátima Valente
Published: June 2022

A pesquisa teve como objetivo analisar os stylings de moda do norte e nordeste brasileiro realizado por stylists residentes ou naturais das capitais das respectivas regiões publicadas no instagram. Por meio da metodologia visual de Gillian Rose (2016), analisou-se que os stylists serviram de referências visuais, rompendo com a dinâmica centralizadora da indústria da moda no sul e sudeste, pois discorrem sobre outros lugares, pessoas e comportamentos excluídos, que necessitam de visibilidade.
Compreendendo o sistema de sinalização de um centro universitário a partir do mapeamento da experiência
Authors: Portela Stefanne Carla Carvalho , Fernandes Fabiane Rodrigues
Published: June 2022

Um sistema de sinalização visa ajudar pessoas a se localizar e encontrar destinos em um dado local. Por já fazer parte do cotidiano de uma universidade, por exemplo, acredita-se ser um processo já característico e compreendido. No entanto, a quantidade de estudos com essa temática, principalmente em locais de uso público, demonstra que muitas vezes esses sistemas não são projetados pensando na experiência de uso. Esse artigo visa compreender a experiência do usuário de um sistema de sinalização do centro de ciências exatas e tecnologia de uma universidade federal. Trata-se de uma pesquisa exploratória, tida como pesquisa-ação e utiliza como abordagem metodológica o Design Thinking. Para tal investigação, foi realizada pesquisa bibliográfica e a aplicação de questionário que verificou como os frequentantes do edifício julgam o sistema de sinalização existente. Posteriormente, foram utilizadas as ferramentas de mapeamento da experiência e mapa do design apresentadas por Kalbach (2017) para compreender como o frequentante interage com o sistema de sinalização deste centro de tecnologia e propor soluções com valor baseado nos anseios dos usuários. Os resultados demonstram que o sistema é falho em alguns pontos de contato por faltar informações, indicações importantes e orientação de direção.
Numerical Evidence That the Power of Artificial Neural Networks Limits Strong AI
Authors: Englert Roman , Muschiol Jörg
Published: June 2022

A famous definition of AI is based on the terms weak and strong AI from McCarthy. An open question is the characterization of these terms, i.e., the transition from weak to strong. Nearly no research results are known for this complex and important question. In this paper we investigate how the size and structure of a Neural Network (NN) limits the learnability of a training sample, and thus, can be used to discriminate weak and strong AI (domains). Furthermore, the size of the training sample is a primary parameter for the training effort estimation with the big O function. The needed training repetitions may also limit the learning tractability and will be investigated. The results are illustrated with an analysis of a feedforward NN and a training sample for language with 1,000 words including the effort for the training repetitions.
Association of Social, Demographic, Health, Nutritional and Environmental Factors With the Incidence and Death Rates of COVID-19; a Global Cross-Sectional Analytical Study.
Authors: Sudaraka Supun , I. Abeyagunawardena Ishanya , Lafir Raahya , Dharmaratne Samath
Published: June 2022

Background: The magnitude of the impact of COVID-19 is dependent on social, demographic, health, nutrition and even environmental factors. These factors act individually and synergistically to impact the incidence, mortality and morbidity of COVID-19. We aimed to evaluate the variables contributing individually to COVID-19 incidence and mortality utilizing techniques to minimize the effects of interaction between these factors. Method: Data regarding 88 variables for 195 countries over three years were extracted from The Health Nutrition and Population Statistics database and aggregated into a consolidated median. Outliers were eliminated and variables having a completeness of more than 70% were selected. The analysis was done separately for the incidence and mortality of COVID19. Principal component Analysis (PCA) and Elastic net regression were used to identify the most important single variables. The significant variables of the PCA which explained the most variance were identified. Subsequently, variables with the highest importance (using normalized ranked regression coefficients) in the Elastic Net model were selected and the intersecting set of variables common to both models was considered as predictors affecting incidence and mortality of COVID-19. Result: The study revealed communities with a high prevalence of anaemia has a negative correlation with COVID-19 incidence which was furthermore, interestingly seen in multiple age groups. Diphtheria, Tetanus and Pertussis (DTP) Immunization in children was also found to have a negative linear correlation. Conclusion: A negative individual association was seen between anaemia (in multiple age groups) and DTP immunization in children with the incidence and mortality of COVID 19.
Using Neural Architectures to Model Complex Dynamical Systems
Authors: Gabriel Nicholas , F. Johnson Neil
Published: June 2022

