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AIoT and Deep Neural Network-Based Accelerators for Healthcare and Biomedical Applications
Authors: K. Jothimani , K. L. Bhagya Jyothi
Published: March 2023

Convolutional neural network (CNN) systems have an increasing number of applications in healthcare and biomedical edge applications due to the advent of deep learning accelerators and neuromorphic workstations. AIoT and sense of care (SOC) medical technology development may benefit from this. In this chapter, the authors show how to develop deep learning accelerators to address healthcare analytics, pattern classification, and signal processing problems using emerging restrictive gadgets, field programmable gate arrays (FPGAs), and metal oxide semiconductors (CMOS). Neuromorphic processors are compared with DL counterparts when it comes to processing biological signals. In this study, the authors focus on a range of hardware systems that incorporate data from electromyography (EMG) and computer vision. Inferences are compared using neuromorphic processors as well as integrated AI accelerators. In the discussion, the authors examined the issues and benefits, downsides, difficulties, and possibilities that various acceleration and neuromorphic processors bring to medicine and biomedicine.
An Energy-Efficient Keyless Approach to Home Security Using Internet of Things
Authors: Hegde Sandeep Kumar , Hegde Rajalaxmi
Published: March 2023

The primary goal of the chapter is to modernize the security requirements for smart homes while building a complete home security system based on the internet of things. This system provides better security and dependability at a lower cost when compared to other security systems. Using the registered data to unlock the door increases security by preventing unauthorized unlocking. Security is ensured using two different techniques: first, the user can utilize facial recognition technology; second, they can provide access using a control app. The system provides the user with safer and more secure locking and unlocking technologies than the traditional technique.
Production and Use of Electric Vehicle Batteries
Authors: Coban Hasan Huseyin
Published: March 2023

Electromobility is considered the technology of the future due to its ecological and environmental advantages. Modern society relies on the movement of goods and people, but current transport systems have adverse effects on human health and the environment. There are also studies showing that the manufacture of batteries used in electric vehicles can also have a significant environmental impact. How large this environmental impact is affected by which batteries are used and their capacity, among other effects. At the same time, rapid development is taking place in the region, and information on environmental impact risks are rapidly becoming out of date. It is essential for lawmakers to provide up-to-date data on the environmental impact of the manufacture and charging of batteries and how infrastructure design affects the system. For the case study, an electric pickup truck belonging to a chain market in Turkey was used, and emissions from battery production and energy consumption were presented.
Stochastic Data Envelopment Analysis in Measuring the Efficiency of Electricity Distribution Companies
Authors: Aydın Zühre , Toklu Bilal
Published: March 2023

Performance benchmarking of electricity distribution markets is essential for improving industry performance parameters. In a benchmarking study, the most important problem is that regulators often do not have accurate, specific, and sufficient information to determine current input use to achieve expected amount of output. The study combines statistical symmetric error structure with stochastic chance constrained DEA models and compares deterministic data envelopment analysis (DEA) models with stochastic chance-constrained DEA models within random input and output variables. The proposed models were applied on Turkey's electricity distribution units for assessment of energy efficiency. Study revealed that the results obtained with random data softened efficiency frontier. This study contains symmetric error structure and random inputs and outputs for performance benchmarking of electricity distribution markets by stochastic data envelopment analysis within a symmetric error structure in Turkey.
Medical Cannabis in the Treatment of Epilepsy
Authors: Pattabhiramaiah Mahesh , Mallikarjunaiah Shanthala
Published: March 2023

Epilepsy is one of the most known neurological diseases of therapeutic challenge. Medical marijuana/medicinal cannabis is a cannabinoid phytochemical derivative of the cannabis plant used for medical purposes in treating seizures and has increased sharply in current years. Cannabis plants contain over 100 cannabinoids, and evidence supports its practice in the treatment of a few childhood epilepsies. The active and major cannabinoids such as delta-9-tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) and cannabidiol (CBD) exist in the cannabis plant and are the topic of the present study. Cannabinoids' biological activities are facilitated by their interaction with two similar receptors, cannabinoid receptor type 1 (CB1) and type 2 (CB2), as well as a wide range of other receptors and targets implicated in the effects of these compounds. The review will focus on the effectiveness and challenges of cannabinoids in treating epilepsy.
The Implementation and Impact of a Self-Regulated Learning Survey on Student Outcomes
Authors: Baughman Marcy , Gatti Guido G. , Boden Kelly
Published: March 2023

The purpose of this chapter is to describe the development and impact of a digital tool that can be used to support students' self-regulated learning and metacognitive skills. The nature of online courses can restrict an instructor's ability to interact directly with their students. Digital courseware can help instructors connect with and support their online students in a different manner. A series of surveys were developed and digitally deployed to help students plan, monitor, and evaluate their progress toward goals. A multi-semester research study found that students enrolled in online classes who completed three or more surveys during the semester experienced better course performance compared to students who chose not to complete the surveys. Students who chose to complete less than three surveys performed comparably to their non-user peers. Students enrolled in hybrid or face-to-face classes tended to outperform their peers in online courses regardless of how many surveys they had completed.
Metacognitive Knowledge and Self-Regulation of In-Service Teachers in an Online Learning Environment
Authors: Miedijensky Shirley
Published: March 2023

