bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
MSTCN: A multiscale temporal convolutional network for user independent human activity recognition
Authors: Raja Sekaran Sarmela , Pang Ying Han , Ling Goh Fan , Yin Ooi Shih
Published: December 2021

Background: In recent years, human activity recognition (HAR) has been an active research topic due to its widespread application in various fields such as healthcare, sports, patient monitoring, etc. HAR approaches can be categorised as handcrafted feature methods (HCF) and deep learning methods (DL). HCF involves complex data pre-processing and manual feature extraction in which the models may be exposed to high bias and crucial implicit pattern loss. Hence, DL approaches are introduced due to their exceptional recognition performance. Convolutional Neural Network (CNN) extracts spatial features while preserving localisation. However, it hardly captures temporal features. Recurrent Neural Network (RNN) learns temporal features, but it is susceptible to gradient vanishing and suffers from short-term memory problems. Unlike RNN, Long-Short Term Memory network has a relatively longer-term dependency. However, it consumes higher computation and memory because it computes and stores partial results at each level.

Methods: This work proposes a novel multiscale temporal convolutional network (MSTCN) based on the Inception model with a temporal convolutional architecture. Unlike HCF methods, MSTCN requires minimal pre-processing and no manual feature engineering. Further, multiple separable convolutions with different-sized kernels are used in MSTCN for multiscale feature extraction. Dilations are applied to each separable convolution to enlarge the receptive fields without increasing the model parameters. Moreover, residual connections are utilised to prevent information loss and gradient vanishing. These features enable MSTCN to possess a longer effective history while maintaining a relatively low in-network computation.

Results: The performance of MSTCN is evaluated on UCI and WISDM datasets using subject independent protocol with no overlapping subjects between the training and testing sets. MSTCN achieves F1 scores of 0.9752 on UCI and 0.9470 on WISDM.

Conclusion: The proposed MSTCN dominates the other state-of-the-art methods by acquiring high recognition accuracies without requiring any manual feature engineering.
Importance of Media Literacy for Political Communication in Russia
Authors: Bykov Ilya , Medvedeva M.
Published: December 2021

The article analyses the role and importance of media literacy for political communication in Russia using the example of student life. The purpose of this article is to develop and test a new model of political communication with an emphasis on media literacy as a factor in the dissemination of political information in society. This approach opens up new perspectives for the study of political communication by the public. The authors have developed a four-component model of political communication, which includes the following components: socio-demographic data, media literacy, media effects and political behavior. This model was tested in an online survey on student media literacy in Russia and its impact on political communication (N = 632). The article also uses data from open sources and databases. Using the Chi-square test, it was found that media literacy, as a factor in political communication, plays a more important role than socio-demographic characteristics. In other words, media literacy is much better at explaining media effects and political behavior than the socio-demographic profile of the respondents. This conclusion, of course, applies only to student youth in Russia and needs further empirical verification.
„Życie bez treści”. Uwagi na temat życia codziennego pod okupacją niemiecką na ziemiach wcielonych do Rzeszy na podstawie dzienników Eugeniusza Przybyła
Authors: Ceran Tomasz
Published: December 2021

W odróżnieniu od Generalnego Gubernatorstwa niewiele zostało opublikowanych dzienników opisujących życie codzienne Polaków, którzy okupację niemiecką przeżyli na terenach wcielonych do Rzeszy już w 1939 r. Głównie na tym polega wartość naukowa Dziennika toruńskiego malarza i bibliofila Eugeniusz Przybyła. Dziennik pozwala spojrzeć na życie codzienne Polaków nie tylko z perspektywy Warszawy czy Krakowa, ale też miejscowości wcielonej do Rzeszy i elementów niemieckiej polityki okupacyjnej, charakterystycznych jedynie dla tego obszaru.
Kongres futurologiczny. Eurocon 1976 w Poznaniu
Authors: Wierzchowska Aleksandra
Published: December 2021

Tekst ukazuje przebieg i znaczenie III Europejskiego Kongresu Science Fiction (Euroconu), powody zorganizowania międzynarodowego zjazdu twórców i miłośników fantastyki w kraju komunistycznym oraz działania podejmowane przez Służbę Bezpieczeństwa w związku z przyjazdem gości zagranicznych.
Obowiązek dostarczania w czasie pokoju środków przewozowych na rzecz wojska na przykładzie wodnych środków żeglugi śródlądowej i statków powietrznych. Kazus międzywojennej Polski
Authors: Konarski Marcin
Published: December 2021

W niniejszym artykule poddano analizie instytucję obowiązków administracyjnych, które w okresie międzywojennym nakładane były na jednostki w interesie publicznym w celu wykonania określonych zadań należących do administracji publicznej, w tym przypadku – administracji sił zbrojnych. Obowiązki te polegały na dostarczeniu wojsku w czasie pokoju będących w posiadaniu określonych podmiotów środków transportowych, które uznane zostały przez władze wojskowe za niezbędne do realizacji zadań wynikających z przyznanych im kompetencji. Dokonana przez autora analiza przeprowadzona została na przykładzie obowiązku dostarczania na rzecz wojska środków przewozowych w postaci wodnych środków żeglugi śródlądowej i statków powietrznych.
Inne obowiązkowe podatki gminne we Francji według francuskiego Generalnego kodeksu podatków
Authors: Mariański Michał
Published: December 2021

