bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Process for Maintaining Trust Between CEO of Family Businesses and Partners
Authors: Lezama-Rogers Stephanie Clothilda , Le Loarne-Lemaire Severine Sophie
Published: December 2020

In this chapter, the authors propose to widen the perspective of human resource management within family businesses by considering the organization as not only one venture but a set of ventures. The authors select case studies to illustrate the process for maintaining trust between CEO of family businesses and partners. The cases showed that regardless of the family firms' ownership and size, the personal relationship was more important to keep the relationship than agreements sanctioned by formalized operation and contracts. The story of the three cases allows the authors to identify a human resource management process of trust maintenance between three inter-family firm relationships.
Design and Deployment of Dynamic Performance Targets for the Lastmile Field Executives in eCommerce Logistics Industry
Authors: Srivastav Prateek , Nagpal Gaurav
Published: December 2020

This chapter is an action research done for one of the largest eCommerce logistics organization (having presence in India) to design a working mathematical model which rates the field operations staff all around the country based on the dynamic targets depending upon different parameters, and then finally ranks the field executives relatively across the country. To ensure that the rating of the field executives is a fair and transparent process and discounts the influence of the nature of shipments provided to them problem, the authors worked with one of the largest global eCommerce delivery firms to design a rating system of the field supervisors using R.
Managing Transportation in Supply Chain
Authors: Madenoğlu Fatma Selen
Published: December 2020

Supply chain management is the managing of all processes of goods, services, and information from suppliers to customers. Transportation network design is an important part of effective supply chain management. This chapter presents the two-stage fixed-charge transportation problem in a supply chain to minimize the total cost containing the opening cost of distribution centers, transportation cost from manufacture to distribution centers and from distribution centers to customers, and fixed cost for transportation from distribution centers to customers. There are the capacity constraints on distribution centers in order to consider real life situations in this chapter. A constructive based algorithm and a population-based algorithm are proposed to solve this complex optimization problem. Taguchi experimental design is applied for determining the best combinations of parameters. The experimental studies are conducted to compare the performance of the proposed algorithms according to solution quality.
Evaluation of Innovation Performance With AHP and TOPSIS Integrated Approach
Authors: Öztürk Derya , Hancıoğlu Yasemin
Published: December 2020

The aim of the study is to determine the most appropriate enterprises by revealing the innovation performances of the companies operating in the hazelnut sector in Ünye. In this study, weights of the criteria and sub-criteria, which are thought to have an effect on the innovation performance of the enterprises, were determined by analytical hierarchy process (AHP). TOPSIS method has been used to rank the alternatives. In this way, TOPSIS aims to establish a degree of importance for each alternative enterprise and to determine the highest degree of importance as the most appropriate enterprise in terms of innovation performance. As a result of the study, it was determined that the main criterion that most affects innovation performance in hazelnut sector is the financing function, which is followed by production function, R&D function, management function, and marketing function, respectively. According to the results obtained using the TOPSIS method, the best alternative was Enterprise 4 in terms of innovation performance and the worst alternative was Enterprise 1.
Android-Based Skin Cancer Recognition System Using Convolutional Neural Network
Authors: Demirci Sercan , Şahin Durmuş Özkan , Toprak Ibrahim Halil
Published: December 2020

Skin cancer, which is one of the most common types of cancer in the world, is a malignant growth seen on the skin due to various reasons. There was an increase in the number of the cases of skin cancer nearly 200% between 2004-2009. Since the ozone layer is depleting, harmful rays reflected from the sun cannot be filtered. In this case, the likelihood of skin cancer will increase over the years and pose more risks for human beings. Early diagnosis is very significant as in all types of cancers. In this study, a mobile application is developed in order to detect whether the skin spots photographed by using the machine learning technique for early diagnosis have a suspicion of skin cancer. Thus, an auxiliary decision support system is developed that can be used both by the clinicians and individuals. For cases that are predicted to have a risk higher than a certain rate by the machine learning algorithm, early diagnosis could be initiated for the patients by consulting a physician when the case is considered to have a higher risk by machine learning algorithm.
IoT on Healthcare Using Clinical Decision Support System
Authors: Sundaramurthy Manju Priya
Published: December 2020

Most of the developing countries face major problems in providing quality healthcare. It is very essential to move the health stream to a higher level with more effective. Though medical care is improving, due to the enormous amount of data, making the decisions is more complex. The technology already links patients, providers, and customers in many ways that are converting the patient experience and delivery of care. This chapter reveals the importance of healthcare by using CDSS along with IoT. By combining connected devices with CDSS will help the clinicians to take decisions immediately for any disease. It provides an efficient, effective quality measurement and enhancement because of its ability to get the data of any patient at any time anywhere.
Social Active Inference
Authors: Bezzazi El Hassan
Published: December 2020