The study aimed at exposing expressions of metacognitive knowledge and self-regulation among in-service teachers taking an online course, examining the changes they applied in the tasks they developed in the course and characterizing their perceptions regarding the online course design principles. Teachers' blogs were analyzed inductively, based on a metacognition and self-regulation rubric developed in this study, as well as on design principles for online learning environments. The findings indicate increased expressions of knowledge of the task, people, and strategies. However, obstacles regarding time management were mentioned. Teachers' perceptions analysis indicates that learning from and with peers, course organization, and making thinking visible were the most significant principles promoting their learning. It seems that the online course offered the teachers a constructive, supportive learning environment, enabling them to express their metacognition and self-regulation skills, as well as the insights they will consider when designing tasks in the future.
Intelligent Self-Regulation
Authors: McWilliams Kara
Published: March 2023

Digital education tools have revolutionized how learning solutions can be personalized for the benefit of all learners. When advances in technology are paired with knowledge of how individuals learn most effectively, more efficacious learning solutions can be developed. In this chapter, the authors contend that not only should learning science principles drive the technologies learners engage with, but combining these principles with the algorithms that personalize a learner's experience will greatly impact learning outcomes at scale. They offer a brief discussion of automation and self-regulation in educational technology, then provide an example of a novel learning solution that pairs personalization—through automated intelligence—with learning science principles to impact outcomes. A practical discussion of how to design and develop learning solutions for maximum impact is shared, as well as best practices for conducting validity and efficacy research to measure the extent to which intelligent self-regulation features are supporting learning outcomes.
Twice-Exceptional, Twice Stigmatized
Authors: Vasquez Ananí M.
Published: March 2023

This chapter explores the discourse of average, the mindset of anti-asynchrony, and ableist language pertaining to twice-exceptionality, which describes individuals who are gifted and disabled. The author explains how ableist language, within the discourse of average, stigmatizes both disability and gifted populations, and is especially detrimental to the identity of twice-exceptional individuals. Additionally, twice-exceptional individuals experience asynchrony, which is in opposition to society's ideal average, to a greater extent than either gifted or disabled individuals. Ableist language and a culture intolerant of asynchrony leads to the stigmatization of twice-exceptional individuals and a hyper focus on their areas of challenge while ignoring areas of strengths. This results in low self-esteem and a lack of talent development. The chapter concludes with a discussion on how ableism might be counteracted using fluid conceptions of identity and the neurodiversity framework.
Challenges and Advantages of Location-Based Services in Tourism Industries
Authors: Kumar Sanjeev , Dhiraj Ankit , Rani Divya
Published: March 2023

Applications that deal with all services connected to location-based information are known as location-based services (LBSs). This idea is focused on the localization of all elements related to a tourist location, including people, services, amenities, and attractions. LBSs have emerged as a new mode of promotion with the growth of mobile communication. One of the key and quickly evolving trends in mobile marketing is location-based marketing. Technology for location-based marketing is evolving quickly, creating amazing new options. LBSs have many advantages but also some challenges. This chapter investigates the challenges like security and safety, privacy, unusual access to the location, competing for attention, and advantages like enhancing the experience for customers, obtaining thorough information about consumer behaviour, and boosting your marketing initiatives of location-based services in tourism industries.
The Impact of Post-Use Consumer Satisfaction on Smart Wearables Repurchase Intention in the Context of AI-Based Healthcare Information
Authors: Sharma Vikas , Gupta Munish , Jangir Kshitiz , Chopra Pooja , Pathak Nitin
Published: March 2023

In this chapter, using a combination of the expectation-confirmation theory (ECT) and the latent variable model, the authors have analyzed what factors contribute to one's intention to continue usage with conformation, performance expectancy, and satisfaction. Based on a sample of 678 smart wearable users, collected from Northern India, the authors have used structural equation modelling (Smart PLS4) and identified the impact of satisfaction post-adoption technology, willingness to pay a premium price, and health information accuracy on the continuing intention of smart wearable users. According to the findings, consumer satisfaction, health information accuracy, and willingness to pay the premium price are key variables that have a substantial impact on the long-term purpose to repurchase and use smart wearables. This study has many implications for smartwatch manufacturers and designers looking to increase users' intent to continue using their products.
Segment of One Marketing and Consumer Behaviour
Authors: Kaur Jasneet , Verma Jyoti , Chandel Ajay
Published: March 2023

The 'Segment of One' marketing describes tracking the task and preferences of a solitary possible customer then customizing items or advertisements for that individual according to their habits. The research suggests that when a person senses a business being respectful or trying to comprehend their problems, the individual begins to move along the engagement journey from interest to commitment. It's evident that clients are showing an increasing inclination for brands to adopt a more personalized approach towards them. To connect with the future generation of customers, marketers must think about the next generation of client interaction and what that indicates in practice. Segment of One marketing has been very easy to use in today's era because of the new opportunities opening due to the widespread use of internet that is allowing companies to collect data throughout multiple sources. In this chapter, an attempt will be made to recognize some of the most effective methods being adopted by the top companies under this Segment-of-One marketing in order to drive business growth.
Residents’ perception of coping and alleviating strategies of poverty in rural areas of Ayedaade local government, Osun State, Nigeria
Authors: Olabamiji Afolabi , Ajala Olayinka
Published: March 2023

