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ELIADE ET L’EXEMPLARITÉ DE KIERKEGAARD DANS "GAUDEAMUS"
Authors: HATEM Nicole
Published: March 2021

Eliade and the Exemplarity of Kierkegaard in Gaudeamus. Eliade's relationship with Kierkegaard began in his youth and has been the subject of serious studies. Those studies analyzed and interpreted passages, which were few in number, in which an explicit reference to the Danish thinker appeared in the scholarly production of the Romanian writer in both his Memoirs and Journals. Kierkegaard's underground influence on Eliade's literary work remained to be studied. In our article, we were interested in the strongly autobiographical novel, written in 1928, Gaudeamus, in which alongside an explicit reference to the Danish thinker, were important elements (in terms of structure, characters, thematic, symbolism, etc.) of the aesthetic writings of Kierkegaard that Eliade had discovered shortly before, notably The Seducer’s Diary and In vino veritas. Our interest focused on the reiteration in both the Kierkegaardian and Eliadian works of the myths of Pygmalion and the Eternal Feminine. It thus appeared to us that it was not only, at times of great existential choices, as he himself asserts, that the example of Kierkegaard was decisive, for Eliade, but also on the literary level.
REZUMAT. Eliade și exemplaritatea lui Kierkegaard în Gaudeamus. Raportarea lui Eliade la Kierkegaard a început în tinerețea sa și a făcut obiectul unor studii serioase. Acestea au analizat și interpretat pasajele, nu foarte numeroase, unde apărea o referință explicită la gânditorul danez în producția savantă a scriitorului român, în memoriile și jurnalele sale. Mai rămăsese de studiat influența subterană a lui Kierkegaard asupra operei literare a lui Eliade. În acest articol ne focalizăm pe romanul autobiografic scris in 1928, Gaudeamus, unde, alături de o referință explicită la gânditorul danez, se regăsesc elemente importante (la nivelul structurii, personajelor, tematicii, simbolicii etc.) din scrierile estetice ale lui Kierkegaard pe care Eliade le-a descoperit cu puțin timp înainte, în special Jurnalul seducătorului și In vino veritas. Interesul nostru s-a focalizat pe reluarea miturilor lui Pygmalion și a eternului feminin în cele două opere kierkegaardiene si eliadiene. Ni se pare că exemplul lui Kirkegaard a fost determinant, nu numai în momentele marilor alegeri existențiale, cum o spune Eliade însuși, ci și pe plan literar.
Cuvinte cheie: Mircea Eliade, Gaudeamus, Kierkegaard, Jurnalul seducătorului, Pygmalion
L’ÉCRITURE DE L’ITALIE CHEZ DOMINIQUE FERNANDEZ : SACRALISATION D’UN ESPACE PROFANE
Authors: DEROUICHE Maroua
Published: March 2021

Italy in the Writings of Dominique Fernandez: The Sacralization of a Profane Space. For Dominique Fernandez, writing about Italy is associated with a quest for original androgyny. The Italian space supports a return to a primitive existence. Synonymous with freedom and sexual undifferentiation, it allows us to find prelapsarian paradise, where the boundaries between the sexes did not exist. Mircea Eliade’s works follow the same logic. Indeed, the author studies the nostalgia for the origins which incites man to discover the mythical primordial era sanctified by the gods. Hence, this article blends the historical-religious endeavor with the literary approach which, though unable to go back in time, keeps repeating it indefinitely, thanks to the demiurgic power of the writer.
REZUMAT. Italia în scrierile lui Dominique Fernandez: sacralizarea unui spațiu profan. În scrierile lui Dominique Fernandez, Italia este indisociabilă de căutarea androginiei originare. Spațiul italian favorizează, după el, întoarcerea la starea primitivă a existenței. Sinonim al libertății și al nediferențierii sexuale, el permite regăsirea paradisului pierdut dinaintea căderii în păcat, în care limitele între sexe nu există încă. Operele lui Mircea Eliade se înscriu în această logică. Scriitorul studiază « nostalgia originilor » care hrănește, la ființa umană, aspirația de a regăsi timpul mitic și primordial sacralizat de zei. Acest articol împletește un demers istorico-religios cu unul literar, care din cauză că nu poate reveni în timp, încearcă la infinit să-l repete grație puterii demiurgice a scriitorului.
Cuvinte-cheie: Italia, spațiu sacru, spațiu profan, paradis pierdut, scriitură
MIRCEA ELIADE ET L’HERMÉNEUTIQUE PSYCHO-HISTORIQUE
Authors: BRAGA Corin
Published: March 2021