Niniejsza publikacja stanowi jeden z aspektów badań nad francuskim Generalnym kodeksem podatków w zakresie podatków lokalnych. Ukazuje specyfikę tzw. innych podatków gminnych we Francji, które dzielą się na pięć podatków obowiązkowych oraz cztery podatki fakultatywne. W ramach niniejszego opracowania analizie poddano cztery z pięciu innych lokalnych podatków obowiązkowych: gminny podatek górniczy, zryczałtowany podatek od pylonów, podatek od morskich turbin wiatrowych oraz podatek dodatkowy do podatku od nieruchomości niezabudowanych. Opracowanie nie tylko przybliża specyfikę francuskiego systemu podatkowego, ale również stanowi asumpt do szerszej refleksji nad potencjalnym wpływem owej specyfiki na opodatkowanie odnawialnych źródeł energii.
Kilka refleksji o skutkach odszkodowawczych bezprawnego wykluczenia sportowca z igrzysk olimpijskich lub mistrzostw świata
Authors: Wyszyńska-Ślufińska Paulina
Published: December 2021

W artykule autorka omawia wybrane aspekty problematyki odpowiedzialności cywilnej w sytuacji niesłusznego wykluczenia zawodnika sportowego z udziału w mistrzostwach świata lub igrzyskach olimpijskich. Analizuje ona, czy przypadek wykluczenia zawodnika z danego wydarzenia sportowego można zakwalifikować jako wykonywanie władzy publicznej, a także jaki jest zakres szkody podlegającej naprawieniu. W opinii autorki nadanie określonych uprawnień organizacjom sportowym może, w określonych przypadkach, być zakwalifikowane jako wykonywanie imperium i uzasadniać odpowiedzialność cywilną na podstawie przepisów o odpowiedzialności za szkodę wyrządzoną wykonywaniem władzy publicznej.
Średniowieczne pieczęcie konwentu z klasztoru cysterskiego w Lubiążu – chronologia, ikonografia i kwestia autorstwa typariuszy
Authors: Kałuski Tomasz
Published: December 2021

W artykule przedstawiono analizę ikonografii dwóch pieczęci konwentu lubiąskiego wykonanych w pierwszej połowie XIV w., a także źródła inspiracji obrazu pieczęci. Wskazano następnie prawdopodobne przyczyny wymiany typariuszy między 1341 a 1343 r. Uwagę poświęcono ponadto autorstwu pieczęci konwentu lubiąskiego.
O polskim wydaniu Liberum Arbitrium Francesca Negriego i „zagranicznej” pochwale polskich pisarzy reformacyjnych
Authors: Kordyzon Wojciech
Published: December 2021

W artykule podjęto problem atrybucji wydania utworu Liberum Arbitrium Francesca Negriego da Bassano z 1559 r. z adresem „Pesclavii”, zawierającego wzmianki o polskich pisarzach reformacyjnych (Andrzeju Trzecieskim, Mikołaju Reju), których brak w wydaniu z tego samego roku tłoczonym przez Jeana Crespina w Genewie. Druk przypisano oficynie Daniela z Łęczycy, rozpoznając zafałszowanie adresu wydawniczego jako element reformacyjnej propagandy wydawniczej.
The Aggregation–Learning Trade-off
Authors: Piezunka Henning , Aggarwal Vikas A. , Posen Hart E.
Published: December 2021

Organizational decision making that leverages the collective wisdom and knowledge of multiple individuals is ubiquitous in management practice, occurring in settings such as top management teams, corporate boards, and the teams and groups that pervade modern organizations. Decision-making structures employed by organizations shape the effectiveness of knowledge aggregation. We argue that decision-making structures play a second crucial role in that they shape the learning of individuals that participate in organizational decision making. In organizational decision making, individuals do not engage in learning by doing but, rather, in what we call learning by participating, which is distinct in that individuals learn by receiving feedback not on their own choices but, rather, on the choice made by the organization. We examine how learning by participating influences the efficacy of aggregation and learning across alternative decision-making structures and group sizes. Our central insight is that learning by participating leads to an aggregation–learning trade-off in which structures that are effective in aggregating information can be ineffective in fostering individual learning. We discuss implications for research on organizations in the areas of learning, microfoundations, teams, and crowds.
Live Forensics on GPS inactive Smartphone
Authors: Anwar Nuril , Mardhia Murein Miksa , Ryanto Luthfi
Published: December 2021

Google is known to still track the user's location despite the GPS settings and location history in smartphone settings has been turned off by the user. This requires special handling to prove the location on smartphones with inactive GPS and view its Location History previously used by user. The research investigates if Google is still recording its user data location. Live Forensic requires data from the running system or volatile data which is usually found in Random Access Memory (RAM) or transit on the network. Investigations are carried out using a Google account with a method used by live forensics to obtain results from the location history. Smartphones have been checked manually through data backup through custom recovery that has been installed. When checking the backup filesystem, turned out that no location data is stored. Therefore, researchers conducted an analysis on the Google Account which was analyzed using a forensic tool to analyze cloud services to obtain location data results. The results of the analysis carried out obtained a similarity in location from 8-days investigations. Google can still find the location of smartphones with GPS disabled, but the location results are not accurate. Google can store user location data via cellular networks, Wi-Fi, and sensors to help estimate the user's location. The process of extracting the results from the google maps log using a Google account will be analyzed using the Elcomsoft Cloud eXplorer and Oxygen Forensic Cloud Extractor so that the log location results are still available by Google.
Staff experience of rapid implementation of telemedicine: informing future service redesign
Authors: Shorthouse Faye , Spahr Nicholas , Tack Christopher
Published: December 2021

