bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
El acoso escolar: un acercamiento al impacto del imaginario social
Authors: CARVAJAL GLEIDY MARCELA , FERNÁNDEZ GONZÁLEZ ALEJANDRA
Published: December 2022

El presente estudio tuvo como objetivo realizar un acercamiento al concepto de acoso escolar y sus generalidades desde la noción de un grupo de estudiantes participantes de un proceso de interacción e intervención. Esto llevó a contrastar las concepciones sobre dicho concepto con lo que ha sido determinado por el Ministerio de Educación Nacional (men) —con la Ley de Convivencia Escolar de 2013— y entidades involucradas como la Unesco y la Unicef. El propósito fue identificar el efecto del imaginario social en la perspectiva estudiantil sobre el acoso escolar, o bullying, por lo cual se siguió un enfoque metodológico mixto que partió de la aplicación de una encuesta diagnóstica, una interacción explicativa, la aplicación del Cuestionario para la Exploración de Bullying (Estrada & Dipp, 2011) y el análisis del imaginario social frente al concepto real. Como resultado, inicialmente los estudiantes identificaron acertadamente algunos factores que caracterizan situaciones de acoso escolar, pero se evidenció que desconocen uno de sus factores principales: la frecuencia, la cual deriva en estrés constante y prolongado, y que resulta en un alto nivel de agotamiento —determinante en el acoso escolar—. También se comprobó que los estudiantes, bajo la influencia del imaginario social, adjudican este término a múltiples situaciones cotidianas escolares conflictivas, pero desconocen las verdaderas características del acoso escolar. Una vez culminadas las etapas iniciales de este estudio, se demostró que los estudiantes poseían información alterada de la problemática en cuestión, razón por la cual identificaban diversos conflictos escolares bajo el término de acoso escolar, independientemente de sus características. Se concluye que, en el caso específico de la población objeto, no se presentan casos de acoso escolar entendidos desde el concepto otorgado por el MEN; no obstante, el estudio no evaluó si hay casos tempranos de posible acoso.
A power-hardware-in-the-loop testbed for intelligent operation and control of low-inertia power systems
Authors: Krishna Ajay , Jaramillo-Cajica Ismael , Auer Sabine , Schiffer Johannes
Published: December 2022

Low-inertia power systems, i.e., power-electronics-dominated power systems, possess significantly different dynamics to conventional power systems, both on a component and a system-wide level. A direct implication of these substantial changes is that a pure simulation-based assessment of novel control and operational schemes for such systems is insufficient. Instead, flexible and easily reconfigurable experimental testing facilities are required. A prominent concept to enable such capabilities is power-hardware-in-the-loop (PHiL) testing. We present a PHiL testbed facility (230/400 VAC, 750 VDC, 100 kW) specifically designed for experimentally testing and validating control and operational schemes for low-inertia power systems. The main features of the testbed are its flexibility to rapidly implement and test advanced control algorithms, ranging from low-level controls of individual components to distributed and system-wide controls, its ability to be configured with different network topologies, and the efficient emulation of commonly observed parameter uncertainties as well as disturbances. The detailed description of the PHiL testbed is complemented by a performance demonstration via a case study.
Das Combined Energy Lab der TU Dresden – Testbed zur multi-energetischen Analyse vernetzter Energiezellen
Authors: Rasti Sasan Jacob , Schmidt Maximilian , Schinke Lars , Potyka Marta , Ma Liya , Seifert Joachim , Schegner Peter
Published: December 2022

Kurzfassung

Vor dem Hintergrund der Herausforderungen des Transformationsprozesses des Energiesystems wurde an der TU Dresden durch die Professur für Elektrische Energieversorgung und die Professur für Gebäudeenergietechnik und Wärmeversorgung das Combined Energy Lab (CEL) aufgebaut. Es besteht aus einem elektrischen Niederspannungsnetzemulator, verschiedenen energetischen Anlagen (elektrische Lasten, Batteriespeicher, PV- und E-Fahrzeugemulation usw.) sowie aus einem Innenraumklimaversuchsraum, einem Außenklimaversuchsraum und verschiedenen Versuchsständen zur thermo-hydraulischen Kopplung von energetischen Wandlungseinheiten. Damit repräsentiert das CEL die technische Ausstattung eines modernen Gebäudes, das als Haushalts- bzw. Gebäudezelle aufgefasst werden kann. Dadurch ist es möglich, komplexe Systeme im Sinne der Sektorenkopplung zu analysieren.
Influence of inflammatory processes on thalamocortical activity
Authors: Rychlik Nicole , Hundehege Petra , Budde Thomas
Published: December 2022

