bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Fast Response to Small Signals with Noise in Neurons
Authors: Svirskis G.
Published: December 2019

Neurons in the brain receive synaptic inputs delivered as random trains. Mathematical theory was developed to relate the rate of threshold crossings with statistics of membrane fluctuations evoked by random point input process. Integrate-and-fire neuronal model was used to check validity of theoretical results. Mathematical theory approximated firing rate for low level of activity and showed that dependence of threshold crossings on mean rate of membrane potential change brings about very fast response to small signals.
Optimum Mass Matrices for Short Wave Pulse Propagation Finite Element Models
Authors: Barauskas R.
Published: December 2019

The matrices of a substructure ensuring minimum modal errors of the whole structure are obtained by using optimization approach. The mass and stiffness matrices of a small component domain of selected dimension are obtained by applying the modal synthesis of a limited number of closeto-exact modes such that after assembling a larger joined domain model the modal convergence rate of the latter should be as high as possible. The goal is achieved by formulating the minimization problem for the penaltytype target function representing the cumulative relative modal error of the joined domain and by applying the gradient descent minimization method. After the optimum matrices of a component domain are obtained, they can be used in any structure as higher-order elements or super-elements. The “combined” mass matrices can be treated as a special case of the presented approach. The performance of the obtained dynamic models is demonstrated by solving short wave pulse propagation problems by using a only few nodal points per pulse length.
On Some Properties of the Operator, Defined on Class of Analytic in the Half-Plane Functions
Authors: Kirjackis J. , Kiriyatzkii E. G.
Published: December 2019

In present paper the properties of the operator introduced by authors, which is defined on special class of n-normalized analytic in the half-plane functions are investigated. This operator is closely related with automorphism of a half-plane. Close connection of this operator with divided difference of n-th order is shown. The fixed points of the operator were found. Some other invariants, related with operator are under consideration.
Electronic Structure of Dodecyl Syringate Radical Suitable for ESR Molecular Quantum Computers
Authors: Tamulienė J. , Tamulis A. , Kulys J.
Published: December 2019

The neutral radical of dodecyl syringate is suggested as a candidate for molecular Electron Spin Resonance (ESR) quantum computers. The first principle of quantum chemical calculations indicates that this molecule with a stable delocalised electron spin may represent a qubit in quantum information processing. The spin density analysis exhibits that unpaired spin of the radical is delocalised in the region of not-compensated valence bond. Isotropic Fermi contact coupling constants and anisotropic spin dipole couplings was investigated and indicated the largest hyperfine splitting (HFS) of ESR spectra on atoms of the above mentioned region of not-compensated valence bond.
Voronoi Analysis of a Soccer Game
Authors: Kim S.
Published: December 2019

This paper describes a Voronoi analysis method to analyze a soccer game. It is important for us to know the quantitative assessment of contribution done by a player or a team in the game as an individual or collective behavior. The mean numbers of vertices are reported to be 5–6, which is a little less than those of a perfect random system. Voronoi polygons areas can be used in evaluating the dominance of a team over the other. By introducing an excess Voronoi area, we can draw some fruitful results to appraise a player or a team rather quantitatively.
Persistence and Extinction of One-Prey and Two-Predators System
Authors: Dubey B. , Upadhyay R. K.
Published: December 2019

In this paper, a mathematical model is proposed and analysed to study the dynamics of one-prey two-predators system with ratio-dependent predators growth rate. Criteria for local stability, instability and global stability of the nonnegative equilibria are obtained. The permanent co-existence of the three species is also discussed. Finally, computer simulations are performed to investigate the dynamics of the system.
Lermontov’s Borodino Strophe and Issues of Russian Verse Theory
Authors: Grinbaum Oleg
Published: December 2019

The paper considers several issues of Russian Verse Theory connected with the architectonics of Lermontov’s Borodino strophe. This rare and unique strophe is characterized by an odd number of lines (seven), peculiar rhyme, and mainly by the different number of syllables in its lines: five lines of the strophe contain nine syllables of iambic tetrameter, while the third and the seventh contain six syllables of iambic trimeter. Such a structure does not allow the use of traditional (statistical) methods of the study of verse rhythmics. To prove that, this paper describes the construction of “stress profiles” for the quatrain in iambic tetrameter, and shows that it is impossible to carry out this procedure for Lermontov’s Borodino strophe. Unlike the traditional approach, our method of rhythmic-harmonic precision imposes no restrictions on the architectonics of verse, which is why it is this method that underlies the analysis of the structural harmony of the Borodino strophe given in this paper. Our analysis compares the rhythmic-harmonic potential of the strophe and the actual values of the rhythmic harmony parameter with iambic and trochaic quatrains and with Onegin’s strophe in Pushkin’s verse. Another task of our work was a rhythmic-conceptual study of the “Borodino” text. This poem was published in 1837; together with the poem “On the Poet’s Death,” it immediately moved Lermontov to the forefront of Russian poets. The main result of our work consists in proving that in its structural-harmonic aspect, the Borodino strophe is unique and, moreover, it turns out to be the perfect verse construction for the expression of a mixed sublime-descending poetic mood: inspiration (in our case, a patriotic rise) and the following disappointment. Our study shows that Lermontov’s great poem “Borodino” not only passes “the trial of harmony with algebra,” but also, from the point of view of its single a rhythm-sense, stands near the best works of the first Russian poet, Pushkin.
The Role of the Metaoperator In the Good Sense of the Word in an Idealised Worldview
Authors: Vepreva Irina
Published: December 2019