The free energy principle and its corollary, active inference, were introduced by Karl Friston as an explanation embodied perception and action in neuroscience, and since, it has been used to address many other issues in different fields mainly related to cognitive science like learning, optimal decision, or interpersonal inference. Negotiation is a process where each negotiator has conflicting motivation is aiming to maximize his utility and where agreement is reached when the opposing interests are balanced. The purpose of this chapter is to illustrate how the free energy principle might be used through active inference in modeling a negotiation process based on an example of real life. The work is an attempt to bring together a dynamic logic framework with appropriate operators to consider motivation among agents on one hand and the active inference framework on the other hand.
Training Company Self-Organization
Authors: Abramek Edyta
Published: December 2020

Autopoiesis is identified in the chapter with the concept of self-organization, understood as an attribute of autopoiesis. The purpose of the chapter is to present the idea of self-organization in business on the example of a training company. The case study method was used to present ways of restructuring a company under the influence of the pandemic crisis in 2020. The case study has a theoretical character and is a contribution to knowledge in the form of a description of the phenomenon studied. The choice of the company was determined by its good financial situation despite the economic slowdown in the country, innovative business culture, and the culture of risks management. The conclusions of the study allowed to explain phenomena that may be valuable to another organization, as an example of recommendations or comparative actions leading to a state of self-sufficiency.
Computational Foundations of the Anticipatory Artificial Autopoietic Cellular Automata
Authors: Dubois Daniel M. , Holmberg Stig C.
Published: December 2020

A survey of the Varela automata of autopoiesis is presented. The computation of the Varela program, with initial conditions given by a living cell, is not able to self-maintain the membrane of the living cell. In this chapter, the concept of anticipatory artificial autopoiesis (AAA) is introduced. In this chapter, the authors present a new algorithm of the anticipatory artificial autopoiesis, which extend the Varela automata. The main enhancement consists in defining an asymmetric membrane of the artificial lining cell. The simulations show the anticipatory generation of artificial living cells starting with any initial conditions. The new concept of anticipatory artificial autopoiesis is related to artificial life (Alife) and artificial intelligence (AI). This is a breakthrough in the computational foundation of autopoiesis.
Cognitive Agent for the Quality Management in Flexographic Printing on Packages
Authors: Janus Jakub , Hernes Marcin , Gryncewicz Wiesława , Rot Artur , Kozina Agata Maria , Markowska Aleksandra , Sobieska-Karpińska Jadwiga
Published: December 2020

The aim of the chapter is to develop an approach for improving quality management in flexographic printing on packages using cognitive agent. A hybrid agents' architecture based on the learning intelligent distribution agent architecture (LIDA) and hierarchical temporal memory has been developed. Such approach has not been developed before; therefore, it is the main contribution of this chapter. The first part of the chapter presents the introduction to the research problem and background. Next, research methodology and the LIDA cognitive agents have been described. The main part of chapter presents the cognitive agent's architecture and functionality related to quality management in flexographic printing. The last part presents discussion, future works, and major conclusions.
Progress in Optimization of Physical Vapor Deposition of Thin Films
Authors: Mwema Fredrick M. , Akinlabi Esther T. , Oladijo Oluseyi Philip
Published: December 2020

In this chapter, the current state of the art in optimization of thin film deposition processes is discussed. Based on the reliable and credible published results, the study aims to identify the applications of various optimization techniques in the thin film deposition processes, with emphasis on physical deposition methods. These methods are chosen due to their attractive attributes over chemical deposition techniques for thin film manufacturing. The study identifies the critical parameters and factors, which are significant in designing of the optimization algorithms based on the specific deposition methods. Based on the specific optimization studies, the chapter provides general trends, optimization evaluation criteria, and input-output parameter relationships on thin film deposition. Research gaps and directions for future studies on optimization of physical vapor deposition methods for thin film manufacturing are provided.
Understanding the Landscape of Online Deception
Authors: Hage Hicham , Aïmeur Esma , Guedidi Amel
Published: December 2020

While fake and distorted information has been part of our history, new information and communication technologies tremendously increased its reach and proliferation speed. Indeed, in current days, fake news has become a global issue, prompting reactions from both researchers and legislators in an attempt to solve this problem. However, fake news and misinformation are part of the larger landscape of online deception. Specifically, the purpose of this chapter is to present an overview of online deception to better frame and understand the problem of fake news. In detail, this chapter offers a brief introduction to social networking sites, highlights the major factors that render individuals more susceptible to manipulation and deception, detail common manipulation and deception techniques and how they are actively used in online attacks as well as their common countermeasures. The chapter concludes with a discussion on the double role or artificial intelligence in countering as well as creating fake news.
Exercise of Citizenship in Network Society
Authors: Cohen Ana Carolina Trindade Soares
Published: December 2020

The chapter is based on the understanding that the citizens' lack of awareness of the rights inherent to the very guarantee of human dignity, as well as of the whole historical process that gave rise to the guarantee of such rights, is one of the reflexes that the absence of a citizenship education and for citizenship provoke, even affecting the high rate of dissemination of false news in Brazil. There is a recurrent need to deal with this type of problem, especially aggravated by the presidential race of 2018, where there is an increase in the reproduction of news whose reliability of the source is not verified, although they are evidently false, exaggerated, and sensationalist. While analyzing this problem, the study seeks to examine the harm of this practice to the exercise of citizenship.
Framing American Politicians Through Photo Manipulation
Authors: Kediehor Collins , Egbulefu Chamberlain Chinsom
Published: December 2020

