bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Una revisión general de las estructuras metal-orgánicas (MOF) dentro de la química inorgánica
Authors: Villegas-Fernández Milton Horacio , Carpio-Granillo Mariana , Vargas-Hernández Erick , Zuno-Cruz Francisco Javier , Sánchez-Cabrera Gloria
Published: January 2021

Las estructuras metal-orgánicas (MOF) son materiales porosos con arreglos espaciales ordenados de aspecto cristalino y están formados por ligantes orgánicos y iones o cúmulos metálicos. Este tipo de compuestos han sido estudiados durante algunas décadas, debido a los diversos campos de aplicación en donde se han involucrado. La principal razón para su estudio es la gran variedad de ligantes orgánicos y iones metálicos generalmente de transición que pueden ser utilizados para su síntesis, generando un gran número de variables en la geometría (2D o 3D) que controla el tamaño de poro de estos compuestos. Este artículo es una revisión general de las características significativas, los tipos de estructura y métodos sintéticos más importantes usados en la actualidad para MOF, además se mencionan algunas de sus aplicaciones más relevantes dentro de la química inorgánica.
Algunos errores en el uso de funciones de Lyapunov para control de estructura variable
Authors: Vázquez-Dueñas David Ismael , Álvarez-Urias Jorge Luis
Published: January 2021

Este trabajo discute errores encontrados en el uso de funciones de Lyapunov propuestas en resultados recientes de control de estructura variable: en diseños continuos con convergencia en tiempo finito (``Continuous finite-time stabilization of the translational and rotational double integrators'' por Bhat y Bernstein, 1998), basados en funciones implícitas de Lyapunov (``Finite-time and fixed-time stabilization: implicit Lyapunov function approach'' por Polyakov et al, 2015), y basados en funciones de Lyapunov discontinuas por partes (``An LMI approach for second-order sliding set design using piecewise Lyapunov functions'' Tapia et al, 2017).
Texton Based Segmentation for Road Defect Detection from Aerial Imagery
Authors: Prahara Adhi , Akbar Son Ali , Azhari Ahmad
Published: January 2021

Road defect such as potholes and road cracks, became a problem that arose every year in Indonesia. It could endanger drivers and damage the vehicles. It also obstructed the goods distribution via land transportation that had major impact to the economy. To handle this problem, the government released an online complaints system that utilized information system and GPS technology. To follow up the complaints especially road defect problem, a survey was conducted to assess the damage. Manual survey became less effective for large road area and might disturb the traffic. Therefore, we used road aerial imagery captured by Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV). The proposed method used texton combined with K-Nearest Neighbor (K-NN) to segment the road area and Support Vector Machine (SVM) to detect the road defect. Morphological operation followed by blob analysis was performed to locate, measure, and determine the type of defect. The experiment showed that the proposed method able to segment the road area and detect road defect from aerial imagery with good Boundary F1 score.
Assessment of Medical Students knowledge and perception about Importance of Forensic Medicine in crime investigation.
Authors: Ansari Rizwan Zafar , Aamir Yasmin , Malik Beenish , Rana Salman Pervaiz , Butt Usman Shahid , Farid Noreen
Published: January 2021

Objectives: The study aimed to know the prevalence of scientific knowledge among medical students about the essentiality of postmortem examination. Study Design: Cross-sectional Observational Survey. Setting: Data was obtained from students of five medical colleges of Pakistan. Period: December 2020 to February 2020. Material & Methods: A questionnaire were designed to access the level of students’ comprehension about importance of post-mortem examination, collection of samples, autopsy report writing and courses taught in Forensic curriculum. Results: Most of the students 553 (79%) have shown satisfaction from teaching and training in Forensic Medicine. 252 (36%) suggested the need add case base studies (CBL) to improve the teaching methodology. 546 (78%) students were in favor of conduction of autopsy to know the unnatural circumstances under which death occurred. 154 (22%) of them stated that SGD are good teaching method for learning injury interpretation and 399 (57%) highlighted that there should be more teaching hours for autopsy visits and medicolegal clinics. Conclusion: Students are well aware about the importance of Forensic Medicine and conduction of autopsy. They are reluctant to opt Forensic Medicine as a medical carrier because of limited scope and court inquires.
Frequency of maternal & perinatal mortality and maternal morbidity among obstetrical patients referred with history of unattended pregnancy.
Authors: Khawaja Amber , Khan Fiza Ali , Jabbar Asifa Abdul , Khokhar Naeem Akhter , Farook Saima , Karamat Shahida
Published: January 2021