The attempts of government in eradicating poverty are always based on a government’s view of what rural dwellers need. Without the rural dwellers themselves assessing their level of poverty, ascertaining their coping strategies and their needs for poverty alleviation; the desired goal of a government in reducing poverty cannot be achieved. This paper thus examined the perception of rural dwellers on coping and alleviating strategies of poverty in rural areas of Ayedaade local government area, Osun State. Questionnaires were administered to three hundred and sixty-eight household heads who were selected across the twenty-five villages in five rural wards of the study area. Poverty was assessed based on the perception of residents. Data were analysed using percentage distribution and Geographical Information System technique. The result of the findings reveals that 57.9% reported themselves as being poor. Poverty based on residents’ perception was denser in the southern part than in the northern part of the study area. Hardworking (25.5%) and gathering of the remnant fruits (23.1%) were the most adopting coping strategies in the area. Residents identified provision of infrastructure (54.7%) and financial assistance (18.2%) as crucial poverty alleviating strategies. The study concluded that the dividend of democracy can only be effective if a government considers the perceptions of rural residents in planning and provision for poverty alleviation in rural areas. This study recommends that the government should consider the residents’ perception in planning and execution of poverty alleviation in their areas.
Criação, raciocínio abdutivo e admirabilidade na era do Big Data
Authors: Souza Renata , Romanini Vinicius , Gonzalez Eunice
Published: March 2023

No presente artigo discutimos o papel do raciocínio abdutivo e da admirabilidade na investigação dos processos criativos na era de Big Data. Apresentamos concepções de criatividade, no âmbito mecanicista e anti-mecanicista, trazendo exemplos no âmbito da produção fotográfica, como é o caso dos trabalhos de Maureen Bisilliat (1995) e Nan Goldin (2012). Por se tratar de uma investigação de caráter essencialmente teórico e interdisciplinar, o artigo está fundamentado na literatura sobre os conceitos de criatividade, raciocínio abdutivo e admirabilidade, bem como no auxílio de diferentes áreas do saber, dentre elas Pragmatismo, Artes visuais e Filosofia da Informação. Discutimos as limitações das concepções mecanicistas da criatividade, argumentando em defesa da hipótese segundo a qual a ação criativa não diz respeito, estritamente, ao objeto criado, mas a um complexo processo colaborativo entre agentes que auxiliam (direta ou indiretamente) na produção de trabalhos artísticos. Concluímos destacando o papel das emoções na dinâmica do processo abdutivo de criação, conforme apregoado por Charles Sanders Peirce (1958). Inspiradas nesse autor, destacamos o papel da ‘admirabilidade’ no processo de criação, sentimento esse que nos incita a investigar e conhecer os objetos que atraem a nossa atenção, sem o desejo de controle.
Multistep IgE Mast Cell Desensitization Is a Dose- and Time-Dependent Process Partially Regulated by SHIP-1
Authors: Adnan Ather , Acharya Shree , Alenazy Leila A , de las Vecillas Leticia , Giavina Bianchi Pedro , Picard Matthieu , Calbache-Gil Lucia , Romero-Pinedo Salvador , Abadí´a-Molina Ana Clara , Kerr William , Pedicone Chiara , Nagai Jun , Hollers Eleanor , Dwyer Daniel , Castells Mariana
Published: March 2023

Multistep mast cell desensitization blocks the release of mediators following IgE crosslinking with increasing doses of Ag. Although its in vivo application has led to the safe reintroduction of drugs and foods in IgE-sensitized patients at risk for anaphylaxis, the mechanisms of the inhibitory process have remained elusive. We sought to investigate the kinetics, membrane, and cytoskeletal changes and to identify molecular targets. IgE-sensitized wild-type murine (WT) and FcεRIα humanized (h) bone marrow mast cells were activated and desensitized with DNP, nitrophenyl, dust mites, and peanut Ags. The movements of membrane receptors, FcεRI/IgE/Ag, actin, and tubulin and the phosphorylation of Syk, Lyn, P38-MAPK, and SHIP-1 were assessed. Silencing SHIP-1 protein was used to dissect the SHIP-1 role. Multistep IgE desensitization of WT and transgenic human bone marrow mast cells blocked the release of β-hexosaminidase in an Ag-specific fashion and prevented actin and tubulin movements. Desensitization was regulated by the initial Ag dose, number of doses, and time between doses. FcεRI, IgE, Ags, and surface receptors were not internalized during desensitization. Phosphorylation of Syk, Lyn, p38 MAPK, and SHIP-1 increased in a dose–response manner during activation; in contrast, only SHIP-1 phosphorylation increased in early desensitization. SHIP-1 phosphatase function had no impact on desensitization, but silencing SHIP-1 increased β-hexoxaminidase release, preventing desensitization. Multistep IgE mast cell desensitization is a dose- and time-regulated process that blocks β-hexosaminidase, impacting membrane and cytoskeletal movements. Signal transduction is uncoupled, favoring early phosphorylation of SHIP-1. Silencing SHIP-1 impairs desensitization without implicating its phosphatase function.
Lipophilic Statins Inhibit YAP Nuclear Localization, Coactivator Activity, and Migration in Response to Ligation of HLA Class I Molecules in Endothelial Cells: Role of YAP Multisite Phosphorylation
Authors: Anwar Tarique , Sinnett-Smith James , Jin Yi-Ping , Reed Elaine F , Rozengurt Enrique
Published: March 2023