This chapter examines photo manipulation as a non-verbal strategy aimed at framing reality and representing American politicians in three Nigerian tabloids, namely Vanguard, Punch, and Nigeriana. The chapter specifically seeks answers to three research questions: What are some of the photo manipulation techniques used in the three newspapers? How do these techniques affect these newspapers' reports on American politics? And how does photo manipulation help frame specific aspects of American politics? Using structuralism as method of analysis, the chapter argues that Vanguard and Punch newspapers have embraced the tradition of using photomontage, photo collage and photoshopped photos to subtly dramatize news and infuse their articles with features carrying highly connotative meanings. In such photo montages and collages, shots are usually oriented in well calculated manners, or set as in photo serials and cartoons; all these in a bid to convey subliminal/connotative messages about American politicians. Such messages often endorse trivial stereotypes of American politicians.
Combating Fake News Online
Authors: Çömlekçi Mehmet Fatih
Published: December 2020

In today's post-truth environment, besides the increase in political polarization, the rapid spread of fake news infringes on society. In the struggle with fake news, fact-checking services have begun to play an important role. The aim of this chapter is to highlight how fact-checking services work, what their strategies and limitations are, their interaction with users, and the digital tools they use in such interactions. Thus, the platforms Teyit.org (Confirmation) and Doğruluk Payı (Share of Truth) that operate in Turkey have been chosen as exemplary cases. In the study, the content analysis and the in-depth interview methodological approaches have been used together. As a conclusion, it has been revealed that these aforementioned fact-checking services increase their activities during election times, adopt the principles of political impartiality and economic transparency, use the practices of data journalism, interact with users, and try to create a digital literacy ecosystem as an ultimate goal.
Online Decision Making
Authors: Wall Helen Joanne , Kaye Linda K.
Published: December 2020

The growth in computer-mediated communication has created real challenges for society; in particular, the internet has become an important resource for “convincing” or persuading a person to make a decision. From a cybersecurity perspective, online attempts to persuade someone to make a decision has implications for the radicalisation of individuals. This chapter reviews multiple definitions and theories relating to decision making to consider the applicability of these to online decision making in areas such as buying behaviour, social engineering, and radicalisation. Research investigating online decision making is outlined and the point is made that research examining online research has a different focus than research exploring online decision making. The chapter concludes with some key questions for scholars and practitioners. In particular, it is noted that online decision making cannot be explained by one single model, as none is sufficient in its own capacity to underpin all forms of online behaviour.
#Trump #Fakenews #Notmypresident
Authors: Haydel Sheryl M. Kennedy , Roberts Shearon D.
Published: December 2020

In the 2016 general elections, a Stanford University study found that American voters shared fake news stories at extraordinary high levels about the leading candidates, adding up to over 30 million times. While the primary researchers for this study noted that this number does not necessarily mean that fake news was persuasive, it suggests its accessibility, readability, and sharing was pervasive in the last election. This chapter looks at media and politics literacy for the millennial voter of color, who scholars describe as having low-levels of information, and media literacy. The irony is this is a group most in need of news and information for making informed decisions, as they are often first-time voters, now engaging with the political process. The classroom at an HBCU is part textbook and part bringing textbook to life, contextualizing the past and the present, and engaging young minds for making a positive difference in society.
Hybrid PSO-ANFIS for Speaker Recognition
Authors: Silarbi Samiya , Tlemsani Redouane , Bendahmane Abderrahmane
Published: December 2020

This paper introduces an evolutionary approach for training the adaptive network-based fuzzy inference system (ANFIS). The previous works are based on gradient descendent (GD); this algorithm converges very slowly and gets stuck down at bad local minima. This study applies one of the swarm intelligent branches, named particle swarm optimization (PSO), where the premise parameters of the rules are optimized by a PSO, and the conclusion part is optimized by least-squares estimation (LSE). The hybrid PSO-ANFIS model is performed for speaker recognition on CHAINS speech dataset. The results obtained by the hybrid model showed an improvement on the accuracy compared to similar ANFIS based on gradient descendent optimization.
Powering the Blue Economy: Progress Exploring Marine Renewable Energy Integration With Ocean Observations
Authors: Cavagnaro Robert J. , Copping Andrea E. , Green Rebecca , Greene David , Jenne Scott , Rose Debbie , Overhus Dorian
Published: December 2020