Objective: To determine the frequency of fetomaternal morbidity and mortality among obstetric patients referred to tertiary care hospital with history of no antenatal visit. Study Design: Descriptive Case Series Study. Setting: Gambat Institute of Medical Sciences, Sindh Province. Period: June 2018 to December 2018. Material & Methods: About 175 pregnant females aged 18-35 years, having alive singleton pregnancy, gestational age >20-40 week without any history of obtaining antenatal care facility were included and followed-up till delivery and outcome were noted. Results: Mean age of females was 27.49 ± 4.46 years (18-35). Mean gestational age was 34.03 ± 4.07 weeks. About two third women (63%) were referred from rural areas. Maternal mortality rate was 12.6% while perinatal mortality was about 21.7%. Frequency of maternal morbidity of recorded as 34.9% case of hemorrhage, 36.6% case of anemia, 12.6% case of dystocia, 29.7% case of pre-eclampsia, 23.4% case of eclampsia & 19.4% case of sepsis. Maternal age was significant effect modifier for the frequency of pre-eclampsia, sepsis and maternal mortality (p<0.05). Conclusion: Maternal and perinatal morbidity & mortality are very high among women who have not attended the antenatal check-up. The major causes are haemorrhage, anaemia, pre-eclampsia/ eclampsia, dystocia and sepsis.
Comparative study between post-aural and per-meatal approach type-1 tympanoplasty.
Authors: Khan Tahir Hussain , Rana Ashfaq Hussain , Malik Sohail A.
Published: January 2021

Objective: To compare the results after tympanoplasty between post-aural and per-meatal approach. Study Design: Comparative study. Setting: Social Security Landhi Hospital, Karachi. Al-Tibri Medical College & Hospital (Isra University Karachi Campus), old thana Malir, Karachi. Period: July 2017 till June 2018. Material & Methods: In this study, 76 Patients of both genders with dry tympanic membrane perforations were included. They were aged between 18 to 40 years. Period of research was one year, study was started since July 2017 till June 2018. Patients were distributed into two groups, group-1 and group-2. 38 patients were included in every group. In group-1, post-aural approach tympanoplasty was done. In group-2, per-meatal approach tympanoplasty was performed. Observed results of both procedures after 1st post-operated day, after 1st post-operated week, after 1st month and after 2nd month post operatively. Variables were intensity of pain, bleeding, PTA (Ac, BC and AB-gap measured by tympanometer) and duration (time period) of surgical procedure. Result: In group-1(post-aural approach tympanoplasty), out of 38 patients, 36 patients had intact grafted tympanic membrane while in group-2 (per-meatal approach tympanoplasty), 37 patients had intact grafted tympanic membrane and 1 patient had residual perforation. Smaller amount of bleeding was noted during surgery and post-operative in group-2, in comparison with group-1. All the dressing gauze were dry in per-meatal approach tympanoplasty group (group-2). Mean time period of surgery was less in per-meatal tympanoplasty (group-2) 65.1 + 3.7 mins and mean time period of post-aural tympanoplasty (group-1) was 82.0 + 5.6 mins. P value was found to be significant i.e. < 0.001. Consumed time period of surgery was also decreased in per-meatal tympanoplasty (group-2). After tympanoplasty, hearing status was also enhanced on PTA in both groups. Post- operatively, it was observed that AB gap was reduced in both groups. On 1st post -operative day, Weber test was done, vibrating sound was heard (lateralized) in post-operated ears which ensured the safety of inner ear apparatus. Conclusion: Results of post-aural and per-meatal tympanoplasty were approximately same but per-meatal approach tympanoplasty is superior as it took shorter amount of time period, minimum post- operative pain and post- operative bleeding.
Evaluation of the antibacterial and anticancer activities of marine Bacillus subtilis ESRAA3010 against different multidrug resistant Enterococci (MDRE) and cancer cell lines
Authors: Nourah Hassan Alzahran , Esraa Ahmed Mohamed
Published: January 2021

Fifty nine isolates belonging to six species of Enterococci namely, Enterococcus faecalis, Enterococcus faecium, Enterococcus raffinosus, Enterococcus durans, Enterococcus mundtiiand Enterococcus avium (n = 35, 15, 4, 3, 1 and 1 isolates, respectively) were obtained from different clinical specimens including urine, pus, blood, wound, sputum and synovial fluid. The highest numbers of Enterococci were recorded from the pus (20 isolates, 33.90%) followed by urine (12 isolates, 20.34%) while the lowest frequency was observed with synovial fluid samples (2 isolates, 3.39%). These isolates showed different multidrug resistant patterns with the lowest resistant for linezolid (n = 5, 8.48%), followed by teicoplanin (n = 14, 23.73%) and vancomycin (n = 20, 33.90%) while they exhibited the highest resistant against penicillin (n = 53, 89.83%), oxacillin (n = 50, 84.75%), erythromycin (n = 49, 83.05%) and streptomycin (n = 47, 79.66 %). On the other hand, a free living marine bacterium under isolation code ESRAA3010 was isolated from seawater samples obtained from the fishing area Masturah, Red Sea, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. The phenotypic, chemotaxonomic, 16S rRNA gene analyses and phylogenetic data proved that isolate ESRAA3010 is very close to Bacillus subtilis and then it was designated as Bacillus subtilis ESRAA3010. It gave the highest antagonistic activity against all clinical Enterococcus faecalis, Enterococcus faecium, Enterococcus raffinosus, Enterococcus durans, Enterococcus mundtiiand Enterococcus avium isolates under study with minimum inhibitory concentration (MIC) ranged from 4 to 56 µg/mL, 4 to 12 µg/mL, 4 to 8 µg/mL, 4 to 8 µg/mL, 8 µg/mL and 4 µg/mL, respectively as well as minimum bactericidal concentration (MBC) (8 to 64 µg/mL, 4 to 16 µg/mL, 4 to 12 µg/mL, 4 to 16 µg/mL, 12 µg/mL and 8 µg/mL, respectively). Moreover it showed anti-proliferative activity against colon (HCT-116), liver (HepG-2), breast (MCF-7) and lung (A-549) carcinomas with IC50 equal to 39, 50, 75 and 19 µg/mL, respectively which indicates its prospective usage in the upcoming decades.
Stroke vs. SIADH: A case of symptomatic hyponatremia secondary to SIADH in association with COVID-19 infection
Authors: Shadi Bagherzadeh , Siamak M Seraj , Amirhossein Afshar
Published: January 2021