Mircea Eliade and Psycho-Historical Methodology. Starting from Thomas Kuhn’s seminal work on scientific paradigms, the venerable concept of Weltanschauung (world-vision) can be upgraded in order to reach a psycho-historical understanding of cultural evolutions. In this paper I intend to adapt to contemporary cultural hermeneutics a schema proposed by Nietzsche and developed by Freudian and Jungian psychoanalysis. In this model, the relations between the individual consciousness and the unconscious offer the blueprint for describing the dynamics of the collective psyche. The model states that, when a culture (religion, etc.) has been overruled by a new dominant culture (religion), it remains active by way of survivals and reminiscences (Aby Warburg, Walter Benjamin) and eventually, after a period of persecution and censorship, it will re-emerge in a new form, transformed by the general principles of the dominant culture but nevertheless contesting and challenging it. I will attempt to show that such a psychohistorical dialectic has occurred six successive times in the history of European civilization.
REZUMAT. Mircea Eliade și hermeneutica psiho-istorică. Studiul esențial al lui Thomas Kuhn asupra paradigmelor științifice a permis aducerea la zi a mai vechiului concept de Weltanschauung (viziune asupra lumii) în analiza evoluțiilor culturale. În această lucrare îmi propun să adaptez la hermeneuticile culturale contemporane un alt model, propus de către Nietzsche și amplificat de către psihanaliza freudiană și jungiană. Este vorba de un model psiho-istoric care presupune că relațiile dintre conștiința și inconștientul colectiv urmăresc aceleași mecanisme precum cele din psihismul individual. Schema presupune că o cultură (sau o religie) care a fost dislocată de o altă cultură (religie) va sfârși prin a reveni la suprafață, după o perioadă de cenzură, de persecuție și de marginalizare, sub o formă nouă, adaptată criteriilor culturii dominante. Voi încerca să demonstrez că asemenea re-emergențe psiho-istorice au avut loc, de-a lungul civilizației europene, în șase mari perioade istorice.
Cuvinte-cheie: psiho-istorie, Mircea Eliade, cultură reemergentă, civilizația europeană, istoria religiilor
LIEUX CLOS ET PAYSAGES DANS LE THÉÂTRE DE IONESCO : MÉMOIRES, RÊVES ET ÉVASIONS
Authors: FIRMO Catarina
Published: March 2021

Enclosed Spaces and Landscapes in Ionesco’s Plays: Memories, Dreams and Escapes. In this study we aim to highlight the different stage spaces that are evoked by the memory of Ionesco’s characters. In Ionesco’s theatre, stage spaces representing ascent, escape, isolation and the abyss convey different symbols of time. We are interested in the theatrical dynamics of the alternation between the inside and the outside of stage spaces, as well as in their impact on the construction of memory.
REZUMAT. Spații închise și peisaje în teatrul lui Ionesco: amintiri, vise și evadări. Studiul abordează diferitele spații scenice pe care le convoacă memoria personajelor lui Eugen Ionesco. În teatrul său, locurile scenice reprezentând ascensiunea, evadarea, claustrarea și abisul traduc diferite simboluri ale timpului. Prin urmare, vom investiga dinamica teatrală a acestei alternanțe dintre interiorul și exteriorul spațiului scenic precum și rolul său în construirea memoriei.
Cuvinte-cheie: Ionesco, memorie, evadare, peisaje, spațiu scenic
LA FORMATION EN TRADUCTION LITTÉRAIRE : TENDANCES DÉFORMANTES ET DÉPASSEMENT DU SENTIMENT D’INFÉRIORITÉ CHEZ L’APPRENTI-TRADUCTEUR
Authors: EIBEN Ileana Neli
Published: March 2021

The Teaching and Learning of Literary Translation: Distorting Tendencies and Inferiority Feelings in Apprentice Translators. Through an interdisciplinary approach that borrows elements from the political sciences, psychology and translation studies, this article aims to analyze the literary translator in order to better understand his condition and his future. Based on the notion of "authority" as it is used by Hannah Arendt (1972), we aim to describe the author/translator relationship, the author holding a privileged position, recognized and accepted from the start by the translator who inevitably has a secondary role. We will show that this "authoritarian relationship" creates a feeling of inferiority for the apprentice translator (Adler) which can be manifested in two different ways: he can either consider himself insufficient and be overwhelmed by the feeling of inferiority or seek to compensate this feeling by the tendency to show off. In the first case, he risks falling into the trap of word-for-word translation, while in the second case he will not hesitate to do more than is expected of him, to infiltrate the text and distort it. Thanks to the appropriate guidance from the teacher, he will learn to manage his (un)certainties and to acquire translation skills that allow him to be both free and dutiful in his work, the two major assets of a good translator.
REZUMAT. Predarea și învățarea traducerii literare : tendințe deformante și depășirea sentimentului de inferioritate la traducătorul începător. Printr-o abordare interdisciplinară, împrumutând elemente din domeniul științelor politice, al psihologiei și al traductologiei, în cadrul acestui articol ne propunem să pornim în căutarea traducătorului literar pentru a-i înțelege mai bine parcursul. În lumina noțiunii de „autoritate”, așa cum apare aceasta la Hannah Arendt (1972), vom aborda relația autor/traducător începător, autorul ocupând o poziție privilegiată, recunoscută și acceptată de la început de traducător, care inevitabil ocupă un loc secundar. Vom arăta că această „relație autoritară” îi creează traducătorului începător un sentiment de inferioritate (Adler) care se poate manifesta în două moduri diferite: traducătorul fie se poate considera lipsit de importanță, lăsându-se copleșit de sentimentul de inferioritate, fie va căuta să compenseze acest sentiment prin tendința de a ieși în evidență. În prima situație, riscă să cadă în capcana fidelității față de cuvinte, iar în cea de-a doua, va face mai mult decât este necesar, intervenind în text și modificându-l. Cu ajutorul îndrumărilor pertinente din partea profesorului, el va învăța să-și gestioneze (in)certitudinile și să dobândească o competență de traducere care să-i permită să fie și liber și conformist în activitatea sa, acestea fiind cele două atuuri ale unui bun traducător (literar).
Cuvinte-cheie: autoritate, sentiment de inferioritate, traducător începător, autor, original, traducere literară
Coefficient Bounds for a New Subclasses of Bi-Univalent Functions Associated with Horadam Polynomials
Authors: Al-Ziadi Najah Ali Jiben
Published: March 2021

