bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
TO THE QUESTION OF THE NEED TO INTRODUCE A SYSTEMATIC APPROACH TO THE CONSIDERATION OF CASES ON AMENDMENT OR TERMINATION OF CIVIL LAW CONTRACTS
Authors: Ablyatipova N. A. , Ashurova E. A.
Published: December 2020

For the Russian reality, the stability and stability of the execution of transactions and obligations in the context of frequent and unpredictable changes in the external environment is becoming an increasingly important component of economic and legal relations. Modern civil legislation, on the one hand, guarantees the stability of existing legal relations, on the other, allows for the modification and termination of contracts both at the mutual desire of the parties, and in connection with the will of the other party, if it is granted such a right. The third option is a way to change or terminate the contract in court. However, at present, there are many subjective and objective circumstances that are not provided for by the parties when concluding the contract, which make it difficult or even impossible to continue performing obligations under it while maintaining the conditions that were originally laid down in it. Not always resolving of such situations envisaged by the legislator, but because there are situations when the parties relations are further complicated by the inability to quickly and effectively solve the current conflict, especially if parties are business entities and any delay can lead to significant financial costs not only of the parties of legal relations, but also third parties whose rights are directly or indirectly affected.
IMPLEMENTATION OF PROCURATORS SUPERVISION OF THE INQUIRY AND INVESTIGATION IN THE CRIMEA IN 1991-2004
Authors: Zadereychuk A. A. , Zadereychuk I. P.
Published: December 2020

The article examines the issues of legal regulation of procurator’s supervision of the bodies that carried out the inquiry and investigation on the territory of Crimea in 1991 — 2014. The prosecutor’s office activities for timely and high-quality investigation of crimes are analyzed. The contribution of the Crimean prosecutors to the observation of the procedural deadlines, justification of bringing people to criminal responsibility, protection of the rights of people under investigation, taking measures to prevent crimes, elimination of the causes and conditions conducive to their accomplishment has been revealed.
THE SAFEGUARDING OF THE INTANGIBLE CULTURAL HERITAGE THROUGH THE REGISTRATION OF TRADEMARKS
Authors: Ivanova Zh. B. , Kruchek I. V.
Published: December 2020

This article attempts to consider the preservation of the intangible cultural heritage as one of the most important conditions for the harmonious development of modern Russian society. The author analyzes the judicial practice and databases of registered trademarks, which allowed us to come to the conclusion about the active use in business of the names of characters of national folklore in the means of individualization of goods and services. This indicates the popularization of the intangible cultural heritage of the peoples of the Russian Federation, ensuring the viability of folklore characters in intellectual property, and is in harmony with the national project «Culture».
LEGAL REGULATION OF THE CONCESSION AGREEMENT AS AN EFFECTIVE MODEL OF STATE PROPERTY MANAGEMENT IN THE TRANSPORT SECTOR
Authors: Lantseva V.
Published: December 2020

The article is devoted to a theoretical analysis of the problems that arise in the process of concluding and implementing a concession agreement, which are associated with the underdevelopment of the domestic legal field. The article analyzes the agreement, which is the prevailing form of public-private partnership in the transport industry — a concession agreement. Attention is paid to the distribution of risks — a key requirement in the framework of streamlining the relations of the parties in public-private partnership projects, and the probable difficulties at the stage of preparing such a project are manifested precisely in the search for an optimal risk distribution. One of the main problems identified at the stage of concluding a concession agreement is a gap in the concretization of its elements. The current legislation contains a sign of the complexity of the concession agreement, while not specifying the list of types of contracts that make up its content, while establishing the nature of the individual elements of the concession agreement is not so much theoretical as practical at each stage of its conclusion, execution and termination.
TO THE QUESTION OF ESTABLISHING RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE INTENTIONAL AGING OF ELECTRONIC TECHNICAL DEVICES
Authors: Rudik M. V. , Chereuchuk K. V.
Published: December 2020

In the modern world of the dynamics of the world economy, the market for goods, works and services is full of offers in comparison with demand. And unlike the performance of work and services, a product can be regarded not only as a consumer product that meets the needs of people, but also as a means of enrichment by manufacturing companies in the conditions of creating increased demand for the product as a result of artificially reduced use period. This article reveals the range of problems faced by the consumer of goods when the manufacturer specifically programs aging and failure of equipment in order to increase its own enrichment. Based on the study of the judicial practice of foreign countries, where a number of large companies-manufacturers of electronic devices and home appliances have been held liable before the law for their actions aimed at reducing the actual service life of goods, it is important to pay attention to the term used by foreign countries regarding the service life of goods — «premature aging». As a result, the article contains proposals for improving the current legislation aimed at protecting consumer rights and preventing offenses in the same area.
FEATURES OF THE APPOINTMENT OF JUDICIAL EXPERTISE IN THE COURT OF APPEAL
Authors: Sikorskaya N. I.
Published: December 2020