A 66-year-old male with no known past medical history presented with history of two days of throbbing frontal headache associated with nausea, vomiting and left-sided facial droop. The patient also reported dizziness, subjective chills without cough, shortness of breath, or sputum production. Laboratory findings revealed elevated inflammatory markers but normal thyroid, kidney, and liver function tests. Initial sodium level was 126 mEq/L. Urine studies showed elevated urine osmolality of 647 mOsm/Kg and urine sodium level of 175 mEq/L, both suggestive of syndrome of inappropriate secretion of antidiuretic hormone (SIADH). The TSH and ACTH stimulation tests both came back as normal. CT scan of the chest showed no evidence of lung infiltrates. Diffusion weighted MRI of the brain showed no evidence of acute or subacute CVA. SARS-CoV-2 nasal swab test was resulted positive. With these findings we diagnosed our patient with SIADH. Patient was initially started on 3% saline infusion for symptomatic hyponatremia. A fluid restricted diet was enforced. Patient was also started on salt tablets in order to increase solute intake. Sodium slowly corrected throughout the hospitalization. Of note, our patient never became hypoxic, neither did he show evidence of clinical pneumonia. A CT imaging of the chest showed no lung infiltrates, and an MRI of the brain was negative for any acute intracranial abnormalities. This case highlights the role of early recognition of SIADH in the setting of SARS-CoV-2 infection even in the absence of hypoxemia or lung pathology.
Synthesis and Characterization of Black Currant Selenium Nanoparticles (Part I)
Authors: Al-Kurdy Masar J. , Khudair Khalisa K. , Al-Kinani Layla H
Published: January 2021

The present study aimed to synthesize selenium nanoparticles (SeNPs) using aqueous extract of black currant as a reducing agent. The green synthesized black currant selenium nanoparticles (BCSeNPs) were identified by color change. The characterization of SeNPs was achieved by Ultraviolet-visible (UV–VIS) spectroscopy, scanning electron microscopy (SEM), X–ray diffraction analysis (XRD), and Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FTIR). These tests were used to detect: stability, morphology, size, crystalline nature, and functional groups present on the surface of BCSeNPs. The results revealed appearance of the brick-red color indicating the specific color of selenium nanoparticles, and UV-Vis spectroscopy showed band absorbance at 265 nm of intense surface plasmon resonance manifesting the formation and stability of the prepared BCSeNPs. The SEM image showed the prevalence of spherical selenium nanosized, XRD at 2θ revealed crystallin selenium nanoparticles, the size was in the average of 18-50 nm. Furthermore, FTIR revealed the presence of functional groups of the plant which act as stabilizing and reducing agents. In conclusion, the aqueous black currant extract can act as a reducing and capping agent to synthesize BCSeNPs in nano-scale size by a simple method
SISTEM PENUNJANG KEPUTUSA SISTEM PENDUKUNG KEPUTUSAN PENERIMA PROGRAM KELUARGA HARAPAN (PKH) MENGGUNAKAN METODE AHP DAN TOPSIS (Studi Kasus : Kelurahan Sribasuki Kotabumi)
Authors: Irawan Fery
Published: January 2021

Kelurahan Sribasuki Kotabumi Lampung Utara adalah salah satu tempat yang telah menerapkan transfer tunai bersyarat untuk program bantuan keluarga. masalah yang terjadi pada kelurahan Sribasuki Kotabumi hanya berdasarkan sudut pandang pendamping PKH akibatnya banyak warga yang tergolong sangat miskin tidak menerima bantuan PKH. Diharapkan sebuah keputusan dapat membantu kelurahan Sribasuki Kotabumi, kriteria untuk menentukan penerima manfaat PKH yang digunakan yaitu status rumah, luas lantai, jenis lantai, jenis dinding, jenis atap, sumber air minum, sumber penerangan, fasilitas toilet, bahan bakar memasak, tempat tinja, usaha bersama, aset berharga. hasil dari tiga perbandingan metode AHP-TOPSIS, AHP menggunakan pengujian confusion matriks dengan data uji dari keluarahan Sribasuki Kotabumi, dari hasil yang telah diuji metode AHP-TOPSIS mendapatkan hasil tertinggi dengan akurasi 82%. Sedangkan metode AHP dengan akurasi 78%
Minnen från ett finskjudiskt musikerliv i tradition och förändring –
Authors: Illman Ruth
Published: January 2021

