bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
A Sudden Screen Learning Student Acceptance Model (SSL)
Authors: Yusof Hayati , Munir Mai Farhana Mior Badrul , Zolkaply Zulnurhaini , Anuar Muhammad Ashraf
Published: October 2021

COVID-19 pandemic has forced schools and academic institutions all over the world to shift to remote online learning overnight. This is the longest disruption to the traditional face-to-face (physical) classroom learning ever. As the shift was unexpected, many stakeholders including teachers, administrators, parents and the students themselves have to embrace the Sudden Screen Learning (SSL) with or without sufficient resources, strategy and plans. As a result of social distancing in order to curb the spread of the pandemic, some students struggled to catch up with online learning challenges as family incomes deteriorated. This research intended to investigate the factors that push private university students to accept and adopt the sudden, remote online learning by applying the UTAUT constructs namely Performance Expectancy (PE), Effort Expectancy (EE), Subjective Norms (SN) and Facilitating Conditions (FC), taking into account the students’ Learning Styles as well as the moderating effect of Trusting Beliefs. The expected outcomes of the research will provide useful insights to the school administrators and regulators in understanding students’ SSL actual usage behaviour, thus, devising effective e-curriculums that will adhere to the same or even better quality of education as an assurance to the future of the younger generations.
Identity Management Reform and Fraud Prevention in the Nigerian Banking Industry
Authors: Nneka Rosemary Ikeobi , Akintunde Olawande Ayeni
Published: October 2021

This paper assesses the effect ofidentity management reform, namely the Bank verification number (BVN) policy on fraud prevention in the Nigerian banking industry. Using secondary data obtained from annual reports of Nigerian Deposit Insurance Corporation (NDIC) from 2011 to 2018, the study employed descriptive method to analyze trend in fraud variables before and after introduction of the policy and independent t-test to test the hypotheses in the study. Findings revealed that there was an initial decrease in number of staff involved and total amount involved in fraud in the two years following BVN introduction, but which showed increases thereafter.A similar trend was revealed in various fraud types with internet banking fraud showing significant increases in frequency of cases. The results from the t-tests revealed that theBVN policy had no significant impact on fraud prevention within the period under study. It was recommended that the banking public be educated on the different types of fraud and how to protect their personal details from getting into wrong hands. There is also the need to beef up security by improving on protocols required to carry out bank transactions particularly in the area of internet banking. It was also suggested that all bank account numbers be linked to the National Identity Number (NIN) immediately in line with proposals made by the Federal Government on identity management.
Review of Wireless Sensor Networks
Authors: Ahmed Khairi Salem
Published: October 2021

This article presents a study of the state of the art of sensor networks wireless systems, which continue to develop and present a wide variety of Applications. These networks constitute a current and emerging field of study where combines the development of computers, wireless communications and devices mobile phones and integration with other disciplines such as agriculture, biology, medicine, etc. I know presents the main concept, components, topologies, standards, applications, problems and challenges, then delves into security solutions and concludes with basic simulation tools.
La co-construcción del sentido emocional en la lengua desde una mirada de la complejidad
Authors: Robles Gil Pedro Reygadas
Published: October 2021

El sentido no es un fenómeno meramente lógico, ni siquiera solo lingüístico. Es una co-construcción de la lenguacultura en la historia, donde es central también la interacción comunicativa, la semiótica, el sentir y la corporalidad de la lengua encarnada. La emoción atraviesa la construcción del sentido a lo largo de todos los niveles lingüísticos e interaccionales.
Peculiarities of the body of a young sheep under biophysical methods of exposure
Authors:   Stavropol State Agrarian University, Afanasyev M.A. , Shlykov S.N. ,   Stavropol State Agrarian University, Bobryshov S.S. ,   All-Russian Research Institute of Sheep and Goat Breeding – branch of the Federal  State Budgetary Scientific Institution «North Caucasian Agrarian Center», Omarov R.S. ,   Stavropol State Agrarian University
Published: October 2021

Aim. Study the effect of low-intensity laser radiation on the genotype's young sheep (poll Dorset x North Caucasian meat-wool) and their exterior. Material and Methods. Zootechnical, biophysical, statistical and other methods were used in research. Experimental animals were exposed to an STP laser apparatus, the action of which is based on the use of low-intensity laser radiation in the infrared region of the spectrum. The study of measurements of animals at the age of 5 and 7 months was carried out and physique indices were calculated. Results. Comparing measurements in the studied animals at 5 months of age revealed the advantage of lambs of groups II and III over the control, in almost all main parameters. However, the experimental groups' young animals were characterized by higher rates of breast measurements. Thus, the superiority of lambs of groups II and III over animals of the control group were: in chest depth 2.1-3.3%, width – 4.4-7.1%, girth – 1.2-4.1% (P < 0.001). A similar trend was established due to measurements of the studied animals' physique at the age of 7 months. At the same time, a clear advantage in terms of measurements characterizing breast development was found in young animals of the second and, especially, in the third group: in chest depth by 3.8-7.4%, width by 4.8-9.1%, girth – 3,7-9.0%, with a significant difference (P < 0.05; P < 0.001). It was also found that the greatest value of the breast index at 5 months of age was typical for animals of groups II and III (77.6-78.6%), which is 1.8-2.8 abs. percent (P < 0.001). However, with age, the difference in the value of this indicator between the groups decreased. Therefore, at the age of 7 months, young animals of groups II and III surpassed animals of group I in this indicator by 0.8-1.5 abs. percent. Conclusion. Thus, it was found that the best ratio of most body articles and body build indices, characterizing them as animals with well-pronounced meat forms, were animal groups II and III.
Manifestation of the genetic potential of laying hens under heat stress
Authors:   Volga Region Research Institute of Manufacture and Processing of Meat-and-Milk Production, Gorlov I.F. , Komarova Z.B. ,   Volga Region Research Institute of Manufacture and Processing of Meat-and-Milk Production, Rudkovskaya A.V. ,   Volga Region Research Institute of Manufacture and Processing of Meat-and-Milk Production, Nozhnik D.N. ,   Volga Region Research Institute of Manufacture and Processing of Meat-and-Milk Production, Tarasov E.N. ,   Volga Region Research Institute of Manufacture and Processing of Meat-and-Milk Production
Published: October 2021

