bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Surgical Removal of a Long-Standing Impacted Firearm in Neck: A Case Report
Authors: Adhikari Arun , Mahoto Nain Bahadur , Khatri Bijay
Published: April 2022

The gunshot neck injury is an emergency and must be addressed immediately. However, as our case report, a long-standing retained foreign body (firearm) in the deep neck is rare. Surgical removal of a long-standing foreign body is challenging for the operating surgeon. A 36-year-old male with a history of a firearm injury to the neck dating 16 years back with complaints of recent onset of pain was evaluated. A computed tomography scan of the neck showed a metallic foreign body located in close proximity to the right common carotid artery. Neck exploration was performed under general anaesthesia, and the foreign body was removed without complications. The patient has recovered following the intervention and has resumed his normal activities. The use of methylene blue helps to locate the foreign body during surgery. However, the choice of intervention for a stable patient with a penetrating neck injury remains based on cases.
Upper Gastrointestinal Bleeding among Patients Admitted in Department of Emergency in a Tertiary Care Centre: A Descriptive Cross-sectional Study
Authors: Karki Binod , Sherpa Tshering Wangdi , Aryal Egesh , Adhikari Alisha , Upadhaya Regmi Binit , Katwal Srijana , Mandal Sujit Kumar , Deo Rajeeb Kumar , Dawadi Pravakar
Published: April 2022

Introduction: Upper gastrointestinal bleeding is a common medical emergency with significant morbidity and mortality. Its causes can be classified under variceal bleeding or non-variceal bleeding. Peptic ulcer and variceal bleeding are common causes. Thus, this study aims to find the prevalence of upper gastrointestinal bleeding among patients attending the Department of Emergency in a tertiary care centre.
Methods: This was a descriptive cross-sectional study conducted on patients admitted to the Department of Emergency a tertiary care centre from September 2020 to August 2021 among 3375 patients. The ethical approval was obtained from the Institutional Review Committee of the hospital (Reference number: 328). Patients presenting with the clinical features of upper gastrointestinal bleeding in the form of hematemesis or melena were enrolled after written informed consent. Data entry was done in Statistical Packages for the Social Sciences version 20.0. for descriptive analysis. Point estimate at 95% Confidence Interval was calculated along with frequency and percentage for binary data.
Results: Out of 3375 admissions in the Department of Emergency, 85 (2.52%) (1.99-3.05 at 95% Confidence Interval) patients presented with upper gastrointestinal bleeding.
Conclusions: The prevalence of upper gastrointestinal bleeding is lower in comparison to other studies done in similar settings.
Coping up with Stress as a Medical Student
Authors: Acharya Jiya , Sahani Shambhu
Published: April 2022

Psychological stress is one of the most common problems faced by medical students in their day to day life. There are a variety of manifestations of stress and these manifestations can directly or indirectly hamper the performance of a medical student. Knowing proper measures to manage stress as well as time can help medical students live their life in a more practical way. Practising mindfulness, mental health awareness and seeking help from experts can be beneficial in coping with stress as a medical student.
ENERGY UTILIZATION IMPACTS IN DETECTING ABNORMALITY ON WIRELESS SENSOR NETWORKS
Authors: CAN Zuhal , DEĞİRMENCİ Elif
Published: April 2022

With the novel developments in Wireless Sensor Network (WSN) technologies, environmental data collection and processing services are applied in diverse industrial and scientific areas. However, energy limitations and vulnerabilities of WSN nodes are still the main drawbacks of technological developments in the area. Understanding the energy utilization patterns of nodes helps to detect abnormal node behaviors and prevent malicious nodes. In this study, we observe the energy utilization behaviors of nodes and found that nodes have distinctive activity patterns based on their types. We also found that source, sink, and relay nodes on the data propagation path have higher energy consumption patterns compared to other nodes
Парадокс Декарта: аналіз з точки зору епістемічної логіки
Authors: Козаченко Надія Павлівна
Published: April 2022

Видається доцільним розглянути можливості застосування спеціалізованих розділів логіки для аналізу філософських питань у відповідних сферах на прикладі епістемічної логіки.
Знання як соціально-економічний чинник розвитку інформаційного суспільства
Authors: Брюховецький Микола Миколайович
Published: April 2022