Recension av Sirkka Klemettiläs Pianomies Hillel Tokazier [Pianomannen Hillel Tokazier] (Päivä Osakeyhtiö 2019).
PROGRAM KEMITRAAN MASYARAKAT BAGI KELOMPOK GURU TK/RA MELALUI PELATIHAN PEMBUATAN ALAT PERAGA EDUKATIF BERBASIS NILAI-NILAI ISLAM DI KOTA LHOKSEUMAWE
Authors: Syarkani Syarkani , Siraj Siraj , Milfayetty Sri
Published: January 2021

Fasilitas sarana dan prasarana perlu tersedia secara lengkap di Taman Kanak-kanak (TK) dan Raudhatul Athfal (RA) agar penyelenggaraan pelayanan pendidikan dapat berjalan dengan baik sehingga pertumbuhan dan perkembangan kepribadian anak dapat tercapai secara baik dan benar. Permasalahan yang dihadapi mitra saat ini adalah masih minimnya sarana dan prasarana penunjang pembelajaran, seperti sarana bermain dan alat peraga/permainan edukatif; pengetahuan dan keterampilan guru dalam merancang dan membuat alat peraga/permainan edukatif  masih rendah; kemampuan guru dalam memahami bakat dan potensi anak masih terbatas; kompetensi guru yang mengajar di TK/RA masih rendah, karena rata-rata guru tersebut bukan lulusan PGTK/PG-PAUD; serta minimnya alat peraga/permainan edukatif berbasis nilai-nilai Islam. Untuk mengatasi permasalahan mitra tersebut, solusi yang ditawarkan adalah: (1) membantu guru dalam mengenali dan memahami berbagai bakat dan potensi yang dimiliki anak melalui model bermain creative art play, sehingga anak berkembang secara holistik dari segi akademik, sosial, emosional, dan spiritual melalui pelatihan dalam bentuk workshop dan pendampingan; (2) membantu guru dalam merancang dan membuat alat peraga/permainan edukatif (APE) berbasis nilai-nilai Islam yang akan digunakan dalam pembelajaran di kelas, sehingga dapat meningkatkan kemampuan profesionalisme guru.Kegiatan yang telah dilaksanakan adalah dengan memberikan pelatihan bagi guru TK/RA. Hasil yang diperoleh adalah meningkatnya pengetahuan, pemahaman, dan keterampilan guru TK/RA sehingga mampu membuat alat peraga edukatif berbasis nilai-nilai Islam, serta terlaksananya kegiatan belajar mengajar yang menjunjung nilai-nilai agama dan nilai-nilai luhur budaya dalam membentuk anak didik yang bertaqwa kepada Allah swt.
Energy Performance Contracting Initiative in Malaysian Public Hospitals
Authors:   Engineering Division, State Health Department Sarawak, 93050 Kuching, Sarawak, MALAYSIA, Imran Muhammad Syukri , Abd Rahman Noor Muhammad ,   Engineering Division, Ministry of Health Malaysia, 62590 Putrajaya, MALAYSIA, Mohamed Roslan ,   Engineering Division, Ministry of Health Malaysia, 62590 Putrajaya, MALAYSIA
Published: January 2021

Ministry of Health Malaysia (MOH) has integrated sustainability program in the management of its assets particularly hospital buildings in line with the national sustainability goals and the United Nation Sustainable Development Goals. The fundamental sustainability change is significant since 2015 in the public healthcare sector where green business practice is more appreciable through formation of policy and sustainability related programme. Public hospital in Malaysia are very high energy consumers, therefore various energy projects have been implemented through Energy Performance Contracting (EPC). EPC projects in MOH is intended to deliver energy expenditure savings as well as to offset hospital building carbon footprint. EPC practice in government hospitals have managed to offset about 15.7 ktonne carbon emission in 2019 or about 16% of Government building national emission reduction target. Energy project such as energy efficient chiller retrofit, LED lighting retrofit and solar thermal hot water are some of the EPC initiatives by MOH in public hospitals. The energy projects not only serve to meet the overall Hospital Facility Management Contract sustainability goals but also to complement the green building target for Malaysian Healthcare building by 2025. The aim of this paper is to review the development of the EPC projects in public healthcare sector and its impact on government energy spending as well as to the climate.
Socio-Humanitarian Training Arrangement Technology Implementation for the Future Masters of Natural Specialties under the Distance Learning Conditions
Authors:   V.N. Karazin Kharkiv National University, Popenko Nataliia Volodymyrivna
Published: January 2021

