bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Ars Memorativa as the Genesis of Information Design: A Conversation with Manuel Lima
Authors: Rodighiero Dario , Lopes-Lima Manuel
Published: August 2021

Manuel Lima is one of the most prominent figures of data visualization since the publication of Visual Complexity (Lima 2011). In this conversation, Manuel Lima traces back the origin of data visualization to Ars Memorativa, an ancient mnemonic technique to organize information and facilitate its recall. Going back to the origins is an obsession that brought him to collect and arrange into books images of information design from both physical and digital archives. By doing this, Manuel Lima tackled issues related to digital objects and their creation, use, and preservation, with a point of view capable of combining the passion for visualizing information and the profession of UX designer.
Using Cloud-Based Tools for English as a Second Language Reading Activities among Malaysian Polytechnic Students
Authors: Rubaai Noorhafizah , Hashim Harwati
Published: August 2021

Reading is important in helping English as a Second Language learners’ mastery of language. With the emergence of cloud-based tools and the availability of advanced technology, education and language learning process have become much more interesting. However, even with the availability of the Internet and other cloud tools, still the reading frequency rate among students especially in higher learning institution is considered low. Therefore, this study aims to investigate the polytechnic students’ perceptions on the ease of use of using cloud-based tools for ESL reading activities, and the polytechnic students’ perceptions on the usefulness of using cloud-based tools for ESL reading activities. The sample for this study was from semester one students (n=100) of a polytechnic in Malaysia. The questionnaire survey was developed based on Technology Acceptance Model. The findings revealed that the students have positive perceptions towards the use of cloud-based tools for ESL reading activity. The results of the current study are hoped to provide insight and idea for educators in implementing the use of cloud-based tools for ESL reading activity, and the administrators to help providing the best support for the benefits of students as a whole. Significantly, the findings of this study were hoped to redound to the benefit of reading considering that the majority of ESL learners in higher learning institutions especially in Malaysian polytechnics are not a habitual reader.
Dinamiquiz
Authors: Sivico Mayki Jardim , Mendes Ana Nery Furlan
Published: August 2021

A busca pela contextualização conduz o professor a desenvolver metodologias que perpassam por outras vias de aprendizagem. A produção de jogos ou artefatos pedagógicos, nesse cenário, visa um ensino lúdico e educativo. Esta pesquisa qualitativa, validou a construção do Dinamiquiz, um jogo didático produzido a partir de materiais alternativos, com o intuito de auxiliar no desenvolvimento do conteúdo de soluções químicas da disciplina de Química. A validação envolveu os alunos do Programa de Pós-graduação em Ensino na Educação Básica (PPGEEB), graduandos do curso de licenciatura em Química, ambos da Universidade Federal do Espírito Santo (UFES), campus São Mateus (ES) e alunos da 2ª série do Ensino Médio de uma escola Pública da Rede Estadual do município de Nova Venécia(ES). Os resultados foram obtidos através de um questionário semiestruturado e método de observação, sendo analisados por meio da interpretação de dados pontuados por Marconi e Lakatos (2015). A validação realizada com graduandos e pós-graduandos, consideraram de grande viabilidade a utilização do jogo em sala de aula, visto que o artefato possibilita mediar o processo de aprendizagem. Em relação aos alunos da Educação Básica, despertou-se o interesse dos educandos em aprender o conteúdo a partir do Dinamiquiz, e produzirem o seu próprio jogo didático. Portanto, o processo de validação do jogo, discorrido pelos participantes, levou a concluir possibilidades de utilização do material produzido em sala de aula, no intuito de priorizar a aprendizagem no Ensino de Química.
The works of Ilya Selvinsky in the mazes of local texts and global contexts
Authors: Lyusy A. P.
Published: August 2021

The article by A. Lyusy, a researcher specialising in ‘local texts’ of Russian literature, discusses ‘the Crimean text’ of I. Selvinsky, who, in Lyusy’s opinion, was in fact among the first authors to produce ‘the Crimean text,’ while ‘the Crimean text’ itself is interpreted as the south pole of ‘the Petersburg text.’ Considered within the Crimean context, it resurrected the real perception of the Crimea (and all of its ethnical groups) as a successor of diverse linguistic, cultural and religious traditions, as well as progenitor of new forms; and in Eurasian and global contexts, this poetics demonstrated the special powers of ‘crossroads cultures,’ or ‘borderland cultures,’ where the ‘periphery’ can become the centre, and a distant past can offer a model, a forecast and a warning to the future. The article examines the connection between Selvinsky’s life and the Crimea, focusing on the episodes and details that influenced the poet’s search of his own promised land.
The ‘wild hunt’ in the long story by V. Korotkevich. A new interpretation of the medieval legend
Authors: Khokhlova A. V.
Published: August 2021

