bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Rapid estimation of climate-air quality interactions in integrated assessment using a response surface model
Authors: Eastham Sebastian , Monier Erwan , Rothenberg Daniel , Paltsev Sergey , Selin Noelle
Published: September 2022

Air quality and climate change are substantial and linked sustainability challenges, and there is a need for improved tools to assess the implications of addressing them in combination. High-fidelity chemistry-climate simulations can capture combined climate-air quality responses to policy change, but computational cost has prevented integration of accurate air quality impacts into integrated assessment models (IAMs) used to inform policy development. Instead, IAMs often use global- or regional-scale marginal response factors to calculate air quality impacts of climate scenarios. To bridge this gap, we develop a computationally-efficient approach to quantify air quality impacts of combined climate and air quality interventions, capable of capturing spatial heterogeneity and complex atmospheric chemistry. We fit individual response surfaces to high-fidelity model simulation output for 1,525 locations worldwide under a variety of perturbation scenarios. Our intermediate-fidelity approach captures known differences in atmospheric chemical regimes, and can estimate location-by-location air quality under different scenarios within milliseconds. It can also be straightforwardly implemented in IAMs, enabling researchers to rapidly estimate how air quality in different locations, and related equity-based metrics, will respond to large-scale changes in emissions policy.Using this approach we find that the sensitivity of air quality to climate change and air pollutant emissions reductions differs in sign and magnitude by region, suggesting that calculations of “co-benefits” of climate policy that do not account for the existence of simultaneous air quality interventions can lead to inaccurate conclusions. Although reductions in global mean temperature are effective in improving air quality in many locations and sometimes yield compounding benefits, we show that the air quality impact of climate policy depends on air quality precursor emissions stringency.Our approach can be extended to include results from higher-resolution modeling, but also to incorporate other interventions towards sustainable development which interact with climate action and have spatially-distributed equity dimensions.
Contextuality and context-sensitivity in probabilistic models of cognition
Authors: Bruza Peter D , Fell Lauren , Hoyte Pamela , Dehdashti Shahram , Obeid Abdul , Gibson Andrew , Moreira Catarina Pinto
Published: September 2022

The context-sensitivity of cognition has been demonstrated across a wide range of cognitive functions such as perception, memory, judgement and decision making. A related term, ‘contextuality’, has appeared from the field of quantum cognition, with mounting empirical evidence demonstrating that cognitive phenomena are sometimes contextual. Contextuality is a subtle notion that influences how we must view the properties of the cognitive phenomenon being studied. This article addresses the questions: What does it mean for a cognitive phenomenon to be contextual? What are the implications of contextuality for probabilistic models of cognition? How does contextuality differ from context-sensitivity? Starting from George Boole’s “conditions of possible experience”, we argue that a probabilistic model of a cognitive phenomenon is necessarily subject to an assumption of realism. By this we mean that the phenomenon being studied is assumed to have cognitive properties with a definite value independent of observation. In contrast, quantum cognition holds that a cognitive property maybe indeterminate, i.e., its properties do not have well established values prior to observation. We argue that indeterminacy is sufficient for incompatibility between cognitive properties. In turn, incompatibility is necessary fortheir contextuality. The significance of this argument for cognitive psychology is the following: if a cognitive phenomenon is found to be contextual, then there is reason to believe it may be indeterminate. We illustrate by means of two crowdsourced experiments how context-sensitivity and contextuality of cognitive properties in the form of facial trait judgements can be characterized from empirical data. Finally, we conceptually and formally contrast contextuality with context-sensitivity. We propose that both involve a form of context dependence, with causalitybeing the differentiating factor: the context dependence in context-sensitivity has a causal basis, whereas the context dependence in contextuality is acausal. The resulting implications forprobabilistic models of cognition are discussed.
Diversity in imaging findings of head injury patients: Our experience in a tertiary level hospital
Authors: Kayastha Prakash , Neupane Nirmal Prasad , Poudel Sharma , Adhikari Rupendra Bahadur , Pandey Chakra Raj
Published: September 2022

Background

Head injury is a major cause of mortality and morbidity worldwide. It can occur in isolation or in association with multisystem injuries. Proper and prompt imaging evaluation in head trauma can help in the triage and management of the patients.

Material & methods

A hospital-based study using a non-interventional study design was employed. A total of 219 patients with head trauma who underwent CT were evaluated for various possible injuries using different window settings and algorithms. Data was entered in a predesigned proforma, and analysis was done using IBM SPSS version 20.

Results

The most common age group involved in head trauma was 20 to 40 years of age. Male patients were more frequently involved than female patients. Most common finding associated with the head trauma was calvarial fracture followed by cerebral hematoma/ contusions. Diffuse axonal injury and intraventricular hemorrhage were the least common findings in patients with head trauma.