The article is concerned with the coverage of the stages content of the experiment on the practical implementation of the socio-humanitarian training arrangement technology for the future Masters of Natural Sciences under the distance learning conditions and the analysis of the results obtained. The tasks of research and experimental work are defined, namely: approbation of the socio-humanitarian training arrangement technology for the future Masters of Natural Sciences under the distance learning conditions; diagnostics of socio-humanitarian competence levels of the future Masters of Natural Sciences before and after the experiment; processing of experimental data by methods of mathematical statistics in order to increase the conclusions validity. The essence of the ascertaining the stage of the experiment which defined the level of awareness of teachers working with the Masters of Natural Sciences, the possibilities of distance learning technologies and readiness to use them in the educational process; the level of attitude of the future Masters of Natural Sciences to study socio-humanitarian sciences and the use of distance technologies in the educational process; the levels of socio-humanitarian competence formation according to cognitive, motivational, value and communicative criteria are determined. At the formative stage of the experiment, methodological seminars on the general topic "Distance Learning Technologies – a Requirement of the Present" were held for the teachers. The content of socio-humanitarian disciplines “Factors of Successful Employment in the Specialty” and “Higher Education Pedagogy” has been updated, the distance training courses of these disciplines in the Moodle distance learning system have been developed and introduced into the educational process. The complex of active teaching methods such as: problem-based learning method, brainstorming, case-method, project method, business games, practical exercises, analysis of specific pedagogical situation is applied. The effectiveness of implementation of the socio-humanitarian training arrangement technology for the future Masters of Natural Sciences under the distance learning conditions is reflected in dynamics of levels of socio-humanitarian competence formation in future Masters of control and experimental groups. The validity of the results recorded during the pedagogical experiment was confirmed by the Pearson test.
Empiric research related to information technologies application in professional English learning process for tourism specialty students
Authors:   National aviation university, Vasylyshyna Nataliia Maksymivna
Published: January 2021

In this paper the role of globalization on society has been discussed and in particular, the consequences of globalization’s direct impact on the process of learning English by tourism graduates in higher education. Also, during the conducted survey, it was emphasized that over the past few decades advancements in information technology have had a profound on the global landscape as well as on the progression of globalization. The goal of this research is to investigate the positive effects of the application of information technologies in the professional English learning process for tourism specialty students. The research is focused on defining the benefits of incorporating them into the way of acquiring necessary language skills and abilities by tourism specialty students. The data used is collected from official documents, articles, reports, and the sources of organizations in the field of education. The findings of this research draw attention to the speedy infusion of information technologies into the field of education. Some of these outcomes are as follows: firstly, it has been discovered at this point that the active usage of information technology has become an integral part of the tourism students’ preparation in the frame of tertiary education; secondly, it has been revealed and justified on the developed structural-functional model that the technology provides the means by which the English learning efficiency can be increased assisting tourism specialty students in competing and maintaining a completive professional advantage in the global environment and marketplace as well. Furthermore, the present article is an attempt to understand, analyze and provide an overall picture on basic aspects of English for Specific Purposes (English for Tourism): its definition, scope, characteristics and aims. Despite the English for Tourism teaching objectives, it also discusses the structural-functional model of modern information technologies usage in the educational process on the example of studying the module "Global tourism: International Benefits and Threats". Broadly speaking, the designed investigation related to information technologies application in professional English learning process for tourism specialty students has vividly witnessed its unbiased value and beneficial implementation in the higher education system. Our statement can be supported with a plenty of persuasive facts, such as follows: modern tools make English for Tourism learning process much more interesting, flexible, available; newest technologies are supposed to shape “soft skills” in tourism specialty students making them more competitive on the tourism global marketplace. To summarize, information technology benefits both traditional education institutions and online educational models of learning English for Tourism in fundamental ways.
Task-Based Approach in The Frame of Professional Preparation at Universities
Authors: Vasylyshyna Nataliia Maksymivna
Published: January 2021

The success that our students can achieve in the process of language learning depends on different factors, among which students’ involvement in language acquisition is considered to be one of the crucial in modern communicative methodology. While teaching foreign languages we use various methods, approaches and techniques. Language purpose influences our choice of syllabus items and teaching techniques. The task-based approach has gained popularity in the field of language teaching since the last decade of the 20fh century and significant scholars have joined the discussion and increased the amount of analytical studies on the issue. In this paper we have attempted to describe the task-based approach criticality, pointing out what we consider positive in this approach, and underlining the inadequacy of some assumptions and conclusions. It must once more be emphasized that task-based approach is useful teaching and learning pedagogical device among others available. Taking into consideration the rate of the foreign language competence importance for today’s university learners, we were able to identify the main purposes of the survey that are: the first part of the paper was dedicated to figuring out real world tasks and classroom tasks as well as presents theoretical overview of task-based approach; then the second part of the paper was grounded on the description of the most common advantages and disadvantages of the task-based approach; the third part provided the steps for a successful task-based teaching activity (the pre-task; task cycle; language focus; a relevant homework assignment) and the fourth part was concerned with the reveal of types of assignments that are based on task-based teaching (information gap activities, reasoning gap activities, opinion gap activities, road trip, the business mixer, department of tourism). In conclusion we have illustrated that multiple advantages of task-based approach are dealing with: real-life communication before language analysis; it is learner-centered and meets students’ needs giving them opportunity to use all possible language resources in authentic communicative situations; encourages learners’ autonomy. Due to this students can analyze what they know, do not know or partially know and need to improve; they are encouraged to investigate the language. Thus students take responsibility for their progress in language learning. Also it was shown that teachers can use this approach in mixed ability classes where both weak and strong students can perform the task successfully according to their language level, with different accuracy in the same communication situation and find out their individual needs. One more outcome of the survey is that students deal with a wide range of language, because they are not restricted by syllabus demands to definite lexis, grammar or structures. It was recommended to use a combination of task-based approach and traditional approach to language learning in order to meet students’ requirements best of all.
Motivational component and modern trends for quality assurance of mathematical and natural education of pupils – prospective entrants of technical higher education institutions
Authors:   National Technical University of Ukraine 'Kyiv Polytechnic Institute', Kyrychkov Yuriy Vasyliovych , Kofanova Olena Viktorivna ,   National Technical University of Ukraine 'Kyiv Polytechnic Institute'
Published: January 2021