It is known that the thalamus plays an important role in pathological brain conditions involved in demyelinating, inflammatory and neurodegenerative diseases such as Multiple Sclerosis (MS). Beside immune cells and cytokines, ion channels were found to be key players in neuroinflammation. MS is a prototypical example of an autoimmune disease of the central nervous system that is classified as a channelopathy where abnormal ion channel function leads to symptoms and clinical signs. Here we review the influence of the cytokine-ion channel interaction in the thalamocortical system in demyelination and inflammation.
Semantic transparency and Oneida morphological parts of speech
Authors: Koenig Jean-Pierre , Michelson Karin
Published: December 2022

North American languages have figured prominently in discussions about parts of speech. This paper examines more closely the evidence for morphological parts of speech in one Northern Iroquoian language, Oneida, and asks what semantic properties underlie its parts of speech. We make two claims. First, inflected parts of speech in Oneida are semantically transparent in that a part of speech can be determined solely on the basis of well-established semantic distinctions. Oneida parts of speech are, in this respect, canonical, in Canonical Typology’s sense. Second, Oneida morphological parts of speech are organized along two orthogonal dimensions, an ontological dimension, i.e., the sort of entity that members of the category describe, and a semantic type dimension, i.e., the kind of semantic relation conveyed by members of the category. We show that Oneida inflection is sometimes sensitive to distinctions along the ontological semantic dimension, sometimes to distinctions along the semantic type dimension, and sometimes a single inflectional process is sensitive to distinctions along both dimensions at the same time. We then show that our bi-dimensional semantic classification of stems accounts for the mixed properties of kinship terms, i.e., which “noun”-like and which “verb”-like properties they have.
Comunicación en campaña. Dirección de campañas electorales y marketing político
Authors: Padilla Castillo Graciela
Published: December 2022

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La espectacularización del debate electoral: estudio del caso en Estados Unidos
Authors: Padilla Castillo Graciela
Published: December 2022

Un debate electoral ofrece un aspecto doble: confrontación intelectual y lucha por imponerse al adversario. Las recomendaciones sobre cómo debería ser un debate acentúan lo intelectual. Los medios de comunicación, sin embargo, presentan los debates como «¿Quién ganará?» o «¿Quién ha ganado?». Sin embargo, desde la comunicación política, resulta mucho más rico estudiar cómo se llegó a ello y cómo se preparó al debate, sobre todo si éste incluye elementos espectaculares y a veces, más propios de la ficción cinematográfica y televisiva. Para demostrarlo, se recuperan los tres debates electorales entre los candidatos George W. Bush y John Forbes Kerry, sucedidos hace justo una década, en 2004.
Competencias digitales en el Currículo de Periodismo: Análisis de caso de una universidad Centroamericana
Authors: Agudelo González Luz Elena , Marta-Lazo Carmen , Aguaded Ignacio
Published: December 2022

Este análisis de caso es un estudio sobre las competencias digitales en el currículo de formación de periodistas, modelo planteado a partir del cruce de la propuesta de Ferrés y Piscitelli sobre las dimensiones de la Competencia Mediática y las DigComp desarrolladas por la Comisión Europea. El objeto de estudio es la Licenciatura en Comunicación Social de la Universidad Centroamericana José Simeón Cañas del Salvador programa de formación con tradición en estudios en periodismo, en el que se realiza un ajuste curricular en el año 2019 con miras a una doble presencialidad, la cual se convierte en tendencia por el contexto de pandemia.  Como método de investigación, se utilizó el análisis de contenido de las dimensiones de las competencias digitales en su plan de estudios. Los resultados muestran que no hay una profundización en el concepto de competencia, siendo equivalente a destreza y no existe descripción de lo que se entiende como imagen y competencia digital, limitados a espacios donde generar en los estudiantes elementos de valoración y critica al uso de las cuartas pantallas, no se encontraron temáticas que aborden contendidos sobre derechos de autor, inteligencia colectiva y, en especial, seguridad en la Red como formas de protección de la identidad y la información personal en la web y redes sociales, abusos y/o dependencias creadas por la tecnología y  los cuidados personales sobre el abuso de las tecnologías.
Higher Education In Turkey During Covid-19 Pandemic: A Study On Communication Problems Experienced During Online Distance Education
Authors: Çelik Hasan Cem , Oduncu Pelin , Güdekli İsmail Ayşad , Doğankaya Eda
Published: December 2022

The aim of this study is the communicative barriers experienced by the lecturers working at a university in the south of Turkey during the distance education process, by evaluating Claude Elwood Shannon and Warren Weaver's Information Theory and Melvin DeFleur's communication model who revised this theory, due diligence on distance education of higher education in Turkey. In this study, which was designed using the phenomenology pattern, which is one of the qualitative research methods, an in-depth interview was conducted with a study group consisting of sixteen lecturers who had experience in distance education in the past and were currently teaching distance education, determined by the snowball sampling method. The data obtained from the interviews were transferred to the NVivo 10 program and twelve main themes that hindered the effective communication of lecturers were determined. The determined themes were analyzed with thematic. As a result of the analyzes, it was found that the lecturers were mainly exposed to the legislation-based communicative noise and feedback problem during the distance education process, and this situation negatively affected their job satisfaction and productivity.
Psychological factors that may influence use of long-acting reversible contraceptives (LARC): A qualitative study
Authors: Patel Pooja R. , Lee Jinhyung , Abacan Allyssa , Vivens Micah , Smith Peggy B.
Published: December 2022