Conclusions

Road traffic accidents are the leading cause of head trauma in our part of the world. They commonly involve young males exposed to the vulnerable environment. Proper road safety measures, if undertaken cautiously, can help prevent significant mortality and morbidity associated with these kind of injuries.
A descriptive study of seasonal influenza cases in a single season in a tertiary center in Kathmandu
Authors: Shrestha Nandini , Karki Bipin , Shrestha Pramesh Sunder , Acharya Santosh , Tamang Sangita , Regmi Sachit , Dhakal Subodh Sagar , Koirala Bishwanath
Published: September 2022

Introduction: This is a clinic-epidemiological study of the total cases of polymerase chain reaction (PCR) confirmed influenza cases. We aim to characterize the disease, its morbidities and mortality.
Materials and Methods: The details of all PCR confirmed influenza (H1N1) cases were obtained from the hospital records and descriptive statistical analysis tools were used to report the findings.
Results: A total of 35 cases were confirmed as influenza from January to March 2019. The most common presenting complaints were fever (91%), cough (85%) and shortness of breath (65%). The most frequent diagnosis made was pneumonia (88%). Septic shock was present in 29% while 14% had acute kidney injury (AKI). Oxygen therapy was required in 71% with 17% requiring mechanical ventilation and another 11% requiring non-invasive ventilation. Fourteen percent had developed severe acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) requiring proning. A total of 77% patients were successfully discharged home, 8% were transferred to other centers on request for various reasons and 11% were withdrawn from all active treatment leading to death. One patient was taken home against advice whose outcome could not be traced. During treatment, two patients had developed ischemic stroke, two required haemodialysis for acute renal failure and other two had scrub typhus co-infection.
Conclusions: A total of 85% of the patient survived while the rest lost their lives. The most important factor recognized was the financial burden associated with the treatment. Diagnostic delays and limited supply of Oseltamivir might be the other barriers in the treatment of the disease.
PELATIHAN PEMBUATAN DATABASE DAN PELAPORAN KEUANGAN BAGI PEGAWAI BANK INDONESIA
Authors: Kristanto Titus , Sholik Mohammad
Published: September 2022

Bank Indonesia merupakan bank sentral Republik Indonesia yang berfungsi sebagai menstabilkan nilai Rupiah. Kestabilan nilai Rupiah mempunyai pengertian yaitu kestabilan nilai mata uang terhadap barang dan jasa, serta kestabilan terhadap mata uang asing (kurs). Permasalahan yang terjadi pada Bank Indonesia adalah potensi kemampuan mengolah data laporan keuangan yang ada di database belum terintegrasi dengan Bank Indonesia pusat. Maka, diperlukan pelatihan terhadap pegawai Bank Indonesia dalam mengolah data laporan keuangan yang ada di database dapat terintegrasi dengan data laporan keuangan yang di Bank Indonesia pusat. Materi pelatihan yang digunakan pengabdian adalah pelatihan terhadap fungsi-fungsi logikan keuangan, validasi data keuangan, pembuatan database keuangan, dan penggunaan fungsi What-If Analysis. Hasil dari kegiatan pengabdian adalah meningkatkan kemampuan, pengetahuan, dan keterampilan dalam membuat database dan pelaporan keuangan.
A megszemélyesítés korpuszvezérelt vizsgálata a magyarban
Authors: Simon Gábor
Published: September 2022

Az utóbbi évek kutatásai alapján meglehetősen sokat tudunk a megszemélyesítő jelentés fogalmi és nyelvi szerveződéséről, ám lexikális és grammatikai mintázatait még nem ismerjük kellőképpen. Ez különösen igaz a magyar nyelvet tekintve. A tanulmány e kutatási hiány betöltésének első lépéseit teszi meg egy kognitív nyelvészeti, korpuszvezérelt elemzés bemutatásával. A kutatás egy félig automatizált annotálású kutatói korpusz (a PerSE korpusz) tesztváltozatának adataira épül, amely online autóteszteket tartalmaz, és amelyben a megszemélyesítő szerkezetek manuálisan annotáltak. A korpusz szövegeinek előfeldolgozását az e-magyar eszközlánc segítette, a kézi annotálás a MIPVU protokoll adaptált és kiegészített változatával történt. A tanulmány a korpusz felépítése mellett bemutatja az annotálás szintjeit és a folyamatát is. Ezt követően áttekintést nyújt az annotált korpusz fő adattípusaira: a megszemélyesítések lexikális mintázataira, a grammatikai jellemzőikre és a korpuszban megfigyelhető konstrukciószerű viselkedésükre.
Audio communication in the face of the renaissance of digital audio
Authors: Piñeiro-Otero Teresa , Pedrero-Esteban Luis-Miguel
Published: September 2022

In recent years, digital audio has undergone an explosion. The transformation of radio and its expansion to new channels and consumer devices, added to the rise of podcasts and streaming music platforms, have led to the transformation of the audio ecosystem. This transition from the audio medium to audio media has involved an integral change in content, as well as in its production and reception processes. In this regard, the aim of this paper is to approach the present digital audio scene from the standpoint of its content, formats, and broadcasting models as well as of the new professional profiles, business models, and consumer–relationship practices, providing a snapshot that is completed with a prospective reflection on the challenges facing radio in this new ecosystem.
Pharmacological Potential of Advance Diabetes Support Product in the Management of Insulin-Dependent Diabetes: Overviews on Case Study
Authors: Nagore Dheeraj , Pandya Shridhar , Savaliya Chetan , Thummar Kamlesh , Nagore Dheeraj
Published: September 2022

