bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Laboratorio de mediación virtual de lectura en México: un caso interdisciplinar de gobernanza
Authors: Leyva-Loría Damiana , Peña Montalbán Karla Lizbeth , Garduño Bernal Claudia Angélica , González Flores Abraham , García Valencia Nancy Illiana
Published: November 2024

Este artículo presenta el diseño curricular para la mediación virtual de lectura en el Programa Nacional Salas de Lectura (PNSL) del Fondo de Cultura Económica (FCE), a partir de una investigación-acción transformacional. El estudio aborda la falta de mecanismos sistemáticos para que las personas voluntarias del PNSL puedan mediar lecturas de manera efectiva en entornos virtuales, lo que impacta negativamente en la promoción de la lectura por placer, esencial para la formación integral. El objetivo principal fue diseñar, ejecutar y evaluar el currículo para un Laboratorio de mediación virtual, a través de cinco ciclos de investigación-acción. En el Ciclo 1, se definieron los objetivos de trabajo en la mesa de mediación virtual; durante el Ciclo 1 se realizó un censo nacional para identificar a las personas que practican mediación virtual; en el Ciclo 3 se organizaron charlas para fomentar el intercambio de saberes; en el Ciclo 4 se diseñaron e implementaron dos módulos formativos para la mediación virtual; y el Ciclo 5 consolidó un currículo interdisciplinario con enfoque en gobernanza y diálogo entre personas voluntarias y el PNSL. La investigación destaca la necesidad de un enfoque colaborativo e interdisciplinario, y plantea implicaciones en la gobernanza, la participación ciudadana y la sostenibilidad operativa para una propuesta de esta naturaleza.
Hedonic Responses to Meal Ingestion in Patients With Functional Dyspepsia and Postprandial Symptoms
Authors: Livovsky Dan M. , Barber Claudia , Azpiroz Fernando
Published: November 2024

INTRODUCTION:

It is not clear whether patients with postprandial symptoms enjoy the meal.

METHODS:

Prospective trial in patients with postprandial distress syndrome and healthy controls, comparing their responses with stepwise ingestion of a comfort meal.

RESULTS:

Healthy individuals (N = 18) enjoyed the meal and experienced digestive well-being. Despite their symptoms, some patients enjoyed the meal as much as healthy individuals (n = 9), while others did not (n = 15), and both groups experienced the same degree of early satiety, fullness, and discomfort.

DISCUSSION:

The hedonic response to meal ingestion is preserved in a proportion of patients with postprandial distress syndrome.
Effectiveness of Ustekinumab for Patients With Moderate-to-Severe Ulcerative Colitis: A Multicenter Real-World Canadian Study
Authors: Solitano Virginia , Narula Neeraj , Ma Christopher , Nanayakkara Akithma , Suarez Kenneth Ernest , Zoughlami Amine , Guizzetti Leonardo , Bessissow Talat , Jairath Vipul
Published: November 2024

INTRODUCTION:

We aimed to evaluate the real-world effectiveness and safety of ustekinumab for the treatment of both bio-naive and bio-exposed ulcerative colitis patients in a real-world setting.

METHODS:

Retrospective, Canadian multicenter cohort study. Primary outcomes were clinical remission and endoscopic remission. Key secondary outcomes included composite clinical and endoscopic response, safety, and persistence. Univariable logistic regression was conducted to examine associations between baseline factors and 12-month clinical and endoscopic response and remission. The primary focus was on the association between these outcomes and bioexposure status.

RESULTS:

A total of 198 patients were included, of whom 47.5% were female and 85.9% were younger than 65 years. The majority had severe endoscopic activity at baseline (47.5%, n = 87) and were bio-exposed (88.8%, n = 176; 33%, n = 66 previous failure of 3 or more biologics). Patients were followed for a median of 12.8 (interquartile range 8.2–22.1) months after induction. The overall clinical remission rates were 41.3% (69/167), 38.1% (56/147), and 43.6% (58/133) at 3, 6 and 12 months, respectively. Endoscopic remission rates (Mayo endoscopy score = 0) were 8.0% (7/88), 18.7% (23/123), and 12.5% (11/88) at 3, 6, and 12 months, respectively, and consistently higher in bio-naive patients compared with bio-exposed patients through 12 months (P < 0.05 at all time points). Bio-naive patients were more likely to achieve endoscopic remission compared with bio-exposed (hazard ratio = 5.40, 95% confidence interval [CI]: 1.08–26.93). Adverse events were reported in 14.1% (18/198).

DISCUSSION:

In a highly refractory and largely bio-exposed population, a substantial proportion of patients with ulcerative colitis treated with ustekinumab can achieve clinical and endoscopic outcomes of importance after 12 months. Previous biologic exposure is associated with lower rates of endoscopic remission.
Candidate Genetic Loci Modifying the Colorectal Cancer Risk Caused by Lifestyle Risk Factors
Authors: Barot Shabane , Vermani Litika , Blom Johannes , Larsson Susanna , Liljegren Annelie , Lindblom Annika
Published: November 2024

INTRODUCTION:

65%–70% of colorectal cancer (CRC) cases are considered sporadic; they arise under the influence of environmental factors in individuals lacking a family history of CRC. Low-risk genetic variants are believed to contribute to CRC risk, in tandem with lifestyle factors.