The natural, physical and social worlds abound with feedback processes that make the challenge of modeling the underlying system an extremely complex one. This paper proposes an end-to-end deep learning approach to modelling such so-called complex systems which addresses two problems: (1) scientific model discovery when we have only incomplete/partial knowledge of system dynamics; (2) integration of graph-structured data into scientific machine learning (SciML) using graph neural networks. It is well known that deep learning (DL) has had remarkable successin leveraging large amounts of unstructured data into downstream tasks such as clustering, classification, and regression. Recently, the development of graph neural networks has extended DL techniques to graph structured data of complex systems. However, DL methods still appear largely disjointed with established scientific knowledge, and the contribution to basic science is not always apparent. This disconnect has spurred the development of physics-informed deep learning, and more generally, the emerging discipline of SciML. Modelling complex systems in the physical, biological, and social sciences within the SciML framework requires further considerations. We argue the need to consider heterogeneous, graph-structured data as well as the effective scale at which we can observe system dynamics. Our proposal would open up a joint approach to the previously distinct fields of graph representation learning and SciML.
Why Cauchy Membership Functions: Reliability
Authors: Viaña Javier , Ralescu Stephan , Cohen Kelly , Kreinovich Vladik , Ralescu Anca
Published: June 2022

An important step in designing a fuzzy system is the elicitation of the membership functions for the fuzzy sets used. Often the membership functions are obtained from data in a traininglike manner. They are expected to match or be at least compatible with those obtained from experts knowledgeable of the domain and the problem being addressed. In cases when neither are possible, e.g., insufficient data or unavailability of experts, we are faced with the question of hypothesizing the membership function. We have previously argued in favor of Cauchy membership functions (thus named because their expression is similar to that of the Cauchy distributions) and supported this choice from the point of view of efficiency of training. This paper looks at the same family of membership functions from the point of view of reliability
Transfer Learning to Detect Age From Handwriting
Authors: AL-Qawasmeh Najla , Y. Suen Ching
Published: June 2022

Handwriting analysis is the science of determining an individual’s personality from his or her handwriting by assessing features such as slant, pen pressure, word spacing, and other factors. Handwriting analysis has a wide range of uses and applications, including dating and socialising, roommates and landlords, business and professional, employee hiring, and human resources. This study used the ResNet and GoogleNet CNN architectures as fixed feature extractors from handwriting samples. SVM was used to classify the writer’s gender and age based on the extracted features. We built an Arabic dataset named FSHS to analyse and test the proposed system. In the gender detection system, applying the automatic feature extraction method to the FSHS dataset produced accuracy rates of 84.9% and 82.2% using ResNet and GoogleNet, respectively. While the age detection system using the automatic feature extraction method achieved accuracy rates of 69.7% and 61.1% using ResNet and GoogleNet, respectively
The Absolute and Relative Quality of the Namibian Secondary Education: A distributional approach on grade 12 (NSSCH) performance
Authors:   Department of Agricultural Economics, Faculty of Agriculture and Natural Resources, University of Namibia, Sartorius von Bach H J , Kalundu K M ,   Department of Agricultural Economics, Faculty of Agriculture and Natural Resources, University of Namibia
Published: June 2022

The Namibian independence in 1990 imparted a massive challenge to reform education and to refresh the system. Each child had to receive a fair chance to succeed in secondary education, fostering the country's human-capital formation to improve economic performance. In this study uses data from 1996 to 2018 period to analyse the Secondary Education system in order to determine the systems’ progress by hypothesizing that educational output is attributed to spatial location, resource allocation and other opportunities. Results show that on a national basis, the average student performance declined. On regional level, results reveal that, (i) general access to secondary education improved significantly, (ii) the educational level of secondary education as reflected in the student points declined continuously, (iii) the narrowing performance variation did not contribute to the national goals, and (iv) that further attention is required to reach the goal of educational democracy. The findings give signals to the need that should urgently assess the drivers of human capital that enables the links secondary education output to economic achievements. On a macro level, the paper shows that, after two decades, the education reform slowly started to show positive results. Meanwhile, on a micro level, the analysis showed that both types of schools and educational support per student explain the level of secondary educational output, which would result into human capital.
A Review on DPA for computing radiation damage simulation
Authors: QADR Hiwa Mohammad , MAMAND Dyari
Published: June 2022

A Monte Carlo code is developed for the radiation damage in the metals which results from nuclear collisions that create energetic recoil atoms of the host material. The development of the simulation codes for the radiation damage method by neutrons and protons can be highly useful in technology of advanced nuclear systems and nuclear fusion reactors. The aim of this review is to investigate the impact of the radiation damage in the materials by the neutron and proton energy irradiation. The damage parameter used in the evaluation is displacement per atom (DPA) in material as a function of neutron and proton energy. For this purpose, there are some software codes used which are related to radiation damage because radiation damage can be measured as a function of DPA, which is one of the critical issues for high intensity beams, particularly, for protons and neutrons.
Response Surface Methodology Optimized Eriochrome Black T Dye Removal Using Alumina Beads: Isotherms and Kinetics Studies
Authors: BELLO Abdu , HAMİSU Abubakar , ALHASSAN Naziru Muhammad
Published: June 2022

