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The state of legal regulation of the material direction of social protection for customs officials
Authors: Shkoda V.
Published: February 2023

The article is devoted to clarifying the current state of legal regulation in Ukraine regarding the material direction of social protection for customs officials. First, the author analyzes the special features of the material direction of social protection for the relevant circle of employees. This is done through the prism of the mechanism of legal regulation of social protection for customs officers. It is established that the material direction of social protection for customs officials is regulated by the norms of legislative acts as well as at the subordinate level. In accordance with current legislation, the main guarantor of social protection for customs officials in Ukraine (in the context of their material security) is the state. It follows from the current legislation that the main form of social protection for customs officials is in the context of the material direction of their social protection measures for the calculation and payment of wages (which consist of the main and ad ditional components). Other material forms of social protection for customs officials are measures for the accrual and payment of monetary funds for the purpose of compensation by the state for the harm caused to the employee; and material assistance to the employee. It is established that the current state of legal regulation of the material direction of social protection for customs officers is characterized by a variety of problems that prevent the full-fledged operation of the principle of legal certainty of the norms of legislation on social protection for such workers. An author proposes to create a conceptual and strategic document addressing the social protection of customs officials in order to address these problems. This document should pay attention to the problems of regulatory regulation in the material direction of social protection for workers and outline the main guidelines for solving these problems. It is also proposed to make numerous changes to the Customs Code of Ukraine, namely: to clarify the list of additional components of the salary of customs officials; to expand the possibility of acquiring the right to receive funds (as a result of the state compensation procedure) by all customs officials; and to regulate the right to financial assistance, as well as to determine the grounds, conditions, and general procedure for receiving financial assistance by customs officials (who are civil servants). Separately, the author justified the need to create and approve a rewritten resolution of the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine on “Some issues of remuneration of customs officials”.
Analysis of the advantages and risks of the implementation of the medium-term budget planning mechanism in Ukraine
Authors: Gay K.
Published: February 2023

The article examines the essence of medium-term budget planning as a budget plan for forecasted activities for the medium-term period, forecasting the number of funds needed to achieve the chosen goals in the medium-term perspective. A significant difference in the approaches to interpreting budget planning and forecasting has been determined. Attention is drawn to the fact that medium-term budget planning is only a forecast and does not involve setting exact figures. In particular, the elements of medium-term budget planning based on world experience were studied, as well as the results of the targeted implementation of such a mechanism. The main reasons for the rapid implementation of the medium-term budget planning mechanism for countries with high and low-income levels are indicated. Several advantages and features were analyzed, and attention was paid to the disclosure of factors that currently hold back the mechanism of implementing medium-term budget planning in Ukraine. Therefore, the purpose of the article will be to analyze the advantages and risks of implementing the mechanism of medium-term budget planning in Ukraine, justifying the need to develop a system of strategic medium-term budget planning in Ukraine as a tool for ensuring the effectiveness and efficiency of strategic management in the context of the modernization of the public finance system in Ukraine based on the study of foreign experience and assessments of domestic scientific developments. It is justified that analyzing the advantages of the studied mechanism, it should be noted that the effective introduction of medium-term budget planning will allow Ukraine to provide financial resources for the process of fulfilling strategic state tasks, increase the stability of state finances and budget discipline, and increase the predictability and efficiency of state investments.
Literasi informasi pada proses pembelajaran jarak jauh di TK Islam Arafah di Jakarta
Authors: Maulana Rizky Nofit , Rohanda Rohanda , Perdana Fitri
Published: February 2023

This research discusses about literacy distance learning at Arafah Islamic Kindergarten Jakarta based on lesson plans; learning methods; learning activities; and post-learning activities. This study aims to describe information literacy through distance learning activities at Arafah Islamic Kindergarten in Jakarta. The method used in this research is a qualitative method with a case study approach. Data is collected through observation, interviews, documentation, and literature studies. The researcher selected informants with purposive sampling method which sellect the principal, teachers, and parents of students of Arafah Islamic Kindergarten Jakarta. The results of this study explain that distance learning or online learning began to emerge during the Covid-19 pandemic as suggested by the Ministry of Education and Culture, including in terms of learning literacy in children. Arafah Islamic Kindergarten Jakarta itself has created a special curriculum for distance learning activities based on philosophical, sociological, and psycho-pedagogical aspects. At Arafah Islamic Kindergarten Jakarta, literacy learning and basic numeracy literacy are taught remotely using the resource-based learning method and scientific approach. The school has tried to teach children literacy effectively and efficiently by innovating learning activities through children's worksheets, home-visit activities, and video learning. After the learning activities, the school provides assessments through weekly report cards. To optimize distance learning activities, the school collaborates with parents or guardians in every distance learning activity.
Figurative and Motive Unity of Joseph Brodsky’s Cycle “Mexican Divertissement”
Authors: Bogdanova O. V. , Baranova T. N.
Published: February 2023