The article describes the features of the appointment of judicial expertise in the court of appeal. The author conducts a theoretical and legal analysis of the regulation of the institution of appointment of expertise in modern Russian conditions. The author analyzes the current judicial practice in the field under study and notes that in practice, the appellate courts evaluate the applicants ‘ arguments about the appointment of expertise as additional evidence at this stage of the arbitration process in different ways. The author has separately considered the position of the higher courts (the economic Board of the Supreme court of the Russian Federation, the constitutional court of the Russian Federation) on the appointment of judicial expertise.
The author concludes that in order to ensure the stability of judicial acts of the courts of first instance and minimize the exercise by the appellate instance of its powers to accept additional evidence, in order to comply with its own competence by commercial courts of different instances, as well as to prevent abuse of procedural rights by persons involved in the case, it is advisable for the courts to pay attention to the need for timely and correct appointment of expertise to clarify issues, requiring special knowledge and uniform application of legal norms by arbitration courts.
LEGAL REGULATION OF THE PORT OF TALLINN
Authors: Zmerzlu B. V.
Published: December 2020

The article States that the organization of activities and management of commercial ports in Estonia is organized on the basis of the law on ports and the law on commercial sea transport in the current version. The port of Tallinn received its modern legal organization in 2018 with the formation of the corresponding joint-stock company and registration on the Nasdaq Tallinn exchange on June 13, 2018. the Basic regulations governing the system of its higher management are the «Regulations on the Association of Aktiaselts Tallinn Sadam» and «Rules of procedure of the Supervisory Board of Aktiaselts Tallinn Sadam». In them set out the procedure for possession and use of the stock of this company, Supervisory Board, management Board and other bodies working on permanent and temporary foundations; requirements for Board members.
LEGAL APPROACHES OF N. M. MURAVEVA IN THE FIELD OF STATE BUILDING AND DEVELOPMENT OF THE JUDICIAL SYSTEM
Authors: Konareva I. A.
Published: December 2020

The article is devoted to the study of the positions of one of the leaders of the Decembrist movement N. N. Muravyev in relation to the construction of institutions of state power and the court. Having absorbed many progressive ideas, N. N. Muravyev stated his point of view on the place of the judicial system in the administrative and power mechanism in the program political and legal document named by the Constitution. A number of Decembrist ideas were rejected by his contemporaries because of the radicalism of certain provisions, but in the course of further historical development they were perceived and received their implementation.
ORGANIZATION OF PILOT SERVICE IN FINLAND AT THE BEGINNING OF THE XIX CENTURY
Authors: Nikitina A. P. , Gauck A. M.
Published: December 2020

The article States that the organization of pilots in Finland after its accession to the Russian Empire received a new legal basis, but taking into account the rich experience available. On may 17, 1812, the Imperial regulations «on the establishment of lighthouses and pilots in Finland»were signed. This document is also interesting because it does not fit into the traditional model for Russia – the creation of pilot societies at specific ports. The regulations of 1812 assumed a single pilot organization on the entire territory of the VKF and, at the same time, established the same rights and duties of pilots. It consists of 77 paragraphs, combined into five articles: «The duties of mariners regarding the use of the pilot»; «About the patch as total fees for the school pilots, and lighthouses, and special fees received by the pilot»; «How to charge a pilot money and the amount for the establishment of lighthouses and pilots, with an indication as to conduct of these control registers»; «About the duties of pilots»; «A subject of judicial place and proceedings in cases relating to lighthouses and pilots». This regulation was issued simultaneously with the regulations on official duties and savings in pilotage and on the construction of lighthouses and tanks in Finland, which ended the legal organization of pilots in this country during this period.
СONCERNING THE QUESTION OF LEGAL REGULATION ENHANCEMENT OF INTERACTION BETWEEN LOCAL SELF-GOVERNMENT BODIES AND MEDICAL ORGANIZATIONS
Authors: Vicheva A. A.
Published: December 2020

The article highlights the peculiarities of legal regulation of the interaction between local authorities in the process of power realization and creation conditions for the medical care provision by medical organizations. The author notes that the interaction under study is carried out in the tax sphere, on the vicinity improvement, while transferring property rights to municipal property, while organizing the efficiency of electricity, heat, gas, water, sanitation, while creating conditions to provide communication services. On the basis of analysis of the federal legislation norms and municipal legal acts, the ways of improving the interaction of these entities in each of the identified areas are determined.
MUNICIPAL DISTRICT — A NEW TYPE OF MUNICIPALITY: PROBLEMS AND PROSPECTS OF LOCAL GOVERNMENT REFORM
Authors: Sibileva A. Yu.
Published: December 2020

The article discusses the amendments made to the Federal Law of 06.10.2003 N 131-ФЗ «On General Principles of Organization of Local Self-Government in the Russian Federation» by the Federal Law No. 87-FZ of 05.01.2020 «On Amendments to the Federal Law» On General Principles of Organization local government in the Russian Federation ”. The paper analyzes the feasibility of reforming the territorial organization of local self-government at the present stage, in particular, the introduction of such a new type of municipal entity as the municipal district, considers the prerequisites for enlarging municipalities. As a result of the analysis of the arguments used by the initiators of the reform, an attempt was made to formulate the advantages of a new approach to the organization of local self-government, to identify the main problems of organizing the territories of municipalities that are emerging at the present stage, and also suggest ways to solve them.
CONSTITUTIONAL AND LEGAL STATUS OF THE FEDERAL CONSTITUTIONAL COURT OF GERMANY AND LAND CONSTITUTIONAL COURTS AND THEIR PLACE IN THE SYSTEM OF STATE AUTHORITIES
Authors: Trifonov S. G.
Published: December 2020