\In this work we present and investigate three new subclasses of  the function class  of bi-univalent functions in the open unit disk  defined by means of the Horadam polynomials. Furthermore, for functions in each of the subclasses introduced here, we obtain upper bounds for the initial coefficients  and . Also, we debate Fekete-Szegӧ inequality for functions belongs to these subclasses.
STRATEGIC RESPONSE CAPABILITY AND FIRM COMPETITIVENESS: HOW OMOLUABI LEADERSHIP MAKES A DIFFERENCE
Authors:   Lead City University, Ibadan, Oyo State, Nigeria, Onamusi Abiodun Babatunde
Published: March 2021

This study assessed the effect of strategic response capability on firm competitiveness of selected paint manufacturers in Lagos State, Nigeria, more so, it ascertained the moderating effect of Omoluabi leadership on the interaction between strategic response capability and firm competitiveness. The study adopted a cross-sectional survey design and a sample of 343 employees of eighteen selected paint manufacturers in Lagos State, Nigeria. A hierarchical regression analysis to test three-way interaction hypotheses was conducted. The results showed that strategic response capability had a positive and significant effect on firm competitiveness (R2 = 0.46.3, F (1,341) 294.165, p= .000). Further analysis showed that the interaction term of strategic response capability and Omoluabi leadership explained the increase in firms’ competitiveness (ΔR2 =0.039, p=0.000) with the introduction of Omoluabi leadership as a moderator. The study through its findings established that strategic response capability enhances firm competitiveness through the deployment of Omoluabi leadership. Hence, this study recommends that firms should strengthen their strategic response capability and encourages leadership to imbibe the philosophy of Omoluabi leadership this is because such a leadership attribute potentially improves firm competitiveness.
The methodological approach to evaluating the socio-economic effectiveness of the elderly people's involvement into the regional society
Authors: PAVLOVA Irina A. , NEDOSPASOVA Ol'ga P.
Published: March 2021

Subject. The article investigates the socio-economic effectiveness of way the elderly people get involved into the regional society, illustrating labor activity indicators of the Russian regions. Objectives. We conceptualize, develop and test the methodological approach to evaluating the socio-economic effectiveness of the elderly people’s involvement into the regional society from perspectives of an individual, employers, society. Methods. We applied methods of logic and comparative analysis, systems approach, methods of statistical analysis for microdata on the comprehensive observation of the people’s living conditions (Russian State Statistics Service) and data on the elderly generation’s employment in the Russian regions. Results. We sorted trajectories the elderly people get involved into the regional society in terms of resource potential. The article sets forth the methodological approach to study trajectories of the elderly people’s involvement into the regional society. We proves the need, possibility and promising nature of the proposed approach to evaluating the socio-economic effectiveness of trajectories of the elderly people’s involvement into the regional society from perspectives of an individual, employers and the society. Conclusions and Relevance. Viewing the transition from the active employment to the retirement and analyzing citizens of the?pre?retirement age, The proposed methodological approach opens new opportunities for research, helps surpass formal limits of the retirement age when studying the phenomenon.
Effect of Straw Throwing Method and Some Operational Parameters on the Performance of a Small Rectangular Baler
Authors: Hussein Affan O.
Published: March 2021

The experiment was carried out on a private farm in Karak village in 2017 to study the effects of the method of throwing the straw behind the combine harvester and some operational factors on the performance of a small rectangular baler. The field was planted with wheat (Triticum spp.) and barley (Hordeum vulgare). A small rectangular baler type (Ćicoria 454), Italian made was used to pick up and bale the straws, which were thrown as heaps and windrows in the field. The results obtained showed that picking up the straw as windrows improved the baler’s performance over the heaps in terms of number of mechanical units stops, time require for baling, fuel consumption, baler’s throughput capacity, and baler’s throughput efficiency, on the other hand, the forward speed also affected the baler’s performance when the straw was thrown as windrows; By increasing the forward speed, the slippage percentage increased but the fuel consumption, baler’s throughput efficiency, and baler’s throughput capacity decreased.
Effects of Dam Gate Geometry on Pressure Variation Aided by Map Presentation
Authors: Ameen Sheeraz M. , Ahmed Thamir M.
Published: March 2021

The dam vertical lift gate is one of the most important operational parts that regulate the high head water flow to power plants as well as satisfying the water needs for projects and areas downstream of the dam. Due to the high water levels in the dam reservoir, the gates are subjected to many hydrostatic and dynamic pressures that affect their performance and stability. Hence, it became necessary to study all parameters that may cause excessive pressures which may lead to reduce the gate performance efficiency or even cause failure. In the current study, the pressure distribution along the bottom surface of various gate lip shapes has been measured and presented as contour maps using Surfer software. The pressure fluctuation was observed to indicate the intensity of flow separation and reattachment which, in turn, causes a vibration that may threaten the stability of the gate or impede its proper functioning. The pressures in this study are expressed as a dimensional coefficient through the integration of pressure measurements at 8 points distributed over the bottom gate surface. The high intensity of pressure attachment indicates the critical condition for hydraulic design.
Root Dentine Strain Generation during Root Canal Instrumentation with Rotation and Reciprocation Motions
Authors: Hama faraj Bnar O. , Salman Raid F.
Published: March 2021