An interpretation   of   the   semantic   unity of the poetic cycle of Joseph Brodsky “Mexican    Divertissement”    (1975),    consisting of 7 (15) lyrical texts, is proposed. If earlier researchers considered one or another poem of the cycle in isolation, then the problem of the integrity of the entire lyrical work is actualized in the work, the question of the relationship of individual cyclic texts is raised. It is shown how the same characters (emperor Maximilian, Huaretz, lyrical hero), images (ducks, parrot, lizard, cancer, etc.), motives (loneliness, death, delirium), details (geometry of figures, etc.), words and signs (explicated and implied) pass from text to text, ensuring the unity of the whole variety of melodic “pictures” of the divertissement. It is traced how “random” details appearing in one text are overgrown with additional connotations in another, providing semantic and logical support for the whole. Brodsky’s intertextual references to classical Russian literature are revealed, which translate the code of the text from “Mexican divertissement” to “Leningrad / Petersburg”, allowing one to discern the contours of the history of Russia and the fate of the hero himself (alter ego of the author) behind the exotic realities of Mexico. Some “dark places” of the cycle are deciphered, new interpretations of those already reflected by criticism are proposed. It is shown that the intention of the hero-narrator is focused not on the position of the scriptertraveler, but the creator-thinker.
Cultural Memory: to 100th Anniversary of A. M. Gorky Stay in German Saarov
Authors: Kudryavtseva T. V.
Published: February 2023

The article presents evidence of A. M. Gorky’s stay in the German city of Saarov in 1922-1923. Within the framework of the historical-contextual approach, an attempt was made to show how the mechanisms for preserving and updating memory function in relation to a particular writer. We are talking about the world-famous classic of Russian / Soviet literature — A. M. Gorky. It is traced how his personality and creative heritage, which once became part of world literature, are perceived in a foreign cultural space of the 21st century (namely, a century after Gorky’s stay in Germany at the beginning of the 20th century). The analysis involves both material objects of culture (museum complexes, monuments, etc.), onomastic geolocation, and elements of memorial culture related to written sources. These are the memoirs of contemporaries, research, as well as the actualization of Gorky’s work at the level of mass consciousness (the creation of a certain citation book from Gorky’s works, etc.). It is concluded that Gorky’s personality and work continue to be an integral part of the memorial culture of Germany, and his name, despite the change of generations, ideologies and geopolitical shifts, has not been erased from the cultural map of this country.
Animal Husbandry in Sverdlovsk Region in 1953—1985
Authors: Mamyachenkov V. N. , Lvova M. I. , Kulikova E. S.
Published: February 2023

The relevance of the work is due to the enduring theoretical and practical interest shown by Russian society in the historical period considered in the article. The novelty of the study is seen in the fact that the materials from the funds of one federal and two regional archives, some of which are introduced into scientific circulation for the first time are used in the article. It is emphasized that the period under study included a huge number of events that directly affected the state of the country’s agriculture, including husbandry. It is argued that by the beginning of the 20th century the Middle Urals already had a fairly developed livestock sector. Attention is focused on the fact that the husbandry sector of the region met the beginning of the study period with poor performance. The authors express their conviction that the personal subsidiary plot of citizens (PSP) played an important role in providing the population with livestock products throughout the study period. It is concluded that, despite all the vicissitudes and cataclysms, the average per capita consumption of the three most important husbandry products (meat, milk and eggs) among a significant part of the population of the region by the beginning of the 1970s had reached the level of scientifically based consumption norms.
“Postantonovism” as a Special Stage in Development of Tambov Village (1921 — Mid-1920s)
Authors: Nikolashin V. P. , Erin P. V. , Gatilow E. V.
Published: February 2023

The socio-political situation of the Tambov village in the last months of the Antonov uprising and in the period after its completion is studied. The conflict, which had formed by 1920, was not resolved and took the form of an armed struggle, created the conditions for the development of “social banditry”. By the second half of 1921, the village “recognized” the strength of the Bolsheviks, but still longed for freedom from harsh tax policies, mobilizations, etc. In 1923 there was a progressive “appeasement” of the peasantry. The development of “social banditry” into “criminal banditry” begins. The number of crimes “against the Soviet Republic and the order of government” is declining, and property crimes are beginning to predominate. This was due to the improvement in the socio-economic situation of the peasantry after the 1922 harvest. Several tens of thousands of Antonovites and their families, because of the death of relatives, because of their stay in concentration camps, because of conflict relations in their villages with their neighbors, felt the consequences of the uprising for a long time. At the other extreme were the families of the Bolsheviks and Soviet workers killed by the rebels, who found themselves in a difficult economic situation. Representatives of the opposing sides were in decline, the apotheosis of which was the famine of 1922. For the restoration of the destabilized local society, progressive steps were required on the part of the authorities.
Economic Development of Siberia during Reforms of Peter I: Craft and Emergence of Industry
Authors: Suslova L. N. , Yarkova I. V.
Published: February 2023

