bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
National pride and tax compliance: A laboratory experiment using a physiological marker
Authors: Macintyre Alison , Chan Ho Fai , Schaffner Markus , Torgler Benno
Published: January 2023

This paper reports on a laboratory experiment designed specifically to test the influence of national pride on tax honesty while using a physiological marker to observe emotional responses to patriotic priming. Participants were exposed to one of three framing videos before earning income in a real effort task and were given the chance to declare their taxable income. We find that psychological priming through exposure to symbols of Australian national pride and national identity had a positive effect on the level of tax compliance among Australian but not non-Australians. In addition, non-Australians report lower tax compliance ratios in the treatment groups than in the control group which may indicate an outgroup effect. When exploring the potential of a physiological marker of national pride we observe two different types of physiological responses to the activation and effects of national pride and its impact on tax compliance among Australians. Iconic images activate the parasympathetic nervous system while sports scenes activate the sympathetic nervous system, but both types of images and responses are positively associated with tax compliance. In addition, we find that non-Australians resident in the country for more than a year report a higher level of tax compliance, and that there are some similarities in heart rate variability (HRV) responses between Australian citizens born in the country and those born overseas who have been in Australia for a longer period. Overall, the results support the proposition that identifying with an ingroup at a national level is important for tax compliance.
Radiomics approach to the condylar head for legal age classification using cone-beam computed tomography: A pilot study
Authors: Jeon Kug Jin , Kim Young Hyun , Choi Hanseung , Ha Eun-Gyu , Jeong Hui , Han Sang-Sun
Published: January 2023

Legal age estimation of living individuals is a critically important issue, and radiomics is an emerging research field that extracts quantitative data from medical images. However, no reports have proposed age-related radiomics features of the condylar head or an age classification model using those features. This study aimed to introduce a radiomics approach for various classifications of legal age (18, 19, 20, and 21 years old) based on cone-beam computed tomography (CBCT) images of the mandibular condylar head, and to evaluate the usefulness of the radiomics features selected by machine learning models as imaging biomarkers. CBCT images from 85 subjects were divided into eight age groups for four legal age classifications: ≤17 and ≥18 years old groups (18-year age classification), ≤18 and ≥19 years old groups (19-year age classification), ≤19 and ≥20 years old groups (20-year age classification) and ≤20 and ≥21 years old groups (21-year age classification). The condylar heads were manually segmented by an expert. In total, 127 radiomics features were extracted from the segmented area of each condylar head. The random forest (RF) method was utilized to select features and develop the age classification model for four legal ages. After sorting features in descending order of importance, the top 10 extracted features were used. The 21-year age classification model showed the best performance, with an accuracy of 91.18%, sensitivity of 80%, and specificity of 95.83%. Radiomics features of the condylar head using CBCT showed the possibility of age estimation, and the selected features were useful as imaging biomarkers.
Determining the Effect of University Students' Technology Usage Levels on Digital Reading Self-Efficacy
Authors: ARSLAN Aysel
Published: January 2023

It was aimed to determine the effect of technology use levels of university students studying in the field of health on their digital reading self-efficacy and to examine them according to different variables, in this study. The screening model was determined for the research model and the data were obtained by convenience sampling method. The sample group consists of 461 (372 female-89 male) students studying in the field of health at Sivas Cumhuriyet University. The research data were obtained by applying the "Reliability of the Technology Usage Scale" developed by Zincirkıran and Tiftik (2014) and the "Digital Reading Self-Efficacy Scale" developed by Akkaya and Çıvgın (2020). Descriptive statistics, independent groups t-test, ANOVA, Tukey, CFA, and SEM techniques were used in the analysis of the data obtained. It was determined that students' technology use levels differed significantly in terms of internet usage time, digital reading self-efficacy in terms of grade level, branch, and internet use time variables, according to the research findings. In addition, it was determined that students' technology use levels had a positive effect on their digital reading self-efficacy levels and predicted all their factors.
Multiplex proteomics using proximity extension assay for the identification of protein biomarkers predictive of acute graft-vs.-host disease in allogeneic hematopoietic cell transplantation
Authors: Pasic Ivan , Ren Annie H. , Nampoothiri Ram Vasudevan , Prassas Ioannis , Lipton Jeffrey H. , Mattsson Jonas , Diamandis Eleftherios P. , Michelis Fotios V.
Published: January 2023

Objectives

Allogeneic hematopoietic cell transplantation (HCT) is associated with acute graft-vs.-host disease (aGVHD). The presented study applied a novel multiplex antibody-based proximity extension assay (PEA) proteomic platform that can detect thousands of serum proteins simultaneously for the identification of potential biomarkers of aGVHD.

Methods

Serum samples from 28 patients who underwent allogeneic HCT for acute myeloid leukemia (AML) were analyzed; 17 were diagnosed with grade II–IV aGVHD while 11 patients were not. Samples collected on day −6, day 0, +14, +30, +60 and +90 post-HCT were analyzed for the relative concentrations of 552 proteins. The concentration of each protein from baseline to the closest time point before onset of aGVHD, or to the latest time point in control patients, was documented.