Background/Aims

In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, many services in the NHS suspended face-to-face appointments and transitioned to remote consultations. Best practice advocates for evaluation of what was implemented, and the lessons learned, to guide future service redevelopment. This evaluation explored the experienced of physiotherapy staff, aiming to inform future service development and ensure that the staff perspective is taken into account.

Methods

A survey was distributed to all staff involved in the initial running of the integrated musculoskeletal physiotherapy service at Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust. Questions consisted of Likert scales, multiple choice questions, scales of 1–100 and open questions. Overall, 22 staff members from the new remote clinic and 10 from the follow-up clinic responded. Content analysis was performed to draw themes from responses.

Results

Overall, 75% of responses indicated a positive experience of the implementation of telemedicine. However, improvements in training and procedural matters were highlighted as fundamental to supporting staff in these clinics. There was considerable variation between staff in the new patient clinic and those in the follow-up clinic, with the former feeling less confident about running remote patient clinics.

Conclusions

Remote consultations are an accepted medium for staff to deliver physiotherapy consultations. However, future development of telemedicine services must be informed by this experience and take staff experiences into consideration.
Factors contributing to patient safety culture: the staff perspective
Authors: Ayoub Ahmed Yahya , Salim Nezar Ahmed , Hdaib Belal Mohammad , Eshah Nidal F
Published: December 2021

Background/Aims

Unsafe medical practices lead to large numbers of injuries, disabilities and deaths each year worldwide. An understanding of safety culture in healthcare organisations is vital to improve practice and prevent adverse events from medical errors. This integrated literature review aimed to evaluate healthcare staff's perceptions of factors contributing to patient safety culture in their organisations.

Methods

A comprehensive in-depth review was conducted of studies associated with patient safety culture. Multiple electronic databases, such as PubMed, Wolters Kluwer Health, Karger, SAGE journal and Biomedical Central, were searched for relevant literature published between 2015 and 2020. The keywords ‘patient safety culture’, ‘patient safety’, ‘healthcare providers’, ‘adverse event’, ‘attitude’ and ‘perception’ were searched for.

Results

Overall, 18 articles met the inclusion criteria. Across all studies, staff highlighted several factors that need improvement to facilitate an effective patient safety culture, with most dimensions of patient safety culture lacking. In particular, staffing levels, open communication, feedback following an error and reporting of adverse events were perceived as lacking across the studies.

Conclusion

Many issues regarding patient safety culture were present across geographical locations and staff roles. It is crucial that healthcare managers and policymakers work towards an environment that focuses on organisational learning, rather than punishment, in regards to medical errors and adverse incidents. Teamwork between units, particularly during handovers, also requires improvement.
Artificial intelligence and copyright
Authors: Tako Fiona , Marashi Jona
Published: December 2021

In this new era of the fourth industrial revolution that we are living in here, we are increasingly aware of the immense possibilities and potential of technological development that lie ahead and of the increasingly important role that artificial intelligence is assuming in the scientific field but also and especially in the daily life of all of us. Today, artificial intelligence affects almost all aspects of life: science, culture, art and law. Surely it has improved, from different points of view, each of these areas, but, at the same time, since this evolution is fast and unstoppable, it has highlighted the gaps that the legal system presents in these sectors. Jurisprudence is making a huge effort to keep pace with technological evolution but despite this, questions that need answers, possibly as soon as possible, often arise. Thus, in the field of artificial intelligence, an interesting combination under the legal aspect is that between works of art or intellectual property and legislation, with particular regard to copyright. In fact, creativity, both scientific and artistic, has always been considered as exclusively belonging to the human being, to man, as it was believed that only he was capable of original and autonomous intellectual creation. Almost in all of the existing legal systems, this is precisely the principle underlying the legislation concerning copyright: all creative intellectual works that belong to science, literature, music, figurative arts, architecture, theater and cinema, regardless of the way or form of expression, are protected and safeguarded. The prerequisite for recognizing copyright, also admitted by jurisprudence, is the causal link between creativity and personality, considering that the work reflects the personality of its author. The issue presents difficulties, however, when it is a machine or a robot to carry out a certain work of genius in one of the aforementioned fields. How can the legislator, whether Italian, Albanian, European or international, regulate this new legal reality linked to a work created by artificial intelligence? To whom do the authorship and the rights of economic use of the work belong in this case? Can we talk in this case of a moral right? What is the most suitable type of protection that can be given to such works and through what methods, given that all the legal rules on the subject presuppose human creative activity? Basically, in the case of the creation of a particular work by an artificial intelligence, can robots have intellectual property rights? Can they have liability towards third parties? In this article we will try to shed some light and give some answers to these questions imposed by the reality we are living in, based on the current legal framework in the field of copyright, the considerations of the doctrine and also the analysis of certain concrete cases such as that of the “Portrait of Edmond Bellamy”, a portrait made entirely by an AI and sold for $ 432,500, and that of the selfie made by a macaque monkey with the camera of photographer David Slater.
Taxation of artificial intelligences and taxable cases
Authors: Parente Salvatore
Published: December 2021