AbstractMarine renewable energy (MRE) encompasses the harvest of energy from the movement of ocean waters in the form of either currents or waves, as well as temperature and salinity differentials. To date, most MRE development has focused on utility-scale electrical grid
generation, but a growing body of work focuses on non-grid applications in the blue economy where MRE could provide power on-site and at the scale needed for specific maritime sectors. One of the blue economy sectors with promising applications for MRE is ocean observations using both mobile
and stationary platforms. This paper documents the steps and results of engaging with experts across the myriad ocean observation platforms and capabilities to inform five use cases. These use cases include descriptions of specific ocean observation applications performing measurements of
high societal value (e.g., data for weather forecasting and tsunami detection) that closely resemble specific sensing systems and, in most cases, are placed in a particular area of the ocean. Rapid resource assessments (i.e., first-order estimates) were performed at these locations to determine
the suitability of marine and other renewable energy sources. From the information gathered so far, MRE has significant potential to enable improved ocean observation missions, expand ocean observing capacity, and develop as an industry in parallel with the needs of our changing oceans.
Renewable Ammonia as an Energy Fuel for Ocean Exploration and Transportation
Authors: Liu Jian , Cavagnaro Robert J. , Deng Zhiqun Daniel , Shao Yuyan , Kuo Li-Jung , Nguyen Manh-Thuong , Glezakou Vanda
Published: December 2020

AbstractRenewable power generated from ocean wave energy has faced technological and cost barriers that have hindered its penetration into utility-scale electricity markets. As an alternative, the production of chemical fuels—for example, ammonia (NH3), which
has high energy density (11.5 MJ/L) and facile storage properties—may open wave energy to new markets including ocean exploration and transportation. Electrochemical synthesis of NH3 from air and water at ambient conditions has been studied and documented in the literature.
Based on recent reports, it is possible to achieve an overall conversion efficiency of 10% from wave energy to NH3 by electrochemically reacting air and water. If all the 1170-TWh/year recoverable wave energy in the United States were used to produce renewable NH3 fuel
as a replacement for hydrocarbon fuels, more than 250 million tons of CO2 emissions every year would be eliminated without accounting for the small amount of CO2 emission from the conversion of NH3. Several potential at-sea application scenarios have been proposed
for renewable NH3 fuel including production and storage for marine shipping and seasonal energy storage for Arctic exploration. Liquefied NH3 has much higher energy density, both gravimetrically and volumetrically, than a variety of batteries; however, the energy efficiency
of NH3 is lower than that of commonly used batteries such as Li-ion batteries. The levelized cost of storing NH3 prepared using electricity can be less than $0.2/kWh, and the storage time can exceed 10,000 h, which indicates that NH3 could be a promising
energy-storage solution that makes use of abundant wave energy. However, safety and environmental concerns involved in the use of NH3 at sea exist and are identified and discussed in this paper. Also discussed are challenges regarding the electrocatalyst used for NH3
synthesis and how molecular simulation may help to screen electrocatalysts with high efficiency and selectivity.
Evaluation of the choroidal thickness and retinal nerve fiber layer and visual fields in morbid obesity
Authors: Gonul Saban , Yilmaz Huseyin , Gedik Sansal , Ozturk Banu Turgut , Oflaz Ayse Bozkurt , Sahin Mustafa
Published: December 2020

Purpose:

The study aimed to investigate the changes in choroidal thickness (CT), retinal nerve fiber layer thickness (RNFL), and visual field parameters in morbidly obese patients following bariatric surgery.

Methods:

The study included 40 morbidly obese patients with body mass indexes (BMI) ≥40 who had undergone bariatric surgery (Group 1) and 40 age-and sex-matched healthy subjects with normal BMI values (Group 2). RNFL and CT measurements by optical coherence tomography (OCT) and visual field test were performed preoperatively and the 1st, 6th, and 12th months postoperatively. CT measurements were obtained from the subfoveal, nasal (N), and temporal (T) regions at distances of 500 μm and 1,000 μm from the fovea.

Results:

No significant pathology was detected during ophthalmological examinations following bariatric surgery. The BMIs were found to be significantly lower in all of the periods after bariatric surgery (P < 0.0001). The CT measurements decreased significantly in all periods after bariatric surgery (P < 0.0001). No differences were found in terms of the mean RNFL thicknesses in all postoperative periods (P = 0.125). Visual field tests showed no significant changes during scheduled visits. (P = 0.877). No visual field defect was detected in any patient during the follow-up periods after bariatric surgery.

Conclusion:

These results have suggested that CT is positively correlated with BMI and decreased with a reduction in BMI progressively. Nutritional disorders resulting from malabsorption have not caused any nutritional optic neuropathy and visual field defect for at least the first postoperative year after bariatric surgery.
Torsions and intersection forms of 4-manifolds from trisection diagrams
Authors: Florens Vincent , Moussard Delphine
Published: December 2020

Gay and Kirby introduced trisections, which describe any closed, oriented, smooth 4-manifold X as a union of three 4-dimensional handlebodies. A trisection is encoded in a diagram, namely three collections of curves in a closed oriented surface
$\Sigma $
, guiding the gluing of the handlebodies. Any morphism
$\varphi $
from
$\pi _1(X)$
to a finitely generated free abelian group induces a morphism on
$\pi _1(\Sigma )$
. We express the twisted homology and Reidemeister torsion of
$(X;\varphi )$
in terms of the first homology of
$(\Sigma ;\varphi )$
and the three subspaces generated by the collections of curves. We also express the intersection form of
$(X;\varphi )$
in terms of the intersection form of
$(\Sigma ;\varphi )$
.
The "Me Too" and "Time's Up" Movements in The Guardian
Authors: Dzhambazova Tsvetelina
Published: December 2020