The aim of the study is to measure and compare strain generated on root dentine surface by two different instrumentation motions. Thirty extracted single canal premolars were used in this study which randomly was divided into two groups, one group was prepared with ProTaper NEXT X2 file in rotation motion, and the second group was prepared by WaveOne GOLD primary file in reciprocation motion, the canals were irrigated during canal preparation by 2 ml of sodium hypochlorite and 17% EDTA gel was used. Strain measurement was performed by strain gauges and a digital strain output reader, data were recorded every 5 s for 50 s. The results of this study have shown that WaveOne GOLD had higher mean 0.7308±0.41106 than ProTaper next 0.5385±0.39904 which means WaveOne GOLD generates greater strain than ProTaper NEXT. However, according to Student’s t-test between two groups there is no statistical difference between them. Based on the results of this study, there was no difference between the two motions; both motions generated strain on root dentine surface.
PENGATURAN TINGKAT KADUNGAN DALAM NEGERI (TKDN) ATAU LOCAL CONTENT REQUIREMENTS DI INDONESIA
Authors: Giovannus Davin
Published: March 2021

Perdagangan internasional merupakan salah satu bagian dari kegiatan ekonomi atau kegiatan bisnis nasional yang terus mengalami perkembangan. Diketahui bahwa salah satu kegiatan dalam perdagangan internasional adalah ekspor dan juga impor. Banyaknya pengaturan mengenai Tingkat Kadungan Dalam Negeri di Indonesia yang di nilai bertentangan dengan aturan yang disepakati oleh perjanjian internasional akan berpengaruh buruk jika berlangsung dalam jangka panjang. Berdasarkan hasil penelitian, disimpulkan bahwa ketentuan Indonesia memenuhi semua elemen yang tertera dalam Perjanjian GATT namun tidak memungkiri bahwa ketentuan Indonesia banyak yang menyalahi perjanjian internasional lainnya
ELASTISITAS PEMBAYARAN PAJAK DALAM KONDISI FORCE MAJEURE
Authors: Erwiningsih Winahyu
Published: March 2021

Penelitian ini bertujuan merumuskan tentang kewajiban pembayaran pajak ditengah kondisi pandemi global COVID-19. Berkaitan dengan ditetapkannya wabah COVID-19 ini sebagai kondisi kahar atau force majeure dengan dikeluarkannya aturan Keputusan Presiden (Keppres) No.12 Tahun 2020 tentang Penetapan Bencana Non-Alam Penyebaran Penyakit Virus Corona 2019 (COVID-19) sebagai dasar hukum force majeure. Penelitian ini merupakan penelitian hukum normatif dengan pendekatan diundang-undangan (statute approach). Penelitian menyimpulkan bahwa virus wabah COVID-19 ini tidak bisa dijadikan dasar untuk masyarakat tidak membayarkan pajak karena bersifat force majeure relatif.
Clinical anatomy and physiology of the organ of vision
Authors:   The Cheboksary Branch of the S.Fyodorov Eye Microsurgery Federal State Institution of Russian Health Ministry, Pashtaev N.P. , Andreev A.N. ,   Chuvash State University named after I.N. Ulyanov
Published: March 2021

В учебном пособии представлены разделы, объединяющие предмет анатомии с другими фундаментальными дисциплинами, такими как гистология, физиология, биохимия. Приводится микроскопическое строение структур и объясняются их функциональные особенности. Для лучшего освоения анатомии и физиологии органа зрения используется большое количество цветного иллюстрированного материала и данные исследования живого глаза с помощью современных методов визуализации, таких как конфоскальная прижизненная томография, ультразвуковая биометрия, флюоресцентная ангиография и др.
Qubit utilizing charge-number state in super conducting nanostructure
Authors: Tsai J.S. , Nakamura Y. , Pashkin YU.
Published: March 2021

In single-Cooper-pair box, the number of electrons in the box is quantized and they form a single macroscopic quantum charge-number state, corresponding to the number of excess electrons in the box. By making all the electrodes superconducting, we can couple two neighboring charge-number states coherently. In this way one can create an artificial two-level system. Qubit operations were demonstrated in two different control techniques, dc electric-field gate bias and ac field bias. The dc method was unique compared with the commonly used Rabi-oscillation-type operation. Here the system was biased at the degenerate point of the two states so that the dynamical phase does not develop during the operation. This was the first time that the quantum coherent oscillation was observed in a solid-state device whose quantum states involved a macroscopic number of quantum particles. Multiple-pulse experiments were also carried out and phase control was also demonstrated.
Quantum networks based on cavity QED
Authors: Mabuchi H. , Armen M. , Lev B. , Loncar M. , Vuckovic J. , Kimble H.J. , Preskill J. , Roukes M. , Scherer A. , van Enk S.J.
Published: March 2021

We review an ongoing program of interdisciplinary research aimed at developing hardware and protocols for quantum communication networks. Our primary experimental goals are to demonstrate quantum state mapping from storage/processing media (internal states of trapped atoms) to transmission media (optical photons), and to investigate a nanotechnology paradigm for cavity QED that would involve the integration of magnetic microtraps with photonic bandgap structures.
Quantum control and information processing in optical lattices
Authors: Jessen P.S. , Haycock D.L. , Klose G. , Smith G.A. , Deutsch I.H. , Brennen G.K.
Published: March 2021