Aim. Study of the effectiveness of the use of the feed additive "Mega HenOn" in the training of chickens of an industrial herd of the cross "Highsex brown" under heat stress. Materials and Methods. Evaluation of the efficiency was carried out for 32 weeks on industrial chickens in the amount of 70 heads. During the experiment, the egg production of chickens (daily), feed costs, and the category of eggs were taken into account. To determine the quality characteristics of edible eggs, GOST 31654-2012 “Edible hen eggs. Technical conditions". Results. The studied additive had a positive effect on the egg productivity of chickens, both during heat stress and during normalization of the temperature regime. At the age of 47-50 weeks (June-July, the ambient temperature during the daytime increased to 38-40°C), egg production dropped sharply, and in the control group it was 79.03%, and in the experimental group, despite the decrease, it exceeded this indicator by 3.63%. At the age of 51-58 weeks (July-August, the increase increased to 36°C), the decrease in egg production continued, but in comparison with the previous period, there was a certain trend towards recovery, which amounted to 85.51%, exceeding the control by 2.22%. The studied feed additive, to some extent, neutralized the negative effect of heat stress on the body of birds. In general, over the period of the experiment, the egg-laying intensity in the experimental group was 89.1%, and in the control group - 87.09%. The cost of producing 10 eggs in the experimental group is 1.29 kg, which is 0.07 kg less than in the control group. The yield of eggs of the category "superior" and "selected" in the experimental group exceeded the control by 0.53 and 16.89%. The yield of eggs of the II category turned out to be higher in the control group and amounted to 29.56%, which is higher than in the experimental group by 13.73%. Conclusion. The use of the innovative “Mega HenOn” feed additive, in the diets of chickens during the heat stress period, contributed to a more complete realization of the genetic potential of birds, due to the stabilization of metabolic processes in the body of birds, an increase in egg production, a decrease in the yield of culling eggs and, as a consequence, an increase in the level of profitability by 2.38%.
Ham for herodietic nutrition
Authors:   Volgograd State Technical University, Bozhkova S.E. , Zvorygina A.S. ,   Volgograd State Technical University, Khramova V.N. ,   Volgograd State Technical University, Surkova S.A. ,   Volga Region Research Institute of Manufacture and Processing of Meat-and-Milk Production
Published: October 2021

Aim. Creation of a technology for the production of ham from beef and poultry meat for heroic nutrition. Material and Methods. The production and research of the control and experimental samples was carried out according to generally accepted methods in accordance with the normative and technical documentation. Sampling and preparation of samples for laboratory research was carried out according to a unified methodology in accordance with the requirements of GOST R 51447-99 (ISO 3100-1-91). Determination of organoleptic characteristics was carried out according to the requirements of GOST 9959-91; GOST R 53159-2008; GOST R 53161-2008. The mass fraction of fat was determined according to GOST 23042-86; protein – according to GOST 25011-81; energy value and iron content – by calculation method. Results. A ham recipe for herodietic nutrition was developed and optimized. The results of the analysis showed that the products are characterized by high organoleptic characteristics. The use of lactulose in the formulation in combination with ascorbic acid had a positive effect on the color formation of the finished product. The inclusion of low-calorie meat sources (beef and broiler chicken fillets) in the formulation made it possible to reduce the mass fraction of fat by 6.6% and increase the mass fraction of protein by 5.5% in the finished product. Conclusion. The new product expands the range of ham products for the elderly consumer category.
Assessment of the structure and quality of nutrition of the Russian Federation's population
Authors:   Volga Region Research Institute of Manufacture and Processing of Meat-and-Milk Production, Gorlov I.F. , Fedotova G.V. ,   Volga Region Research Institute of Manufacture and Processing of Meat-and-Milk Production, Lamzin R.M. ,   Volga Region Research Institute of Manufacture and Processing of Meat-and-Milk Production, Vasilyeva M.O. ,   Volga Region Research Institute of Manufacture and Processing of Meat-and-Milk Production
Published: October 2021

