bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Research on AORBCO Model and It’s Description Language
Authors: Min Zhi , Junmin Luo , Wuqi Gao
Published: June 2018

This paper improves the AORBCO model based on the four characteristics of intelligence-self conscious, mutual representation, fuzziness and dynamics, and designs a description language of AORBCO model. The language describes the self-consciousness of an agent with its’ five components-belief, desire, ability, planning and behavior control mechanism. The components of entities including acquaintances of an agent and objects known by the agent are as the starting point to characterize the mutual representation of intelligence. Introducing and updating of the weights to express the closely degree of relationship among entities are to simulate the fuzzy of intelligence. The behavior control mechanism of the agent makes the intelligent dynamics realization. The AORBCO description language based on XML makes the expression form and content of the resources unify through the definition of correlative marks, which is convenient for people and computers to understand the semantics of language components. The essence of space and time is also revealed in this paper.
Fast Aerial UAV Detection Based on Image Segmentation and HOG-FLD Feature Fusion
Authors: Xiaoping Li , Songze Lei , Yanhong Wang , Feng Xiao , Tian Penghui
Published: June 2018

In order to detect non-cooperative target UAV quickly and accurately, a novel method of UAV detection method based on graph theory and HOG-FLD feature fusion is presented in this paper. In order to avoid the time-consuming full search, the candidate areas of the UAV are obtained through the selective search of the image segmentation and the similarity, and the features are extracted through the method of gradient orientation histogram fusion FLD linear to train the SVM classifier with generalization ability to identify the UAV. The method can detect the UAV quickly and accurately under complicated background and circumstances of various position and angle. Compared with the sliding window method based on image segmentation and HOG+SVM, the experimental results show that the speed of this method has been obviously improved with the same recognition accuracy.
The Design and Implementation of Displacement Monitoring System for Tailings Dam
Authors: Chen Guoshao , Lian Zhichao
Published: June 2018

Non-coal mining generally produces a large amount of tailings, and tailings usually accumulate in the canyon between two mountains, and the downstream of the tailings is intercepted by the dam. The dam is called a tailings dam. The development of safety monitoring technology for tailings dam is accompanied by the history of dam construction. The safety of tailings dam is not only related to the normal operation of mining industry, but also to the life safety of downstream residents. Once the tailings dam break, the loss caused by the dam is inestimable. In this paper, the laser collimation system is used to monitor the displacement of the dam, and the center of light is measured by the center of gravity, and the laser beam is reconstructed by a lens. The method has the advantages of high accuracy and simultaneous detection of horizontal displacement and vertical displacement of tailings dam. It is a new monitoring technology for dam displacement and has good application prospects.
The Reform and Innovation of Ideological and Political Teaching Under the Multimedia
Authors: Bo Xing
Published: June 2018

With the continuous development of modern information technology, Computer network and multimedia technology have been used more and more widely. Due to the diversity, integration, control, interactivity, and real-time characteristics of multimedia technology, the application of multimedia technology in teaching has greatly changed the traditional teaching mode of instilling knowledge to students in a single way and in a simple manner. It used its super integrated management of text, text, graphics, images, video, sound etc., making teaching intuitive, novelty, diversity and vivid characteristics, can give full play to the students’ thinking ability, cognitive ability and the ability to analyze problems, greatly improve the quality of teaching. Applying multimedia technology to the ideological and political course in colleges and universities can help improve the expressiveness and appeal of teaching content, inspire students’ interest in learning, increase the credibility and timeliness of teaching content, and create a multidimensional interactive ideological and political classroom model. This will enable the teaching of ideological and political courses in universities to be carried out more effectively. Therefore, we should effectively use multimedia technology to assist our teaching in ideological and political education.
The Monitoring and Wireless Transmission System of PM2.5 in the Scenic
Authors: Xiaohui Wang , Kewei Lei
Published: June 2018

This Scenic area has large traffic volume and complex environment and some scenic areas need to be protected. So developing an air quality monitoring system is very important. In this paper, the temperature sensor, the PM2.5 sensor and the wireless transmission module were combined by the MCU. It monitors the spot in PM2.5 concentration and the temperature information. When the PM2.5 concentration is higher than the threshold, the wireless transmission module sends the warning signal. So the system could measure and improve the environment of scenic spot.
The Design of QoS Guarantee Strategy Framework for Networked Control System
Authors: Weixia Yang , Fei Xu , Shaochang Wang
Published: June 2018

For networked control systems such as packet loss and delay of the basic problems, this article launches the research from the perspective of network scheduling optimization, build the QoS semantic model and service model for networked control, puts forward the multi-level QoS guarantee strategy deployment algorithm and QoS, QoS access algorithm components; On a class of networked control middleware prototype system of network resources to meet of components and component deployment simulation experiment, the results show that by properly adjusting the bandwidth of the task node and priority, and controlling the efficient transmission of information, so as to shorten the network time delay, improve the network performance, increase the efficiency of the controller.
MEMS Seismic Sensor with FPAA-Based Interface Circuit for Frequency-Drift Compensation Using ANN
Authors: Pawase Ramesh , Futane Dr. N.P.
Published: June 2018