Solid-organ transplant recipients exhibiting HLA donor-specific Abs are at risk for graft loss due to chronic Ab-mediated rejection. HLA Abs bind HLA molecules expressed on the surface of endothelial cells (ECs) and induce intracellular signaling pathways, including the activation of the transcriptional coactivator yes-associated protein (YAP). In this study, we examined the impact of lipid-lowering drugs of the statin family on YAP localization, multisite phosphorylation, and transcriptional activity in human ECs. Exposure of sparse cultures of ECs to cerivastatin or simvastatin induced striking relocalization of YAP from the nucleus to the cytoplasm and inhibited the expression of the YAP/TEA domain DNA-binding transcription factor–regulated genes connective tissue growth factor and cysteine-rich angiogenic inducer 61. In dense cultures of ECs, statins prevented YAP nuclear import and expression of connective tissue growth factor and cysteine-rich angiogenic inducer 61 stimulated by the mAb W6/32 that binds HLA class I. Exposure of ECs to either cerivastatin or simvastatin completely blocked the migration of ECs stimulated by ligation of HLA class I. Exogenously supplied mevalonic acid or geranylgeraniol reversed the inhibitory effects of statins on YAP localization either in low-density ECs or high-density ECs challenged with W6/32. Mechanistically, cerivastatin increased the phosphorylation of YAP at Ser127, blunted the assembly of actin stress fiber, and inhibited YAP phosphorylation at Tyr357 in ECs. Using mutant YAP, we substantiated that YAP phosphorylation at Tyr357 is critical for YAP activation. Collectively, our results indicate that statins restrain YAP activity in EC models, thus providing a plausible mechanism underlying their beneficial effects in solid-organ transplant recipients.
Stability of the density patches problem with vacuum for incompressible inhomogeneous viscous flows
Authors: Danchin Raphaël , Mucha Piotr Bogusław , Piasecki Tomasz
Published: March 2023

We consider the inhomogeneous incompressible Navier–Stokes system in a smooth twoor
three-dimensional bounded domain, in the case where the initial density is only bounded. Existence
and uniqueness for such initial data was shown recently in Danchin and Mucha [Comm. Pure
Appl. Math. 72 (2019)], but the stability issue was left open. After having shown that the solutions
constructed therein have exponential decay, a result of independent interest, we prove the stability
with respect to initial data, first in Lagrangian coordinates, and then in the Eulerian frame. We
actually obtain stability in the energy space for the velocity and in a Sobolev space with negative
regularity for the density. Let us underline that, as opposed to prior works, our stability estimates are
valid even in the case of a vacuum. In particular, our result applies to the classical density patches
problem, where the density is a characteristic function.
ROLE OF VEGETATION INDUCING SEDIMENTATION IN AN ARTIFICIAL EARTH CHANNEL
Authors: Silva Renato Emanuel , Rodrigues Silvio Carlos , Vieira Antonio Avelino Batista
Published: March 2023

The biogeomorphic role of vegetation has been explored in different contexts with advances in the understanding of sedimentation and hydrodynamic changes in channels and riparian zones. However, it is yet to be better established regarding their role in small earth-derived canals water gullies, the development of these issues, and canal users. These cases present some ambiguity based on the presence of vegetation with both a positive filtering role and a negative role due to competition for water resources. This study verified whether vegetation development has more prominent role as reducer of the transport of suspended sediments along the artificial channel than the natural river system, focusing on the role of vegetation as a filter of the sedimentary load. We monitored the scenario in terms of vegetation growth by gathering statistically related data on discharge, flow velocity, and turbidity. Our results indicate the main influence of the natural channel flow since the vegetation was the main element of the artificial system. The vegetation, functioning as a sediment filter in the rainy season, is removed in the dry season due to lower flows and evapotranspiration. We understand that vegetation should be addressed as part of the channel management process, providing users with favorable turbidity indices and lower risks of structures breaking, as well as the formation of extenders of fluvial and riparian habitats in the rainy season. Keywords: Biogeomorphic Succession; Anthropogeomorphology; Artificial Open Channels; Sedimentation; Hydrogeomorphology.
Role of Representation in Supporting Prospective Teachers’ Understandings of Fractions as Measures
Authors: Boyce Steven , Moss Diana
Published: March 2023