Aim. Assessment of the current specifics and level of nutritional quality of the population of the Russian Federation at the current stage of development of food production. Materials and Methods. As part of the study of the problems of nutritional quality of the population of Russia, general scientific methods of analysis, synthesis, genesis of new knowledge were used to predict the most likely change in the socio-economic situation in the field of food production, methods of statistical and economic data analysis, methods of regulatory analysis of key mandatory parameters and safety standards and the quality of food. Results. Analyzed the modern characteristics of human nutrition, which has a positive effect on health and performance. The factors of eliminating the lack of nutrients in modern food have been identified, which is associated with an increase in the quality of raw materials, ensuring the necessary production conditions and maintaining technologies for the production of food products. The main factors for maintaining a necessary and balanced diet of a person have been determined. A list of optimal measures that can provide an increase in the quality of nutrition of the population of the Russian Federation has been outlined. Conclusion. Maintaining an optimal level of food quality for the population of the Russian Federation directly depends on the level of income and expenses of citizens in certain territories, as well as strict and full compliance with the norms and standards for the production of the corresponding varieties of food products using high-quality raw materials and efficient production technologies. The conditions for the production, subsequent storage, transportation and sale of food products must fully comply with the current quality and safety standards for their production, storage and use.
Poultry chopped frozen semi-finished meat products in breading mix for baby food
Authors:   Volgograd State Technical University, Glebova K.S. , Karpenko E.V. ,   Volga Region Research Institute of Manufacture and Processing of Meat-and-Milk Production
Published: October 2021

Aim. The purpose of the research is to develop the technology of chopped semi-finished products for functional purposes. Materials and Methods. In the course of the study, recipes for model minced meat were developed using gluten-free vegetable raw materials: white beans, corn bran, rice flour. For the control sample, we took the developed classical recipe according to the TU 9214-243-37676459-2014 "Semi-finished products from poultry meat for baby food, chilled and frozen". All studies were carried out on the basis of the laboratory of the National Research University of the Russian Academy of Medical Sciences and the Volgograd State Technical University. Results. Recipes for gluten-free nuggets, which include rice flour, corn bran and white beans, have been developed. As a result of the conducted physico-chemical studies, in comparison with the control sample, a slight decrease in energy value was found due to a discrepancy in the values of the mass fraction of proteins, fats and carbohydrates, which in turn did not affect the organoleptic parameters, the consistency was observed more elastic in the experimental samples, the taste and color are pleasant, characteristic depending on the component composition. Conclusion. The use of gluten-free plant raw materials in the technology of chopped semi-finished products, namely nuggets, has a positive effect on the quality characteristics of the prototypes, which allows the use of these functional products in children's nutrition.
What Attitude Did the Japanese News Media Take toward the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games? Sentiment Analysis of the Japanese Newspapers
Authors: Annaka Susumu , Hara Taketo
Published: October 2021

This paper examines using text analysis what attitude the Japanese news media took toward the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games. It explores whether there is a difference in tones among the Japanese major newspaper articles. The newspapers analyzed here are the morning editions of Asahi Shimbun, Mainichi Shimbun, and Yomiuri Shimbun, three top-selling newspapers in Japan. This study utilizes the list of semantic orientations of words to capture the attitudes of the newspapers toward the game. It found that liberal papers regarded as negative to holding the Olympics do not consistently show negative attitudes toward the game. There was a clear difference in attitudes among newspapers only in sports articles after the Olympics began. This article is the first research on the relationship between the Japanese news media and the 2020 Tokyo Olympics.
Hak Dan Kewajiban Manusia Dalam Mengurangi Pengaruh Begadang Bagi Kesehatan Manusia
Authors: BILI IMELDA LAMBERTINI
Published: October 2021

Begadang adalah suatu kebiasaan terjaga sampai larut malam dan tidur saat pagi datang.Orang yang sering begadang memiliki lebih besar risiko kesehatan yang buruk.Kebanyakan orang melakukan begadang karena mengerjakan pekerjaan saat malam,tetapi karena sering dilakukan tanpa disadari kegiatan saat begadang pun sudah tidak terlalu penting dan menjadi kebiasaan yang buruk yang dapat menimbulkan penyakit.Menurut Mahendra di dalam buku ‘Tubuh Anda Cerminan Kesehatan Anda (2010)’,“Begadang dapat memicu timbulnya berbagai penyakit dan menyebabkan rusaknya sistem imun tubuh.Apabila tidak beristirahat,organ-organ tidak dapat melakukan fungsinya dengan optimal.Hal ini akan menimbulkan masalah atau penyakit yang dapat menyerang tubuh.Hal ini membuktikan bahwa sebenarnya begadang bukan lah kebiasaan yang bagus jika dipaksakan untuk dilakukan saat tubuh sedang kelelahan.Sedangkan dampak begadang menurut Handoyo dalam buku ‘Aplikasi Olah Nafas (2005, h.30)’,“Begadang dapat menguras tenaga yang membuat tubuh menjadi lemah.Saat lelah tubuh akan lebih terasa lebih mudah cepat pegal dan tubuh ingin cepat cepat beristirahat kembali.Maka dari itu rasa lelah inilah yang akan membuat sulit berkonsentrasi,dengan kata lain tidak hanya menyerang fisik,begadang juga dapat menyerang psikis.Untuk itu pintar-pintarlah dalam mengatur pola tidur.
Exit, control, and politics: The structural power of finance under asset manager capitalism
Authors: Braun Benjamin
Published: October 2021