The features of the industrial development of the Siberian region at the end of the 17th — the first quarter of the 18th centuries are studied. The analysis of legislative and clerical, statistical sources, generalization and systematization of the results of research in the field of development of the Siberian handicraft and manufacturing production of the late 17th — first quarter of the 18th centuries made it possible to identify the degree of influence of Peter I’s reforms on this process. It is concluded that in the period under review, the main form of industrial production in Siberia was small-scale handicraft production, in many sectors of which progress was observed, due both to the improvement of the technological process and to the regulatory orders of Peter I of a national and regional nature. It is noted that in the complex of transformative undertakings, Peter I paid special attention to Siberia, although in some cases the regulatory provisions of the royal decrees regarding certain types of handicraft production did not give much effect in the region, as was the case, for example, with the decrees of 1715 on the prohibition of tanning leather without the use of blubber and the manufacture of narrow linen and hemp cloths. The most significant government decrees with a regional focus on crafts related to stone building and river shipbuilding. The authors of the article show that an important result of the reform activities of Peter I was the development of large-scale manufactory and factory production in Siberia.
“Bacchic” Face in A. P. Chekhov’s Prose: Linguistic Aspect
Authors: Dimitrieva O. A.
Published: February 2023

The individual-author’s interpretation of the word face and partially its synonymous series in the Bacchic context in the works of A. P. Chekhov is studied. The material for the study is fragments from the prose works of the writer, presented in the Complete Works, which, along with a description of the character’s appearance, contain an indication of the situation of drinking alcohol. The relevance of this study is associated with the definition of idio-style features (individual and usual) in the representation of the situation of drinking wine, as well as with the features of describing the appearance of a Bacchic person. It has been revealed that in the Bacchic context the lexeme “face” is accompanied by evaluative characteristics, verbalized adjectival phrases, which contain information about both the shape, texture, complexion, and about the activity, pastime of the subject of the situation. It is shown that the face becomes a mirror of a person’s lifestyle and can have an artifactual interpretation, that is, it acquires the same properties as clothes — it becomes “rumpled”, “tattered”, “worn”. It is also noted that an outside observer is able to read thoughts and emotions from facial expressions, and the inability to see a face is the cause of fear.
Punctuation Errors of Adult Native Russian Speakers and Psycholinguistics (Dash between Subject and Predicate)
Authors: Seagal K. Ya.
Published: February 2023

The problem of psycholinguistic interpretation (from the point of view of the writer) of punctuation errors is considered. The material for the study was punctuation errors in the punctogram “Dash between the subject and the predicate” and their explanations obtained from adult subjects (from 22 to 30 years old) as part of a “natural” experiment. The relevance of the study lies, firstly, in the psycholinguistic “turn” in the study of punctuation errors; secondly, in the development of the concept of punctuation as a special component in the generation of a written utterance. It is shown that punctuation errors associated with the omission of a dash or with the use of a comma instead of it in the position between the nominative

/ infinitive subject and the predicate with a zero copula are mainly due to the overgeneralization of the model conditions for the use of a dash. The author explains that the punctuation component is created by punctuation skills acquired in the learning process and is a system of speech actions (and operations) that allow using a punctogram or a punctuation mark in accordance with the norm, usage and intentions of the writer. The analysis of punctuation errors comes to the conclusion that the punctuation component, on the one hand, is distributed between the late phases of inner speech and external speech, and on the other hand, belongs not only to the model of generating a separate written utterance, but also to the model of generating a written text.
Musyarakah Financing Risk Management at Bank Syariah Indonesia
Authors: Nasri Katman Muhammad , Furqan Arajab Muh. , Parakkasi Idris
Published: February 2023

Penelitian ini membahas tentang manajemen risiko pembiayaan akad musyarakah pada Bank Syariah Indonesia. Tujuan dari penelitian ini adalah untuk mengetahui bagaimana penerapan manajemen risiko pembiayaan musyarakah yang dilakukan oleh BSI. Pendekatan penelitian yang digunakan adalah pendekatan kualitatif, dengan metode deskriptif kualitatif. Sumber data yang digunakan dalam penelitian ini adalah data primer yang diperoleh dari lapangan melalui proses pengumpulan data dengan metode observasi, wawancara serta dokumentasi dan data sekunder berupa literatur seperti buku, jurnal ilmiah maupun penelitian terdahulu untuk dijadikan sebagai bahan referensi dan juga pertimbangan pada penyusunan penelitian ini. Teknik analisis data yang digunakan ialah metode pengumpulan data, reduksi data, penyajian data serta uji keabsahan data. Hasil dari penelitian ini menunjukkan bahwa Bank Syariah Indonesia telah menerapkan proses manajemen risiko mulai dari mengidentifikasi risiko dan melakukan tindak pencegahan sedini mungkin seperti pengajuan persyaratan dokumen, pemeriksaan laporan keuangan dan latar belakang nasabah untuk mencegah risiko tersebut terjadi dikemudian hari, melakukan pengawasan dalam mekanisme pelaporan kegiatan usaha nasabah yang dilakukan tiap bulannya serta proses restrukturisasi terhadap pembiayaan nasabah yang mengalami masalah, hingga mekanisme tahap akhir penyelesaian pembiayaan yang harus jelas dan komunikatif untuk menghindari kesalahan informasi yang mungkin dapat terjadi.
Islamic Financial Literacy Level in Jayapura City
Authors: Abidin Muhamad Zainal , Affandy Fachrudin Fiqri , Pratiwi Ira Eka , Karman Abd.
Published: February 2023