Numerous approaches have been investigated for the development of cheaper and more effective technologies to improve the quality of industrial effluent. However, adsorption has been one of the most simplest and economical remediation technology in the treatment of wastewaters. In this study, commercial alumina beads (Al-beads) were utilized for the adsorption of Eriochrome Black T dye. The adsorption process was optimized using the RSM model by Box-Behnken Design (BBD). From the optimization result, the most influential variables are; the initial dye concentration, the interaction between adsorbent dosage with itself, and that of adsorbent dosage with initial dye concentration. The R2 value of 0.7743 implies that 77.43% on the percent dye removal could be due to the variation in the independent variable. Whereas the Adeq. precision of 6.493, and lack of fit (0.92) implies the model can be used to navigate the design space. Up to 98.28%, dye removal was attained using the Al-beads under the conditions; pH of 12.39, adsorbent dosage (1.25 g), and initial dye concentration (175 ppm). The sorption data indicated that the adsorption process was fitted to Freundlich and Temkin isotherm models, while for the kinetics study, the pseudo-second-order model was the best fit. Furthermore, the adsorption mechanism was found to be governed majorly by intra-particle diffusion with some contribution from external mass transfer diffusion.
Chemical Composition of Cinnamomum Cassia Oil in Vietnam and Its Spatial Repellent Effects Against the Aedes Aegypti
Authors: Vu Doan Phuong Uyen , Ho Dung Manh
Published: June 2022

Dengue is a mosquito-borne viral disease that has caused millions of dengue virus infections per year in the world. Mosquito repellent is an effective way to prevent mosquito bites and the spread of mosquito-borne disease. In this study, we extracted essential oil from the bark of Cinnamomum cassia collected in Viet Nam and analyzed its chemical composition. We then evaluated the spatial repellent of the essential oil basing on WHO guidelines. The essential oil was hydro-distilled and extracted with chloroform to obtained an average yield of 2.55% (w/w). The main component of oil is trans-cinnamaldehyde with a content of 99.24%. The repellent index of essential oil at concentrations of 25%, 15%, 5%, 1% and DEET 10% after 90 minutes was 73.33%, 57.14%, 33.33%, 17.65% and 12.50%, respectively. In conclusion, the Cinnamomum cassia essential oil is an effective and promising repellent in preventing dengue mosquitoes.
GC-MS Analysis the Fatty Acid Components of Tamarindus indica Seeds in Vietnam
Authors: Nguyen Linh Nham , Vo Thi Trang , Phan Thi Anh Dao
Published: June 2022

Tamarindus indica is an edible plant, especially its fruits were wildly used as food or herbs in Vietnam. The seed of Tamarindus indica has been already studied for its phytochemistry and some bioactivities, but there still have limited publications about the fatty acid part of this material. The dried seed (8 kg) of T. indica was extracted with methanol to yield a methanol crude extract (1 kg) and partitioned successively with n-hexane, chloroform, ethyl acetate to obtain n-hexane (0.25 g), chloroform (15 g), ethyl acetate (70 g) and water (700 g) extracts, respectively. Then, seven sub-fractions were prepared from ethyl acetate extract and labelled as TI-A to TI-G. The fatty acids in the TI-A fraction were hydrolyzed to make derivatives and identified by GC-MS equipment. There are seven fatty acids, both saturated and unsaturated acids, myristic acid, palmitic acid, stearic acid, isoarachidic acid, docosanoic acid, linoleic acid (54.17%), and oleic acid (20.32%) were analyzed from the high polarity fractions of ethyl acetate extracts. This is the first public about the fatty acids from T. indica seed collected in Vietnam and analyzed by gas chromatography – molecular spectrometric method.
Investigation of Thermodynamic Equilibria of Vitamin C in Various Solvents Via Experimental Determination and Model Correlation
Authors: Le Minh Tam , Vo Thi Thu Nhu , Vo Thi Nga , Hoang Minh Hao
Published: June 2022

Vitamin C plays an essential role in pharmaceutical industry. In general, the solubility of this vitamin in different environments is an important factor for drug development processes. Indeed, solid-liquid equilibrium (SLE) determination of the interested compound in various solvents needs high-precision determination which, however, frequently consumes a lot of time and labor work. In this study, we have developed a simple approach that allows detecting quickly solubility and other important thermodynamic data of dissolution processes. In fact, this approach bases on a combination of the polythermal SLE experimental-determination and the modified Apelblat model. Besides water as a single solvent, different alcohols will be used in this work. For all studied media, dissolution processes are found as endothemic with positive values of enthalpy of dissolution. Furthermore, different alkyl groups have shown influence on the solubility of this compound. Indeed, vitamin C tends to dissolve in water stronger than in ethanol and 2-propanol that relates to polarity properties and hydrogen bonding formation. The results in this contribution gain a good agreement comparing to the reported values from the literature.
The impact of Ed Gomez
Authors: Azcuna Miguel
Published: June 2022