The power of finance vis-à-vis the nonfinancial sector is changing. Macroeconomic developments and financial innovations have reduced financial actors’ exit options, thus diminishing exit-based structural power. At the same time, shareholdings have become more concentrated in the hands of large asset managers, thus increasing control-based power. This article documents these trends, before examining whether asset managers wield their power and why, despite being universal shareholders, they have not steered corporate behavior toward decarbonization. Rather than assuming orderly, good-faith interactions between shareholders and managers, this article argues that in the United States today, political considerations govern the use of control-based power. Asset managers’ corporate governance policies are subservient to the—increasingly inconsistent—goals of maximizing assets under management while avoiding regulatory backlash. Unlike exit-based power, control-based power is constrained by being highly visible and, therefore, easily politicized.
Disentangling the Evolutionary Drivers of Social Complexity in Human History: a Comprehensive Test of Hypotheses
Authors: Turchin Peter , Whitehouse Harvey , Gavrilets Sergey , Hoyer Daniel , François Pieter , Bennett James S , Feeney Kevin , Peregrine Peter , Feinman Gary , Korotayev Andrey , Kradin Nikolay , Levine Jill , Reddish Jenny , Cioni Enrico , Wacziarg Romain , Mendelson-Gleason Gavin , Benam Majid
Published: October 2021

During the Holocene the scale and complexity of human societies increased dramatically. Generations of scholars have proposed different theories explaining this expansion, which range from functionalist explanations, focusing on the provision of public goods, to conflict theories, emphasizing the role of class struggle or warfare. To quantitatively test these theories, we develop a general dynamical model, based on the theoretical framework of cultural macroevolution. Using this model and Seshat: Global History Databank we test 17 potential predictor variables proxying mechanisms suggested by major theories of sociopolitical complexity (and >100,000 combinations of these predictors). The best-fitting model indicates a strong causal role played by a combination of increasing agricultural productivity and invention/adoption of military technologies (most notably, iron weapons and cavalry in the first millennium BCE).
Aktualne tendencje w polityce kryminalnej wobec przestępczości podatkowej
Authors: Wilk Leszek
Published: October 2021

Reakcja ustawodawcy na przestępczość podatkową odzwierciedla tendencje obserwowane w całej karnistyce, wynikające z poglądu, według którego przestępstwo stanowi dowód na wadliwie skonstruowane prawo, czego rezultatem jest narastająca niestabilność, kazuistyka i inflacja prawa z tendencją do rozszerzania zakresu kryminalizacji i zaostrzania penalizacji. W obszarze przestępczości podatkowej zjawisko to występuje pod hasłem „uszczelniania systemu podatkowego”.Ustawodawca, wypowiadając wojnę zwłaszcza oszustwom VAT, nie zaostrzył jednak kar za same te oszustwa, ale za zachowania znajdujące się „na przedpolu” oszustw, polegające na wystawianiu i obrocie nierzetelnymi fakturami oraz rachunkami. Przejawem tego jest w obrębie kodeksu karnego skarbowego drastyczne zaostrzenie w 2016 r. represji karnej za wystawianie i obrót nierzetelnymi fakturami oraz rachunkami, natomiast w obrębie kodeksu karnego – wprowadzenie kwalifikowanych typów fałszerstw dokumentów, których przedmiotem są faktury.Kolejnym przejawem omawianych tendencji był projekt obszernej nowelizacji kodeksu karnego skarbowego z grudnia 2018 r., którego istota sprowadzała się do dalszego rozszerzania zakresu kryminalizacji, zaostrzania penalizacji oraz wypaczenia ukształtowanej dotychczas racjonalnie zasady priorytetu egzekucji danin publicznych przed represją.Projekt ten jednak nie wszedł w życie, a zamiast tego ustawodawca od dwóch lat konsekwentnie cząstkowymi nowelizacjami rozszerza zakres kryminalizacji, obejmując nią zwłaszcza przypadki niedopełnienia lub niewłaściwego wykonania rozbudowanych obowiązków informacyjnych.Oprócz oszustw podatkowych zjawiskiem, które niepokoi organy fiskalne i ustawodawców wielu państw, jest tzw. agresywna optymalizacja podatkowa, w ramach której określone czynności, np. rozporządzanie majątkiem czy przekształcenia struktur gospodarczych, służą wyłącznie lub przede wszystkim redukcji obciążeń podatkowych. Kryminalizacja sięga zaledwie na dalekie „przedpola” tego zjawiska i polega na obwarowaniu sankcjami karnymi niedopełnienia lub niewłaściwego wypełnienia obowiązków raportowania tzw. schematów podatkowych, co ma w założeniu umożliwiać organom fiskalnym wczesną identyfikację tych zachowań podatników, które stanowią przejawy agresywnej optymalizacji podatkowej, i zastosowanie przeciwko nim instrumentów podatkowoprawnych służących zwalczaniu tego zjawiska.
Californian Flânerie in Karolina Waclawiak’s How to Get into the Twin Palms
Authors: Caputa Sonia
Published: October 2021

Unlike most of the immigration novels created by contemporary Polish American female writers, How to Get into the Twin Palms written by Karolina Waclawiak, does not focus on the hardships of assimilation into American culture but depicts experiments with ethnic cross-dressing. Waclawiak, a representative of the so-called one-and-a half generation of Polish immigrants from the 1980s Solidarity wave, reinvents the immigration story as her protagonist, Zosia, a Polish American resident of Los Angeles, yearns to become Russian in order to be granted entrance to the mysterious and appealing Russian nightclub. The protagonist’s transformation into Anya goes hand in hand with her exploration of the City of Angels, thepostmodern megalopolis with neon lights and pavements reaching the horizon. Thus, Zosia/Anya becomes a Californian flâneuse, the urban scrutinizer and strolling observer of the what is known as the most photographed but least photogenic city in the United States. In this context, the main aim of this presentation will be to explore Californian flânerie in Waclawiak’s novel: while walking down the city streets the narrator flâneuse reflects on her home (Polish) culture, underscores her status as an immigrant outsider, and delves into the questions of alienation as well as defamiliarization. Hence, one may assume that flânerie itself contributes to the transformation of Waclawiak’s protagonist.
Cloud-Based Knowledge and Glocal Dilemmas in Higher Education
Authors: Silva Nuno , Alvarez Isabel
Published: October 2021