The article considers a transformation of the Western European motif of the ‘wild hunt’ in V. Korotkevich’s story King Stakh’s Wild Hunt. The author gives an overview of folklore motifs typical of the ‘wild hunt’ phenomenon in the Western and Eastern European traditions. With origins in folklore, the ‘wild hunt’ motifs find their way into works of many writers in the late modern to contemporary period: the ‘wild hunt’ is localised on the edge of the mythological space and retains a fixed set of meanings. Most commonly, the ‘wild hunt’ features at the intersection of two domains. The first one is a complex of motifs inherited from the ancient myths and legends of the Germanic ‘Wütendes Heer.’ The second consists of the attributes of actual hunting. Taking a cue from The Hound of the Baskervilles — an obvious inspiration behind the story — and making use of the motifs traditionally associated with the legend, Korotkevich deconstructs the medieval myth, reducing it to an adventurous technique, only to reinstate it with new and unique meanings. The ‘wild hunt’ becomes a symbol of the ignorance, fear and despondency that have the world in their grip.
Posthumous baggage. Harper Lee’s letters
Authors: Zakharov D. V.
Published: August 2021

The article is devoted to the epistolary legacy of Nelle Harper Lee, the author of the American cult classic To Kill a Mockingbird (1960). The researcher examines a collection of Nelle’s letters written from 1956 to 2009, provides a detailed list of sources and makes suggestions about the potential new discoveries that could shed light on the life of ‘America’s most reclusive author.’ This short study of ‘posthumous baggage,’ as Lee referred to her private correspondence, offers an insight into the interests of the author, who insisted on keeping her personal life to herself. The letters included in the study concern the writer’s relationship to her father Amasa Coleman Lee, on whom she based the character of Atticus Finch, her attitude to her own biography published by Charles Shields, and personal anxieties of her final years. The author also details Lee’s opinions of literature, from the 19th-c. classics to contemporary authors, and shows how much she valued communication with her numerous fans.
The case of the Keeper of antiquities. Materials from the1939 criminal case file
Authors: Duardovich I.
Published: August 2021

The writer Yury Dombrovsky did not leave behind any diaries of memoirs. Glimpses of his life are scattered across autobiographical poems and prose. Although an important source for research, letters and reminiscences of friends are often limited to a single episode or a brief period, usually of the writer’s later life in Moscow. What proved indispensable in the process of recovering facts and compiling a good half of the biography — spanning a lengthy period from the 1920s to the 1950s — were materials of the criminal proceedings. They also help decipher the writer’s major two-part novel, a fact he acknowledged himself. However, the archive materials were only recently declassified. The article aims to reconstruct a period of Yury Dombrovsky’s life and introduces the hitherto unpublished materials of his third criminal case of 1939. The author compares testimonies found in Dombrovsky’s writings and memoirs of his friends and acquaintances with documents preserved in archives, including tip-offs to the authorities.
Kantor, V. (2019). Demythologisation of Russian culture. Moscow, St. Petersburg: Tsentr gumanitarnykh initsiativ. (In Russ.)
Authors: Magly A. D.
Published: August 2021

Vladimir Kantor’s new book Demythologisation of Russian culture is concerned with interaction of world cultures and the turning points in the world history — the fall of the Roman Empire, World War I, Russian Revolution of 1917, etc. What drives the masses in times of war and revolutions; how mob mentality takes over society, and how the truth known to an individual defies widespread delusion; what is the nature of the myth and of the two principal events of world history — ‘the life and death of a living being’ — each of these questions receives an answer in seventeen essays on key figures of Russian culture: Peter I, A. Pushkin, I. Turgenev, F. Dostoevsky, A. Chernyshevsky, M. Katkov, A. Kerensky, M. Gorky et al. Published as an addendum to the book is Kantor’s short story ‘The death of a retiree’ [‘Smert pensionera’], supplied with a dedicated article ‘On the event of death’ by K. Barsht.
Uralsky, M. (2019). Mark Aldanov. A writer, a public figure and a gentleman of Russian emigration. Prefaced by S. Pesterev and S. Garciano. St. Petersburg: Aleteya. (In Russ.)
Authors: Shadursky V. V.
Published: August 2021

This first biographical account of M. Aldanov was authored by M. Uralsky, a writer of documentary prose. While not a strict academic publication, the book shows a thorough approach to selection of the material and verification of facts and introduces hitherto unknown documents, thus qualifying as a compelling piece of scholarly research. The book’s three parts are dedicated to key periods of Aldanov’s life: ‘A young Aldanov — happy years’ (1886–1917), ‘A historical novelist of Russian emigration’ (1919–1940), and ‘The twilight of life and work’ (1947–1957). Uralsky uncovered a number of new materials relating to Aldanov’s childhood and adolescence and his work in emigration, completing a reconstruction of the writer’s life. The biographer examines Aldanov’s personality as an artist, a literary critic, a journalist and a scholar. The book’s leitmotif is to actualise Aldanov’s idea of writers dedicating themselves to kalokagathia — the ‘moral beauty.’
The Mighty Microbiota: Regulator of the Human Body
Authors: Gupta P D
Published: August 2021