This article investigates the functioning of the metaoperator in the good sense of the word, which characterising words, abstracted characteristics of the subject (both animate and inanimate), and appearance. The second type includes utterances where the role of the metaoperator in the good sense of the word neutralises both common and individual negative connotations not included in the conceptual nexus of the word. This type lets the operator, on the one hand, release the individual negative connotations that have appeared in contemporary speech while, on the other hand, it de-ideologizes the lexeme. The article also demonstrates the results of an experiment made, first, to examine the potential possibility of axiological re-coding of any negative word, and second, to estimate a non-estimating word. The experiment gave positive results for both tasks, allowing the author to state that the naive axiology includes the entire world in its estimative perception. The idealised model of the world practically overlaps with the language worldview.
Daily socio-cultural practices of inter-national interaction of population in multi-ethnic region
Authors: Ushkin Sergey G. , Kozin Vladimir V. , Frantsuzov Vladimir V.
Published: December 2019

Introduction. The article tries to consider everyday sociocultural practices implemented by the population of a multi-ethnic region, ranging from hostility towards people of a different nationality at the place of work to nationalist propaganda in the media.
Materials and Methods. The empirical basis consists of the results of the sociological study “Ethnic and Confessional Situation in the Republic of Mordovia”, carried out by the researchers of Research Center for Social and Economic Monitoring in May 2019.
Results and Discussion. The results indicate that, regardless of nationality, the residents of the region demonstrate a rather high level of tolerance, which is manifested both in declarative assessments of the level of interethnic tension and a low frequency of dissimilative sociocultural practices.
Conclusion. The use of the adjusted scale of social distance (or the scale of assessment of loyalty) allows the authors to state that the factor of nationality is not decisive in the situation of kinship, while belonging to a different religion in some cases can negatively affect ethnic stability.
Peligro para la tranquilidad pública: expulsión de extranjeros y conflictividad laboral en Costa Rica, 1894- 1936
Authors: Llaguno Thomas José Julián
Published: December 2019

El articulo tiene como objetivo caracterizar el proceso de construcción histórica del extranjero pernicioso en el periodo que va desde 1894 hasta 1936 con el fin de mostrar como el mecanismo de expulsión fue utilizado como una herramienta política que buscaba controlar y depurar la inmigración en el país. Sobre todo, el texto defiende el argumento de que este mecanismo funciono contra un segmento especifico de la población, la clase trabajadora y su puesta en práctica muestra la intención de contener el asociativismo obrero, así como el desarrollo de ideas socialistas consideradas contrarias a la moral costarricense. Para fundamentar este planteamiento se trabaja con fuentes primarias provenientes del Archivo Nacional de Costa Rica y el Archivo Histórico Nacional de España, seleccionando aquellos expedientes administrativos abiertos por el delito de perturbación de la tranquilidad pública, complementando el análisis con la legislación vigente sobre la temática y la bibliografía sobre conflictividad laboral. El estudio se concentra en las ciudades de San José y Limón por ser aquellas donde se concentran los casos encontrados.
Despojo, resistencia y represión. Revueltas indígenas en el real de minas de Bolaños (Virreinato de la Nueva España) 1734-1783
Authors: Rojas Galván José , Coss y León Domingo
Published: December 2019

La crisis económica por la que atravesaba la corona española durante la segunda mitad del XVIII, la condujo a otorgar amplias prerrogativas a particulares interesados en la explotación de minas en la Nueva España, pues de ello dependía la reactivación de la exigua economía imperial. El objetivo es analizar los factores socio-históricos que motivaron a una serie de comunidades indígenas asentadas en las inmediaciones del Real de Minas de Bolaños a sublevarse en contra del poder durante el periodo 1734-1783. La metodología utilizada en este trabajo es la síntesis histórica, la cual aporta elementos para reconstruir los sucesos del pasado sobre la base de las fuentes –vestigios y testimonios– ya criticados. Lo anterior permite concluir que las revueltas fueron el resultado de la explotación de mano de obra indígena y la usurpación de tierras comunales que mineros españoles llevaron a cabo para cubrir las necesidades de las minas. Esto, bajo el beneplácito y soporte de la administración colonial. Asimismo, se concluye que con dicho despojo se dio inicio al proceso de conformación de la clase campesina asalariada en el norte neogallego.
Por la mirada del espantapájaros pasa el mundo de Edgar Roy Ramírez
Authors: Vargas Durán Ricardo
Published: December 2019

Edgar Roy Ramírez (2018) Por la mirada del espantapájaros pasa el mundo. San José: Editorial Antanaclasis Poética S.A. 82 versos. 134 páginas.
Flor Garita Hernández: Su contribución a la investigación y a la normalización toponimia
Authors: Bedoya Benítez Eduardo
Published: December 2019

Texto de la participación en el Conversatorio que trata de la oficial tarea de normalización de nombres geográficos y en la investigación toponímica de la Sra. Flor Garita Hernández, profesora e investigadora homenajeada en la IV Semana de la Diversidad Lingüística, UCR, 5 de mayo, 2017.
Climate-driven statistical models as effective predictors of local dengue incidence in costa rica: a generalized additive model and random forest approach
Authors: Vásquez Paola , Loría Antonio , Sánchez Fabio , Barboza Luis A.
Published: December 2019

Climate has been an important factor in shaping the distribution and incidence of dengue cases in tropical and subtropical countries. In Costa Rica, a tropical country with distinctive micro-climates, dengue has been endemic since its introduction in 1993, inflicting substantial economic, social, and public health repercussions. Using the number of dengue reported cases and climate data from 2007-2017, we fitted a prediction model applying a Generalized Additive Model (GAM) and Random Forest (RF) approach, which allowed us to retrospectively predict the relative risk of dengue in five climatological diverse municipalities around the country.
Feasible and ethical allocation of intervention resources for infectious diseases using linear programming
Authors: Gerberry David J. , Blower Sally
Published: December 2019

In this work, we demonstrate that the consideration of a fixed epidemic and the use of linear programming can be an effective tool for designing rollout strategies for infectious disease interventions. Specifically, we argue that the approach can be more flexible, more amenable to detailed allocation plans and more in line with the way that public policy decisions are made than standard optimal control allocations. We also show how feasibility and ethical constraints can be incorporated into resource allocations.