The article analyzes the author's content analysis results on texts about the new social justice movements "Me Too" and "Time's Up. „The analyzed materials are published on The Guardian's website (theguardian.com) between October 5th, 2017, and December 31st, 2018, (thus marking both campaigns' first anniversary). The text aims to study the methods through which both initiatives are presented in the British medium. The article's important tasks are researching whether this website's authors express an attitude towards the movements and checking out whether there is any connection between these campaigns and the existing calls for changes in the social roles of sexes in modern society. The Guardian's journalists actively present attempts to eliminate violence and simultaneously express a largely positive attitude toward those activists' actions and efforts to eradicate gender discrimination. The published materials are characterized by a significant generic variety, while calls for changes in men and women's social roles can often be found in the analyzed texts. In the end, readers are fully informed about the most important facts surrounding the two movements, which once again proves the huge The Guardian plays in supporting and promoting gender equality values.
Examining the Role of Contextual Conditions and Leadership Status of School Principals from Multiple Perspectives
Authors: Yildirim Kamil , Yenipinar Senyurt
Published: December 2020

Context and leadership actions are closely related, and international research still contains little knowledge about which contextual conditions lead to which type of leadership action. In this study, school administrators’ leadership was evaluated through multiple perspectives. The experiences of teachers, vice principals, supervisors, and school principals were examined by means of external, internal, and self-evaluations. We collected data from 25 participants using a semi-structured interview method and examined it with open coding, axial coding, and selective coding. As a result of the study, the contextual factors formed by national and local factors as obstacles and facilitators of school principals’ leadership were revealed. We discussed the leadership actions regarding the theoretical, operational, and functional dimensions of school leadership.
Argumentation in K-12 Mathematics and Science Education: A Content Analysis of Articles
Authors: Kartika Hendra , Budiarto Mega Teguh , Fuad Yusuf
Published: December 2020

The current study employed a content analysis approach to analyze and compare argumentation research in K-12 mathematics and science education published on top five academic journals with the highest impact factor from 2010 to 2019. It includes 9 research articles in the field of mathematics education and 77 research articles in the field of science education. The objectives of this study are to examine the similarities and differences in number of articles, contributors by nationality, method and design, subject, model, setting, and research topics. The results show that despite the argumentation research trend in both contexts tends to decrease, there are more researches related to argumentation on science subject compared to mathematics at K-12 level. These results have an impact on the increasingly diverse categories of argumentation studies in K-12 science. The implications of this research can obviously provide insights to the study of argumentation for mathematics education, science, and education researchers.
Introducción a la transcodificación, edición y visualización de datos audiovisuales con FFmpeg
Authors: Rodriguez Dave
Published: December 2020

Esta lección introduce las funciones básicas de FFmpeg, una herramienta libre de línea de comandos utilizada para manipular y analizar materiales audiovisuales.
De la tierra venimos y a los Apus volvemos: una interpretación del yacimiento arqueológico Pacajes-Inka de Mazocruz (La Paz, Bolivia)
Authors: Méncias Bedoya Javier Armando
Published: December 2020

El presente artículo exhibe una serie de disquisiciones, basadas en la etnohistoria, análisis de Sistemas de Información Geográfica y observaciones etnoarqueológicas preliminares, relacionadas al yacimiento arqueológico de Mazocruz. El objetivo es acercarse a una interpretación sobre el porqué del uso del yacimiento como necrópolis, con cámaras mortuorias subterráneas, durante los períodos Intermedio Tardío —final— y Horizonte Tardío (Inka), en clara divergencia con el patrón funerario que caracteriza a estos, donde las torres funerarias o chullpares son el elemento de uso más común en el altiplano sur-central.
Estigma, políticas públicas y violencia
Authors: Acién González Estefanía , Checa y Olmos Francisco
Published: December 2020

Este trabajo explora una parte de las violencias que afectan a quienes ejercen la prostitución. Tras un trabajo etnográfico, analizando los discursos de activistas de dos organizaciones de trabajadoras sexuales en Buenos Aires y Sevilla, encontramos la relevancia de lo que denominan violencia institucional y sus orígenes en el estigma puta, las ideologías prohibicionista y abolicionista, su plasmación en políticas públicas de lucha contra la prostitución y la trata y su resultado en forma de violencia directa ejercida por agentes concretos, como los cuerpos policiales. Puesto que el estigma es coherente con la idea de violencia cultural, las ideologías hegemónicas anti-prostitución y la legislación represiva con la de violencia estructural y la represión policial con la de violencia directa, un proceso inductivo de investigación nos lleva a considerar el potencial del clásico triángulo de la violencia de Galtung para comprender la complejidad del enraizamiento de esta cuestión en nuestras sociedades y las consecuencias que tiene en las vidas de las trabajadoras sexuales y en el control de la sexualidad de todas las mujeres.
ALGORITHM OF THERMOGRAM'S ANALYSIS FOR DIAGNOSTIC SCANNING OF MINE'S HEATING PIPELINES
Authors:   Developer Soft, LLC, SOKOLOV V.A. , SOKOLOVA S.S. ,   Tula State University, ROZHKOV V.F. ,   Tula State University
Published: December 2020