Type I or Type II diabetes, once recognized as juvenile diabetes or insulin-dependent diabetes, is a chronic illness in which the pancreas produces slight or no insulin. Insulin-dependent diabetes is a syndrome of glucose homeostasis considered by autoimmune destruction of the insulin-producing pancreatic Beta-cell that gradually leads to insulin deficiency. As there is no perfect treatment for management, Gplife has thought of and developed a product that is found to be effective in the management of insulin-dependent diabetes. After 60 days of evaluation of cases, it is observed that fasting blood glucose was reduced by 62.25%, postprandial glucose levels were reduced by 62.37%, HBA1C levels were reduced by 39.57%, C Peptide levels were increased by 26.67%, also the external insulin injection requirement of the patient’s decreased by 88.57%. This case study gives an overview of the current understanding of the disease and the efficacy of advance diabetic support products in insulin-dependent diabetes. It is evident that the said product further helps to reduce insulin and OHA doses for the management of insulin-dependent diabetes. It is suggested that the advance diabetes support product should be further extensively used as a monotherapy or adjunctive therapy for the regulation, or management or control of insulin-dependent diabetes.
TYPOLOGICAL MEANS OF TECHNICAL CONTROL OF PHYSIOLOGICAL AND ERGONOMIC INDICATORS OF MACHINES FOR FORESTRY WORKS
Authors: TITOVA L. L. , SOBCZUK H.
Published: September 2022

Today, during logging and timber transport works, most of the equipment is used, which was put into serial production in the sixties and seventies. Due to the lack of own funds, the enterprises of the forest complex have not upgraded machines for forestry works and equipment in recent years. In the structure of the existing fleet of equipment 80% is fully depreciated equipment, which must be upgraded or written off, and the disposal rate is 10 times higher than the renewal rate. The existing repair policy was formed in the premarket conditions at the appropriate ratios of prices for raw materials and machinery. At that time, the current concept of technical control of machinery for forestry work was created: tolerances, regulations, standards, etc. In the current economic environment, new approaches are needed to form a methodology for technical control and repair of machinery for forestry work. Technical support of operation of machines for forestry work can be considered as a tool to manage the stock of their potential, laid down in the manufacture and renewed (restored) during technical inspection and repair. Determining the moment to carry out work to restore the technical condition of the machine depends on various factors, often contradict each other. This contradiction is the initial prerequisite for finding optimal solutions among the many possible. In view of the above, it should be noted that relevant are research aimed at improving the technical control, repair and operation of machinery for forestry work. The article presents an analysis of methods of technical operation of machines for forestry work with consideration of the issues of saving their resources.
Weekend Hospitalization in Nonvariceal Upper Gastrointestinal Bleeding – an Additional Risk?
Authors: Falcão Daniela
Published: September 2022

Introduction: Weekend admission has been related to worse outcomes. The aim of this study is to assess the impact of the “weekend effect” in patients with nonvariceal uppergastrointestinal bleeding (NVUGIB). Methods: Retrospective analysis of clinical and endoscopic data of patients admitted to Centro Hospitalar Universitário do Porto, from January/2016 to December/2018 for upper gastrointestinal bleeding (UGIB). The association between weekend admission and the timing of endoscopy; level of hospitalisation; surgery need; rebleeding and mortality was evaluated. Results: Atotal of 545 patients were included. No significant association between weekday and weekend admissions was observed in any of the outcomes. The majority of patients underwent upper endoscopy up to 12 hours afteradmission (62.0% vs. 57.2%, weekday vs. weekend admission, respectively), with similar timings of endoscopy between both groups (p=0.607). Hospitalization in intensive and/or intermediate care units (41.6% vs. 42.8%, p=0.869) was not related to the day of admission. Also, no differences were assessed in the following outcomes: surgery need (5.8% vs. 6.3%, p=0.843), rebleeding (9.3% vs. 6.2%, p=0.289) and mortality rates (6.2% vs. 2.4%, p=0.103). Discussion and Conclusion: In this sample of patients with NVUGIB, clinical management and results were independent of the day of admission. The absence of “weekend effect” seems to be related to the gastroenterology emergency model evaluated and its continuous access to endoscopic resources.
Fibromuscular Dysplasia of the Coronary Arteries: An Infrequent Cause of Sudden Death
Authors: Niño-Taravilla Carmen
Published: September 2022

Sudden cardiac death (SCD) is defined as a sudden and unexpected death secondary to a cardiovascular cause. In many cases, cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) maneuvers can achieve recovery of the patient, which is then called resuscitated SCD. We present the case of an adolescent with resuscitated SCD, who finally died of refractory cardiogenic shock, secondary to fibromuscular dysplasia of the coronary arteries.
Trends and Correlations of Tuberculosis Morbidity in the Penitentiary System
Authors: Shugaeva S. N. , Oryshchak S. E. , Savilov E. D.
Published: September 2022

Relevance. Persons held in detention have a high risk of tuberculosis (TB), Aim. Comparative characteristics of the incidence of tuberculosis among prisoners in the penitentiary system and the population. Materials and methods. Тhe retrospective epidemiological analysis of long-term dynamics and the relationship between tuberculosis (TB) incidence rates among the population and contingents of the penitentiary institutions in the Eastern Siberian region of Russia (Irkutsk region) was carried out in 2004– 2019. Results. It has been identified that tuberculosis incidence rate (TB) of penitentiary institutions many times exceeds that in population (on average: in pretrial detention facilities by 10 times, in correctional facilities by 12 times). Increasing of tuberculosis incidence rate in the penitentiary system has signs of autonomy both in its various institutions and in comparison, with indicators of the population. Decreasing of incidence rate in the penitentiary system occurs mainly due to correctional facilities where over the analyzed period the incidence rate decreased by 5 times, and probability of tuberculosis developing decreased by 3.5 times. In the correctional facilities significant impact of incidence rate on TB situation in population (coinciding or delayed in time) has not been identified. The regression of tuberculosis incidence rate in pretrial detention facilities has been occurred at a much slower rate, with maintaining a high level of the probability of tuberculosis developing. A population impact of the TB situation in the population on pretrial detention facilities situation with a delayed time shift of 1–4 years was revealed. Conclusion. Since 2004, there has been a marked improvement in the TB situation in the penitentiary system. The incidence of TB in the penitentiary system does not have a significant impact on the spread of this infection in society. However, there remains a high risk of TB among those in prison.
Domestic Tetravaccine (Measles-Rubella-Mumps) – Immunization of Premature Babies
Authors: Semerikov V. V. , Postanogova N. O. , Sofronova L. V. , Zubova E. S. , Musikhina A. Yu. , Perminova O. A. , Permiakova М. А.
Published: September 2022