The article examines and analyzes the legal status of the constitutional Court of the Federal Republic of Germany, examines the functions inherent in this body of constitutional jurisdiction of Germany, the features of its place in the system of bodies of the Federal German state, also pays attention to the land constitutional courts and the features of their status and functioning.
A Comparative Study between HLS and HDL on SoC for Image Processing Applications
Authors: Millón Roberto , Frati Emmanuel , Rucci Enzo
Published: December 2020

La creciente complejidad de los sistemas actuales y los tiempos limitados del mercado exigen nuevas herramientas de desarrollo para las FPGAs. Hoy en día, además de los tradicionales lenguajes de descripción de hardware (HDL), existen herramientas de síntesis de alto nivel (HLS) que aumentan el nivel de abstracción en el desarrollo de sistemas. A pesar de la mayor simplicidad de diseño y pruebas, HLS tiene algunos inconvenientes para describir hardware. Este documento presenta un estudio comparativo entre HLS y HDL para FPGA, utilizando un filtro Sobel como caso de estudio en el ámbito del procesamiento de imágenes. Los resultados muestran que la implementación HDL es levemente mejor que la versión HLS considerando uso de recursos y tiempo de respuesta. Sin embargo, el esfuerzo de programación en la implementación de HDL es significativamente mayor.
Deoxyfluorination of acyl fluorides to trifluoromethyl compounds by FLUOLEAD®/Olah’s reagent under solvent-free conditions
Authors: Liang Yumeng , Taya Akihito , Zhao Zhengyu , Saito Norimichi , Shibata Norio
Published: December 2020

A new protocol enabling the formation of trifluoromethyl compounds from acyl fluorides has been developed. The combination of FLUOLEAD® and Olah’s reagent in solvent-free conditions at 70 °C initiated the significant deoxyfluorination of the acyl fluorides and resulted in the corresponding trifluoromethyl products with high yields (up to 99%). This strategy showed a great tolerance for various acyl fluorides containing aryloyl, (heteroaryl)oyl, or aliphatic acyl moieties, providing good to excellent yields of the trifluoromethyl products. Synthetic drug-like molecules were also transformed into the corresponding trifluoromethyl compounds under the same reaction conditions. A reaction mechanism is proposed.
HAFİF DÜZEY ZİHİNSEL YETERSİZLİĞİ OLAN ÖZEL EĞİTİM SINIFI VE KAYNAŞTIRMA ÖĞRENCİLERİ İLE NORMAL GELİŞİM GÖSTEREN ÖĞRENCİLERİN YALNIZLIK DÜZEYLERİNİN KARŞILAŞTIRILMASI
Authors: ALLAHVERDİ Hatice , CANKARDAŞ NALBANTÇILAR Sinem , TINAZ Pınar
Published: December 2020

Zihinsel yetersizliği olan çocukların, normal gelişim gösteren çocuklara göre daha fazla fiziksel ve ruhsal problem yaşadığı bilinmektedir. Yalnızlık ve toplumdan dışlanma, yaşanan bu problemlerin sıklığı ve şiddetini arttırabilmektedir. Bu nedenle yalnızlık düzeylerinin ve buna neden olan faktörlerin belirlenmesi, zihinsel yetersizliği olan çocukların ruhsal problemler yaşamasını önleyebilmek açısından oldukça önemlidir. Yapılan bu çalışmada da kaynaştırma eğitimi ve özel eğitim sınıfında eğitim görmekte olan hafif düzey entelektüel yeti yitimi olan çocuklar ile normal gelişim gösteren çocukların yalnızlık düzeylerini incelemek amaçlanmıştır. Bu amaçla yürütülen çalışmada 2016 – 2017 eğitim öğretim yılında İstanbul ili çeşitli ilçelerinde 5,6,7 ve 8. Sınıfta eğitimine devam eden normal gelişim gösteren çocuklar ile, yine aynı okullarda hafif düzey zihinsel yetersizliği olan kaynaştırma öğrencileri ve özel eğitim sınıfındaki öğrenciler olmak üzere toplam 272 öğrenciye ulaşılmıştır. Öğrencilerin yalnızlık düzeyleri, kardeş sayısı ve yakın arkadaş sayısına ilişkin bilgiler alınmıştır. Sonuçta kaynaştırma sınıfı öğrencilerinin hem özel eğitim sınıfı öğrencileri hem de normal gelişim gösteren öğrencilerden daha yüksek düzeyde yalnızlık deneyimledikleri görülmüştür. Kaynaştırma eğitiminin amacına ulaşması için okul temelli yalnızlık duygusunun önüne geçmeye yönelik tedbirler alınması gerektiği düşünülmüştür.
A Treasured Persona: Re-Interpreting the Eketorp Precious Metal Deposition
Authors: Burström Nanouschka M.
Published: December 2020

The theory and practice of the object-biographical approach is the backdrop for this re-interpretation of the celebrated precious metal deposition from Eketorp in central Sweden. This example serves to demonstrate the potential of the approach for assemblages as well as single objects. The Eketorp hoard is one of a category of thematically composed Viking-Age precious metal depositions and contains an exceptional number of miniatures and pendants, jewellery, and some unusual coins. This paper presents new findings from excavations in 2017 and 2019, contextualises the hoard, reinterprets a number of the artefacts and points towards possibilities for further interpretation.
Making Heritage. A Case Study on the Impact of Contract Archaeology on Museum Collecting in Sweden
Authors: Smits Vivian
Published: December 2020