As an application, we consider the initial rollout of Treatment as Prevention (TasP) resources for HIV (human immunodeficiency virus) in South Africa that began within the last decade. Going back to TasP’s initial rollout allows us to demonstrate the strengths of this approach.
Backward bifurcation in neutrophil-pathogen interaction
Authors: Kribs Christopher M. , Olawoyin Omomayowa
Published: December 2019

Bacterial infections elicit immune responses including neutrophils, whose recruitment is stimulated by the bacteria’s presence but which die after eliminating those bacteria. This dual interaction between bacteria and neutrophil concentrations, more complicated than the simple predator-prey relationship that describes macrophage-bacteria interactions, creates an environment in which neutrophils may only be able to clear sufficiently small infections. This study describes this relationship using a simple nonlinear dynamical system which exhibits bistability behavior known as a backward bifurcation. Bacterial growth is assumed limited by a key nutrient. In contrast to a previous study which held neutrophil and nutrient levels constant and required saturation terms to produce bistability, our model shows that simple bilinear terms support bistability when nutrient and neutrophil densities are allowed to vary in response to bacterial density. An example application involving Borrelia burgdorferi, which feeds on manganese, illustrates why neutrophils’ rapid response is key to their ability to contain bacterial infections.
PENGARUH KEPEMIMPINAN TRANSFORMASIONAL, DAN LINGKUNGAN KERJA NON FISIK TERHADAP PERILAKU INOVATIF
Authors: NARDO RIO , EVANITA SUSI , SYAHRIZAL SYAHRIZAL
Published: December 2019

This study aims to examine the significance of the influence of transformational leadership, and non-physical work environment, on innovative behavior with work motivation as a mediator for employees of tour and travel companies in West Sumatra. This study uses a quantitative approach with a total sample of 110 respondents selected using the proportional random sampling technique. The results of the study prove that: (1) Transformational leadership has no significant effect on innovative behavior; (2) Non-physical work environment has a significant effect on Innovative Behavior; (3) Work motivation becomes a mediator on the effect of transformational leadership on innovative behavior; (4) Work motivation becomes the mediator of the influence of the non-physical work environment on the innovative behavior of employees.
Learning about God: Theological education as formation for mission
Authors: Drane John
Published: December 2019

This paper describes how current models of theological education frequently fail to meet the expectations of today’s students in terms of both information and formation: the way knowledge is conveyed by institutions is too often based on traditional academical methods rather than ones appropriate to the twenty-first century; and the process is too rarely accompanied by opportunities to grow in spiritual wisdom. The paper then goes on to offer one model of how a holistic approach to mission-oriented learning can take place.
“In Your Loving is Your Knowing: Elizabeth Templeton – Prophet of Our Times” edited by Peter Matheson and Alastair Hulbert
Authors: Ritchie Martin
Published: December 2019

Review ofPeter Matheson and Alastair Hulbert, eds., In Your Loving is Your Knowing: Elizabeth Templeton – Prophet of Our Times (Edinburgh: Birlinn, 2019), pp. xxii + 257, ISBN 978-1780275635. £14.99
“Travels with a Stick: A Pilgrim’s Journey to Santiago de Compostela” by Richard Frazer
Authors: Galbraith Douglas
Published: December 2019

Review ofRichard Frazer, Travels with a Stick: A Pilgrim’s Journey to Santiago de Compostela (Edinburgh: Birlinn, 2019), pp. 208, ISBN 978-1780275680. £12.99
Complex Monitoring of Using Agricultural Lands in the Modern Period
Authors: Kholodov Oleg
Published: December 2019

The current state of arable land and land areas, which are a key factor in the system of agricultural production, requires forming special systematic approaches to organizing the monitoring of using land resources. Being an object of the government and economic regulation in the modern period, land for agricultural purposes involves using a set of tools for monitoring of land use providing the increase of efficiency of using the land resource, conservation and reproduction of soil fertility and environmental protection. The purpose of the study is to identify a complex system of assessing the use of agricultural land and substantiate the need for using digital analytical tools. The article studies the complexity of the problem of monitoring agricultural land. So, the author considers the set of quantitative and financial indicators participating in the formation of system of analyzing the use of land resources in agriculture on the example of the country as a whole, its separate subjects, in particular. The paper considers the main indicators characterizing efficiency of use of agricultural lands in the Rostov region, reveals their regional features. The conducted statistical and economic analysis allows to identify and justify the main factors affecting the profitability of agricultural land in specific regional conditions. The author substantiates the necessity of digitalization of the monitoring process of agricultural land.
On Creating a “Powerful Scientific and Technological Base” and the Necessity of Strengthening State Support of Scientists and Innovative Business in Russia
Authors: Klypin Andrey
Published: December 2019