Results

Individualized analysis identified 26 proteins demonstrating ≥3-fold increase at aGVHD onset compared to baseline, eliminating proteins with a similar increase in controls. Another approach used paired t-testing and logistic regression that identified a four-marker panel, including SLAMF7, IL-1ra, BTN3A2 and DAB2, where individual log-likelihood ratios ranged from 3.99 to 8.15 (logistic regression, p=0.004–0.046). When combined, the four-marker panel demonstrated an area under the curve (AUC) of 0.90 (95% CI: 0.78–1.00; p=0.0006) with high negative predictive value of 81.8% and positive predictive value of 86.7%. All four markers play a physiological role in immune regulation. Among these, three were also present in the individualized analysis (SLAMF7, IL-1ra and BTN3A2).

Conclusions

We conclude that serum proteins identified using multiplex proteomics, particularly SLAMF7, IL-1ra, BTN3A2 and DAB2, may potentially predict aGVHD.
NFDI4Chem—A Research Data Network for International Chemistry
Authors: Steinbeck Christoph , Koepler Oliver , Herres-Pawlis Sonja , Bach Felix , Jung Nicole , Razum Matthias , Liermann Johannes C. , Neumann Steffen
Published: January 2023

Research data provide evidence for the validation of scientific hypotheses in most areas of science. Open access to them is the basis for true peer review of scientific results and publications. Hence, research data are at the heart of the scientific method as a whole. The value of openly sharing research data has by now been recognized by scientists, funders and politicians. Today, new research results are increasingly obtained by drawing on existing data. Many organisations such as the Research Data Alliance (RDA), the goFAIR initiative, and not least IUPAC are supporting and promoting the collection and curation of research data. One of the remaining challenges is to find matching data sets, to understand them and to reuse them for your own purpose. As a consequence, we urgently need better research data management.
Sandwich-type results regarding Riemann-Liouville fractional integral of q-hypergeometric function
Authors: Alb Lupaş Alina , Oros Georgia Irina
Published: January 2023

The study presented in this article involves q-calculus connected to fractional calculus applied in the univalent functions theory. Riemann-Liouville fractional integral of q-hypergeometric function is defined here, and investigations are conducted using the theories of differential subordination and superordination. Theorems and corollaries containing new subordination and superordination results are proved for which best dominants and best subordinants are given, respectively. As an application of the results obtained by the means of the two theories, the statement of a sandwich-type theorem concludes the study.
Electrically tunable conducting oxide metasurfaces for high power applications
Authors: Sokhoyan Ruzan , Thureja Prachi , Sisler Jared , Grajower Meir , Shayegan Komron , Feigenbaum Eyal , Elhadj Selim , Atwater Harry A.
Published: January 2023

Active metasurfaces designed to operate at optical frequencies are flat optical elements that can dynamic, subwavelength-scale wavefront control of reflected or transmitted light. The practical and fundamental power-handling limits of active metasurfaces at high pulse energies and high average powers determine the potential applications for these emerging photonic components. Here, we investigate thermal performance limits of reflective gate-tunable conducting oxide metasurfaces illuminated with high power density laser beams, for both continuous wave (CW) and pulsed laser illumination. Our gate-tunable metasurfaces use indium tin oxide (ITO) as an active material, which undergoes an epsilon-near-zero (ENZ) transition under applied electrical bias. We experimentally show that under CW illumination, there is no significant change in the electrically tunable metasurface optical response for high irradiances ranging from 1.6 kW/cm2 to 9.1 kW/cm2 when the illuminating laser beam diameter is 7 μm. Even under an applied bias, when over 60% of the incoming light is absorbed in a 1 nm–thick charge accumulation layer within ITO, the local temperature rise in the metasurface is modest, supporting its robustness for high-power applications. Additionally, we theoretically show that in the ENZ regime, the metasurface reflectance can be increased by a factor of 10 by replacing the active ITO layer with cadmium oxide (CdO). Thus conducting oxide metasurfaces can tolerate the power densities needed in higher power applications, including free space optical communications, to light detection and ranging (LiDAR), as well as laser-based additive manufacturing.
Lika u putopisu Dragutina Hirca – pozivnica za (turističko) putovanje
Authors: Brkić-Vejmelka Jadranka
Published: January 2023

This paper, dealing with descriptions of Lika region as well as Plitvice Lakes, presents Dragutin Hirc’s travelogue from the beginning of the 20th century. Hirc’s book is important because in it the author deals with identification of tourism potentials of the mentioned region. The book is full of detailed descriptions and as such represents a contribution to common knowledge and popularisation ofthis region that was getting far behind already touristically developed areas of Europe as well as Croatia. This paper analyses parts of Hirc’s travelogue that deal with explicit touristic elements as well as implicit ones. From the analysis, it is noticed that the author is aware of necessity for more research, insight and preservation of natural heritage. At the same time he is aware of necessity for adequate (touristic) valuation of the region. As there were no guidebooks at that time, this particular travelogue was the base for further natural researches of Lika region and Plitvice Lakes and as such still represents an interesting reading material for (touristic) journeys.
Razvoj pučkog školstva u Lici u 18. stoljeću
Authors: Matijević Krešimir
Published: January 2023