Electrochemical micro-electro mechanical systems (MEMS) seismic sensor is limited by its nonideality of frequency dependent characteristics hence interface circuits for compensation is necessary. The conventional compensation circuits are limited by high power consumption, bulky external hardware. These digital circuits are limited by inherent analog to digital conversions which consumes significant power, acquires more size and limits processing speed. This system presents field programmable analog array (FPAA) (Anadigm AN231E04) based hardware implementation of artificial neural network (ANN) model with minimized error in frequency drift in the range of 3.68% to about 0.64% as compared to ANN simulated results in the range of 23.07% to 0.99%. Single neuron consumes power of 206.62 mW with minimum block wise resource utilization. The proposed hardware uses all analog blocks removing the requirement of analog to digital converter and digital to analog converter, reducing significant power and size of interface circuit and enhancing processing speed. It gives the reliable, SMART MEMS seismic sensor with ANN-based intelligent interface circuit implemented in FPAA hardware.
Patient-centric health-care data processing using streams and asynchronous technology
Authors: Mbuthia Kenneth , Dai Jin , Zavrakas Stavros , Yan Jize
Published: June 2018

This paper describes a system in detail, which takes in depersonalized data collected by a patient medication management system, carries out reformatting and basic calculations on the data, then stores the resulting information into a database for retrieval, visualization, and further analysis. An investigation is also carried out to create a new way of developing a data analysis application that is efficient and simple to create/code, while avoiding the use of overly complicated libraries to boost performance or investing in expensive hardware. A description of the technologies, algorithms, software tools, and software development process shall be provided. The results from the creation of this application will also be covered while indicating relevant uses for the application, pitfalls/challenges, and future improvements that can be carried out to enhance and improve the system. This application makes use of data collected by an existing patient prescription tracking app that was built by a third-party company that provided dummy data that were used as a guide to develop the system. The application/system created consists of four main sections, a data model project that was used to create the database schema, a “cruncher” project that consists of scripts used to extract data from the existing database, then transforms it into the needed information to be stored, an application programming interface (API) that is used to easily query/retrieve information from the database, and lastly a set of interfaces that visualized the data stored once collected by the cruncher project for easy interpretation and investigation.

Disclaimers: The system described in this paper was developed and tested locally and not in any production environment. All data used for the creation of this paper are dummy data and not real user data. Therefore, all results are simulated and, in no way, violate any real user’s privacy. All functionality proposed and developed in this solution represent the potential applications of an analytics tool of this nature and do not represent how any collaborator in this project currently uses the developed system in any real-world/production environment.
New Compression–Encryption Algorithm Using Chaos-Based Dynamic Session Key
Authors: Setyaningsih Emy , Wardoyo Retantyo , Sari Anny Kartika
Published: June 2018

This research proposes New Compression–Encryption Algorithm Using Chaos-Based Dynamic Session Key (CEA-CBDSK) to encrypt image data. CEA-CBDSK consists of an algorithm to generate initial symmetric keys and an algorithm to encrypt image data using four dynamic session keys derived from the initial keys. The key generation uses Discrete Wavelet Transform, Arnold Cat Map, and Cipher Block Chaining, while the image encryption is performed using the session keys produced by the chaotic logistic map method. From the evaluation, it is proven that CEA-CBDSK is able to protect transmitted image data against ciphertext-only attack, statistical attack, and differential attack.
Bacteriological, Clinical and Virulence Aspects of Aeromonas-associated Diseases in Humans
Authors: BHOWMICK UTTARA DEY , BHATTACHARJEE SOUMEN
Published: June 2018

Aeromonads have been isolated from varied environmental sources such as polluted and drinking water, as well as from tissues and body fluids of cold and warm-blooded animals. A phenotypically and genotypically heterogenous bacteria, aeromonads can be successfully identified by ribotyping and/or by analysing gyrB gene sequence, apart from classical biochemical characterization. Aeromonads are known to cause scepticemia in aquatic organisms, gastroenteritis and extraintestinal diseases such as scepticemia, skin, eye, wound and respiratory tract infections in humans. Several virulence and antibiotic resistance genes have been identified and isolated from this group, which if present in their mobile genetic elements, may be horizontally transferred to other naive environmental bacteria posing threat to the society. The extensive and indiscriminate use of antibiotics has given rise to many resistant varieties of bacteria. Multidrug resistance genes, such as NDM1, have been identified in this group of bacteria which is of serious health concern. Therefore, it is important to understand how antibiotic resistance develops and spreads in order to undertake preventive measures. It is also necessary to search and map putative virulence genes of Aeromonas for fighting the diseases caused by them. This review encompasses current knowledge of bacteriological, environmental, clinical and virulence aspects of the Aeromonas group and related diseases in humans and other animals of human concern.
A NEW AND UNIFIED APPROACH IN GENERALIZING THE LINDLEY’S DISTRIBUTION WITH APPLICATIONS
Authors: Bouchahed Lahsen , Zeghdoudi Halim
Published: June 2018