Microbiota is a life line for human being, however if the balance in interspecies of microbiota is disturb, it can cause not only serious diseases but can kill also. Collectively the microbiotal species act as epigenetic factor for humans. First exposure to microbiota is in utero. The whole health programming of the individuals stars even before birth. C-section or fed formula fed babies are immunologically weaker than that of normal delivered and beast fed babies. For the lifelong good health of babies, Mothers should opt for vaginal delivery and breastfeeding for healthy newborn
Definitions of antibodies to the newcastle disease virus in the yolk of birds of artificial nesting box in conditions of the North-East of Ukraine
Authors: Yarys E. O. , Kolesnik E. S. , Muzyka D. V. , Chaplygina A. B.
Published: August 2021

Introduction. In the conditions of the North-East of Ukraine, the circulation of the newcastle disease virus in hollow-nesting birds of artificial nests box was studied. Serological studies of the yolks of eggs collected from hollow birds in the North-East of Ukraine to the Newcastle disease virus were carried out. PDefinitions of antibodies to the newcastle disease virus in eggs of artificial nesting birds and determining their role as a reservoir of the causative agent of the disease in the North-East of Ukraine.Methods. The work was carried out in 2019 from April to December in the department for the study of poultry diseases at the National Scientific Center "Institute of Experimental and Clinical Veterinary Medicine", as well as at the Department of Zoology at the H. S. Skovoroda Kharkiv National Pedagogical University. Serological studies of the yolks of eggs taken from a hollow nesting box of birds. Antibodies in egg yolk extracts from birds of artificial box nests against the virus of newcastle disease, were determined in the reaction of delayed hemagglutination (HAGA).Result. Antibodies to the newcastle disease virus in titers 1:2 (3,3%) were detected in Phoenicurus phoenicurusFicedula albicollisErithacus rubeculaeggs and Phoenicurus phoenicurus, titers1:64 (23,3%) and 1:128 (26,6%) were found in the yolks of all studied species of artificial nesting birds. The highest antibody titers are 1:256 (26,6%) and 1:512 (6,6%) in the yolks of Ficedula albicollisand Phoenicurus phoenicuruseggs.Originality.Discovered of antibodies to the newcastle disease virus in the yolk of birds of artificial nesting box in conditions of the North-East of Ukraine.Conclusion. According to the results of serological studies of the eggs of birds of four species (Ficedula albicollis, Parus major, Erithacus rubeculaand Phoenicurus phoenicurus), which nest in northeastern Ukraine, it was found that antibodies to the Newcastle disease virus were found in 30 (66.6%).Key words:antibodies, Newcastle disease, hollow-nesting birds, egg yolk extracts, artificial nests box.
The role of the team of the anatomy, physiology and physical rehabilitation department in the formation of scientific worldview of Cherkasy national university named after Bohdan Hmelnytsky (to the 100th anniversary of the university)
Authors: Lysogub V. S. , Svietlova O. D. , Chernenko N. P..
Published: August 2021

The article presents the history of the Anatomy, Physiology and Physical Rehabilitation Department.History is presented from the founding of the department to the present.The research is based on a review of documentary materials of the State Archives of Cherkasy region for1943-1986.Key words:Department of Physiology; scientists; educational; organizational and methodological work
Broadcast Media, Regulation and Freedom of Expression in Pakistan
Authors: Aleem Yasir , Saeed Muhammad Arif , Farooq Muhammad Umar
Published: August 2021

Regulation is an important aspect of the freedom of expression of broadcast media. However, in Pakistan, it is purported that broadcast media is heavily regulated, and there is very little space for freedom of expression on broadcast media. This short article examines this contention of heavy regulation by analyzing the regulatory system of broadcast media in Pakistan. The doctrinal legal research method is applied in this study. The socio-legal research method is also adopted to support the doctrinal legal research method. Under socio-legal methods, the qualitative methods of in-depth interviews are adopted. This article finds, among others, that there are numerous issues annexed with the regulation of broadcast media in Pakistan. These issues have seriously affected the applicability of the principle of freedom of expression and also restricted the prospects of effective regulation of broadcast media in Pakistan. In the end, this article articulates future implications regarding the regulation of broadcast media in the country.
Fluorescence real-time kinetics of protoporphyrin IX after 5-ALA administration in low-grade glioma
Authors: Kaneko Sadahiro , Suero Molina Eric , Sporns Peter , Schipmann Stephanie , Black David , Stummer Walter
Published: August 2021

OBJECTIVE

5-Aminolevulinic acid (5-ALA) induces fluorescence in high-grade glioma (HGG), which is used for resection. However, the value of 5-ALA–induced fluorescence in low-grade glioma (LGG) is unclear. Time dependency and time kinetics have not yet been investigated. The purpose of this study was to investigate real-time kinetics of protoporphyrin IX (PpIX) in LGG based on hyperspectral fluorescence-based measurements and identify factors that predict fluorescence.

METHODS

Patients with grade II gliomas and imaging from which HGGs could not be completely ruled out received 5-ALA at 20 mg/kg body weight 4 hours prior to surgery. Fluorescence intensity (FI) and PpIX concentration (CPpIX) were measured in tumor tissue utilizing a hyperspectral camera. Apparent diffusion coefficient (ADC)–based tumor cell density, Ki-67/MIB-1 index, chromosomal 1p/19q codeletion, and 18F-fluoroethyl-l-tyrosine (18F-FET) PET values and their role for predicting fluorescence were evaluated.