Evidence of education in Lika exsists from the Middle Ages. Public schools did not exsist then, but people were educated by private teachers, mostly priests. With the liberation of Lika, more convenient conditions for the development of education were made. The purpose of this paper is to explore the beginnings of the common people’s education in Lika. With the establishment of the border regiment, they try to open schools so that the army could recieve better officers. The number of schools was small because of conservative politics, so their impact on the enlightenment of people was also small. The community did not care for school muchbecause of the German language which was used in school and they had to give payment to the school in which teachers were mostly German. The reputation of school was small because often the teachers themselves were not well educated and the training was forced upon them which often made the people resist. Enlighted autocratics wanted to save the feudal society with education by accepting the ideas of social reformers and avoiding radical reforms of society. At the same time, they try to completely Germanise the non German people which was the intention of school. Common schools were used as educational institutions because of the shortage of trained teachers. The regard to the education of girls was small, almost none.
Ratovanje generala Čada i odlazak 13. korpusa JNA iz Hrvatske
Authors: Štefančić Domagoj
Published: January 2023

In order to be familiar with events in the Homeland War on the territory of western Croatia it is obligatory to assess the command and actions of the commandant of the 13th Rijeka Corps of the Yugoslav People’s Army (JNA), the Lieutenant General Marijan Čad. Up until the signature of the agreement with the representatives of the Croatian Government in November 1991 the General consistently carried out tasks entrusted to him by the JNA commands that were his superior. Commanding the troops in the territory of Lika and Gorski kotar he directed the armed combat of the JNA and the rebelled Serbs troops within the attack operation at the Republic of Croatia in the autumn of 1991. By getting the troops of the 13th Corps out of the area of Rijeka General Čad fulfilled his war mission and most of all he kept his civil rights in the Republic of Croatia. He remained for the many in the public opinion the saviour of the city of Rijeka from the destruction of war. By considering the sequence of events and some lesser known facts the paper endeavours to give the complete picture and the based assessment of his role and responsibility in war conflicts until the signature of the agreement regarding the 13th Corps departing from Croatia.
Arheologija lovinačkog prostora
Authors: Kolak Tatjana
Published: January 2023

This article presents existing knowledge about the archaeological heritage of the Lovinac area from prehistoric times to the end of the Middle Ages and beginning of the New Era. As with the entire area of Lika, the cultural heritage has been exposed to continuous devastation and secondary use throughout its turbulent history. Although the research carried out thus far is not large-scale, it undoubtedly provides insight into an archaeological picture – from prehistoric Iapodian hillforts sites of the late Bronze Age and Iron Age, remnants of a vicinal Roman road or sporadic sepulchral Roman findings to the almost undetectable remains of architecture of medieval forts in Lovinac, Vranik, Sv. Rok, Ričica, Raduč and several toponyms that lead us to previously unlocated and undetermined localities.
Hypothyroidism induces motor deficit via altered cerebellar HB-EGF/EGFR and autophagy
Authors: Vishwakarma Jitendra , Gupta Keerti , Mishra Juhi , Garg Asmita , Malik Rafat , Kashyap Amit , Shukla Manoj , Singh Dhirendra , Bandyopadhyay Sanghamitra
Published: January 2023

Thyroid hormones (TH) are vital for brain functions, while TH deficiency, i.e. hypothyroidism, induces neurological impairment in children and adults. Cerebellar neuronal apoptosis and motor deficits are crucial events in hypothyroidism; however, the underlying mechanism is less-known. Using a methimazole-treated hypothyroidism rat model, we investigated cerebellar autophagy, growth factor, and apoptotic mechanisms that participate in motor functions. We first identified that methimazole up-regulated cerebellar autophagy, marked by enhanced LC3B-II, Beclin-1, ATG7, ATG5-12, p-AMPKα/AMPKα, and p62 degradation as well as reduced p-AKT/AKT, p-mTOR/mTOR, and p-ULK1/ULK1 in developing and young adult rats. We probed upstream effectors of this abnormal autophagy and detected a methimazole-induced reduction in cerebellar phospho-epidermal growth factor receptor (p-EGFR)/EGFR and heparin-binding EGF-like growth factor (HB-EGF). Here, while a thyroxine-induced TH replenishment alleviated autophagy process and restored HB-EGF/EGFR, HB-EGF treatment regulated AKT-mTOR and autophagy signaling in the cerebellum. Moreover, neurons of the rat cerebellum demonstrated this reduced HB-EGF-dependent increased autophagy in hypothyroidism. We further checked whether the above events were related to cerebellar neuronal apoptosis and motor functions. We detected that comparable to thyroxine, treatment with HB-EGF or autophagy inhibitor, 3-MA, reduced methimazole-induced decrease in Nissl staining and increase in c-Caspase-3 and TUNEL-+ve apoptotic count of cerebellar neurons. Additionally, 3-MA, HB-EGF, and thyroxine attenuated the methimazole-induced diminution in riding time on rota-rod and grip strength for the motor performance of rats. Overall, our study enlightens HB-EGF/EGFR-dependent autophagy mechanism as a key to cerebellar neuronal loss and functional impairments in developmental hypothyroidism, which may be inhibited by HB-EGF and 3-MA treatments, like thyroxine.
CONCEPTUAL METAPHOR IN ENGLISH PROVERBS
Authors: Ergasheva Sadoqat
Published: January 2023