The content of the "education quality" concept was considered in the article. The problems of mathematical and natural education of pupils of secondary schools and students of the higher education institutions were analyzed. It has been found that their level of training in mathematical and natural subjects (disciplines) remains too low for successful studying in the higher education institutions and this significantly inhibits the process of acquiring the necessary competences. In order to improve the mathematical and natural preparation of pupils and students, taking into account the development of the STEM education concept in the country, it was proposed to enhance the motivational component of education by introducing advanced educational technologies, in particular, project learning, "creating a situation of success", forming the creative personality of the pupil or student, etc. In our opinion, by increasing the motivation and interest in learning, this will help to intensify and increase the efficiency of the educational process, to develop creative cooperation between the student and the teacher, to increase the creative component of the educational process. The main results of the experimental research work on the implementation of the model of "Conflict-free education" conducted at the Polytechnic Lyceum of the National Technical University of Ukraine "Kyiv Polytechnic Institute" were presented. It was found that implementation of the system of level education and level-stage assessment of students' educational achievements optimizes the process of mastering, consolidation and deepening of students' knowledge, contributes to improving the quality of mathematical-natural education, the motivation of students' learning, their creativity and research competence. The 12-point Student Achievement Assessment Scale developed at the Polytechnic Lyceum back in 1991 (it was taken as a basis by Ministry of Education and Science of Ukraine in 2000), has some differences, making the number of conflicts (misunderstandings) between students & parents and teachers quite low. The presented model is effective for lessons of different types and in classes with different learning profiles.
On the question of training of future medical specialists on the basis of interdisciplinary integration
Authors:   I. Horbachevsky Ternopil National Medical University, Kalyniuk Natalia Mykolayvna
Published: January 2021

It is substantiated that one of the effective ways to improve the quality of education is interdisciplinary integration. The interdisciplinary approach based on the new educational standards presupposes, first of all, the ability of the medical education seeker to solve problems and take responsibility; act in an unstable context; motivation of students to study a certain discipline, thorough understanding and comparison; application of the acquired knowledge in practice; broadening the horizons, increasing the independence and creativity of future medical professionals; integration of the acquired knowledge, skills and abilities into one whole and perception of the material mastered during all training as inseparable unity. Methodological aspects of training a future medical specialist in the system of higher professional education in the conditions of interdisciplinary integration are considered. The main directions of improving the professional training of medical students on the basis of integration of different approaches are identified. The importance of applying interdisciplinary integration in the training of future medical professionals on the example of a combination of clinical, bioethical and legal knowledge is substantiated. The issue of application of interdisciplinary integration in the training of medical students is covered. The factors of optimization of the process of training future medical specialists on the basis of interdisciplinary connections are considered. It is shown that the application of interdisciplinary integrative technologies provides grounds for the formation and development of future medical professionals in the field of analytical and critical thinking, which is the key to improving the quality of medical education. It is proved that the professional training of future specialists in the medical field is in dynamic development, which is due to the priority of improving the quality of medical education. It was found that the effectiveness of the integration approach in the training of future medical professionals, in order to improve the quality of their education, requires improvement of the methodological concept in the development of educational and methodological complex of professional training on the basis of interdisciplinary integration. This can be ensured by taking into account the following factors: social demands for professional activity; the specifics of training at clinical departments and the peculiarities of mastering non-core disciplines; providing scientific, informational and methodological support of the educational process; formation and development of future medical professionals of analytical and critical types of thinking. The proposed will ensure high-quality readiness of future medical professionals for their professional activities.
Development of the prospective specialists’ professional responsibility
Authors:   Lutsk National Technical University, Potapiuk Liliia Mykolaivna
Published: January 2021