Метою статті є дослідження впливу знання як соціально-економічного чинника розвитку інформаційного суспільства в різних його проявах на такі складові елементи виробництва як засоби праці, продукт праці та предмет праці. Фіксується тенденція поглиблення зв’язку знання із вказаними елементами виробництва на стадії інформаційного суспільства, порівняно з попередніми епохами розвитку суспільства. Здійснюється спроба через зростаючу роль знання в предметі праці обґрунтувати еволюцію праці з фізичної в бік інтелектуальної та стрімке розповсюдження останньої в інформаційному суспільстві. Робиться висновок, що зростаючий зв'язок знання з елементами виробництва та поширення інтелектуальної праці призводять до ряду соціальних наслідків, серед яких майже повна неможливість експлуатації в умовах домінування інтелектуальної праці, переосмислення традиційного соціального і правового поняття власності при відході від виключно матеріального розуміння засобів, продукту і предмету праці, а також переосмислення функції капіталіста, як власника засобів і продуктів праці, постачальника предмета праці у виробництво, а отже і організатора виробництва взагалі.
Формування творчої активності майбутніх педагогів як показника їх професіоналізму
Authors: Білоус О. С.
Published: April 2022

У статті розглядається проблема формування творчої активності майбутніх вчителів як показника їх професіоналізму у процесі вивчення предметів музичного циклу. Розкривається зміст творчих завдань, які сприятимуть позитивній динаміці росту рівня творчої активності, яка сполучена з виявленням потреби студентів в особистісно-професійному зростанні.
Формування творчих здібностей студентів засобами використання проблемних ситуацій на заняттях вищої школи
Authors: Білоус О. С.
Published: April 2022

У статті розглядається проблема формування творчих здібностей студентів засобами використання проблемних ситуацій на заняттях у вищій школі як одного з чинників їхньої професійно-творчої самореалізації.
Історія педагогіки. Програма навчальної дисципліни
Authors: Білоус О. С.
Published: April 2022

Програма містить загальгий опис навчальної дисципліни, пояснювальну записку, структуру залікового кредиту курсу, рейтингову систему оцінки знань, умінь та навичок студентів з історії педагогіки, характеристику змістових модулів курсу, літературу та питання до іспиту.
Системний підхід у формуванні творчої активності майбутнього педагога
Authors: Білоус О. С.
Published: April 2022

В статті обґрунтовується необхідність модернізації підготовки кадрів в умовах вищої школи. Розглядається проблема реалізації системного підходу у формуванні творчої активності майбутніх педагогів, їх готовності до творчої професійної діяльності.
Формування професійно-дидактичної культури майбутнього викладача вищої школи
Authors: Білоус О. С.
Published: April 2022

В статті розглядається проблема формування дидактичної культури майбутніх викладачів. Визначено сутність дидактичної культури майбутнього викладача як компонента професійно-педагогічної культури, її зміст і структуру.
Історичний аспект реалізації гендерного підходу в фаховій підготовці студентів вищої школи
Authors: Білоус О. С.
Published: April 2022

У статті розглядається історичний аспект реалізації професійної підготовки студентів вищої школи. Викладений детальний аналіз історичної ретроспективи відношення педагогіки як науки й практики до питань статеворолевої соціалізації особистості та просування на сучасному етапі гендерних досліджень у професійну підготовку студентів вищої школи. Розкриваються можливості використання гендерного підходу в організації навчального процесу та під час викладання окремих навчальних педагогічних дисциплін у вищому навчальному закладі. Оскільки однієї з важливих завдань вишу є формування у студентів ціннісного відношення й здібностей до інноваційної педагогічної діяльності та до саморозвитку.
Професійне самовизначення випускників у різних населених пунктах
Authors: Марчик Валентина Іванівна , Брусило Андрій Олександрович , Бороденко Вікторія Іванівна , Буднік Наталія Григорівна
Published: April 2022

Дослідження показників готовності до професійного самовизначення випускників загальноосвітніх закладів, які проживають у різних населених пунктах, встановило, що у більш населених містах він більший, ніж у менш населених містах (у Кривому Розі у два рази більший, ніж в Апостолове). Висловлюємо точку зору, що отримані результати показників професійного самовизначення у Кривому Розі (41%) і Апостолове (23%) за чотири місяці до початку вступної компанії (реєстрація електронних кабінетів вступників розпочнеться 1 липня 2021 року) є вкрай низькими.
Готовність випускників ЗВО до працевлаштування за спеціальністю
Authors: Марчик Валентина Іванівна
Published: April 2022

В роботі досліджували наміри працевлаштування за фахом випускників бакалаврату, які навчаються за спеціальністю «Середня освіта (Фізична культура)» з додатковою спеціалізацією «Спортивний туризм». Наявність трудового досвіду в сфері фізичної культури зазначили 59% випускників, в інших сферах 26%, відсутність трудового досвіду 15%. Готовність випускників бакалаврату при отримані диплому працювати за отриманою ними спеціальністю встановлено у 85% досліджуваних.
INTELLIGENT DATA ANALYSIS USING ARTIFICIAL NEURAL NETWORKS FOR DECISION MAKING IN THE EDUCATION DOMAIN
Authors: RADIUK PAVLO , MAZURETS OLEXANDER , SKRYPNYK TETIANA , MOROZ OLEKSANDR ,   Khmelnytskyi National University
Published: April 2022