This article highlights the conceptual metaphors in English proverbs.
IMPROVING THE IMPLEMENTATION OF LEXICAL MATERIAL IN THE FIELD OF TOURISM BY MEANS OF INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
Authors: Davlatova Hilola
Published: January 2023

This article highlights the issue of improving the introduction of lexical material in the field of tourism with the help of information technology.
COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS OF ENGLISH AND UZBEK NEOLOGISMS
Authors: Gulzira Odilova
Published: January 2023

The article considers a comparative analysis of English and Uzbek neologisms.
РЕЧЬ –ОСНОВНОЕ СРЕДСТВО ОБЕСПЕЧИВАЮЩАЯ ЖИВОСТЬ
Authors: Дехканов Асадбек , Закирова Дилрабо
Published: January 2023

В статье, учитывая неослабевающий интерес исследователей к проблеме речевых жанров, особое внимание уделяется к речи, которая является основным средством, обеспечивающим живость, жизненность и содержательность языка. Речевое общение обеспечивает общение между говорящим и слушающим и составляет центр речевой деятельности.
LINGUODIDACTIC BASIS FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF STUDENTS ' CRITICAL THINKING SKILLS THROUGH VIDEO MATERIALS
Authors: Qodirova Zilola
Published: January 2023

The article deals with the question of the linguodidactic foundations of the development of critical thinking skills of students using video materials.
РАЗВИТИЕ ЧИТАТЕЛЬСКИХ СПОСОБНОСТЕЙ НА УРОКАХ ЛИТЕРАТУРЫ В 6 КЛАССЕ ОБЩЕОБРАЗОВАТЕЛЬНЫХ ШКОЛ
Authors: Чжен Елена
Published: January 2023

В статье рассматривается актуальная методическая проблема – развитие читательского восприятия на уроках литературы в 6 классе общеобразовательной школы.
El reconocimiento del derecho humano a un ambiente limpio, saludable y sostenible a nivel internacional. El camino a la resolución A/HRC/RES/48/13 del Consejo de Derechos Humanos de octubre 2021
Authors: Duncan Villalobos Shara
Published: January 2023

On October 8, 2021, the United Nations Human Rights Council passed a resolution recognizing, for the first time at the international level, the human right to a clean, healthy and sustainable environment. The resolution, led by Costa Rica on behalf of a group of proponent countries, constitutes a historic milestone that will strengthen the inescapable link between human rights and the environment, in addition to supporting the creation of minimum standards of protection for all people in all regions of the world. The right to a clean, healthy and sustainable environment is the continuation of a process that began with the adoption of the Stockholm Declaration of 1972 and continued with the approval of the Rio Declaration of 1992. Despite being recognized in 155 legal different legal systems, this right has had to be studied linked to others rights such as life or health, and not as a right on its own, due to the lack of consideration at the international level. It is possible that in the coming months we will witness recognition in other forums, due to the context of environmental and biodiversity crisis in which we live, and the current concern about the effects of climate change on life on the planet, as well as on the full enjoyment of human rights. This article aims to share with readers the general context and some details of the negotiations in Geneva.
Violencia y cárcel: Una aproximación hacia la cultura entre muros desde el hacinamiento en Costa Rica
Authors: Ramírez Flores Stephanie
Published: January 2023

This work has been undertaken as part of the academic project UNA pedagogía para el reencuentro: derechos humanos, educación y literatura en centros de atención institucional de Costa Rica of Universidad Nacional de Costa Rica (UNA) and the Instituto de Estudios Latinoamericanos (IDELA). It covers the problem of prison overcrowding in the Costa Rican penal system: due to this issue, a large number of human rights are violated day by day to the extent of becoming a worrying and urgent problem to address. The country has entered a prison crisis where the dignity of people deprived of liberty has been diminishing with ill-treatment in terms of food, recreation, and health. The accumulation of these factors has generated the constitution of a violent prison culture; human interaction between walls is constituted between tensions and indifference among inmates.
En busca del derecho al aborto en la jurisprudencia de la Corte Interamericana
Authors: Gómez Verónica María
Published: January 2023