METHODS:

Six hundred sixteen nonfamilial Swedish CRC cases with at least 1 of the following 5 risk factors: smoking, excessive alcohol consumption, physical inactivity, adherence to an unhealthy diet, and excess body weight were included in this study. A control group consisting of 1,642 healthy individuals was used. Cases and controls were genotyped from blood samples at the Centre for Inherited Disease Research at Johns Hopkins University within the Colorectal Transdisciplinary Study research collaboration, using the Illumina Infinium OncoArray-500 K BeadChip. Five separate genome-wide haplotype association analyses were performed, one for each risk factor. Logistic regression models were used to estimate associations between haplotypes (exposure) and CRC (outcome) in cases with lifestyle risk factors vs controls. Haplotypes with an odds ratio >1 were considered candidate risk markers, denoting an area of interest in the genome. A significance threshold of P < 5 × 10−8 was used.

RESULTS:

We found 17 haplotype regions significantly associated with CRC in cases vs controls. Several regions included genes linked to inflammation and tumor promotion.

DISCUSSION:

We concluded that having certain genetic variants was associated with an increased risk of CRC compared with healthy controls among cases with known lifestyle risk factors. The interplay of lifestyle and genetic risk factors calls for further elucidation.
The emergence of leadership as social triage: understanding the impact of the long shadows of austerity and the Covid-19 pandemic in English schools
Authors: Wood Phil , Quickfall Aimee
Published: November 2024

In this article, we consider the long-term impact of policies and events which have emerged since the 2010s, and which have had serious consequences on the responsibilities of some school leaders in England. We trace the current issues within the system back to Every Child Matters, which heralded the beginning of a process of service integration, centred on the child and family to create coherent support for young people. However, before this approach to service provision was given the opportunity to mature, the incoming UK coalition government began a process of austerity, which started after their election in 2010. Over the subsequent 10 years many of the services allied to schools which were to form this integrated approach were severely cut back, often leaving schools as the sole remaining provider of essential services. Here we chart the impacts of austerity and the cuts to services meant to support children and families, particularly in the more deprived areas of England. We then consider the experiences of head teachers during the Covid-19 pandemic and the continued and intensifying difficulties they have faced since the official ‘return to normal’ in February 2022. We identify that schools are now often the only public service offering regular face-to-face engagement with their communities. This leaves them fulfilling a form of social triage as part of their ever-widening role, absorbing many of the social issues and attempting to find additional help where they can, while continuing to demonstrate educational progress in their core responsibility.
Uji Karakteristik Bioetanol Campuran Kulit Nanas dan Buah Pisang Hutan
Authors: Sulaiman Dady , Huturlukitaningtyas Dhea Fambayun , Sari Ayu Lingga Ratna , Ulva Siti Maria
Published: November 2024

Menipisnya persediaan energi fosil mendorong penelitian mengembangkan sumber energi alternatif dari sumber daya alam yang bisa diperbarui salah satunya yaitu biomassa. Biomassa yang ingin diteliti oleh peneliti disini berupa bioetanol. Bioetanol adalah cairan biokimia pada proses fermentasi gula dari sumber karbohidrat dengan menggunakan bantuan mikroorganisme dilanjutkan dengan proses destilasi. Penelitian ini menggunakan bahan campuran kulit nanas dan buah pisang hutan dengan harapan kadar bioetanol dapat meningkat. Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk mengetahui proses pembuatan bioetanol campuran kulit nanas dan buah pisang hutan. Jenis penelitian ini adalah penelitian ekperimen dengan metode kuantitatif yang akan menganalisis karakteristik bioetanol dengan variasi komposisi kulit nanas dan buah pisang hutan, variasi A (80% kulit nanas 20% pisang hutan) variasi B (50% kulit nanas 50% pisang hutan) variasi C (20% kulit nanas 80% pisang hutan). Adapun hasil yang diperoleh dari ekperimen ini, variasi A mendapatkan hasil kadar alkohol 60%, 85,75 kadar air, 0,73 gr/ml densitas, 210 J nilai kalor, variasi B mendapatkan hasil kadar alkohol 53%, 86,7% kadar air, 0,71 gr/ml densitas, variasi C  mendapatkan hasil kadar alkohol 48%, 85,8% kadar air, 0,74 gr/ml densitas. Variasi A merupakan hasil terbaik yang menghasilkan 210 J, Kadar Alkohol 60%, Densitas 0,73 gr/ml, dan Nilai kadar air terendah sebesar 85,7%.
A decision support system to increase the compliance of diagnostic imaging examinations with imaging guidelines: focused on cerebrovascular diseases
Authors: Moghaddasi Hamid , Rahimi Fatemeh , Seddighi Amir Saied , Akbarpour Leila , Roshanpoor Arash
Published: November 2024

Objectives

Diagnostic imaging decision support (DI-DS) system has emerged as an innovative evidence-based solution to decrease inappropriate diagnostic imaging. The aim of the present study was to design and evaluate a DI-DS system for cerebrovascular diseases.