In order to tax the facts emerging from the computer economy, it is necessary not only to verify whether artificial intelligence is endowed with an autonomous tax subjectivity, but also to ascertain its compatibility with the principle of ability to pay, the basis and limit of taxation. This twofold requirement applies in particular to machines with cognitive skills similar to those of human beings, capable of taking decisions independently and increasing their knowledge. In any event, it must be the case that the subjective suitability of the machine for assuming the tax obligation can be inferred. Within these limits, the provision of a robot tax that does not alter the structure of the tax system could privilege the compensatory view of the social damage caused by technological innovation, in order to take into account the negative externalities related to the automation of production processes in terms of employment and financing of public expenditure. The taxation of robotics would thus affect the production of technological companies, due to the negative externalities resulting from the adoption of automated processes, since these are activities that pursue economic growth objectives.
The information society and digital transformation of a state: development and interpretations in the futurological thought
Authors: Sokalska Edyta
Published: December 2021

The theories of the information society and the idea of the modern digital state need an interdisciplinary approach. Practical realization of the concept of the digital state issues a challenge to public administration. It might be observed that public entities, while they work on electronic solutions, do not focus adequate attention on their cooperation. In Poland, the scope of digitalization and electronic services provided by public administration has extended. The digital transformation of public institutions is of high importance in the context the human rights. Cybersecurity and some contemporary threats related to the public sphere (cybercrime, cyberterrorism, cyberwar, fake news) trigger the changes in legal systems and public institutions. They also affect people, their cognitive abilities and identity. It is significant that the predictions concerning the information society and the digital state in the context of social changes have been present in the futurological thought. They include the thoughts of Alvin Toffler, Samuel P. Huntington, and Francis Fukuyama. The authors deal with the civilization changes, transformation related to dissemination of modern ICT technology, clash of cultures and their influence on societies and states.
Social aspects of Artificial Intelligence – selected issues
Authors: Kowalczyk Marcin
Published: December 2021

The paper presents findings regarding AI and Machine Learning and how “thinking machines” differ from human beings? In the next part the paper presents the issue of AI and Machine Learning’s impact on day-to-day activities in the following areas: 1. Microtargetting and psychometrics – with the examples from the business and politics; 2. Surveillance systems, biometric identification, COVID 19 tracing apps etc. – the issue of privacy in the digital era; 3. The question of choice optimization (AI-driven Web browsers and dating apps, chatbots and virtual assistants etc.); whether free will still exist in the AI supported on-line environment? The article is summed up with conclusions.
Online mediation in education as an opportunity on conflict resolution in the modern world
Authors: Lukasek Aleksandra
Published: December 2021

The article was devoted to on line mediation as an alternative way to resolve conflicts in education using professional equipment and high-tech links.The author draws attention to the advantages of using online mediation in education in the era of contemporary conflicts of children and adolescents. It also shows online mediation as a way of preventing demoralisation and juvenile delinquency.
Parental-perceived home and neighborhood environmental correlates of accelerometer-measured physical activity among school-going children in Uganda
Authors: Nakabazzi Bernadette , Wachira Lucy-Joy M. , Oyeyemi Adewale L. , Ssenyonga Ronald , Onywera Vincent O.
Published: December 2021

The benefits of physical activity (PA) on children’s health and well-being are well established. However, many children do not meet the PA recommendations, increasing their risk of being overweight, obese, and non-communicable diseases. Environmental characteristics of homes and neighborhoods may constrain a child’s ability to engage in PA, but evidence is needed to inform country-specific interventions in understudied low-income countries. This study assessed the associations between parental-perceived home and neighbourhood, built environment characteristics, and moderate-to-vigorous physical activity (MVPA) among children in Kampala city, Uganda. In this cross-sectional study, data were obtained from 256 children (55.5% girls) aged between 10 and 12 years and their parents. Children’s MVPA was measured using waist-worn ActiGraph accelerometers. The environments were assessed using a valid self-reported parent survey. Linear regression models with standard errors (clusters) were used to analyze the relationship between environmental variables and children’s MVPA. Sex-specific relationships were assessed using sex-stratified models. Play equipment at home (β = -2.37, p <0.001; unexpected direction), residential density (β = 2.70, p<0.05), and crime safety (β = -5.29, p <0.05; unexpected direction) were associated with children’s MVPA. The sex-specific analyses revealed more inconsistent patterns of results with a higher perception of land use mix associated with less MVPA in girls (irrespective of school type attended), and higher perceptions of sidewalk infrastructure (β = -12.01, p <0.05) and walking and cycling infrastructure (β = -14.72, p <0.05) associated with less MVPA in girls attending public schools only. A better perception of crime safety was associated with less MVPA among boys and girls attending private schools (β = -3.80, p <0.05). Few environmental characteristics were related to children’s MVPA in Uganda, and findings were largely inconsistent, especially among girls. Future studies are needed to understand the ecological determinants of health-related PA behaviors among children in Uganda.
Knowledge, attitudes and practices on tuberculosis infection prevention and associated factors among rural and urban adults in northeast Tanzania: A cross-sectional study
Authors: Kazaura Method , Kamazima Switbert Rwechungura
Published: December 2021