The article is a research response to the task of developing the scientific and technological base set by the President of Russia in his message to the Federal Assembly in 2019. The scientific and technological base is revealed as a more comprehensive concept than a concept that includes only material and technical objects, in particular, it accommodates human resources engaged in research and development. The author reveals insufficiency of current measures of state support for researchers and developers, which boil down mainly to competitive financing of scientists and little-demanded tax breaks for innovative business. The paper proves several measures to strengthen the basic support of research personnel and technological business. There is a need not only to implement large scientific and technological infrastructure projects, but also increase the volume of budget (basic) support for researchers and developers through the growth of actual wages at the rate of the full working rate, provide preferential mortgage loans, expand tax incentives for innovative business, as well as develop a “qualified customer” model. The analysis is performed on the basis of studying Russian regulatory legal acts defining the state scientific and technical policy, articles of Russian scientists as well as materials of Russian and international statistical databases. The results of the study may be used by representatives of the executive authorities, as well as a wide range of specialists interested in the problems of science and technology policy in Russia.
Digital Coordinates of the Modern Russian Society: Research Methodology
Authors: Loginova Elena
Published: December 2019

On the basis of analysing theoretical approaches to socio-economic transformations which occur in modern society under the influence of the wide spread of digital technologies, the author builds production functions, the study of which helps to identify the main identification criterion of modern society – increasing the role of knowledge and information, as well as defining the basic characteristics of society based on knowledge. The analysis of the factors constituting the structure of modern social production makes it possible to conclude that it maintains the market content, therefore, when characterizing modern society, we talk about “digital” coordinates of society, whose economic system operates on the basis of market interactions mediated by the use of digital technologies. The article shows the results of studying qualitative (changes taking place in the system of production relations) and quantitative (development indicators of the “digital stack”) “digital coordinates” of modern Russian society, on the basis of which the author characterizes the specificity of production relations arising in modern society concerning production, distribution, exchange and consumption of information products; reveals restrictions on the use of digital technologies (developing “digital” infrastructure) and possible “growing points” (level of human capital development and availability of “digital ”skills), as well as strategic priorities for developing Russian society that actively uses digital technologies.
Dysfunctions of Russian Market of Mergers and Acquisitions: Causes, Consequences, Methods of Overcoming
Authors: Alekseenko Anastasia
Published: December 2019

The article deals with studying the institutional dysfunction of the Russian market of mergers and acquisitions. It proves that problems of functioning and quality of formal regulating institutions hinder its effective development. The contradiction of interests between the state as a subject of regulation and the state as a participant of the market resulted in forming institutional microdysfunctions connected with “double standards” of law enforcement for different types of owners, striving to obtain bureaucracy rent, intertwining functional actions of the state as a regulator and the state as a market participant. This contributed to the regular blocking of the trap effect in applying valuation norms in the antitrust law, causing impossibility to effectively prevent unfair deals and at the same time hinder fair and effective deals in the Russian market of mergers and acquisitions. To settle this problem it is required to use changes aimed at reducing asymmetric information between subjects of the Russian market of mergers and acquisitions and the state, and also blocking informal institutions which are in conflict with formal regulating institutions. Improving evaluation methods of economic analysis in the antitrust practice, expanding informal control (such as making independent expert research of future substantial deals and also analyzing performed deals) will contribute to overcoming the existing dysfunctions of the Russian market of mergers and acquisitions.
Efficiency Evaluation of Functioning of Socio-Economic Systems Based on Production Functions: New Approach
Authors: Zhukov Roman
Published: December 2019

The aim of the article is to substantiate the possibility of using the performance indicator designed according to the author’s methodology along with other indicators characterizing functioning of socio-economic systems. The performance indicator is defined as the ratio of normalized and standardized actual results to expected values which are calculated by the model of the relationship of effective signs and state and impact factors. The model is a production function, whose parameters can be defined by factor analysis of dependencies. To substantiate the presented indicator the author carries out a comparative analysis of its statistical dependence with the indicators of technical efficiency calculated using the stochastic boundary method. The paper considers 12 different variants which differ in the type of distributing the random component, which characterizes the inefficiency of the system; methods of calculating technical efficiency, as well as the presentation of data (pooled and panel data). As a basic model, the power multiplicative model in the form of Cobb-Douglas is used, which includes the volume of gross regional product, the cost of fixed assets, the average annual number of employees in economy and the cost of technological innovation taking into account inflation. The information base of the research is data on regions of the Central Federal district for 2007–2016. For the considered variants the relationships between the proposed performance indicator and other indicators considered were statistically significant, which gives reason to use it as a private indicator for analyzing functioning of socio-economic systems. The performance indicator can be used as a tool to analyze and compare functioning of socio-economic systems operating in different conditions.
Üretimin su ayak izinin incelenmesi: Diyarbakır ili için bir vaka çalışması
Authors: MURATOĞLU Abdullah
Published: December 2019