RESULTS

Eighty-one biopsies from 25 patients were included. Tissues with fluorescence demonstrated FI and CPpIX maxima between 7 and 8 hours after administration. When visible fluorescence was observed, peaks of FI and CPpIX were observed within this 7- to 8-hour time frame, regardless of any MRI gadolinium contrast enhancement. Gadolinium enhancement (p = 0.008), Ki-67/MIB-1 index (p < 0.001), 18F-FET PET uptake ratio (p = 0.004), and ADC-based tumor cellularity (p = 0.017) significantly differed between fluorescing and nonfluorescing tissue, but not 1p/19q codeletions. Logistic regression demonstrated that 18F-FET PET uptake and Ki-67/MIB-1 index were independently related to fluorescence.

CONCLUSIONS

This study reports a fluorescence-based assessment of CPpIX in human LGG tissues related to 18F-FET PET uptake and Ki-67/MIB-1. As in HGGs, fluorescence in LGGs peaked between 7 and 8 hours after 5-ALA application, which has consequences for the timing of administration.
Surgeon education through a surgical cost feedback system reduces supply cost in endoscopic skull base surgery
Authors: Reddy Renuka K. , Gill Amarbir S. , Hwang Joshua , Wilson Machelle D. , Shahlaie Kiarash , Harsh Griffith R. , Strong E. Bradley , Steele Toby O.
Published: August 2021

OBJECTIVE

A large proportion of healthcare expense is operating room (OR) costs. As a means of cost mitigation, several institutions have implemented surgeon education programs to bring awareness about supply costs. This study evaluates the impact of a surgical cost feedback system (surgical receipt) on the supply costs of endoscopic skull base surgery (ESBS) procedures.

METHODS

The supply costs of each ESBS surgical case were prospectively collected and analyzed before and after the implementation of a nonincentivized, automated, and itemized weekly surgical receipt system between January 2017 and December 2019. Supply cost data collected 15 months prior to intervention were compared with cost data 21 months after implementation of the surgical receipt system. Demographics, surgical details, and OR time were collected retrospectively.

RESULTS

Of 105 ESBS procedures analyzed, 36 preceded and 69 followed implementation of cost feedback. There were no significant differences in patient age (p = 0.064), sex (p = 0.489), surgical indication (p = 0.389), or OR anesthesia time (p = 0.51) for patients treated before and after implementation. The mean surgical supply cost decreased from $3824.41 to $3010.35 (p = 0.002) after implementation of receipt feedback. Usage of dural sealants (p = 0.043), microfibrillar collagen hemostat (p = 0.007), and oxidized regenerated cellulose hemostat (p < 0.0001) and reconstructive technique (p = 0.031) significantly affected cost. Mediation analysis confirmed that the overall cost reduction was predominantly driven by reduced use of dural sealant; this cost saving exceeded the incremental cost of greater use of packing materials such as microfibrillar collagen hemostat.

CONCLUSIONS

Education of surgeons regarding surgical supply costs by a surgical receipt feedback system can reduce the supply cost per case of ESBS operations.
ASSESSMENT OF COGNITIVE FUNCTIONS AND DEVELOPMENT OF COGNITIVE BASED SMARTPHONE APPLICATION FOR MALAY PARKINSON DISEASE PATIENTS
Authors: Mohamed Wael MY
Published: August 2021

The current protocol focuses on the development of a computerized model/smartphone application that assesses the cognitive and motor deficits of PD patients at the early stage, thus helping in delaying the progression of disease symptoms and providing more years of healthy life. DementiaCoach App is the proposed name for this new app.
Pandemic year in Spain. Political outcome
Authors: Kurakina-Damir Alexandra
Published: August 2021

Despite well-founded doubts about the viability of the coalition (which had insufficient support of the deputies for the adoption of important laws), a well-built strategy of political communication during the pandemic allowed the cabinet of ministers not only to withstand, but also to strengthen its positions. Over the past year, a number of strategically important decisions, both from a political and image point of view, have been adopted. The coronavirus pandemic has had a significant impact on the legislative process. The solution to the Catalan problem faded into the background. In part, this was due to the need for early parliamentary elections in the region and the alleged regrouping of political forces. The revealed facts of possible financial abuse of the honorary king hurt the image of the Crown, but the measures taken today to restore prestige are bearing fruit. Among the electoral trends noted, it is worth highlighting the strengthening of positions of socialists and rightwing populists (especially following the results of early regional elections in Catalonia), as well as a decline in support for left-wing populism. Ciudadanos' position remains unstable: on the one hand, it managed to slightly regain its position in early 2020, but further growth in support stalled, and poor results in the Catalan elections once again raised the question of whether the party has a future. Conservatives, by contrast, have established themselves as the leader of the bloc. Having lost a share of supporters at the beginning of the study period, they tried with all their might to restore the balance, periodically changing the strategy of actions.
“Esto perpetua!”: “Two Cities” of Paolo Sarpi
Authors: Yastrebov Alexey
Published: August 2021