Since taking off as an industry in Sweden in the 1980s, contract archaeology has changed not only the role of field archaeologists but also that of museums and the formation of collections. This paper discusses some of the effects of the commercialization of archaeological services through a case study of past and present collection practices. Data records are compared from three different archaeological investigations at the site Nya Lödöse (1473-1621) in Gothenburg. Each excavation represents a particular era in archaeological practice. The data are used to compare and analyse collecting practices within contemporary contract archaeology. Separately, a survey among contract archaeology units examines the implementation of legislative guidelines and day-to-day practices and suggests several causes for anomalies in the selection and discarding of finds in the case study. Combined, the findings of the case study and the survey results, suggest that contract archaeology leaves a specific imprint on collections in archaeological museums, impacting their compilation, and therefore influencing future research as well as the experience of the public.
Awareness of glaucoma in the western region of Saudi Arabia
Authors: Almarzouki Nawaf
Published: December 2020

Aim: To evaluate the awareness about glaucoma among adults and its related health problems in Jeddah, Western region of Saudi Arabia and to assess the relationship between the awareness and knowledge about glaucoma across the socio-demographic characteristics. This will help to develop educational and screening programs of glaucoma which could help in early detection and diagnosis of the disease therefore reducing its sight threatening outcomes.

Methods: A descriptive, cross-sectional study which included a sample of 608 adults in June 2019. Participants took part filling in the online multiple choice sociodemographic and glaucoma awareness questionnaire. Results: The mean age of the participants was 28.3 years ±11.4 with (59.2%) males and (40.8%) females. The majority of the respondents 70.9% were single and the majority had a bachelor's degree. Overall, 66.3% of the participants had knowledge about glaucoma, whereas 33.7% had no previous knowledge about glaucoma. Significant association between higher educational level and awareness of glaucoma was (P= 0.024). Females and age group (?40) also showed significant associations with glaucoma awareness (P= <0.0001 and P= <0.0001 respectively). 58% of the aware group suffering from glaucoma and 36% have a family history or relatives diagnosed with glaucoma. High IOP and old age were the main risk factors chosen by the participants (74.2% and 72.5% respectively). The majority of the aware group reported that glaucoma can result in blindness and could be preventable.

Conclusion: Assessing the glaucoma awareness in this study, the outcomes showed that majority had good knowledge of glaucoma. Larger surveys which include all cities of the country are suggested to assess the level of awareness and helps in establishing a proper educational and screening programs.
Segmentation of Satellite Imagery of Amedi Site Using Chan–Vese Model with Saliency Estimation
Authors: Rachee Pawan
Published: December 2020

The images that have been taken from space satellites are described by satellite imagery. The presence of the earth's surface is detected by remote sensing. Normally the source of the satellite image is barely seen, because many points in the sky are obscured with cloud shadows. Therefore, one of the most important and ubiquitous tasks in image analysis is segmentation. Segmentation is the method of dividing a image into a collection of specific regions that vary in some essential qualitative or quantitative manner. In this paper we will focus on a method for segmenting images that was developed   Three different methods to detect the location of the satellite images have been studied, implemented, and tested; these are based on Chan-Vese and saliency map segmentation, and multi-resolution segmentation to obtain a proper object segmentation. In this study, the combination of the proposed segmentation automatic detection and image enhancement technique has been performed to reduce the noise of the original image. In addition, the Bilateral filter, and histogram equalization are used in these proposed techniques. Experimental results demonstrate that the suggested method can precisely extract the objective of Amedi site from the satellite images with difficult backgrounds and overlapping regions.
Targetting Interleukins Involved in Glioblastoma – A New Pharmacological Approach
Authors: Masood Aetsam , Kayani Mahmood , Batool Sajida
Published: December 2020

Brain tumor is unchecked growth of brain cells disrupting many of its important functions and, affecting molecular regulatory and signaling networks. Glioblastoma is one of the most deleterious tumors of human brain. Cytokines are secondary messenger molecules in many of the immunological and other biochemical reactions. With glioblastoma progression, various cytokines are secreted that either up-regulate or down-regulate many others with immunological function. Interleukins are a family of cytokines acting mainly as immune-regulatory proteins. They have been implicated in brain tumor initiation, progression and invasion. Due to their multiple and varied regulatory roles at every stage of tumor, they are now becoming an attractive target for study in glioblastoma. This mini review briefly summarizes the types and roles of major interleukins and their regulation and, effects in glioblastoma that have been studied so far. Immunotherapeutic aspects are particularly emphasized as the promising therapeutic targets to control brain tumors. Main types of interleukins which are implicated in brain tumors are discussed here which includes interleukin-1 (IL-1), interleukin-2 (IL-2), interleukin-4 (IL-4), interleukin-6 (IL-6), interleukin-8 (IL-8), interleukin-10 (IL-10), and interleukin-12 (IL-12). Glioblastoma is one of the most invasive tumor and still lack effective control measures clinically. Conventional treatments like chemotherapy and radiation therapy are not only ineffective in controlling the spread of glioblastoma, but also have damaging and unwanted side effects on healthy cells. Immunotherapy by blocking and/or increasing the action of certain interleukins has proven to be effective control measure in laboratory investigations. Future work extending these findings to clinical and human trials is expected to provide effective treatment measures.
The Literalist and Fundamentalist Interpretation of the Bible: A Review
Authors: Alu Caleb Olayiwola
Published: December 2020