This paper proposes a new family of continuous distributions with one extra shape parameter called the generalized Zeghdoudi distributions (GZD). We investigate the shapes of the density and hazard rate function. We derive explicit expressions for some of its mathematical quantities. Various statistical properties like stochastic ordering, moment method, maximum likelihood estimation, entropies and limiting distribution of extreme order statistics are established. We prove the flexibility of the new family by means of applications to several real data sets.
CANONICAL CORRELATION ANALYSIS IN THE CASE OF MULTIVARIATE REPEATED MEASURES DATA
Authors: Krzysko Mirosław , Łukaszonek Wojciech , Wołynski Waldemar
Published: June 2018

In this paper, we present, in the real example, canonical variables applicable in the case of multivariate repeated measures data under the following assumptions: (1) multivariate normality for the vector of observations and (2) Kronecker product structure of the positive definite covariance matrix. These variables are especially useful when the number of observations is not large enough to estimate the covariance matrix, and thus the traditional canonical variables fail. Computational schemes for maximum likelihood estimates of required parameters are also given.
INDICATORS OF INTERNATIONAL TRADE ORIENTATION OF UKRAINE IN THE CONTEXT OF ASSESSMENT OF THE EFFECTIVENESS OF ITS EXPORT RELATIONS
Authors: Reznikova N. , Osaulenko O. , Panchenko V.
Published: June 2018

The approach to study the significance of trade relations between countries by analysing economic vulnerability, economic sensitivity, symmetry and asymmetry of the established economic links is proposed in the paper. This approach is adapted to an analysis of the trade dependence of Ukraine. The estimated interdependence ratios for Ukraine and its largest trade partners – the EU, the Russian Federation, post-Soviet countries, China, the USA and Brazil and India as emerging economies – are compared with the respective ratios of Ukraine’s dependence on these countries’ markets. The analysed dynamics of Ukraine’s GDP dependence on Ukraine’s trade partners shows a growing relative weight of the countries that have not had a substantial role in the foreign trade of Ukraine. The proposed approach for estimating the quality of the established trade relations is supposed to contribute to the radical transformation of Ukraine’s foreign trade.
SOME RESULTS FROM THE 2013 INTERNATIONAL YEAR OF STATISTICS
Authors: Kordos Jan
Published: June 2018

There are presented in this report, seven case studies of the uses of statistics in the past and present. I do not intend these examples to be exhaustive. I intend them primarily as educational examples for readers who would like to know: What is statistics good for? Also, to encourage the readers to study detailed reports from the 13 International Year of Statistics given in the notes of this report.
PRODUCT EXPONENTIAL METHOD OF IMPUTATION IN SAMPLE SURVEYS
Authors: Prasad Shakti
Published: June 2018

In this paper, a product exponential method of imputation has been suggested and their corresponding resultant point estimator has been proposed for estimating the population mean in sample surveys. The expression of bias and the mean square error of the suggested estimator has also been derived, up to the first order of large sample approximations. Compared with the mean imputation method, Singh and Deo (Statistical Papers (2003)) and Adapted estimator (Bahl and Tuteja (1991)), the simulation studies show that the suggested estimator is the most efficient estimator.
Investigation of estrogen activity in the raw and treated waters of riverbank infiltration using a yeast estrogen screen and chemical analysis
Authors: Plutzer Judit , Avar Péter , Keresztes Dóra , Sári Zsófia , Kiss-Szarvák Ildikó , Vargha Márta , Maász Gábor , Pirger Zsolt
Published: June 2018

Exposure to various endocrine disrupting chemicals (EDCs) can lead to adverse effects on reproductive physiology and behavior in both animals and humans. An adequate strategy for the prevention of environmental contamination and eliminating the effects of them must be established. Chemicals with estrogenic activity were selected, and the effectiveness of their removal during the purification processes in two drinking water treatment plants (DWTPs) using riverbank infiltrated water was determined. Thirty-five water samples in two sampling campaigns throughout different seasons were collected and screened with a yeast estrogen test; furthermore, bisphenol A (BPA), 17ß-estradiol (E2) and ethinyl-estradiol (EE2) content were measured using high-performance liquid chromatography-mass spectrometry (HPLC-MS). Our results confirm that estrogenic compounds are present in sewage effluents and raw surface river water of DWTPs. Very low estrogen activity and pg/L concentrations of BPA and E2 were detected during drinking water processing and occasionally in drinking water. Based on this study, applied riverbank filtration and water treatment procedures do not seem to be suitable for the total removal of estrogenic chemicals. Local contamination could play an important role in increasing the BPA content of the drinking water at the consumer endpoint.
Development of a combined anaerobic and aerobic membrane bioreactor for wastewater treatment and reclamation in terrestrial-based controlled ecological life support system
Authors: Cheng Zhenmin , Wei Yuansong , Gao Min , Zhang Junya , Zhang Liangchang , Ai Weidang
Published: June 2018