Nowadays, applying educational intelligent data analysis (EIDA) seems relevant for improving the educational process based on big data. It implies developing and improving the methods of processing collected data in educational institutions to understand academic issues better. Over the past decades, artificial neural networks (ANNs) have been recognized as the most prominent techniques for learning analytics. In this work, we systematized the recent scientific literature in EIDA with ANNs. The paper analyzes the applications of ANN to EIDA and discusses the computational issues in the EIDA domain. According to the investigation, most educational data mining tasks are addressed by controlled learning models, such as classification, regression, and time-series prediction. Most in-depth methods used in the EIDA domain are traditional types of ANN. Well-known techniques such as multi-year perceptron and deep long short‐term memory networks have been mainly used for classification and prediction tasks within the education sphere. However, the difficulty of interpreting the results produced by ANNs has also been a challenge for intelligent data practitioners in any domain, including education.
DETERMINATION OF THE OPTICAL TRANSMITTER MODULATION TRANSMISSION FUNCTION IN THE PRESENCE OF LASERS EMITTER
Authors:   National Technical University of Ukraine “Igor Sikorsky Kyiv Polytechnic Institute”, KUCHERENKO OLEG
Published: April 2022

The most acceptable form of transmission of information over the fiber-optic line is its encoding in the form of rectangular pulses. In most cases, a semiconductor laser diode is used as a radiation source, and a single-mode fiber is used as a light guide. The main cause of energy losses in this node is the mismatch of the apertures of the laser diode and the fiber used to propagate the signal. In fiber-optic information systems, where the signal is modulated by the supply voltage, it is important not only to reduce energy losses, but also to transmit the signal to the fiber with minimal distortion. The most effective means of estimating the effect of the optical system of input of radiation into the optical fiber on the degree of distortion of the transformed signal is the use of Fourier transform of the signal with subsequent analysis of its frequency characteristics. Considering the node of the optical transmitter as one of the links of fiber-optic information systems, we conclude that it is necessary to study its frequency characteristics, namely its modulation transmission function. The modulation transfer function of this node depends on the design parameters of the input system. Errors in basing the radiating plane of the laser diode relative to the cardinal points of the optical system for inputting radiation into the optical fiber also have a significant effect on the modulation transmission function. Such errors include defocusing and angular and transverse decentering. Calculations of aberrations with subsequent determination of the scattering function and the use of fast Fourier transform for the calculation of FPM, as well as the calculation of FPM were performed using the program ZEMAX. The research allowed to obtain results characterizing the frequency properties of a typical optical system of laser diode radiation input into a single-mode optical fiber. It is established that the most stringent requirements (at the level of several microns) should be set before the possible defocusing of the radiating plane. Possible transverse decentering is limited to ten fractions of a millimeter, and ultimately its value is determined by the allowable vignetting of the radiation flux.
ANALYSIS AND IMPROVEMENT OF THE AUTOMATED MANAGEMENT SYSTEM OF TECHNOLOGICAL PROCESSES OF AGRO-INDUSTRIAL COMPLEX
Authors:   Vinnytsia National Agrarian University, Yalyna Olga
Published: April 2022

The author consider the importance and necessity of improving automated control systems. The control functions include: regulation of individual properties of the technological process; one-stroke logical control (execution of locks, protections, etc.); cascade regulation; multiconnected regulation; execution of software and logical operations of discrete control of processes and equipment; optimal management of the established modes of technological process and equipment operation; optimal management of unspecified modes of technological process and equipment operation; optimal management of the technological object in general with the adaptation of the management system. A theoretical analysis and the principle of constructing an automated control system for technological processes in the agro-industrial complex have been carried out, as a result of which the main criteria for the best functioning of the management model have been determined. The main direction of improving the automated control system for technological processes of the agro-industrial complex is the further development of methods for integrating the technical base, the development of system capabilities, the improvement of operational characteristics, the creation of small-sized external memory devices on magnetic disks. Consequently, a systematic approach to design should be the main pivot of the automated process control system being created at all stages of development from technical specifications to application. It should cover all components of the system: a set of technical means, functional and algorithmic structure and software. The result is a number of essential requirements for improving the management system.
AUTOMATED GRAVIMETRIC SYSTEM WITH ELEMENTS OF ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE TO SEARCH FOR MINERALS
Authors: CHEREPANSKA Irina , BEZVESILNA Olena , NICHYK Vitalii , KOTLIAR Svitlana , NECHAY Serhii ,   National Technical University of Ukraine "Igor Sikorsky Kyiv Polytechnic Institute"
Published: April 2022