Neutral atoms offer a promising platform for single- and many-body quantum control, as required for quantum information processing. This includes excellent isolation from the decohering influence of the environment, and the existence of well developed techniques for atom trapping and coherent manipulation. We present a review of our work to implement quantum control and measurement for ultra-cold atoms in far-off-resonance optical lattice traps. In recent experiments we have demonstrated coherent behavior of mesoscopic atomic spinor wavepackets in optical double-well potentials, and carried out quantum state tomography to reconstruct the full density matrix for the atomic spin degrees of freedom. This model system shares a number of important features with proposals to implement quantum logic and quantum computing in optical lattices. We present a theoretical analysis of a protocol for universal quantum logic via single qubit operations and an entangling gate based on electric dipole-dipole interactions. Detailed calculations including the full atomic hyperfine structure suggests that high-fidelity quantum gates are possible under realistic experimental conditions.
Solid-state crystal lattice NMR quantum computation
Authors: Ladd Thaddeus D. , Yamamoto Yoshihisa , Goldman J.R. , Yamaguchi Fumiko
Published: March 2021

Key words: NMR quantum computation
Quantum computation using electrons trapped by surface acoustic waves
Authors: Barnes C.H.W. , Shilton J.M. , Robinson A.M.
Published: March 2021

We outline a set of ideas for implementing a quantum processor based on technology used in surface acoustic wave (SAW) single-electron transport devices. These devices allow single electrons to be captured from a two-dimensional electron gas by a SAW. We discuss how these devices can be adapted to capture electrons in pure spin states and how both single and two-qubit gates can be constructed. We give designs for readout gates and discuss possible sources of error and decoherence.
Universal simulation of Hamiltonians using a finite set of control operations
Authors: Wocjan P. , Rotteler M. , Janzing D. , Beth T.
Published: March 2021

Any quantum system with a non-trivial Hamiltonian is able to simulate any other Hamiltonian evolution provided that a sufficiently large group of unitary control operations is available. We show that there exist finite groups with this property and present a sufficient condition in terms of group characters. We give examples of such groups in dimension 2 and 3. Furthermore, we show that it is possible to simulate an arbitrary bipartite interaction by a given one using such groups acting locally on the subsystems.
NMR quantum information processing and entanglement
Authors: Laflamme R. , Cory D. , Negrevergne C. , Viola L.
Published: March 2021

In this essay we discuss the issue of quantum information and recent nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) experiments. We explain why these experiments should be regarded as quantum information processing (QIP) despite the fact that, in present liquid state NMR experiments, no entanglement is found. We comment on how these experiments contribute to the future of QIP and include a brief discussion on the origin of the power of quantum computers.
On “Introduction to Quantum Computation and Information” edited by Hoi-Kwong Lo, Sandu Popescu, and Tim Spiller
Authors: Gottesman D.
Published: March 2021

Book Review
Statistical Treatment of Activity and Durability of Electrocatalysts with Distributed Binding Energies
Authors: Huang Jun
Published: March 2021

We present a statistical treatment of the catalytic activity and durability of nonhomogeneous electrocatalysts that possess distributed binding energies of reaction intermediates. The treatment is simple, generic, and amenable to analytical solutions. It is revealed that the highest overall catalytic activity is obtained with a suitable level of nonhomogeneity that is commensurate with the average property. The evolution of the binding energy distribution is described by the Fokker-Planck theory. Exponential decay of the catalytic activity is predicted theoretically and confirmed experimentally. The exponential decay shows one- or two stages, depending on the initial distribution properties. The present work represents a step toward closing the gap between ideal and practical electrocatalysts using statistical considerations.
Abnormal Effect of Phase Transition on Thermal Transport in Soft Porous Crystals
Authors: Ying Penghua , Zhang Jin , Zhong Zheng
Published: March 2021

Soft porous crystals (SPCs) can undergo large-amplitude phase transitions under external stimulus such as mechanical pressure, gas adsorption, and temperature while retaining their structural integrity. During the gas adsorption process, the generated latent heat is needed to be effectively removed. Thus, understanding the effect of phase transition on the thermal transport in SPCs becomes extremely important for their applications in storage and separation applications. In this paper, taking isorecticular DUT series as an example, the evolution of the thermal transport in SPCs during the phase transition from the large pore (lp) phase to the narrow pore (np) phase is comprehensively investigated by molecular dynamics (MD) simulations together with the Green-Kubo method. After the phase transition, an abnormal thermal transport property is found in the np phase of DUT materials. We find that although the transformed np phase of DUT-48 has a density much larger than its parent phase, the thermal conductivity of its np phase is smaller than its lp phase. This result is in contrast to the previous finding that SPCs with larger density possess a larger thermal conductivity. However, as for other DUT crystals including DUT-47, DUT-49, DUT-50, and DUT-151, the np phase is found to have a higher thermal conductivity than their lp phase counterpart, which is in accordance with the previous finding. This complicated effect of phase transition on thermal transport in SPCs can be explained by the porosity-dominated competition mechanism between the increased volumetric heat capacity and the aggravated phonon scattering during the phase transition process. Overall, the finding extracted from the present study can greatly expand current knowledge about the thermal conductivity of metal-organic frameworks that is previously found to grow usually with increasing porosity.
NP Navigator: a New Look at the Natural Product Chemical Space
Authors: Zabolotna Yuliana , Ertl Peter , Horvath Dragos , Bonachera Fanny , Marcou Gilles , Varnek Alexandre
Published: March 2021