It is undebatable that Christians and Bible scholars accept the Bible as the uniting point for all – as a source and reference point. However, the approach to interpretation – how they see and read the Bible – divides them. The review of literalist and fundamentalist interpretative approaches based on their identifying tag reveals their convergent and divergent positions. This study shows that no particular hermeneutical “method” can guarantee a better understanding of and obedience to Holy Scripture. An openness of heart and a searching mind remain essential. Also, a large part of the Bible makes sense when read literally and it exercises control on the imagination.
An Upper Limit on the Extended Helium Atmosphere of GJ 1214 b*
Authors: Petit dit de la Roche D. J. M. , van den Ancker M. E. , Miles-Paez P. A.
Published: December 2020

The He i 10830 Å absorption line in transit spectra traces the upper atmospheres of exoplanets and their mass loss, which in turn is important in determining their evolution and demographics. We use archival VLT/X-Shooter data to set new, more sensitive limits on the extended helium atmosphere of GJ 1214 b, a sub-Neptune orbiting an M-dwarf. We determine limits for the excess absorption at 10830 Å of 0.38% ± 0.44%, which corresponds to an extended atmosphere scale height of 0.13 ± 0.14R

p
(95% confidence limit of <0.4R

p
). This is an improvement on previous upper limits set by Crossfield et al. (2019) and shows that X-shooter is a suitable instrument for these types of observations.
Distance and Tangential Velocity of the Main Ionizing Star in the North America/Pelican Nebulae with Gaia EDR3
Authors: Kuhn Michael A. , Hillenbrand Lynne A.
Published: December 2020

The Bajamar Star is an early O star that ionizes the North America/Pelican Nebulae. In projection, it is near the geometric center of the H ii region, but appears to lie outside any of the main stellar subgroups. Furthermore, in Gaia DR2, there were slight discrepancies between this star and the rest of the system in parallax (2σ larger) and relative tangential velocity (∼6 km s−1). Using Gaia EDR3, we find that the parallax discrepancy has disappeared, but the velocity difference remains. These results are consistent with the star having escaped from a subgroup.
Quantifying the Effect of Coronagraphs on Planet Photometry with the James Webb Space Telescope
Authors: Adams Jea , Wang Jason
Published: December 2020

The launch of the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) in 2021 will revolutionize exoplanetary science by providing detailed characterizations of exoplanets within the infrared range of 3–13 microns. This is of particular interest to the field of direct imaging, where empirical models that remove excess starlight from imaged extrasolar systems have proven vital to the discovery of exoplanets. pyKLIP is one of the most modern python libraries with such capabilities, allowing its users to reveal exoplanets hidden behind the starlight. However, the pyKLIP algorithms are not presently able to handle coronagraph usage with the incoming JWST data. In preparation for the launch of this telescope, we upgraded pyKLIPs ability to correct for a coronagraph's effect on the throughput of off-axis sources when determining photometry. Given the coronagraph’s transmission profile, pyKLIP v2.2 is now able to successfully account for each of NIRCam’s five coronagraphs.
Ancyronyx lianlabangorum sp. nov., a new spider riffle beetle from Sarawak, and new distribution records for A. pulcherrimus Kodada, Jäch & Čiampor based on DNA barcodes (Coleoptera, Elmidae)
Authors: Kodada Ján , Jäch Manfred A. , Freitag Hendrik , Čiamporová-Zaťovičová Zuzana , Goffová Katarína , Selnekovič Dávid , Čiampor Jr Fedor
Published: December 2020

Ancyronyx lianlabangorumsp. nov. (Coleoptera, Elmidae), a new spider riffle beetle from the Kelabit Highlands (Sarawak, northern Borneo), is described. Illustrations of the habitus and diagnostic characters of the new species and the similar, polymorphic A. pulcherrimus Kodada et al. are presented. Differences to closely related species, based on COI nucleotide sequences and morphological characters, are discussed. Ancyronyx pulcherrimus is here recorded from Sarawak for the first time, based on DNA barcoding.
Factors Affecting Orthopedic Sports Medicine Surgeons' Online Reputation
Authors: Heimdal Tyler R. , Gardner Stephanie S. , Dhanani Ujalashah M. , Harris Joshua D. , Liberman Shari R. , McCulloch Patrick C.
Published: December 2020