Methods

The present study was an applied piece of research. First, the conceptual model of the DI-DS system was designed based on its functional and non-functional requirements. Afterwards, to create the system’s knowledge base, cerebrovascular diseases diagnostic imaging algorithms were extracted from the American College of Radiology Appropriateness Criteria (ACR-AC). Subsequently, the system was developed based on the obtained conceptual model and the extracted algorithms. The software was programmed by means of the C#. After debugging the system, it was evaluated regarding its performance and also the users’ satisfaction with it.

Results

Assessing the users’ satisfaction with the system demonstrated that all the evaluation criteria met the acceptable threshold (85 %). The retrospective evaluation of the system’s performance indicated that from among 76 imaging examinations, which had previously been performed for 30 patients, 12 (15.78 %) were deemed inappropriate. And, the system accurately identified all the inappropriate physicians’ decisions. The concurrent evaluation of the system’s performance indicated that the system’s recommendations helped the physicians remove 100 % (4 out of 4) of the inappropriate and 40 % (2 out of 5) of the inconclusive imaging examinations from their initial choices.

Conclusions

A DI-DS system could increase the compliance of the physicians’ decisions with diagnostic imaging guidelines, and also improve treatment outcomes through correct diagnosis and providing timely care.
A Comprehensive Analysis Using Maximum Likelihood Estimation and Artificial Neural Networks for Modeling Arthritic Pain Relief Data
Authors: G S Deepthy , Areekara Sujesh , Sebastian Nicy
Published: November 2024

The primary motivation behind this study is to precisely predicting the behaviour of the distribution by employing neural networks and enhancing its performance through maximum likelihood estimation. The numerical findings were compared to the predictions derived from the multilayer artificial neural network model developed with seven neurons in the hidden layer. The R value was 0.999 and the deviation values were less than 0.045  for the artificial neural network models. Also, the results of a numerical investigation using maximum likelihood estimation agree exactly with those obtained from predictions made using artificial neural networks. The findings of this study reveal that neural networks might be a very promising tool for clinical data analysis.
On translations of certain subsets of uncountable commutative groups
Authors: Kharazishvili Alexander
Published: November 2024

For an uncountable commutative group

(
G
,
+
)

{(G,+)}

and for an infinite cardinal
κ, the notions of a

(
G
,
κ
)

{(G,\kappa)}

-thick set in G and of a

(
G
,
κ
)

{(G,\kappa)}

-thin set in G
are introduced and examined. It is shown that some statements about these sets are closely
connected with the existence of absolutely
nonmeasurable subsets of

(
G
,
+
)

{(G,+)}

and with additional set-theoretical axioms.
Data Transactions in China: Legislation, Promotion, and Regulation
Authors: Yang Li , Hu Jieren
Published: November 2024

The difficulty of deepening the promotion of “factor-level” data circulation and utilization lies in the feasibility of the legislation of data transaction. This involves meta-issues such as the definition of data ownership, the positioning of data assets, and privacy protection systems. From the perspective of inclination, i.e., focusing on promotion while giving consideration to regulation, the legislation of data transaction in China is established on the theoretical basis of an “incomplete contract”. Such perspective identifies different areas that can be the subject of regulation, ranging from data rights, behavior control to the separation of personal data and information. On this basis, the driving mode of the legislation of data circulation and utilization is not the simple and direct data transaction with market-oriented mechanism, but the exploration of data licensing under government authorized operation beforehand in China. Such approaches should be considered during the licensing of public data, and the government’s right to obtain necessary compensations for the costs of data processing should be reserved. What’s more, legislative clauses of data security are essential in transactions, but compliance and conditional liability exemptions can be adopted to safeguard the realization of the goals of data transaction to a great extent.
Tamarind seed powder as filler in polypropylene and its impact on the mechanical and biodegradability of the composites
Authors: Mohanty Sucheta , Shukla Shubham , Senapati Debasis , Sahoo Gourav , Sahoo Debanshu , Mohanty Shyama Prasad
Published: November 2024

In the present work, agro-industrial waste has been blended with plastic waste to fabricate value added product and also reduce the environmental pollution. Tamarind seed powder (TSP) has been melt mixed with polypropylene (PP) waste in various proportions to prepare composite sheets. The composite specimens have been evaluated for their tensile strength, impact strength and hardness. In composites, highest tensile strength of 20.6 MPa and Young’s modulus of 953.3 MPa have been achieved with 30 wt% and 40 wt% of TSP, respectively. Composites have lower strength but better hardness than PP. Maximum hardness of 69.7 HRL has been obtained in composites with 40 wt% TSP. Poor interfacial bonding as observed in fractured specimens is responsible for lower strength in composites. However, the composite specimen has better thermal stability than PP. Weight loss has been observed in composite specimens with higher loading of TSP due to degradation of TSP upon subjecting the specimens to biodegradability tests. Based on the results obtained in the study, 40 wt% of TSP in the composites conveys suitable mechanical and thermal properties.
Randomized vector algorithm with iterative refinement for solving boundary integral equations
Authors: Sabelfeld Karl K. , Agarkov Georgy
Published: November 2024