NP Navigator – a freely available intuitive online tool for visualization and navigation through the chemical space of NPs and NP-like molecules. It is based on the hierarchical ensemble of generative topographic maps, featuring NPs from the COlleCtion of Open NatUral producTs (COCONUT), bioactive compounds from ChEMBL and commercially available molecules from ZINC. NP Navigator allows to efficiently analyze different aspects of NPs - chemotype distribution, physicochemical properties, biological activity and commercial availability of NPs. The latter concerns not only purchasable NPs but also their close analogs that can be considered as synthetic mimetics of NPs or pseudo-NPs.
Amine-Catalysed Suzuki–Miyaura-Type Coupling? the Identification and Isolation of the Palladium Culprits.
Authors: Avanthay Mickaël , Bedford Robin , Begg Callum , Böse Dietrich , Clayden Jonathan , Davis Sean , Eloi Jean-Charles , Goryunov Georgy P. , Hartung Ingo V. , Heeley Joseph , Khaikin Kirill A. , Kitching Matthew , Krieger Johannes , Kulyabin Pavel S. , Lennox Alastair , Nolla-Saltiel Roberto , Pridmore Natalie E. , Rowsell Benjamin J. S. , Sparkes Hazel A. , Uborsky Dmitry V. , Voskoboynikov Alexander Z. , Walsh Mark , Wilkinson Harry J.
Published: March 2021

A recent report in Nature Catalysis detailed the potentially paradigm-shifting organocatalysis of Suzuki cross-coupling of aryl halides with aryl boronic acids, catalysed by simple amine species. We have conducted a reinvestigation of key claims in this paper across multiple academic and industrial laboratories that shows that the observed catalytic activity cannot be due to the amine, but rather is due to tricyclohexylphosphine palladium complexes that are readily entrained during the purification of the amine.
Pattern Regulation of DNA Hydrogels Formed by Lateral Phase Separation of DNA Nanostructures on Water-in-Oil Droplet Interfaces
Authors: Sato Yusuke , Takinoue Masahiro
Published: March 2021

Phase separation is a key phenomenon in artificial cell construction. Recent studies have shown that the liquid-liquid phase separation of designed-DNA nanostructures induces the formation of liquid-like condensates that eventually become hydrogels by lowering the solution temperature. As a compartmental capsule is an essential artificial cell structure, many studies have focused on the lateral phase separation of artificial lipid vesicles. However, controlling phase separation using a molecular design approach remains challenging. Here, we present the lateral liquid-liquid phase separation of DNA nanostructures that leads to the formation of phase-separated capsule-like hydrogels. We designed three types of DNA nanostructures (two orthogonal and a linker nanostructure) that were adsorbed onto an interface of water-in-oil droplets via electrostatic interactions. The phase separation of DNA nanostructures led to the formation of hydrogels of bicontinuous, patch, and mix patterns, due to the immiscibility of liquid-like DNA during the self-assembly process. The frequency of appearance of these patterns was regulated by designing DNA sequences and altering the mixing ratio of the nanostructures. We constructed a phase diagram for the capsule-like DNA hydrogels by investigating pattern formation under various conditions. Our results provide a method for the design and control of phase-separated hydrogel capsules using sequence-designed DNAs. We envision that by incorporating various DNA nanodevices into DNA hydrogel capsules, the capsules will gain molecular sensing, chemical-information processing, and mechano-chemical actuating functions, allowing the construction of functional molecular systems.
On the Activation of PhICl2 with Pyridine
Authors: Poynder Tiffany , Orue Analia , _ Tania , Sharp-Bucknall Lachlan , Flynn Matthew , Wilson David J. D. , Athukoroala Kasun , Clegg Jack K. , Dutton Jason
Published: March 2021

It has been previously proposed that pyridines can activate PhICl2 by displacing a chloride and forming the [PhI(Pyr)(Cl)]+ cation as a reactive intermediate. Here we show that pyridine does not displace chloride, but rather forms a weak complex with the iodine via halogen bonding along the C-I bond axis. This interaction is investigated by NMR, structural, charge density and theoretical investigations, which all indicate the pyridine does not activate PhICl2 as proposed.
FLOOD EVENTS AS GEOMORPHIC THRESHOLDS FOR CHANNEL BED LEVEL CHANGE
Authors:   “Al.I.Cuza” University of Iaşi, Faculty of Geography and Geology, Department of Geography, Carol I Bd, no 20A,Iaşi, 700505-RO, Romania, DUMITRIU Dan
Published: March 2021

