bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Expression profile of genes regulating cellular response to cytokine stimulus in Sjögren’s syndrome
Authors: Błochowiak Katarzyna , Nawrocki Mariusz J , Celichowski Piotr , Samborski Włodzimierz , Iwanik Katarzyna , Sikorska Dorota , Rabski Marek , Jopek Karol
Published: April 2023

The existence of abnormal cytokine profile in Sjögren’s syndrome (SS) may contribute to find potential SS biomarkers and accompanying comorbidities. We aimed to investigate and compare gene expressions in the labial salivary glands of SS and of healthy subjects (HS) by means of microarray analysis. The study group comprised 8 SS patients and 8 HS in microarray analysis. The relative gene expression changes were validated with real time quantitative polymerase chain reaction in 25 SS and 20 HS. Among the differently expressed genes belonging to the “cellular response to cytokine stimulus”, “cytokine-mediated signaling pathway” and “innate immune response” ontology groups with a fold change >1.5 and with a p value < 0.05, the adiponectin, C1Q and collagen domain containing (ADIPOQ), S100 calcium binding protein A9 (S100A9), leptin receptor (LEPR), and fatty acid binding protein 4 (FABP4) gene expressions in SS group were higher than in HS. Increased expression of the assessed genes are determined by the presence of SS and the accompanying inflammation and may be a valuable diagnostic biomarker of SS. Their selected systemic effects may suggest their role as potential prognostic biomarkers of the risk of accelerated atherosclerosis and cardiovascular complications in SS.
Do taller people live longer? Evaluating the relationship between adult stature and longevity
Authors: Chmielewski Piotr Paweł
Published: April 2023

Body height is positively correlated with overall health and survival. Previous studies have found that taller people are healthier and live longer than their smaller counterparts. Despite numerous investigations, the correlation between adult stature and longevity remains uncertain. The objective of the present study is to evaluate the relationship between adult height and lifespan. Data were available from 480493 men and 364666 women who died in the years 2004-2008 in Poland. Pearson’s r coefficients of correlation were calculated and ANOVA was employed. The correlation between height and longevity was negative and statistically significant in men (r = –0.27, p < 0.0001) and women (r = –0.25, p < 0.0001). However, after allowing for the cohort effect, these correlations proved to be very weak and significant. On balance, these results do not corroborate the hypothesis that taller people live longer, and the effects of body height on survival were small. In this article, these findings are discussed in an attempt to identify the biological mechanisms that are responsible for greater longevity in short people. This paper also deals with several biological factors and mechanisms involved in the link between body size and longevity.
Application and Practice of Artificial Intelligence Technology in Interior Design
Authors: Gong Mingchan
Published: April 2023

In order to enhance the technical innovation of interior design, this paper proposes an interior design approach based on artificial intelligence technology to optimize the overall scheme of interior design. The shape and contour features of different kinds of objects in the interior are modeled by visual information design, the information components of the visual images are determined using correlation scale analysis, and the maximum grayscale values are marked to implement 3D visual feature reconstruction. The reconstruction process is based on accurately aligned point cloud data, and parametric surface reconstruction is implemented for the target objects to obtain a more accurate 3D interior design model and make the interior scene simulation more realistic. In order to verify the effectiveness of the application of the interior design method based on artificial intelligence technology, simulation design experiments are conducted. The results show that the multi-element fusion (TBG) consideration characteristics of the proposed method are more uniformly distributed. The visual saturation and stereo image design levels reach 98% and 88.51%, respectively. The average error result is 0.06, which are both better than the 3D vision-based interior design method and the multi-element fusion-based interior design method, and have higher design reliability. It can be seen that the interior design method based on artificial intelligence technology helps to enhance the effect of intelligent application of interior design and promotes the optimization and upgrading of the interior design working experience.
Path construction of public management model based on POI social computing
Authors: Wen Shujian
Published: April 2023

In order to be able to better manage the production and life of urban residents, it is necessary to continuously optimize the public management model, and this paper proposes the establishment of a public management path for POI social computing. Build a computing system that can communicate with multiple computing units so that public management generation and dissemination moves to the system boundary and users can communicate, share and collaborate using a variety of methods. Taking full advantage of the complete confidence of POI point data location attributes and timely data update, puGAN model is added to improve the integrity of the collected data and distinguish the data sources by learning the differences between real and pseudo samples. Generate data discriminative classification of real unlabeled samples with unlabeled samples, adjust the distribution characteristics of the learned sample data, and improve the discriminative ability. The gradient value of the sample discriminator is calculated, and the gradient generator is updated to learn according to the data classification and finally solve the public management variance features. The analysis results show that the puGAN model can improve the accuracy of POI localization, and the training error and testing error are maintained at about 15%, which provides an important role for public management model research.
Establishment and application of traditional Wushu intelligent learning resource database under the background of big data
Authors: Wang Leitao , Feng Chao
Published: April 2023