Edgardo D. Gomez is a name often associated with marine science in the Philippines. Early streaks of his excellence were evident when he graduated with a double degree, a Bachelor of Arts in Social Science and a Bachelor of Science in Education, from De La Salle University with recognition as summa cum laude and a gold medal for general excellence. Further graduate studies led to an MSc in Biology from St. Mary’s University in Minnesota and a PhD in Marine Biology from the prestigious Scripps Institute of Oceanography of the University of California in San Diego.
The 28th Annual Meeting of the Philippine American Academy of Science and Engineering
Authors: Tolosa Leah , Virata-Theimer Maria Luisa
Published: June 2022

The Philippine-American Academy of Science and Engineering (PAASE) was founded in 1980 to recognize the achievements of outstanding Filipino scientists and engineers and to promote the exchange of science and technology between the Philippines and the US. From a core group of 21 founding members, PAASE has since grown to more than 200 members mainly from the US, but also from the Philippines and other countries. Every year, PAASE holds its annual meeting to showcase recent scientific accomplishments and to promote and renew camaraderie among its members.
Hindi/Bengali Sentiment Analysis using Transfer Learning and Joint Dual Input Learning with Self Attention
Authors:   Department of Computer Science, UniversitÃ¤t des Saarlandes, Khan Shahrukh , Shahid Mahnoor ,   Data Science and Artificial Intelligence
Published: June 2022

Sentiment Analysis typically refers to using natural language processing, text analysis, and computational linguistics to extract effect and emotion-based information from text data. Our work explores how we can effectively use deep neural networks in transfer learning and joint dual input learning settings to effectively classify sentiments and detect hate speech in Hindi and Bengali data. We start by training Word2Vec word embeddings for Hindi HASOC dataset and Bengali hate speech [1] and then train LSTM and subsequently, employ parameter sharing based transfer learning to Bengali sentiment classifiers by reusing and fine-tuning the trained weights of Hindi classifiers with both classifiers being used as the baseline in our study. Finally, we use BiLSTM with self-attention in a joint dual input learning setting where we train a single neural network on the Hindi and Bengali datasets simultaneously using their respective embeddings.
The Principle of Reasonable Time in the Russian Federation’s Criminal Procedure Law
Authors: Sivkova Dora
Published: June 2022

This article considers the question concerning the historical development of the principle of reasonable time in the Russian Federation’s criminal procedure law and the current regulation in its Criminal Procedure Code.
The Compensatory Approach in Criminal Proceedings as a Guarantee for Ensuring the Rights of Persons with Cognitive Disabilities
Authors: Kurbatova Svetlana
Published: June 2022

The article notes the importance of considering the level of cognitive abilities of persons involved as participants in criminal proceedings. In cases where a participant in criminal proceedings is unable to realize his/her rights and legitimate interests due to difficulties in understanding the nature of his/her actions and in directing them, public authorities carrying out criminal prosecution and justice should apply procedural means of a compensatory nature based on the characteristics of the limited capabilities of this participant.
Object of Criminal Legal Relationship
Authors: Valeva Iveta
Published: June 2022

A criminal legal relationship arises between the state and the perpetrator as a result of a specific crime, and its content is expressed in the counter-rights and obligations of the parties to it. The question of the object of the criminal legal relationship is poorly studied, but actually it is crucial in order to explain what the criminal legal relationship arises for and what it is aimed at.
The Immunity of Members of Parliament in the Republics of Albania and Bulgaria
Authors: Giu Anisa
Published: June 2022

Every democratic state introduces in its legal system explicit guarantees for the effective functioning of the three types of state power: legislative, executive, and judicial. One such guarantee with regard to the legislature is the immunity of Members of Parliament (MPs). The exceptional importance of this legal institution has been recognized for decades in both the international legal doctrine and in the laws of individual countries. This type of immunity is the guarantee that the state provides to MPs in order for them to fully realize their basic rights and to fulfill their basic obligations. This type of immunity is also a guarantee for the citizens who, by electing the MPs, assign them the authority to protect their basic civil rights and freedoms. Therefore, the immunity of MPs is regulated at the constitutional level, and all issues related to its legal regulation and improvement are always the subject of broad parliamentary, public, and scientific debates. This report presents a brief analysis of the immunity of MPs in the Republic of Albania and in the Republic of Bulgaria.
Emergence and Historical Development of the Extraordinary Procedure for Revision of Administrative Acts and Enforceable Court Rulings on Administrative Cases
Authors: Zetova Milena
Published: June 2022