Channel bed levels are highly dynamic in time and across space, constantly adjusting under the influence of natural and anthropogenic controls. The aim of this study was to assess the role of flood events recorded between 1994 and 2018 in the bed elevation changes documented on the major tributaries of Trotuș River (Eastern Carpathians). To this purpose, the data from fifteen gauging stations was used, based on which the evolution trends of channel bed levels were determined for the investigated channel reaches. The role of geomorphic threshold was assigned to stream power. The daily maximum and total values of this parameter were used to explain the bed elevation shifts. The average channel bed deepening rate was 2.2 cm/yr. Depending on the variation trend of channel bed levels, three evolution patterns could be distinguished in relation to the reference year: (i) a category where channel degradation was nearly continuous; (ii) another one where initial aggradation of the channel bed occurred, ensued by continuous degradation, without reverting to the initial state, and (iii) a group with oscillating aggradation-degradation evolution resulting in the eventual recovery of the initial state. The recovery time for changes triggered by major flood events ranged between one and nearly 10 years, whereas in the case of shifts generated by high frequency, low magnitude events, the recovery time was maximum one year. Over short term flood events drive the direction and intensity of channel bed elevation adjustments.
STRUCTURAL CHARACTERIZATION OF A BENTONITE DEPOSIT FROM THE EASTERN IRAN; COMPARISON WITH TWO REFERENCE BENTONITES
Authors:   Department of Chemistry, Dezful Branch, Islamic Azad University, Dezful, Iran, DOLATI Samira , KALANI Mohsen
Published: March 2021

Mineralogically, bentonites are dominated by smectites and due to characteristic textural and physicochemical properties of smectites (e.g. very small particle sizes, high cation exchange capacity) are of a great use in industrial applications. In this study, a bentonite sample was characterized with regard to the particle size distribution, mineralogical composition and cation exchange capacity in comparison with the data for the two internationally well-known bentonites representative for Na- and Ca-bentonites: the Mx-80 bentonite of Wyoming, USA and that of Milos, Greece, respectively. Results show a high fraction of fine-grained particles, which demonstrates high yield of purified clay. Mineralogically, the studied bentonite comprises mainly smectites and expandable illite-smectite mixed layer clay minerals. Main accessory minerals are calcite, silica polymorphs and zeolites. The specific surface area and cation exchange capacity values are 330.3 (m2g-1) and 42.2 (meq/100 g), respectively. It is concluded that the mineralogical, textural and the measured physicochemical properties of the studied bentonite is applicable to the applications in oil industry and its related environment maintenance related issues.
Self‐Management Recommendations for Sickle Cell Disease: A Content Analysis of Websites
Authors: Andrews Druye A , Robinson Brian , Nelson Katherine
Published: March 2021

This paper reports on the findings of a study designed to establish website-based self-management recommendations for sickle cell disease. Google and Yahoo search engines were used to search the World-Wide-Web. Purposive sampling was utilized to select 28 websites that met the inclusion criteria. Data were manually collected from health education materials and subjected to qualitative content analysis. Self-management was conceptualized as actions involving preventive health, self-monitoring, self-diagnosing, and self-treatment. The results show that the websites recommend more self-management actions for preventive health and self-treatment than for self-monitoring and self-diagnosis. Frequent oral fluid intake, limitation of overactivity, eating a healthy diet, avoiding extreme temperatures, and infections were the commonest preventive health recommendations. Daily pain monitoring and general bodily inspections were the most frequent self-monitoring recommendations. Commonly cited self-diagnostic indicators were fever, persistent pain, enlarged spleen, and leg ulcers. The use of analgesics and non-pharmacological measures were regularly cited for self-treatment. Most recommendations were assessed as clinically safe as they align with standards for sickle cell management. Nurses and other professionals should teach patients how to assess the credibility of websites. This article is protected by copyright. All rights reserved.
WE DISCUSS THE ARTICLE «SOME FEATURES OF THE BREED-FORMING PROCESS IN MODERN DOMESTIC SHEEP BREEDING № [1]
Authors:   Kalmyk State University, NEGOVORA V.F. , NAKAZNOY K.P.
Published: March 2021

A positive assessment is given to the issues considered in the article by A.I. Erokhin [1] related to the selection process when creating new breeds in the domestic sheep breeding in recent years. It is noted that there are many questions on this topic, but there are no answers from the relevant organizations and individuals.
ASSOCIATION “BUSINESS CENTRE FOR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT OF THE COMMONWEALTH OF INDEPENDENT STATES”. THE MAIN MILESTONES OF INTERNATIONAL INTEGRATION COOPERATION
Authors:   Russian State University for the Humanities, Pivovar Efim I.
Published: March 2021

The article covers the activities of the Association called Business Centre for Economic Development of the Commonwealth of Independent States. The author examines in detail the twenty-year history of this organisation, its creation, goals and objectives, features of the structure, participants and partners, and the formation of competence areas. The article emphasises that over the years of its existence, the Association has become an important and effective platform for interaction among business structures, industry associations, banking and financial institutions, entrepreneurs, the expert and scientific community as well as the media of the Commonwealth countries. Considering the Association’s key areas and forms of activity the author highlights the annual International Economic Forums involving business leaders of the Commonwealth member states, which contribute to the strengthening and development of multilateral economic relations in the post-Soviet space. The article examines in great detail the work of each Forum, its participants (both individuals and legal entities), the topics of discussions and speeches of individual speakers from various Commonwealth countries, which, in the author’s opinion, are of crucial importance for the activities of the Association called Business Centre for Economic Development of the Commonwealth of Independent States and the entire Commonwealth, as well as for the development of Eurasian integration. In addition, the article focuses on the final documents of the Forums: the author studies their main provisions with the set up in them goals, tasks, proposals and priorities.
DEVELOPMENT OF HUMANITARIAN COOPERATION BETWEEN THE REPUBLIC OF BELARUS AND RUSSIAN FEDERATION. AGENDA, CHALLENGES AND PROSPECTS IN THE LATE 2020S
Authors:   Lomonosov Moscow State University, Solopova Oksana V.
Published: March 2021

