bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Chemical composition and antioxidant activities of the essential oils of Lippia adoensis Hochst ex. Walp and Ocimum sanctum Linn
Authors: Fikadu Yemisrach , Yaya Estifanos Ele , Chandravanshi Bhagwan Singh
Published: March 2022

ABSTRACT. Essential oils of Lippia adoensis Hochst ex. Walp leaf, Ocimum sanctum Linn leaf and stem and mixture of two plants from Bishoftu and Debre Berhan (Ethiopia) were analyzed using gas chromatography-mass spectrometry. The essential oil of O. sanctum from Bishoftu showed 12 compounds with major components being b-bisabolene (31.38%), 4-[(1Z)-1,5-dimethyl-1,4-hexadien-1-yl]-1-methylcyclo-hexen (25.56%), eucalyptol (17.12%). While that from Debre Berhan contained 20 compounds with major components being b-bisabolene (24.45%), 4-[(1Z)-1,5-dimethyl-1,4-hexadien-1-yl]-1-methylcyclohexen (19.61%) and eucalyptol (13.42%). The essential oil of the leaves of Lippia adoensis from Bishoftu showed 15 compounds with major components as linalool (66.60%), caryophyllene (4.28%) and that from Debre Berhan showed 12 compounds with linalool (86.11%) as major compound. The essential oil of the mixture of L. adoensis and O. sanctum from Bishoftu showed 18 compounds with major compound being linalool (62.54%) and that from Debre Berhan showed 21 compounds with major compounds being linalool (48.47%) and eicosane (9.42%), octadecane (5.47%). The essential oils of O. sanctum and L. adoensis and their mixture from the two places exhibited DPPH radical scavenging activity of 96.48% and 96.17%, 92.58% and 93.37%, and 95.25% and 96.42% at 100 µg/mL, respectively. The antioxidant activities of essential oils were comparable to that of ascorbic acid which exhibited 98.08% at the same concentration (100 µg/mL).

               

KEY WORDS: Ocimum sanctum, Lippia adoensis, Essential oil, Antioxidant activity, DPPH assay

Bull. Chem. Soc. Ethiop. 2022, 36(1), 95-108.                                                                  

DOI: https://dx.doi.org/10.4314/bcse.v36i1.9
Unmanned aerial vehicles as a source of threats to the state’s electricity supply infrastructure and the proposed methods of protecting this infrastructure
Authors: Łukasiewicz Jędrzej
Published: March 2022

Unmanned aerial vehicles pose a threat to objects important to national security. Their versatility, resulting from the characteristics of individual types of aircraft, means that the scale of their use in attacks is virtually unlimited. The electricity supply system is extremely important for state security. Due to the vastness of transmission networks and a significant number of node points of these networks, the question should be asked to what extent this system is resistant to terrorist attacks, especially those carried out with the use of unmanned aerial vehicles. In this paper, the author analyses an attack consisting in causing a short circuit of the electrical system with the use of a copper wire suspended under an unmanned aerial vehicle. The implementation of the recommended protection methods described in the paper should lead to an increased level of safety of transmission networks.
Terroryzm XXI wieku – wybrane aspekty
Authors: Karolczak Krzysztof
Published: March 2022

W artykule została zarysowana problematyka wybranych aspektów terroryzmu w XXI w. Uwzględniając perspektywę historyczną, opisano modus operandi stosowany przez sprawców zamachów (zamachowiec samobójca, samotny wilk) wraz z przykładami najbardziej spektakularnych zamachów: dekapitacja, zastosowanie broni chemicznej, zamachy przy użyciu pojazdów. Do tekstu zostały dołączone dwa wykresy: „Liczba zamachów terrorystycznych na świecie (lata 2006–2019)” i „Najbardziej aktywne grupy przeprowadzające zamachy na świecie w 2019 r. według liczby zamachów”.

Terrorism in the 21st century - selected aspects

The article outlines selected aspects of terrorism in the 21st century. Taking into account the historical perspective, the modus operandi used by the perpetrators of attacks (suicide bomber, “lone wolf”) is described, together with examples of the most spectacular attacks: decapitation, use of chemical weapons, attacks with vehicles. Two charts accompany the text: “Number of terrorist attacks in the world (2006-2019)” and “Most active groups carrying out attacks in the world in 2019 by number of attacks”.
Prawne aspekty walki z terroryzmem w krajowym porządku prawnym na tle wyzwań kształtowanych prawodawstwem europejskim
Authors: Burczaniuk Piotr
Published: March 2022

W artykule podjęto temat prawnych aspektów walki z terroryzmem w krajowym porządku prawnym na tle wyzwań kształtowanych prawodawstwem europejskim. Analizowane zagadnienie jest ciekawe z uwagi na brak szerszych i aktualnych analiz prowadzonych w obszarze nauk prawnych, poświęconych przedstawieniu i eksplikacji prawodawstwa obejmującego przedmiotowo problematykę walki z terroryzmem. Niniejsze opracowanie jest próbą wypełnienia tej luki badawczej.