The article is devoted to a topical problem – gravimetric study of the Earth for the presence of mineral deposits. To solve the problem, a system of automated gravimetric surveying with elements of artificial intelligence for the search for minerals has been developed. The proposed system of intelligent determination of minerals in gravitational exploration works uses a two-channel capacitive gravimeter as a sensitive element. The advantages of this system include: the speed of determining the key points where there is a deviation of free fall acceleration, the ability to work in hard-to-reach regions of the globe with unmanned aerial vehicles, high accuracy through the use of the last two-channel capacitive MEMS gravimeter. The advantages of MEMS (Micro Electro-Mechanical System) include high accuracy compared to analog devices, low cost of production in mass production. The small size of MEMS-gravimeters allows to expand the scope and increase the functionality of use in miniature research systems. The high accuracy of the gravimeter used in the system is achieved by reducing the main measurement errors by using two channels. The advantages also include efficiency, as it does not require the use of a large number of expensive devices and systems. The dependences of mineral on the magnitude of free fall acceleration are determined in the work and fuzzy rules of their determination are developed. According to engraving, conducted using the proposed automated gravimetric system with elements of artificial intelligence, we can with some probability talk about the presence of minerals such as copper, magnetite, coal and others. At the same time information processing time is reduced. Further clarification of the depth and size of the mineral deposit requires additional geological and geophysical research, such as the use of remote spectral and structural analysis of minerals with the involvement of satellite exploration.
RESULTS OF DEVELOPMENT AND TESTING OF COMPUTER-INTEGRATED TECHNOLOGY OF GREENHOUSES ARTIFICIAL LIGHTING CONTROL
Authors: LAKTIONOV IVAN , VOVNA OLEKSANDR , BORYCHEVSKYI VLADYSLAV ,   Donetsk National Technical University
Published: April 2022

The development and implementation of the automation and digitalization technologies of growing crops production processes in industrial greenhouses is being actualized for increasing of crop yields. This fact, in turn, positively influences on the re-equipment of the software and hardware base of protected soil domestic agricultural production, which stimulates an increase of investment attractiveness and long-term sustainability of Ukrainian agricultural enterprises. The main purpose of the article is developing of the scientific approaches on creation and testing of computer-integrated technology for artificial lighting control in the protected ground agricultural production conditions. The research object is automatic control process of artificial lighting. The research subject is methods and hardware-software components of the indoor greenhouse microclimate. Research methods are analysis of existing development methods, mathematical and computer modeling, hardware and software experimental testing. In course of the research, the component base has been substantiated and the block diagram of the hardware and software for the control of lighting technology has been developed. As a result, a computer model has been synthesized and tested, which is implemented on microprocessor technology and algorithms of the fuzzy logic theory for control the intensity and spectral composition of LED lamps in greenhouses. The prototype of control system for artificial additional lighting of greenhouse crops has been implemented and experimentally investigated. The implemented hardware and software means of computer-integrated technology allow to automatically control the parameters of LED lamps, taking into account the types and periods of growing crops.
THE USE OF HYDROPHOBIZED PERLITE AS THE BASE LAYER OF SUPERHYDROPHOBIC COATINGS
Authors: MYRONYUK OLEKSIY , BAKLAN DENYS , JIA ZILONG ,   National Technical University of Ukraine "Igor Sikorsky Kyiv Polytechnic Institute"
Published: April 2022

The development of superhydrophobic materials technology is limited due to low mechanical stability of coatings, complexity of scaling and relatively high cost. One possible way to solve this problem is to use technologies that are used for conventional coatings, such as creating a surface texture by using functionalized fillers. The article considers an example of a method of obtaining such coatings by mechanical grinding of foamed perlite. The geometry of crushed perlite particles, the shape and particle size distribution of their fragments formed during grinding were characterized in the work. An effective surface modifier has been selected to provide superhydrophobic properties and the possibility of forming coatings based on these materials has been established. The structure and water-repellent properties were also characterized. As a result, it is shown that the use of crushed material with hollow particles on the example of expanded perlite after chemical surface treatment is a possible way to obtain coatings with high water-repellent properties. The created systems have a stochastic structure and relatively high values of the wetting angle – up to 140°. The properties of crushed perlite particles were determined – the average particle size is 15 μm, the shape of the fragment and the possibility of modification using siloxane processing agents. In particular, it has been shown that the use of polymethylhydrosiloxane for modification provides its chemical binding on the surface of perlite. The layer of treated particles has a marginal wetting angle of up to 150° and a rolling angle of less than 4°. These particles were successfully bonded with a styrene-acrylic polymer matrix, which led to the formation of coatings with high hydrophobicity at filler levels above 50 wt. %.
METHOD OF OPTIMIZATION OF THE OPERATING MODES OF THE ENERGY POWER SUPPLY OF AVIATION ENTERPRISES
Authors:   Kryvyi Rih National University, Boiko Sergey , Vishnevskyi Sviatoslav ,   Vinnytsia National Technical University, Moskalyk Vitalii ,   Kharkiv National University of Internal Affairs, Podhornykh Nadiya ,   Kharkiv National University of Internal Affairs
Published: April 2022