Informasi yang tuntas dan kridibel tentunya sangat di butuhkan masyarakat. Hal ini akan mempengaruhi sikap masyarakat dalam mengambil keputusan tentang lembaga keuangan. Penelitian ini bertujuan mengetahui tingkat literasi keuangan masyarakat Kota Jayapura Provinsi Papua. Objek penelitian ini yaitu masyarakat Kota Jayapura dan subjek penelitian adalah pengetahuan masyarakat terhadap lembaga Keuangan syariah, pengelolaan keuangan, dan keyakinan masyarakat dalam mengelola keuangan. Data yang digunakan pada penelitian ini adalah data primer melalui kuesioner. Sampel sebanyak 230 responden. Pengolahan data dengan SPSS dengan pendekatan analisis deskriptif persentase. Hasil penelitian menunjukkan tingkat literasi keuangan syariah masyarakat kota Jayapura masih rendah yaitu hanya sebesar 41%. Hal itu disebabkan karena kurangnya edukasi tentang keuangan kepada masyarakat, serta minimnya minat masyarakat menggunakan produk syariah. Faktor yang mendasari adalah karena jenis kelamin, tingkat pendapatan, pendididikan, dan pekerjaan. Penelitian ini diharapkan menjadi dasar rujukan pengambilan kebijakan oleh para pemangku kebijakan di kota Jayapura
Young Queenslanders’ experiences of COVID-19 : Insights from the Our Lives cohort study
Authors: Skrbiš Zlatko , Smith Jonathan , Laughland-Booÿ Jacqueline , Cook Duncan , Tranter Bruce , Findlay Andrea , Cunningham Maddison
Published: February 2023

[Extract] These findings provide an overview of changes in young Queenslanders’ attitudes, behaviours, and life pathways during the early spread of COVID-19 and public health restrictions to contain it. Evidently, this period of sudden, mass social and economic disruption posed heightened risks to the social, economic, and psychological well-being of the Our Lives cohort and those young adults they represent. The introduction of emergency welfare measures may have been a short-term buffer to some of these impacts, as were the opportunities found by more fortunate young people to strengthen existing relationships, and cultivate an inward focus on personal goals, interests, and health. Nonetheless, our research suggests both the risks and opportunities posed by COVID-19 are being experienced unevenly within the cohort, with the potential for a widening of social inequalities. Encouragingly, there were signs that political bipartisanship on the issue of COVID-19 has helped to reverse a long-term decline in young people’s trust in government and politicians generally. Further research on the Our Lives cohort will thus be critical for understanding the longer-term implications of COVID-19 for the lives and outlooks of young Queenslanders into 2021 and beyond.
ON THE EQUILIBRIUM OF STRATIFIED VISCOELASTIC PLASMA WITH QUANTUM PRESSURE AND SUSPENDED PARTICLES SATURATING POROUS MEDIUM
Authors: Thakur Anukampa , Sharma Veena , C. Rana Gian
Published: February 2023

Stability of stratified incompressible viscoelastic plasma arranged in horizontal strata with quantum pressure and dust particles saturated by a porous medium is investigated. The rheology of the plasma is described by the Walters (model B). The set of non-linear partial differential equations defining the physical system are reduced to linear ordinary differential equations by using the perturbation method, linear theory and normal mode technique. The density, viscosity, viscoelasticity and quantum pressure are assumed to stratify exponentially along the vertical, to obtain exact solutions satisfying the physical boundary conditions and the dispersion relation. The values of growth rate of the unstable perturbed modes are computed numerically to investigate roles that the various variables play on the stability on the considered physical system and are shown graphically. It is observed that the suspended dust particles density and relaxation time factor have a destabilizing effect on the system; whereas viscoelasticity in the presence of suspended dust particles lead to more damping in the frequency of perturbed waves. This work finds applications in diverse fields viz. modern technology, industries, astrophysics, petroleum oil additives, equipment of aero planes etc.
MIXED-MODE STRESS INTENSITY FACTOR EVALUATION BY INTERACTION INTEGRAL METHOD UNDER THERMAL AND MECHANICAL LOADS
Authors: Ferhat Yazid Ait , Mohamed Mossaab Blaoui , Hichem Chorfi , Ilyes Abacha , Lilia Benchikh , Maya Kebaili , Abdelkader Boulenouar
Published: February 2023

The objective of this study is to present numerical aspects related to the implementation of the interaction integral method for the purpose of determining the stress intensity factors in mode I and mixed-mode crack problems of functionally graded materials (FGM) and homogenous materials for a different form of cracking. This numerical development is based on the use of the finite element method (FEM), by the coupling of the Ansys-Matlab calculation codes. To validate the accuracy and reliability of the approach, the results obtained will be compared with other numerical results in the literature. The interaction integral method is one of the methods most compatible with the formulation of the finite element method. Therefore, we are interested in this study, in terms of the presentation of necessary steps which allow the resolution of a problem by finite elements for the mechanical problems. It is very important to note that the principle of the implementation of the â€œIntegral Mâ€ technique is using scripts based on the coupling of two commercial software.
PENERAPAN FILTER AIR SEDERHANA SEBAGAI SOLUSI PENGOLAHAN AIR SUMUR DI SUNGAI MENGKUANG KABUPATEN BUNGO DAN KELURAHAN KAMPUNG BARU KOTA MEDAN
Authors: Syawal Ferdy Ashari , Fadhila Fadhila , Zulkarnaini Zulkarnaini
Published: February 2023