The potential of cloud computing systems as a support tool for novel and meaningful knowledge creation, storage, and distribution within the context of higher education is recognised and so is the impact to which the global dimension imposes inherent ethical issues and social impacts within local contexts (glocality). Hitherto, mainstream literature debates on ethical issues like equity or cultural sensitivity, disregarding existent social dilemmas related to organizational innovation. This paper aims to promote a philosophical and empirical argument within contextual determinants; therefore, it reflects upon the key ethical issues and social dilemmas that cloud-based systems pose to distributed knowledge systems in the dialectic process of higher education diversity (global versus local). In this regard, an e-University strategic implementation framework interacting with ethics and culture (developed by the first co-author) will help two research objectives: to understand current e-learning practices in higher education and to suggest potential future guidelines for the dialectical process between the global and local.
Subjectivity vs. Agency: The Meaning of Karol Wojtyla’s The Acting Person
Authors: Wielecki Krzysztof
Published: October 2021

Karol Wojtyła’s Osoba i czyn (in English translation known as The Acting Person) is certainly an extraordinary book having considerable significance for contemporary human philosophy. And because the philosophical or quasi-philosophical concept of the human person, consciously or not, explicitly or implicitly, is always at the root of any sociological, psychological, pedagogical or even economic theory, the importance of this work is even greater. It involves both the humanities and social sciences. The purpose of this article is to point out the benefits of this groundbreaking book. In particular, it allows us to rethink the paradigmatic foundations of these sciences. At the same time, it attempts to show how necessary is a critical revision of their own paradigmatic basis. I would also like to consider the essence of the human concept, especially from the perspective of critical realism. Especially, I deal with the issue of subjectivity and justification for the choice of this concept as the key to understanding individual agency. I am convinced that agency is only one dimension of subjectivity and does not allow us to understand the whole problem of autonomy, human freedom, and the meaning of humanity. Wojtyła’s The Acting Person seems to provide extremely important arguments in favor of my thesis. It also helps, I think, to understand the essence of individual subjectivity, issues of fundamental importance in our time, peculiarly, in the broadly understood human sciences.
Karol Wojtyla’s Conception of Personhood from the Perspective of Cognitive Sciences
Authors: Wojewoda Mariusz
Published: October 2021

We use the term “person” when we want to point out that human existence is unrepeatable and unique. The assumption that man is a person constitutes a basis for the belief in the dignity, efficacy, and responsibility of the human individual. Karol Wojtyla built his conception of the person in the context of theological and philosophical discussions. Even though Wojtyła’s conception has been given a great deal of scholarly attention, it is worthwhile to juxtapose it with contemporary anthropological theories that derive from cognitive sciences. Cognitivists usually base their theories on biological and sociological premises. Some conclusions arrived at in the area of the cognitive sciences lead to mind-brain reductionism, a theory in which the human being is regarded as a body endowed with the function of the brain and as an entity whose individual traits are shaped by its social and cultural environment. This position undermines the ideas of free will and the substantial singularity of the human person. However, debates with this position have worked out a non-reductionist alternative, a theory known as emergentism. This theory treats the human mind as a distinct faculty, one which emerges as a phase in the brain’s development. Emergentists base their reasoning on the assumptions that the body is a unity and that the mind is not identical with it. It is my belief that emergentism can be fruitfully applied to the dynamic understanding of the person put forward by Wojtyła in the middle of the 20th century.
Modernistyczna obsceniczność w przekładzie: ukraińskie i rosyjskie tłumaczenia Kochanka Lady Chatterley D.H. Lawrence’a u schyłku ZSRR
Authors: Saweneć Andrij
Published: October 2021

The paper focuses on Ukrainian and Russian translations of Lady Chatterley’s Lover by D. H. Lawrence, published in 1989 and 1990. The framework for the analysis is provided by Loren Glass’s idea of a significant role of obscene vocabulary in the aesthetics of the twentieth-century Anglo-American literary modernism. The comparison of the two translations shows significant differences in the translators’ approaches to rendering Lawrence’s sexual-based language.
Problem sceniczności w polskim przekładzie Trylogii dubrownickiej Iva Vojnovicia
Authors: Ślawska Magdalena Ewa
Published: October 2021

The aim of the paper is to carry out a comparative analysis of the Polish translation of one of the most important Croatian modernist dramas A Trilogy of Dubrovnik. Ivo Vojnović’s text from 1900 was translated into Polish relatively quickly. Its first excerpts were published as early as 1904. The translation of the entire text by Helena d’Abancourt de Franqueville appeared in the periodical “Przegląd Polski” in 1906, and the book version was published in 1910. In the same year, the play was also staged in the theatre. The article focuses primarily on the problem of the performability of the translation, understood as a reflection of theatrical signs encrypted in the source text and visible in the translation, and shows what translation difficulties are associated with it.
Problem „związania” decyzją o środowiskowych uwarunkowaniach
Authors: Dobrowolski Grzegorz
Published: October 2021