Hızlı kentleşme, kişi başına düşen su tüketiminin artması ve gelişen endüstriye
paralel olarak su kirliliğinin artması, bölgesel su kaynakları üzerinde daha
etkili ölçüm, yönetim ve karar mekanizmalarının işleme alınmasını gerekli
kılmıştır. Su ayak izi (SA) kavramı, özellikle su kaynakları yönetimine destek
sağlamak için ekolojik ve karbon ayak izlerine benzer şekilde son yıllarda
literatüre kazandırılan yeni bir parametredir. Herhangi bir alan veya ürünün su
ayak izi, üretim süreci boyunca doğrudan veya dolaylı olarak işleme alınan veya
kirletilen su kaynaklarının toplam hacmini ifade eder. Bu çalışmanın temel
amacı, 2008-2019 yılları arasında Diyarbakır ilinde tarım, hayvancılık,
endüstriyel üretim ve evsel kullanımından kaynaklanan mavi ve yeşil su ayak
izlerinin detaylı olarak analiz edilmesidir. Buna göre, bölgenin ortalama SA
değeri 3,43 milyar m3/yıl olarak hesaplamıştır. İl genelindeki su
kaynaklarının büyük çoğunluğunun % 86’lık bir oranla tarımsal ürünlerin
yetiştirilmesinde kullanıldığı, mevcut taze suyun % 49’unun yüzey ve yeraltı
suyundan tedarik edildiği ve kurak sezonda bu oranın % 62’ye kadar yükseldiği
tespit edilmiştir. İlde yetiştirilen tarımsal ürünlerin sanal su muhtevaları ve
toplam su kullanımları ayrıca hesaplanmış ve tartışılmıştır. Mevcut çalışma,
ülkemizde yapılan ilk bölgesel SA analizlerinden biri olup, tarımsal planlama, evsel
ve endüstriyel su tahsisi, atık yönetimi ve su kaynaklarının sürdürülebilirliği
gibi konularda katkıda bulunması beklenmektedir.
Praseodymium katkılı titanyum dioksit fotokatalizörünün metilen mavisinin bozunma reaksiyonundaki etkinliği
Authors: DOĞU Doruk , KARAKAŞ Gürkan
Published: December 2019

Bu çalışmada, sol-gel yöntemiyle hazırlanmış olan
titanium dioksit esaslı katalizörlere praseodymium (Pr) katkılanmasının ve
kalsinasyon sıcaklığının metilen mavisinin fotokatalitik bozunma
reaksiyonundaki etkileri araştırılmıştır. Titanyum dioksitin %1 oranında Pr
katkılanması anataz kristallerinin rutil yapısına dönüşmesini engelleyerek daha
kararlı bir anataz yapısının oluşmasını sağlamakta, yüzey alanını ve
fotokatalizörün ışık absorpsiyon kapasitesini artırmaktadır [1]. Metilen
mavisinin fotokatalitik bozunma reaksiyonunda Pr katkılanmasının yanısıra katalizörün
kalsinasyon sıcaklığının etkisi hem toz hem ince film katalizorler uzerinde etüd
edilmiştir. Deneysel sonuçlar, 600 °C’da kalsine edilen katalizörlerin 500 °C’da
kalsine edilen numunelere göre daha yüksek fotokatalitik aktiviteye sahip
olduklarını göstermiştir. Ayrica, Pr katkılanması toz halindeki TiO2
katalizörlerin fotokatalitik performansını iyileştirmiş olup metilen mavisinin
tam dönüşmesini sağlamıştır.  Metilen
mavisi moleküllerinin dimerizasyonu da bozunma reaksiyon hızını etkilemekte olup
Pr katkilanmis numunelerde dimerlerin monomere dönüşümünün daha hızlı
gercekleştigi görülmüşür.
Ex vivo mouse kidney slice experiment v1
Authors: Shoda Wakana , Nomura Naohiro , Ando Fumiaki , Tagashira Hideaki , Iwamoto Takahiro , Ohta Akihito , Isobe Kiyoshi , Mori Takayasu , Susa Koichiro , Sohara Eisei , Rai Tatemitsu , Uchida Shinichi
Published: December 2019

This protocol was used in a manuscript "Sodium-calcium exchanger 1 is the key molecule for urinary potassium excretion against hyperkalemia.
Murine Model of MRSA Osteomyelitis v1
Authors: Y. Flores Elizabeth , Lowy Franklin , T. Yin Michael , Shah Jayesh , E. Cassat James , D. Plaut Roger , Paragas Neal , D. Klose Alexander
Published: December 2019

Purpose: Osteomyelitis, especially involving strains of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA), is a clinically important infection that requires improved experimental models for study of pathogenesis and treatment. Planar bioluminescent imaging can monitor MRSA bone infections in real-time; however, it is semi-quantitative, lacks spatial resolution and cannot be aligned reproducibly to an anatomical map. Procedures: Quantitative bioluminescence tomography (BLt), InVivoPLOT, was used to longitudinally monitor a bioluminescent MRSA strain [NRS384 (USA300)-lux] infection in the femur. Multi-view multi-spectral bioluminescent images of mice within a body-conforming animal mold were acquired using a mirror gantry. Image data were processed by a cloud-based software, InVivoAX, which transformed the light intensity distribution at the animal’s tissue surface into quantitative BLt data of the light source inside the animal. These quantitative bioluminescence tomography images were aligned to a statistical anatomical map (organ probability map, OPM) to guide determination of femur colony forming unit (CFU) density. Results: We quantified bacterial density and overlaid the signal to an OPM for monitoring of the infected femurs. Integrating over the region of interest of the femur, we calculated total CFU count at 4, 7, and 14 days following infection. We found consistent microbiological evidence of infection across time points. These data were correlated with bone injury using microCT imaging. The correlation coefficient for the microbiological versus the bioluminescent data was 0.91, demonstrating that bioluminescence tomography can be used for the in vivo determination of bacterial density in each femur over time without the need for animal sacrifice. Conclusion: This study uses a novel quantitative bioluminescent tomographic technique to substitute for terminal serial plating of organs in a bone infection model. Using InVivoPLOT, we monitored progression of a murine model of osteomyelitis using a bioluminescent MRSA [NRS384 (USA300)-lux] strain of Staphylococcus aureus and confirmed the injury to the bone with microCT imaging.
Language – mind – culture – human – nationality: “closing the circle ...” (to the question of linguoecology)
Authors: Krasnykh Viktoriya Viktorovna
Published: December 2019