The survival soil on which the traditional martial arts culture depends is becoming thinner and thinner. A large number of superb martial arts skills and martial arts experience disappear with the passing of the older generation of martial artists. In order to realize the information preservation of traditional Wushu, this paper puts forward the establishment and application of traditional Wushu intelligent learning resource database under the background of big data. In the context of big data, data mining technology is used to realize personalized recommended learning services, obtain the feature structure of intelligent learning system through operation, extract the average dynamic features of specific data in the resource database, obtain fuzzy constraints according to the value, determine the membership function, and adjust the membership function parameters through training fuzzy neural network, so as to gradually improve the reasoning accuracy. Finally, the matching rule set is used to filter the resource data packets to achieve the purpose of communication. In order to verify the effect of the model, compared with the traditional model, the results show that when the number of nodes is 500, the average transmission rate is as high as 90%, the average delay is 12 seconds, and the throughput performance is 91%. It can be verified that the model designed in this paper can effectively improve the propagation rate, reduce the average delay and strengthen the throughput performance.
Impact of Organisational and Legal Changes in the Healthcare System in Poland on Satisfaction of Patients of the Regional Multi-Specialist Center for Oncology and Traumatology of the Nicolaus Copernicus Memorial Hospital in Lodz on the Basis of Selected Elements of Healthcare
Authors: Białas Monika , Rzeźnicki Adam , Kaniecka Ewa , Stelmach Włodzimierz
Published: April 2023

Introduction

In 2017, an amendment to the Act on Healthcare Services Financed from Public Funds of 23 March 2017 introduced a system of basic hospital provision of healthcare services, the so-called ‘hospital network’.

Aims

The main aim of the study was to find out the impact of organisational and legal changes to the healthcare system in Poland in the form of an amendment to the Act on Healthcare Services Financed from Public Funds of 23 March 2017 on patient satisfaction with selected elements of healthcare.

Material and methods

The study was conducted in two stages: before and after the introduction of the amendment. The study covered 847 patients in stage I and 723 patients in stage II in several randomly selected wards of the Regional Multi-Specialist Center for Oncology and Traumatology of the Nicolaus Copernicus Memorial Hospital in Lodz. Descriptive and inferential statistics were used in the data analysis.

Results

The majority of the surveyed patients had no opinion on the impact of the amended Act on the quality of provided services. Similar results were obtained when analysing the patients’ assessment of reduction of queues to a specialist doctor. A large group of respondents claimed that the amendment to the Act would not reduce queues for hospital treatment. While assessing the current healthcare system, both before and after the amendment to the Act, patients most often gave a rating of 4 (45.2% and 47.2%), while about one third of patients gave a rating of 3 (30.8% and 33.7%). Patients gave the highest rating for the performance of doctors as well as of nursing and auxiliary staff.

Conclusions

Introduction of the amendment to the Act on Healthcare Services Financed from Public Funds has not affected the overall level of patient satisfaction with healthcare.
Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Health Behaviors Students of the Calisia University in Kalisz
Authors: Olesińska Wanda , Sommermeyer Henning , Wojtyła-Buciora Paulina , Bernatek Małgorzata , Gieburowski Krzysztof , Piątek Jacek
Published: April 2023

The onset and rapid spread of the SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus in 2019 was the reason why WHO announced a number of restrictions related to population movement, gathering, limiting access to cultural, recreational, and sports facilities. Most schools and universities moved to a hybrid or fully remote mode of teaching. Studies show that regulations aimed at reducing the spread of SARS-CoV-2, including home isolation, negatively affected students’ mental state, motivation to work and study. The purpose of this study is to assess the health behaviors of Calisia University students during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Methods

A questionnaire comprising 16 questions was developed. The questionnaire was introduced into the Survey Monkey electronic survey system with a note explaining the purpose of the study. On June 22, 2022, a link to the questionnaire was e-mailed to all students (n=1,425) of the Calisia University. A reminder was sent to the students two weeks later.

Results

On the basis of our study, it was found that the COVID-19 pandemic had a significant impact on the students of the Calisia University. Some of the students suffered from the disease, which consequently affected their physical condition. During the pandemic, no significant increase in anti-health behaviors, such as smoking cigarettes or drinking excessive amounts of alcohol, was observed in the students. For most of the respondents, the COVID-19 pandemic had a significant impact on their mental state. In addition, the pandemic had an adverse effect on the economic situation of the surveyed students.