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USAGE OF HASH METHODS IN THE CRYPTOGRAPHIC DATA ANALYSIS
Authors: YARMILKO Аndii , ROZLOMII Inna , MYSIURA Yuliya ,   Czerkaski Uniwersytet Narodowy im. Bohdana Chmielnickiego
Published: April 2022

The tasks of information security system include identifying potential or actual sources of threat to system’s work and minimizing consequences of unauthorized influence on it. While solving them, arises the need of restoration of the initial state of the information system, especially the data integrity. While performing information message analysis the other task may be finding differences between two data fragments or their instances. This paper offers methods of the complex solution of the information security tasks and the analysis of data streams using the means of cryptography and presents the experience of developing the reliable implementation of these methods. The developed methods allow detecting falsifications in data part of the sent message and restoring the initial message. During the cryptographic analysis, the area of change in a data block is localized using cross hashing which is performed by computing the hash of information message block by block. The result is the program implementation of the offered method of information stream analysis that is based on comparing three frames of input data. The effectiveness of detecting falsifications in a data stream depending on algorithm’s sensitivity was researched with the developed instrument. The dependence of the share of falsifications detected by the system in the information block on the established maximum allowable relative deviation from the median and the properties of the input stream, in particular, the division of the input data into frames, was experimentally revealed. It is expected that the advantages of the method will be higher in the preliminary stage of data flow analysis related to its segmentation before addressing the selected fragments to more accurate and specialized algorithms.
ENCODING RASTER IMAGES BASED ON FRAGMENT SIMILARITY
Authors: PORTIANYI IVAN , POSPIELOVA KAROLINA , OLIINYK YURII ,   National Technical University of Ukraine "Igor Sikorsky Kyiv Polytechnic Institute"
Published: April 2022

This paper is devoted to image encoding based on determining the similarity of fragments by using neural networks to extract the features of fragments and machine learning algorithms to find similar fragments. In the modern world, the problem of image storage is quite relevant. Graphic data takes up quite a lot of disk space, while Internet users upload more and more pictures. Also, every year there is a development of photography and image quality is improving, respectively, and the size of graphic data is growing. Data warehouses of social networks, messengers, file sharers and other Internet resources are filled with tens of thousands of new pictures every day. Therefore, the question arises about reducing the size of graphic data. In general, it should be noted that one of the most important and defining aspects of both storage and transmission of information is its compression. The problem described above is solved by encoding and compressing images. With the help of coding, the size of graphic information is reduced, which saves storage space and, accordingly, the money spent. In view of this, it is important to develop a method and means of image coding. Many methods exist for compressing graphic information. For example, jpeg, webp, png and others. These methods usually use the removal of redundant information in the photo and work purely with the image itself, but none of the methods uses fragments of similar images. The article uses convolutional neural networks and KNN (k-Nearest Neighbors) classifier for image encoding. and compares the size of the encoded image with the input. In order to encode the image, you first need to fill the data warehouse with features of fragments of similar images, then for each fragment of the obtained images you need to select the features and write to the data warehouse. Once the snippet feature database is formed, you can encode new images using saved snippets.
SOFTWARE COMPLEX FOR GRAPH ALGORITHMS VISUALIZATION
Authors: LAVRENCHUK Svitlana , ZDOLBITSKA Nina , KHAMULA Nadiia ,   Lutsk National Technical University
Published: April 2022

Algorithms on graphs represented by graphical structures are offered. The software complex has a modular web interface. A representative graph is implemented as a set of vertices in the form of numbered circles and links between them (graphic image); using dynamically linked lists (adjacency lists); using an adjacency matrix. The project of this project allows the use of interactive algorithms for step-by-step calculations and algorithms on graphical images to obtain the necessary research results and competencies in the use of discrete structures. The project was implemented using HTML, CSS, JavaScript, which allows visualizing the application and interactively working with algorithms on graphs represented by different data structures. Graphics File Algorithm Programming provides web-based and interactive algorithms created by the used DHTML itself, creating a software project in the form of a site. Each page is dedicated to a separate algorithm and structurally consists of a header, container, footer. The website design uses HTML and cascading CSS stylesheets, to create an interactive parsing process and to transform methods in graphic files – based on JavaScript, which allows third-party scripts to be processed and rendered. The user can vibrate the image type (for orientation), the number of nodes, the presentation method, generate this graph, indicate the starting point for starting the search algorithm, observe the operational operation of the algorithm. The user can adjust the animation speed. The development of a set of programs is meant for interactive demonstration and visualization of the operation of algorithms in the study of graph theory.
FEATURES OF FUNCTIONING AND SETTING OF THE SOFTWARE REGISTRAR OF SETTLEMENT TRANSACTIONSIN UKRAINE
Authors: PYRIH Yuliia , KLYMASH Mykhailo ,   Lviv Polytechnic National University, PYRIH Yaroslav ,   AB System
Published: April 2022