Although long-acting reversible contraceptives (LARC) remain the most effective method of contraception for teenagers, most adolescents continue to use less reliable methods. The purpose of this study was to investigate possible psychological factors that may lead to this low uptake rate by studying the LARC decisionmaking process among teenagers. In-depth, semistructured, open-ended interviews of sexually active teenagers who had LARC devices placed prior to 18 years of age were conducted. Four key themes emerged from the interviews: (a) the influences of peers (friends and family members) on LARC decision-making; (b) the lack of awareness about obtaining LARC devices; (c) the fear of weight gain as a driving force during contraceptive and LARC decision-making; and (d) the disproportional anxiety about pain from LARC insertion. The results suggest that a paradigm shift in contraceptive counseling is necessary in order to tackle these psychological barriers to teenage LARC use.
The less you judge, the better you sleep: The benefits of mindfulness and forgiveness for insomnia and sleep problems
Authors: Ioverno Salvatore , Pallini Susanna , Farina Federica , Lizzadro Feliciano , Barcaccia Barbara
Published: December 2022

Mindfulness and forgiveness can contribute to decreased rumination, which in turn has been found to play an important role in sleep problems, such as insomnia and poor sleep quality. The authors explored rumination as a potential explanatory variable underlying the association of mindfulness with insomnia and sleep quality, with a model encompassing different mindfulness facets and controlling for interpersonal dispositional forgiveness. One hundred adults (74% females, Mage = 27.62, SD = 8.11) completed measures of Mindfulness, Forgivingness, Rumination, Sleep Quality, and Insomnia. Nonjudging was the main mindfulness facet contributing to better sleep quality. Rumination completely mediated the associations of nonjudgmental attitude with insomnia and sleep quality, and partially mediated the associations of dispositional forgiveness with the outcomes. These findings suggest that a mindful nonjudgmental attitude toward the self and a forgiving interpersonal disposition may reduce rumination by helping individuals let go of thoughts, mental images, and emotions, thus promoting better sleep.
Examining the Construct Validity of Borderline Personality Traits Using Familial Aggregation and Other External Validators
Authors: Letkiewicz Allison M. , Spring Justin D. , Carrillo Vivian L. , Shankman Stewart A.
Published: December 2022

Numerous studies have questioned the reliability and validity of borderline personality disorder's (BPD) categorical conceptualization. DSM-5 Section III's alternative trait-based model of BPD may better capture borderline pathology, but aspects of its validity should be further established. Thus, the authors examined whether a latent BPD factor derived from Section III traits exhibits (1) familial aggregation among siblings and (2) association with constructs related to borderline pathology. The authors also tested whether gender moderated associations. A total of 498 community-recruited adults completed the Personality Inventory for DSM-5, a behavioral assessment of risk-taking, and reported their history of childhood maltreatment, substance use, nonsuicidal self-injury, and suicidal ideation. Familial aggregation was assessed among 232 sibling pairs. Siblings' BPD scores were significantly correlated and most external validators were significantly associated with BPD, with the exception of risk-taking. Results did not vary by gender. Findings further support the construct validity of Section III's BPD trait profile.
Empathy: A Bridge Across the Digital Divide
Authors: Agosta Lou
Published: December 2022

The digital divide is defined as the distance between those individuals and communities that have access to digital resources such as high-speed internet and user-friendly, sophisticated computing interfaces and those that lack such resources. If empathy is understood as being fully present with another person without judgment, evaluation, or anything else added, then being present in the same physical space (such as a therapist's office) is arguably the optimum approach. Yet the genie is out of the bottle. This article engages with new forms of countertransference, parapraxes (slips), and breakdowns in empathy occasioned by taking psychodynamic therapy online including the advantages and disadvantages, the trade-offs, of each approach. It is just as misguided to require therapists exclusively to perform in-person therapy as it would be for everyone exclusively to perform online therapy. There is no turning back the clock.
Advice to New Commissioners
Authors: Sady Stephen R.
Published: December 2022