Kegiatan ini bertujuan untuk memberi solusi bagi masyarakat Perumahan Al-Madina RT 016 Kelurahan Sungai Mengkuang Kecamatan Rimbo Tengah Kabupaten Bungo untuk mengolah air sumur yang berwarna keruh dan berbau karat menjadi air bersih dengan budget yang murah dan jangka pakai yang lebih lama untuk digunakan sebagai keperluan higiene sanitasi. Air sumur berwarna keruh dan berbau karat diindikasi mengandung padatan tersuspensi dan logam besi (Fe). Metode kegiatan yang digunakan adalah penyuluhan dan pelatihan pembuatan filter air sederhana dengan bahan yang murah dan mudah ditemukan. Hasil kegiatan adalah masyarakat antusias dengan kegiatan ini yang dibuktikan dengan jumlah warga yang hadir sebanyak 21 orang dan banyaknya pertanyaan-pertanyaan yang diajukan. Hasil pengolahan air sumur di lokasi kegiatan terlihat lebih jernih dan bau karat pada air menjadi lebih berkurang daripada sebelum dilakukan pengolahan. Hal ini disebabkan karena media filter yang digunakan berupa karbon aktif, pasir malang dan dakron (kapas filter) dapat menahan padatan tersuspensi dan menjerap logam besi (Fe) pada air sumur. Dengan telah dilaksanakan kegiatan ini masyarakat telah menjadi paham tentang pentingnya air bersih yang sesuai dengan standar keperluan higiene sanitasi dan menjadi terdorong untuk membuat filter air sederhana secara mandiri. Dari hasil kegiatan dapat disimpulkan bahwa: (1) masyarakat/ mitra telah mendapatkan pemahaman tentang pentingnya air bersih yang sesuai dengan standar keperluan higiene sanitasi (2) masyarakat dapat membuat filter air sederhana secara mandiri dengan bahan yang murah dan mudah didapat, (3) Hasil pengolahan air sumur di kedua lokasi terlihat lebih jernih dan bau karat pada air menjadi lebih berkurang daripada sebelum dilakukan pengolahan.
Evaluation of phytochemical and nutritional composition of Boriavi ginger variety
Authors: Chhasatiya Hemrajsinh , Tagalpallewar Govind
Published: February 2023

The “Boriavi” variety of ginger was evaluated for its phytochemical and nutritional composition. The proximate composition was found to be 86.30 ± 0.11% moisture content (% wet basis), 2.70 ± 0.06% protein content, 0.60 ± 0.01% fat content, 1.30 ± 0.07% fiber content, 1.88 ± 0.02% ash content, and 7.20 ± 0.11% carbohydrate content. The ascorbic acid content was found to be 6.55 ± 0.26 mg per 100g, antioxidant activity was found to be 86.94 ± 0.16% by DPPH method, and total phenolic content was found to be 41.45 ± 0.17 mg GAE per 100ml. The mineral composition in fresh ginger was also evaluated in which phosphorus (10955 ± 2.00 mg kg-1) was found to be the highest among all minerals.
Aspectos do transtorno de jogos pela internet no Brasil
Authors: Dias Marcelo Vergueiro , Oliveira Karina Cestari de
Published: February 2023

Objetivo: Analisar e discutir o os aspectos do Transtorno de Jogos pela Internet no Brasil. Revisão bibliográfica: A indústria de jogos consiste em realidade ao mercado do entretenimento, abrangendo públicos diversos, especialmente pelo desenvolvimento de novas tecnologias e diferentes formas de interação social que adicionam novas variáveis ao uso dos jogos eletrônicos. Nesse contexto, insere-se o Transtorno de jogos pela internet, cuja prevalência verificada no Brasil foi maior entre jovens com uso problemático de videogame quando comparada à média mundial. Os fatores associados destacam o gênero masculino, tipo de jogo utilizado, número de horas jogadas, e presença de transtorno mental prévio. Durante a pandemia da COVID-19, foi observado aumento da prevalência, com maior tempo gasto em atividades on-line e jogos como mecanismo de enfrentamento. A principal abordagem descrita em literatura é a terapia cognitivo comportamental, com heterogeneidade de técnicas relatadas como eficazes. Considerações finais: Estudos da relação da saúde mental com diferentes tipos de jogos são necessários para dimensionar o impacto que a crescente indústria de jogos on-line pode trazer para a atual e futuras gerações, com discussões em âmbito público, a fim de regulamentação que evitem prejuízos à qualidade de vida dessa população.
Coronary Physiologic Assessment Based on Angiography and Intracoronary Imaging
Authors: Reddy M. S. Harish , Maddury Jyotsna , Mamas Mamas A. , Assa Hana Vaknin , Kornowski Ran
Published: February 2023