We discuss the evolution of an instructional unit for supporting prospective elementary and middle grades’ teachers’ conceptions of fractions as measures. We first studied prospective teachers’ conceptions of fractions using a task-based written assessment with discrete, linear, and circle representations. We designed an instructional unit that involved systematically introducing and connecting non-standard circles representations to other representations of fractions. We describe the assessments, learning outcomes of the instructional unit, limitations, and future directions.
Effects of Student Mathematics Diaries on Achievement, Motivation and Metacognitive Awareness: Mixed Methods Design
Authors: Kesebir Gulcenur , OKSUZ Cumali
Published: March 2023

The aim of this study is to investigate the effects of mathematics (maths) diaries on academic achievement, metacognitive awareness and motivation of students in a mathematics lesson. The case study was conducted with a qualitative, quasi-experimental design and a quantitative, embedded multiple-case design as a mixed research model. The sample of the quantitative part of the study consisted of 32 4th grade students, 16 of whom were in the experimental group and 16 in the control group. The participants in the qualitative part of the study were 16 students from the experimental group where maths diaries were used. The quantitative data collection instruments used in the study were the Perimeter Measurement Achievement Test for primary school students, the Mathematics Motivation Scale for primary school students and the Metacognitive Awareness Scale. The students' structured maths diaries were used to collect qualitative data.

The quantitative data obtained were analysed using a One-Way ANCOVA and Paired Samples t-test, while the qualitative data from the maths diaries were thoroughly analysed using a qualitative content analysis. As a result of the one-way analysis of covariance, statistically significant differences were found between the adjusted posttest means of the groups, which were adjusted for pretest scores on student achievement, metacognitive awareness and motivation. In the qualitative dimension of the study, positive improvements in students' achievement, metacognitive awareness and motivation were observed from the beginning to the end of the implementation process, as revealed by the analysis of their maths diaries.
Beyond Elimination and Construction
Authors: Sivić Adnan , Vörös Sebastjan
Published: March 2023

As Zen took root in the West over the past century, there emerged a number of differing interpretations of one of its key facets, namely the question of the relationship between language and enlightenment. The two camps which came to garner the most attention in philosophical circles are eliminativism, which understands enlightenment as the cutting off of linguistic and socio-cultural categories, accomplished by arbitrary means, and constructivism, which identifies satori with the exercise of certain linguistic and cultural conventions. In the present paper, we first lay out some of the most important criticisms of these two positions, arguing that the two accounts fall into the error of either demonizing or fetishizing language, respectively, before outlining a different approach to the relationship between practice and realization, drawing on the largely neglected work of perennialist thinkers and a phenomenologically informed notion of symbolism. By taking the idea of the symbol in its double meaning, namely as that which “casts together” the culturally conditioned particularities of Zen into a unified tradition, and yet points beyond them as a “sign” of something that itself transcends all description, we propose an interpretation that can do justice both to the crucial role played by concrete practices and to the transcendent nature of their soteriological “end”.
Praznina, etika, nihilizem
Authors: Pešec Sebastijan
Published: March 2023

V članku bom orisal nekatere ontološke lastnosti budizma mahāyāna in klasičnega daoizma, s posebnim ozirom na pojmovanje praznine. Ta ontološki koncept ima v obeh tradicijah pomembne etične in soteriološke implikacije, ki jih bom na kratko predstavil in jih med seboj primerjal ter navedel nekatere podobnosti in razlike med obema tradicijama. Med eksplikacijo teh tem se bosta pojavili dodatni vprašanji, ki se nanašata na precej pogosta predsodka, izhajajoča zlasti iz evropske filozofske tradicije. Prvi očita budizmu in daoizmu, da sta filozofsko manjvredna zaradi neločljivega prepletanja filozofije in religije ter tudi teorije in prakse. To prepletanje bom zagovarjal skozi optiko razumevanja mahajanskega budizma in klasičnega daoizma kot simbolnih form. Drugi očitek se nanaša na nihilizem, natančneje na nihilizem moči in odgovornosti. Mahajanski budizem in klasični daoizem bom najprej zagovarjal na ontološki, nato pa še na soteriološko-etični ravni ter pokazal njun nenihilistični značaj in nenihilistične možnosti interpretacije.
Chan ali zen?
Authors: Rošker Jana S.
Published: March 2023

Šola budistične meditacije, ki predstavlja transformacijo Bodhidharmovih naukov in ki je tipična za teorije in prakse vzhodnoazijskega budizma, je na Zahodu znana pod pojapončenim imenom zen. Le malo ljudi se zaveda dejstva, da gre pri tej šoli za specifično vrsto kitajskega budizma, ki se izvorno imenuje chan 禅. Ker pa se ta pismenka v japonščini izgovarja kot zen, se je japonski prevod imena te šole udomačil v Evropi 19. stoletja, ko je v procesu kolonializacije in modernizacije Vzhodne Azije Japonska predstavljala most med Evropo in vzhodnoazijsko regijo. Medtem ko se je ta meditacijska šola na Kitajskem osnovala in razvijala od 6. stoletja dalje, segajo korenine pojapončenega chana, ki se je na Japonskem razvil pod imenom zen, šele v 12. stoletje, ko ga je po svojem obisku Kitajske na Japonskem predstavil in razširil budistični menih Myōan Eisai. Pričujoči članek namerava zapolniti to vrzel v evropskem poznavanju vzhodnoazijskega budizma in popraviti napačne predstave o izvoru in naravi omenjene budistične šole. V ta namen na kratko predstavi zgodovino kitajskega budizma chan ter razloži njegov nastanek in razvoj, ki je osnovan na sintezi budizma, daoizma in izvornega konfucijanstva.
Petera (Piotra) Lachmanna życie w przestrzeni przekładu
Authors: Piotr de Bończa Bukowski
Published: March 2023