W celu kompleksowego przybliżenia tematu i realizacji celów postawionych w artykule rozważania poprowadzono w sześciu zasadniczych częściach. We wstępie zakreślono tezę pracy oraz jej cele, następnie kolejno: dokonano analizy kształtowania regulacji prawnych prawa krajowego nakierowanych na przeciwdziałanie terroryzmowi; omówiono znaczenie ustawy o działaniach terrorystycznych w normatywnym systemie zwalczania terroryzmu w Polsce, z uwzględnieniem perspektywy i doświadczeń pięciolecia jej obowiązywania; zaprezentowano aktualny stan prawny Unii Europejskiej w obszarze terroryzmu; opisano perspektywy i wyzwania regulacyjne prawa polskiego na tle działań legislacyjnych organów UE; dokonano podsumowania prowadzonych rozważań, zakreślając perspektywy i wyzwania regulacyjne stojące przed prawodawcą krajowym na tle kierunków projektowanych rozwiązań legislacyjnych w Unii Europejskiej.

Legal aspects of combating terrorism in the Polish legal system against the background of challenges shaped by European legislation

The article deals with the legal aspects of the fight against terrorism in the national legal system in the context of the challenges shaped by European legislation. The analysed issue is interesting due to the lack of broader and current analyses conducted in the field of legal sciences, devoted to the presentation and explication of legislation covering the subject matter of the fight against terrorism. This study is an attempt to fill this research gap.

In order to provide a comprehensive overview of the topic and to achieve the objectives set out in the article, the study is divided into six main parts. In the introduction, the thesis and its objectives are outlined, then sequentially: an analysis of the formation of legal regulations of domestic law aimed at counter-terrorism is made; the importance of the Act on anti-terrorist activities in the normative system of counter-terrorism in Poland is discussed, taking into account the perspective and experience of five years of its implementation; the current legal status of the European Union in the area of terrorism is presented; the perspectives and regulatory challenges of Polish law in the background of legislative activities of EU bodies are described; the considerations carried out are summarized, outlining the perspectives and regulatory challenges facing the domestic legislator in the background of the directions of the projected legislative solutions in the European Union.
Terrorism in the 21st century - selected aspects
Authors: Karolczak Krzysztof
Published: March 2022

The article outlines selected aspects of terrorism in the 21st century. Taking into account the historical perspective, the modus operandi used by the perpetrators of attacks (suicide bomber, “lone wolf”) is described, together with examples of the most spectacular attacks: decapitation, use of chemical weapons, attacks with vehicles. Two charts accompany the text: “Number of terrorist attacks in the world (2006-2019)” and “Most active groups carrying out attacks in the world in 2019 by number of attacks”.
Strategic level of the Polish anti-terrorist system – 15 years of the Interministerial Team for Terrorist Threats
Authors: Cichomski Mariusz , Idzikowska-Ślęzak Ilona
Published: March 2022

The aim of the article is to summarise 15 years of the functioning of the Interdepartmental Team for Terrorist Threats, established by the Order No. 162 of the Prime Minister of 25 October 2006, as well as to present the evolution of the tasks carried out by this body. The Team, acting under the chairmanship of the minister in charge of internal affairs and consisting of heads of ministries, services and other entities performing tasks related to terrorist threats, sets out the basic directions of the state’s activities in the field of prevention, preparation and response to terrorist threats. As an auxiliary body of the Council of Ministers, it, inter alia, monitors threats of a terrorist nature and presents opinions and conclusions for the Council of Ministers. As part of its work, proposals are also prepared to improve methods and forms of counteracting threats of a terrorist nature and requests to the relevant authorities to undertake legislative work. However, the team’s activity is not limited to the sphere of legislation and also involves, inter alia, working out practical recommendations aimed at improving anti-terrorist security of facilities which may constitute a potential target of an attack or agreeing on procedures for cooperation of relevant services, as well as preparing preventive materials addressed to various groups of recipients. The team’s activities were positively evaluated, among others, during the UN expert evaluation conducted in December 2019.
Unique solutions of the French Republic in the fight against terrorism and radicalisation
Authors: Olech Aleksander
Published: March 2022

Experience and solutions of the French Republic, where anti-terrorist structures are constantly developed, should be a signpost for other countries. Creation of unique deradicalization programs and conducting a policy of responding to cases of extremism are actions that can be implemented in Poland. In addition, the use of social media to combat terrorist content and to provide information about threats shows the innovative use of the Internet. It is also worth noting the involvement of French municipal guards and medical services in the process of responding to terrorism, as well as highlighting the role of NGOs working to support victims. Decades of France’s struggle with different types of terrorism have meant that methods that would be effective in countering radicalisation and threats have been improved and reviewed over the years. In the author’s opinion, it would be advisable to take advantage of the French experience and implement at least some of the solutions in Poland.
Generalization of Fourier Transform and Weyl Calculus
Authors: Yaremenko Mykola
Published: March 2022

In this paper, a surjective morphism of the topological groups from the real line R to the p -curve Cp is introduced, this function maps from the real line to the p -curve on the complex and when p = 2 then coincide with a classical exponent. The properties of p -Fourier transform is studied. The generalization of the Weyl functional calculus is considered.
Gestasyonel Diyabetli Gebeler için ‘‘Diyabette Niyet, Tutum ve Davranış Ölçeği’’nin Türkçeye Uyarlama Çalışması
Authors: GÜVEN DİNMEZ Sinem , EROĞLU Kafiye
Published: March 2022

Amaç: Bu araştırmada ‘‘Diyabette Niyet, Tutum ve Davranış Ölçeği’nin’’ Türkçeye uyarlanması amaçlanmıştır.