Intracoronary physiology testing has evolved as a promising diagnostic approach in the management of patients with coronary artery disease. The value of hyperemic translesional pressure ratios to estimate the functional relevance of coronary stenoses is supported by a wealth of outcomes data. The continuing drive to further simplify this approach led to the development of non-hyperemic pressure-based indices. Recent attention has focused on estimating functional significance without invasively measuring coronary pressure through the measurement of virtual indices derived from the coronary angiogram. By offering a routine assessment of the physiology of all the major epicardial coronary vessels, angiogram-derived physiology has the potential to modify current practice by facilitating more accurate patient-level, vessel-level, and even lesion-level decision making. This article reviews the current state of angiogram-derived physiology and speculates on its potential impact on clinical practice, in continuation to the previously published article on coronary physiology in this journal.
MARKETING TOOLS ROLE IN THE FORMATION OF MODERN INSURANCE BUSINESS MODELS
Authors: Lieka Tetiana
Published: February 2023

Introduction. A unique feature of the insurance business is revealed in the fact that the sale of the insurance product precedes its actual execution. Provision of the insurance service is probabilistic in nature, that is, the client receives an insurance payment only if insurance event specified in the insurance contract occurs. Therefore, the need for insurance in most cases is not realized by the potential policyholder, unlike other needs. This can explain the high interest in the use of effective marketing tools, their constant review and evaluation of effectiveness. The purpose. The purpose of the article is to research the realities of using marketing tools and identify its components in the modern practice of the insurance companies functioning, and to formulate on this basis the author's interpretation of the definition of "insurance marketing". Results. The article examines the evolutionary course of the insurance marketing formation in countries with developed economies and highlights the main four stages of its development. Key attributes of modern insurance marketing are determined – insurance products, price, coverage, advertising and sales. It is substantiated that the models construction modernity of insurance companies functioning occurs due to the achievement of a synergistic effect from the use of marketing tools. The components of marketing tools are presented and it is proved that the use of existing and innovative marketing tools determines the construction of further vectors of the company's development. It is emphasized that the set of marketing tools is not stable and evaluating the effectiveness of the used marketing tools is a somewhat difficult task. In order to evaluate the effectiveness of the marketing tools use, a combination of both quantitative and qualitative methods is used. At the same time, it is difficult to clearly divide the methods of assessing the effectiveness of both insurance marketing in general in the activities of the insurer and specific marketing tools. The author's interpretation of the understanding of modern marketing tools is presented. Conclusions. Considering thefacts mentioned above and taking into account modern trends, it is possible to outline a modern marketing toolkit as a set of methods and approaches that an insurance company implements in its activities in order to implement its market activity and ensure the effectiveness of its functioning. At the same time, the marketing toolkit, given its complexity and the great variety of its modifications, is used differently in one or another insurance business model and, in turn, determines such a model.
Covid-19 Pandemisinin Türkiye’de Fitoterapiye Yönelik İlgiye Etkisinin Google Trends Üzerinden Araştırılması
Authors: BÜYÜKDERELİ ATADAĞ Yıldız , NİZAMOĞULLARI Fevzi , KETEN Hamit Sırrı
Published: February 2023

Giriş: Covid-19 pandemisinde, Covid-19 tedavisinin olmaması, bireyleri tedavi arayışında farklı yolları araştırmaya sebep olmuştur. Bu yollardan biri bağışıklık arttırıcı ürünler ve onların bu ürünlerde önemli bir yeri olan fitoterapi tedavisidir. Amaç: Bu çalışmada COVID-19 pandemisinde google trends üzerinden Türkiye’de insanların fitoterapi ve fitoterapik ürünleri araştırma ilgilerinde bir değişiklik olup olmadığı görülmek istenmiştir. Gereç ve yöntem:09.04.2018-31.01.2021 tarihleri arasında Google Trends üzerinde yapılan araştırma hacimleri değerlendirildi. Fitoterapi ürünlerine yönelik insanların yaptıkları arama hacimlerini belirlemek üzere 30 ‘arama terimi’ kullanıldı. Excel ve SPSS programları kullanılarak aylık, yıllık ve pandemi öncesi-sonrası dönem rakamları belirlendi. Bulgular: COVID-19 pandemisi öncesinde Fitoterapi arama terimlerine yönelik arama hacmi ortalaması 33.17 iken, COVID-19 pandemisi döneminde 41.84 olarak belirlendi. COVID-19 pandemisi döneminde Fitoterapi uygulamaları arama hacmi, COVID-19 pandemi öncesi dönemine göre anlamlı seviyede yüksek olarak saptandı (p=0.001). Çalışmamızda, pandemi döneminde arama hacmi ortalaması en sık görülen terimler 2021 yılı için yeşil çay, rezene, papatya çayı, melisa çayı, biberiye olarak belirlendi. Pandemi döneminin başladığı 2020 yılı için de rezene, biberiye, anason, papatya çayı, yeşil çay, adaçayı, hatmi, yaban mersini olarak tespit edildi. Sonuç: İlginin arttığı fitoterapinin uygulanmasında sağlık çalışanlarının primer görev yapması ve halkı bu konuda bilinçlendirmesi büyük öneme sahiptir.
Adamantane-annulation to arenes: A simple strategy for property modulation of aromatic pi-systems
Authors: Yoshihara Takaku , Shudo Hiroki , Yagi Akiko , Itami Kenichiro
Published: February 2023