Peter (Peter) Lachmann’s Life in the Space of Translation

The article discusses Przemysław Chojnowski’s research on the work of Peter (Piotr) Lachmann, a German-Polish author born in pre-war Gliwice (Gleiwitz). Lachmann consistently thematizes the experience of the borderland, describing his existence between two languages and cultures, that is, a “life in translation”. The culmination of Chojecki’s long-time research is the monograph Liminalność i bycie „pomiędzy” w twórczości Petera (Piotra) Lachmanna. Studium literacko-kulturowe (Kraków, 2020), which is the main subject of analysis in this article. This work situates itself in the domain of modern anthropological-cultural comparative studies, clearly and convincingly demonstrating the heuristic potential of such approach. Chojnowski’s book is not only a mine of information about the work of Peter (Piotr) Lachmann, but also an invitation to discuss the broader issues of borderland and cultural bivalence, usually associated with ambiguous national identification.
Art and Science in Early Modern Gdańsk
Authors: Sobecka Anna
Published: March 2023

The 17th and 18th centuries were a period of the development of art and science in Gdańsk. Johann Hevelius, was the most famous astronomer of that time. He cooperated with the best artists: Jeremias Falck, Daniel Schultz and Andreas Stech. Hevelius’s second wife Elisabeth was also dedicated to science and the couple were shown together at work. Scientists” collections and cabinets in Gdańsk provided a platform for the exchange of ideas. The artists interested in observing nature were incorporated into the circle of discussants. Samuel Niedenthal who studied both the fauna and flora worked together with two other researchers and collectors form Gdańsk: Christoph Gottwald – doctor of medicine and botanist – Jacob Breyne. Gdansk naturalists themselves attempted to draw or to sculpt. Passions for art and science as well as collecting have sometimes been continued by subsequent generations. Johann Philipp Breyne and Jacob Theodor Klein supported the artistic education of their daughters. Their drawings were both used as models to make scientific illustrations and were artistic objects used also for exchange. Gdańsk scientists collected paintings, drawings, prints, and scientific as well as natural specimens. Their collections were dynamic and consistent with the emerging idea of a nature and art” developed by Gottfried Leibniz.
From Commerce to Violence: The Second Bombardment of Copenhagen (1807)
Authors: Simms Brendan , Peak Thomas
Published: March 2023

During the Napoleonic Wars, in 1807, Britain attacked the small neutral state of Denmark without direct provocation, bombarded Copenhagen, seized its navy, and temporarily occupied part of its territory. Killing and displacing thousands of civilians, this was a highly traumatic experience for survivors and deeply controversial among contemporaries. This article examines how debates over the legitimacy of the attack were framed within predominant understandings of international law. International law at the turn of the 19th century was characterized by a dualism containing both the “Law of Nations” and “Law of Nature.”By utilizing divergent aspects of these discourses, the article shows how critics and defenders of the British military action were both able to frame their positions within existing frameworks of nascent international law.
Gdańsk: Specificity of Its Architecture in the Modern Era. The Question of National and Regional Identity
Authors: Omilanowska Małgorzata
Published: March 2023

The architectural heritage and the mode of its analysis and interpretation, especially in the perspective of the national and regional question, can and often does become an issue prone to manipulation. The attempts to define national and regional identity by means of cultural legacy have accompanied research into art and also the creation of modern architecture in the spirit of national Historicism since the 19th century. The place where the phenomena can be observed in a particularly acute way is Gdańsk, a city of extremely complicated identity, multicultural structure, and a rich architectural output, the latter having been on a number of occasions subject to national interpretations or over‑interpretations.

The architecture of Gdańsk has for years been the subject of a heated debate of both German and Polish architects, historians of architecture, and conservators. In recent years politicians have also joined in the debate, and so have writers. Discussed have been the general attempts to define factors and means of visual identification, definitions of cultural belonging, and definitions of the historical‑architectural affiliation of the cultural heritage of the city. Another debate issue has been the need to apply all this heritage or its elements to the creation of the urban landscape (both as new districts and filling in the architectural substance in the old ones) as clear signs of regional identification. At the same time, the majority of monuments have become the subject of scholarly abuse and interpretative manipulation, used for the sake of propaganda or merely rhetoric, often with no understanding of architectural issues or the specificity of the history of architecture on this territory.
The Prussians on the Thames? Reasons for British Resistance to Polish Claims to Gdańsk after the Great War
Authors: Kupčiūnas Donatas
Published: March 2023