Gereç ve Yöntem: Metodolojik tipte yapılmış olan araştırmaya, Şubat- Nisan 2020 tarihleri arasında bir Eğitim ve Araştırma Hastanesi’nin gebe polikliniklerindeki 133 gestasyonel diyabetli gebe dahil edilmiştir. Ölçekte önce psikolinguistik sonra psikometrik analizler yapılmıştır.

Bulgular: Madde toplam puan korelasyon katsayıları analiz edildikten sonra madde sayısı 14’e inen ölçek maddelerinin, kapsam geçerlik oranlarının 0’ın üstünde olduğu, cronbach alpha (α) güvenirlik kat sayısının .88, madde toplam puan korelasyon değerlerinin .354 ve .713 arasında olduğu; test-tekrar test korelasyon kat sayısı değerlerinin (r) madde bazında yüksek olduğu ve kısa zamana göre tutarlılık gösterdiği saptanmıştır. Doğrulayıcı faktör analizinde beş alt boyutlu yapı olarak doğrulanmıştır.

Sonuç: Ölçeğin Türk toplumunda gestasyonel diyabetli gebeler için yeterli düzeyde geçerli ve güvenilir bir ölçüm aracı olduğu belirlenmiş olup, gestasyonel diyabetli gebelerin niyet, tutum ve davranışlarını değerlendirmeyi amaçlayan araştırmalarda kullanılması önerilmektedir.
A STPA-based Approach for Systematic Security Analysis of In-vehicle Diagnostic and Software Update Systems
Authors:   Tongji University, CHINA, Yu Jinghua , Stefan Wagner Stefan Wagner ,   University of Stuttgart, GERMANY, Luo Feng ,   Tongji University, CHINA
Published: March 2022

With the continuing innovations in the safety and intelligence of automobiles, the connectivity of vehicles increases which comes with also increasing security challenges. The in-vehicle diagnostics and software update system, which is an essential part of modern vehicles that supports remote diagnostics and Over-The-Air (OTA) firmware or configuration updates, is a common attack goal in automobiles. Adversaries can inject malicious software into vehicles or steal sensitive information through in-vehicle channels. Therefore, security needs to be considered during system design. Security analysis discusses potential security issues and derives related items, like threats, risk assessment and constraints, to guide secure design. However, all security analyses of such an in-vehicle system are threats-oriented, which start from threat identification and assess risks of identified threats. In this paper, a top-down system-oriented approach is proposed on the basis of the System-Theoretic Process Analysis (STPA) approaches, which are a set of hazard analysis techniques based on the System-Theoretic Accident Model and Processes (STAMP). Since constructing control structures is an essential step in the STPA approaches, it is hard to apply STPA to systems with few control actions and a strong focus on data flows. The proposed approach extends the original STPA from the perspective of data flows and is applicable for software-intensive or data-flow-based systems. We propose an abstract system model of in-vehicle diagnostics and software update systems and use it to propose a security analysis guideline. We identify losses, hazards, insecure function behaviours and loss scenarios of this class of systems to support concrete analyses and present an example case. Comparing with other threat-oriented approaches, the STPA-based approach shifts from focusing on threats to system vulnerabilities. The former cannot be controlled by system designers, but the latter can. The proposed approach provides a new perspective for recognizing system and security issues and is efficient to prevent the system from known or even unknown threats. Furthermore, the STPA approaches have been proved to be suitable for high-level systems, like socio-technical systems, and applicable for various fields, including safety, security and privacy. As an extension of the STPA approaches, the proposed one can be well integrated into the analysis at a higher level and perform a co-analysis of vehicle systems between safety and security with a unified analysis framework.
Efficacy, Safety of Baricitinib plus Remdesivir versus Standard Therapy (Remdesivir) in Patients with Severe COVID-19 Infection in Third Wave of Epidemics in Myanmar: Case Control Study
Authors:   Professor and Head/Senior Consultant Physician, Department of Medicine/ Department of Nephrology, Defence Services Medical Academy, No. (1) Defence Services General Hospital (1000-Bedded), Pyar Khin Phyu
Published: March 2022

Background: Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) has been a major threat to health around the world as it causes significant morbidity and mortality. SARS-CoV-2 infection induces severe inflammation in lungs and multi-organs; therefore, the Janus kinase (JAK) inhibitor known as baricitinib was proposed as a treatment for COVID-19 because of its anti-inflammatory and potential antiviral effects. It may improve survival in patients with severe Covid-19 infection. The efficacy and safety of Baricitinib therapy in severe COVID-19 infection in Myanmar was not known clearly. Methods: A case control study was conducted in COVID-19 treatment centers in Myanmar- Yangon and Nay Pyi Taw, from June to October 2021. Baricitinib 4 mg daily for 14 days was given to the patients with severe COVID-19 infection as an add on therapy to Standard treatment group (Remdesivir). The primary outcome was survival status; survive or non-survive. The secondary outcome was duration of hospital stay, the requirement for oxygen therapy at Day 7 (improved or not), changes in chest radiograph at Day 14 (improved, same or worse), and changes in inflammatory markers (CPR and LDH). Patient data were stratified by age, sex, body weight, co-morbidities and immune status (immunocompromised or normal immune status). Data were collected by using standardized forms and analysis was done. Results: A total of 64 patients with severe COVID-19 infection were enrolled. Base line characteristics in both groups, Baricitinib group (n =32) and Standard treatment group (n = 32), were comparable. Nearly 53% of patients in Baricitinib group and 59% of patients in Standard treatment group survived; however, mean duration of hospital stay was shorter in Baricitinib group (15.53 ± 6.83 days versus 22.25 ± 11.17 days; p < 0.001). Improvement in oxygen supplementation, radiological changes and changes in inflammatory markers were not different in both groups. Minor side effects like giddiness, appetite loss and insomnia were noted in Baricitinib group. Conclusions: In treating patients with severe COVID-19 infection, the survival rate was not different between Baricitinib group (Baricitinib plus Remdesivir) and Standard treatment group (Remdesivir). In survivors, those in Baricitinib group had shorter duration of hospital stays; quick recovery time and accelerating improvement in clinical status
The Role of Communicative Strategy and Tactics in Name Creation
Authors:   Candidate of Philological Sciences, Associate Professor Tashkent State University of Uzbek Language and Literature named after Alisher Navoi, Saparniyazova M.
Published: March 2022