Peripheral structural modifications of arenes are widely used to control or improve the optoelectronic properties, molecular assembly, and stability of aromatic pi-materials as well as to explore new functions. However, known modifications are often tedious and complex; therefore, a simple yet powerful modification strategy is needed. We discovered that annulation with a simple adamantane scaffold exerts a significant impact on the properties, alignment, and stability of aromatic pi-systems. This unprecedented adamantane annulation was achieved by a two-step transformation of metalated arenes and 4-protoadamantanone, generating a range of adamantane-annulated arenes. Analysis on structural and electronic property uncovered unique effects of the process, such as high solubility and enhanced conjugation. The oxidation of adamantane-annulated perylenes produced strikingly stable cationic species with emission extended to near-infrared region. This simple property modulation of aromatic pi-systems would not only create potentially ground-breaking oi-materials but also novel nanocarbon materials, such as diamond-graphene hybrids.
Rational Design of Molecular Cavity Polariton Relaxation
Authors: Wanasinghe Sachithra , Burson Wade , Gjoni Adelina , Majeski Caris , Zaslona Bradly , Avramenko Aleksandr , Rury Aaron
Published: February 2023

Maximizing the coherence between the constituents of molecular materials remains a crucial goal towards the implementation of these systems into everyday optoelectronic technologies operating at room temperature. In this study we experimentally assess the ability of strong light-matter coupling in the collective limit to reduce the impact of energetic disorder on polariton relaxation using multiple porphyrin-based chromophores in different Fabry-Perot (FP) micro-resonator structures. Following characterization of cavity polaritons formed from spatially separated porphyrin monomers and uniformly dispersed porphyrin dimers, we find the peak corresponding to the lower polariton (LP) state in each sample does not possess a width consistent with con- ventional theories of the dispersive energetics in these systems. We model the anomalous, dispersive behavior of the LP peak width in each sample effectively using the results of a Greens function theory used to explain motional narrowing of polariton luminescence spectra in high quality, fully inorganic micro-cavities. We correlate differences in the suppression of excitonic energetic disorder between our samples with macroscopic aspects of specific FP micro-resonators and microscopic attributes of the distinct porphyrin species we use to form cavity polaritons. Our results demonstrate how researchers can design coherence into hybrid molecular material systems to improve their suitability for next generation optoelectronic technologies.
Balancing on a Knife's Edge: Studies on the Synthesis of Pillar[6]arene Derivatives
Authors: Swirepik Oscar , Smith Jordan , White Nicholas
Published: February 2023

Pillar[6]arenes are established as crucial building blocks in supramolecular chemistry, however they can be difficult to synthesize, particularly in the absence of large solubilizing substituents. In this work we explore variability in literature syntheses of pillar[6]arene derivatives, and suggest that the outcome is dependent on whether oligomeric intermediates stay in solution long enough for thermodynamically favourable macrocyclization to occur. We demonstrate that in a previously capricious BF3OEt2-mediated procedure, 5 mol% of a Brnsted acid can slow down the reaction to favour macrocycle formation.
Enzymatically catalyzed furan-based copolyesters containing dimerized fatty acid derivative as a building block
Authors: Sokołowska Martyna , Nowak-Grzebyta Jagoda , Stachowska Ewa , Miądlicki Piotr , Michalkiewicz Beata , El Fray Miroslawa
Published: February 2023

An environmentally friendly method of creating sustainable alternatives to traditional aromatic-aliphatic polyesters is presented. A group of furan-based copolymers was synthesised via temperature-varied two-step polycondensation reaction in diphenyl ether using Candida antarctica lipase B (CAL-B) as biocatalyst where dimethyl 2,5-furandicarboxylate (DMFDCA), ,-aliphatic linear diols (,-ALD), and dimerized fatty acid diol (DLD) were used as the starting materials. Nuclear magnetic spectroscopy (1H and 13C NMR), Fourier transform spectroscopy (FTIR) and gel permeation chromatography (GPC) were used to analyze the resulting copolymers. Additionally, crystallization behavior and thermal properties were studied using X-ray diffraction (XRD), digital holographic microscopy (DHM), and differential scanning microscopy (DSC). The results showed that the diol chain length of ,-ALD used in the synthesis had a significant effect on the material thermal properties and crystalline structure thus being an important guideline in design of entirely bio-based copolymers prepared by biocatalytic process.
Enhanced photocatalytic degradation of organic contaminants in water by highly tunable surface microlenses
Authors: Lu Qiuyun , Yang Lingling , Chelme-Ayala Pamela , Li Yanan , Zhang Xuehua , Gamal El-Din Mohamed
Published: February 2023