Almost 10 million of the global population was infected with tuberculosis (TB) in 2017. Tanzania is among countries with high incidence of TB. Although control measures of TB are multi factorial, it is important to understand the individual’s knowledge, attitudes and practices (KAP) in order to control TB infection. We conducted a cross-sectional study in northeast Tanzania; recruited and interviewed 1519 adults from two districts, one rural and another urban. We scored each participant using several questions for each construct of KAP. A study participant scoring at least 60% of the possible maximum scores was considered as having a good knowledge, positive attitude or good practices. And herein, a participant having positive TB attitude would mean they acknowledge TB exist, recognizes its impact on health and would seek or advise TB-infected individuals to seek the correct remedies. We applied multiple linear regression analysis to assess independent individual-level factors related to TB on KAP scores in the rural and urban populations. Overall, less than half (44%) of the study participants had good overall knowledge about TB infection and significantly more urban than rural adult population had good overall knowledge (p<0.001). Almost one in ten, (11%) of all study participants had positive attitudes towards TB infection. More urban study participants, (16%) had positive attitudes than their rural counterparts, 6%). Almost nine in ten (89%) of all study participants had good practices towards TB prevention and control; significantly more adults in urban, (97%) than the rural populations (56%) (p<0.01). Predictors of KAP scores were individual’s education and main source of income. Adults in rural and urban northeast Tanzania have poor knowledge, attitudes and practices for TB infection and prevention. Strategies focusing on health education are important for control of TB, especially among rural communities.
A network-based method for predicting disease-associated enhancers
Authors: Le Duc-Hau
Published: December 2021

Background

Enhancers regulate transcription of target genes, causing a change in expression level. Thus, the aberrant activity of enhancers can lead to diseases. To date, a large number of enhancers have been identified, yet a small portion of them have been found to be associated with diseases. This raises a pressing need to develop computational methods to predict associations between diseases and enhancers.

Results

In this study, we assumed that enhancers sharing target genes could be associated with similar diseases to predict the association. Thus, we built an enhancer functional interaction network by connecting enhancers significantly sharing target genes, then developed a network diffusion method RWDisEnh, based on a random walk with restart algorithm, on networks of diseases and enhancers to globally measure the degree of the association between diseases and enhancers. RWDisEnh performed best when the disease similarities are integrated with the enhancer functional interaction network by known disease-enhancer associations in the form of a heterogeneous network of diseases and enhancers. It was also superior to another network diffusion method, i.e., PageRank with Priors, and a neighborhood-based one, i.e., MaxLink, which simply chooses the closest neighbors of known disease-associated enhancers. Finally, we showed that RWDisEnh could predict novel enhancers, which are either directly or indirectly associated with diseases.

Conclusions

Taken together, RWDisEnh could be a potential method for predicting disease-enhancer associations.
Touchscreen-based finger tapping: Repeatability and configuration effects on tapping performance
Authors: Makai-Bölöni Soma , Thijssen Eva , van Brummelen Emilie M. J. , Groeneveld Geert J. , Doll Robert J.
Published: December 2021

Parkinson’s disease (PD) is a progressive neurodegenerative disease that affects almost 2% of the population above the age of 65. To better quantify the effects of new medications, fast and objective methods are needed. Touchscreen-based tapping tasks are simple yet effective tools for quantifying drug effects on PD-related motor symptoms, especially bradykinesia. However, there is no consensus on the optimal task set-up. The present study compares four tapping tasks in 14 healthy participants. In alternate finger tapping (AFT), tapping occurred with the index and middle finger with 2.5 cm between targets, whereas in alternate side tapping (AST) the index finger with 20 cm between targets was used. Both configurations were tested with or without the presence of a visual cue. Moreover, for each tapping task, within- and between-day repeatability and (potential) sensitivity of the calculated parameters were assessed. Visual cueing reduced tapping speed and rhythm, and improved accuracy. This effect was most pronounced for AST. On average, AST had a lower tapping speed with impaired accuracy and improved rhythm compared to AFT. Of all parameters, the total number of taps and mean spatial error had the highest repeatability and sensitivity. The findings suggest against the use of visual cueing because it is crucial that parameters can vary freely to accurately capture medication effects. The choice for AFT or AST depends on the research question, as these tasks assess different aspects of movement. These results encourage further validation of non-cued AFT and AST in PD patients.
Dialectical Collaborative Theatre: Practising equality by facilitating non-material ideology in the production process
Authors: Ronan Jo
Published: December 2021