The article is devoted to the situation and prospects of humanitarian cooperation between the Republic of Belarus and the Russian Federation in the last few years. The author, Senior Lecturer of the Department of History of Post-Soviet Countries, Head of the Laboratory of the Diaspora and Migration History, Deputy Dean, Academic Secretary of the Faculty of History at Lomonosov Moscow State University, shows the evolution of forms and methods in the Russian and Belarusian cooperation in higher education and academic science using various programmes and joint projects of Lomonosov Moscow State University and its Belarusian partners, primarily the Belarusian State University, as an example. The article focuses on various programmes established through the collaboration of the Faculty of History of Lomonosov Moscow State University and its partners: the Faculty of History of the Belarusian State University, the Department of Humanities and Arts of the National Academy of Sciences of the Republic of Belarus; it also specially focuses on implementing “The History of Belarusian Diaspora”, the first international joint educational Master Programme of Lomonosov Moscow State University and the Belarusian State University opened in the academic year 2019–2020. The author emphasises that, thanks to the mutual experience gained over the years, Russian and Belarusian universities, as well as their national academies of sciences are the driving force behind humanitarian cooperation under the Union State.
“TURKEY STARTS AND WINS?”. INTERNATIONAL GEOPOLITICS AND THE ATTITUDE OF THE TURKESTAN POPULATION TO IT BY THE EXAMPLE OF THE ITALO-TURKISH WAR AND THE FIRST BALKAN WAR
Authors:   Russian Academy of Sciences Institute of World History, Kotyukova Tat’yana V. ,   Russian Academy of Sciences Institute of Scientific Information on Social Sciences
Published: March 2021

National and religious issues have always been uneasy and topical for the Russian state. In the first decades of the twentieth century, the religious affiliation question became one of the key factors in the contradictory attitude of the Russia peoples to the choice of the Empire’s foreign policy. That is proved by the materials stored in the National Archives of the Republic of Uzbekistan. Most Russian Muslims felt like second-class citizens, only because they professed Islam, not Orthodox Christianity. Such a situation was a natural consequence of the ill-conceived and uncoordinated ethno-confessional policy in the Empire. On the eve of the First World War, Ottoman Turkey, as a long-time geopolitical rival of Russia, was interested in escalating the internal political tensions in the Russian Empire by all means. The most effective way was to speculate on existing religious and national intolerance. However, masses of ordinary Muslims, for a variety of reasons, were not always able to fully accept the Ottoman ideological and modernist attitudes that representatives of the national elites of Russian Muslims, acting as intermediaries, tried to introduce into their minds. On the other hand, the Russian Empire itself could not offer its Muslims an attractive modernisation project.
Diallel analysis of salinity tolerance at germination and the early seedling stage in bread wheat (Triticum aestivum)
Authors: KIZILGEÇİ Ferhat
Published: March 2021

Salt stress is one of the most crucial abiotic stress factors and affects about 20 % of the world's irrigated land. The present study was conducted to evaluate the combining effects of salinity stress response at the early seedling stage, (root length, coleoptile length, shoot length, germination rate and germination vigour) using four parents and their 4 x 4 full-diallel crosses of bread wheat. Parents and their F2 hybrids were assessed in the laboratory under salinity stress induced by sodium chloride (NaCl) with two treatments (0 control, 100 mMol). General (GCA) combining ability mean squares were highly significant for all traits studied. The GCA: SCA (specific combining ability) rate was greater than the unit for all the traits studied and additive genes indicated a higher contribution than non-additive genes in the inheritance of these characters. GCA effects showed that 84CZT04 was the desirable general combiner for coleoptile length, root length and shoot length under salinity stress condition. Estimates of the SCA effects of crosses demonstrated that 1× 4 and 3 × 1could be regarded as the most desirable cross-combination for root and shoot length at both conditions.
Biotic interactions of cultivated mushroom and green mold disease in compost and casing soil
Authors: AYDOĞDU Mehmet , KURBETLİ İlker
Published: March 2021

Presence of Trichoderma aggressivum f. aggressivum (green mold disease) either in compost or casing soil causes significant yield losses in button mushroom (Agaricus bisporus) cultivation. The aim of this study was to examine biotic interactions between A. bisporus and T. aggressivum f. aggressivum in compost and casing soil. In the study, strains (brown and white) of A. bisporus and isolates (Şem1/1 and K3) of T. aggressivum f. aggressivum were used. Experiments (compost and casing soil) were conducted according to completely randomized design in factorial with four replications. Yield values of each experiment were established by weighing sporophores (mushrooms) in each plot. Mean yield values of each treatment were compared with others. Presence of the T. aggressivum f. aggressivum isolates in compost and casing soil significantly (P˂0.01) inhibited mycelial growth and fruiting body formation of both strains of A. bisporus. In the presence of the T. aggressivum f. aggressivum isolates in casing soil, average yield loss of the strains of A. bisporus was 36.41%, while it was 29.35% in the presence of the T. aggressivum f. aggressivum isolates in compost. Average yield loss of the white strain of A. bisporus was 49.68%, whereas it was 16.08% in the brown strain. The study revealed that presence of T. aggressivum f. aggressivum in casing soil could be much more negative influence on yield of A. bisporus than that of compost and brown strain of A. bisporus could be more resistant to T. aggressivum f. aggressivum than white strain.