This article aims to investigate the standards of the Inter-American Human Rights System, seeking to recognize there the features of an incipient right to abortion. As a catalyst, it uses the sanction of Law 27.610 at the end of 2020, in Argentina, which guarantees access to the voluntary interruption of pregnancy during the first fourteen weeks of the gestational process and post-abortion care throughout the national territory. In this framework, it reviews the fundamentals of human rights put forward by the conservative sectors in rejection of the approval of the Law -which are the same that they repeat to detract from its legitimacy in the media and hinder its implementation in the judicial sphere- in order to discredit them in their confrontation with the mentioned standards. In the task of rebuilding them, different sentences of the Inter-American Court are reviewed based on the analysis of four central axes: 1) the gradual or incremental protection of life, 2) the autonomy of pregnant people, 3) the discriminatory character of the norms that criminalize abortion and 4) its framing as gender violence. The goal is to advance in an argumentative network that affirms the conventionality of normative frameworks such as the argentine one, based on the model of terms, and qualifies the criminalization of abortion as a violation of human rights. Make a theoretical contribution that serves to consolidate the voluntary interruption of pregnancy in that country and its extension to others in Latin America.
Dimensional behavior of nail-laminated timber-concrete composite caused by changes in ambient air, and correlation among temperature, relative humidity, and strain
Authors: Hwang Sung-Wook , Chung Hyunwoo , Lee Taekyeong , Ahn Kyung-Sun , Pang Sung-Jun , Kim Ji Yong , Bang Junsik , Jung Minjung , Oh Jung-Kwon , Kwak Hyo Won , Yeo Hwanmyeong
Published: January 2023

A timber-concrete composite (TCC) slab composed of nail-laminated timber (NLT) and topping concrete (TC) was developed for flooring applications. The NLT was laminated alternately with lumber and plywood. To investigate the nonstructural dimensional behavior of the TCC slab, the temperature, relative humidity (RH), and dimensional changes of the slab exposed to outdoor air were monitored for 205 days. Temperature change was transmitted directly to both components, and RH change was transmitted gradually to the NLT. Concrete pouring caused a sharp increase in NLT width, which was the laminating direction of the nails. This resulted from swelling of the wood owing to the moisture in the concrete mixture and loosening of the nail lamination. The member composition for the nail-laminating system, fastener type, and concrete volume help to secure the dimensional stability of the NLT. Cracks in the TC caused width deformation, which was recovered by drying shrinkage of the TC. Correlation analysis among temperature, RH, and strain indicated that dimensional changes in NLT correlated strongly with RH, while those in TC correlated strongly with temperature. The correlation between longitudinal strain in the TC and strain in the three directions of the NLT was attributed to the notches designed for mechanical connection.
Formas, sistemas y ensambles. Elementos para una geografía de la urbanización de la Amazonía colombiana
Authors: Santoyo Duarte Álvaro Andrés
Published: January 2023

El objetivo de este artículo es presentar un balance de los estudios realizados sobre las dinámicas de urbanización de la Amazonía en Brasil y Colombia, con el ánimo de proveer insumos para el desarrollo de un programa de investigación acerca de estos procesos en Colombia. El balance tiene como malla de lectura los conceptos de sistema de ciudades, morfología y actores urbanos, centrales en la geografía urbana. El artículo evidencia los desafíos metodológicos y conceptuales que presentan las ciudades de la Amazonía a los estudios urbanos y a las clasificaciones oficiales, al tiempo que la necesidad de una imaginación espacial alternativa que reconozca las redes de articulación rural-urbano y las estrategias de multilocalidad que sustentan estas formaciones urbanas, así como la configuración de microrregiones y de sistemas urbanos regionales. El artículo finaliza con la presentación de la perspectiva de los ensambles como aproximación alternativa para analizar la complejidad de las ciudades de la Amazonía colombiana.
“Operetta and me? … Never!…” – On the trail of a forgotten operetta composer, Ákos Buttykay (1871–1935)
Authors: Lengyel Emese
Published: January 2023

The research project Chapters from the History of 20th Century Hungarian Operetta: The Operetta Art of Ákos Buttykay has as its subject the operetta art of Ákos Buttykay (1871–1935), who was unjustly disqualified from the operetta canon. The subject is highly topical and necessary since the reconstruction of the history of 20th-century Hungarian operetta has been complicated by the fact that, with the exception of a few popular and well-known operetta composers – including Pál Ábrahám (Paul Abraham), Imre Kálmán (Emmerich Kálmán) and Ferenc Lehár (Franz Lehár) – the oeuvre and biography of the composers who were instrumental in the development of the Hungarian operetta style have yet to be reviewed. This shortcoming became evident to me during my research into the history of 20th century Hungarian operetta and the reconstruction of Buttykay's career and operetta works – using archival sources and contemporary press sources – is the first step towards filling this gap. I chose Buttykay mainly on the basis of my preliminary research and findings, as a composer who had written dozens of operettas and whose name was associated with the most successful operettas of the Hungarian musical stages in the first half of the 20th century.
About the Ontological Status of Aesthetic Attitude (by the Example of Comparison of Vladimir Arkhipov’s "Folk Things" Collection and Iyengar's Yoga Asanas)
Authors: Natalya Stolbova
Published: January 2023