This study is a follow-up of two our papers (Appl. Math. Lett. 126 (2022) and MCMA 29:4 (2023)),
where we developed a vector randomized algorithms with iterative refinement for large system of linear algebraic equations.
We focus in this paper on the application of the vector randomized iterative refinement algorithm
to boundary integral equations that solve interior Dirichlet and exterior Neumann boundary value problems for
2D Laplace equation.
The trajectory of a transnational
right to

land
norm
Authors: Gerken Laura
Published: November 2024

In conflicts around land usage, vulnerable groups are often threatened by dispossession of their land. Governance structures that protect both individual and collective land rights are thus necessary. To counter such risks, social movements engaged towards the establishment of a right to land norm in transnational governance. Building on literature on norm emergence, this paper exemplifies the involvement of activists in the creation process of two transnational regulations that address land: The Indigenous and Tribal Peoples Convention No. 169 of the International Labour Organisation (ILO) in 1989 and the Voluntary Guidelines on the Responsible Governance of Tenure of Land, Fisheries, and Forests in the Context of National Food Security (VGGT) of the Food and Agricultural Organization of the United Nations in 2012. Both documents emerged in response to increasing global awareness of each specific issue. In the case of ILO 169, rising awareness of social inequality and discrimination of indigenous peoples and in the case of the VGGT the rapidly growing global land market. The paper reflects on the importance of timing, engagement, and discourse in creating norms and embedding them in global governance.
Cortical Areas for Planning Sequences before and during Movement
Authors: Ariani Giacomo , Shahbazi Mahdiyar , Diedrichsen Jörn
Published: November 2024

Production of rapid movement sequences relies on preparation before (preplanning) and during (online planning) movement. Here, we compared these processes and asked whether they recruit different cortical areas. Human participants performed three single-finger and three multifinger sequences in a delayed-movement paradigm while undergoing a 7 T functional MRI. During preparation, primary motor (M1) and somatosensory (S1) areas showed preactivation of the first movement, even without increases in overall activation. During production, the temporal summation of activity patterns corresponding to constituent fingers explained activity in these areas (M1 and S1). In contrast, the dorsal premotor cortex (PMd) and anterior superior parietal lobule (aSPL) showed substantial activation during the preparation (preplanning) of multifinger compared with single-finger sequences. These regions (PMd and aSPL) were also more active during production of multifinger sequences, suggesting that pre- and online planning may recruit the same regions. However, we observed small but robust differences between the two contrasts, suggesting distinct contributions to pre- and online planning. Multivariate analysis revealed sequence-specific representations in both PMd and aSPL, which remained stable across both preparation and production phases. Our analyses show that these areas maintain a sequence-specific representation before and during sequence production, likely guiding the execution-related areas in the production of rapid movement sequences.
The Impact of Financing and Business Assistance on the Business Income of Islamic Bank Clients
Authors: Mochammad Aldiyansyah  , Nasrulloh
Published: November 2024

This study aims to determine the impact of financing and business assistance provided by Islamic banks on client business income, so that it can help clients to get better income. Achieving this goal is important to evaluate the effectiveness of financing products and Islamic bank assistance programs so that they can support the development of MSMEs, help increase client income so that they are able to complete transactions with Islamic banks more quickly, and encourage the optimization of the role of Islamic banks in empowering the community's economy according to the principles of Islamic finance. This research is a type of quantitative research in which the impact between variables will be discussed. The sample in this study amounted to 48 Islamic bank clients who were determined based on the research criteria. The data that has been collected will be processed using the SPSS v. 27 statistical tool to conduct the validity and reliability test, then classical assumption test, followed by the F-test, T-test, multiple regression analysis, and coefficient of determination (R²).  The results of this study indicate that financing and business assistance have a significant impact of 68.7% on the business income of Islamic bank clients. This shows that if financing and business assistance continue to be given to clients, the clients opportunity to get a better income will be wide open and the client will be able to immediately pay the rest of the loan on time
Nachlese: Jahrestagung der DGPuK-Fachgruppe Medienökonomie
Authors: Mezger Melanie , Rinsdorf Lars , Eisenbeis Uwe
Published: November 2024

Tagung vom 4. bis 6. Oktober 2023 an der Hochschule der Medien Stuttgart. Zur Jahrestagung der Fachgruppe Medienökonomie 2023 der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Publizistik- und Kommunikationswissenschaft (DGPuK) versammelten sich im vergangenen Oktober über 40 Teilnehmerinnen und Teilnehmer an der Hochschule der Medien in Stuttgart, um aktuelle Forschungsthemen vorzustellen und Herausforderungen in der Lehre in den Bereichen Medienökonomie und Medienmanagement zu diskutieren. Wir blicken zurück auf eine Konferenz mit spannenden Vorträgen, neuen wissenschaftlichen Erkenntnissen, inspirierenden Gesprächen und anregenden Diskussionen. Nachfolgend geben wir einen Überblick über die Tagungsbeiträge sowie den inhaltlichen Verlauf der Konferenz.
Die Transition von Print- zu Digitalabonnements
Authors: Buschow Christopher , Kaiser Markus
Published: November 2024

In vielen Regionen Deutschlands droht die Zustellung gedruckter Zeitungen unwirtschaftlich zu werden. Gleichzeitig bleiben etablierte Printabonnenten eine lukrative Kundengruppe. Vor diesem Hintergrund sehen sich Verlage in wachsendem Maße mit der Aufgabe konfrontiert, ihre bestehenden Printabonnements in digitale Abonnements zu wandeln. Der Beitrag gibt einen ersten Einblick in internationale Studien zur Print-Digital-Transition, unterbreitet Implikationen für die Medienpraxis und identifiziert offene Fragestellungen.
Nachhaltigkeitsmanagement in der Medienbranche
Authors: Müller Jens
Published: November 2024