As the Sentencing Commission revives after years without a quorum, a top priority should be to address a statutory duty that has been neglected since the Commission’s inception: the mandatory obligation under 28 U.S.C. § 994(g) to make recommendations regarding the Bureau of Prisons’ execution of Guidelines sentences. Since the effective date of the Sentencing Reform Act, the federal prison population has tripled, spurred on by Bureau of Prisons’ policies and practices that stint on or completely abandon ameliorative sentencing statutes. These administrative positions, implemented with no input from the Commission, effectively increase time individuals spend in prison serving Guidelines sentences, often generating unwarranted disparities among similarly situated defendants. With new Commissioners and a new Bureau of Prisons Director, now is the time for the Commission to make eleven recommendations to the BOP to use existing statutory authority to increase community corrections and reduce time in prison. The statutory bases for administrative action by the BOP cover prerelease custody (18 U.S.C. § 3624(c)), the residential drug abuse program (18 U.S.C. § 3621(e)), sentence calculations for pretrial custody credit (18 U.S.C. §§ 3585(b), 3584(a), and 3624(b)), compassionate release (18 U.S.C. § 3582(c)(1)(A)(i)), the boot camp, or shock incarceration, program (18 U.S.C. § 4046(a) and 28 C.F.R. § 524.31(b)), and earned time credits under the First Step Act (18 U.S.C. §§ 3632(d) and 3624(g)). Each of the proposed statutorily-based recommendations will ameliorate the overuse of prison while promoting rehabilitation and saving taxpayer money.
Sustainable Use of Polymer in Asphalt Mixture: A Review
Authors: Masri Ts. Dr. Khairil Azman , R. Ferdaus  , P.J. Ramadhansyah
Published: December 2022

Polymer modified asphalt (PMA) mixtures are commonly employed in flexible pavement and overlays with large traffic volumes. In contrast, a number of laboratory and field tests have been conducted to evaluate the performance of PMA with that of conventional hot mix asphalt (HMA) mixtures. This paper presents an overview of the various polymers utilised in asphalt mixtures and their effects on the rheological, morphological, physical, and mechanical properties of polymer-modified asphalt binders. According to a review of the relevant literature, a good modifier affects the failure characteristics of the binder, allowing it to withstand greater stresses and strains before failing. In asphalt pavement, adding polymers to asphalt binders to improve their qualities has a long history. Due to polymers' limited solubility, polymer-modified asphalt binders may have several disadvantages. In addition, a brief description of the general approach to mixing polymers is provided. A summary of the benefits and drawbacks of the most common polymers used to alter asphalt binders Styrene-butadiene-styrene (SBS), Styrene-butadiene–rubber (SBR), Polyethylene Terephthalate (PET), Polypropylene (PP), Polyvinyl Chloride(PVC) etc. are illusrated. The paper continues with a discussion of the lasting effects of PMAs on asphalt pavement. To evaluate the economic and environmental impacts, a life cycle assessment (LCA) is required.
Plant biomass as a source of low-temperature yeasts
Authors: Liszkowska Wiktoria , Motyl Ilona , Pielech-Przybylska Katarzyna , Szulc Justyna , Sypka Marcin , Dziugan Piotr , Berłowska Joanna
Published: December 2022

More than 40 yeast strains were isolated from various types of plant biomass and then evaluated for potential applications in biotechnological processes conducted at low temperature. Adaptation to low temperature was tested by passaging the isolates at decreasing temperatures, from 30 to 15 °C. Only the strains that were able to adapt to the final temperature and reached the stationary growth phase relatively quickly were submitted to further experimentation. These included eight environmental yeast isolates from four types of materials of plant origin: wheat, rye, and cucumber, containing glucose, fructose, sucrose, and starch; yeast-fermentable sugars; red beetroot, containing large amounts of glucose and fructose; and fruits (grapes and apples) containing glucose, fructose, and sucrose. The strains were identified and then subjected to a series of experiments to assess their suitability for use in low-temperature biotechnological industrial processes incorporating microbial biomass. The growth dynamics and assimilation profiles of the yeast strains were investigated, as well as their ability to produce volatile compounds.
Pour point and predictive models for the viscosity-temperature non-linear behaviour of ternary fuel blends for a compression ignition engine
Authors: Trost Daniel , Polcar Adam , Boldor Dorin , Kumbár Vojtěch
Published: December 2022

Due to the ever-increasing consumption of fossil fuels, their impact on the environment, and the volatility of the market, it is advisable to use biofuels that can be produced locally from renewable sources, which supports the local economy, agriculture, and related processing industries. This article deals with how to improve the flow properties and pour point of biofuels for diesel engines. For the experiment, biodiesels in the form of rapeseed methyl ester (RME) and methyl ester made from waste animal fats and tallow (WAFME) were used. The pour point, viscosity, and density of WAFME were improved by mixing with RME and/or by adding bio-alcohols (alcohols produced from biomass, e.g., lignocellulosic). All used biofuels were classified as 2nd generation biofuels. The flow properties of the mixtures were monitored and subsequently modelled at temperatures from -10 to 60 °C. The addition of bio-alcohol had a statistically significant effect on the decrease in the viscosity and pour point of ternary blends (p < 0.05). Mathematical models of the dependence of kinematic viscosity on the temperature of mixtures (power law, exponential, Arrhenius, and Vogel) were created.
Laser: silent revolution in prosthetic dentistry bridging the gap to future. historical review
Authors: Abdulsamee Nagy , Elrefaey Mahmoud
Published: December 2022