Relevance. According to WHO experts, in the world every year more than 10% of children (about 15 million) are born prematurely. Premature births have a high risk of adverse course of infectious diseases, including vaccine-preventable diseases due to insufficient maternal antibodies, active transmission of which occurs in the third semester of pregnancy. Aim. To study the tolerability of Vactrivir® vaccine in infants born prematurely. Materials and methods. The children (mean age 1.7 ± 0.6 years, born prematurely with a body weight of less than 2500 g) included in the study group participated in the study. The control group consisted of years born at term and comparable in sex and age with the children in the study group. Results. The administration of Vaktrivir® vaccine to infants born prematurely confirmed the high safety profile of the drug. There were no deviations from the norm in general and biochemical blood tests, general urinalysis, and the content of immunoglobulins IgA, IgM, IgG, IgE in the dynamics. There were no undesirable side effects in the postvaccination period, which confirms good tolerability of the drug. Conclusion. In practice, the high safety profile and good tolerability of the domestic tetravaccine Vaktrivir® for immunization of premature infants have been confirmed.
Surgical treatment of young adults with idiopathic scoliosis
Authors: Walker Corey T. , Agarwal Nitin , Eastlack Robert K. , Mundis Gregory M. , Alan Nima , Iannacone Tina , Akbarnia Behrooz A. , Okonkwo David O.
Published: September 2022

OBJECTIVE

In this study, the authors report on their experience with the surgical treatment of young adults with idiopathic scoliosis (YAdISs) who did not have surgical treatment in adolescence but did require intervention after skeletal maturity.

METHODS

The medical records of YAdISs between 18 and 40 years of age who had been surgically treated at two institutions between 2009 and 2018 were retrospectively evaluated. Pre- and postoperative clinical and radiographic information was gathered and compared at 2 years after treatment.

RESULTS

Twenty-eight patients (9 male, 19 female) with a median age of 25 years (range 18–40 years) met the study inclusion criteria. Five patients (18%) had postoperative complications, including 2 deep venous thromboses, 1 ileus, and 2 reoperations, one for implant failure and the other for pseudarthrosis. The mean maximum coronal curve angle improved from 43° ± 12° to 17° ± 8° (p < 0.001), but there were no significant differences in sagittal vertical axis, lumbar lordosis, pelvic tilt, or thoracic kyphosis (p > 0.05). There was no relationship between the amount of correction obtained and patient age (p = 0.46). Significant improvements in the Oswestry Disability Index (31 vs 24, p = 0.02), visual analog scale score for both back pain (6.0 vs 4.0, p = 0.01) and leg pain (2.6 vs 1.1, p = 0.02), and self-image score (Δ1.1, p < 0.001) were seen.

CONCLUSIONS

YAdISs can present with pain, deformity progression, and/or appearance dissatisfaction because of their scoliosis despite successful nonoperative management during adolescence. Once the scoliosis becomes symptomatic, surgical correction can result in significant clinical and radiographic improvements at the 2-year follow-up with a relatively low complication rate compared to that for other types of adult spinal deformity.
La synthèse théologique du bien commun chez Augustin
Authors: Nebel Mathias
Published: September 2022

L’article cherche à comprendre comment Augustin a radicalement reformulé, depuis une perspective théologique, la notion politique de bien commun de l’antiquité classique. L’argument principal est que cette réinterprétation découle naturellement de la théologie néotestamentaire de la koinonia qui unit l’Eglise, comme le montre la lettre a Volusianus et les homélies sur l’Epitre aux Parthes. A partir de cette lecture, il devient alors plus aisé de comprendre la fameuse reformulation de la définition de société aux livres II et XIX de la Cité de Dieu. Nous concluons en identifiant les trois thèmes qui, à partir d’Augustin, seront étroitement associé à la notion de bien commun en occident : 1) Le bien commun n’est plus un concept, mais une Personne et un Espace. Christ, en son humanité, est le seul et unique Bien Commun du genre humain. 2) Le Bien Commun universel est d’ordre eschatologique ; dans l’histoire on ne peut parler au mieux que de biens communs partiel et imparfait. 3) La charité est le moteur de la dynamique d’accomplissement du Bien Commun universel dans l’histoire.
Św. Izydor z Sewilli, O dniach, nocy i tygodniu (Etymologiae, V, 30-32: De diebus, de nocte, de hebdomada)
Authors: Kaczyńska Elwira
Published: September 2022

Tłumaczenie na język polski niektórych rozdziałów dzieła Izydora z Sewilli Etymologiae sive Origines (V 30–32) poświęconych dniom, nocom oraz tygodniom.
Latinitas curialis na przykładzie Epistulae gratulatoriae Benedykta XVI. Przybliżenia leksykalne i stylistyczne
Authors: Gacia Tadeusz
Published: September 2022