Since August 1, 2020, in Ukraine, along with the traditional registrars of settlement transactions (RST) it is possible to use software RST, which is a technological and / or software solution used on any device in which the fiscal functions are realized through the fiscal server of the regulatory authority. Such a solution is designed to register settlement transactions for the sale of goods (provision of services), currency trading transactions in cash and / or register the number of sold goods (provided services), cash acceptance transactions for further transfer. Thus, software RST can be installed on any device (smartphone, tablet, laptop, etc.), which is certainly one of its advantages over traditional RST. It is more convenient to use a computer or notebook as a base of software RST on the premises, while for couriers, cab drivers, mobile points of sale for coffee, ice cream, etc. the most optimal is the use of a smartphone. Mandatory paper receipts will soon become an archaism. Along with them, entrepreneurs can now provide customers with electronic versions of receipts by email or in the form of a QR code. Thus, the introduction of a software registrar of settlement transactions is a step into the future in which more and more habitual activities in all spheres of life will be transferred online. The article gives an overview of the features of functioning of the program registrar of settlement operations. The advantages of its use for business, based on a comparison of its work with the hardware registrar of accounting transactions, are described. Describes the scenario by which checks are fiscalized in the office of the State Tax Service (STS) through the use of PRST. The development of the commercial PRST as a module that can be used for integration with the accounting software on the Windows operating system is carried out. An example of XML filter for receipts and their fiscalization is given. Describes the settings required for the correct operation of the commercial PRST according to the legislation of Ukraine, which allowed to simplify the process of settlement transactions in the field of trade and increase their automation.
WAYS TO OPTIMIZE ACCOUNTING OF ADMINISTRATIVE ENTERPRISE EXPENSES
Authors: DATSENKO GANNA , KUDYRKO OLENA ,   Vinnytsia Institute of Trade and Economics of Kyiv National University of Trade and Economics
Published: April 2022

Improving the efficiency of enterprise management is primarily reduced to optimizing and reducing the volume of various expenses that arises in the course of business entities activities from expenses that form the cost of products and services to expenses that are directly written off as a financial result. The constant increase in the amount and share of administrative expenses in the total amount of enterprise expensesmakes it necessary to find optimal methods of their accounting and control adapted to the needs of management and other users. Improving the accounting of administrative expenses is a component of further improving the process of managing the economic activities of enterprises in market conditions and improving their financial results. The general methodology for constructing accounting for administrative expenses by elements is similar to the methodology for constructing accounting for the costs of production activities. That is, at the first stage, cost elements are formed – material costs, labor costs, etc., and at the second stage, they are written off to financial results, which is typical for financial accounting. Conducting an internal audit of administrative expenses of the enterprise in order to establish control over their structure, size and expediency of implementation will contribute to improving the financial results of business entities activities. Maintaining accounting records of administrative expenses by groups and subaccounts, reflecting them in a consolidated document of the implementation of the system of rationing of administrative expenses will allow to improve the effectiveness of internal control in a certain sequence: determining the legality of an economic operation; ensuring the availability of primary accounting documents; ensuring synthetic and analytical accounting of administrative expenses; ensuring the correctness, validity and completeness of attribution of administrative expenses to the financial results account; analyzing administrative expenses; making managerial decisions.
Prospective population growth and policy options for India, 1991–2101
Authors: Visaria Leela , Visaria Pravin
Published: April 2022

India, the second most populous country in the world, experienced an accelerated decline in fertility during the 1980s. As a result, India’s total fertility rate (TFR) in 1993, 3.5 births per woman, is below the level presumed in the population projections of the United Nations and the World Bank. This favorable development has occurred as India is attempting to reorient its family planning program to focus on the reproductive health of women and the health and welfare of children. The method-specific targets for contraceptive acceptors assigned to every grassroots health worker were abandoned in April 1996. Against this backdrop, this paper seeks to analyze the components of future population growth in India based on a series of hypothetical projections using alternative assumptions about the future decline in fertility. Only one assumption is made about the pace of mortality decline. The likely consequences of the prospective population growth and the policy options for accelerating fertility decline are also discussed.
Opportunities for Gender Equality in the African Continental Free Trade Area: Drawing Lessons from COMESA
Authors: Hazvinei Vhumbunu Clayton , Rukema Rudigi Joseph
Published: April 2022