In the settlement of the question of Gdańsk after the Great War, Britain came out as the power that was the most critical to Polish geopolitical aspirations among the Allies. This led some in Poland to call the British “Prussians on the Thames.”This paper discusses the reasons behind such British “Polono‑skepticism.” After reviewing the common explanations given in the literature, the paper suggests that Britain’s Polish policy at the time was guided by civilisational assumptions and historical considerations which had their roots in the demise of the Lithuanian‑Polish commonwealth in the end of the 18th century.
Record of Violence. The Socio‑Political German‑Jewish Relations in Free City of Danzig in the Years 1933–1939
Authors: Ulanowski Krzysztof
Published: March 2023

The author focuses on historical evidence to answer the sociological problem how did the Jewish citizens of the Free City of Danzig, who had lived there for several generations, come to be considered strangers for the Germans ones and were forced to leave their hometown? The method chosen by the author is based on the chronological factor, showing how each subsequent day deprived Jews of the dignity and living space in their own city. The author mentions not only the laws and regulations concerning the Gdańsk Jews as a whole, but wherever possible he refers to the individual fate of a given person or family in order to evoke the terror to those days through the prism of the personal experiences. The author presented the history of Nazi repressions towards the Jewish community in the years 1933–1939 thus exposing the sources of German planned violence hidden by the Nazis under the guise of national propaganda.
Gdańsk in British Diplomacy, 1945–1989
Authors: Tebinka Jacek
Published: March 2023

Great Britain participated in the decision at the Potsdam Conference to hand over to Poland the territory of the former Free City of Danzig. The area was not recognized as part of Germany by the Great Powers. The aim of the article is to analyze the role that Gdańsk played in British policy towards Poland from the end of the Second World War to the fall of communist rule. It is based on archival research in the National Archives, Kew, supplemented by published British and Polish diplomatic documents, diaries and academic literature on the subject. Based on these sources, the author argues that the importance of the city of Gdańsk in British policy toward the region of East Central Europe diminished during the Cold War in comparison to the city’s role as the Free City of Danzig 1919–1939. However, its place was dynamic as Gdańsk became an important center of protests against the communist authorities in the 1970s and 1980s. The city played a special role since the strikes in August 1980, becoming the center of activity of the Solidarity Trade Union. The culmination of British interest was Margaret Thatcher’s visit to Gdańsk in 1988.
Solar Photovoltaic Industry in Korea: Current Status and Perspectives
Authors: Kim Hajeong , Yang Gayeon , Nam Chaerim , Jeong Sehwa , Jung Sokhee P.
Published: March 2023

Globally, interest in renewable energy and related industries are rapidly increasing in recent years. In solar power generation, almost unlimited energy resources can be supplied as long as the sun does not disappear, and carbon dioxide is not generated when looking at the power generation process itself. However, photovoltaic power generation faces several fundamental problems such as low economic feasibility, disposal of waste panels, environmental destruction due to installation, and generation of harmful substances in the production process. In this review, the current status of photovoltaic power generation is reviewed and, based on this, the direction for Korea's photovoltaic policy is suggested. 1) In order to overcome low economic feasibility, large-scale power generation projects should be promoted to achieve economies of scale. 2) Existing buildings or spaces must be utilized to prevent forest damage from photovoltaic power generation. 3) Active support and investment from the state and companies are needed to develop eco-friendly technologies for reducing hazardous substances and recycling waste panels. 4) An institutional system for information disclosure and management of harmful substances for solar energy projects should be established.
Vapor Liquid Equilibrium of Aqueous Diethanolamine Solution for Carbon Dioxide Capture Processes
Authors: Shin Hun Yong , Kim Jin Ho
Published: March 2023

Objectives : Acid gases such as carbon dioxide (CO2) and hydrogen sulfide (H2S) that cause global warming are mainly generated in chemical processes. As a technology for reducing acid gas, the post-combustion capture process is representative. Aqueous alkanolamine solution, which is mainly used in the carbon dioxide absorption process, is used as the most representative chemical absorbent. Thermodynamic data of vapor-liquid equilibrium are important for the economics of process design and operation. In this study, vapor-liquid equilibrium data of water + DEA are measured so that DEA, a secondary amine, can be used in the carbon dioxide absorption process, so that it can be used for designing a new carbon dioxide absorption process.Methods : Vapor-liquid equilibrium data of a mixture of water + DEA (diethanolamine) were measured under isothermal conditions of 393.15 K using HSGC (Headspace Gas Chromatography).Results and Discussion : The measured vapor-liquid equilibrium data were correlated using NRTL, an activity coefficient model. In addition, as additional thermodynamic data of the absorbent mixture, the density of the DEA aqueous mixture was measured at a temperature of 303.15 K to 333.15 K using a density meter (Anton Paar DMA4500). The measured density data of the mixture was converted into excess volume, and the excess volume data was correlated using the Redilchi-Kister-Muggianu equation. Using the measured water+DEA vapor-liquid equilibrium data, it is expected to reducing the design cost and operating cost of the carbon dioxide absorption processes.
Discussion on the Life Cycle of Greenhouse Gas Emissions from the 2021 UNECE LCA Report and Korean LCI DB for Electricity Generation
Authors: Jeong Seung-Woo
Published: March 2023