Several technologies have been used to overcome current challenges in dentistry throughout the last few decades. Laser technology is the most recent addition to this group of technologies. Because of its great precision, biocompatibility, and few side effects, it has had a significant impact and has so supplanted several traditional procedures. For the past two decades, lasers have been well-integrated in clinical dentistry, enabling practical choices in the management of both soft and hard tissues, with a growing usage in the field of prosthetic dentistry. One of their key advantages is that they can deliver extremely low to extremely high concentrated power at a precise location on any substrate using any method available. New approaches are provided for the development of prosthodontic treatments that demand high energy levels and careful processing, such as metals, ceramics, and resins, as well as time-consuming laboratory processes like cutting restorative materials, welding, and sintering. Lasers have a wide range of applications, and their use in the field of prosthodontics has seen them replace stainless steel scalpels with optical scalpels to a respectable extent throughout the surgical field and other traditional ways. A new technology on the horizon will address these flaws, but it will also come with its own set of hazards and restrictions. The purpose of this article is to discuss the application and uses of lasers in prosthodontics, as well as how lasers have revolutionized patient care. A future project could be the development of new intraoral laser devices.
Global stagflation shocks and the revision of monetary policy: lessons from the crises of the 1970s and 2020s
Authors:   State Institution “Institute for Economics and Forecasting, NAS of Ukraine”, Tetiana Krychevska
Published: December 2022

The article clarifies what lessons for monetary policy under conditions of stagflationary shocks can be drawn from the analysis of inflation drivers, the global environment and approaches to macroeconomic policy in the run-up to and during the oil shocks of the 1970s and the supply shocks of the 2020s, caused by the pandemic and by the global effects of the full-scale war of the Russian Federation against Ukraine. The following factors have been identified that worsen the situation compared to the crisis of the 1970s for the monetary policy: larger-scale geopolitical threats; a wider complex of supply shocks and accelerated restructuring of the energy supply system under the influence of growing geopolitical threats; much more complex global supply chains; the more differentiated nature of countries’ vulnerability to the current supply shocks, that creates new sources of external instability as a result of the growing gap between interest rates and changes in exchange rates; strengthening the global implications of US Fed policy under conditions of stronger global integration; significantly higher levels of private and public debt; intensification of political and economic confrontation between the largest economies of USA and China. It is shown that the more favorable conditions for monetary policy compared to the 1970s are the developed institutional mechanism of anti-inflationary monetary policy, smaller institutional opportunities for emerging a "wage-price" spiral; greater resilience of EMs to external shocks. In order to increase the resistance of national and global economies to stagflationary shocks we need following corrections in monetary policy: decisive anti-inflationary policy in the face of threat of pro-inflationary behavior of economic agents; coordinated optimization and ensuring trust in monetary and fiscal policy, shifting fiscal policy to overcoming aggregate supply constraints; loosening the assumption of absolute elasticity of aggregate supply in the world of globalization and technological progress; correction the methods of measuring economic slack and estimation of equilibrium interest rate; adaptation of strategy, communication and tools of monetary policy to conditions of radical uncertainty; expanding the concept of monetary policy independence in small open EMDEs by taking into account the disproportionately large losses of this group of countries from importing inflation and recession from leading developed economies.
The EU's newest social quality policy: a useful experience for Ukraine's post-war reconstruction
Authors:   State Institution “Institute for Economics and Forecasting, NAS of Ukraine”, Tetiana Burlai , Vasyl Kostrytsya ,   Association of Employers' Organizations of Ukraine, Viktoriia Blyzniuk ,   State Institution “Itnstitute for Economics and Forecasting, NAS of Ukraine”, Roman Levin ,   State Institution “Institute for Economics and Forecasting, NAS of Ukraine”S
Published: December 2022

It is substantiated the relevance of adaptation to the conditions of post-war socio-economic reconstruction of Ukraine of modern approaches of social quality policy of the European Union, historically based on the principles of social peace, social equality and justice, social well-being and quality of life of the population. It is shown the expediency of such adaptation in connection with the formation of a clear demand for a stable post-war life in security, welfare and social justice in the Ukrainian society, which suffers from the full-scale military aggression of the Russian Federation against Ukraine, launched on February 24, 2022. It is described a new conceptual approach in the construction of national systems of social protection and social insurance, providing for the formation of social pillars necessary for the security of national economies in post-crisis recovery. It is described the content and features of the main approaches of the latest EU policy aimed at improving the parameters of social quality in the development of the member states, aiming to achieve three priority social objectives of the European Union for the period until 2030. It is characterized current institutional components of the current EU development such as the European Pillar of Social Rights, Social Economy Action Plan, Strategy for the Rights of Persons with Disabilities 2021–2030, the Skills Partnership for the Digital Ecosystem, the Directive on the Adequate Minimum Wage in the EU, etc. in the context of social quality assurance. Characteristic contemporary approaches to improving the social component of the state anti-crisis policy are described. Taking into account contemporary European practices of intensifying social dynamics and proposals of international institutions for post-war reconstruction of Ukraine, recommendations for specific measures of domestic public policy aimed at ensuring social quality of life in the post-war period were developed.
Evaluating Genetic Disorders in the Neonate: The Role of Exome Sequencing in the NICU
Authors: Senaratne T. Niroshi , Saitta Sulagna C.
Published: December 2022