Wie viele andere Akteure stehen auch die Medien im Bereich der Nachhaltigkeit vor neuen Herausforderungen und Chancen, die sich aus immer anspruchsvolleren regulatorischen Vorgaben wie der EU-Taxonomie oder der Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive (CSRD) ergeben. Während die Anforderungen an die Berichterstattung steigen, eröffnen sich gleichzeitig Möglichkeiten, Transparenz zu schaffen und den gesellschaftlichen Mehrwert von Medieninhalten zu betonen. Die erweiterte Berichterstattung fördert zudem die Entwicklung eines systematischen Nachhaltigkeitsmanagements. Der strukturelle Rahmen von Normen und Standards bedarf einer detaillierten Konkretisierung und operationalisierbarer Kriterien. Dies ermöglicht es den Unternehmen, ihre Ziele genauer zu definieren, Strategien zu entwickeln sowie Erfolge zu messen und zu kommunizieren. Ziel dieses Beitrags ist es, einen verständlichen Überblick über das Nachhaltigkeitsmanagement in der Medienbranche im aktuellen Regulierungskontext zu geben und ausgewählte konzeptionelle Anregungen zu formulieren.
„Intermediäre“ versus „Medien“
Authors: Andree Martin
Published: November 2024

Von den sieben wertvollsten Unternehmen der Welt sind fünf die sogenannten „GAFAM“, also Google (bzw. Alphabet), Apple, Facebook (bzw. Meta), Amazon und Microsoft (vgl. Statista 2024). Ein großer Teil der Umsätze der GAFAM wiederum wird in Plattformen erzielt. Diese substituieren meist traditionelle Medienanbieter. Die Plattformen werden aber nicht als Medien reguliert, sondern als „Intermediäre“. Hinter dem Begriff verbirgt sich eine massive regulatorische Privilegierung. Die Plattformen werden nämlich wie Infrastrukturen reguliert (z. B. Telefonnetzwerke), obwohl sie wie z. B. redaktionelle Medien konkrete Inhalte anbieten und diese auch auf dieselbe Weise monetarisieren. Zusätzlich sind sie (im Gegensatz zu den „Medien“) noch von der Verbreiterhaftung befreit. Der folgende Beitrag analysiert die Unterscheidung (Medien versus Intermediäre) aus einer Vielzahl von Perspektiven (definitorisch bzw. medientheoretisch, medienhistorisch, medienökonomisch, ergänzt durch eine empirische Überprüfung des Verständnisses der Nutzer) und erweist, dass sie kaum tragfähig ist. Demgemäß liegt der Schluss nahe, dass das überbordende Wachstum der Plattformen ebenso wie das Verschwinden der redaktionellen Medien auch das Ergebnis einer fehlerhaften regulatorischen Unterscheidung und einer rechtlichen Vorzugsbehandlung bzw. Privilegierung ist.
Transformations of Meaning in B. Okudzava’s Poetry in Polish Translations by E. Cheh
Authors: Mazur-Mierzwa Lidia
Published: November 2024

The present research deals with some questions about translating B. Okudzava’s poetry into Polish. It is emphasised that any translation is affected by the providing and receiving culture, and a translator, while translating, takes a special place in the creative act because s/he is the recipient of the original text.The article focuses on a well-known Polish translator, E. Cheh’s translations. He translated Okudzava and other famous Russian authors (e.g., Solzhenitsyn, Stroganov, Koliada, Vysotsky, etc.).
The article attempts to answer the question of how the translation modifies under the influence of different factors. Expression depends on the peculiarities of the translator’s understanding and how being culturally determined also influences the translation.Translation transformations in E. Cheh’s creation tend to be of replacement and addition. Elimination is less significant.Transformations of meaning in translations are less or more determined by the translator’s cultural peculiarities of a certain national cognitive space.
Affrication of Occlusive Consonants and Palatalization
Authors: Balšaitytė Danutė
Published: November 2024

The article focuses on one of the possible ways to express the distinctive feature „hardness-softness“ in Lithuanian and Russian consonants (the increase in the duration of their explosive phase ), i.e.affrication of consonants.The choice of the material and the methodology of the research is determined (I) by the theoretical and practical significance of the problem of how distinctive features of phonemes are phonetically expressed in the related languages and (II) by the fact that the influence of palatalisation on the formation of the stops in Lithuanian has not been studied at large.The carried out contrastive analysis of the spectral properties of the soft and hard stops in Lithuanian and Russian has helped to determine some similarities in the actualisation of the occlusive consonants in both languages and to describe the peculiarities in the acoustic expression of palatalisation in the spectrum of the Lithuanian stops. Contrary to the Russian language, in which palatalisation leads to the change in the way of stop formation, viz. to the appearance of the affricative phase, in Lithuanian, the regular palatalisation can be found only in the labial voiced consonant [b’]. The explosive phase of the palatalised occlusive consonants before various vowels may exceed the duration of the glottal phase of the corresponding hard stop, coincide with it, or maybe shorter. In other words, the stops in Lithanian do not differ in ‘hardness-softness’. The Russian stops [t’] and [d’] are characterised by the most regular and strong affrication. In contrast, for the Lithuanian [t’], (d’], the affrication is not regular ( only in individual positions) and weak (compared with the back-tongued and labial consonants). Positioned before the back tongue vowels, the Russian consonants are affricated less than before other vowels, while the duration of explosion in the Lithuanian consonants rapidly increases before [‘u:].
Intonation as a Medium of Individual‘s Perception and Expression
Authors: Oleinik Helen
Published: November 2024