The addressee predetermines which communicative strategy to choose for the addressee to achieve the communicative goal, and accordingly performs verbal actions. This aspect is also important when creating a name. This article provides information on the linguistics of name formation, the role of communicative strategies and tactics in the formation of names, the main trends in name formation in the Uzbek language. In addition, recommendations were made on the technological mechanisms of name creation. On the example of the Uzbek language, models for creating names specific to national languages have been developed.
CERVIX CANCER – A STIGMA ON REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH
Authors: kaur Ms. Kawalpreet
Published: March 2022

Cervical cancer is the third most common malignancy in women worldwide, and it remains a leading cause of death for women in developing countries. It is caused by HPV (human papillomavirus) which is commonly invading the body through sexual route. Heavy vaginal bleeding with a foul odor and pain during intercourse is some common symptoms. It can be prevented by getting the HPV vaccine, early detection and treatment. The present review article helped us in identifying or screening this common problem and also to ensure good reproductive health by fighting against HPV infection.
INNOVATION STRATEGIES AND MARKET ORIENTATION IN SELECTED NIGERIAN BANKS
Authors:   Department of Business Administration, Faculty of Management Sciences, University of Benin, Benin City, Edo State, Nigeria, Omoregbe Omorodion , Azage Joseph ,   Department of Business Administration, Faculty of Management Sciences, University of Benin, Benin City, Edo State, Nigeria, Alufohai David Ikhide ,   Department of Business Administration, Faculty of Management Sciences, University of Benin, Benin City, Edo State, Nigeria
Published: March 2022

In an attempt at improving market orientation, management of organisations employ innovation strategies and practices that reflect this area of operation. Thus, this study investigated innovation strategies and market orientation in selected Nigerian banks. It specifically examined the effect of process, product, marketing and organisational innovation on market orientation among selected Nigerian banks. It is a field survey within a cross sectional time frame of 2021. A total of 399 management and senior staff of five deposit money banks with international affiliation constituted the sample size. Data was gotten from the primary source and generated through the administration of copies of questionnaire to respondents. Data was analysed using descriptive and inferential statistics. The outcomes of the study showed that process, marketing and organisational innovation have positive significant effect on market orientation among selected Nigerian banks. This study therefore recommends that deposit money banks should implement process, product, marketing and organisational innovation by putting in place the effective and efficient utilization of technologies in the areas of operations and service delivery. It also recommends that they cover wide areas of the market in terms of segmentation, market share, promotional activities, advertisement and other marketing areas so that they can attract new customers and new businesses so as to increase the demand and visibility of their products thus enhancing their customers’ satisfaction. Also, the study recommends constant engagement in organisational innovation in a bid to meet the changing competitive nature of the banking industry and the set international standard to enhance their market orientation vis-à-vis their overall performance.
LA ELABORACIÓN DE LOS PROYECTOS DE LEY DEL GOBIERNO
Authors: OVEJERO PUENTE ANA MARÍA
Published: March 2022

Las fases de elaboración de los anteproyectos de Ley no son consideradas como
fases del procedimiento legislativo strictu sensu y por ello no están ordenadas. Sin embargo,
en estas fases es más intensa la presencia de lobbies y grupos de presión, y cuando más autónoma
es la participación de la «Administración técnica» a la hora de elaborar la Ley. La Ley
entendida como «norma de integración» permite la confluencia de estos intereses, pero esta
integración de intereses contradice la competencia exclusiva del Gobierno en el desarrollo de
la dirección política. Este trabajo pretende reflexionar sobre la conveniencia de una regulación
de las fases prelegislativas que permitiera canalizar las fuerzas políticas confluyentes; clarificar
las competencias y las responsabilidades, y ofrecer espacios ciertos para la interlocución con la
sociedad durante las fases prelegislativas de elaboración de la Ley.

Legeen aurreproiektuak idazteko faseak ez dira, strictu sensu, legegintzako prozeduraren
ataltzat hartzen, eta hori dela eta, ez daude antolatuta. Hala ere, fase hauetan izaten
da lobby-en eta presio-taldeen eraginik handiena, eta «administrazio teknikoaren» parte hartzea,
berriz, orduan da autonomoena, legea idazteaz ari garela. «Integratzeko arau» gisa hartzen
badugu legea, orduan posible da interes horiek guztiak batera agertzea, baina integrazio horrek
kontraesana sortzen du zuzendaritza politikoa aurrera eramateko Gobernuak duen eskumen esklusiboarekin.
Lan honetan, legegintza aurreko faseei buruz gogoeta egin eta fase horiek arautzea
komeni den azaltzen da, arautze horri esker, gai baten inguruko indar politiko guztiek esku
hartzeko aukera izan dezaten. Eskumenak eta erantzukizunak argituko lituzke araudi horrek, eta
gizartearekiko elkarrizketarako guneak zehaztuko lituzke, betiere legeak idatzi aurreko faseez ari
garela.