This report aims to present the emergence and historical development of the extraordinary procedure for revision of administrative acts and enforceable court rulings on administrative cases. It focuses on the origins of the resumption in modern Bulgarian law, dating back to the early 20th century, as well as on its evolution through the administrative procedure acts of 1912, 1934, 1970 and 1979 to the eventual adoption of the Code of Administrative Procedure which is currently in effect.
DYNAMICS AND VARIABILITY OF HIGH-MOUNTAIN GEOSYSTEMS OF THE SHARYN RIVER BASIN
Authors:   Zhetysu University by I. Zhansugurova, Kerimbay B
Published: June 2022

The study is based on a geosystem-basin approach, a method for determining the seasonal rhythm of the annual cycle, processing data from remote sensing of the Earth (ERS) and global monitoring in the integrated modules web browser of the digital platform (EOS). Spatial-temporal and seasonal linear NDVI series of key areas of high-mountain geosystems of the Sharyn river basin were constructed, and seasonal rhythms of the annual cycle were determined based on analytical data. As a result, a classification of the seasonal structure of the annual cycle was compiled, were revealedand the variability and dynamics of the geosystems of the nival-glacial belt above the snow line (3601...4100 m) and the high mountain belt (2601...3600 m).
BIOCLIMATIC ASSESSMENT OF FAVORABLE WEATHER CONDITIONS IN ALMATY AND NUR-SULTAN
Authors:   RSE ", Bazbekova A ,   Kazhydromet", Kauazov A ,   Al-Farabi Kazakh National University
Published: June 2022

The article analyzes quantitative indicators of severity and favorability of the weather for the meteorological stations of Almaty and Nur-Sultan from 2015 to 2020 for the warm (аpril-september) and cold (october-march) seasons of the year. The equivalent-effective temperature index, the Sayple wind cooling index and the Bodman severity index were obtained. During the quantitative assessment, it was found that winter in the city of Nur-Sultan is 1.7 times more severe, and wind cooling is 2.7 times more significant than in the city of Almaty. Weather indicators on the EET index characterize the conditions in Nur-Sultan as less favorable compared to Almaty. It is shown that the equivalent-effective temperature index is the most preferable for assessing the comfort of the weather.
DYNAMICS OF CHANGES IN THE RESOURCES OF THE RIVER FLOW OF THE TOBYL -TORGAI WATER BASIN
Authors:   RSE ", Aitymova B ,   Kazhydromet", Pshenchinova A ,   RSE "Kazhydromet", Abayev N ,   RSE "Kazhydromet"
Published: June 2022

The study presents results of assessing the resources of the river flow of the Tobyl - Torgai water management basin. The purpose of the work is to update the previously developed methodology for assessing the annual runoff resources of individual rivers and river runoff resources of the considered water management basin of the Republic of Kazakhstan. The calculations used the average monthly and average annual water discharge of the main rivers. Methods have been developed for determining and restoring the observed and natural runoff, long-term statistical characteristics and its values of probability of exceeding. The equations for determining the water resources of local runoff and water resources coming from other regions are obtained. As a result of the work done on the preliminary calculation, the total surface water resources for the Tobyl – Torgai water management basin, formed in Kazakhstan and coming from the territory of the Russian Federation for a long-term period from 1931 to 2019, on average amount to 1,67 km3, of which: resources formed within Kazakhstan - 1,33 km3, inflow – 0,34 km3. The runoff formed in the territory of the basin, for the disturbed period, relative to the conditionally natural period, decreased by 8%, the runoff coming from the Russian Federation decreased by 12%, and the total water resources by 9%
CCOUNTING WATER USE OR WATER CONSUMPTION – WHERE THE WAY TO WATER-SAVING?
Authors:   National Research University Tashkent Institute of Irrigation and Agriculture Mechanization Engineers, Karimov A
Published: June 2022

Water-saving forms a base for reallocation of water resources and more balanced integrated development of economic sectors of Central Asian countries. Implementation of water-saving programs can highly contribute to objectives laid down in the Strategic Scheme of Integrated Use and Protection of Water Resources of the Republic of Kazakhstan. All three scenarios of water and land use studied in the scheme relay on water-saving, however an approach of water-saving is not clarified. This study discusses benefits and shortages of potential approaches to achieve water-saving at a basin scale using lessons from countries implemented basin scale water-saving projects. Three water use accounting methods discussed are as follows: (a) accounting efficiency; (б) accounting water use; (с) accounting water consumption. It is argued that the strategic scheme has to relay on real water-savings to meet growing water demand of different sectors of the economy.
Identification of Speech Acts: A Linguistic Analysis of Advertisements in Pakistan
Authors: Afzaal Ammara
Published: June 2022