The article examines the life path, the formation of the personality and ideas of the ideologist of the Venetian ecclesiastical independence, Paolo Sarpi. The main source for the study is Sarpi’s biography, “Vita del padre Paolo”, written by his secretary Fulgenzio Micanzio. Ac-cording to Sarpi, the ecclesiastical tradition of the Venetian Republic was based on the Byz-antine symphony of the authorities, which he sought to apply to contemporary circumstances related to the conflict between Venice and the Holy See in 1606–1607. After the Council of Trent, the “War of the Interdict” became a significant event for Christian Europe, and Father Paolo was the central figure of that “war”. The study aims to show, however, that Sarpi’s church ministry and public service were only one of the facets of his activity. They were of an antinomical character in relation to his spiritual and scientific aspirations. The logic of the thinker's choice is revealed in the philosophical credo, which allowed him to remain a whole person, despite the variety of spheres of his activities. For all his involvement in the affairs of church politics, Father Paolo practised “abstinence from judgment”, outwardly expressed in sceptical “ataraxia”. The article concludes that the duality of Sarpi's ethics is resolved through a clear separation of the areas of his life – spiritual, intellectual, and social – that he formulat-ed in the ethical principle of “indifferent participation.”
The 1917 Code of Canon Law: Codification and Development of Latin canon law in the First Half of the 20th Century
Authors: Fadeyev Ivan
Published: August 2021

This publication presents the very first Russian translation of the First Book of the first official comprehensive Code of Latin canon law. The Code was promulgated on 27 May, 1917, and took legal effect on 19 May 1918. Although replaced in the practice of the Church with the new Code of 1983, the so-called “Pio-Benedictine Code” remains the most important source for the history of the development of canon law of the Catholic Church in Modern era. It represents the first experience of a full-scale legal codification, on which the development of Catholic ecclesiastical law was based throughout the 20th century. Prior to the promulgation of the Code in 1917, the canon law of the Latin Church was dispersed over a number of sources created in different periods of church history. By the time of the convocation of the First Vatican Council (December 8, 1869 – October 20, 1870) by Pope Pius IX (June 16, 1846 – February 7, 1878), it was obvious to many in the Church that there was an urgent need to codify the vast and unorganised mass of ecclesiastical laws that was presenting all sorts of challenges to both church authorities and canonists. Calls for the codification of Latin canon law, voiced in the run-up to and at the Council itself, were heard by the Holy See, although direct work on the creation of the first full-fledged Code of canon law began only 34 years after the Council’s adjournment, in the pontificate of Pius X (August 4, 1903 – August 20, 1914). The introductory article analyses the main stages of the development of can-on law of the Catholic Church, the history of the creation of the Code, the discussions that unfolded in the 19th century among canonists as to the very need for codification, as well as the impact of the Code on the development of Canon law in the 20th century.
A Multi-Omic Huntington’s Disease Transgenic Sheep-Model Database for Investigating Disease Pathogenesis
Authors: Mears Emily R. , Handley Renee R. , Grant Matthew J. , Reid Suzanne J. , Day Benjamin T. , Rudiger Skye R. , McLaughlan Clive J. , Verma Paul J. , Bawden Simon C. , Patassini Stefano , Unwin Richard D. , Cooper Garth J.S. , Gusella James F. , MacDonald Marcy E. , Brauning Rudiger , Maclean Paul , Pearson John F. , Waldvogel Henry J. , Faull Richard L.M. , Snell Russell G.
Published: August 2021

Background:

The pathological mechanism of cellular dysfunction and death in Huntington’s disease (HD) is not well defined. Our transgenic HD sheep model (OVT73) was generated to investigate these mechanisms and for therapeutic testing. One particular cohort of animals has undergone focused investigation resulting in a large interrelated multi-omic dataset, with statistically significant changes observed comparing OVT73 and control ‘omic’ profiles and reported in literature.

Objective:

Here we make this dataset publicly available for the advancement of HD pathogenic mechanism discovery.

Methods:

To enable investigation in a user-friendly format, we integrated seven multi-omic datasets from a cohort of 5-year-old OVT73 ( n = 6) and control ( n = 6) sheep into a single database utilising the programming language R. It includes high-throughput transcriptomic, metabolomic and proteomic data from blood, brain, and other tissues.

Results:

We present the ‘multi-omic’ HD sheep database as a queryable web-based platform that can be used by the wider HD research community ( https://hdsheep.cer.auckland.ac.nz/ ). The database is supported with a suite of simple automated statistical analysis functions for rapid exploratory analyses. We present examples of its use that validates the integrity relative to results previously reported. The data may also be downloaded for user determined analysis.