The article considers analytical processing of thermograms aimed to detect abnormal sections of pipeline and interpret the thermal scanning result. An iterative algorithm of thermal scanning processing is suggested. It allows to detect "target" appeared on the acquired thermogram.
TECHNOLOGY OF DEVELOPMENT OF COMPLEX STRUCTURAL DEPOSIT WITH APPLICATION OF IMPROVED MINING AGGREGATE
Authors:   Mining Institute of the Khabarovsk Federal Research Center of the Far Eastern Branch of the Russian Academy of Science, CHEBAN A.Y.
Published: December 2020

It is proposed to conduct selective extraction of conditioned and substandard ore of an exploded complex structural unit using an improved mining aggregate equipped with a classification grid with rotary grates and a crusher with an adjustable size of the discharge gap, which will allow one of the basic principles of resource saving - not to crush anything superfluous. The proposed technical and technological solution will significantly increase the productivity of mining operations, increase the extraction of mineral raw materials from the developed complex structural unit due to separation from substandard ore enriched with a useful component of ore fines, as well as reduce dusting and reduce the loss of mineral raw materials from blowing and spilling during loading and transportation.
ASSESSMENT OF THE FEATURES OF EXTREME LOW TEMPERATURES OF THE SURFACE AIR LAYER IN THE LAKE SEVAN BASIN (ARMENIA)
Authors:   Yerevan State University, MARGARYAN V.J.
Published: December 2020

The study is aimed to assess the patterns of spatio-temporal distribution of the extreme low temperatures of the Lake Sevan basin, their impact on the surrounding natural landscape landscape. As the source material, observations of daily data on the extremes of the minimum temperatures of the surface air layer at seven meteorological stations of the basin for the entire period (1891-2018). The methods used are mathematical-statistical, extrapolation, analytic, correlation, cartographic. A correlation was obtained between the average annual and annual absolute minimum values, as well as between the annual absolute minimum temperatures and the height of the area above sea level. The obtained relationships can be used to assess the thermal conditions of unexplored or little studied territories. As a result, a map of the spatial distribution of the annual absolute minimum temperatures of the surface air layer in the lake Sevan basin was compiled. Main conclusions. An analysis of the trend lines of temporary changes in the absolute minimum air temperatures shows that, at all weather stations currently operating in the basin, the absolute minimum temperatures tend to increase both monthly and annual...
APPROACHES TO EVALUATING THE QUALITY OF GEOLOGICAL INFORMATION THE EXPLORATION COAL'S DEPOSITS
Authors:   Federal Research Center for Coal and Coal Chemistry, PISARENKO M.V.
Published: December 2020

Using the theory of fuzzy sets and multivariate geometrization of deposits in assessing the effectiveness of a mining project in conditions of uncertainty the geological information accumulated from the results of field exploration and operational exploration, it is possible to quantify the stability of design decisions and risks. If the risk of an adverse event is acceptable (RE <10 %), then the degree of exploration of the field ensures the effective implementation of the project, otherwise, an adjustment of the decisions made or additional exploration is required.
INDUSTRIAL STONES OF THE NORTHERN CAUCASUS (JASPER, CHALCEDONY, AGATE, SILICON)
Authors: Газеев В.М. , Гурбанов А.Г. , Герасимов В.Ю. , Гурбанова О.А.
Published: December 2020

На основании изучения геологических отчетов, публикаций и собственных марш-
рутных исследований установлен перечень популярных поделочных камней, образованных пре-
имущественно минералами кремнезема. Приведено краткое геологическое описание наиболее
типичных проявлений и месторождений яшм, халцедонов, агатов, цветных кремней Северного
Кавказа. Рассмотрен генезис, возраст образования и цветовая палитра камней этого типа.
Определены территории и возрастные разрезы, благоприятные для их поисков.

Based on a study of geological reports, scientifi c publications and our own fi eld investigation, the list
of popular industrial stones which were formed largely by the minerals of silica have been established. A brief
geological description of the most typical manifestations and deposits of jasper, chalcedony, agate, colored cherts
of the North Caucasus is given.
The genesis, age of formation and color palette of stones of this type are considered. The territories and age
sections favorable for their search have been determined.
THE ROLE OF THE CIMMERIANS AND SCYTHIANS IN THE DESTRUCTION OF THE URARTIAN STATE
Authors: Чочиев Г.В.
Published: December 2020

Киммерийцы и скифы, начиная с первой половины VIII в. до н. э., большими
массами мигрировавшие из Северного Причерноморья в Переднюю Азию, сыграли зна-
чительную и неоднозначную роль в судьбе многих народов региона. Весьма интенсив-
ному давлению этих степных конных кочевников подвергалось Урартское царство.
Если борьба с киммерийцами имела для него тяжелые, но преходящие последствия,
то военная активность скифов на рубеже VII–VI вв. до н. э. оказалась фатальной для
урартской государственности. В настоящей статье кратко прослеживаются эта-
пы взаимоотношений между Урарту и кочевниками и приводятся некоторые данные
современной турецкой археологии Восточной Анатолии, свидетельствующие о раз-
рушении скифами основных урартских крепостей в районе оз. Ван.