This study demonstrated the usage of speech acts in Pakistani advertisements employed to attract the addressees. Advertisements were used as a productive tool to entice the consumer to purchase the goods from the seller. The speech act theory by Searle (1969) provided a theoretical framework for the study of these advertisements. The data for this study were collected in the form of 30 written advertisements printed in newspapers and magazines and came from social media like Facebook were taken. A simple qualitative descriptive technique was used to analyze the data and to uncover the hidden directions and assertions used within the advertisements. The data were analyzed and classified according to speech act theory, and the frequency with which these speech acts had been used was noted, which provided the necessary evidence to support the idea that advertisers used speech acts usually to persuade the addressee, they provide them with information, arise their emotions and vows about the lucrative consequence of purchasing from them. The results of this study have shown that the most commonly used speech acts by advertisers are directives, commisive and assertive acts. These included the act of giving directions, orders, suggestions, and advice. They often used claim, assert, affirm, vow, and even promise the brand's reliability.
The Confluence of Mystic and Animalistic Constituents Problematizes Human Consciousness: A Study of Ted Hughes’s Selected Poems
Authors: Irum Aasma
Published: June 2022

The study expounded upon “The Confluence of Mystic and Animalistic Constituents Problematizes Human Consciousness: A Study of Ted Hughes’s Selected Poems”. The impacts of the chaotic forces of the universe, lack of equilibrium between man’s material and mystic self, post-traumatic stress of World war I & II, dispersion of emotions, the dilemma of fear, doubt and uncertainty on the construct of individual’s socio psychic existence are the pivotal focus of this research. It explored those hurdles that obstacle the elevation of man’s actual self regardless of his multiple performative identities. This paper probed into the perpetuity of the contention between positive and negative energies of the World, necessary for the pacification of the wild instinctive self of man, and the quest for a singular identity were the core features that fabricate human consciousness. It was qualitative research undertaking psychoanalytical reading of Hughes’s poetry. Freudian theory of psychoanalysis, Jungian theory of individuation, Lacan’s concept of Lack, Gaze, Desire, and Mirror stage were the key concepts to explore the modern man’s socio psychic maladaptive attitude. The study may have further implications on the researchers studying advanced psychological and sociological theories related to the ruptured consciousness of the human mind in this dynamic World.
The Benefits of Family Science Education: The Male Perspective
Authors: Langlais Michael R. , Asay Sylvia , Walker Anthony , Vaterlaus J. Mitchell
Published: June 2022

The majority of university family science courses are predominantly comprised of women. Because family science classes are centered on information and concepts relevant for both men and women, it is important to understand gendered experiences to promote healthy family and romantic relationships. Not only would men benefit from these classes, but increasing male enrollment in family sciences courses will help promote gender diversity in higher education. The current study used qualitative analyses to examine the perceptions of male undergraduate students concerning the benefits of taking family science courses. Male undergraduates from three midsize universities in the Midwestern and Western United States provided open-ended responses via an online survey (N = 64). Three themes emerged: the classes provided students with valuable information; they had a better understanding of themselves and others; and the classes related to their future career path. Results provide support to promote gender diversity in family science classrooms, which is crucial for the interpersonal and educational growth of both men and women. Further implications of participant responses are discussed.
Editors' Introduction to This Special Issue
Authors: Peterson Donna J. , Poling Rich
Published: June 2022

This issue of the Journal of Human Sciences and Extension describes the initial work of the Task Force and then focuses on conclusions and implications from the ECOP-commissioned Health Implementation Action Teams. The purpose of this special issue is to feature the scholarship emanating from the Action Teams and to host that scholarship in one volume to showcase the depth and breadth of work accomplished by the teams. This work speaks to the future of Cooperative Extension. David Buys and Sonja Koukel served as Co-Editors for this special issue.
The Five Love Languages Program: An Exploratory Investigation Points to Improvements in Relationship Functioning
Authors: Nichols Allison , Riffe Jane , Kaczor Cheryl , Cook Ami , Crum Gwen , Hoover Andrea , Peck Terrill , Smith Rebecca
Published: June 2022

The authors describe an exploratory investigation of a relationship education program based on the Five Love Languages (5 LL) (Chapman, 2007), implemented by Extension educators in seven rural counties. Relationship assessments measured participant changes related to the quality of the primary relationship, belief in the future of the relationship, and partner empathy. Confidence in using the 5 LLs was also assessed. Two groups were compared, a “no booster” group that participated in didactic and final sessions and a “booster” group that received a book, tips, and reminders to practice the 5 LLs. Focus groups revealed how participants benefited. The results showed significant gains in knowledge of and confidence in using the 5 LLs. All participants significantly improved on partner empathy and the “booster” group showed significantly more improvement than the “no booster” group. The value to the family life education mission of Cooperative Extension is discussed, and recommendations for future research are given.
Sociocontextual Factors and Maternal Caregiving in Mexican American Families with a Toddler
Authors: Ross Jennifer J. , Caldera Yvonne
Published: June 2022