W opracowaniu omawia się wybrane aspekty współczesnej Latinitas ecclesiastica, szczególnie jej odmiany zwanej Latinitas curialis, w dziewięciu listach gratulacyjnych papieża Benedykta XVI. Autor analizuje słownictwo dotyczące głównego tematu listów – święceń kapłańskich i biskupich oraz ich jubileuszów, a także występowanie cursus, czyli systemu kadencji rytmicznych polegających na odpowiednim następowaniu sylab akcentowanych  i nieakcentowanych. Określenia święceń oraz ich rocznic pochodzą z dawnych tekstów źródłowych, tylko w mniejszym stopniu jest to słownictwo nowe; formuły błogosławieństw papieskich zamykających listy zachowują niezmienny kształt literacki, tradycyjne słownictwo i takąż stylistykę. Cursus obecny w łacinie kurii papieskiej, z niewielkimi przerwami, od końca antyku, w analizowanych listach występuje w swych czterech odmianach: cursus planus, velox, tardus i trispondaicus.
„Odnawia się młodość twoja jak orła” (Ps 103 [102], 5) . Motyw orła z krzyżem w dziobie na późnoantycznej tkaninie z Egiptu w kolekcji Władysława Czartoryskiego
Authors: Głowa Anna
Published: September 2022

W artykule przeprowadzona została analiza formalna, interpretacja ikonograficzna i ikonologiczna przedstawienia orła na mało znanej późnoantycznej tkaninie z Egiptu w Muzeum Narodowym w Krakowie. We wprowadzeniu zarysowuję kontekst jej pochodzenia, następnie przechodzę do analizy formalnej dekorującego ją wyobrażenia i do wskazania analogii zarówno wśród innych zachowanych tkanin z tego okresu, jak i innego rodzaju zabytków późnoantycznych z terenów Egiptu i Nubii. Aby zrozumieć znaczenie motywu orła w sztuce tej epoki w ogóle, a w szczególności na tkaninach, najpierw omawiam w oparciu o źródła pisane i ikonograficzne symbolikę tego ptaka w świecie starożytnym i wczesnochrześcijańskim, a następnie znaczenie dekoracji na ubiorach i tkaninach domowego użytku w epoce późnego antyku. Motyw orła i towarzyszących mu atrybutów okazuje się wielowymiarowym i możliwym do odczytania w różnych kluczach symbolem, ilustrującym wielokulturowość późnoantycznego świata.
Duchowe piękno wdowieństwa ślubowanego Bogu na podstawie De bono viduitatis i Epistula 130 św. Augustyna
Authors: Jaśkiewicz Sylwester
Published: September 2022

Oryginalnym wkładem biskupa Hippony w formację wdów jest nauka o pięknie duchowym, wewnętrznym (pulchritudo spiritalis). Została ona doskonale zharmonizowana z innymi wskazaniami adresowanymi do nich zwłaszcza w De bono viduitatis oraz Epistula 130 i jest częścią o wiele szerszej koncepcji człowieka duchowego (homo spirituals), którą po 411 roku Hippończyk rozwija w kontekście antypelagiańskim. Choć wstrzemięźliwość wdowia jest darem Bożym i skłania do wdzięczności, to jednak nie zwalnia z trudu podobania się Oblubieńcowi. Ponieważ wielki pasterz Kościoła w Hipponie zdawał sobie doskonale sprawę, że o wstrzemięźliwości powinien uczyć tak, aby pokochały ją same wdowy, dlatego też mówi o niej i o całym poświęconym Bogu wdowieństwie w kategoriach piękna i rozkoszy duchowych. Tak, krok po kroku z niezrównaną swadą i znawstwem kreśli najdrobniejsze elementy duchowego piękna violas viduarum.
Bazyli Wielki jako spadkobierca i kontynuator greckiej tradycji filozoficznej w homili "O zawiści"
Authors: Sowa Joanna
Published: September 2022

Celem artykułu jest przedstawienie roli, jaką w homilii Bazylego z Cezarei O zawiści odgrywa grecka tradycja filozofii moralnej. Homilia ta, zaliczana do rozpraw moralnych, analizuje naturę i przedstawia metody leczenia zawiści, uważanej zarówno przez pisarzy grecko-rzymskich, jak i wczesnych autorów chrześcijańskich za emocję szczególnie niebezpieczną i szkodliwą zarówno dla duszy pojedynczego człowieka, jak i dla całego społeczeństwa. Pisarze kościelni przejęli wiele elementów z tradycyjnych koncepcji odnoszących się do zawiści i pokrewnych jej emocji, dostosowali je do swoich celów i dodali do długiej tradycji interpretacyjnej własne spostrzeżenia. Chociaż sam Bazyli nie wymienia w homilii źródeł innych niż Biblia, dokładna analiza tekstu ukazuje silny wpływ dawnych greckich pisarzy zajmujących się filozofią moralną – przede wszystkim Platona, Arystotelesa, stoików, a także Plutarcha z Cheronei.
Międzynarodowa współpraca publikacyjna patrologów na przykładzie analizy korespondencji ks. profesora Wincentego Myszora z Archiwum Archidiecezjalnego w Katowicach
Authors: Gołda Agnieszka , Tałuć Katarzyna
Published: September 2022