The Cimmerians and Scythians who, starting from the fi rst half of the VIII century BC, migrated in large numbers
from the Northern Black Sea region to Western Asia, played a signifi cant and controversial role in the fate of many
peoples of the region. The Urartian kingdom was subjected to very intense pressure from these steppe horse nomads. If
the struggle with the Cimmerians had severe but transient consequences for him, then the military activity of the Scythians
at the turn of the VII–VI centuries BC turned out to be fatal for the Urartian statehood. This article briefl y traces the stages
of the relationship between Urartu and the nomads and provides some data from modern Turkish archeology in Eastern
Anatolia, indicating the destruction of the main Urartian fortresses in the area of Lake Van by the Scythians.
«TAZIT COMPLEX»: TO THE PROBLEM OF PUSHKIN REMINISCENCES AMONG THE CORYPHAEUS OF OSSETIAN LITERATURE
Authors: Хугаев И.С.
Published: December 2020

В статье рассматривается идейно-эмоциональная тенденция осе-
тинского Просвещения в части реформирования патриархальной этики и адата
в собственно просветительскую идеологию; обосновывается методологическое
значение понятия «Тазитов комплекс» применительно к психологии первых осе-
тинских литераторов и начальному этапу развития осетинской профессиональ-
ной художественной литературы.

The article examines the ideological and emotional tendency of the Ossetian Enlightenment
in terms of reforming the patriarchal ethics and adat into a properly educational ideology; substantiates
the methodological meaning of the concept of «Tazit complex» in relation to the psychology of the fi rst
Ossetian writers and the initial stage of development of the Ossetian professional fi ction.
Education and COVID-19: Experiences and insights from a developing country
Authors: Marquez Leander Penaso , Olivar Marqz Verone Vergara , Brijuega Chloe Eco , Ombao Rola Palalon , Cerio Wulmar Cerezo , Baes Francisco Deogracias
Published: December 2020

The impact of the pandemic varies from one country to the next, but poor and developing countries are the ones that are most at risk. This risk is compounded when it concerns sectors that are more vulnerable than others. Such is the case of the Philippine education sector. In this essay, we will look into the experiences of the Philippine education sector amidst the COVID-19 onslaught. We will glean insights that can serve as lessons that point to ways we can improve from such experiences. We will discuss how the prevalent issues of inequality, poverty, and reactionary politics have forced Filipino families, especially students, into a position where they are expected to continue pursuing quality education despite the pandemic taking its toll on the economic resources and mental health of families, students, and teachers. We will try to show what steps can be taken for the Philippine education sector to become more prepared, resilient, and effective in crisis contexts.
Tiempos modernos
Authors: Palacios Alberto
Published: December 2020

Se están muriendo los pobres, los viejos y los enfermos crónicos sin necesidad. Me pregunto con ustedes: ¿no es deber del Estado evitarlo, devolver nuestra credulidad en medidas concretas de asistencia y sanidad en lugar de asumirse como contadores del daño?
A INSTITUCIONALIZAÇÃO DA DISCIPLINA: o "primitivo" como objeto da ciência
Authors: Gonçalves Alícia Ferreira
Published: December 2020

O presente ensaio discorre sobre a emergência da antropologia como um campo específico do saber institucionalizado na Europa e Estados Unidos, denominada como a Ciência do Homem. O fio condutor do artigo é o processo de institucionalização da disciplina que institui, inicialmente, os povos colonizados, povos ditos primitivos ou arcaicos como objeto da ciência. A antropologia se constitui no final do século XIX como uma disciplina acadêmica que começa a ser ensinada nas universidades dos três centros difusores, a saber, Inglaterra, Estados Unidos e França. O espectro temporal abrange o final do século XIX e as primeiras três décadas do século XX.
O FEMININO ENQUANTO SIGNO NO IMAGINÁRIO DA CULTURA: ressignificações nos filmes Vida de menina e Que horas ela volta?
Authors: Firmo Denise
Published: December 2020