This article discusses the relationship between ethics and ideology and how this relationship forms the basis of the practice of BloodWater Theatre, a collective I formed to explore equality in collaborative theatre-making. I highlight the prevalence of inequality, even in oppositional theatre, and argue for Dialectical Collaborative Theatre (DCT), a research/production/performance methodology I developed to interrupt hegemonic collaborative theatre practice. I discuss the development of DCT, derived from Marx’s theory of ‘capital’ and ‘cooperation’, analysing BloodWater Theatre’s practical exploration of the tensions between performance as product and as process. I propose a rethinking of the enduring association of ‘utility’ with capitalist objectives of productivity and profit, proposing instead Bentham’s ethical formulations of utility. I argue that the relationship between material and non-material ideology should be explored, to facilitate utopian ideals and reposition ethics in collaborative theatre practice today.
LONG SUN-EXPOSURES INFLUENCING HIGH SUB-CUTANEOUS SYNTHESIS OF VITAMIN-D3 MAY BE ASSOCIATED WITH EXACERBATION OF SYMPTOMS IN ALLERGIC-ASTHMA
Authors: D'Cruz L.G. , Husain S.A. , Wells T. , Morgan C. , Stanczyk P.J. , Satgunarajah A. , Kashir J. , Calver B.L. , Blayney L.M. , Lai F.A.
Published: December 2021

Objectives: Does excessive sun-exposure, non-use of sunscreen and/or high doses of vitamin-D3 supplements provoke exacerbation of asthma? Design: Clinical examinations, retrospective records-access and questionnaire surveys were distributed to a convenience sample of allergic-asthma patient (n=183). Setting: Patients (19-89 years) attending the outpatient respiratory clinics at Maidstone Hospital were enrolled. Results: 90.3% of patients (total IgE levels ≥75 kU/L ; n=103) exposed to direct sunlight of ≥ 15 minutes per day continuously for 6-7 days presented with wheeze (χ2(1) = 7.46; p< 0.05) compared to only 9.7% patients of similar atopy-status, presenting with wheeze if exposed to sunlight of < 15 minutes per day for 6-7 days. 68.9% patients (with IgE levels ≥ 75 kU/L ; n=103), non-users of sunscreen (SPF 30 and above), exposed to direct sunlight of ≥ 15 minutes per day continuously for 6-7 days developed a wheeze, compared to fewer users of sunscreen (9.7%, n=103), exposed to the same duration of sunlight who developed asthma symptoms (p< 0.05). Vitamin-D3 supplementation in asthma-patients with clinical signs of hypovitaminosis-D (n=21), produced symptoms of morning chest-tightness (76.2%), allergic rhinitis (61.9%) and wheeze (100%), 2 weeks after initiation of treatment. Conclusions: Our results advocate direct sunlight exposure < 15 minutes per day and use of sunscreen as a novel approach to preventing atopic-asthma symptoms in allergic-asthma patients.. Activated vitamin-D3 is well-recognised to shift the immune-balance towards Th2 predominance, favouring allergic asthma. These results suggest that limiting subcutaneous synthesis of vitamin-D3 in asthma patients and re-addressing dosage of vitamin-D3 supplementation is necessary may contribute to prevent exacerbation of symptoms.
OIL OR FLAXSEED FLOUR REDUCES PANCREATIC ISLET AREA BUT DOES NOT AFFECT SERUM INSULIN, AT WEANING, IN MALE WISTAR RATS
Authors: D’Avila Pereira A. , Cavalcante Ribeiro D. , de Sousa dos Santos A. , Ferolla da Camara Boueri B. , Ribeiro Pessanha C. , Duque Coutinho de Abreu M. , Pessoa Rozeno L. , Cristina Alves do Nascimento-Saba C. , Guillermo Coca Velarde L. , Soares da Costa C.A. , Teles Boaventura G.
Published: December 2021

The aim of the present study evaluated the influence of oil or flaxseed flour in pancreas morphology of pups, whose mothers were fed with oil or flaxseed flour during lactation, at weaning. After birth, the lactating rat males were randomly assigned: control (C, n=12 pups), flaxseed oil (FO, n=12 pups) and flaxseed flour (FF, n=12). At 21 days, the pups were weaning and anesthetized. Body mass, length, serum glucose, insulin, pancreas mass and pancreatic islet area were assessed. FO and FF showed higher (p<0.05) mass and length and lower glucose (p<0.05) when compared with C. Insulin (p=0.094) and pancreas mass (p=0.054) not differ between groups. FO and FF showed lower (p<0.05) pancreatic islet area when compared with C. A fed with FO or FF, during lactation may improve function pancreatic, as insulin sensitivity. These findings emphasize that oil or flaxseed flour during lactation may improve pancreatic function in early life.
Social Utility of Mobile Phone Technology by Undergraduate University Students in Nairobi, Kenya
Authors: Wasiaya O. C. , Serede S. K. , Mberia K. H.
Published: December 2021

This study investigated social utility as a gratification factor influencing mobile phone technology use by public university undergraduate students in Nairobi, Kenya. The objective of the study was to examine the influence of social utility on undergraduate university students’ use of mobile phone technology. The study employed media technological determinism theory. Target population was 246,871 undergraduate university students in public universities in Nairobi, Kenya. The study employed quantitative design. Self-administered questionnaires were used as data collection tools. The study utilized purposive sampling to arrive at a sample size of 573 undergraduate students. The data was analyzed using descriptive statistics and then processed using the Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS) version 23. Findings revealed that mobile phone technology has become essential in social utility activities among undergraduate university students. The research concluded that the more the need for social utility, the more the need for mobile phone technology use among undergraduate university students. The research recommended that software developers should develop a specific mobile phone software for university students to use for social utility and that another research could be carried among postgraduate students and among private universities to find out other gratification factors that may be influencing mobile phone technology use.
W cieniu mistrza. O etiudzie Stanisława Latałły Święta rodzina
Authors: Hendrykowski Marek
Published: December 2021