Increasing the level of the prospective specialists' professional responsibility is an important aspect of preparing young people for life and work in a highly-competitive and dynamic society. Professional training of the competitive professionals is inextricably interwoven with the development of their abilities, worldview, cognitive independence, moral and ethical culture, national consciousness, ability to perform tasks at a high professional level, solve life and personal problems. With reference to the scientific sources, the article describes varied approaches to the definition of the concept of responsibility. In the focus of the study are the most essential issues of the notion of future specialist's professional responsibility. The author argues that professional responsibility reflects the objectively necessary relationships in a team, which are characterized by a conscious need to fulfill professional requirements, moral and professional duties, social norms, to be responsible for the professional actions as to the colleagues, team, and society. The article highlights the most important areas of vocational education improvement, focusing on the most favorable conditions for the professional responsibility formation, describes the set of factors, requirements, and influences aimed at facilitating the process. Pedagogical conditions involve the factors and professional interests, which contribute to the future specialist's self-sufficiency and self-criticism development, provide for the disclosure of the personality potential, influence the formation of professionally significant qualities of future specialists, improve the quality of their training and inspire the specialist for further development, transformation, and integration into the European and world community. The study has revealed that the mechanisms of professional responsibility formation work more efficiently owing to the implementation of properly selected pedagogical approaches in the process of training. The main components that determine the level of professional responsibility are identified. The key findings of the study argue that the quality of the formation process of the professional responsibility of the prospective specialist depends greatly on the gradual and manageable training, filling the training content with integrative combination of personal, pedagogical and professional components, development of the organizational principles based on the combination of theory and practice, involving students in various types of activity.
Designing the training students methods of automated documents creation
Authors:   Kremenchuk Mykhailo Ostrohradskyi National University, Istomina Nataliia Mykolaivna
Published: January 2021

In modern conditions, informatization permeate into all spheres of society. This also applies to the educational sphere. At the moment, many software products are involved in the educational process. Involve of software products helps to increase the clarity and aesthetics of students' paperwork. At the same time, the dominance of technical means increases the student load. It should also be noted that the speed of paperwork is often reduced. Students spend more time on the results with the help of technical means than on the work done by hand. This contradiction can be resolved by students acquiring skills in working with automated documents. This work is devoted to the development of methods for training students the principles of creating automated documents through the use of automatic elements: styles, objects, labels, links, automatic lists of various directions. The theoretic, practical and individual stages are fixed in the developed method. The thematic plan with covering all parties of automatic elements application at document creation is designed. The main tools used to create an automated document in most of the software products used are highlighted. Chief among these tools are: labels, links, programmable fields. To work with documents, you can use many software products, among which the most common are Microsoft Office, LaTeX, Libre Office. Today, given the current trend of distributing free licenses of software products for educational institutions and education seekers, the Microsoft Office suite remains the most popular among students. Taking this into account, the work provides examples of the implementation of tasks that correspond to the compiled thematic plan using the means of the Microsoft Office package. All examples are accompanied by pictures explaining the use of the selected automatic element. As a result of the work, a method for training students the principles of creating automated documents was formulated. Implementation of the designed training method allows to reduce the time spent on preparing an electronic document, improve the documents design quality and increase the flexibility of the received content for export, import and editing operations.
Technological support of fixed split joint impermeability in two-stage circuit of production organization
Authors: Yeryomenkova Irina
Published: January 2021

The oretical equations are shown for the calculation of fixed split joint impermeability taking into account contact-ing surface quality. There are given theoretical and empirical dependences for the definition of quality parameters in parts surfaces for different methods of their processing. A two-stage design-technological support of fixed split metal joint impermeability is presented.
Automotive Digital Earth: Big Data, Insurance
Authors: Nosov Nikita
Published: January 2021

The article is devoted to the implementation of Big Data technology in the auto industry and insurance. The article substantiates the need to use this technology in the context of rapidly growing volumes of information, describes the role of big data in modern life and predicts its use in the concept of the future development of the Digital Earth. The current level of Big Data usage in the automotive sector in Russia and around the world is considered. The §author describes the main areas of application of Big Data, such as car insurance using telematics devices, navigation, improving the production process of cars in terms of identifying and eliminating system flaws that are detected during operation, as well as about the growing popularity and at the same time causing heated controversy of the technology of unmanned driving. Statistical data on the number of self-driving cars in countries, the level of their introduction into everyday life, and people's readiness for a new stage of transport development are presented. Separately, the author raises the question of the legal regulation of Big Data, which at this stage is in its infancy and requires careful study, identifies current legal problems that arise in the process of implementing this technology. As a solution to the problem, a number of measures are proposed to fill the existing gap and establish compliance with the rule of law and common principles for the use and protection of Big data.
Application of 3D documents in the land cadastre: problems of legal regulation
Authors: Zakharova Maria
Published: January 2021

The article considers the use of 3D documents in electronic document management and land cadastre. Earth audit (cadastre) within the "Digital Earth" is carried out through 3D documents. The technical nature of 3D documents is clear, but the legal regime is quite complex and poorly understood. In this situation, it is impossible to conduct an audit of the Earth through a 3D document without establishing its legal regime. This article identifies possible ways to develop domestic legislation in the field of digitalization on the example of a 3D document and makes suggestions for improving the current legislation and defining the legal regime of a 3D document, including in relation to the land cadastre.
Redefining Personhood: A Synoptic Analysis of Human Subjectivity from Legal and Human Rights Perspectives
Authors: Sattar Dr. MD Parvez
Published: January 2021