Abstract The African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA), which has been signed by 54 out of the 55 African countries, seeks to create a single continental market for goods and services and facilitate the free movement of people on the continent, thereby boosting and enhancing the competitiveness of intra-African trade. However, while the Agreement Establishing the AfCFTA, under Article 3 (e), emphasises that one of the general objectives of the AfCFTA is to promote gender equality, experiences in other African Regional Economic Communities (RECs) FTAs have proven that gender and gender equality have not been adequately mainstreamed in implementing Free Trade Areas which has resulted in gender inequalities in international trade and commerce. Consequently, the majority of women have been left marginalised in trade and faced with serious challenges in accessing opportunities created by regional trade agreements. This paper sought to examine the potential of the AfCFTA to promote gender equality in Africa through the promotion of intra-African trade opportunities. Using secondary data sources, it drew from the experiences of the Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA) in mainstreaming gender in regional trade to proffer recommendations for the AfCFTA. The concepts of gender equality, gender mainstreaming and trade liberalisation were utilised for conceptual analysis. Recommendations of the research are key in presenting possible options for implementing gender-sensitive measures and strategic interventions that address the differentiated implications of the AfCFTA on both men and women such that the AfCFTA delivers more transformative, inclusive and sustainable economic growth and development in Africa.
Education as a Path to Gender Justice for Maasai Youth
Authors: Fialkov Claire , Haddad David
Published: April 2022

Abstract This study explored the differences between adolescent boys and girls and their tendency to accept the influence of others. This is important when considering not only one’s path in life but also the implications for independence and having an equal voice in a civil society. The study measured authenticity in 306 adolescent Maasai boys and girls and found that boys are significantly more likely to accept external influence than girls. Accepting external influence is inversely correlated with authenticity, a character strength linked with mental health and well-being, and arguably needed for democratic societies to flourish. Furthermore, unquestioned adherence to external social inductions serves to maintain the status quo and prevents responsiveness to needed change. The embodiment of authenticity is crucial for its actualization and takes place in the context of relationships. Schools represent a microcosm of the larger society and provide a window into different cultural practices and, as such, represent opportunities for transformation. The study discussed the social implications of these ideas, and the role Kenyan teachers play in the advancement of gender justice.
Cognitive Function Associated with Gut Microbial Abundance in Sucrose and S-Adenosyl-L-Methionine (SAMe) Metabolic Pathways
Authors: Jeong Sohyun , Huang Li-Kai , Tsai Ming-Ju , Liao Yi-Tyng , Lin Yow-Sien , Hu Chaur-Jong , Hsu Yi-Hsiang
Published: April 2022

Background: Differential abundance of gut microbiota has found to be associated with Alzheimer’s disease (AD). However, the relative abundance of gut microbiota between dementia and mild cognitive impairment (MCI) in AD is not well studied. Objective: We attempted to identify differentially enriched gut microbes and their metabolic pathways in AD patients with dementia comparing to AD patients with MCI. Methods: Fecal samples were collected at Shuang Ho Hospital, Taipei Medical University, Taiwan and analyzed by whole metagenomic sequencing technique. For normal controls without AD (NC), 16S rRNA sequencing was obtained from the Taiwan Microbiome Database. A total of 48 AD (38 dementia and 10 MCI defined by cognitive function scores) and 50 NC were included. Microbiome alpha and beta diversities were estimated. Differentially enriched microbes were identified with HAllA, MaAsLin, DESeq2, and LEfSe statistical modeling approaches. Results: We found significantly increased abundance of Firmicutes but decreased abundance of Bacteroidetes at phylum level in AD compared to NC. In AD patients, cognitive function scores were negatively associated with abundance of Blautia hydrogenotrophica (Firmicutes), Anaerotruncus colihominis (Firmicutes), and Gordonibacter pamelaeae (Actinobacteria). In addition, microbial abundance in the sucrose and S-Adenosyl-L-methionine (SAMe) metabolic pathways was more enriched in AD with MCI than AD with dementia and significantly associated with higher cognitive function scores. Conclusion: Gut microbe community diversity was similar in AD patients regardless of MCI or dementia status. However, differential analyses probed in lower-level taxa and metabolic pathways suggested that specific gut microbes in Firmicutes and Actinobacteria might involve in cognitive decline.
RETRACTED: ECAENet: EfficientNet with efficient channel attention for plant species recognition
Authors: Guang Jinzheng , Xi Zhenghao
Published: April 2022

This article has been retracted. A retraction notice can be found at https://doi.org/10.3233/JIFS-219433.
Innovation during the COVID-19 crisis: Why it was more critical for official statistics than ever1
Authors: Baldacci Emanuele , Braaksma Barteld , Gálvez Adolfo , Giannakouris Konstantinos , Olmos Belén González , Rivière Pascal , Scannapieco Monica , Vermeer Andréa , Vertanen Ville
Published: April 2022