The phases on the drafting of bills are not considered as stages of the legislative
procedure strictu sensu and that is why they are not regulated. However, within these phases,
the presence of lobbies and groups with specific interests is more intense, and the participation
of the «technical Administration» in the drafting more autonomous. Acts as «rule of integration
» allow the merging of interests, but this integration of interests contradicts the exclusive
power for developing the political leadership. This work tries to reflect on the advisability
of regulating the pre-legislative phases that might allow to channel the converging political
forces: clarifying powers and responsabilities, and offering open spaces for the dialogue with
society during the prelegislative phases of an Act¿s drafting.
COMENTARIO A LA STSJ DEL PAÍS VASCO NÚMERO 354/2007, DE 17 DE MAYO DE 2007: LA INSPECCIÓN DE LAS CAJAS DE AHORRO POR LAS COMUNIDADES AUTÓNOMAS Y EL BANCO DE ESPAÑA
Authors: LAFONT NICUESA LUIS
Published: March 2022

Las cajas de ahorro tienen simultáneamente en su funcionamiento una vocación
territorial autonómica y estatal. Deslindar las competencias del Estado y de las comunidades
autónomas resulta complicado. La Sentencia analizada aborda con una elevada precisión técnica
esta espinosa cuestión, ofreciendo una respuesta jurídica estable a la pregunta ¿Puede
una Comunidad Autónoma inspeccionar una Caja de Ahorros?

Aurrezki-kutxek aldi berean hartu nahi dituzte autonomia-erkidegoak eta estatua
jarduteko lurraldetzat. Ez da erraza Estatuaren eta autonomia-erkidegoen eskumenak bereiztea.
Aztertutako epaiak zehaztasun tekniko handiz ekiten dio kontu korapilatsu horri, eta
egonkortasun juridikoz erantzuten dio galdera honi: autonomia‑erkidego batek ikuskatu al dezake
aurrezki-kutxa bat?

Savings Banks have at the same time in their operation an Autonomus and State
territorial vocation. It is complicated to distinguish between the State powers and Autonomous
community powers about them. The studied judgment deals with a high technical precision this
thorny issue by offering a legal and stable answer to this question: Can an Autonomus Community
check a Savings Bank?
Design and Development of a VHF Telemetry Two-way Radio Device Network Downtime/Uptime Alerting Prototype
Authors: Chisapi Jonathan , Lubobya  Charles S
Published: March 2022

This paper presents the design and development of a VHF telemetry Two-way radio device network downtime/uptime alerting prototype. Telemetry network monitoring using VHF 2-way radio Streaming is a paradigm in networking management that has not been deployed. The framework enables continuous monitoring of the mobile and fixed access points of the mining fleet management Wi-Fi system (in the case of the Barrick Lumwana mine, Zambia). Considering the significance of real-time alerts in a mining facility, critical systems such as slope monitoring radars, mobile emergency alerts, and timely copper production reports must be monitored in real-time. The results for the performance warnings of the telemetry access points collectively accounted for a response alert time of 1999ms from the samples collected which translated to 0.29% compared to the SNMP system that registered a total of 689500ms for the samples collected which translates to 99.71% of the total response time of 691499ms. The results derived from the VHF 2-way radio telemetry prototype show that this system performs better than the traditional SNMP network monitoring system. We recommend that this IP network prototype is used in open-pit mines alongside Motorola telemetry two-way radios.
Этническое разнообразие в российских регионах и экономический рост: теоретическая модель и ее апробация на панельных данных
Authors: Суслов Н.И. , Исупова Е.Н. , Иванова А.И.
Published: March 2022

В статье рассматривается влияние этно-лингвистического разнообразия на темпы экономического роста в регионах РФ. Полученные эмпирические результаты подтверждают, что этническое разнообразие поддерживает экономический рост и что эластичности темпов роста по начальному уровню разнообразия различаются по регионам и периодам времени и зависят как от самих индексов этнолингвистической фракционализации, так и от начального уровня дохода на душу населения в регионе. С позиции теоретической модели можно сделать вывод о существовании оптимального уровня этнического разнообразия, а также о том, что данный уровень, определяемый параметрами толерантности населения к представителям других этносов, а также долями ренты в доходах, не достигнут ни в одном из российских регионов.
Развитие административных центров и их влияние на экономику регионов
Authors: Дружинин П.В.
Published: March 2022

В статье исследуется влияние развития административных центров регионов и формирования агломераций на экономику региона в целом. Переток ресурсов в административный центр региона может способствовать развитию всего региона, но одновременно может привести к ускорению деградации периферии. Показано, что чем быстрее растет численность населения крупнейших агломераций, тем медленнее сокращается население этих регионов и соответственно быстрее растет ВРП, чем больше численность населения административного центра региона, тем выше ВРП на душу населения региона. Но рост административных центров регионов практически не связан с ростом ВРП на душу населения для региона в целом, рост экономики столицы региона видимо компенсируется спадом в остальной части регионов, а значит ускорение формирования агломераций в существующих условиях, скорее всего не приведет к более эффективному развитию регионов.
Heavy Metal Contents of Vermicasts Produced in the Visayas Region, Philippines
Authors:   Ecological Farm Resource and Management Institute (EcoFARMI), Visca, Baybay City, Leyte 6521-A Philippines, Siarot Warren Kim , Armecin Romel B. , Ang-og Jenyrose F.
Published: March 2022