Both primary and secondary data used in analysis and evidencing the arguments made in the essay
The Interaction of Russian parishioners and Russian parish priests through the prism of Russian mentality in the early 20th century
Authors: Popova Olga
Published: January 2021

The paper focuses on the interaction of Russian parishioners and Russian parish priests in the early 20th century. The research analyzes Russian citizens’ appeals to the first State Duma and articles written by the Russian clergy and published in periodical press. The analysis shows that the necessity to pay surplice-fees to the church treasury and to endow parish priests with the altarage created a general resentment and dissatisfaction with the church and the clergy.
MASTERPLANNER: A CENTRAL UTILITY PLANT DESIGN AND OPTIMIZATION TOOL
Authors: Rezazadeh Kalehbasti Pouya , Qi Te
Published: January 2021

This paper presents a web-based software for designing optimal central utility plants. This tool can receive user-defined load profiles or generate typical load profiles based on user-specified combination and areas of 16 reference building types. The software then solves a linear-programming optimization comprising 8760 sets of equations and constraints to design central plant configurations with minimal first cost, operating cost, life-cycle cost, energy use, or marginal carbon emissions. The tool also calculates simultaneous heating and cooling loads to evaluate using heat-recovery chillers, and it can design both hot and cold thermal energy storage as well as water-side economizers.
The Accuracy and Validity of Self-Reported Social Media Use Measures Among Adolescents
Authors: Verbeij Tim , Pouwels J. Loes , Beyens Ine , Valkenburg Patti M.
Published: January 2021

A growing number of studies have tried to assess the effects of social media on adolescents, who are among the most avid social media users. To establish the effects of social media use, we need accurate and valid instruments to measure adolescents’ time spent with these media. The aim of this preregistered study was to examine the accuracy and convergent validity of retrospective surveys and experience sampling method (ESM) surveys, by comparing adolescents’ responses to these self-report measures with their digital trace data. The sample consisted of 125 adolescents (48% girls; Mage = 14.1) with Android smartphones. In both retrospective surveys and ESM, adolescents overestimated their time spent on social media. They more accurately estimated their time spent on platforms that are used in a less fragmented way (Instagram) than on platforms that are used in a more fragmented way (Snapchat). The between-person convergent validity of adolescents’ time estimates according to retrospective surveys and ESM reached the threshold for minimum acceptable convergent validity (r ranged from .55 to .65). The within-person convergent validity of adolescents’ ESM estimates of their time spent on social media was unacceptable (r = .32). The between- and within-person convergent validity of ESM estimates decreased over time (i.e., fatigue effect).
A nudge-based intervention to reduce problematic smartphone use: Randomised controlled trial
Authors: Olson Jay A. , Sandra Dasha A. , Chmoulevitch Denis , Raz Amir , Veissière Samuel P. L.
Published: January 2021

Problematic smartphone use is rising across the world. We tested an intervention with ten strategies that nudge users to reduce their smartphone use, for example by disabling non-essential notifications and changing their display to greyscale. Participants first completed baseline measures of smartphone use, well-being, and cognition before choosing which intervention strategies to follow for two to six weeks. Study 1 (N = 51) used a pre–post design while Study 2 (N = 70) compared the intervention to a control group who monitored their screen time. Study 1 found reductions in problematic smartphone use, screen time, and depressive symptoms after two weeks. Study 2 found that the intervention reduced problematic smartphone use, lowered screen time, and improved sleep quality compared to the control group. Our brief intervention returned problematic smartphone use scores to normal levels for at least six weeks. These results demonstrate that various strategies can be combined while maintaining feasibility and efficacy.
Performing Gender: Female Masculinity in D. H. Lawrence’s The Rainbow
Authors: Gurung Gol Man
Published: January 2021

This paper analyses Ursula, the female protagonist of D. H. Lawrence’s the novel The Rainbow, who reflects her masculinity. Many feminist critics have perceived this novel as man-centered. In response to this analysis of the novel, the paper tries to look at the novel from the perspective of Judith Halberstam’s theoretical concept of female masculinity, especially Ursula as a masculine woman who acts like a man. Female masculinity is not an identity but a site for identification where different identities can flourish, but masculine women possess confidence, assertiveness, and independence. Lawrence gives justice to women’s role by presenting Ursula as a new woman who seeks her individual identity in the traditional world. Through the reading of the novel as its theoretical tool, the research concludes that females can be as males and males can be like females. She acts like a man and that means she has masculine qualities. The novelist portrays Ursula as a woman with masculinity because she can flourish different identities of her life. She plays the role of an independent woman, a liberated woman, a Lesbian woman, and a new woman, etc. She behaves like a tomboy who refuses to accept the Victorian conventions of society. So, she is a masculine woman rather than a feminine woman. This paper emphasizes how a woman can perform like a man; this suggests masculinity is not the private property of a male; it is a social position that can be practiced in an individual way.