Conclusions

No significant increase in anti-health behavior was observed in students during the pandemic. Respondents claimed that the COVID-19 pandemic had a significant impact on their mental state and definitely worsened their economic situation.
Studi Komparasi Elemen Formal dalam Psikoedukasi Seksual Anak Usia Dini Berbasis Game Digital
Authors: Arviana Roswita Nerrisa , Prameswari Intan
Published: April 2023

Seiring meningkatnya kasus kekerasan seksual pada anak, berbagai upaya pencegahan melalui pendidikan seksual dilakukan. Salah satu bentuk media edukasi yang sesuai untuk diberikan kepada anak-anak adalah permainan. Meski game edukasi digital telah banyak dikembangkan, pengembangan game pada topik pendidikan seksual untuk anak usai dini masih sangat terbatas. Pembelajaran seks untuk anak usia dini melalui game memerlukan strategi khusus agar materi dapat tersampaikan dengan baik melalui aktivitas bermain yang dilakukan dalam game. Maka, struktur penyusun game menjadi elemen penting dalam proses pembelajaran. Tujuan dari penelitian ini adalah untuk membandingkan struktur formal game dengan topik pembelajaran seksual untuk anak usia dini dengan genre permainan role play dan quiz-simulasi. Penelitian dilakukan dengan metode kualitatif dan pendekatan analisis deskriptif pada konten game berdasarkan teori formal elements of game. Dari hasil penelitian, ditemukan bahwa kedua genre game memiliki perbedaan cara penyampaian materi melalui penyusunan elemen formal, namun keduanya dapat memberikan pemahaman praktis dalam lingkungan pembelajaran yang menyenangkan, nyaman, dan aman untuk membahas topik pembelajaran seksual yang sesuai untuk anak usai dini.
Perancangan Adaptasi “Gaya Stilasi” Tokoh Wayang Kulit untuk Pemanfaatan pada Virtual Reality (Studi Kasus: Tokoh Rahwana)
Authors: Anwar Akhmad Syaiful , Irfansyah Irfansyah , Sulistyaningtyas Tri
Published: April 2023

Wayang adalah boneka tiruan orang yang terbuat dari pahatan kulit atau kayu yang dapat dimanfaatkan untuk memerankan tokoh dipertunjukan drama tradisional (Bali, Jawa, Sunda, dan sebagainya), biasanya dimainkan oleh seseorang yang disebut dalang. Perkembangan zaman yang semakin pesat dengan pengaruh globalisasi yang mampu menggeser budaya lokal, praktis budaya lokal semakin ditinggalkan, selain itu wayang sebagai salah satu budaya yang mulai ditinggalkan karena dinilai tidak mempresentasikan anak remaja zaman sekarang Tujuan dari penelitian ini adalah merancang karakter tokoh pewayangan Rahwana yang diadaptasi dari wayang kulit purwa gagrak Jawa timur dengan gaya visual Stilasi untuk pemanfaatan pada Virtual Reality. Prosedur   penelitian yang digunakan pada penelitian ini adalah, Multimedia Development Life Cycle (MDLC). Hasil penelitian menunjukkan perancangan karakter Rahwana ini dapat diimplementasikan dalam virtual reality sehingga dapat menjadi inovasi baru dalam usaha pelestarian budaya wayang.
The urban commuter cyclist trousers design with a sustainable design approach
Authors: Putra Nurjaman Naufal Arya , Azhar Hanif , Pambudi Terbit Setya , Setiawan Alvian Fajar , Wijaya Tasya Natalia , Soares Antonio Junico Da Cruz , Agustin Devi Eka
Published: April 2023

After the prolonged COVID-19 pandemic, we have entered the New Normal phase with all adjustments and adaptations to new post-pandemic habits. Throughout 2020 and 2021 cycling has become a trend for a healthy lifestyle that people are interested in. With the rise of people cycling, sales of bicycles and their supporting equipment such as apparel have also increased. Seeing the trend of cycling and commuter bike riders who use bicycles as the main mode of transportation for daily mobilization, this becomes a potential for designing cargo pants for commuter bike riders with a sustainable design approach. Cargo pants are versatile pants that prioritize utility with various compartments that can fit various user items. Exploration of the features and systems in the design product is expected to meet the needs of commuter bike users and provide alternative products to users.
The State and Dynamics of the Criminal Situation at the Transport Facilities of the Russian Federation in the Context of the Developing Geopolitical Crisis
Authors: Grebnev D. Yu. , Grebneva A. S.
Published: April 2023