W artykule przedstawiono okoliczności współpracy międzynarodowej ks. prof. Wincentego Myszora (1941-2017). Ks. W. Myszor był wykładowcą warszawskiej Akademii Teologii Katolickiej oraz Wydziału Teologicznego Uniwersytetu Śląskiego w Katowicach. Analizy treści  dokumentów dokonano przy użyciu metod historycznej, biograficznej i bibliograficznej. Materiał badawczy pochodzi z 6. zespołów spuścizny o sygnaturach od 169/1 do 169/6 z lat 1970-2008 przechowywanych w Archiwum Archidiecezjalnym w Katowicach. W artykule opisano: okoliczności ukazania się tekstów ks. W. Myszora w „Enchoria. Zeitschrift für Demotistik und Koptologie” i „Jahrbuchs für Antike und Christentum”; relacje ks. W. Myszora z redakcjami „Aufstieg und Niedergang der römischen Welt. Geschichte und Kultur Roms im Spiegel der Neueren Forschung”, „Reallexikon für Antike und Christentum. Sachwörterbuch zur Auseinandersetzung des Christentums mit der antiken Welt”, The Coptic Encyclopaedia, Lexikons für Theologie und Kirche oraz związki z redakcjami czasopism („Bibliotheca Orientalis”, „Chronique d’Egypte”, „Orientalia”). W drugiej części tekstu scharakteryzowano kontakty ks. W. Myszora z: „Bibliographia Patristica. Internationale patristische Bibliographie”, działem bibliograficznym w „Enchoria. Zeitschrift für Demotistik und Koptologie”, Davidem M. Scholerem – autororem Nag Hammadi Bibliography. Odtworzone losy międzynarodowych relacji ks. W. Myszora wpisują się w nurt badań poświęconych historii kontaktów polskich badaczy z naukowcami z Zachodu zapoczątkowanych w okresie PRL-u.
Jan Chryzostom / Teodor Dafnopata, O chorobach i lekarzach (Περὶ ἀῤῥωστίας καὶ ἰατρῶν; PG 63, 651-656; CPG 4684,13)
Authors: Iluk Jan
Published: September 2022

Żyjący na przełomie IX i X wieku bizantyjski retor i hagiograf Teodor Dafnopata (Θεόδορος Δαφνοπάτης ), ofiarował cesarzowi Nikiforowi III Botaniacie (1078-1081 r.) zbiór homilii, które były kompilacją fragmentów wyjętych z mów i homilii św. Jana Chryzostoma. Na pierwszej stronie najstarszych znanych rękopisów widnieje informacja, że są to „kwietniki” (απάνθισμα) ułożone ze słów Jana Chryzostoma, a uporządkowane (συνάθροισις) przez Teodora Dafnopatę. Wypisy z dzieł św. Jana Chryzostoma, bizantyjski kompilator Teodor Dafnopata ułożył w ponad trzydzieści mów, wśród których jest także  mowa „O chorobach i lekarzach”, której przekład na język polski przekazuję do druku w kolejnym tomie Vox Patrum.
Avances y asignaturas pendientes en la articulación género y agua
Authors: Soares Denise
Published: September 2022

Reseña del libro de Fernanda Matos e Alexandre Carrieri (orgs.) (2022). Água e gênero: Perspectivas e experiências, vol. 1. MG, Brasil: Editora Barlavento. doi: 10.54400/978.65.87563.32.9
Effectiveness of Robot Motion Block on A-Star Algorithm for Robotic Path Planning
Authors: Kabir Raihan , Watanobe Yutaka , Naruse Keitaro , Islam Rashedul
Published: September 2022

Efficient path planning and minimization of path movement costs for collision-free faster robot movement are very important in the field of robot automation. Several path planning algorithms have been explored to fulfill these requirements. Among them, the A-star (A*) algorithm performs better than others because of its heuristic search guidance. However, the performance, effectiveness, and searching time complexity of this algorithm mostly depends on the robot motion block to search for the goal by avoiding obstacles. With this challenge kept in mind, this paper proposes an efficient robot motion block with different block sizes for the A* path planning algorithm. The proposed approach reduces robots’ path cost and time complexity to find the goal position as well as avoid obstacles. In this proposed approach, grid-based maps are used where the robot’s next move is decided by searching eight directions among the surrounding grid points. However, the proposed robot motion blocks size has a significant effect on path cost and time complexity of the A* path planning algorithm. For the experiment and to validate the efficiency of the proposed approach, an online benchmarked dataset is used. The proposed approach is applied on thousands of different grid maps with various obstacles, starting, and goal positions. The obtained results from the experiment show that the presented robot motion blocks reduce the robot’s pathfinding time complexity and number of search nodes by maintaining a minimum path cost towards the goal position.
New Methods for Contextual Communication in Modeling Software Platform (MSP)
Authors: Horváth László , Kovács Levente
Published: September 2022

This paper is a contribution to concepts and methodologies of context definition in Engineering Model System (EMS). Change for contextual modeling was important paradigm shift in engineering at beginning of this new century. By now, EMS is a very complex model because it is required to serve all engineering activities during lifecycle of an engineering achievement (EA). In an EMS, the structure of contexts serves integration as glue. An EA is the objective of an engineering program and generally is an industrial or commercial product. Four new concepts and methods were introduced during the work for this paper with the requirement of their integration in EMS namely the Integrated Lifecycle Engineering (ILE), the Integrated Autonomous Model System (IAMS), the Reactive Context Structure (RCS), and the Integrated Research Project (IRP). ILE organizes research intensive engineering activities to support connection between essential engineering and relevant modeling software platform (MPS) activities. ILE includes fundamental and problem solving research in new context. IAMS is based on formerly published EMS concepts and includes new specifics. In the center of IAMS, enhanced structure of context definitions and their organization constitute glue in the demanded complex model. IAMS is characterized as an enhanced media for engineering communication. RCS serves as integrated unit of IAMS to enhance context driven reactive communication. In this way, IAMS includes two ways reactive context driven connection between IAMS and the physically operated Cyber Physical Biological System (CPBS) it represents. IAMS serves as digital twin of CPBS. The above new concepts and methods are suitable to develop as user defined components in EMS using MPS resources. IRP is introduced as a specific integrated application of ILE, IAMS, and RCS, concentrating on PhD student research specifics.
Supporting Digital Rights and Copyright in Online eBook Stores Using Blockchain
Authors: Sarode Rashmi P. , Bhalla Subhash
Published: September 2022