Conclusion:

We propose the use of this online database as a hypothesis generator and method to confirm/refute findings made from patient samples and alternate model systems, to expand our understanding of HD pathogenesis. Importantly, additional tissue samples are available for further investigation of this cohort.
CycleGAN based confusion model for cross-species plant disease image migration
Authors: Cui Xiaohui , Ying Yongzhi , Chen Zhibo
Published: August 2021

The identification and classification of plant diseases is of great significance to ecological protection and deep learning methods have made a great of progress in the common plant diseases identification for specific plant. While faced with the same plant disease of other plants, due to the insufficient or low quality training data, current deep learning methods will be difficult to identify the diseases effectively and accurately. Inspired by the advantages of GAN in dataset expansion, we propose the CycleGAN based confusion model in this paper. In this paper, GAN framework is improved by adding noise label and learn together during training stage, which migrates the data of common plant diseases to the plants with insufficient or low quality data. In order to evaluate the quality of the migrated training dataset among different GAN approaches, we introduce the quality indicators of the migration images such as MMD, FID, EMD etc. We compare our model with other GANs model, and the experimental results show that the proposed model obtains better results in the migration process, which make it more effective for the identification of cross species plant diseases.
Application of structural equation modeling to develop a conceptual model for entrepreneurship for psychological service workers during the COVID-19 pandemic
Authors: Arnout Boshra A.
Published: August 2021

OBJECTIVES: This study aimed to investigate entrepreneurship predictors among psychological service workers during the COVID-19 pandemic and detect the difference in entrepreneurship among psychological service workers due to sex and experience in work. METHOD: A random sample of 321 workers in the field of psychological Services answered an online questionnaire that contained six scales (mental traits, psychological traits, success in work, effectiveness, creativity, and innovation, responsible decision). The data collected from the study participants were analyzed quantitatively by using a t-test, One-way ANOVA, Exploratory Factor Analysis EFA, Confirmatory Factor Analysis CFA, and Structural Equation Model (IBM SPSS statistics 21, and Amos v.25). RESULTS: The findings showed the validity of the conceptual proposed model of entrepreneurship among the psychological service workers. The default model has goodness-of-fit indicators to predict the workers’ psychological services’ entrepreneurship in their professional practice. The results also indicated significant differences due to the years of work experience in work and responsible decision dimensions in favor of the sample members belonging to the experiences group with more than ten years. Simultaneously, there are no differences in entrepreneurship’s total score, mental traits, psychological, effectiveness, and creativity and innovation. The results also showed that there are statistically significant differences between males and females in the success in work dimension in favor of males (males mean = 21.359, females mean = 19.461, t = 2.797, P < 0.05), also in responsible decisions in favor of males (males mean = 9.734, females mean = 6.927, t = 8.853, P < 0.05). CONCLUSION: Mental traits, psychological traits, success in work, effectiveness, creativity and innovation, creativity, and innovation make responsible decisions significant predictors of entrepreneurship among the workers in psychological services. Thus, we recommend adopting the six criteria for entrepreneurship in professional practice when evaluating the workers in psychological services’ performance. These results indicate the need for plaining training programs to increase the entrepreneurship among workers in psychological services whose experience is less than ten years, especially female workers in psychological services.
The high level of adherence to personal protective equipment in health care workers efficiently protects them from COVID-19 infection
Authors: Zangoue Malihe , Safari Hamidreza , Royce Simon G. , Zangooie Alireza , Rezapour Hadis , Zangouei Amirsadra , Fereidouni Mohammad
Published: August 2021

BACKGROUND: The first case of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) was reported in December 2019 in Wuhan, China. Healthcare workers (HCWs) are at high risk of acquiring and spreading the COVID-19 infection; using personal protective equipment (PPE) reduces the risk of COVID-19 infection in HCWs. OBJECTIVE: Our study aimed to investigate the seroprevalence of COVID-19 IgG, IgM antibodies among HCWs as well as identifying the factors associated with this seroprevalence. METHODS: This cross-sectional study was performed from July to August 2020 on healthcare workers at two COVID-19 referral hospitals of Birjand University of Medical Sciences. The level of COVID-19 IgG and IgM antibodies in sera was measured by commercial qualitative ELISA kits. RESULTS: In total, 192 individuals participated in the study: physicians (31.25%), nurses (30.2%). 84.2% of participants had contact with confirmed COVID-19 cases and among them 42.9 % of had close contact with COVID-19 patients for more than 3 months, and 31% reported close contact with more than 50 confirmed COVID-19 cases. Mask and gloves were the most frequently used personal protective equipment (PPE) with 92.4% and 77.2% of usage. CONCLUSIONS: The results of the current study showed high level of adherence to the use of PPE among HCWs as well as very low prevalence of seropositivity for of COVID-19 antibodies, hence confirming the effectiveness of PPE in protecting HCWs among COVVID-19 and possibly any other similar infections.
Formation of stress-strain state in the founda-tions of grain drying complexes when chang-ing soil parameters
Authors: Pidlutskyi Vasyl , Lytvyn Oleksandr
Published: August 2021

The work of the pile foundation of the grain drying complex when changing the parameters of soils determined by laboratory and field methods has been studied. Two variants of calculations with the help of numerical modeling by the finite element method were carried out: 1) using the characteristics of soils, which were determined by laboratory methods; 2) using the characteristics of soils, which are determined by field methods. The stress-strain state of the foundation structures of the grain drying complex is analyzed in the work, namely: redistribution of forces in the piles, subsidence of the foundation structures, bending moments and the area of working reinforcement in the foundation slab.