The text contains an analysis of Stanisław Latałło’s short film The Holy Family, shot at the ŁódźFilm School in the autumn of 1969. The author reconstructs the parabolic structure of this work and reveals the historical context of its realization, tied to the events of March 1968.
Bohater mityczny w Matce Ziemi Piotra Złotorowicza
Authors: Rojek Patrycja
Published: December 2021

In his etude Mother Earth Piotr Złotorowicz forms the narrative around the mythical hero. The main character Maciek gains the entirety of mythical fulfi llment due to being shaped by (1) space of the execution of the film narration’s subject (indicated by the opposition of home area and garden area), (2) space around him (indicated by sublimed functioning of touch), (3) inability to identify with his own community (indicated by rejecting the butchery tradition of his family), (4) inability to act different than how it was shown (indicated by numerous similarities to Jesus Christ).
Gdzie jest nasz dom? Historia pewnego filmu
Authors: Hendrykowski Marek
Published: December 2021

The article tells the story of the making of a little-known Polish documentary shot in 1944 and 1945. The film depicts the fate of a group of children from Warsaw who were at a summer camp in Stoczek Lukowski when the Warsaw Uprising began.
Cinema Metropol – kino, którego nie ma
Authors: Śliwińska Anna
Published: December 2021

This article is devoted to the history of the Metropol movie theater, which started its activity in the interwar period. The story of Metropol intertwines with the history of the town and the fate of its inhabitants.
Jerzy Bossak. Szkic do portretu (1910–1989)
Authors: Hendrykowski Marek
Published: December 2021

The article presents a profile of Jerzy Bossak (1910–1989), an outstanding Polish filmmaker, head of the Polish Film Chronicle and the Kamera film team, and a long-time distinguished pedagogue at the Łódź Film School.
Wojenne losy Heleny Grossówny
Authors: Pieńkowska -Wyżyńska Beata , Wyżyński Adam
Published: December 2021

Helena Grossówna, one of the most popular prewar Polish actresses, at the peak of her popularity got confronted with wartime. Like most people of art after 1st September 1939 she abandoned hitherto lifestyle and participated in the defense of Warsaw as a nurse and cook but did not become a regular soldier at that time. Together with other professional jobless actors she rendered services as a waitress in a café U Filmowców and occasionally performed on a stage. However, in the third year of war she joined the structures of Polish Underground State and fought in the Warsaw Uprising in Battalion Sokół. Consequently Grossówna got sent to POW camp Gross-Lübars and the latter in Oberlangen. After the camp was released in 1945, she came back to the country to struggle with the reality of Poland ruled by the Communist Party.
Wygnanie ocalonych. Doświadczenie emigracji pomarcowej w filmach Mariana Marzyńskiego i Leszka Leo Kantora
Authors: Pietrzak Maciej
Published: December 2021

Autobiographical threads occupy an important place in films of Marian Marzyński and Leszek Leo Kantor. Interesting is the convergence of life experiences common to both authors. We can indicate a lot of parallelisms in biographies of both directors. Certainly, the most important analogy is the fact that both of them survived the Holocaust as children. Common to both artists is also experience of anti-Semitic campaign of March 1968, as a result of which they were forced to emigrate from Poland. The objective of this article is to demonstrate how this personal experience of exile resonates in their work.
The Abuse of Ownership: A Social Justice Perspective
Authors: Radonjić Aleksa
Published: December 2021

Given that property rights are politically sensitive, and that the right of ownership is the most extensive property right, this article undertakes a political analysis of the so-called abuse of ownership doctrine as a private law limitation to the right of ownership. The notion of the abuse of rights as is defined and described by the Serbian academic, Professor Vodinelić, is explained, and examined with respect to how it fits into four different social justice theories. This analysis shows that the doctrine of abuse of rights would change in structure, and in the way it is applied, depending on the underlying value system which is adopted in a society.
Common Errors in Single-Session Therapy
Authors: Hoyt Michael F. , Cannistrà Flavio
Published: December 2021

Single-session thinking and practice are being increasingly recognized as an important component in the landscape of mental health service delivery. At the same time, however, there are some common misunderstandings that may impede applications and further developments. Inspired by Jay Haley's (1969) ironic “The Art of Being a Failure as a Therapist” and others of his articles, the authors describe some ways to avoid successful single-session therapy (SST), including insisting that therapy be only one session; disbelieving that therapy could be only one session; lowering hopeful expectations; avoiding clarifying a specific goal for the session; disregarding real-life issues; insisting on one model of therapy; ignoring context and working against the client's culture; thinking that the only single-session goal should be total resolution of whatever problems have brought the client to therapy; and neglecting implementation, supervision, and administrative support.
SYNTAX and Coronary Artery Calcium Score Predict Atherosclerotic Plaque Formation in the Ascending Aorta
Authors: Haberal Ismail , Balli Mehmet , Ertürk tekin Esra , Uysal Ayhan , Deniz Ozsoy Sadiye , Yesiltas Mehmet Ali , Oksen Dogaç , Batur Sebnem , Ak Hulya Yilmaz , Aydinli Bahar
Published: December 2021