Physician rating websites (PRWs) rate physicians based on experiences of previous patients. Although a high rating is desirable, it may not correlate with quality of care, experience, or other physician-specific variables. This study examined the impact of physician-specific variables, such as American Board of Orthopaedic Surgery Sports Certificate of Added Qualification (CAQ) status, years in practice, sex, and geographic location, on the PRW patient satisfaction rating and number of ratings. A list of orthopedic sports medicine surgeons was obtained from the American Orthopaedic Society for Sports Medicine database. Demographic data were recorded. Surgeon profiles were gathered from the most commonly used PRWs (Healthgrades and Vitals), and a mean rating value was recorded on a 1- to 5-star scale. The
t
test and analysis of variance were used for comparisons. Multivariable linear regression was used to identify factors contributing to PRW ratings. Female sex had the biggest positive effect on PRW rating (
R
=0.04,
P
=.029). The PRW rating was positively affected by the number of ratings (
R
=0.04,
P
<.001) and negatively affected by an increase in years of practice (
R
=0.04,
P
<.001). Surgeons with fewer than 10 years in practice had higher PRW ratings than surgeons practicing longer than 10 years. The PRW ratings were not affected by sports CAQ status or geographic location. Fewer years in practice, female sex, and greater number of reviews were associated with higher PRW ratings. Number of reviews was the only modifiable factor. There was no observed association between sports medicine CAQ status and PRW rating. [
Orthopedics
. 2021;44(2):e281–e286.]
An interesting approach to the existence of coupled fixed point
Authors: Konar Pulak ,   Department of Mathematics, Amity University, Kadampukur, 24PGS(N), Kolkata, West Bengal, 700135, India, Chandok Sumit , Bhandari Samir Kumar , De la Sen Manuel ,   School of Mathematics, Thapar Institute of Engineering & Technology, Patiala 147-004, Punjab, India,   Department of Mathematics, Bajkul Milani Mahavidyalaya, P.O- Kismat Bajkul, Dist-Purba Medinipur, Bajkul, West Bengal-721655, India,   Institute of Research and Development of Processes IIDP, University of the Basque Country, Campus of Leioa, Leioa (Bizkaia), PO Box 48940, Spain
Published: December 2020

Configure a coupled fixed point result on a nonempty set engaging a partial order and induced with a quasi-metric in the sense of Kunzi [12] in the framework of $\mathcal{G}$-metric spaces. Our result is supported by an illustrative example.
Fuzzy subnear-semirings and fuzzy soft subnear-semirings
Authors: Taouti Abdelghani ,   ETS-Maths and NS Engineering Division, HCT, University City P.O. Box 7947, Sharjah, United Arab Emirates, Khan Waheed Ahmad ,   Department of Mathematics, University of Education, Lahore, Attock Campus 43600, Pakistan
Published: December 2020

Our purpose in this paper is to initiate and study the notions of fuzzy subnear-semirings and fuzzy soft subnear-semirings. We study few of their elementary properties by providing suitable examples. Moreover, we present the characterizations of zero symmetric near-semirings (seminearrings) through their fuzzy ideals and fuzzy soft ideals. Fuzzy soft anti-homomorphism of fuzzy soft near-semirings and fuzzy soft R-homomorphisms of fuzzy soft R-subsemigroups are also introduced and discussed.
Towards a Qualitative-Quantitative Decision-Making Aid for Fatigue Life Evaluation of Naval High Speed Light Craft
Authors: Magoga T
Published: December 2020

The Life of Type (LOT) of a naval High Speed Light Craft (HSLC) can be limited by its structural fatigue life. The fatigue life of a ship is influenced by many factors, such as geometry, fabrication quality, the long-term load distribution, and analytical techniques. The complex dependencies between these factors and the fatigue life cause uncertainty in
predictions. A lack of understanding of uncertainty can adversely affect the management of LOT risks, resulting in the reduction of availability of the ship and costly repairs. Therefore, improved understanding of the benefits and limitations of different fatigue life evaluation approaches informs the management of risks relating to the ship’s LOT. This paper presents the first phase of work in a comparative analysis of different fatigue life evaluation approaches for naval HSLC. The present work involves a holistic data review, codification of the data to reveal key themes, and individual expert comparative analysis of the different approaches. The next phase of the study is also described.
Vector Field Guidance Law for Curved Path Following of an Underactuated Autonomous Ship Model
Authors: Xu Haitong , Guedes Soares C
Published: December 2020

A vector field guidance law and control system for curved path following of an underactuated surface ship model is presented in this paper. In order to obtain the curved path, continuous derivatives piecewise cubic Hermite interpolation is applied for path generation based on the predefined waypoints. A heading autopilot controller is designed based on 2nd order Nomoto’s model and its stability is guaranteed by the Diagram of Vyshnegradsky method. The parameters of Nomoto model are estimated using least square support vector machine based on the manoeuvring tests. The vector field guidance law is applied for both straight and curved path-following control of an underactuated surface ship model. In order to demonstrate the performance, the classical guidance law based on line-of-sight, is adopted for comparison. The results show that the vector field method is capable to solve the guidance problem of underactuated surface ships.
The Application of Fuzzy AHP - VIKOR Hybrid Method to Investigate the Strategy for Reducing Air Pollution from Diesel Powered Vessels
Authors: Demirel H , Mollaoglu M , Bucak U , Arslan T , Balin A
Published: December 2020