Introduction. The article describes the dynamics of the criminal situation at the transport infrastructure facilities of the Russian Federation in 2022 Based on the analysis of changes in the operational situation in transport over the past five years, taking into account the influence of previously non-existent factors that arose as a result of the introduction of anti-covert measures in 2020-2021 and openly hostile actions of Western countries directed against Russia, which has been conducting since February 2022 a special military operation in Ukraine, the conditions for the development of the criminal situation in transport are considered. The analysis of the criminal situation on transport in Russia during the period under study allows us to consider the trends of crime not only from the angle of its criminal-legal nature, but also from the perspective of the influence of ongoing social processes on it. The paper identifies the factors affecting crime rates at transport facilities in the current conditions, estimates of options for possible development of the criminal situation are derived, priority areas of law enforcement agencies' activities to minimize crime at transport facilities are formulated.Materials and methods. The theoretical basis of the study was the conclusions and achievements of criminological science on crime, scientific provisions on crime as a social phenomenon, on factors affecting the dynamics of crime. General scientific and private scientific research methods (synthesis, deduction, analysis, generalization, observation, etc.) were used in the work. The methodological basis of the research was a systematic approach, comparative and problem approaches.The results of the study. As a result of the analysis of the criminal situation at the transport facilities of the Russian Federation, it was found that, starting from 2020, new factors influenced the quantitative indicators of crime in transport. The introduction of restrictive measures related to the spread of coronavirus infection, their subsequent cancellation, the beginning of the geopolitical crisis in the world, provoked by the introduction of sanctions by Western countries against Russia, restrictions on international communications. closure of airports, borders, etc. they affected the directions of preventive activities of the internal affairs bodies in transport. The conclusions and forecasts made in the article determine the trends in the development of the criminal situation in transport in 2023 and allow us to determine the most important vectors of the direction of preventive activities of internal affairs bodies. Discussion and conclusion. The article identifies and substantiates the priority areas of activity of the internal affairs bodies of Russia in transport for the most effective organization of preventive activities and combating crime.
А New Personality for Digital Technologies: New Challenges in Higher Education
Authors: Shepeleva I. М.
Published: April 2023

Introduction. The article highlights the problems arising in the field of higher education in connection with the introduction of digital technologies in the practice of teaching. Currently, such concepts as information space, information society, digitalization and the like are constant and ubiquitous in cultural and business environment. These terms describe the current stage of development of society, its technological state, the ways of its further evolution, as well as the consciousness and attitude of the modern individual. Digitalization of the educational process as an advanced effective tool provides the teacher with new means of improving the quality of learning through visualization and updating of the studied material, a huge selection of additional resources, as well as encourages the student’s desire for self-education.Materials and methods. In the course of writing this article, the following methods of scientific research were used: analysis, synthesis, abstraction and philosophical generalization, as well as induction and testing. When analyzing the main directions of the use of digital methods in education, a characteristic of the new reality of higher school work is given, the advantages and disadvantages of the formation of a digital educational environment are highlighted.Results of the study. The author comes to the conclusion that the widespread introduction of digital methods leads to a general transformation not only of the industrial and business environment, but also to significant changes in the worldview of new generations, as well as their approaches to obtaining information, its analysis and evaluation, as well as to communication challenges.Discussion and conclusions. The paper concludes, that digital learning, with all its undeniable advantages and wide opportunities, cannot be considered an equivalent replacement for traditional forms of education due to largely limited communication between teachers and students. Other serious challenges of the modern digital society in terms of the educational process are cardinal changes in the thinking of young people due to the difference in their everyday life experience from the routines of previous “predigital” generations. Thus, the optimal solution to the problem of adapting higher education to new realities is an effective combination of the latest resources and techniques with a traditional approach to the process of forming a new personality of the 21st century.
Development of an innovative test machine for tyre, wheel and suspension systems for automotive and industrial vehicles
Authors: Solazzi Luigi , Mazzoni Alberto , Cima Michele
Published: April 2023

Reliability and efficiency of automotive and industrial vehicles are strongly affected by the behaviour of the components involved in the interaction with the ground. For this reason, components like tyres, wheels and suspension systems are physically tested, for performance and durability assessment. Anyway, standard test machines are generally designed for testing only one specific component.The aim of this work is the design of an innovative test machine, able to perform different kinds of tests, for tyre, wheel and suspension system components, on a unique bench. The machine is a flat track type, better fit than traditional drum types in simulating real tyre-to-ground contact conditions. The core of the machine is a Gough-Stewart platform, where the flat track is fixed, which is moved by six hydraulic actuators to reproduce multiple work configurations, for extended time periods or numerous test block repetitions. After the preliminary design phase, the machine components were subjected to topology optimization and modal analysis by FEM, to reduce weights and avoid any issues related to the expected working frequencies. Given the quality of the results achieved, currently, the software design for closed-loop control configuration is under development, for the machine prototype next construction.
Кипчаковское городище пьяноборской культуры в лесостепной зоне Предуралья
Authors: Зубов Сергей Эдгардович , Саттаров Рузиль Раильевич
Published: April 2023

В статье публикуются материалы раскопок Кипчаковского городища, проведенных С.Э. Зубовым в 2006 году. Полученная коллекция находок из раскопок и многочисленный подъемный материал, собранный на территории ежегодно распахиваемого городища позволил сделать вывод о его принадлежности к раннему этапу пьяноборской культуры и объединить его с одновременным Кипчаковским I курганно-грунтовым могильником в единый археологический комплекс. Указанные объекты археологии фиксируют сложные этнокультурные процессы сложения пьяноборской культуры, усложненные миграционными подвижками населения. В настоящей работе делается вывод об однослойности укрепленного поселения и его хронологической увязки с могильником, функционирование которых может определяться временем в пределах II в. до н.э. – I в. н.э. Значительная по сравнению с другими пьноборскими укрепленными поселениями площадь городища (40 000 кв.м) и большие размеры могильника дают возможность предполагать, что Кипчаковское городище на рубеже эр выполняло роль административно-территориального центра первой величины. Учитывая малочисленность археологических работ на поселениях пьяноборской культуры в целом, и уникальность Кипчаковского археологического комплекса – в частности, авторы считают обоснованным публикацию исследования нового памятника археологии, материалы которого существенно дополняют картину историко-культурного развития региона в раннем железном веке.
Neurological pathologies in subjects with acute headache: MRI incidental findings
Authors: Alshehri Fahad , Alam Almaha , Ayesh Dana , Albahloul Tala , Aldusary Njoud , Alahmadi Adnan
Published: April 2023