A novel wastewater treatment and reuse system (WTRS) combining an anaerobic membrane bioreactor (AnMBR) and an aerobic membrane bioreactor (MBR) with the design capacity of 115 L/d was developed for a terrestrial-based controlled ecological life support system (CELSS). Results clearly showed that the WTRS realized mineralization of organic compounds and reservation of nitrogenous nutrient, therefore converting the effluent into replenishment for the hydroponic system. Trace gas emission from the WTRS could meet requirements for the whole CELSS. Compared with physico-chemical processes, the specific consumables consumption of the WTRS was advantageous but its specific energy consumption is still in need of improvement. Results of microbial community analysis were consistent with the running state of the AnMBR and the MBR.
XXXHolic: un universo transmedia en constante expansión
Authors: Romero-Varela Victoria Amelia
Published: June 2018

El siguiente artículo se propone indagar sobre el concepto de narrativa transmedia (transmedia storytelling) ―tal como lo entiende Henry Jenkins y otros autores― aplicado al campo de la videoanimación japonesa. En esta reflexión se analiza el universo transmedia del manganime xxxHolic, del grupo de autoras japonesas CLAMP. Además, se estudia tanto la relación entre sí de los distintos elementos de la narrativa y su nexo con otras obras de las autoras (que incluyen desde otros mangas hasta merchandising), como las distintas prosumisiones que se originan a partir de este universo narrativo, tanto en su relación con otras franquicias comerciales (convergencia corporativa) como las que realizan los propios fans de la obra (fanfics, fanarts, doujinshis, AMV’s, etc.).
Dynamics of processes of left ventricle adaptation in children with aorta coarctation before and after surgical treatment
Authors: Prokhorova D. S. , Nartsissova G. P. , Gorbatykh Yu. N. , Sinelnikov Yu. S. , Gorbatykh A. V.
Published: June 2018

The results of echocardiographic study of 87 children with coarctation of aorta before and after surgical treatment are presented. All children were broken down in two groups: patients with a low ejection fraction and those with a normal one. While determining the type of left ventricle remodeling, eccentric hypertrophy was revealed in 46% of patients in the first group, mainly in children with a preductal variant of aorta coarctation. It was found out that the echocardiographic characteristics of the first group patients, who underwent surgery at the age of more than 6 months, were restored slowly. In general, LV functional characteristics were restored faster than the geometrical ones. When studying a longitudinal function of the left ventricle, an increase in the index of myocardial contractility and a decrease in the myocardial rates in 100 % of cases were revealed.
Aortic valve replacement with stentless bioprosthesis «Kemerovo-AB-Neo»
Authors: Astapov D. A. , Karaskov A. M. , Semenova Ye. I. , Demidov D. P. , Isayan M. V. , Open A. B.
Published: June 2018

We analyzed 50 aortic valve replacements (AVR) with Kemerovo-AB-Neo stentless bioprostheses. Mean age was 66.75 (54 to78) years, hospital mortality rate accounted for 2%. The peak transprosthetic pressure gradient (PTPG) in patients operated for aortic stenosis came to 19.57 mm Hg. PTPG was shown to be dependent on the implantation technique; it reached 24.57 mm Hg when in order to fix the proximal line, interrupted sutures were used and ran to 175 mm Hg in the case of running sutures (р = 0.03). Helical CT confirmed fine mobility of the cardiac structures after Kemerovo-AB-Neo implantation: the aortic cross-section area varied up to 84% during the cardiac cycle. It should be noted that AVR with Kemerovo-AB-Neo stentless valves gives good clinical and hemodynamic results early after surgery. A free-hand technique of implantation should be preferred. The implantation of stentless bioprostheses retains cardiac structures mobility and natural aortic root dimensions after performing an AVR.
Endothelial dysfunction and smoking factor in patients with coronary heart disease while testing the radial artery prior to coronary bypass surgery
Authors: Kamenskaya O. V. , Bulatetskaya L. M. , Klinkova A. S. , Alsov S. A. , Chernyavskiy A. M.
Published: June 2018

Patients (111 males) with coronary heart disease (CHD) and angina, II-III functional class, accompanied by arterial hypertension (AH), I-III degree, in 77 % of cases (mean age was 62.00.76 years) were examined prior to coronary bypass surgery. The patients were divided into two groups: group 1 consisted of 56 nonsmoking patients (112 upper extremities) and group 2 - 55 smoking patients (110 upper extremities) with the experience of smoking being 331.6 years on average. The thumb of both the right and left hand was tested for peripheral microcirculatory blood flow (MBF) by using a laser-Doppler flowmetry method (LDF). This quantitative method was developed at our clinic to assess the adequacy of collateral circulation in the hand. The method compares MBF provided by the ulnar artery, with the radial artery occluded, with the background level. Some features of various clinical parameters in the group of smokers suffering from coronary artery disease were analyzed in comparison with those of non-smokers. Significant differences were found in the indicators of lipid profile: increased levels of total cholesterol and low-density lipoprotein (LDL) against the background of low high-density lipoprotein (HDL) in the group of smoking patients. We found out that the smokers had to apply for surgical treatment by 7 years (on average) earlier; they had a significantly greater number of heart attacks and showed the lowest body mass index (BMI). The LDF test helped to establish that smoking in patients with CHD enhances the endothelial dysfunction, while significantly reducing the reactivity of the microvascular bed under the influence of hyperemic stimulus. Sampling the radial artery for coronary artery bypass grafting in smokers tended to give negative results.
Efecto del uso de aguas provenientes de la producción petrolera en actividades agrícolas y pecuarias
Authors: Almansa-Manrique Édgar Fernando
Published: June 2018