The article is devoted to the comparison of “folk things” from the collection of Vladimir Arkhipov presented at the exhibition “Objects of Pride and Shame. The Vladimir Arkhipov`s Collection – Things, Authors, Transformations”, with the performance of asanas (postures) in the Iyengar yoga. The goal of the article is to demonstrate that the forming of folk things collected by the artist Arkhipov and the performance of asanas in the Iyengar yoga are an exemplification of the same ontological structure that is found (or not found) in practices again and again. The methodological basis of the work is the approach proposed by the American philosopher Steven Shaviro in his work “Without Criteria: Kant, Whitehead, Deleuze and Aesthetics”, in which the aesthetics of I. Kant and the ontology of A.N. Whitehead and J. Deleuze are outlined. As a result of the work done, Shaviro shows how the transcendental subject loses its exclusivity and turns into an assembly of actual entities on the ontological plane. According to S. Shaviro, such an assembly is possible only in an aesthetic way, and therefore, aesthetics becomes the first philosophy. Appeal to sensual practices (in our case, to the Iyengar yoga and to the collection of folk things by the artist) makes it possible to discover in these practices the aesthetic attitude of actual entities, the general ontological structure. “Folk Things” from the collection of Vladimir Arkhipov, understood as communities of actual entities, at the moment of reassembly manifest themselves and the specifics of the aesthetic relationship according to which these communities are formed. A broken suitcase, which has restored its functionality thanks to a metal bar, rope and sticks, displaces a suitcase that is accustomed to use. But at the same time, it shows the connections of communities of actual entities with each other and is “museumified” by the artist precisely as a demonstration of such connections that have become visible. In the practice of Iyengar yoga, in the process of performing asanas (poses) and integrating the body with various props, the moment of rebuilding the connections of actual entities also becomes visible. At this moment, the yogi's body is felt as part of the system of sending one thing to another – it becomes "reassembled". The constellation of bodies and things is in the process of restructuring, in which harmonious moments of beauty are captured.
The Effects of Use’s Addiction Level and Perceived Existence of Alternative on Acceptance Behavior of Paid Policy
Authors:   Korea Association for International Commerce and Information, Kang Inwon , Lee Jeong-Woo
Published: January 2023

This study sought to understand users' acceptance behavior towards the paid policy (monetization of online services). To this end, we looked at the difference in acceptance behavior, which varies depending on the level of relationship between the user and the service and the existence of alternatives. The analysis subjects of this study were mobile games, video platforms, and online courses, which are representative paid services. As a result of the verification, the group with a high level of addiction to paid services showed more positive acceptance behavior towards the paid policy than the group with a low addiction level. In addition, groups that thought there were no alternatives other than the service showed more positive acceptance of the paid policy than those who thought there were other alternatives.
In addition, by examining the effect of users' addiction level on paid policy acceptance by online service type, it was found that the high-addicted group most actively embraces the paid policy in mobile games, while the low-addicted group has the most negative paid policy acceptance behavior in mobile games. On the other hand, as a result of verifying how the existence of alternatives perceived by users affects the acceptance of paid policy by each type of online service, the acceptance behavior of users who perceived that alternatives do not exist on video platforms such as YouTube was the highest, and the acceptance behavior of users who perceived that alternatives exist in mobile games was the lowest.
Benefits and Limits of Flipped Classroom Implementation in Higher Education
Authors:   Palacký University in Olomouc, Koribská Iva , Chudý Štefan ,   Palacký University in Olomouc, Plischke Jitka ,   Palacký University in Olomouc
Published: January 2023

This theoretical study explores the flipped classroom concept as an innovative teaching method within higher education. The main aim is to present the benefits and limits of implementing the flipped classroom in the Czech higher educational context. The authors evaluate problematic areas of implementing the flipped classroom based on a content analysis of research studies from selected European countries and specify possible bottlenecks affecting its implementation in the Czech university environment. Referring to the results, the flipped classroom concept promotes student-centred learning, the activation and development of students’ competence to learn, but its effective implementation in the university environment is contextually conditioned.
Problem Behaviour of Pupils with Specific Learning Disabilities in Teachers’ Reflections
Authors:   Comenius University Bratislava, Slovakia, Zemančíková Vladimíra , Mikulová Ivana ,   Private Centre for Special Pedagogical Counselling, Slovakia
Published: January 2023

The research aimed to find out the manifestations and rate of occurrence of problem behaviour among pupils with specific developmental learning disabilities in teachers’ reflections. Differences in the rate of occurrence of pupils’ problem behaviour were compared with regard to their current level of education, position in the class, and academic achievement. Data were gathered by content analysis of text documents – pupil pedagogical profiles including the Conners Rating Scale for teachers (1969, 1999). Data were processed by SPSS, the method of statistical inference, Mann-Whitney U-test, and Kruskal-Wallis analysis of variance. A variability of SLD pupils’ behaviours was discovered. The most pronounced manifestations included internalising problem behaviours; externalising problem behaviours were mostly disruptive and inattentive behaviours. SLD pupils with poor academic achievement were characterised by significantly more frequent manifestations of problem behaviour.
DOCENCIA COMO ENCONTRO: UM PROBLEMA DE COMPOSIÇÃO EM EDUCAÇÃO
Authors: Rochefort Carolina Corrêa , Garcia Maria Manuela Alves
Published: January 2023