Background: Acute headache is one of the most frequent health problems. This study analyzed incidental brain-associated pathologies using magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) findings in subjects suffering from acute headaches.
Methods: A retrospective study was conducted between January 2018 and December 2021 to assess brain MRI in adult patients suffering from acute headaches. One hundred patients (61 females and 39 males) aged 12-80 years were recruited. MRI scanning was performed, and incidental brain pathologies were analyzed.
Results: MRI findings incidentally showed brain-related abnormalities in 71% of acute headache subjects. Out of them, 59.1% were females. The most frequent abnormality was white matter changes observed in 22% of subjects, followed by 20% with paranasal sinus pathologies, including acute/chronic sinusitis, retention cysts, and paranasal lymphoma. Optic abnormalities were observed in 9% of subjects, whereas cysts were observed in 9% of patients, including retention and arachnoid cysts. Other highly prevalent neurological abnormalities detected were intracranial hypertension, microvascular issues, lesions such as meningiomas, orbital lymphoma, low-grade tumor, ganglioglioma, and anaplastic oligodendrogliomas.
Conclusion: Incidental findings of brain MRI in subjects suffering from acute headaches showed various neurological abnormalities, such as intracranial hypertension, optic disease, and paranasal sinus pathologies. Importantly, metastasis and cerebral atrophy were also incidentally detected in studied subjects. The data also concluded that abnormalities were more frequent in females. These findings indicate that acute headache is a neurological condition that might be linked to other severe neurological disorders.
Evaluation of adolescents with heavy menstrual bleeding using the International Society of Thrombosis Haemostasis- Bleeding Assessment Tool and The Pediatric Bleeding Questionnaire scores
Authors: Öner Nergiz , Şahin Gürses , Yeşil Şule , Kurucu Burçak , Çapkınoğlu Emre , Kılcı Azize Ceren , Gök Şeyma Ünüvar , Fettah Ali
Published: April 2023

Background. Heavy menstrual bleeding (HMB) is a common condition in adolescents. However, bleeding disorders are known to be one of the causes of HMB in adolescent girls, so they should be considered. Simple methods that can be used in primary health care are needed to determine whether patients have bleeding disorders. The aim of this study was to evaluate the bleeding score of patients admitted with HMB and to determine the diagnostic value of patients who were symptomatic but whose initial hemostatic tests were normal.
Methods. A total of 113 adolescents with HMB and 20 healthy adolescent girls were included in the study. The Pediatric Bleeding Questionnaire (PBQ) and the International Society of Thrombosis Haemostasis-Bleeding Assessment Tool (ISTH-BAT) were used for evaluation.
Results. Overall, approximately 18% (n= 20) of the adolescents in the study were diagnosed with a bleeding disorder. The cut off value for the `clinically significant bleeding score` was found to be 3.5.
Conclusions. The PBQ and ISTH-BAT can help distinguish a significant bleeding history from an otherwise trivial bleeding and can be included in the algorithm for the primary care of adolescents with HMB with suspected bleeding disorders.
Sounds, Memories and Affects: Double Capture in a Relational Artistic Experience
Authors: Bonafé Valéria , Costa Rogério
Published: April 2023

This article presents and discusses the nos{entre}nós project, which stems from an artistic collaboration between the authors, composer Valéria Bonafé and improviser and saxophonist Rogério Costa. The project is nurtured by the differences between both artists and proposes a particular manner of assemblage (agencement) set on privileging a consistent collaborative practice. The philosophical work of Gilles Deleuze, Félix Guattari and Brian Massumi is used to analyze this relational practice, with special attention given to concepts like zone of indiscernibility, disjunctive synthesis and double capture. The article also deals specifically with the creative processes involved in producing the first artistic work of this collaborative project, Schwarzwälder Kirschtorte. At stake is the memory space appearing as a field of sensible experience, capable of triggering the surging of affects and the energies necessary for creative assemblages, and where the loop appears as an important strategy of transduction between the poetic field and musical realization.
 