The paper emphasizes the use of pile foundations for grain drying complexes due to the emergence of many negative factors in the installation of slab foundations. The main ones are: low soil indicators in the upper zone of the soil massif; construction of several silos next to each other, which determines their interaction; uneven loading - unloading of silos; the choice of calculation method, which correctly describes the parameters of the soil and the stages of loading and unloading of silos. The paper also presents problematic issues in the design of pile foundations for grain dryers. The results of the study of the formation of the stress-strain state of the foundation structures at different soil parameters are presented.

The study was conducted in clay soils of solid and semi-solid consistency. The pile foundation is based on hard sandy loams and soft-plastic loams.

The paper shows that with increasing soil parameters of the base decreases the subsidence of the foundation slab. The redistribution of forces between the piles has a similar character, but due to the increased rigidity of the base, the foundation plate transfers the load to the base, so almost all piles are unloaded within 5… 10%. At the same time bending moments in the base plate are reduced that demands reduction of reinforcement by working armature. This allows you to design reliable and economical solutions for pile foundations of grain dryers.
Numerical analysis of methods for calculating the soil base and methods for determining bed coefficients
Authors: Zhupanenko Iryna
Published: August 2021

Despite significant progress in the development of methods for calculating the soil base in a single calculation model with structures and the ability to perform calculations in three dimensions, the most popular in the community of design engineers remains the calculation model of the slab on an elastic basis. This is due to the simplicity of such a model. Probably, the greatest difficulty in applying such a model is to determine the coefficients of flexibility of the base (bed coefficients).

In this paper, a study of the reliability of different methods for determining the coefficients of the bed under different variants of soil conditions

The paper determines and compares the characteristics of the stress-strain state (sedimentation values, reactive pressure and forces) in three foundation slabs of different geometry and under different engineering and geological conditions of the construction site.

A homogeneous base composed of loess soils, an inhomogeneous base composed of alternating layers of both cohesive (loam and sand) and incoherent (fine sand) soils and a close to homogeneous base composed of sand and soils are considered.

The research was conducted using the software and computer system LIRA SAPR 2016. Implemented three methods for determining the coefficients of the bed (the flexibility of the base):

- Pasternak model with two bed coefficients, which for inhomogeneous soils are determined by the values of the deformation modulus and Poisson's ratio averaged within the depth of the compressible thickness;

- Winkler model with one bed ratio;

- Pasternak model with two bed coefficients, which are determined by the average values of the deformation modulus and Poisson's ratio when introducing the correction factor to the deformation modulus.

The convergence of the absolute values of the controlled parameters obtained using the above methods, depending on the type of soil base and the nature of soil layers within the compressible layer, is analyzed.

The dependence of the convergence of the characteristics of the stress-strain state of the slab obtained by different methods on the homogeneity of the base soils is established.
On the requirements for articles published in the scientific and technical journal «Bases and foundations»
Authors: Pidlutskyi Vasyl
Published: August 2021

Before starting work on the article, you should get acquainted with the requirements for the publication of articles in the Scientific and Technical Journal «Bases and foundations», founded by the Kyiv National University of Construction and Architecture.

The journal includes the articles on topical challenges of geotechnics. There are the results of interaction between elements of the system «base – foundation – superstructures», influence of seismic or other dynamic loads; designing foundations on weak soils, exploration of the deep foundations, retaining structures, assessment of the slope stability of landslide areas, determination of soil parameters by in-situ and laboratory tests.

The journal is designed for scientific, engineering and technical specialists of scientific, research, design and construction organizations.

The journal publishes in the following specialties:

192 «Construction and civil engineering»,

194 «Hydraulic engineering, water engineering and water technologies».

The article submitted to the editorial board must clearly meet the goals and specializations of the journal, must be written and designed in accordance with the requirements set out in this article.

Original research and discussion materials are accepted for publication. Articles are subject to double review, including by independent experts. It is recommended to submit a scientific article only in one journal, which meets the requirements of International Ethical Standards, which prohibit the simultaneous publication of the article in different publications.

Articles must be pre-reviewed before publication in the journal. After confirmation of the article's compliance with the general requirements and the availability of a complete package of documents, the article is submitted for review and undergoes internal editorial processing. The editors reserve the right to make minor edits and reductions, while maintaining the main results and author's style.

The article is returned to the author for revision or correction if the members of the editorial board (scientific editors in the relevant areas) have questions to the author regarding certain provisions of the article.

The Editorial Board is not responsible for the content and authorship of the material of the article used, but reserves the right not to allow the article to be published in case of non-compliance with the above requirements.
THE SYMBOLISM OF IMRE MAKOVECH'S METAPHORICAL LANGUAGE IN THE FORMATION OF SACRED SPACE
Authors: Gnatiuk Liliia
Published: August 2021

The article analyzes the iconic temples of the twentieth century designed by the Hungarian architect Imre Makovec. The anthroposophical theory of architecture is presented, which assumed that the world and man are permeated with various types of spiritual forces, thanks to the forms of objects of the visible world, they can be strengthened or weakened.