The Philippine National Standard set a minimum requirement for a soil organic amendment to be classified as an organic fertilizer or soil conditioner. Soil organic amendments have been used through the years and many farmers have developed their own to restore soil fertility and increase the production of food crops. This study was conducted (a) to characterize the physico-chemical properties of vermicast and to determine if they could be classified as organic fertilizer or soil conditioner and (b) to measure the heavy metal content (Cr, Cd, Zn, Fe, and Cu) of the different vermicast produced in the Visayas Region to determine if these are safe to use for farming. Vermicast were collected from different farms from regions 6, 7, and 8 (Visayas Region). Majority of the vermicast were brown to black in color with moisture content ranging from 10-35%. Iron and Zinc were found to be the highest metal concentrations in all samples. Meanwhile Chromium, Cadmium, and Copper were only found in low concentrations based on the criteria set by the PNS (2016).
New names for the species Nodosaria catenulata Karavaeva and Nestell 2007 and Nodosaria costata Karavaeva and Nestell 2007 (Foraminifera)
Authors: Karavaeva Nelly I. , Nestell Galina P.
Published: March 2022

The names of the two species Nodosaria catenulata Karavaeva and Nestell 2007 and Nodosaria costata Karavaeva and Nestell 2007 described from Permian strata of the Omolon Massif, northeastern Siberia, Russia (Karavaeva and Nestell 2007) are preoccupied and are junior homonyms of previously described species.
Adaptive Signal Control of an Isolated Intersection Using Stop-Line Detection
Authors: Nuli Sadguna
Published: March 2022

Adaptive traffic signal controllers offer better signal time management especially when the traffic flow pattern is not uniform on all approaches. Traditional adaptive traffic controller use upstream or advance vehicle detection which works well in situations where traffic follows good lane discipline. However, when the spacing between intersections increases or in the case of complex geometry these systems may not be efficient. This is primarily because of the inability of traffic flow models to accurately estimate the traffic demand from the upstream detectors. Using stop-line detector information is best suited in such traffic conditions as they do not require any explicit prediction models. Furthermore, there are many intersections which works using stop-line detectors with preset maximum green timings as vehicle actuated controllers. These controllers can be easily converted into truly adaptive by changing their maximum green timings continuously with respect to changing traffic flow pattern. Hence, this paper proposes an adaptive traffic control model which uses stop-line detector information instead of upstream detector. The model aims at real-time allocation of green time through reinforcement learning; an approach originated from the machine learning community. This approach has the ability to learn relationships between signal control actions and their effect on the queue while pursuing the goal of maximizing throughput which is a distinct improvement over the traditional vehicle actuated system. To demonstrate the performance of the proposed model a typical four-way intersection with four-phase scheme is evaluated for various flow conditions with the proposed model as well as with the traditional vehicle actuated system. The results show improvement over traditional system, especially when the flow is near the capacity.
Assessing the impacts of heavy vehicles on traffic characteristics of highways under mixed traffic platooning conditions
Authors: Singh Sandeep
Published: March 2022

The study aims to investigate the impact of heavy vehicles (HVs) on traffic characteristics under platoon conditions on Indian highways. Traffic volume, speed, and time headway data were gathered from different highway sections using infra-red sensors. The mean relative speed criteria were used as an indicator of variability to estimate the critical time headway. The threshold value of a critical time headway of 4 sec was determined to represent vehicles into non-platoon followers and platoon followers. The speed-flow-density model curves were developed for two different traffic regimes, one without platoons and the other with platoons created by the HVs. The results show that under platoon conditions, the speed at capacity, density at capacity, and traffic capacity reduced by 11.2%, 12.5%, and 22.3%, respectively, compared to non-platoon conditions. Additionally, the average travel time and travel delay increased by 18.1 s/km and 12.7 s/km, respectively. The study’s findings emphasize the importance of considering platoon dynamics under the influence of HVs to better understand their impact on traffic characteristics.
Justiça e Libertação
Authors: Veras Thor
Published: March 2022

Trata-se de apresentar as tensões e similitudes entre dois modelos de teoria crítica da sociedade que mobilizam no debate contemporâneo concepções morais e éticas de progresso enquanto fundamentos normativos da relação entre normatividade, história e política. Para este fim, reconstruirei os modelos teóricos de Rainer Forst e sua gramática moral de justiça transnacional a partir do direito básico à justificação e a formulação de Enrique Dussel de uma gramática ética da descolonização baseado no princípio de libertação. A partir desses quadros teóricos, procurarei explicitar os sentidos de uma crítica da ideologia do progresso político, um sentido normativo e as suas reverberações em uma concepção de política democrática diante dos desafios e regressões sociais de nossa época.
Philosophy of Comics
Authors: Cowling Sam , Cray Wesley D.
Published: March 2022

What exactly is a comic? What is the difference between a comic and an illustrated novel? Could a comic be rightly counted as a work of literature?

Thinking about comics raises a host of philosophical questions. Philosophy of Comics is an introduction to these questions and more. Exploring some of the peculiar features of comics, cartoons, and graphic novels, Sam Cowling and Wesley Cray chart a path through the field of the philosophy of comics.