The negative impact of air pollution on human health had become a vital issue as a result of the increasing use of fossil fuels in recent years. In this context, maritime transportation is one of the most contaminant sectors by using much more fossil fuels. Ships which have a major role in maritime transport, directly affect human health via its emissions, especially in marine areas close to the land such as around the ports, canals, and straits. In this study, strategies were gathered by evaluating International Maritime Organization (IMO) regulations, European Union (EU) recommendations and the applications of the ship owner companies to reduce air pollution stem from ships, and considering the priority perception of these strategies, the effect level of the strategies at the marine areas where ships are approaching the land was analysed by the Fuzzy Analytic Hierarchy Process-Visekriterijumska Optimizacija I Kompromisno Resenje (AHP-VIKOR) hybrid method. As a result of the study, the most effective strategies appeared as “Forbiddance of Heavy Fuel Oil (HFO) usage on Ships” and “Detection of Low Sulphur Fuel Usage by the help of Remote Detector Systems”, and it was seen that these strategies would be most effective in canal or strait passing of the ships. It was also revealed that the relevant expert opinions and IMO regulations meshed together, and it was pointed out the applications for increasing fuel quality.
Efecto del tratamiento de sellado en el comportamiento frente a corrosión de la aleación anodizada de aluminio-litio AA2099
Authors: Samaniego-Gámez Pedro , Almeraya-Calderón Facundo , Martin Ulises , Ress Jacob , Gaona-Tiburcio Citlalli , Silva-Vidaurri Luis , Cabral-Miramontes José , Bastidas José M. , Chacón-Nava José G. , Bastidas David M.
Published: December 2020

El comportamiento frente a corrosión de la aleación de aluminio AA2099 anodizado en solución de H2SO4, aplicando dos densidades de corriente diferentes, 0,19 o 1,0 A·cm−2, con dos tratamientos de sellado diferentes en H2O y en Na2Cr2O7 (6% peso) a 95 °C, se ha estudiado en disoluciones de NaCl (3,5% peso) y de H2SO4 (10% vol). La aleación AA2099 se usa ampliamente en aplicaciones aeronáuticas, por tanto, se requiere que presente un buen comportamiento frente a la corrosión en ambientes de cloruro y lluvia ácida. La morfología de la superficie de la película anodizada se caracterizó por microscopía electrónica de barrido (MEB), se estudió el comportamiento frente a corrosión electroquímica empleando la impedancia electroquímica (EIS), y finalmente la caracterización de la composición química de la superficie se reveló por espectroscopía de fotoelectrones de rayos X (XPS). Se encontró que el tratamiento de sellado con Na2Cr2O7 (6% peso), genera una capa pasiva más homogénea y compacta, y tiende a aumentar la resistencia a la transferencia de carga, mejorando así el comportamiento frente a corrosión del AA2099 anodizado.
Conforming With Diverse Expectations
Authors: Güneştepe Kutay , Arıoğlu Merve Güngördü , Tunçalp Deniz
Published: December 2020

Social enterprises need to manage their dual missions. On the one hand, they have to develop a sustainable revenue model and maintain their businesses. On the other hand, they should communicate that they do not prioritize commercial objectives, as their primary focus is social impact. The authors explore how social enterprises manage symbolic meanings while pursuing their dual missions. They have examined symbolic actions with netnography and derived a resource acquisition model. This chapter has three contributions to the literature. Firstly, while symbolic capital is a crucial resource for entrepreneurial success, activities to capture this resource are understudied in the literature. The authors have developed a novel perspective to fill this gap. Secondly, there are various studies examining resource acquisition in the US context. This study enriches our understanding of the focal phenomenon as it is conducted in the Turkish context. Thirdly, this is one of the few studies collecting empirical data with netnography and may foster further studies based on online data sources.
The Role of Societal Culture in Social Innovation
Authors: Karacay Gaye
Published: December 2020

Being at a development stage, the social innovation literature needs further contributions that would help to comprehensively find out the enablers of social innovation especially within macro level. Since the nature of social innovation is cumulative as well as interactive, the micro level practices of individual social innovation initiatives add up to the general patterns at the macro-level. On account of the fact that shared values among members of a society bring about similar expectations, perceptions, and behavioral patterns, it is essential to explore how various societal cultural attributes contribute to social innovation capacities of countries. This study aims to explore an evidence of the influence of societal culture on social innovation, specifically by shaping the perceptions of social entrepreneurs for social value creation. By discussing the relationship between societal culture and social innovation in a conceptual manner along with developing research propositions, this study offers a new direction for future research.
Smart Specialization Based on the Concept of Creating Shared Value for the Development and Revitalization of an Entrepreneurial Ecosystem
Authors: Mendez Pinzón Manuel , Velez Rolon Adela , Gomez Osorio Marcela
Published: December 2020

This research aims to make a methodological and theoretical contribution to smart and sustainable regional development that includes the shared value approach and also aims to create innovative strategies that use a smart specialization strategy methodology to invigorate an entrepreneurial ecosystem. From a conceptual standpoint, the authors established the implementation guidelines for strategies to allow to resolving existing development problems in society and support regional entrepreneurial ecosystems as a way to help their sustainable growth and development. As a result of this research, they propose a smart specialization strategy that allows the development of shared value strategies that contribute to the implementation of procedures and practices that improve the conditions of traditionally excluded populations, while generating a positive economic and environmental impact on entrepreneurial ecosystems.
Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) Platforms as Rising Social Entrepreneurs
Authors: Arıker Çağla
Published: December 2020