With recent advances in the technologies used for genetic diagnosis as well as our understanding of the genetic basis of disease, a growing list of options is available for providers when caring for a newborn with features suggesting an underlying genetic etiology. The choice of the most appropriate genetic test for a specific situation includes clinical considerations such as the phenotypic features and type of genetic abnormality suspected, as well as practical considerations such as cost and turnaround time. In this review, we discuss clinical exome sequencing in the context of genetic evaluation of newborns, including technical considerations, variant interpretation, and incidental/secondary findings. Strengths and limitations of exome sequencing are discussed and compared with those of other commonly known tests such as karyotype analysis, fluorescence in situ hybridization, chromosomal microarray, and sequencing panels, along with integration of results from prenatal testing if available. We also review future directions including genome sequencing and other emerging technologies that are starting to be used in clinical settings.
Dichotomy Christianity – Japaneseness
Authors: Suárez José I.
Published: December 2022

The purpose of this study is to demonstrate briefly how Shusaku Endo, the noted Japanese author of Silence, stresses his Japanese identity over his Roman Catholic religion in novel The Samurai. This preference has unfortunately been ignored by Western literary critics who have instead opted to stress the importance of his religious beliefs in his fiction.
Prototype Kran Wudhu Otomatis Berbasis Arduino Uno
Authors: Ramadhaningrum Ramadhaningrum , Hidayatullah Rahmat , F.Afidh Reza Fahlevie
Published: December 2022

The conventional ablution system has a weakness where the use of water is wasteful because humans forget to turn off the faucet or faucets that are easily damaged due to frequent use by humans. The purpose of the research is to make ablution easier, save water use and automate water faucets and tub filling. By utilizing an automatic ablution device with a distance sensor (ultrasonic sensor) as a human detector in taking ablution water and the control system is the Arduino Uno. The method used in this study is the waterfall method where in this method there are steps to work on the research, namely, needs analysis, tool design, tool making and coding, tool testing and tool implementation. In this study, it can be concluded that if the distance is 30 cm then the solenoid valve is active and water comes out, if the distance is > 30 cm then the solenoid valve is not active and the water does not flow and if the sensor distance to the water surface is 18 cm then the water pump will turn on. the sensor distance to the water surface is < 5 cm, the water pump will turn off
Generalisasi fq-Derivasi di B-Aljabar
Authors: Fitria Elsi , Gemawati Sri , Sugianti Khoirunnisa
Published: December 2022

In this paper, another type of derivation in B-algebra is defined, by defining two self-maps, one of which is a derivation in B-algebra (denoted by d) and the other is called generalization of derivation in B-algebra (denoted by D). Based on this definition, some properties of generalized -derivation and generalized -derivation in B-algebra are constructed, then there is one common property, that is if d and D are identity functions, then D is regular. Then, the concept is used as a reference to define the generalized -derivation in B-algebra. In the last section, we discuss some properties of generalized -derivations in B-algebras.
The Problems of the Legal Regulation of the Employee’s Familiarization with the Employer’s Local Acts
Authors:   Yaroslavl State University named after P.G. Demidov, Smirnov Dmitry
Published: December 2022

Introduction: the procedure for communicating local acts of the employer to employees is regulated by the Labor Code of the Russian Federation in a very fragmentary way. The legislator is limited by the general norm of Paragraph 10 of Part 2 of Article 22 of the Labor Code of the Russian Federation, indicating that the employer is obliged to acquaint employees with the adopted local regulations directly related to their work, as well as several prescriptions regulating more specific issues. At the same time, the situation has become more complicated with the introduction of amendments to the Labor Code of the Russian Federation pertaining to the introduction of electronic document management at the employer. Research objectives: to identify defects in the legal regulation of the familiarization of employees with the employer’s local acts of and to make proposals for their elimination. Results: some defects in the legal regulation of the employee’s familiarization with the local acts of the employer have been identified. Among them is the absence in the Labor Code of the Russian Federation of a direct indication of the employer’s obligation to provide, at the request of the employee, local acts that regulate the employee’s activities. In addition, the amendments to the Labor Code of the Russian Federation introduced by Federal Law of October 22, 2022 No. 377-FZ, pertaining to the introduction of electronic document management, contradict the requirements of Article 62 of the Labor Code of the Russian Federation. The interpretation of the provisions of Article 22.1 of the Labor Code of the Russian Federation allows saying that the concept of “work-related documents” used in the paper also includes local acts the employee must be familiarized with under the signature. At the same time, in Article 62 of the Labor Code of the Russian Federation, this concept is used in a narrower sense, and does not include local acts that the employee gets acquainted with under the signature. Conclusions: it seems that the discovered discrepancy in the scope and content of the concept of “work-related documents”, in the author’s opinion, should be eliminated in favor of a broader interpretation proposed by Article 22.1 of the Labor Code of the Russian Federation.
Experimental Legal Regulation as a Means of Ensuring Sustainable Development
Authors:   Volgograd State University, Davydova Marina
Published: December 2022