Smartphones, tablets, and other mobile devices have grown exponentially over the last two decades. In the past, people relied on reading paper books or newspapers to learn about the world around them but now have switched to reading from digital text files or the Internet. Consequently, the demand for eBooks has increased significantly. Traditional publishers are now confronted with publishing on the web due to this situation. eBook digital rights and copyright management has become a significant issue. To overcome this issue, we propose an efficient eBook Management system based on Blockchain to prevent piracy of eBooks, protect the digital rights management and stop copyright infringement.
Watchtower Selection in Off-Blockchain PCN Using Peterson Leader-Election Algorithm
Authors: Amin Md Faizul Ibne , Watanobe Yutaka , Rahman Md. Mostafizer , Kabir Raihan
Published: September 2022

Despite the incredible adoption of cryptocurrencies, blockchain-based cryptocurrencies have likewise raised some concerns. The scalability problem is the major one among them. An off-blockchain payment channel network (PCN) has been introduced to solve this issue. PCN can fundamentally reduce blockchain scalability by constructing a number of payment channels between the nodes and without committing every single transaction to the blockchain. But as a matter of fact, there has an unwanted assumption in PCN that channel participants must remain online and follow blockchain updates, for the synchronization with blockchain to protect the channel against deception. To mitigate this issue “Watchtower” concept has been proposed. Watchtower is a watching service and always stays online that a channel participant can hire it by offering incentives for monitoring the channel and checking blockchain updates consistently to prevent fraud on behalf of the hiring party. However, watchtower may be more beneficial by cooperating with the cheating counterparty and neglecting to perform the watching service properly. The efficiency drawback can occur for that. In this work, we have been motivated by this issue and tried to find out an effective and reliable watchtower for the channel watching service from multiple watchtower nodes or candidates in the PCN. In particular, we have been approached by using the distributed Peterson Leader-Election Algorithm to find the best watchtower among multiple of them where the more successfully performed work node or candidate will be selected for the channel monitoring job. We also have provided a detailed step-by-step process of the algorithm including experiments and illustrations for employing watchtower among multiple of them.
Are Workflows a Language to Solve Software Management Challenges? – A ßMACH Based Analysis
Authors: Hilbrich Marcus , Bountris Vasilis
Published: September 2022

A language in computer science is not just a tool, the language defines essential aspects of the software management process. The language determines persons/actors/roles in the development/management team, the type of solution strategy, the description of the project, the cooperation with other teams, and the definition of the process. We are using workflows: The workflow language defines a problem decomposition to sub-workflows and tasks. We analyzed this language by a systematic method to nail down the software management process definition and to describe all relevant aspects of software management. This method is ßMACH and based on ßMACH we can provide the finding that the workflow language strongly defines a wide set of management aspects. As a result, we can state that the impact of a language is non-negligible.
Business Process Modeling in a Virtual 3D World
Authors: Jagenow Aljoscha , Speck Andreas , Windrich Melanie , Öksüz Emre , Pulvermüller Elke
Published: September 2022

The (improved) digitalization of economy and administration is a common major endeavor. In general digitalization looks quite simpe: the currently semi-automated business processes are to be formalized and based of these formal business process models highly automated systems are to be developed. One challenge is to formalize the informal knowledge of the stakeholders driving the processes. To optimize and document business processes, it is important that different stakeholders can form a common understanding of them. This understanding is formally expressed in modeling languages like BPMN (Business Process Model and Notation). However, misunderstandings and errors occur time and time again. This paper presents a novel approach, based on a three-dimensional representation of the process, which on the one hand maintains the clarity of the overall process, but also allows an improved representation of details. The stakeholders may play their roles in the processes with avatars, and these roles may be recorded as the base of a formal process model.
Drone Detection Using Deep Neural Networks
Authors: Pham Hoang N. , Dinh Huy A. , Thai Phat V. , Nguyen Trung T. , Nguyen Binh T.
Published: September 2022

Unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) have brought many practical benefits during the last decades. Moreover, as technology advances, UAVs become more optimal in size and range. However, the threat posed by these devices is also increasing if people misuse them for illegal activities (such as terrorism, drug trafficking, etc.), which poses a high risk to security for different organizations and governments. Hence, detection and monitoring of drones are crucial to prevent security breaches. However, the small size and similarity to wild birds in the complex background of drones pose a significant challenge. This paper addresses the detection of small drones in real surveillance videos using standard deep learning-based object recognition methods. Our method approaches the drone detection problem by training the YOLOv4 model with modifications in the network structure, training strategy, and pre-anchor boxes for better small object detection. We also integrate the Seq-NMS post-processing phase to increase detection reliability and reduce false alarms. The experimental results show that our approach can perform better than the previous methods.
Multi-Classification of Imbalance Worm Ransomware in the IoMT System
Authors: Hameed Shilan S. , Selamat Ali , Latiff Liza Abdul , Razak Shukor A. , Krejcar Ondrej
Published: September 2022