La oferta total de agua en el país es de 2,01 billones de metros cúbicos. De este volumen, la industria del petróleo tiene concesionado un total de 67,5 millones, que equivalen al 0,00336 % de la oferta total de agua en Colombia. Todo ese consumo esta formalizado mediante concesiones otorgadas por autoridades ambientales. Por otra parte, el petróleo que se extrae de la tierra sale mezclado con aguas conocidas como aguas de producción, que hacen parte de los fluidos naturales de los reservorios. En Colombia, por cada barril de petróleo se producen, en promedio, 13 barriles de agua. Las aguas de producción pueden ser tratadas y reinyectadas en la misma formación, para mantener la presión de los yacimientos y aumentar el factor de recobro; ser tratadas y vertidas a cuerpos

de aguas superficiales o al suelo, o ser reinyectadas en los yacimientos, como estrategia de disposición final. Las aguas de producción de los yacimientos de la Orinoquia tienen un contenido relativamente bajo de sales y solidos disueltos, y no poseen elementos radioactivos. Esta condición permite que, una vez que sean tratadas, puedan reusarse en actividades productivas, en predios rurales que se encuentren en el área de influencia de los proyectos petroleros. Por estas razones, la Corporación Colombiana de Investigacion Agropecuaria (Corpoica) desarrollo una serie de trabajos de investigación, dirigidos a evaluar opciones de utilización de estas aguas de producción tratadas, para la irrigación de cultivos y pastos, así como el consumo de ganado y aves de corral. Se determinó el efecto de la aplicación de aguas de producción tratadas en diferentes componentes del ecosistema y en sistemas de producción agrícola y pecuario. El estudio se desarrolló en el departamento del Meta, en el predio denominado Área Sostenible Agroenergética (ASA) (03°53’06” N y 73°35’04” O) y en el Centro de Investigacion La Libertad (04°03’32” N y 73°27’59” O), ubicados en los municipios de Acacias y Villavicencio, respectivamente. El agua de producción tratada que se utilizó provenía de los campos de Castilla y Apiay. Se seleccionó un conjunto de variables de suelos, agua, cultivos y animales, que fueron monitoreadas y analizadas entre los años 2011 y 2015. Los resultados de esta investigación indican que la utilización de estas aguas y su aplicación al suelo no presentaron efectos significativos en las propiedades físicas y químicas del suelo. Tampoco se evidenciaron consecuencias significativas en la calidad de las aguas superficiales y subterráneas, ni en la salud de animales y cultivos.
Too Busy or Well-Connected? Evidence from a Shock to Multiple Directorships
Authors: Brown Anna Bergman , Dai Jing , Zur Emanuel
Published: June 2018

Prior literature documents that multiple directorships are negatively associated with operating performance due to overly busy directors; however, multiple directorships may also increase firm value because directors gain access to valuable connections, resources, and information through their multiple appointments. This paper examines M&A that terminate target firms' entire boards as a negative shock to both board busyness and connections at other firms, as a complement to Hauser (2018). We document that firms experiencing a decrease in multiple directorships due to M&A exhibit improved operating performance, monitoring, and strategic advising, on average. Firms with the smallest decrease in board connections experience the greatest improvement in operating performance and advising, while firms with the greatest decrease in board connections experience null or negative effects on operating performance and advising. Our findings provide new evidence of the costs and benefits of multiple directorships based on board busyness and connections.
The assistance of the population of Cherkess and Karachay Autonomous Regions to military and home fronts during the Great Patriotic War
Authors:   Karachay-Cherkessia State University, Bauchiev Kharuz Borisovich
Published: June 2018

The study deals with the engagement of the population of Cherkess and Karachay Autonomous Regions in the assistance to military and home fronts during the Great Patriotic War. The paper reveals the peculiarities of financial and material support provided for fronts by the population of the autonomous regions, the challenges and shortcomings of its arrangement, effective/ineffective methods of voluntary involvement and coercion. The research presents the details demonstrating various aspects of the assistance to the Red Army, soldiers’ families and children affected by the war. The study identifies the characteristics of management activities of party and government bodies in order to create and maintain defense fund and intensify patriotism of citizens. In the period under review, society and state came together, and the population of the national territorial subdivisions played an important role in this process. The author concluded that the population of Cherkess and Karachay Autonomous Regions as well as other citizens of the USSR made a significant contribution to the defeat of the enemy and morale building of the Red Army.
Modern social policy in Russia: topical issues and possible solutions
Authors:   Lomonosov Moscow State University, Liu Junjie
Published: June 2018