Educational social entrepreneurs which offer massive open online courses (MOOCs) create social value through removing inequality in terms of reaching educational resources to develop new skills required by the business world through offering free or low cost, high quality online courses to anyone anywhere and removing the barriers of traditional education cost, location, and access. The negative effects of COVID-19 pandemic on unemployment levels and new graduates' expectations about finding a job are apparent. As known, there has also been a long-standing debate over the insufficiency of traditional education models in terms of satisfying human resources qualifications needed by contemporary business world. After the pandemic, new jobs and new business models requiring new employee skills are also expected to occur. As a result, the understanding behind the MOOCs and the importance of social entrepreneurs which offer MOOCs increased. For these reasons, the purpose of this chapter is to examine MOOCs platforms and their actions to create social value during the COVID-19 pandemic.
An Overview of Narrowband Internet of Things (NB-IoT) in the Modern Era
Authors: França Reinaldo Padilha , Monteiro Ana Carolina Borges , Arthur Rangel , Iano Yuzo
Published: December 2020

NB-IoT is the most suitable mobile network technology for IoT applications that require exceptionally extensive coverage added with extremely low power consumption, since these applications will generally be characterized by low data rates and moderate reaction times, usually in a few seconds, enabling the creation and development of solutions aimed at smart cities and smart environments. The NB-IoT technology can be characterized as a cellular LPWAN technology operating in a downlink within a bandwidth of 180 kHz and a sub-carrier space of 15 kHz and in the uplink, in general with a single tone transmission ranging between 3.75 kHz or 15 kHz, using coverage enhancement techniques, with characteristics of battery life for more than a decade and with specific battery-saving features. The ease that technological solutions of internet of things (IoT) make available through applications connected through intelligent sensors in traffic lights and parking lots; city pollution sensors; meters for energy, water, and sewage in cities, among other possibilities make systems more efficient, considering NB-IoT connectivity in relation to the treatment of information collected by devices allowing applications to be developed to address market needs. Therefore, this chapter aims to provide an updated discussion on narrowband technologies in the context of the IoT, showing and approaching its success, with a concise bibliographic background, categorizing and synthesizing the technological potential.
NB-IoT for Localization and Target Detection
Authors: Anjali Anjali
Published: December 2020

Narrowband internet of things (NB-IoT) is a low power wide area network technology with numerous benefits over conventional technologies. The main advantages of NB-IoT are low-power, low-cost, long battery life, wider deployment, and many more. Along with these advantages, knowledge of the location of the devices for both the indoor and outdoor environments will have an added benefit for NB-IoT applications. The current global navigation satellite systems (GNSS) chipsets will drain the limited available battery and will not be useful for localization in NB-IoT applications while the global positioning system (GPS) applications accuracy is not enough to support NB-IoT applications. For NB-IoT implementation, having low per-unit cost of the devices is an important aspect along with other features mentioned earlier, and hence there is a need to have limited hardware components like processor, battery, and memory. Therefore, the main challenge for enabling a positioning system lies in the proper radio management and balancing of power consumption against the performance of the system. In this chapter, different localization methods, techniques, and metrics are discussed. The choice of each one of these depends on the application requirement. The standardization of NB-IoT is in the process and its current status as per the 3rd Generation Partnership Project (3GPP) specifications are also highlighted.
NB-IoT-Based Smart Water Network
Authors: Srinivasan Ramasamy , Feisso Sultan , Mekonen Muluneh
Published: December 2020

Water leakage is a common problem that often results in water waste, damages, and hazards to public health. Because of their potential danger to public health, economic loss, environmental damage, and energy waste, underground water pipelines leaks have received more attention globally. One of the great concerns in the water industry is the existence of non-revenue water (NRW), which is produced but fails to reach the consumer due to loss along the distribution network. The global volume of NRW has been calculated to be 346 million cubic meters per day or 126 billion cubic meters per year. The non-revenue water reaches an alarming 35%. The installation of right sensors, a feasible radio network and the effective processing of gathered information by ICT in the water distribution network helps to reduce non-revenue water volumes at various stages. This chapter justifies the use of NB-IoT to manage smart water networks.
Smart Vacuum Cleaner
Authors: Mishra Anupam , Shrivastava Kamal Krishna , Kushwaha Avishekh Kumar , Ananya  , Quadir Nasir A. , Pitchandi Velrajkumar
Published: December 2020

In this chapter, the aim is to provide the design of an automatic vacuum cleaner that will help to make household work convenient and much easier. This vacuum cleaner operates in both autonomous and manual mode, along with additional features such as time scheduling and dirt container with auto-dirt disposal mechanism. They are seen as more convenient to use because they can suck dust on their own. This work can be very useful in improving lifestyle of modern humans. The purpose of this project is to design automatic vacuum cleaners using digital image processing with the help of OpenCv technique. Vacuum cleaner robot is designed to make cleaning process much easier rather than by using manual vacuum.
Reflections of Human Resource Practices in Family Business
Authors: Müceldili Büşra , Tatar Berivan
Published: December 2020

Although much has been discussed about human resource management practices in large organizations, studies in the family firms' context are nascent in the literature. To better understand human resource management practices in the context of family firms, this study performed interviews on three experienced and successful family firm owners and human resource managers. The research findings reveal that family firms have professionalized, formalized, and employee-oriented perspective in their human resource practices. This study also showed that the new generations in the family are more aware of the importance of human resources and reflect this perspective to their human resource practices. Besides, employees' organizational justice perception is strengthened by considering equality between family and non-family employees in human resources practices. Implications of these results for practice and further research are discussed.