The article is devoted to the problem of “binding” with the content of decisions on environmental conditions. It specifies not only the environmental conditions for the implementation of the project, but also other obligations in the field of environmental protection.
Granice cywilnoprawnego obowiązku zapobiegania szkodom grożącym wskutek ruchu zakładu górniczego — studium przypadku
Authors: Mikosz Ryszard
Published: October 2021

The subject of the considerations contained in the article is the analysis of selected issues related to the legal regulation regarding the civil law obligation to prevent damage that may result from mining plant operations. It is about the regulations contained in the Act of June 9, 2011, Geological and Mining Law, and to a certain extent also in the Act of April 23, 1964, the Civil Code. This analysis includes not only theoretical considerations, but also refers to the practice of applying the law. It contains a discussion and a critical assessment of the Supreme Court’s judgment of February 20, 2018.
„Inwersja historyczna” Michaiła Bachtina w świetle myślenia konserwatywnego, progresywnego i mitotwórczego
Authors: Szubin Roman
Published: October 2021

„Inwersja historyczna” Michaiła Bachtina w świetle konserwatywnego, progresywnego i mitotwórczego myślenia
 Artykuł poświęcony jest analizie jednej z niedostatecznie zbadanych i tajemniczych koncepcji Michaiła Bachtina – „inwersji historycznej”. Przede wszystkim rozpatrywany jest problem powstania tej koncepcji, a w związku z powyższym rozważana jest koncepcja inwersji-odwrócenia w pracy Oswalda Spenglera Zmierzch Zachodu. Inwersja historyczna jest próbą krytyki doktryny entelechii Arystotelesa podjętą przez Bachtina. W szerokim ujęciu koncepcja porusza problemy konfrontacji na linii Zachód – Wschód. Dla głębszego zrozumienia podjęta została próba rozważania „inwersji historycznej” w kontekście opozycji myślenia progresywnego (prometejskiego), myślenia konserwatywnego (epimetejskiego) i myślenia mitotwórczego w ramach hermeneutyki folklorystycznej Vardana Hayrapetyana.
"Strangers Still More Strange": The Meaning of Rivers Bedeviled
Authors: McMillin T.S.
Published: October 2021

Steamboats transformed rivers in 19th-century United States, providing what many people considered a kind of mastery over nature. In literature from the period, while most writers marveled at or exulted in that perceived mastery, some questioned the origins of the reputed conquest. Did it result from human ingenuity? divine inspiration? a deal with the devil? Amid all the fog, smoke, and various other vapors associated with the steamboat, vivid stories, compelling dramas, and comic searches for meaning took shape, and no literary work captured the tension informing, uncertainty surrounding, and ramifications emerging from this instance of technological innovation as powerfully as The Confidence-Man: His Masquerade (1857). Herman Melville’s last novel, The Confidence-Man explores the author’s notion that “Books of fiction” can perhaps give readers more truth, “more reality, than real life can show.” Literature, for Melville, was an opportunity to reconsider the nature of things and our means of understanding that nature. In The Confidence-Man, he presented readers with a different view of the Mississippi River and the curious vessels working its waters. The novel imagined The Devil himself to be on board the steamboat, imperiling the soul of America.
A DEEP LEARNING APPROACH FOR NOISY IMAGE CLASSIFICATION IN AUTOMATED DRIVER DROWSINESS DETECTION
Authors:   Electrical Engineering  Department,  College of Engineering, Mustansiriyah University, Baghdad, Iraq, K. Hussein Marwa , M. Salman Tariq ,   Electrical Engineering  Department,  College of Engineering, Mustansiriyah University, Baghdad, Iraq, H. Miry Abbas ,   Electrical Engineering  Department,  College of Engineering, Mustansiriyah University, Baghdad, Iraq
Published: October 2021

In recent years, driver drowsiness has been a major cause of road accidents, particularly when the driver has been driving on the highway for an extended period of time. Smart systems can now be used to prevent accidents, and a reliable driver detection system must be applied to alert the driver. In these systems, several external factors have been degrading the performance of these systems, including added noise, interference and low illumination. To overcome these limitations, this paper presents a de-noising approach for noisy images; the results show that the enhanced images improve the overall system performance and classification accuracy. The final validation accuracy is 97.5%, while the testing accuracy for S1 is 96%, S2 is 92%, and S3 is 91%. The test accuracy of S1 decreased to 45% when the Salt and pepper noise is added to the set , , when Gaussian noise is added to S2 the testing accuracy decreased to 85%, and when speckle noise is added to S3 the testing accuracy is reduced to 73%. When the median filter is used the testing accuracy for S1 become 93%, the testing accuracy for S2 increase to 91%, and the testing accuracy for S3 raises to 85%.
REACTIVE POWER CONTROL OF THREE-PHASE MODULE INTEGRATED PV MICRO-INVERTER BASED ON BOOST CONVERTER
Authors:   Electrical Engineering Department, College of Engineering, Mustansiriyah University, Baghdad, Iraq, T. Noori Farah , K. Hassn Turki ,   Electrical Engineering Department, College of Engineering, Mustansiriyah University, Baghdad, Iraq
Published: October 2021