 
Article received: April 20, 2020; Article accepted: May 30, 2020; Published online: October 15, 2020; Original scholarly paper
How to do things in the Plasticene: Ontopolitics of plastics in Arendt, Barthes, and Massumi
Authors: Filipović Andrija
Published: April 2023

In this paper, I develop three models for understanding plastic in the Plasticene epoch through readings of Arendt, Barthes, and Massumi. In the Ardentian model, plastic is made intransitive. It is withdrawn so far into the background of human experience as that which enables social and individual life of humans that it becomes the unthinkable. It can be argued that it is pushed to the background and made intransitive because of a certain image of the human and cyclical image of nature. The second model is Barthesian, and in it plastic becomes a signifying matter understood through a semiotic model. Plastic and products of plastic become signifiers in the ideological work of discourse. In the Massumian model, plastic is affective; it is a relational body in the process of becoming, simultaneously intensive and multiple in its eventfulness.   Article received: April 30, 2020; Article accepted: May 30, 2020; Published online: October 15, 2020; Original scholarly paper
GRETA//A PLASTIC POEM: An Integrated Approach to the Vibrant Matter of Voice, Deep Listening, and Somatic Movement in Sonic Performance Art as Plastic Activism
Authors: España Keller Juliana
Published: April 2023

Through an analysis of the sonic performance artwork GRETA//A PLASTIC POEM (2020), this paper analyzes why and when participatory art practices can intra-sect and converge with ecologies to imagine posthuman futures and challenge pre-existing structures of thought. From an activist position that considers art and the environment as a participatory collective model, this article argues for a reappraisal of human influence in complex human–non-human interactional systems. More specifically, this text, as a component of GRETA//A PLASTIC POEM, approaches oceanic and sea pollution (notably the dumping of plastics) as a form of environmental degradation that has generated a space inhabited by varied and vibrant forms of matter. In this way, the sea and the sonic space show strikingly similar potentials. In turn, Plastic Activism, which advocates for a world free of plastic pollution and its toxic impacts, is adopted as an underlying ethos and aesthetic response, with single-use plastics being incorporated into the performance artwork itself. Relational to this enquiry is sensing how we use our bodies to explore the potential thousands of distinct material ecologies embodying a sonic performative practice, especially combining the materiality of artistic and political action in public space and focal practices. In this way, the sonic space becomes comparable to a sea of sound, where complex assemblages of matter exist and intra-act to challenge the discordant systems and dynamics in which we are currently entangled.
 
Article received: April 25, 2021; Article accepted: June 21, 2021; Published online: September 15, 2021; Original scholarly paper
Translating Slow Violence: The Use of Environmental Data in Art as Un-Forecasting
Authors: Ito Atsuhide
Published: April 2023

This paper explores the potentiality of environmental data translation into affective artistic experiences. Slow violence in the environment is imperceptible and requires techniques of translating it into visual and sonic experiences. In the process, environmental data is used as a currency for translation. Shoshana Zuboff in The Age of Surveillance Capitalism discusses data collection is integral to a surveillance society, yet, data, when given back to citizens, can empower them, and in such a scenario, artists can play a crucial role. By discussing examples of contemporary artworks, the paper observes how ecological situations are captured as data and translated into affective experiences. Environmental data, however, is used also to speculate, predict, and even determine potential scenarios to happen in the future, as in the case of the weather forecast, and used to eliminate uncertainties. This paper argues that art helps make environmental data widely accessible, and suggests an alternative passage from predetermined scenarios speculated from data collection.
 
Article received: April 25, 2021; Article accepted: June 21, 2021; Published online: September 15, 2021; Original scholarly paper
Out of (the Assembly) Line: Mo(ve)ments of Uselessness Beyond the Human Scale
Authors: Darian Veronika
Published: April 2023

Since modernity the relationship between man and things has become precarious. At that time a far-reaching invention turned into a symbol and memorial of modern usage requirements and most efficient production processes: the assembly line. The movements to be performed within the strictly specified processes served only one purpose: the final product. As a consequence, work processes were divided up in the rhythm of the machines, sequences of actions were reduced, and alienation (Entfremdung) was promoted – pushing not only Charlie Chaplin’s tramp into the gear wheels of Modern Times (1936). Under these conditions the relationship between man and thing(s) was renegotiated: On the one hand the working class found itself objectified in a rushing hamster wheel, on the other hand the things in literature and arts regained obstinacy. During those times various authors started questioning the human scale as an omnipresent measure and value of life. Furthermore, things were equipped with biographies of their own, for example by the Russian futurist author Sergei Tret’iakov and his “Biography of the Object”, which featured the intrinsic value of the non-human, non-heroic towards traditional protagonists. Even today, artists succeed in their way to explore various assemblies of peoples and things, such as the artist duo Peter Fischli and David Weiss in their mixed media experiment The Way Things Go (1987). The article focuses on such resistant gestures of/towards things, that lack any obvious benefit and purposefulness, but, on the contrary, reveal their uselessness by literally falling ‘out of line’.
 