Photocatalysis is one of the dominant technologies used to enhance the efficiency of water decontamination with light-based treatments. However, the effectiveness of photocatalysts is usually limited by the irradiation conditions and the properties of the water matrix. In this work, we have demonstrated the capability of surface microlenses (MLs) as a clean technology for more efficient photocatalytic water decontamination. Random or ordered surface MLs were fabricated from simple polymerization of nanodroplets produced in a solvent exchange process. Both random microlenses (MLR) and microlenses array (MLA) could enhance the photocatalytic degradation efficiency of four representative pollutants, including methyl orange (MO), norfloxacin (NFX), sulfadiazine (SFD), sulfamethoxazole (SMX), spiked in ultra-pure water, synthetic natural water, or real river water. By controlling the conditions of light treatment, the photodegradation efficiency could be enhanced by up to 402%. The effectiveness of surface MLs was validated under both visible LED light and simulated solar light and for two photocatalysts zinc oxide (ZnO) and titanium dioxide (TiO2). By reducing the concentration of the photocatalysts from 100 to 5 mg/L and the intensity of irradiation intensity from 1 Sun to 0.3 Sun, our findings suggest that the enhancement factor by MLs was higher at lower catalyst concentration, or at lower light intensity. Based on optical simulations and experimental results, we demonstrated that surface MLs optimize the light distribution and promote the formation of active species, which results in the enhancement of degradation efficiency. The use of MLs may serve as a novel strategy to improve the photocatalytic degradation of micropollutants, especially in places where the available light source is weak, such as indoors or in cloudy regions.
Influence of precursor structure on the formation of tungsten oxide polymorphs
Authors: Juelsholt Mikkel , Aalling-Frederiksen Olivia , Lindahl Christiansen Troels , Kjær Emil T. S. , Lefeld Niels , Kirsch Andrea , Jensen Kirsten M. Ø.
Published: February 2023

Understanding material nucleation processes is crucial for the development of synthesis pathways for tailormade materials. However, we currently have little knowledge of the influence of the precursor solution structure on the formation pathway of materials. We here use in situ total scattering to show how the precursor solution structure influences which crystal structure is formed during the hydrothermal synthesis of tungsten oxides. We investigate the synthesis of tungsten oxide from the two polyoxometalate salts, ammonium metatungstate and ammonium paratungstate. In both cases, a hexagonal ammonium tungsten bronze (NH4)0.25WO3, is formed as the final product. If the precursor solution contains metatungstate clusters, this phase forms directly in the hydrothermal synthesis. However, if the paratungstate B cluster is present at the time of crystallization, a metastable intermediate phase in the form of a pyrochlore-type tungsten oxide, WO30*5H2O, initially forms. The pyrochlore structure then undergoes a phase transformation into the tungsten bronze phase. Our studies thus experimentally show that the precursor cluster structure present at the moment of crystallization directly influences the formed crystalline phase and suggest that the precursor structure just prior to crystallization can be used as a tool for targeting specific crystalline phases of interest.
A solar photocatalytic floating reactive barrier for aqueous gas emissions interception and treatment
Authors: Martin Jeffrey Thomas , Leshuk Timothy Michael Carter , Wilson Brad , Cheung Aaron , Young Zachary William , Gu Frank
Published: February 2023

Reduced sulfur compounds produced as a by-product of anaerobic digestion pose a significant health and environmental hazard for nearby communities. Here we assessed a novel floating reactive barrier (FRB), comprised of buoyant photocatalysts (BPCs), as a passive solution to intercept and treat malodorous compounds before crossing the air-water interface. Using industry provided samples of oil sands process water (OSPW) containing anaerobically produced aqueous sulfide, the FRB system was evaluated at both the bench and pilot scale. The photocatalytic FRB demonstrated a 95% reduction in H2S emissions at the lab scale and up to 98% at the pilot-scale under outdoor weather conditions and natural sunlight. H2S emissions intercepted by the FRB were found to be oxidized to non-volatile sulfate. An empirical reactive transport model describing the performance of the FRB is proposed informed by the results obtained in this work. The photocatalytic FRB described herein is proven to be an effective measure for the mitigation of potentially hazardous reduced sulfur compound emissions under solar UV conditions.
US Labor Market after COVID-19: An Interim Report
Authors: DeLuca Martin J. , Pinheiro Roberto B.
Published: February 2023

Headline numbers have shown that the US labor market has recovered the jobs lost during the pandemic. Nevertheless, there is significant variation in the recovery across states and counties and across occupations and industries. Using the available data from the monthly Current Population Survey and the Bureau of Labor Statistics’ State and Metro Area Employment, Hours, and Earnings for January 2019 to August 2022, we present the changing patterns in the labor market. We also highlight some possible underlying reasons that are correlated with the varying patterns across groups and space. Finally, we look at the spatial distribution of the employment across states and micro and metropolitan areas. Results are in line with an uneven recovery across areas, while at odds with a narrative based on working arrangements making economic activity more even across space.