Objectives : The greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions of coal, natural gas, wind, solar, hydropower, and nuclear electricity generation mentioned in the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE) LCA report were discussed. Korean GHG emissions were calculated from the electricity database (DB) of the Korean national life cycle inventory (LCI), compared with the international average, and then discussed. The aim of this study was to discuss the necessity of updating and internationalizing the national LCI DB.Methods : The GHG emissions from the generation of coal power, natural gas power, wind power, onshore wind power, solar power, and hydropower in the UNECE LCA study were analyzed, and climate change, that is, GHG emissions, among the environmental impact assessment categories was discussed. The GHG emissions per 1 kWh functional unit were calculated from the electricity DB of the Korean national LCI by applying the global warming potential to GHGs.Results and Discussion : The GHG emissions from natural gas (452 g CO2-eq./kWh), nuclear (6.3 g CO2-eq./kWh), and solar power generation (53 g CO2-eq./kWh) presented in the national LCI DB were within the range of results presented in the UNECE LCA report. However, GHG emissions of Korean coal power generation exceeded the UNECE average and highest ranges. The GHG emissions of Korean hard coal and bituminous power generation were 1,351 g CO2-eq./kWh and 1,160 g CO2-eq./kWh, respectively, which were higher than the highest UNECE value, 1,095 g CO2 eq./kWh (China). Analysis of the Korean electricity LCI DB for coal power plants showed that bituminous coal-fired power plants that use more brown coal, which is known to be relatively low-quality coal, produce less CO2 than anthracite coal power plants. In Korean coal-fired power plants, it is necessary to check whether CO2 generated from processes other than the combustion process is significant.Conclusion : Electricity accounts for the largest portion when calculating national greenhouse gas emissions, therefore, accurate data is necessary. Korea, which is highly dependent on coal-fired power generation for electricity production, should update its electricity LCI DB as soon as possible to increase national competitiveness and use it as a basis for realizing carbon neutrality by 2050.
A Systematic Review of Social Media and Government in the Social Science Discipline
Authors: Widayat Rossi Maunofa , Aji Juhari Sasmito , Kurniawan Cahyadi
Published: March 2023

The technical viewpoint recognises the critical role of information and communication technology as a driving force in our time. The importance of public policy management in the environment of public service institutions and regional commands is investigated from the standpoint of public administration and the use of social media. Academics need to map out ideas about how social media and government interact. This research aims to see the important themes or issues raised by scholars in social media and their government articles. What are the comprehensive factors that influence the use of social media in government circles? The research method used was a literature review on social media and government by reviewing journal articles on social media and government published in Scopus as data-based and processed using the NVivo 12 Plus analysis tool. The results of this study reveal five significant problems between social media and the government. These problems include digital difficulties, policies, information, communication, and politics. This research also gave birth to social media and government, which must take the form of digital activism; secondly, access to information disseminated by the government through social media; and third, administrative communication, which looks at how ideas are offered via social media to the government. Fourth, to achieve social media and government goals, it is necessary to demonstrate ethical and political behaviour, formulate policies following those goals, and then evaluate those policies through the implementation of rules or laws.
Personhood, Masculinity, and Male-Perpetrated Intimate Partner Violence
Authors: Adjei Stephen Baffour
Published: March 2023

Most international violence research that are firmly rooted in the ontology and cultural background of individualism make rash generalisations about violence and human nature by taking the examples of self and gender concepts in Western settings as the only reference point for their claims. Based on the understanding of self in Western cultures, many social psychological studies have over the years blamed interpersonal violence, including intimate partner violence (IPV), on perpetrators’ self-image. For example, while some studies indicate that people with low self-esteem are more likely to turn violent in order to gain esteem, others have theorised that individuals with inflated (high) self-esteem are more susceptible to use violence, particularly when the inflated self is threatened in interpersonal relationships. A growing body of interdisciplinary scholarship also traces the aetiology of IPV and the propensity for men to commit violence against women to the internalisation, endorsement and enactment of culturally defined male gender role. Despite the valuable contributions of these studies, there are significant challenges inherent in research that make broad universal claims about self and violence at the expense of culture and context. One of the most important phenomena that seems underexplored, overlooked or neglected in the context of violence research is how culture-specific notions of personhood and masculinity shapes male-perpetrated IPV. In this article, I explore the centrality of context and culture-specificities of personhood and masculinity in understanding male-perpetrated IPV. I discuss how the dialogical relationship between men’s psychological sense of who they are (personhood) and cultural notions of masculinity provides new insights for understanding violence research in context. I argue that, rather than a threat to a person’s dispositional self, the social pain of unfavourable third-party communal evaluations of masculine inadequacy threatens a man’s relational sense of personhood, and consequently provoke the use of violence towards the source of the threat in intimate relationships in Ghana.