Este artigo procura investigar incidências da ressignificação do feminino enquanto signo/impressão em criações de imaginários forjados sob óticas de sujeitos femininos. Para tanto, procede-se a partir da metodologia de análise fílmica interpretativa (VANOYE; GOLIOT-LÉTÉ, 1992) dos filmes Vida de menina, de Helena Solberg e Que horas ela volta?, de Anna Muylaert, pré-selecionadas a partir de propostas de ressignificações que incidem a partir das composições narrativas dos imaginários das personagens principais. Desse modo, observa-se que essas possibilidades de ressignificações do feminino enquanto signo colaboram para a elaboração de subjetividades para os significados do feminino. O que permite concluir que é possível desconstruir/reconstruir e/ou reconstituir o feminino enquanto signo no imaginário da cultura e dessa forma interferir nas construções de experiências para os sujeitos femininos nos plano sócio-histórico e cultural.
THE IMAGE OF THE RITUALIST IN THE DOCUMENTS OF THE AUTHORITIES AND DESCRIP-TIONS OF RESEARCHERS OF THE OLD BELIEVERS OF BURYATIA (late 19th – early 20th century)
Authors: Khomyakov Sergey V.
Published: December 2020

For the Old-Rite population of Buryatia, since its appearance in the region, the task of preserving the old Orthodox faith and religious unity – in their opinion, the key to the salvation of the soul and eternal life – became an urgent necessity. In the absence (or status non-recognition) of priests, guides in the faith and intermediaries between the laity and the God, the main ceremonial functions were performed by ritualists chosen by the population and not recognized as clergy by the official Church.

As tasks, the article examines the issue of assessments made by researchers of the 19th – 20th centuries concerning the role of a ritualist in the life of an ordinary Old Believer, which would give the opportunity to better identify its relevance to the community. Also, analyzing the documents of the tsarist and Soviet rule, the article raises the question about the differences between them within the boundaries of permissible control and admissible jurisdiction of ritualists, which will give more information about the different vision of their potential or obvious threats to the events, which certainly was dictated by a particular policy. Hence, the aim of this work is to analyze the image of a ritualist in the studies of the Russian Orthodox Church missionaries and scientists of the late 19th – early 20th centuries, as well as in the documents of the authorities, which will enable to better understand the relationship of his status with the integrity of the community specifics and its protection from external influence. The object of the study is the status of a ritualist in the Old Believer villages of Buryatia; the subject is assessments of its activities by scientists and government agencies.

As the main conclusions, it is possible to say that, taking into account the authority and significance in the settlements, the ritualists’ field of activity was much wider than the practice of worship and interpretation of the Holy books. The ritualists had a fundamental influence on the daily life of a person, in the absence of an alternative opinion, they imposed their own one in matters of medicine, as well as education and moral education of young people. It is not surprising that they were the subject of special interest of researchers who visited the villages of Old Believers of Buryatia at the turn of 19th – 20th centuries and saw ritualists as the main custodians of not only religious but cultural identity of the Old Believers as well. For the same reason, they attracted negative attention of the official authorities, who wanted to weaken their authority (the tsarist government justified this by returning schismatics to the bosom of the Orthodox Church, the revolutionary government – by the need to build a unified Soviet society).
HISTORY OF THE ANCIENT CHUVASH VILLAGE SLAKBASH
Authors: Ivanov Vitaly P. , Safin Mudaris Kh.
Published: December 2020

Based on a wide range of archival sources and local history information, the article is the first to explore the under-investigated controversial issues of the origin of a famous Chuvash village Slakbash in Bashkiria – the birthplace of brilliant Chuvash poets Konstantin Ivanov and Yakov Ukhsay. Special attention is paid to the features of the Chuvash peasants’ migration to the Bashkir region in the 18th–19th centuries, the history of their founding the village of Belebeyevo, which became the uyezd town of Belebey in 1718. The article considers several versions of the origin of Slakbash, some of them are evaluated by the authors as scientifically unsound. Based on newly identified historical data, the authors found that the population of Slakbash was made up of people from the village of Belebeevo, as well as immigrants from more than ten Chuvash villages of the modern Chuvash Republic. The article deals with the origins of the family of K.V. Ivanov and Ya.G. Ukhsay, who were second cousins and descendants of one ancestor – Anton Danilov, a native of the village of Baigildino in the present Kanash region of the Chuvash Republic. There he was taken into account during the II revision (1745), and the III revision (1763) recorded him already in Bashkiria – in the village of Belebeevo, in 1781 he was recorded among the first settlers of Slakbash. In conclusion, the article provides information about the socio-cultural characteristics of Slakbash in the late 19th – early 20th centuries.
PENGARUH PENDIDIKAN DAN PELATIHAN TERHADAP PRESTASI KERJA KARYAWAN DI PT.TELEKOMUNIKASI INDONESIA (TELKOM) REGIONAL VII GORONTALO
Authors: Putri Nadila Septiani , Mendo Andi Yusniar , Bokingo Agus Hakri
Published: December 2020

This study aims to determine how much influence Education and Training on Employee Performance at PT. Indonesian Telecommunications (Telkom) Regional VII Gorontalo. The sample in this study were 67 people. Then the data analysis uses simple linear regression with the help of SPSS version 22. The results of the study show that the coefficient of determination R2 is 0.406. This value means that 40.6% of Work Achievement at PT. Telekomunikasi Indonesia (Telkom) Gorontalo Regional VII is influenced by the Education and Training program conducted by the company. The influence of other variables on employee performance is 59.4%. Keywords: Education and Training, employee work performance.