The research discusses the implementation of social policy in Russia in the modern context. The main problems of its implementation are defined. Social policy is an important part of the state strategy related to the social sphere. There are many definitions of social policy in various documents; however, in a narrow sense, it is the support for vulnerable, underprivileged people. The author emphasizes that social policy reflects the interests of modern society and is a pivotal part of the modern state activities. The scope and focus area of social policy are determined. The research defines the key issues of housing affordability, access to education and healthcare in Russia. The well-being and living standards of Russian people are analyzed. Public policy measures to remedy the situation are discussed. The author presents the models of social policy and reveals its positive and negative aspects.
Kabataş-Mecidiyeköy Metro (İstanbul) Tünellerinde Zor Zemin Koşullarının Tünel Kazısına Etkisi
Authors: Özçelik Mehmet
Published: June 2018

Son yıllarda ulaşım tünelleri mekanik yöntemlerle açılmaktadır. Verimli bir tünel kazısının gerçekleştirilebilmesiiçin jeolojik yapıya uygun kazı makinasının seçimi önemli bir etkendir. Bu makalede, Kabataş-Mecidiyeköy tünelgüzergahındaki jeolojik formasyonlar kazı mekaniği açısından değerlendirilmiştir. Kabataş-Mecidiyeköy istasyonlarıarasındaki İstanbul Metro Projesi, Tünel açma makineleri (TBM) ve Yeni Avusturya Tünel Açma Yöntemi (NATM)olmak üzere iki tip tünel kazısını içermektedir. TBM kullanılarak açılacak olan tünelin iki hattının toplam uzunluğu6180 m dir. Ayrıca, NATM yöntemiyle açılacak olan iki hattın toplam uzunluğu ise 4490 m dir. Çalışma kapsamında,Kabataş-Mecidiyeköy tünel güzergahındaki zemin ve kayaç birimlerinin mühendislik jeolojisi çalışılmış, tünelkayacı olması açısından sınıflandırılmıştır. Zor zemin koşullarının tünel kazı çalışmalarına etkisi incelenmiştir.Ayrıca, jeolojik birimlerin geçirimlilikleri ve yeraltı suyu seviyesi hakkında bilgi verilmiştir.
Yeraltısuyu Çekimi Sonucu Oluşan Yüzey Çökmesi Problemi; Bilimsel Araştırmaların Tarihsel Gelişimi
Authors: Karahanoğlu Nurkan
Published: June 2018

Akiferlerden yoğun su çekimi sonucu oluşan yüzey çökmesi konusundaki bilimsel araştırmalar 1890’lı yıllarakadar uzanmaktadır. Zamanla teknolojik ve endüstriyel gelişmeler su ihtiyacını çok artırmış ve yeraltısuyu havzalarıvazgeçilemez kaynak olarak kullanılmıştır. Sanayileşmenin yaygın olduğu bölgelerde gözlenen ve altyapıyı olumsuzolarak etkileyen bu gelişmenin yoğun su-petrol-gaz üretimi ile bağlantılı olduğu anlaşılmıştır. Daha sonraki yıllardakonunun bilimsel olarak araştırıldığı ve su/akışkan çekimi ile yüzeydeki deformasyonun ilişkilerinin matematikselolarak ifade edildiği izlenmektedir. Yapılan araştırmalarda yeraltısuyu akımı ve deformasyon ilişkisi birlikte elealınmış ve mekanizmaların fiziksel ve mekanik yanları incelenmiştir. Terzaghi’nin konsolidasyon modeli ve Biot’nunyeraltısuyu akımı ve yüzey deformasyonunu matematiksel olarak formüle etmesi araştırmalara çok önemli katkılarsağlamıştır. Bu gelişmeleri takip eden yıllarda ilgili mekanizmaları açıklayan matematiksel denklemlerin analitikyöntemlerle çözülmeleri önemli bir aşama olarak değerlendirilmiş, ancak karmaşık ve çok boyutlu ortamlardaanalitik yöntemler yetersiz kalmıştır. Sonlu Farklar ve Sonlu Elemanlar sayısal yöntemlerinin kullanılması vebilgisayar teknolojisindeki gelişmeler karmaşık problemlerin çözümünü sağlamış ve yapılan bilimsel araştırmalaraivme kazandırmıştır.Bu makalede yüzey çökmesi konusundaki araştırmalar tarihsel boyutta özetlenerek konunun bilimsel gelişimiaktarılmaktadır. Temel denklemler yardımı ile su hareketi ve yüzey çökmesi mekanizması anlatılmakta ve dünyagenelinde yüzey çökmesi yaşanan bölgeler tanıtılarak konu ile ilgili güncel araştırmalar irdelenmektedir.
Hipparchia i Hypatia – dwa wzorce osobowe starożytnych myślicielek
Authors: Marciniszyn-Jedeszko Malwina
Published: June 2018