This study investigated the influence of sociocontextual factors on maternal caregiving behaviors in 27 Mexican American families with both a mother and father and a toddler. Observations of family and dyadic tasks or interactional scenarios in laboratory settings were used to assess the coparenting relationship and the mothers’ sensitivity, intrusiveness, and disengagement with their children. Mothers also completed demographic and acculturation questionnaires. Results showed that the mothers’ generation level significantly predicted sensitivity. Findings further revealed that coparental competition was significant in predicting intrusiveness in the mothers’ caregiving. Results show how culture, family, and characteristics of mothers collaborate to predict the mothers’ caregiving behaviors.
The Impact of Supervisory Management on Extension Agent Job Satisfaction
Authors: Benge Matt , Harder Amy
Published: June 2022

The relationship between a supervisor and his/her employee has a direct effect on the employee’s level of job satisfaction and decision to remain in the organization. Extension agent retention has been shown to increase when a positive relationship and supervisory support exist between an Extension agent and his/her supervisor. Herzberg’s Motivation-Hygiene Theory was used to examine relationships with and impacts of supervisor management on Extension agent job satisfaction. A census of Florida Extension agents were asked to describe their relationships with their County Extension Directors (CED). Significant positive relationships were found between agent job satisfaction and ratings of the hygiene factors of Effective Senior Management and Effective Supervisor. A significant positive relationship was also found between these two hygiene factors. A significant difference was found between effective senior management and the agents’ CEDs gender, with agents with male CEDs reporting higher average levels of satisfaction with Effective Senior Management than agents with female CEDs. Significant differences also existed between agents’ Effective Senior Management satisfaction and years of working relationship between agents and CEDs. Extension supervision and leadership training should be a focus of Extension administration as effective supervision and management have a positive impact on Extension agent job satisfaction.
Quantum fluctuations approach to the nonequilibrium GW approximation
Authors: Schroedter E. , Joost J. -P. , Bonitz M.
Published: June 2022

The quantum dynamics of fermionic or bosonic many-body systems following external excitation can be successfully studied using two-time nonequilibrium Green's functions (NEGF) or single-time reduced density matrix methods. Approximations are introduced via a proper choice of the many-particle self-energy or decoupling of the BBGKY hierarchy. These approximations are based on Feynman's diagram approaches or on cluster expansions into single-particle and correlation operators. Here, we develop a different approach where, instead of equations of motion for the many-particle NEGF (or density operators), single-time equations for the correlation functions of fluctuations are analyzed. We present a derivation of the first two equations of the alternative hierarchy of fluctuations and discuss possible decoupling approximations. In particular, we derive the polarization approximation (PA) which is shown to be equivalent to the single-time version [following by applying the generalized Kadanoff-Baym ansatz (GKBA)] of the nonequilibrium GW approximation with exchange effects of NEGF theory, for weak coupling. The main advantage of the quantum fluctuations approach is that the standard ensemble average can be replaced by a semiclassical average over different initial realizations, as was demonstrated before by Lacroix and co-workers [see e.g. D. Lacroix et al., Phys. Rev. B, 2014, 90, 125112]. Here, we introduce the stochastic GW (SGW) approximation and the stochastic polarization approximation (SPA) which are demonstrated to be equivalent to the single-time GW approximation without and with exchange, respectively, in the weak coupling limit. In addition to the standard stochastic approach to sample initial configurations, we also present a deterministic approach. Our numerical tests confirm that our approach has the same favorable linear scaling with the computation time as the recently developed G1-G2 scheme [Schluenzen et al., Phys. Rev. Lett., 2020, 124, 076601]. At the same time, the SPA and SGW approaches scale more favorably with the system size than the G1-G2 scheme, allowing to extend nonequilibrium GW calculations to bigger systems.
Nghiên cứu tổng hợp vật liệu lai nano kẽm oxit và porphyrin, ứng dụng xử lý màu xanh methylen
Authors: Vo Hoang Tung
Published: June 2022

Nghiên cứu đã tổng hợp thành công vật liệu nano lai ghép trên cơ sở porphyrin bằng cách sử dụng dẫn xuất của porphyrin là meso-tetra(4-cacboxylphenyl) porphyrin self-assembly lai ghép với các hạt nano ZnO. Đặc trưng vật liệu tổng hợp được chứng minh qua ảnh chụp kính hiển vi điện tử quét và phổ nhiễu xạ tia X (XRD). Tính chất xúc tác quang của vật liệu nano lai ghép thu được sẽ được khảo sát trong xử lý màu xanh methylene dưới sự kích hoạt của ánh sáng khả kiến. Hiệu suất phân hủy màu xanh methylene đạt 97% với nồng độ ban đầu 10 ppm và 0,4 mg xúc tác sử dụng sau 3 h xử lý.
Nghiên cứu thiết kế cấu trúc mạch tăng áp DC/DC trong bộ biến đổi nguồn điện Pin mặt trời
Authors: Nguyen Duc Minh , Trinh Trong Chuong , Dao Huy Du
Published: June 2022