During the COVID-19 pandemic, quantitative evidence was desperately needed in order to understand and manage an unprecedented situation, and to make important national, European and international decisions. Eurostat and the national statistical institutes (NSIs) played a key role in managing the pandemic, providing society with a high quality statistical information service. In particular, the crisis accelerated innovation in statistical production, steered complex processes of change towards the use of new data sources and privately held data for official statistics, enhanced the adoption of new statistical methods, and consequently the production of experimental statistics and dashboards. While the new data ecosystem provided opportunities for the production of official statistics, the importance of privacy preservation, data security and the development of adequate data quality frameworks remained a priority. Important strands of work for the future would be: satisfying the increased needs of users, as well as supporting decision-making and the delivery of government services in emergencies. NSIs would also do well to invest in innovation, collaborate and establish partnerships with the data providers and research communities that have worked closely with them since the beginning of the pandemic. This article is based on the experiences of six NSIs in the Netherlands, Spain, France, Italy, Germany and Finland during the pandemic.
Productivity analysis in work from home modality: An exploratory study considering an emerging country scenario in the COVID-19 context
Authors: Rodrigues Edilson Alves , Rampasso Izabela Simon , Serafim Milena Pavan , Filho Walter Leal , Anholon Rosley
Published: April 2022

BACKGROUND: The COVID-19 pandemic affected the work environment worldwide and forced companies to adopt work from home (WFH) suddenly. OBJECTIVE: This study aims to identify factors that influence productivity in the WFH modality, considering the Brazilian scenario in the COVID-19 context. METHODS: The approach used was a Delphi method with 19 specialists in the subject. Three rounds were conducted; in the third round, specialists indicated how the factor influences productivity through a scale. For the data collected in this last round, data was analysed via Grey Relational Analysis technique. RESULTS: The results indicated that 17 factors could influence productivity in the WFH modality in the analysed context. Comparatively, the five factors with more capacity to influence productivity are 1) Availability of adequate equipment and peripherals to develop the work activities; 2) leadership support; 3) The adequate place to develop work activities; 4) Internet and electricity supply stability; and 5) Clarity from the collaborator regarding their role in the company, responsibilities and activities to be developed. The frequency analysis indicated that factors affect at least moderately productivity in WFH modality. CONCLUSIONS: This article contributes to increasing knowledge associated with the WFH modality in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic. The information present here can be used by academics and managers, even in a post-pandemic scenario, to debate productivity in remote work modalities.
MECHANISM ANTAGONISM of Trichoderma viride AGAINST SEVERAL TYPES of PATHOGENS and PRODUCTION of SECONDARY METABOLITES
Authors: Muhibuddin Anton , Setiyowati Endah Mulyaningtyas , Sektiono Antok Wahyu
Published: April 2022

Biological control agents using antagonistic fungi have the ability to inhibit the development of disease-causing pathogens by various mechanisms such as competition for space and nutrients, antibiosis by producing antibiotics in the form of chemical compounds, and parasitism by entangling pathogenic hyphae. Antibiotic mechanism is a condition in which an organism secretes one or more metabolites that have a negative effect on other organisms. One of the fungi that has the ability as an antibiosis is Trichoderma viride, where this fungus secretes secondary metabolites in the form of a viridiol phytotoxin compound. This study conducted to determine the antagonist mechanism of the fungus T. viride in suppressing the growth of Alternaria solani, Fusarium oxysporum, Rhizoctonia solani, and Sclerotium rolfsii which causes disease in some cultivated plants, as well as what compounds T. viride possesses in suppressing the growth of other pathogens. This research was carried out at the Plant Disease Laboratory, Department of Plant Pest and Disease, Faculty of Agriculture, Brawijaya University from November 2020 to August 2021. The research was conducted using Trichoderma viride as antagonist fungus and Alternaria solani, Fusarium oxysporum, Rhizoctonia solani, and Sclerotium rolfsii as pathogenic fungi. This research consisted of 3 stages, the first stage was rejuvenation and macroscopic and microscopic characterization of pathogenic fungi and antagonist fungi. The second stage is the in vitro antagonist test using the dual culture method using a completely randomized design with 6 replications. The third stage is the phytochemical test of secondary metabolites using 5 test, namely terpenoid and steroid test, the alkaloid test, the flavonoids test, the tannin test, and the saponin test. The results showed that T. viride had an inhibitory ability >50% against four types of pathogens. The mechanism of T. viride antagonist against four treatments, three treatments belonged to the competition mechanism and one treatment belonged to the microparasite mechanism. The content of secondary metabolites of T. viride are steroids and alkaloids.