Using examples from a diverse range of comic genres and informed by case studies of classics such as Watchmen and The Flash, they tackle a variety of ethical, metaphysical, and aesthetic puzzles, including:

- What does it takes to create—or destroy—a fictional character like Black Panther?

- Can all comics be adapted into films, or do some resist such treatment?

- Is there really a genre of “superhero comics”?

At a time of rapidly growing interest in graphic storytelling, this is an ideal introduction to the philosophy of comics and some of its most familiar and important questions.
The Fashion Design Toolkit
Authors: Jennings Tracy
Published: March 2022

With The Fashion Design Toolkit you’ll learn how tried-and-tested techniques like gathers, pleats, tucks, and twists can help you adapt patterns and create your own original garment designs. Tracy Jennings walks you through 18 patterning tactics to inspire fresh ideas, demonstrating how embracing pattern drafting skills can lead to innovative and effective collections.

Each technique is illustrated in a variety of contexts, showing how and why it has been used by other designers, so you can use the history of each tool as inspiration for your original collections. Ethical practice is woven throughout the book, with tips on how to implement techniques in an environmentally sustainable way.

The 18 essential techniques are divided into 5 categories:

Establishing Fit and Flare: Darts, Slash & Spread, Seaming, Insets

Channeling Fullness: Gathers, Ruffles, Pleats, Tucks

Fashioning the Fluid and Unstructured: Arcs, Flounces, Drapes, Twists

Engineering Fabric and Form: Contouring, Structure, Textile Designs

Focusing on Concepts: Adaptation, Reduction, Zero Waste

Online resources include a downloadable pattern block available in US sizes 4–18 as a printable Adobe PDF file and software-compatible Adobe Illustrator and Optitex files.
Fashion Wholesaling
Authors: Tucker Linda B.
Published: March 2022

Get to know the activities, processes and people involved in wholesaling and its crucial role in the wider fashion industry. From working with fashion vendors and trend forecasting companies, to navigating trade shows, and working in different territories, Fashion Wholesaling is the ultimate guide to an often overlooked but rewarding career path.

Clearly illustrated case studies and industry-focused exercises put the journey from apparel factory to retailer into a practical, real-world context for anyone looking for a way into the business of fashion.
The Winter’s Tale: Language and Writing
Authors: DiGangi Mario
Published: March 2022

Through expert guidance on understanding, interpreting, and writing about Shakespeare’s language, this book makes The Winter’s Tale accessible and exciting for students. It demonstrates that careful attention to Shakespeare’s complex dramatic language can clarify the structure and concerns of the play, as well as provide deep and satisfying engagement with the social, political and ethical questions Shakespeare raises. Each chapter features a 'Writing Matters' section designed to connect analysis of Shakespeare’s language to students’ development of their own writing strategies. The book examines topics in the play such as tragicomic genre; women’s assertion of social and political agency; obedience and resistance to rulers; the virtues and risks of following festivity, and disputes over the proper forms of religious devotion.
Religion, Disease, and Immunology
Authors: Ellis Thomas B.
Published: March 2022

This book argues that religion has emerged over evolutionary time as a strategy for managing the transmission, contraction, and eradication of infectious disease.

From purity and pollution codes to blood sacrifices and irrational beliefs, the book shows how religion supports not only the physiological immune system, but the behavioral and psychological immune systems as well. The book also addresses those moments when it appears that religion becomes maladaptive, that is, religion occasionally causes “autoimmune problems,” such as celibacy and anti-vaccination.

Engaging material ranging from evolutionary and social psychology to human behavioral ecology, biological anthropology, Darwinian medicine, and religious studies, the book proposes that in order to understand the human animal’s enduring fascination with religion, one must take into account the human animal’s enduring need to manage infectious disease.
Feel-Bad Postfeminism
Authors: McDermott Catherine
Published: March 2022

In Feel-Bad Postfeminism, Catherine McDermott provides crucial insight into what growing up during empowerment postfeminism feels like, and outlines the continuing postfeminist legacy of resilience in girlhood coming-of-age narratives.

McDermott’s analysis of Gone Girl (2012), Girls (2012-2017) and Appropriate Behaviour (2012) illuminates a major cultural turn in which the pleasures of postfeminist empowerment curdle into a profound sense of rage and resentment. By contrast, close examination of The Hunger Games (2008-2010), Girlhood (2014) and Catch Me Daddy (2014) reveals that contemporary genres are increasingly constructing girls as uniquely capable of resiliently overcoming and adapting to unforgiving social conditions.

She develops an affective vocabulary to better understand contemporary modes of defiant, transformative and relational resilience, as well as a framework through which to expand on further modes that are specific to the genres they emerge within. Overall, the book suggests that exploration of the affective dimensions of girls’ and women’s culture can offer new insights into how coming-of-age, girlhood and femininity are culturally produced in the aftermath of postfeminism.
Anxious Masculinity in the Drama of Arthur Miller and Beyond
Authors: Gleitman Claire
Published: March 2022

Staunchly homosocial, vaguely or overtly misogynistic, anxiously homophobic—this study follows the male breadwinner as he is incarnated in Arthur Miller’s most celebrated plays and as he resurfaces in different guises throughout American drama, from the 1950s to the present.

Anxious Masculinity offers a compelling analysis of gender dynamics and the legacy of this figure as he stalks through the works of other American dramatists, and argues that the gendered anxieties exhibited by their characters are the very ones invoked with such success by Donald Trump.