Article received: December 12, 2021; Article accepted: February 1, 2022; Published online: April 15, 2022; Original scholarly article
The Persistence of the Documentary Photobook in the Age of the Web
Authors: Martin Julie
Published: April 2023

Several artists who take into consideration the existence of the Internet in their process of documenting the world remain faithful to the photography book. They find in the codex an experience that a screen remains incapable of providing. The adoption of the book by some documentarist artists engages appropriation practices from an ancient documentary project. War Primer 2 by Broomberg & Chanarin and Less Américains by Mishka Henner reproduce pre-existing books, respectively The ABC of War by Bertolt Brecht and The Americans by Robert Frank. The renewed interest of artists and photographers in books can be explained by a logic of comparison between the two media: the emergence of the web, with its formats and specificities, makes it possible to better appreciate, by analogy and distinction, what characterizes books and the web, and what makes their respective languages.

However, rather than thinking of the modes of publication as alternatives, some of the artists merge their logic by resorting to online self-publishing platforms that allow the self-production and self-distribution of books. The artist Mishka Henner stands out in particular for his systematic production of books on self-publishing sites.

 

Article received: March 31, 2022; Article accepted: June 21, 2022; Published online: September 15, 2022. Original scholarly paper
Differentiation of Multi-lithotypes Olistostromal Occurrences Associated with Iron Enrichment and Mineralization Within the Ophiolites of Choman Area, NE Iraq
Authors: Barzan K. Azo  , Kamal Kolo  , Mohammad Pirouei
Published: April 2023

The discovery of multi-lithotypes olistostromes deposits associated with potentially economically viable iron ore mineralizations in the Rayat region of NE Iraq are described in this study. The depositional and differentiation-classification characteristics of multi-lithotypes of olistostromes with distinct depositional and characteristics are reported here through detailed petrographic, mineralogical, and geochemical data, that allowed for mineralization mechanisms assessment and associated hydrothermal and alteration processes. Ferruginous conglomerate lithotypes occur below the sandstone olistostromes lithotypes section of the investigated series. Through the ferruginous conglomerate olistostromes (FCO) lithotypes there is a layer of potentially iron ore containing iron oxide (up to %42.55), quartz with some minor spinel content. Below the FCO, there are the horizons of (FOpO and FSO), they are also rich in hematite quartz and calcite with some minor spinel content. A 2m thick transition zone (TZ), separate poorly mineralized ophiocarbonatic olistostrome (OpCO) from the FCO. The multi-lithotypes of olistostrome from bottom to top are (serpentinite olistostrome (SO), Ophiocarbonatic olistostrome (OpCO), ferruginous serpentinite olistostrome (FSO), ferruginous ophiocarbonatic olistostrome (FOpCO), ferruginous conglomerate olistostrome (FCO), and sandstone olistostrome (SstO). In addition to Fe, the other potential economic importance element includes nickel (507 to 5816 mg/kg) and cobalt (47.2 to 328.3 mg/kg). The findings indicate that the Rayat olistostromes such as (SO, FSO, OpCO, FOpCO, FCO, and SstO) and the transition- zone (TZ) originated from a mixture of early hydrothermal alteration of serpentinites. The finding of olistostromes in the Rayat, exposes NE Iraq as a potential mineral-rich secto
Class Nearly kahler Manifold of W – Projective Curvature Tensor
Authors: Ali Khalaf Ali  , A. A.Shihab
Published: April 2023

The current study deals with new three classes of the  manifold of w – projective curvature tensor. The aim of this paper to calculate differential - geometrical and topological properties closest for new classes , and , through it ,an equivalence relationship was obtained between these classes and one of or more the tensor compounds and the components of curvature tensor and with adjoint G-structure space. Finally, we discover a relationship between ,  ,  with each other.
Stability conditions of limit cycle for Gompertz Autoregressive model
Authors: Nezar E. Ali  , Azher A. Mohammad
Published: April 2023

In this paper, we suggest Gompertz Autoregressive model by using the cumulative distribution function of Gompertz distribution and, the aim of this paper is studying and finding the stability conditions of a limit cycle for the Gompertz Autoregressive model with period,  with giving some examples for Gompertz AR (1) to explain the orbital stable or the orbital unstable with plots the trajectories with different initial values.
The Forbidden City in view - The photographic activity of foreign photographers of the Late Qing Dynasty in China
Authors: Liyu Sya
Published: April 2023

The article examines the photographic activity of foreign photographers during the late Qing Dynasty in China and analyzes their work in the context of historical material. The author explores the metaphor of the camera as it entered China and how the photographic activity of foreign photographers represented the colonial conquest of the Forbidden City.Since the Second Opium War in 1860, photography has served as a documentary tool, following the sounds of colonial invaders' guns as they sought to capture and control the Chinese capital. Forty years later, in 1900, during the Boxer Rebellion, the camera of a foreign photographer literally penetrated the Forbidden City, the former center of imperial power, revealing to the world the intricacies of the mysterious device and the turmoil of its capture by the allies.The use of photography in this context took on a dual aesthetic and political character, documenting the view of the Forbidden City while discrediting the attributes of imperial power. The author concludes that, in addition to its ability to document foreign landscapes, photography often acquired political significance during invasion. Thus, the author argues that photography's development in China during the late Qing period is inseparable from colonial and invasion activities and that photography constructed power relations while also showing the world a mysterious and declining China. The photography of the Forbidden City gives full expression to the conquest of the center of Chinese power.
Issues of Eurasian Industrial Cooperation in the Context of Balancing National Interests
Authors: Kusainov Kh. K. , Zhumabekova S. A.
Published: April 2023