Bộ tăng áp DC/DC trong hệ Pin mặt trời được thiết kế cần có điện áp vào phù hợp với điện áp ra của tấm Pin mặt trời (thường nằm trong phạm vi 24 V ÷ 40 V). Bộ biến đổi này có hệ số biến đổi điện áp phù hợp với tải, kích thước nhỏ gọn, tỷ số biến đổi điện áp cao, hiệu suất mạch lớn. Đồng thời, linh kiện trong bộ DC/DC cần phổ biến để phù hợp cho công tác nhân rộng, phù hợp với việc nhiều tấm Pin mặt trời có xuất xứ khác nhau tích hợp ở đầu vào bộ DC/DC. Theo quan điểm đó, cấu trúc bộ tăng áp DC/DC cần có nhiều đầu vào có thể sẽ có điện áp khác nhau theo dải phù hợp với điện áp ra của tấm Pin, tổn thất trong mạch cần giảm xuống mức tối thiểu, độ nhấp nhô dòng điện qua cuộn cảm thấp, điện áp đầu ra được cân bằng, ổn định. Nếu giải quyết được các vấn đề kỹ thuật nêu trên cũng là góp phần giải quyết các thách thức đang đặt ra đối với các bộ tăng áp DC/DC nói chung và cho nguồn điện Pin mặt trời nói riêng. Bài báo này trình bày kết quả thiết kế mô phỏng một cấu trúc bộ DC/DC mới ứng dụng trong bộ biến đổi nguồn điện Pin mặt trời. Kết quả mô phỏng cho thấy: hiệu suất của bộ tăng áp DC/DC đạt đến 97,05% ở tần số đóng cắt 15 kHz.
Phân tích động học ngược mô hình bệ phóng trên tàu biển
Authors: Trần Xuân Diệu
Published: June 2022

Bài báo nghiên cứu động học ngược của mô hình bệ phóng trên tàu biển (BPT) được ổn định góc tầm và góc hướng. Sử dụng mô hình này ta sẽ xác định được quy luật của các góc trục tầm và góc trục hướng của bệ phóng. Các quy luật này làm cơ sở cho việc thiết kế bộ điều khiển và thiết kế cơ khí loại bệ phóng này.
Xác định các tham số dao động của tàu dưới tác động của sóng
Authors: Vũ Tú , Nguyễn Quang Hùng  , Chu Anh Mỳ
Published: June 2022

Bài báo giới thiệu phương pháp xây dựng mô hình toán dao động của tàu thuỷ và mô hình tải trọng của sóng biển, phục vụ cho việc tính toán lý thuyết dao động của tàu trên cơ sở ứng dụng hệ thống mô phỏng hàng hải MSS (Marine Systems Simulator). Đồng thời, trong phần thứ hai, bài báo đề xuất giải pháp xây dựng hệ thống thực nghiệm đo dao động của tàu trên sóng và sử dụng cảm biến vi cơ điện tử quán tính IMU (Inertion Measurement Unit) để thực hiện phép đo dao động. Kết quả đo đạc phù hợp với kết quả tính toán bằng lý thuyết (về biên độ, tần số và pha dao động). Từ đó có thể khẳng định rằng, phương pháp đo được sử dụng trong nghiên cứu là tin cậy.
Nâng cao chất lượng phát hiện sự kiện âm thanh trong bài toán định vị nguồn âm theo nguyên lý TDOA
Authors: Tran Cong Thin , Nguyễn Trung Kiên  , Bùi Ngọc Mỹ  , Nguyễn Huy Hoàng
Published: June 2022

Bài báo trình bày một số kết quả nghiên cứu giải pháp nâng cao chất lượng định vị nguồn âm sử dụng nguyên lý TDOA, trong trường hợp loại nguồn âm cần định vị được xác định trước. Trong đó đề xuất giải pháp cải thiện chất lượng phát hiện sự kiện âm thanh dựa trên bộ lọc tương quan kết hợp với tiền xử lý tín hiệu bằng kỹ thuật phân tích thành phần độc lập ICA. Trên cơ sở phân tích lý thuyết và tiến hành mô phỏng Monte-Carlo trên Matlab, kết hợp với dữ liệu được thu thập trong điều kiện thực tế bài báo sẽ đánh giá hiệu quả của giải pháp được đề xuất, qua đó cho phép nâng cao chất lượng định vị nguồn âm theo nguyên lý TDOA.