Claire Gleitman examines this figure in the plays of Miller and Tennessee Williams, as well as later 20th-century writers Lorraine Hansberry, August Wilson, and Sam Shepard, who reposition him in more racially and economically marginalized settings. He reappears in the more recent work of playwrights Tony Kushner, Paula Vogel, and collaborators Lisa Kron and Jeanine Tesori, who shift their focus to the next generation, which seeks to escape his clutches and forge new, often gleefully queer identities.

The final chapter concerns contemporary Black dramatists Suzan Lori-Parks, Jackie Sibblies Drury, and Jeremy O. Harris, whose plays move us from anxious masculinity to anxious whiteness and speak directly to the current moment.
Kendrick Lamar's To Pimp a Butterfly
Authors: Maner Sequoia
Published: March 2022

Breaking the global record for streams in a single day, nearly 10 million people around the world tuned in to hear Kendrick Lamar’s sophomore album in the hours after its release. To Pimp a Butterfly was widely hailed as an instant classic, garnering plauditory albums reviews, many awards, and even a canonized place in Harvard’s W. E. B. Du Bois archive. Why did this strangely compelling and masterful record stimulate the emotions and imaginations of listeners?

This book takes a deep dive into the sounds, images, and lyrics of To Pimp a Butterfly to suggest that Kendrick appeals to the psyche of a nation in crisis and embraces the development of a radical political conscience. Kendrick breathes fresh life into the black musical protest tradition and cultivates a platform for loving resistance. Combining funk, jazz, and spoken word, To Pimp a Butterfly’s expansive sonic and lyrical geography brings a level of innovation to a field dominated by the predictability of trap music. More importantly, Kendrick’s introspective and philosophical songs compel us to believe in a future where we gon’ be alright!
George Michael's Faith
Authors: Horton Matthew
Published: March 2022

On Saturday June 28, 1986, George Michael picked up his tasseled leather jacket, walked out of London’s Wembley Stadium and cheerfully tore up five years of glittering pop history. He’d just disposed of Wham!, the band he’d formed with school friend Andrew Ridgeley when they were teenagers, and now, at 23, he knew he was all grown up. He just needed to convince everyone else. Faith is what happens when you’ve outstripped your dreams, your peers, your friends and your audience and no one’s caught up yet. It’s about pouring all of that confusion, insecurity and sizzling ambition into music that comes out confused, insecure and ambitious – and then selling 20 million copies of it.
Cinema Memories
Authors: Stokes Melvyn , Jones Matthew , Pett Emma
Published: March 2022

Cinema Memories brings together and analyses the memories of almost a thousand people of going to the cinema in Britain during the 1960s. It offers a fresh perspective on the social, cultural and film history of what has come to be seen as an iconic decade, with the release of films such as A Taste of Honey, The Sound of Music, Darling, Blow-Up, Alfie, The Graduate, and Bonnie and Clyde.

Drawing on first-hand accounts, authors Melvyn Stokes, Matthew Jones and Emma Pett explore how cinema-goers constructed meanings from the films they watched - through a complex process of negotiation between the films concerned, their own social and cultural identities, and their awareness of changes in British society. Their analysis helps the reader see what light the cultural memory of 1960s cinema-going sheds on how the Sixties in Britain is remembered and interpreted.

Positioning their study within debates about memory, 1960s cinema, and the seemingly transformative nature of this decade of British history, the authors reflect on the methodologies deployed, the use of memories as historical sources, and the various ways in which cinema and cinema-going came to mean something to their audiences.
Deep Learning Frameworks Evaluation for Image Classification on Resource Constrained Device
Authors: Febvay Mathieu , Bounekkar Ahmed
Published: March 2022

Each new generation of smartphone gains capabilities that increase performance and power efficiency allowing us to use them for increasingly complex calculations such as Deep Learning. This paper implemented four Android deep learning inference frameworks (TFLite, MNN, NCNN and PyTorch) to evaluate the most recent generation of System On a Chip (SoC) Samsung Exynos 2100, Qualcomm Snapdragon 865+ and 865. Our work focused on image classification task using five state-of-the-art models. The 50 000 images of the ImageNet 2012 validation subset were inferred. Latency and accuracy with various scenarios like CPU, OpenCL, Vulkan with and without multi-threading were measured. Power efficiency and realworld use-case were evaluated from these results as we run the same experiment on the device's camera stream until they consumed 3% of their battery. Our results show that low-level software optimizations, image pre-processing algorithms, conversion process and cooling design have an impact on latency, accuracy and energy efficiency.
Enhanced Grey Box Fuzzing for Intel Media Driver
Authors: Zhang Linlin , Luo Ning
Published: March 2022

Grey box fuzzing is one of the most successful methods for automatic vulnerability detection. However, conventional Grey box Fuzzers like AFL can open perform fuzzing against the whole input and spend more time on smaller seeds with lower execution time, which significantly impact fuzzing efficiency for complicated input types. In this work, we introduce one intelligent grey box fuzzing for Intel Media driver, MediaFuzzer, which can perform effective fuzzing based on selective fields of complicated input. Also, with one novel calling depth-based power schedule biased toward seed corpus which can lead to deeper calling chain, it dramatically improves the vulnerability exposures (~6.6 times more issues exposed) and fuzzing efficiency (~2.7 times more efficient) against the baseline AFL for Intel media driver with almost negligible overhead.