A presente escrita busca ensaiar a docência como encontro a partir do arquivo de uma faculdade universitária. No próprio exercício de ensaiar, a escrita é operada por afecções de experiências docentes, pandêmicas e pré-pandêmicas, bem como por atravessamentos provocados por algumas imagens-pistas encontradas nesse arquivo. Intercorrido pela força intensiva do encontro com essas imagens-testemunho, o ensaio tende a discorrer por um movimento de abertura ao que pede passagem em tal arquivo docente. Assim, cada imagem produz vagas que, durante a passagem e não ponto de chegada, intenta uma vibração, um ritonelo que devém arranjos para inventar uma docência como encontro.Nesse sentido, para ensaiar a docência como encontro, a escrita navega pelos pensamentos de Gilles Deleuze e Félix Guattari e Spinoza. E,
Hydrothermally synthesized Mo/Zr MOF photocatalyst for promoting the removal of Cr6+
Authors: Ren Wenyu , Wang Yi , Wang Jin , Sun Ruixue
Published: January 2023

The development of highly efficient photocatalysts for the degradation of organic dyes and heavy metal ions is necessary to control pollution in the environment and further protect human health. This paper reports nmolybdenum (Mo)/zirconium (Zr) metal–organic frameworks (MOFs) (n = 1, 2, 3 and 4; nMZMs) synthesized by using a simple hydrothermal method for efficient photocatalytic chromium (VI) (Cr6+) ion reduction for the first time. Among all the prepared samples, 2MZMs show the highest photocatalytic performance with degradation rates of 94.36% for methylene blue and 91.20% for chromium (VI) ions under visible light irradiation for 120 and 100 min, respectively. Electron spin resonance experiments reveal that •O2−and •OH play a major role. This finding proves great potential for the design and application of MOF nanomaterials and might bring considerable application prospects for photocatalysis of organic pollutants and heavy metal ions in polluted water.
On Stackelberg equilibrium in the sense of program strategies in Volterra functional operator games
Authors: Чернов Андрей Владимирович , Chernov Andrey
Published: January 2023

For a nonlinear Volterra functional operator equation controlled by two players with the help of finite dimensional program controls with integral objective functionals we prove existence of Stackelberg equilibrium (in the style of M.S.Nikol'skiy). On this way we use our formerly proved results on continuous dependence of the state and functionals on finite dimensional controls and also classical Weierstrass theorem. The property of being singleton for the minimizer set of the first player is proved by the scheme of M.S. Nikol'skiy applied earlier for a linear ordinary differential  equation.
Two-stage game-theoretic model of inspection and embezzlement in a three-level control system
Authors: Кумачева Сурия Шакировна , Kumacheva Suriya , Орлов Иван Максимович , Orlov Ivan
Published: January 2023

The subhierarchical two-stage game-theoretic model of embezzlement and bribery is designed, the particular example based on the scheme with six officials on three levels is solved. Theoretic conditions and numerical corruption minimization settings are suggested. The cooperative extension is proposed and the computer simulation is carried out for two different approaches to the isolated components, the results analyzed for stability.
Drawpoint loading optimization strategies in block caving: A case study of Palabora Mining Company
Authors: Nyarela M.S. , Khumalo R.B. , Nemathithi R.C.
Published: January 2023

Palabora Mining Company is one of the largest low-grade copper mines globally. The mine uses block caving for the extraction of the orebody. This paper enumerates the drawpoint loading strategies for the overall head grade improvements, particularly for a block that is nearing depletion. A comprehensive literature review of various considerations relating to improving productivity in block caving is presented to contextualize the draw control in caving. From this study, an optimized draw control strategy is presented, which focuses on three parameters that include grade distribution, loading compliance, and tonnage splits per sector. An empirical method based on the relational study between various parameters is used to outline the key criteria to be used in the optimization of drawpoint loading in block caving.
Ethical Practice, Trade, and Food: Muslim Restaurants in South Mumbai
Authors: Tayob Shaheed
Published: January 2023

The production, consumption, and distribution of food is central to many religious practices and often considered distinct from the capitalist imperative to market, commodify, and profit. Yet, even scholarship that overcomes the now outdated binary of morality or religion versus the immoral market, continues to represent religion as a distinct sphere of life, with a moral content contrasted or compared to market practice. It is considered an achievement to note how religious practice exhibits affinities with market developments. There is little recognition of how religions as discursive traditions are inseparable from questions of consumption, trade, and exchange, which render the very distinction of religion versus market as an obstruction to analysis. Through an ethnography of the narratives and material practices of two Muslim-owned restaurants in the old Muslim quarters of South Mumbai, I show how different calibrations of Islam are materialized in restaurant spaces and trade practices in the city. Within the context of increasing marginalization of Muslim bodies and food practice in Mumbai, I argue that the restaurants constitute a complex and differential moral economy of food, poverty, care, and aspiration.
Moral Economy: The Afterlife of a Nebulous Concept
Authors: Ukah Asonzeh
Published: January 2023