In recent years, photovoltaic power generation has become a creative technology. This technology uses solar energy to overcome the energy shortages in modern power systems because of increasing environmental problems in traditional power generation systems. It has irreplaceable benefits like pollution reduction and has increasingly been turned into a new path for distributing power generation applications. In traditional PV system design to produced enough DC-bus voltage from PV panels, several PV modules are connected in series connection. However, when certain modules are partially shadowed, the overall power generation of the PV panels often falls significantly, reducing its essential current generation and preventing the output current from reaching its maximum value within that panels. An AC modules strategy was suggested in this paper to solve this drawback. The PV system with an interleaved DC-DC boost converter and maximum power point tracker (MPPT) for each boost converter is used in the DC-DC converter stage. The perturbation and observation (P&O) algorithm is applied to extract sun power. In this paper, a three-phase micro-inverter voltage source inverter type (VSI) of 1000W is designed and simulated. By controlling the direct and quadrature components of inverter output currents, the active and reactive power can be injected into the grid. The system is simulated using MATLAB software and the simulation results show the validity of the suggested Micro-inverter system.
ON THE USE OF MULTIPLE INSTANCE LEARNING FOR DATA CLASSIFICATION
Authors:   Computer Engineering Department, College of Engineering, Mustansiriyah University, Baghdad, Iraq, Z. Salih Nibras , Khalaf Walaa ,   Computer Engineering Department, College of Engineering, Mustansiriyah University, Baghdad, Iraq
Published: October 2021

In the multiple instances learning framework, instances are arranged into bags, each bag contains several instances, the labels of each instance are not available but the label is available for each bag. Whilst in a single instance learning each instance is connected with the label that contains a single feature vector. This paper examines the distinction between these paradigms to see if it is appropriate, to cast the problem within a multiple instance framework. In single-instance learning, two datasets are applied (students’ dataset and iris dataset) using Naïve Bayes Classifier (NBC), Multilayer perceptron (MLP), Support Vector Machine (SVM), and Sequential Minimal Optimization (SMO), while SimpleMI, MIWrapper, and MIBoost in multiple instances learning. Leave One Out Cross-Validation (LOOCV), five and ten folds Cross-Validation techniques (5-CV, 10-CV) are implemented to evaluate the classification results. A comparison of the result of these techniques is made, several algorithms are found to be more effective for classification in the multiple instances learning. The suitable algorithms for the students' dataset are MIBoost with MLP for LOOCV with an accuracy of 75%, whereas SimpleMI with SMO for the iris dataset is the suitable algorithm for 10-CV with an accuracy of 99.33%.
AUTOMATIC GENERATION CONTROL OF A MULTI-AREA POWER SYSTEM BASED ON GREY WOLF OPTIMIZATION ALGORITHM
Authors:   Electrical Engineering Department, College of Engineering, Mustansiriyah University, Baghdad, Iraq, H. Jaber Hussein , H. Miry Abbas ,   Electrical Engineering Department, College of Engineering, Mustansiriyah University, Baghdad, Iraq, Al-Anbarri Kassim ,   Electrical Engineering Department, College of Engineering, Mustansiriyah University, Baghdad, Iraq
Published: October 2021

This paper presents an automatic generation control algorithm applicable for a multi-area power system. A more practical models is used to represent the main components of the power system. The frequency bias factor (B) is set optimally by using an artificial intelligence technique. The generation rate constraints (GRC) are taken into consideration with dead band characteristics of the governor. For the first time, a sequential optimization of the fractional order (PID) control parameters, the governor speed regulation (R) and the frequency bias factor (B) is proposed. The objective function to be minimized is the updated integral time absolute error (UITAE). The tuning of the control parameters is dependent on minimizing the objective function by using the Grey wolf optimization (GWO) algorithm. The proposed algorithm is tested on an interconnected three power pools different system (Reheat, Gas and Hydro) with varying degrees of load step change. The simulation results of the presented process are compared to those achieved by using the particle swarm optimization method. The results obtained reveal the robustness of the proposed algorithm in terms of settling time and peak overshoot.
BER PERFORMANCE ANALYSIS OF 4QAM/OFDM OVER DIFFERENT SCENARIOS OF LAPLACE FADING CHANNEL.
Authors:   Electrical Engineering Department,  College of Engineering, Mustansiriyah University, Baghdad, Iraq, F. Mohammed Hassan , A. Al-Rubaye Ghanim ,   Electrical Engineering Department,  College of Engineering, Mustansiriyah University, Baghdad, Iraq
Published: October 2021

Multicarrier transmission, also known as (OFDM) Orthogonal Frequency Division multiplexing, in wireless communications, it has been proven to be an essential technique for countering multipath fading. It has been used successfully for HF radio applications and has been selected as the interface for digital audio transmission, digital terrestrial TV broadcasting, and high-speed wireless local area networks in Europe. In this paper, we suggested a new design for modeling multipath fading channels, such as the Laplace fading channel, in order to discover new simulation results and effects. Furthermore, the variance of the Laplace fading channel has been computed and the new Bit Error Rate (BER) derivation is established, and the performance of (M-QAM), M-ary Quadrature Amplitude Modulation (with M=4 over OFDM system under Laplace fading channels in Additive White Gaussian Noise (AWGN) is discussed and compared to the conventional M-QAM/OFDM system Rayleigh fading channel in AWGN. All the simulation results are examined using the optimum signal detection based on the Euclidean distance and evaluated using Monte-Carlo simulation.
A COMPACT MICROSTRIP ANTENNA BASED ON H-FRACTAL GEOMETRY FOR MULTI- BAND OPERATION
Authors:   Electrical Engineering  Department,  College of Engineering, Mustansiriyah University, Baghdad, Iraq, S. Muqdad Zainab , A. Elwi Taha ,   Communication Engineering Department/ College of Engineering/ Al-Mammon University, Baghdad, Iraq, A. Abdul Hassain Zaid ,   Electrical Engineering  Department,  College of Engineering, Mustansiriyah University, Baghdad, Iraq
Published: October 2021