The author argues in favor of the assertion that a people (ethnos, nation) is alive as long as its language and culture live. The author introduces the concept of functional-cultural illiteracy as the inability to encode and decode cultural-meaningful meanings behind the signs of the language, and the unwillingness and inability to understand, and even more so, to create texts of different orientations, different genres and different sizes. The author considers some examples of authentic texts (primarily advertising), which can contribute to the pidginization of the Russian language and thereby pose a certain danger, since the language is associated with thinking, cognition, comprehension, and conscious. The author emphasizes the value of ideas and works by A.P. Skovorodnikov to preserve the Russian language and Russian culture, our national-linguo-cultural community and our country
Ecology of language and politics: linguoaxiological notes
Authors: Kupina Natalia Aleksandrovna
Published: December 2019

The article analyzes the Russian State Duma deputies’ propaganda materials published before the by-elections in the August issues of “Oblastnaya Gazeta” (Yekaterinburg, 2019). The methodological base of the research is A.P.Skovorodnikov’s notion of linguo-ecology, its object are propaganda texts-appeals. The procedure of linguistic and axiological measurement makes it possible to implement the task of diagnosing the ecological state of the political language. Within the analysis, there are systematized external and internal factors that have a negative impact on the ecological state of the political language and prevent forming our national idea. It is found out that the complex reanimation of totalitarian language ideologemes belonging to the Soviet era is connected not only with the loss of the mobilization function of the Leninist formula “peopleness–party-mindedness-idea-allegiance” (“narodnost’ – patrijnost’ – idejnost’”), but also with a change in the axiological marking of lexemes “party”, “party affiliation”, “ideological ideology”. The ecological consequences of lacking a nation-wide view of Russian political future are characterized. Considering the campaign strategy immersed in today’s axiological reality, integrating basic values and axiological constants are found out. The conclusions are formulated about the importance of creating a linguistically verified typology of axiologically marked verbal signs of the national cultural code, as well as about the need to update the precedent base of the political language.
Okul Öncesi Fen Eğitiminde Eleştirel Düşünme Becerileri ve Öğretmen Eğitimine Yönelik Öneriler
Authors: SARIBAŞ Deniz , AKDEMİR Zeynep Gonca , AYDIN Ganime , YILMAZ Şirin
Published: December 2019

Eleştirel
düşünme, mantık yürütme, tartışma sırasında gerekçeler sunma, kanıtları
değerlendirme ve karar verme gibi düşünmenin en temel ölçütlerine
dayanmaktadır. Bu nedenle, her yaş düzeyinde öğrencilerde geliştirilmesi
gereken bir beceridir. Dünyada ve ülkemizde okul öncesi eğitim programlarında
eleştirel düşünme becerilerini kazandırmak amaç ve kazanımlar arasında yer
almaktadır. Ancak ülkemizdeki okul öncesi fen eğitimine yönelik kaynak kitaplar
incelendiğinde, eleştirel düşünme becerilerinden hangilerinin kazandırılması
gerektiği ve bunların hangi uygulamalarla kazandırılabileceği konusunda bazı
eksiklikler tespit edilmiştir. Bu eksiklikleri gidermek amacıyla, bu çalışmada,
okul öncesi fen eğitiminde kazandırılması gereken eleştirel düşünme becerileri
ölçütleri belirlenerek bu ölçütleri değerlendirmeye yönelik bir rubrik, iki
bağımsız araştırmacıdan uzman görüşü alınarak oluşturulmuş ve on bir öğretmenin
görüşü alınarak son haline getirilmiştir. Bu rubriğin kullanımı ve rubrikte yer
alan ölçütlerin her birinin kazandırılması için örnek etkinlik ve beklenen kazanım
örnekleri verilmiştir. Son olarak, rubriğin geliştirilmesi ve eleştirel düşünme
becerilerinin kazandırılması için uygun olabilecek fen etkinlikleri tartışılmış
ve buna yönelik öneriler sunulmuştur.
Objetos litúrgicos de peltre hallados en contextos funerarios de época medieval: El cáliz y patena de la Pobla de Ifach (Calp, Alicante)
Authors: Menendez Fueyo Jose Luis , Pina Mira Joaquín , Malagutti Stefania
Published: December 2019

El objetivo del artículo es presentar los datos y contexto arqueológico de un grial y una patena de peltre encontradas en una tumba de la necrópolis medieval de la Pobla de Ifach (Calp, Alicante). Son piezas litúrgicas, cuya difusión es muy amplia por el territorio catalán y que aparecen siempre asociadas a los ajuares funerarios de clérigos o miembros del estamento clerical vinculados con la iglesia.
Releyendo las estelas epigráficas de la necrópolis de “El Castillo” (Palacios de la Sierra, Burgos)
Authors: Carmona Ballestero Eduardo
Published: December 2019