The article is concemed with a psychological aspect of intonation. The intonation parameters and theircombinations convey the infonnation about the psychological state and features of the speaker.
To establish the type of relationship between intonation and psychological features was one of the aims of theresearch. The findings of the experiment enable to state that 1) the listener can perceive the psychologicalfeatures of the speaker with a certain degree of correctness based on the intonation parameters; 2) a definitetype of co “elation exists between certain intonation parameters, a psychological state and psychological features.The carried research singled out 1) the factors determining the listener’s identification of the speaker’spsychological features and 2) the intonation models manifesting the speaker’s psychological state.
Metaphorical Representation of Future in British Political Discourse
Authors: Solopova Olga A.
Published: November 2024

The present paper is concerned with metaphors used to create the image of the future in the British political discourse “General Election-2001”. The analysis focuses on a) some metaphors used to create the image of the future and its periods (“near future” - “distant future”), b) frequency of metaphorical models used to create the image of future and its periods, and e) correlation of metaphorical representations of future and its periods. The research is based on the cognitive linguistic theory of metaphor first expounded by G. Lakoff but also draws useful insights from other explorations dealing with the prospective function of political discourse (D. Graber, E. Lassan, A . Chudinov, T. Shmeleva, etc.). The conclusion is that the most frequent metaphor models used in portraying the “near future” are war, disease and family relationships in conceptualising the “distant future”–  journey, architecture and disease. The results of the study show that the metaphorical representation of the future is that the mass media and politicians use frequent and efficient means in the British political discourse “General Election-2001“.
The Phenomenon of Sincerity in Interpersonal Communication (Based on the English Language)
Authors: Sivenkova Maria
Published: November 2024

Sincerity as a parameter of interpersonal communication can be researched from different perspectives: cognitive, cross-cultural, pragmalinguistic, etc. The first two approaches are exemplified in the paper based on the English noun sincerity and the Russian isla-ennost and several related concepts. Considering the latter perspective, the article focuses on sincerethematisation in dialogue. The article proposes a multidimensional taxonomy of the contexts of sincerity based on the following grounds: the relevant parameter of sincerity (illocutionary, qualitative, quantitative ); illocutionary characteristics of the communicative move (sincerity thematisation in the form of statements, questions, directives); the position of the respective communicative move in dialogue (prospective and retrospective contexts of sincerity ); the position of the component explicating sincerity in the communicative move (distant and contact sincerity thematisation); participants of the communicative interaction (thematisation of the speaker’s / hearer’s sincerity); additional pragmatic aims of the speaker (altruistic and self-serving contexts). These classifications fall into three main classes: dialogical, syntactical and semantic-pragmatic taxonomies of the contexts of sincerity.
Semantics of the Spring Rites Related to Marzanna and Jarilo (about the Reconstruction of the "Proto-Slavic Text")
Authors: Łuczyński Michał
Published: November 2024

The article is an attempt to summarize and specify the former proto-Slavic mythology surveys on the divine siblings and the death of God of Harvest myths. The sources used in the study include historical and ethnographical sources, folk songs lyrics, and archeological findings. The study makes it possible to establish the attributes and functions of pagan gods and to find plots and individual myth sequences. This results in the mythical plot reconstruction. There are three stages of proceedings: the presentation of the sources, the semantics of the image establishment, and the reconstruction of the proto-Slavic myth of the dying god.
Editorial Board and Table of Contents
Authors: Makarova Viktorija
Published: November 2024

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Cziesław Miłosz about Reason in the Essay „PiesekPrzydrożny" ("Snoopy Doggy")
Authors: Kovtun Asija
Published: November 2024

The article considers the concept of reason in the essay "Piesekprzydrozny" (1998) written by the Nobel Prize winner Czesław Miłosz from the postructuralist perspective of deanthropologisation and decentration of the subject. The strategy used in the text analysis is deconstruction. Miłosz speaks about the destruction of the ego cogito in anthropology. He accepts the Nietzschean idea of the metaphoricity of the truth and the impossibility of perceiving the truth individually and by reason. Yet. be does not accept nihilism, attributing it to the sphere of mass culture.
The author of the article comes to the following conclusion: Miłosz acknowledges that the man of the 20th century is dependent on Cartesian cogito. The thinker himself, however, in "Piesekprzydrożny" is closer to St. Augustine than to Descartes.
Vilnius Volumes of "The Baltic Archive"
Authors: Vidugirytė Inga
Published: November 2024

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Enhance heat transfer in collector fitted with V-cut and Square-cut twisted tape
Authors: Mutar Duraid Majeed
Published: November 2024