W referacie zostały przedstawione dwie kobiety filozofujące, ich osobiste losy i miejsce w filozofii swoich czasów, choć wiadomości o nich są dalekie od pełności. Hipparchia i Hypatia odcisnęły swoje piętno na filozofii IV w. p.n.e. i V w n.e., miały wyraziste poglądy i swoich zwolenników. Obie kobiety żyły w starożytności, przy czym życie Hypatii przypadło na schyłek starożytności, co także było nie bez znaczenia dla jej losów. Hypatia (córka filozofa Teona), była kobietą wszechstronnie wykształconą. Nieobca była jej nie tylko filozofia, ale i matematyka czy astronomia. Swoje zainteresowania przejęła od ojca. Na jej życie i nagłą, tragiczną śmierć miało wpływ kształtowanie się nowej religii, chrześcijaństwa i nowego porządku społeczno-politycznego w Aleksandrii. Hipparchia pochodziła z Maronei (w Grecji), była żoną filozofa Kratesa i wraz z nim kultywowała filozofię kynicką (cynicką). W referacie została przedstawiona nie tylko historia tych dwóch intelektualistek, lecz również możliwa inspiracja dla roli kobiet w nauce dziś (nieugiętość postaw, konsekwencja itd.).
Assessing eLearning Systems Success in Nigeria: An Application of the DeLone and McLean Information Systems Success Model
Authors: Yakubu Nasiru , dasuki salihu
Published: June 2018

Aim/Purpose: This study is based on the DeLone and McLean’s Information Systems Success (D&M ISS) model, which was modified to determine the success factors responsible for the acceptance of an e-learning system called Canvas by students of a Nigerian University.

Background: The adoption of eLearning has been under studied within the context of developing countries. There have been calls in the literature for further research from a developing country perspective. This study attempts to fill this knowledge gap by investigating the factors responsible for students’ adoption of eLearning in a Nigerian University.

Methodology: The study was built on the premise that system quality (SQ), service quality (ServQ) and information quality (IQ) are determinants of behavioral intention to use Canvas and user satisfaction of Canvas, both of which in turn influence the actual usage of Canvas. Responses from 366 students were analyzed with AMOS 22 using structural equation model (SEM) to test the relationships between the constructs of the proposed model.

Contribution: The study contributes to the research gap about the paucity of studies in the adoption of eLearning in developing countries that have placed emphasis on the use of eLearning systems or on the software quality attributes of the systems under investigation.

Findings: The results partially supported the effect of the quality antecedents on behavioral intention and user satisfaction of students. There was full support for the relationship between behavioral intention and user satisfaction of students on their actual usage of Canvas.

Recommendations for Practitioners: The level of significance of the constructs identified in the study will guide the formulation of strategies and methods that could further enhance the adoption of eLearning systems in developing countries, specifically Nigeria.

Recommendation for Researchers: Theoretically, the study contributes to the body of knowledge on eLearning adoption by empirically validating the DeLone and McLean model in a different context, specifically sub-Saharan Africa.

Future Research: Future research could investigate the factors that influence instructors’ behavioral intentions to use eLearning applications and also the effect that the instructors have on students’ adoption of eLearning.
Petitions as a Source for Studying History of the Administrative Exile in the Tver Gubernia in the Late 19th – Early 20th Century and Everyday Practices of Persons under Surveillance
Authors:   Tver State Technical University, Tver, Russian Federation, Vanyushina Olesya V.
Published: June 2018

The article assesses one of the sources on the history of administrative political exile in the Tver gubernia – petitions stored in the fonds of the State Archive of the Russian Federation and the State Archive of the Tver Region. The author analyzes the subject-matter of these petitions, procedure of their consideration, textual patterns, and verdicts on them. Most petitions asked for benefits, revocation of exile, reduction of time under supervision, transfer to capitals in order to resume education or find employment or transfer to a place near relatives’ residence, all of which sprang from legal conditions of persons under supervision. Petitions are a most valuable source of analytical information that allows to identify major problems faced by persons in administrative exile in the Tver gubernia; to reconstruct various aspects of their everyday life; to describe their legal and financial situation; to define decision time and procedures for petitions consideration. Many describe some facts from the life of persons in administrative exile that are reflected in no other record. Petitions reflect hard financial situation of the persons under surveillance. Complexity of procedure for petition consideration, bureaucracy and lengthy communication time delayed decision making and made the situation of persons under surveillance even more difficult. In their decision making the authorities acted within the law. Nevertheless, on the local level (and one closest to the population), the dependence of people from the local administration was strongest. The administration played a crucial role in the settlement of many questions. Most exiled persons in the Tver gubernia could choose their place of living according to the guidance note from the Ministry of Internal Affairs of December 30, 1898, but did not have a right to benefits. In accordance to the note, petitions for benefits were rejected by the authorities. Petitions requesting reduction of time under supervision or transfer to capitals also met denial. Short-term absence was only allowed if the person under supervision had good record and serious reasons for the absence.
Documentation System in the Military Agencies of the Anti-Bolshevik and Soviet Governments Maintaining the Pre-Revolutionary Tradition: 1918-1920
Authors:   Russian State University for the Humanities, Moscow, Russian Federation, Parieva Lada R.
Published: June 2018