Las estelas epigráficas de Palacios de la Sierra forman parte de un conjunto recuperado en las excavaciones de la necrópolis de El Castillo en los años 70. Hasta la fecha, la interpretación propuesta para aquellas con epígrafes reconocibles las consideraba de la II Edad del Hierro debido a que, en teoría, portaban grafías ibéricas. A diferencia de esta propuesta, el trabajo plantea una nueva lectura de las estelas epigráficas partiendo de la base de que las grafías se realizaron en letra visigótica y recogen nombres y palabras en latín. Por tanto, rectifica una interpretación errónea basada en una lectura incorrecta. El resultado reubica al conjunto dentro de las de manifestaciones funerarias de la Alta Edad Media, y viene a ampliar el corpus de inscripciones de este tipo que se conocen en el área de la primitiva Castilla y Álava, con las que encuentra un parangón evidente.
La torre sureste del castillo de Santaella (Córdoba). Un ejemplo de arquitectura defensiva medieval
Authors: López Rider Javier , Rodero Pérez Santiago
Published: December 2019

El artículo presentado proporciona los resultados obtenidos con motivo de la actividad arqueológica puntual previa a la restauración de la torre sureste del castillo de Santaella, municipio ubicado en el interior de la Campiña cordobesa. Dicha intervención ha sido desarrollada en el año 2015, fruto del planteamiento que el ayuntamiento de esta localidad inició de cara a la puesta en valor y conservación del patrimonio histórico de su término municipal. Al mismo tiempo que se ejecutaba la intervención susodicha, se ha llevado a cabo un estudio sobre la historia del conjunto de esta fortaleza a través de las diversas fuentes archivísticas disponibles. Entre ellas, cobran especial relevancia las pertenecientes al ámbito cronológico de los siglos XIII-XV. Con la información extraída de los recursos documentales y los datos emanados de los vestigios del torreón mencionado, se ha podido elaborar una primera interpretación de la evolución histórica de este castillo medieval, carente actualmente de un análisis pormenorizado.
MATHEMATICAL MODEL OF INFORMATION NETWORK STRUCTURE ON THE BASIS OF NON-STATIONARY HIERARCHICAL AND STATIONARY HYPERSLETS
Authors: Sobchuk V. , Laptev A. , Salandа I. , Sachuk Yu.
Published: December 2019

The article developed a model of the structure of an integrated information network based on a nonstationary hierarchical and stationary hypernetwork, taking into account the destructive effects of various kinds. The functional stability of the integrated information network in the work is understood as the ability of the system to function, albeit with a decrease in quality, for a given time under the influence of external and internal destabilizing factors. External and internal destabilizing factors are understood as failures, malfunctions of system elements, deliberate damages, combat defeats, electromagnetic interferences, maintenance personnel errors. Ensuring the functional stability of any complex technical system is carried out in three stages: identifying abnormal situations, localizing abnormal situations, restoring operation due to the redistribution of resources. When considering integrated information networks from the point of view of functional stability, the failure of a switching node or communication line entails the destruction of the transmission channels of secondary networks, in the graphs of these networks are non-adjacent. Therefore, it is impractical to model the structure of such a network by a graph. In this regard, introduced new concepts and definitions in the theory of functional stability and developed an appropriate methodological apparatus. This model takes into account all the necessary basic parameters from the point of view of functional stability of the network, their properties and relations, which have a significant impact on the synthesis of the optimal network structure. The difference between a hypernetwork and other structural models is that the creation of a hypernetwork structure involves more than two generating sets, allows you to take into account the influence of possible emergency situations caused by internal and external factors.
A rare case of hemorrhagic mineralising angiopathy after trivial head trauma
Authors: Sireesha Yareeda , Ali Niloufer , Neeharika Mathukumalli , Kanikannan Meena Angamattu
Published: December 2019

:Infarction of the basal ganglia after minor head injury �is a� well described entity .�Mineralising angiopathy� is a term to describe mineralisation along� the lenticulostriate vessels that predisposes infants to stroke,even after trivial head injury.(1)The prognosis in these children is excellent.The supratentorial compartment is relatively mobile in comparision to the fixed infratentorial compartment �offering greater shearing forces between the perforating vessels and the brain parenchyma following �an acute trauma.(2)The acute angulation of the lenticulostriate perforators is further responsible for its propensity of the basal ganglia for the insult.(3) The current report is unique as it presents a young boy with hemorrhagic stroke in the�� basal ganglia after a trivial trauma and �imaging findings suggestive of mineralising angiopathy
Nadir bir ERCP komplikasyonu nedeniyle olgu sunumu; retroperitoneal perforasyon
Authors: YILDIZ Pınar , TEMEL Tuncer , ÖZTAŞ Erkin , DİŞİBEYAZ Selçuk
Published: December 2019

Endoskopik retrograd kolanjiyopankreatografi, pankreatobiliyer hastalıklarda tanı ve tedavi amaçlı çok sık kullanılan bir yöntemdir. Hastaya ve işleme bağlı olarak pankreatit, kanama ve perforasyon gibi birtakım komplikasyonlar görülebilir. Burada 79 yaşında bilinen kronik obstrüktif akciğer hastalığı öyküsü olan ve farklı bir merkezde koledokta taş nedenli uygulanan endoskopik retrograd kolanjiyopankreatografi işleminden yaklaşık 1,5 ay sonra genel durumunda ve beslenmesinde progresif bozulma yaşayan bir hasta sunuldu. Hastanın görüntüleme tetkiklerinde retroperitoneal perforasyon düşündüren bulgular ile birlikte karın ve sırtında cilt altında yaygın ve aynı zamanda alt ekstermitede ciddi ödem, eşlik eden sellülit mevcuttu. Takibinde hasta sepsis ve multiorgan yetmezliği ile kaybedildi. Endoskopik retrograd kolanjiyopankreatografi işlemi tanısal ve tedavi amaçlı sıklıkla uygulanan ve hayat kurtarıcı olarak da başvurulan bir yöntemdir. Bununla birlikte işlem sırasında, erken ve geç dönemde gelişebilecek komplikasyonlar açısından dikkatli olunmalı ve hastalar titizlikle takip edilmelidir.
The Impact of CRD IV on Bank Lending
Authors: Huhtilainen Matias
Published: December 2019