The understanding of the harmony of forms in the formation of the sacred space is presented.

The architecture of sacred buildings erected according to the principle of organic architecture is considered. It is determined that the forms created by Makovech do not belong to any of the "languages" of architectural expression that have been created so far.

The article presents a view on the mysterious nature of the connection of people in society – close to the types of connections that connect religious communities, as well as the concept of architecture as a bridge between heaven and earth, which also changed the approach to a building as an exclusively material object.

The forms of individual sacred structures and the ways of organizing their interiors were analyzed, which made it possible to conclude that the ideas of reviving the unity of the surrounding landscape, the tendency to use local materials (primarily wood), but also a more general, philosophical attitude, allows us to consider architecture as an element that binds forces space with human life.

The use of the metaphorical language of Makovech's architecture is considered based on the world of visual human products and their iconographic distinctive features. Revealed the need to take into account the relationship between certain forms and messages, through them are transmitted to the formations of the sacred space.

An attempt is also presented to adapt the principles of modernism to the needs of the shaping of the sacred space. The tendencies of the formation of the sacred space in the twentieth century are revealed, namely: anthroposophical; continuation and development of Christian symbols.
ARCHITECTURAL AND LANDSCAPE LAYOUT CONCEPT OF A VALLEY SPACE FRAGMENT OF THE OPIR RIVER
Authors: Dukhniak Iryna
Published: August 2021

Based on theoretical and experimental studies a long-term concept of the architectural and landscape layout and development of the Opir river valley space on a fragment between Carpathians settlements Skole and Grebeniv in the Lviv region was created. It has been confirmed that, as a result of significant natural features, the territories of the valley spaces in Carpathians differ from other localities and require a special approach in design solutions. Therefore, the methodological foundations of the architectural and landscape layout of the rivers valley spaces in Ukrainian Carpathians were developed. According to them, a thorough factor analysis of the territory on a given fragment was done, and analysis of the relationships between factors (multivariate) using the proposed matrix model of correlations between the factors of influence. As the next step the justification of the criterion assessment was done.

Based on these researches the purposes of the space development are defined. They are the development of the territory as a transit representative zone, improvement of ecological friendliness and protection against technogenic threats. To achieve these goals some methods were proposed. In accordance with the principles of functional feasibility and sufficiency, environmental friendliness and architectural and landscape coherence to expand the tourist infrastructure in the projected area is impractical for sustainable development of the territory. Other purposed methods are: setting building restrictions to maintain buildings at a constant existing scale, removal a harmful function outside the valuable riparian areas, restoration of the natural zone on the place of removed industrial zones on riparian territories, preservation the use of the valley area for gardening, reinforcing the banks of the river with gabions, implementation a comprehensive renovation of the historical architectural heritage, allocation of the place for a tourists short-term stop.
FEATURES AND COMPREHENSIVE STUDY OF SACRED BUILDINGS OF THE END OF 20 – EARLY 21 CENTURY (ON THE EXAMPLE OF THE CHURCH OF ST. PETER IN TERNOPIL)
Authors: Diachok Oksana , Shuldan Larysa , Yanbukhtina Alina
Published: August 2021

The article examines some problems of temples of the late 20th - early 21st centuries, in which modern architectural ideas, modern design components appeared together with new design solutions. The study uses a set of general scientific (empirical and theoretical) and special research methods (method of visual and instrumental surveys, historical and comparative analysis, art analysis, method of thermal monitoring and calculation). A comprehensive study was conducted on the example of St. Peter's Church in Ternopil (architect Serhiy Hora, designer Józef Simels). It is established that its modern stylistic image, modern formative components are combined with the traditional plan, which has historically developed in church construction. The facilitation of the main load-bearing structures was made possible by the use of exceptional metal curved trusses and a reinforced concrete belt. A comprehensive analysis of the condition of the church building revealed a number of problems typical for churches of this period of construction: the progressive spread of efflorescence, mycological damage to the plaster, premature destruction of building materials and destruction of structures; loss of insulative properties of structures and increase in energy consumption, deterioration of acoustic characteristics in the church space, loss of uniformity of sound distribution over its area. The dependence of these problems on changes in temperature and humidity in the temple building has been established. According to the results of instrumental research, a correlation analysis was performed to assess the degree of relationship between the distribution of moisture and temperature with the peculiarities of operation, the nature of operation and the level of thermal insulation of enclosing structures. The consequences of further moistening of the inner surfaces of the fences have been established: consequences for the interior; microclimatic (hygienic) consequence; constructive consequences; effects on energy consumption and acoustic effects. As a result of the calculations, recommendations for troubleshooting were provided. Using in this context a systematic interpretation of case studies, the study of actions that would help increase the level of comfort in churches and their preservation, the authors propose a reconstruction with an assessment of the quality of intervention at each stage.