Many countries are moving towards investing in solar energy, and concentrated solar energy presents one of the most important of these sources, as it is currently attracting many efforts to enhance its exploitation. Parabolic trough collectors are an emerging technology. The decrease in solar energy, changes in atmospheric conditions, and the limitation of the basin area, all of these factors lead to decrease in a thermal energy gained by an endothermic tube, and thus lead to decrease in a thermal performance of a collector. The goal of the presented study is to improve heat transfer in the endothermic tube. Experimental study had been carried out in order to study friction factor and heat transfer for a parabolic trough receiver.
Investigating microbial communities for enhanced copper dissolution from chalcopyrite
Authors:   , Rios Daniela
Published: November 2024

Copper demand is rising such as in the construction industry, transportation including electric vehicles, and renewable energy. Mining and processing of copper is energy demanding and therefore, environmental concerns necessitate developing eco-friendly technologies to reduce its impact. Chalcopyrite is the most abundant and economically significant copper mineral in nature, although it is difficult and costly to process using traditional mining methodologies. Bioleaching, as one of the main biomining techniques, is a more sustainable alternative for processing ores such as chalcopyrite, though the ores refractory nature hinders copper extraction. Biofilms are also important to enhance bioleaching, improving metal solubilization and protecting the microbes from stresses such as extreme pH and high concentrations of heavy metals. Furthermore, Leptospirillum ferriphilum, commonly found in mining environments, is key to biofilm formation while its highly efficient iron oxidation creates elevated redox potentials that hinder copper extraction by passivating the ore surface. In this context, omics studies, such as genomics and proteomics, offer a valuable tool to understand interactions between acidophilic microorganisms and minerals, allowing optimization of bioleaching processes. First, the performance of axenic acidophilic cultures were evaluated according to their ability to catalyze chalcopyrite dissolution and to control the redox potential within an ideal range (<680 mV). Based upon the axenic culture performances, four microbial consortia were designed that showed the best results was composed of moderate thermophiles. Then, the presence of L. ferriphilum in chalcopyrite bioleaching experiments was analyzed by epifluorescence microscopy and image analysis. Pre-colonization experiments with L. ferriphilum showed a slight improvement in copper recovery (4%) over 38 days although cell attachment to chalcopyrite and pyrite surfaces was not improved. Moreover, the consortium composed of Ferroplasma acidiphilum, Sulfobacillus thermosulfidooxidans, and ‘Fervidacidithiobacillus caldus’, showed higher mineral surface colonization indicating the existence of cooperative bioleaching followed by a non-contact mechanism. Finally, analysis of DNA and protein from the five tested consortia indicated some differences, probably because of the low cell density at the end of the experiments. In total, 11,173 proteins were identified and quantified, of which 9 and 10 were unique proteins associated with iron and sulfur metabolism.­ The findings of this thesis highlight that understanding microbial synergies is key to improving copper recovery from chalcopyrite in order to design more efficient strategies for its large-scale application.
Innovative Security Frameworks for IOT and Cloud Computing Integration: Challenges and Solutions
Authors: Srinivas Chippagiri
Published: November 2024

This research paper focuses on new security paradigms that can be used for the adoption of Internet of Things (IoT) and cloud computing environments. This paper describes current security practices, reveals crucial issues, and presents new approaches to cover the necessities of IoT-cloud environments in terms of security. Through a comprehensive literature review and experimental evaluation, we present two security frameworks: which include the Adaptive Multi-Layer Security (AMLS) framework and the Blockchain-Enabled Distributed Trust (BEDT) framework. These frameworks are proved to be useful in identifying the private, integral and secure mean data handling and quality of the IoT-cloud systems. The AMLS architecture for the conventional attack modes successfully detected all the attacks I. e., 95% detection while for the zero day attacks the framework had 85% detection rate and for the BEDT framework was a 99. 99% data integrity preservation. These results provide some suspicions for further research and applications in this growing field.
A Conversation with Berna
Authors: Vallverdu Diana
Published: November 2024

Atop a desk sits a fax machine, a technology that you haven’t used in years or, perhaps, your only memory of it is from having seen it in old TV shows. Curious, you approach the object. As you walk closer, the phone rings, as if anticipating you. You grab the phone and hear a matter-of-fact voice introducing itself as Berna, inviting you to press one to begin.
A Conversation with Berna (Vallverdu, 2024) is an interactive piece that speaks to the banality of the present from the banality of the past, using obsolete technology to reflect on our current digital landscape. It reminds us that familiar technology can vanish rapidly, and that data, often perceived as intangible, has a physical footprint (Mageswari, Manoharan and Poomalai, 2022).
The piece emphasizes a phenomenological approach, urging the audience to physically experience data. While VR has been used to explore concepts like big data (Raghunathan, 2015), Berna provides a sensory experience where data is rendered in touchable paper form, engaging our sense of smell, weight, and tactility. In an era dominated by AI, Berna poses a question: should creative technology focus solely on advanced AI and VR, or should it address practical, everyday issues?
Menstrual Cups: R—Evolutionary Devices for Overcoming Wrong Views About Life
Authors: Risba Jatun
Published: November 2024