This study addresses the post-financial crisis EU banking regulation reform CRD IV. The specific focus is on the relationship between increased capital requirements and the subsequent change in both supply and the price of bank credit. This study employs a twofold data consisting of a panel of Finnish unlisted savings and cooperative banks’ key figures over the period 2002-2018 and a representative survey conducted with personnel of Finnish institutions. In addition to the consistent finding in regards to the effect of bank profitability as well as fairly consistent findings in regards to the effect of bank size and GDP growth, the key finding suggests a slight decrease in loan supply under the CRD IV.
The Relationship Between Corporate Tax Rate and Economic Growth During the Global Financial Crisis: Evidence from a Panel VAR
Authors: Öz Yalaman Gamze
Published: December 2019

This paper compares dynamic relationship between economic growth and corporate tax rate during the recent financial crisis and the non–crisis period using a panel VAR for 29 OECD countries over the period 1998-2016. The results show that corporate tax rate has a significantly negative effect on economic growth. Moreover, the recent financial crisis has had a significant effect on the endogenous interaction between corporate tax rate and economic growth. According to Granger causality test, there is only one-way causality from corporate tax rate to economic growth during the non-crisis period. Interestingly, there are not any causal relationships between corporate tax rate and economic growth during the crisis period. The results show that the recent crisis has had a significant effect on the endogenous interaction between corporate tax rate and economic growth.
REPETITION IN CHILD-DIRECTED QUESTIONS; A COMPARISON OF TURKISH AND ENGLISH LANGUAGES
Authors: İlhan Berk
Published: December 2019

The studies for repetition in Child-directed Speech
(CDS) have focused mostly on affirmative and negative sentences without
discrimination and the children in these studies have been the ones who can
produce one or two words. There is a gap in the field of Turkish language
acquisition for studies which analyze speech directed to children at earlier
ages. In order to contribute to the field, the present study has investigated
if there are common variation sets in child-directed Turkish questions at early
ages or not and whether there are different variation sets in English and
Turkish questions. As Turkish data, the conversations between Eylül (1:3) and
her caregivers have been recorded for two months by the researcher and English
data (Morgan, 1:3) has been obtained from CHILDES database. The analysis has
revealed that addition of specific reference and reordering are the most common
variation sets in Turkish questions. However, in English questions, the most
common sets are lexical substitution, rephrasing and deletion of specific
reference. Child directed questions in English tend to be economical, whereas,
Turkish questions provide more cues about the structure of language by
presenting them to the child by repetition.
ÖRGÜTSEL KALİTE GÖSTERGESİ OLARAK ÇALIŞAN MEMNUNİYETİ: BİR ÖLÇEK GELİŞTİRME ÇALIŞMASI
Authors: Çetinkaya Fatih Ferhat , Şimşek Hüseyin , Aytekin Cahit
Published: December 2019

Günümüzde organizasyonlar başarıyı yakalamak ve rekabet avantajı
sağlayabilmek için çalışan memnuniyeti ve kaliteye önem vermektedir. Çalışan
memnuniyetinin olması örgütsel performansın artmasına ve örgütün gelişimine
neden olmaktadır. Özellikle çok sayıda rakibin olduğu sektörlerde
sürdürülebilir rekabet avantajı yakalamanın bir yoluda çalışanların
problemlerini çözüp onlara ilişkin iyileştirme çalışmaları yapmaktır. Bu hem
organizasyon başarısı hemde kaliteyi yakalamak açısından önem arzeder. Bu
çalışmada bir kalite göstergesi olarak çalışan memnuniyeti ölçeği
geliştirilmeye çalışılmıştır. Çalışmaya 2016-2017 eğitim-öğretim
yılı bahar dönemde Ahi Evran Üniversitesi’nde görev yapan 342 akademik ve 244
idari personelinden toplam 586 çalışan
katılmıştır. Ölçek maddelerinin yazımına başlanmadan araştırmacılar tarafından
literatür taraması yapılarak diğer memnuniyet ölçekleri incelenmiştir. Ölçek
geliştirme amacıyla yapılan çalışmada açımlayıcı ve doğrulayıcı faktör analizleri
yapılmıştır. Açımlayıcı faktör analizinin ardından her bir boyut için Cronbach
Alfa değerleri hesaplanarak güvenirlik analizleri yapılmış, ölçeğin bütününün
ve ölçeği oluşturan alt faktörlerin Cronbach Alpha katsayılarının oldukça iyi
düzeylerde olduğu tespit edilmiştir. AFA ve DFA sonuçları birlikte değerlendirildiğinde, çalışan memnuniyet
ölçeğinin, üniversitelerdeki akademik ve idari personelin memnuniyet düzeyini
ölçmek için geçerli ve güvenilir bir ölçek olduğu sonucuna ulaşılmıştır. Geliştirilen
ölçeğin literatüre önemli katkı sağlaması ve kalite arayışındaki yükseköğretim
kurumları tarafından kullanılan ve referans gösterilen bir ölçek olarak kendine
yer bulması umulmaktadır.