Introduction: the priorities of sustainable development of a modern state cannot be achieved without stable and high-quality legal regulation. For law-making decisions to be thought out and guaranteed to achieve their goals, various mechanisms of their approbation and improvement are used, including experimental legal regulation. Purpose: to reveal the features of the institution of experimental legal regimes in the field of digital innovations, new for Russian legislation, by comparing it with the concept of “legal experiment”. Methods: formal-legal, comparative. Results: the paper reveals two approaches in which the concept of “experimental legal regime in the field of digital innovation” is considered by researchers. In a broad sense, it is proposed to speak of it as a kind of legal experiment, in a narrow sense – as an independent legal institution that differs from the classical legal experiment in terms of purpose, content and role in the mechanism of legal education. With a broad approach, we can talk not only about formalized experiments (directly fixed as such by the normative legal acts), but also about the experiments actually conducted. In such cases, the experiments are not always carried out in compliance with the proper methodology, which requires the existence of experimental goals, criteria for their achievement, the procedure for evaluating and taking into account the results. Conclusions: the legislation on experimental legal regimes in the field of digital innovations is an attempt to systematically consolidate a unified procedure for conducting experiments in the legal regulation and evaluating their results.
Constitutional Stability in View of the 2020 Constitutional Reform in the Russian Federation
Authors:   Volgograd State University, Usenkov Ivan
Published: December 2022

Introduction: the stability of the constitution is a special kind of stability, because if its relevance to rapidly changing social relations is usually fundamentally important for a normative act, then the constitution is largely designed to restrain the paroxysms of social development, carry the values of society through time and preserve the main directions of its development. The study attempts to give an answer about the prerequisite for the most natural and correct change of the constitutional act, despite the fact that, ultimately, it may depend on the specific conditions of constitutionalism in each individual country. Methods: the methodological framework for the research is a set of methods of scientific cognition, among which the main ones are the method of analysis and the system method. Results: the imperative of necessity and prerequisites for the reform of constitutional acts are formulated, the logic and inevitability of the 2020 constitutional reform in Russia are noted, and at the same time, its internal features, which in the future may increase the frequency of constitutional changes. The conclusions are drawn that the stability of the constitutional act should not mean its immutability at all; the answer to the question about the prerequisite for the most natural and correct amendment of the constitutional act depends on the interpretation of the essence of the constitution: if the constitution is a normative act of the highest legal force, then the constitutional text will lose any degree of conformity with the needs of society and the state; if it is a social contract, then the conditions of the latter will be changed by its participants; if it is the act of fixing the alignment of political forces, then there will be a change in such an alignment; if it is a “change management tool”, then there will be a change in the “core of consent”; in each of the above interpretations of the essence of the constitutions, the time for changing the domestic Basic law, apparently by 2020, has really come, and therefore, the 2020 constitutional reform, despite the ambiguity of its assessments, is a logical development of the state in Russia.
Perdersi ne La foresta-radice-labirinto. Calvino e la pedagogia del paesaggio per bambini
Authors:   Uniwersytet Warszawski, Polonia, Małgorzata Brysiak Anna
Published: December 2022

The paper examines La Foresta-Radice-Labirinto (1981), a fairy tale which is one of Italo Calvino’s latest and lesser known works. In what can be regarded as his testament, Calvino looks back on and revives the ecological commitment of his literary production and his attention to the complex relationship between nature and culture, which has been a prominent leitmotif of his writings (from The Baron in the Trees to The Cloud of Smog, and from the adventures of Marcovaldo to the Invisible Cities). The paper offers a detailed symbological and eco-critical analysis of the text, in order to examine an ‘ecology of mind’ as developed by Calvino, invariably sensitive to hybridisation and to the ongoing and often difficult relation between historical and environmental mutations. In doing so, the paper lists and explores the construction of images-icons and figures-types that make up what Calvino calls ‘a pedagogy of imagination’. The paper focuses on Calvino’s dedication to education through fairy tales as a primary form of experience, capable of conveying universal messages to a young readership, and on his longing for an authentic exposure to the environment, where getting lost means finding oneself and where chaos leads to a new order, founded on an ethical search for a more harmonious union of city, human beings and nature.
Letteratura per l’infanzia e l’adolescenza dal/del Nord-Est Italia. Una analisi degli eco-assi da Salgari a Scarpa (1901–2021)
Authors:   Università degli Studi di Modena e Reggio Emilia, Italia, Mazzarisi Pietro
Published: December 2022