Since the re-purposing of the concept of the moral economy by the British historian, E.P. Thompson in the late 1960s, scholars from a variety of disciplines in social sciences and humanities have attempted to apply it as a tool for empirical analysis. As a migratory concept, the meaning of 'moral economy' has shifted from theology to philosophy to anthropology and history. Scholars of religions and historians of religion, however, have shown a reluctance in deploying the concept in their field of study. A flexible and vintage concept such as the moral economy may seem to be an oxymoron when applied to the study of religion and religious reforms. Its utility, however, is demonstrated by a collection of four critical articles in this special issue of this journal to explore wide-ranging empirical materials and contexts. These include the contemporary analysis of religious morality and regulation in Northern Nigeria, the entanglements of Muslim-owned restaurants and Islamic morality in Mumbai (India), Zulu ethnic nationality and morality in the Nazareth Baptist Church in KwaZulu-Natal (South Africa), and finally, the pre-modern theoretical and philosophical reflections of the 14th-century Tunisian Muslim philosopher, Abd al-Rahman Ibn Khaldun. In these diverse scenarios and contexts, the moral economy concept illustrates its theoretical and analytical capacity and potential in the field of the study of religions.
Full-scale load testing of prefabricated combined floor of residential building built of the early 1950s
Authors: Shepelev Alexandr P. , Ibatullin Rustam R. , Pishulev Alexandr A.
Published: January 2023

A detailed full-scale survey of building structures was carried out as a part of scientific and technical support on changing the functional purpose of building premises built in the 1950s. The purpose of the technical condition survey was to assess the bearing capacity of structures and develop conditions for mechanical building safety. Special attention was paid to the study of floor-to-floor overlapping. Over a long period of operation, numerous changes were made to the original structural solution of the building. These changes transformed the design scheme of static work of structures, floors in particular. Due to the multifactorial and difficult-to-control conditions, it wasnt easy to determine the actual bearing capacity of the overlaps with the required degree of reliability using the existing calculation methods. Therefore, in order to confirm the proposed design assumptions, full-scale tests of the overlaps were carried out by loading, which confirmed their bearing capacity determined by the calculation. The conducted field tests made it possible to avoid expensive reinforcement of structures and extend the building life.
Methodological approaches to assessing the efficiency of operation of gravity drainage networks with deposits in the tray part of pipes
Authors: Prodous Oleg A. , Shlyichkov Dmitrii I.
Published: January 2023

Purpose: On the basis of methodological approaches to assessing the efficiency of operation of gravity drainage pipelines made of polymer materials with deposits in the tray part of pipes, to develop a sequence of hydraulic calculation of pipes with deposits and a methodology for evaluating the efficiency of their operation by the value of the hydraulic efficiency coefficient of the network.
Methods: Based on the developed sequence of hydraulic calculation of drainage pipes made of polymer materials with deposits in their tray part, establish the procedure for calculating the values of the actual characteristics of the hydraulic potential of polymer pipes, which allows calculating for the example given the value of the coefficient of hydraulic efficiency of network operation, according to which a decision is made on the possibility of continuing its further operation.
Results: Analysis of the values of the hydraulic characteristics of new pipes and polymer pipes with deposits in their tray part, for the example given, allowed us to establish significant discrepancies in their values. This made it possible to calculate the value of the hydraulic efficiency coefficient of the pipeline to make a decision on the possibility of continuing further operation.
Conclusion: For the specific conditions of the task, a sequence of hydraulic calculation of pipes made of polymer materials with deposits in their tray part has been developed. It is proposed to conduct special studies on pipes made of different types of materials with deposits in their tray part to establish acceptable values of the thickness of the sediment layer in the tray part of the pipes for subsequent assessment of the possibility of their further operation.
Ways to increase the thermal power of the convector
Authors: Anciferov Sergej A. , Chirkova Elena V. , Pryadilov Aleksej V. , Goshkoderya Lyubov' V.
Published: January 2023

The necessity of improving the production of heating devices in order to ensure their nominal thermal power is substantiated. The features of the manufacture of convectors "Universal" by the burnishing method are considered. The damages of the edges of the plates that occur during the expansion of the pipe during burnishing are investigated. The most promising direction for improving the quality of convector production has been identified - cold stamping of plates. The analysis of the shortcomings of plate stamping was carried out, the main reasons for the decrease in the thermal power of convectors were identified, and measures were developed to eliminate them. To increase the objectivity of the results of the study, tests were carried out with two different casings of convectors on a test bench. The optimal degree of plate tension has been determined and confirmed experimentally.
Dumps and landfills from of carbonate rock waste of the river Sok quarry
Authors: Chumachenko Natalia G. , Tyurnikov Vladimir V. , Kalinina Maria G.
Published: January 2023

The article is devoted to wastes generated at extraction, crushing and sorting of carbonate rock in order to obtain the finished product which is crushed stone. The article presents the information of carbonate rocks on the river Sok deposit. As a result of production at the Sok quarry two groups of waste are formed: overburden rocks and waste dumps; dolomite and limestone meal. The volume of overburden rocks and dumps is constantly increasing. Dolomite and limestone meal formed by crushing and sorting of rocks, with inclusions of crushed stone are sent to the dumps of cuttings without dividing into types. Most of the production waste is placed in the dumps directly in the territory of the quarry. Crushing waste is placed along the left bank of the river Sok. Significant volumes of accumulated and constantly formed crushed stone production wastes are harmful for the local environment. To solve environmental problems, it is necessary to study these wastes and develop construction materials using these wastes.