In the successful development of integration processes, a key role is assigned to the policy of ensuring cooperation of industrial complexes of the member states of the Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU, Union). At the same time, an analysis of the implementation of measures in the Main Areas of Industrial Cooperation (MAIC) within the EAEU and, in general, the results of the first five-year plan (2015–2019) shows that not all the tasks set were fully and at the proper level. This trend can also be traced at the current stage of the implementation of the current MAIC program for the second five-year period (2020–2024).

In this regard, the article examines problematic issues related to the insufficient pace of development of industrial cooperation processes in the Union.

Based on the analysis of the development of industrial cooperation processes, to reveal the nuances associated with the imperfection of mechanisms and tools to ensure the balance of common and national interests, with inconsistency in compliance with the initially declared integration agenda.

A constructive analysis of these problematic aspects in the context of comparison with the experience of industrial cooperation of the world’s leading associations of countries allows us to identify several proposals in the areas of necessary expediency: 1) the real formation of value-added chains (VAC) for the joint production of goods of the Union; 2) compliance with the principles of mutually beneficial parity in production and financial relations for economic entities (enterprises) of the member States of the Union participating in the formation and development of VACs; ensuring equal competitiveness of cooperative enterprises in the national and common market of the Union; exclusion of artificial barriers to trade between the member States of the Union; 3) improving the methodological approach to improving the effectiveness of program measures in the field of interstate industrial cooperation based on the possible application of the well-known optimization inter-sectoral interregional model (ISIM).
Prospects for the Formation of the Information Space of the Regional Level in the Digital Economy
Authors: Kovalev A. E.
Published: April 2023

The directions of development of socio-economic information systems used for regional management are considered. Systems that need to be upgraded in accordance with modern capabilities and requirements of the digital economy. As a result of the consistent implementation of many private software solutions to achieve individual tasks, the so-called “patchwork” (“niche”) automation has been formed, aimed at creating socio-economic information, which should fundamentally be systematic and consistent. Currently, the sources of statistical data differ in structure, format, composition of indicators and periodicity of the generated data, their state is characterized by the fragmentation of the software systems used, data storage forms and the data itself. Collecting and processing this data requires a lot of money, but the result does not meet the increased requirements of users. The existing initiatives to create a single space of socio-economic information in the regional context are described: the Volgograd Regional Statistical Information and Analytical System (RSIAS), the interdepartmental Information and Analytical System (EMISS), the central analytical platform (CAP), the national data management system (NMS), the federal cloud platform of the state market “Gostech”. The article assesses the efforts being made to integrate information about the regions into a single information space. The proposed ways of integrating economic information into a single information space are considered. A conceptual approach to such integration based on ontologies of the subject area of socio-economic relations is proposed.
Apresentação
Authors: Rezola Maria Inácia , Cañón Lisandro
Published: April 2023

Como se sabe, uno de los elementos que distinguen a los estados capitalistas de excepción de otras formas de Estado capitalista, es la dimensión y magnitud de la represión física. Es decir, el dominio político directo. Claramente, el tránsito a regímenes democrático-parlamentario burgueses establece un marco social, político e institucional diferente. No hay lugar a dudas, las diferencias son notorias, la excepcionalidad indica que, en un contexto específico de concentración de contradicciones, el Estado puede intervenir de manera directa en la lucha de clases. Leia o texto completo no formato em PDF.
Endoscopic third ventriculostomy for patients with Blake’s pouch cyst with adult-onset hydrocephalus: Importance of improved cerebrospinal fluid flow in the prepontine cistern – A case report
Authors: Hori Emiko , Akai Takuya , Shiraishi Keitaro , Maruyama Kunitaka , Kuroda Satoshi
Published: April 2023

Background:

Blake’s pouch cyst (BPC) is a posterior fossa cystic malformation that commonly occurs in children with rare adult onset. Herein, we report a case of adult onsets BPC.

Case Description:

A 61-year-old man presented with gait and cognitive disturbance. Preoperative magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) revealed scarring in the prepontine cistern, and cine phase-contrast MRI revealed no pulsation. Endoscopic third ventriculostomy (ETV) was performed with opening the scarring in the prepontine cistern. Postoperative cine phase-contrast MRI revealed that cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) flow in the prepontine cistern improved, resolving the patient’s symptoms.

Conclusion:

We report a case of adult-onset BPC. The mechanism by which is becomes symptomatic is still unclear. We opened the scar in prepontine cistern in addition to ETV with good results. In this report, we discussed the importance of the improvement in CSF dynamics in the prepontine cistern.