Background: There is no study about the relationship between the complexity of coronary artery disease (SYNTAX SCORE; SS), and coronary artery calcium (CAC) score, accompanied with aortic calcium score (ACS) levels. The objective of this study was to investigate the relationship between the preoperative SS and CAC scores accompanying ACS in isolated CABG patients and their postoperative clinical results.
Methods: This study included 130 consecutive CABG patients. The mean age of the patients was 62.3 ± 8.62 years (range: 47-84 years). SS was measured using coronary angiography by an experienced cardiologist. We investigated the ACS accompanied with CAC scores using a multidetector computed tomography (MDCT) in the same session, preoperatively. Measurements of the CAC score and ACS were measured by an experienced radiologist, who was unaware of the study in the same session. In order to investigate aortic wall pathology in patients with positive aortic calcification, we provided aortic tissue samples prior to the proximal anastomosis of bypass grafts using No:11 scalpel.
Results: Overall median SS was 39 ± 7.2 (range: 15-41). CAC score was zero in 34 patients (26.1%). For the patients with a CAC score of zero, the median SS was 32 ± 9.4. There was no evidence of aortic calcification or plaque formation in 62 patients (47.6%). In these patients, the median SS was 35.6 ± 11.3. No significant difference was found when both groups were compared and for those patients with a calcific score of zero (P = .85). The median CAC score and ACS were 238 ± 122 AU (range: 0-1238 AU) and 112 ± 40 AU (range: 0-730 AU), respectively (P = .0033). For patients with a CAC score and ACS ≥400 AU, the mean SYNTAX score was ≥ 37. SS was correlated with CAC score (R:0.585; P < .0001). SYNTAX was correlated with ACS (R:0.557; P < .001). In multivariate analysis of SS (OR 1.053, 95% CI: 1.003–1.106, P = .039), gender (OR 0.189, 95% CI: 0.053–0.678, P = 0.011), age (OR 1.454, 95% CI: 1.256–1.632, P = .012), and diabetes mellitus (OR 0.341, 95% CI: 1.006–1.124, P = .014) were independent predictors for CAC score and aortic calcification.
Conclusions: CAC score and ACS are strongly correlated with the complexity of coronary arteries in CABG patients. The total CAC score (≥ 400 AU) was independently associated with the degree of SS (>37). To prevent MACCE and mortality in CABG patients, we suggest the measurement of CAC score accompanied with ACS using MDCT as a non-invasive method.
Highlight points:
• Atherosclerotic plaque formation in aorta and coronary arteries are the main risk factors for stroke and infarction in CABG operations.
•SYNTAX score value and aortic atherosclerosis levels are directly correlated.
•SYNTAX score may predict the complications due to atherosclerosis during heart surgery.
Development of the new generation catalysts for the process of bioethanol conversion into 1,3-butadiene for further synthesis of reactive oligomers as the binding agents for high-energy compositions
Authors:   L.V. Pisarzhevskii Institute of Physical Chemistry, The National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, Kyiv, Ukraine., Soloviev Sergiy O. , Kyriienko Pavlo I. ,   L.V. Pisarzhevskii Institute of Physical Chemistry, The National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, Kyiv, Ukraine., Larina Olga V. ,   L.V. Pisarzhevskii Institute of Physical Chemistry, The National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, Kyiv, Ukraine., Hudzenko Nataliia V. ,   Institute of Macromolecular Chemistry the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, Kyiv, Ukraine, Boiko Vitaly P. ,   Institute of Macromolecular Chemistrythe National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, Kyiv, Ukraine, Grishchenko Vladimir K. ,   Institute of Macromolecular Chemistry the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, Kyiv, Ukraine
Published: December 2021

The influence of composition of ZnO(Cu)/MgO-SiO2 and ZnO(Cu)/ZrO2-SiO2 catalysts on their catalytic performance in the 1,3-butadiene production process from rectified ethanol and ethanol-aqueous mixtures has been studied. The ZnO/MgO-SiO2 catalyst that contains equivalent amounts of MgO and SiO2, is characterized by the highest activity and selectivity for 1,3-butadiene among ZnO/MgO-SiO2 systems, due to the optimal ratio of acid and basic surface sites. It is shown that highly active MgO-SiO2-based catalysts can be obtained by wet-kneading of magnesium oxide/hydroxide and freshly precipitated silicate material, due to which it is possible to obtain a high concentration of LAS in interface of the components. Catalysts ZnO/ZrO2-SiO2 prepared by wet-kneading of ZnO nanoparticles and ZrO2-SiO2 has shown higher activity and selectivity in the conversion of ethanol-water mixtures into 1,3-butadiene compared to those prepared by impregnation. It has been shown that the radical polymerization of the C4 fraction obtained by the catalytic conversion of ethanol/ethanol-aqueous mixtures makes it possible to obtain functionalized liquid rubbers that can be used as binders in the creation of high-energy compositions for various purposes.