This Perspectives article is informed by an ongoing practice-as-research that examines the empowering effects and creative potential of menstrual cups and discs in challenging menstruation taboos and promoting gender equity and equanimity. Beginning with a personal introduction that traces the roots of my fascination with menstrual products, the text explores the archaeology of menstrual devices to uncover reasons behind their delayed commercial success. In the second part, I describe how menstrual cups have inspired a growing number of artists to create transformative artworks that critique and dismantle historical discrimination against people who menstruate. Drawing on selected case studies of my own artworks employing blood, specifically menstrual blood, I argue that engaging with bodily fluids, porosity, and menstruation can rekindle a deep appreciation for what I call 'the compassionate beauty of life'. I suggest that embracing life in all its facets supports a quiet yet resilient resistance to contemporary necropolitics—those power structures that, as Achille Mbembe writes, 'express sovereignty as the capacity to dictate who may live and who must die' (Mbembe 2003).
Fashion Film and the Art and Archaeology of Screen Promotion.
Authors: Caston Emily , Uhlirova Marketa
Published: November 2024

In this article, Marketa Uhlirova discusses some of the theoretical and practical challenges she faced in the Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC) funded project on fashion film in the early 20th century she ran with fashion historian Caroline Evans and media theorist Jussi Parikka. In conversation with Emily Caston, Uhlirova probes some of the associated and different curatorial and historical questions faced in Caston’s AHRC research project on British music videos. The conversation covers questions of definition, catalogue research, the condition of hidden screen industry archives, and media archaeology research paradigms.
Medicine on Film: A British Case History
Authors: Saward Angela
Published: November 2024

This article explores the historical and contemporary significance of medical film in Britain, particularly its role in education and practice for medical professionals. The key areas of inquiry are the emergence of medical filmmaking, focusing on the increasing research interest and visibility of non-theatrical film and to date the lack of British focus. While there is substantial literature on American and European medical films, British films have received less attention. Looking at the British Medical Association (BMA) Film Library, its establishment, purpose and then film competition which ran 1957-1997, two cohorts of films are analysed (fracture treatment from the 1930s and then anaesthesia from the 1940s) that were part of the collection and still available to medical professionals until the BMA ceased to manage the collection in 2005. These films form a case study of how film communicated discourses of care. Ethical and practical considerations have hindered the preservation of these films; they have been hidden, shelved or disposed of, leading to questions of what they can tell us today and whether these films had a central role in medical education in the British, in comparison to the American, context.
THE FIGHT AGAINST BANDITRY OF LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES IN THE FAR EAST IN THE POST-WAR YEARS
Authors:   Moscow Financial and Industrial University “Synergy”, Krushanova L. A.
Published: November 2024

the article is devoted to the problem of combating banditry in the post-war years in the Far East. Being a specific region characterized by the presence of rich natural resources, in which the country was in dire need, low population and a shortage of labor resources, led to a high concentration of special agents in the region – prisoners of war, military personnel and persons held in penitentiary institutions. A special place in this list was occupied by the Japanese population repatriated from Southern Sakhalin and the Kuril Islands. It was from these categories of persons who were in the Far East that gangs were formed. In the article, the author examines the number of bandit groups, the causes and conditions of their appearance, methods of law enforcement agencies' struggle with bandits and the elimination of bandit manifestations. The author revealed that the region was characterized by a fairly high level of criminal banditry, consisting not only of criminals who escaped from the Dalstroy camps and were not caught in a timely manner, but also prisoners of war and servicemen. Besides them, Boetai detachments consisting of former Japanese servicemen and members of paramilitary formations operated on Southern Sakhalin.
CONTRACTUAL PENALTY IN CONTINENTAL PRIVATE LAW: HISTORICO-METHODOLOGICAL OUTLINE
Authors:   Ural State University of Economics, Puchkov V. O. ,   Ural Importer Limited LLC
Published: November 2024

the article deals with the origins of the problem of the penalty in modern civil law from the standpoint of socio-cultural and economic grounds. The study concludes that Roman law did not consider a penalty in the context of a security or penalty structure, and the corresponding problem generated primarily by the peculiarities of the glossators’ interpretations. The author argues thesis stating that this or that representation of this construction is not dogmatic, since such is only the understanding of the penalty as an abstract property obligation, and not as one or another legal means. The author comes to conclusion that in modern law, taking into account the economic characteristics of the market, the most relevant is the presentation of a penalty as liquidated damages, and therefore its security nature is declarative.
FORMATION AGE DATA OF THE TRACHYTE EXPLOSIVE TUBE IN MIDDLE TIMAN AS A REFLECTION OF THE FINAL ACTIVATION OF INTERPLATE ALKALINE POTASSIUM MAGMATISM
Authors:   Institute of Geology, Komi Scientific Center, Russian Academy of Sciences, Golubeva I. I. , Travin A. V. ,   Institute of Geology and Mineralogy SB RAS, Burtsev I. N. ,   Institute of Geology, Komi Scientific Center, Russian Academy of Sciences
Published: November 2024

The 40Ar/39Ar method determined the age of sanidine from high-potassium trachyte fragments of pipe fluid-explosive breccia. Fluid-explosive breccia breaks through the basalts of the Early Devonian Kanino-Timan complex. The established age of sanidine is 369.7±4.0 million years. Trachytic magmatism is the final stage of the formation of an alkaline igneous province of potassium specialization in Middle Timan.