The article addresses the issues of documentation in military agencies of the anti-Bolshevik and Soviet governments. Many documents on activities of the military agencies survived the ups and downs of the Civil War and the following events. These documents allow to study the documentation in military agencies of the White and the Red army. As there has been little document science research into the subject, the article draws mostly on archival documents on the activities of military agencies of the anti-Bolshevik and Soviet governments. Having studied the Tsarist era regulatory documents on records management in the army and archival documents from the Russian State Military Archive, the author concludes that the White army preserved Tsarist era regulations concerning military documentation, as did the Red army prior to the establishment of Soviet documentation system. The article divides military documentation systems of the White and the Red army into the following groups: organizational documents, administrative documents, official correspondence, and operative documents. It pays special attention to comparison of document types and their execution. The author concludes that the pre-revolutionary Russian military legislation on development and documentation in the military department was strictly observed in the White army. In the early 20th century, the Red Army also continued to use pre-revolutionary documentation system and records management practices in its military agencies. There were similarities in military documentation systems of the both armies.
The History of One Telegram: Palestine, the Fashoda Incident, and Kaiser Wilhelm II
Authors:   Omsk Institute of Water Transport, Omsk, Russian Federation, Shapovalov Mikhail S.
Published: June 2018

The article studies historical sources (diplomatic notes, correspondence, telegrams of the employees of the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs) and presents a content analysis and a systematization. Most documents are being introduced into scientific use for the first time. The information basis is formed by previously unpublished materials of the Political Archive from the Archive of the Foreign Policy of the Russian Empire. The article attempts to characterize the documentary sources found in the archival file ‘The Journey of Emperor Wilhelm to Palestine’ that are dedicated to the Fashoda incident. The validity of the hypotheses of relevance of microhistorical plots in objective evaluation of crucial historical events is verified by traditional methods of historical research: comparative historical analysis, chronological approach, retrospective and perspective methods. The method of historical reconstruction helps to narrate the episode of Emperor Nicholas II’s telegram to Kaiser Wilhelm II in the circumstances of the developing Fashoda crisis. The author takes into account the assessments found in Russian sources. A variety of official and unofficial documents allows to clarify and to correct existing ideas about the resolution of the Fashoda question in 1898. The article is the first to examine the history of the Fashoda crisis in the diplomatic correspondence between Nicholas II and Wilhelm II. The correspondence focuses on the role of Russian consul-general in Beirut K. N. Lishin. The author concludes that Lishin's excessive diligence and fear to harm his own career bolstered the diplomatic incident concerning the telegram and compounded the diplomatic situation around Fashoda. The archival file ‘The Journey of Emperor Wilhelm to Palestine’ yet again demonstrates a strong connection between the event and the policies of the great powers in the Middle East and Europe. To understand the history of international relations it is important to research not just the relevant topics and cases, but to study the whole complex of diplomatic sources of the period.
The ‘March Bolsheviks’: The Emergence of the Uezd Organizations of the RCP (b) in the Vyatka Gubernia in the Spring – Autumn 1918: From Archival Materials
Authors:   Vyatka state University, Kirov, Russian Federation, Timkin Yuri N.
Published: June 2018

Drawing on archival materials from the State Archive of the Kirov Region and those from the State Archive of Social and Political History of the Kirov Region, the article studies emergence and development of the uezd organizations of the RCP (b) in the Vyatka guberina in the spring – autumn 1918. By spring of 1918 the Soviets had set up their authority, and the Bolsheviks had wrung the majority therein from the Left Socialists-Revolutionaries. Up to the spring of 1918 there were no RCP (b) organizations in most uezd towns of the Vyatka gubernia, which may be explained by non-proletarian character of the population and by extreme weakness of the RCP (b) institutional arrangements in the gubernia. The novelty of this research hinges on the term the ‘March Bolsheviks’ used to explain the process of the party building. As it became a ruling one, left socialists, Baltic internationalists, and German prisoners-of-war turned internationalists swarmed to the party. The Bolshevik party overflowed with careerists, adventurers, and persons with a criminal past and present. There were shortages of food and goods, but party membership received food rations, and also a share in the confiscated food and property of the bourgeois. Many a party cell must have thus supplied and financed itself. Higher party bodies constantly had to purge the party organizations of those who ‘worm themselves’ into the party ranks and ‘latched onto the part teat,’ and also of persons with criminal record. The author is the first to introduce into scientific use these facts, which prior to 1991 could have never been published. Unfortunately, even after 1991, they remained uncollected, unanalyzed, and unpublished. Having analyzed the archival material, the author concludes that the gravitation of ideological backsliders towards the ruling party is attributable to the historical conditions. People had to obtain their needs, despite the ideology of the ruling party.