Worm-like ransomware strains spread quickly to critical systems such as IoMT without human interaction. Therefore, detecting different worm-like ransomware attacks during their spread is vital. Nevertheless, the low detection rate due to the imbalanced ransomware data and the detection systems’ disability for multiclass simultaneous detection are two apparent problems. In this work, we proposed a new approach for multi-classifying ransomware using preprocessing, resampling, and different classifiers. The proposed system uses network traffic NetFlow data, which is privacy-friendly and not heavy. In the first phase, preprocessing techniques were used on the collected and aggregated ransomware traffic, and then an optimized Synthetic Minority Oversampling Technique (SMOTE) was used for resampling the low-class samples. After that, four classifiers were applied, namely, Bayes Net, Hoeffding Tree, K-Nearest Neighbor, and a lightweight Multi-Layered Perceptron (MLP). The experimental results showed that the efficient preprocessing ensured accurate and simultaneous ransomware detection while the resampling technique improved the detection rate, F1, and PRC curve.
Learning Exercises Recommendation for Online Judge System Based on Deep Knowledge Tracing
Authors: Dai Kaiyu , Zuo Xiaorui , Liu Fan , Zhang Rui
Published: September 2022

Online judge systems are widely used in programming courses and competitions, but they lack personalized resource recommendations. In this paper, the deep knowledge tracing (DKT) model with transformer network serving as the RNN block is used to model the learning state of programming learners, and the topic recommendation is modeled as Markov decision process, and the problem set recommendation strategy is optimized by maximum expectation algorithm. Compared with other traditional knowledge tracing models and DKT with LSTM network through experiments and data analysis, the algorithm adopted in this paper shows better effect.
Knowledge Representation of Expert System in Real-Estate Investment Combining Collected Data
Authors: Nguyen Huy T. , Nguyen Hien D. , Do Nhon V. , Pham Uyen H. , Tran Lan-Di , Pham Vuong T.
Published: September 2022

Buying a house is considered to be an increasing necessary demand. However, choosing the right one is a complex and time-costing decision. In this research, a method for knowledge representation of an expert system in real-estate investment is proposed. This method organizes the knowledge base of the system based on combining market surveying data in real-estate for each category of customers. Through that, a content-based searching system using the personal demographics, as an expert system, is proposed. This system supports both customer and real estate agent to find the suitable house fitting their desire and budget. This system is designed to extract information of the customer information to enhance the conventional searching method which only treat house property as the only input.
TRCA: Text Restoration for Chinese ASR with BERT
Authors: Wu Xing , Zhang Yuan , Wang Jianjia , Guo Yike
Published: September 2022

Text restoration plays a vital role in Chinese automatic speech recognition (ASR), which includes punctuation prediction and error correction. However, there are two inevitable challenges for this task. On the one hand, there are no public dataset and model for Chinese punctuation prediction. On the other hand, current text restoration methods for automatic speech recognition only focus on Chinese error correction instead of combining with Chinese punctuation prediction task. To address these problems, a BERT-based text restoration method called TRCA is proposed for Chinese ASR consisting of a Chinese punctuation prediction model and a Chinese error correction model. Experiments demonstrate that the proposed TRCA method outperforms state-of-the-art methods for both punctuation prediction and error correction tasks, among which the proposed TRCA improves the average accuracy to 98% in Chinese punctuation prediction.
Swallow Safety and Laryngeal Kinematics: A Comparison of Dysphagia Between Parkinson’s Disease and Cerebrovascular Accident
Authors: Dumican Matthew , Watts Christopher
Published: September 2022

Background:

Cerebrovascular accident (CVA) and Parkinson’s disease (PD) are well established etiologies of dysphagia. However, differing physiological mechanisms underlying dysphagia may exist between these two causes. There have been limited investigations specifically comparing dysphagia between these two groups. Comparing dysphagia presentation in two different populations may improve clinical expectations, guide treatment approaches, and inform future research.

Objective:

This study examined the differences in presentation of dysphagia between PD and CVA. Dysphagia presentation, swallow safety, and laryngeal kinematics were compared between two clinical cohorts. What factors best predicted airway invasion in each group were explored.

Methods:

110 swallow studies of individuals with PD and CVA who were referred for swallowing evaluation were obtained. Each video was analyzed for quantitative dysphagia presentation using the Videofluoroscopic Dysphagia Scale (VDS), swallow safety using the Penetration-Aspiration scale, and kinematic timings of the laryngeal vestibule (time-to-laryngeal vestibule closure [LVC] and closure duration [LVCd]).

Results:

Frequencies of penetration or aspiration were similar between groups. The PD group displayed significantly greater pharyngeal stage swallow impairment than CVA, with more frequent reduced laryngeal elevation and increased vallecular residue. The CVA group displayed significantly greater oral stage impairment, with prolonged oral transit times. Time-to-LVC was significantly prolonged and was the strongest predictor of airway invasion in the PD group, but not for CVA.

Conclusion:

Similar airway invasion rates for PD and CVA indicate the importance of screening for dysphagia in PD. Laryngeal kinematics as significant contributors to airway invasion in PD but not for CVA highlight the need for further research into these mechanisms and for targeted treatment approaches to dysphagia.