Over the last hundred years and since the Second World War at the speed of the Great Acceleration, the Anthropocene has been intensively impacting the Northeast of Italy and, as a result, redrawn the Triangolo Industriale, shifting it towards the East, whereby its two prior western cities – Turin and Genoa – have been replaced with the production hubs scattered along the Via Emilia and Veneto. The coastal region has seen the foundation and robust growth of Porto Marghera with its freight, metallurgy, chemical, mechanical, shipbuilding, oil and electricity sectors; the Veneto plain has witnessed an expansion of SMEs; and Emilia has become home to multinational corporations. While not subject to industrialisation, the mountains of the Triveneto have not been exempt from a thorough modernisation on the scale unparalleled in the Italian Alps. Considering these changes, this paper surveys a range of literary works from Salgari to Scarpa (via Albertazzi, Zavattini, Buzzati, Guerra, D’Arzo, Pratt, Malerba, Altan, Nanetti, Benni, Rigoni Stern, Molesini, Costa, Corona, Carminati, Sgardoli, Tamaro, Tessaro and Ervas) in order to establish what role is given to environmental issues by the authors of children’s literature in the Northeast and whether (dis)continuities emerge in the body of their writings in this respect. The paper also investigates which authors present an active sensitivity useful for fostering an eco-consciousness and in what ways they do so. The methodology combines an array of critical tools developed in eco-pedagogical criticism, ecofeminism and the NatCul Matrix, geared to answering a series of questions: (1) Is basic environmental literacy offered? (2) Is a critical reflection on human primacy and environmental (in)sustainability implicit, explicit or absent? (3) How are humanity and nature related in children’s literature? (4) How is eco-justice approached? (5) What attitudinal role does the narrative assign to nature?
Questioni ecologiche nella produzione di Giana Anguissola e Gianni Rodari
Authors: Rossitto Mariarosa
Published: December 2022

The aim of this paper is to examine ecological issues in Italian children’s literature by focusing on the works of two Italian writers who criticize, from different perspectives, the lack of ecological awareness in modern humans. The writers are Giana Anguissola (1906–1966), loved by the young female readership of the day for her vividly ironic style and rounded female characters, and Gianni Rodari (1920–1980), effectively combining realism and fantasy to encourage his readers’ critical thinking. Anguissola’s Le straordinarie vacanze di Violetta (1964) places the protagonists of her prior Milan-set Violetta la timida in the new setting of the Piacenza countryside, where charismatic Don Piero has revived ancient farming practices: the local farmers do not use chemical fertilizers, machines or herbicides, and they transport their produce to the town by carts. Rodari explicitly addresses ecological themes in some of his articles and in two stories: “Il pifferaio e le automobili” (Tante storie per giocare, 1971) and “Il mondo in scatola” (Novelle fatte macchina, 1973). In the former tale, the narrative unfolds in a city completely overrun by cars, and in the latter, a surreal plot revolves around the problem of waste.
On the Criticality of Palladium in Organic Synthesis: A Perspective
Authors: Schofield Emma R.
Published: December 2022

The palladium price has been rising because emissions legislation necessitates using more palladium in catalytic converters. However, this trend will not continue as the energy transition progresses, and in the future there will be considerably more palladium available to use in other applications, including chemicals, pharmaceuticals and agrochemicals catalysts. This is both opportunity and justification for the organic chemistry research community to develop new and significant uses for palladium that can be of global benefit. Any catalyst research needs to include optimisation of circular economy, offering sustainable process and recovery options to support life cycle assessment (LCA).
NUMERICAL INVESTIGATION OF FORCED CONVECTION HEAT TRANSFER AROUND AND THROUGH AN ELLIPTICAL POROUS CYLINDER
Authors: Zeinali Mohammadreza , Amini Yasser , Izadpanah Ehsan
Published: December 2022

Convection heat transfer from a heated elliptical porous cylinder in the incompressible and laminar cross-flow is studied numerically. The effects of Darcy number (10-6 ≤ Da ≤ 10-2), aspect ratio (0.2 ≤ AR ≤ 5), Prandtl number (0.7 ≤ Pr ≤ 70), Reynolds number (10 ≤ Re ≤ 40), on the average Nusselt number (Nu), as well as the lift and the drag coefficients are investigated. Two types of thermal boundary conditions for porous cylinder are investigated: uniformly distributed heat source and constant temperature. The fluid flow in the porous medium is numerically simulated by the superficial velocity model. Additionally, the energy equation in the porous medium is simplified by the local thermal equilibrium (LTE) hypothesis. It is concluded that the aspect ratio of the elliptical cylinder has a great influence on the heat transfer and fluid flow characteristics of this problem. Results show that increasing the Darcy number increases the Nusselt number and decreases the drag coefficient of the porous cylinder. Moreover, values of Da smaller than 10-4 resemble the fluid flow and heat transfer characteristics of the impermeable solid cylinder.