This paper presents a compact, tri-bands, rectangular patch antenna based on H-Tree fractal slots structure for modern wireless communication systems has been introduced. The antenna structure consists of a 70.70×56mm2 rectangular patch printed on 173×173×1.6mm3 FR4 substrate. H-Tree slots fractal geometry with the defective ground plane on the other side to enhance gain and bandwidth. The suggested antenna is fed by a 50 Ω microstrip line. The antenna shows three resonance frequencies: 0.784, 1.158, and 1.772 GHz. The suggested antenna offers a total size reduction of about 75 %. The designed antenna possesses fractional bandwidths of 3.976 %, 7 %, and 2.7866 % for the first, second, and third resonances, respectively. Finally, the proposed antenna is a candidate for Global System for Mobile communications (GSM).
The Need for a Canadian Database of Police Use-of-Force Incidents
Authors: Bennell Craig , Brown Andrew Steven , Jenkins Bryce , Khanizadeh Ariane-Jade , MacIsaac Audrey , Semple Tori
Published: October 2021

Concerns surrounding the use of force by police officers appear to be growing, fuelled by perceptions that the police use force too frequently, research showing that force is applied disproportionately to members of certain groups, and the view held by some that the mechanisms for holding police responsible for unjustified force are inadequate. In this paper, we advocate for the creation of a national use-of-force database in Canada to gain a better understanding of these issues, adding our voice to those who have already been actively calling for this. We describe some of the potential benefits that would be associated with such a database, including the fact that it would enhance police transparency and accountability, while also increasing our understanding of when and why force is used and what strategies may be useful for reducing inappropriate applications of force. We also highlight some of the challenges we think would be encountered, including mandating nationwide participation, overcoming resistance from the police community, establishing sensible case inclusion criteria, and standardizing data collection. While these are significant challenges, we believe not only that they are possible to overcome but that doing so will provide real value to Canadian society.
Systemic corruption and institutional multiplicity: Brazilian examples of a complex relationship
Authors: Mota Prado Mariana , de Mattos Pimenta Raquel
Published: October 2021

Systemic corruption is usually described as a stable self-reinforcing equilibrium that traps individuals by reducing incentives to behave honestly. This article assumes that law enforcement institutions may also be trapped in this equilibrium, leaving no alternative to individuals who want to report corruption. Would the existence of multiple institutions performing accountability functions – what we call institutional multiplicity – reduce the probability that all institutions would be trapped in a systemic corruption environment? We start by hypothesizing that even in contexts of systemic corruption there may be ‘pockets of honesty.’ If this is the case, institutional multiplicity, by increasing the number of accountability institutions available, may create avenues for individuals to report corruption. On the other hand, multiplicity may also increase the risk of ‘façade enforcement’ – that is, the mere appearance of accountability that reinforces a systemic corruption equilibrium. We illustrate these two scenarios with Brazilian examples. We end the article with a discussion of the design of accountability systems in contexts of systemic corruption, arguing that there may be advantages in preserving institutional multiplicity if its deleterious effects are addressed. While based on the Brazilian experience, this article advances theoretical hypotheses that may be useful to other countries.
Üniversite Öğrencilerinde Uzaktan Eğitime Yönelik Tutumlar ile Akademik Öz-yeterlik Arasındaki İlişkiler
Authors: ÖZDİREK Serda , CİCERALİ Eyyüb Ensari
Published: October 2021

Üniversite öğrencilerinin uzaktan eğitime yönelik tutumları ile derslere yönelik akademik öz-yeterlikleri arasındaki bağın incelenmesidir.
PALYNOLOGICAL ANALYSES, CHEMICAL and MINERAL COMPOSITION OF SOME HONEYBEE POLLEN PELLETS
Authors: Bay Veysel , Topal Erkan , Çakıcı Neslihan , Yıldızdal İsmail , Tosunoglu Aycan
Published: October 2021

Bee products have gained popularity in recent years as food, dietary supplements and adjuvant products due to their extraordinary health properties. Globally, bee pollen is the second most consumed product after honey, has a special importance as a male reproductive unit of flowers, as well as a rich nutrient material, as it contains the oral secretions of the honeybee. In this study, palynological identification of bee pollen collected from apiaries from different regions was made. The bee pollen content was found to be consisting of dry matter between 71.47-81.38%, protein between 17.5-26.0%, fat 5.84-10.95%, and ash content 2.02-2.44%. Moreover, the most common mineral elements in pollen were calcium, potassium, magnesium, silicium, sodium and iron. Besides, heavy metals such as arsenic, cadmium and lead have been detected in bee pollen samples that is a result of the increased environmental pollution and have negative effects on health. Therefore, in bee pollen production, identification, determination of nutritional quality and standardization of pollen are very important for producers and consumers.